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• Selena Gomez and The Marias Sampled a Classic by Spanish Singer Jeanette. She Says It’s ‘Gorgeous’

  21-03-2025 23:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Maria Zardoya channels the original Spanish lyrics and adds a "different perspective" in the second verse of "Ojos Tristes"
  
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• Jay Wheeler Reflects on Surviving a Car Crash With Single ‘Abrázame Fuerte’

  21-03-2025 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Continue to evolve despite difficulties, just as sunflowers continue to grow toward the light," said Wheeler of his new album, Girasoles, which dropped Friday
  
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• Jonas Brothers to Launch 20th Anniversary Living the Dream Tour With Hometown Stadium Show

  21-03-2025 23:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band will perform at MetLife Stadium on Aug. 10, in a full-circle moment as Nick Jonas recalls their "really humble beginnings playing in malls"
  
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• Bilbao BBK 2025: Damiano David, Sparks and more announced as full line-up revealed

  21-03-2025 22:35 via nme.com
  
  Damiano David and Sparks are among the new names added to the Bilbao BBK 2025 line-up. Check out all the new additions below.READ MORE: Bilbao BBK Live 2023: Arctic Monkeys and Pavement bring magic to the Basque mountainsIn December, the Spanish festival announced the first wave of acts, including Pulp, Kylie Minogue and RAYE.
  The initial announcement also revealed that there will be performances from Michael Kiwanuka, Nathy Peluso, Bad Gyal, Alice Phoebe Lou, Amyl
  
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• Elton John and Brandi Carlile for joint ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance, with Jack Black hosting

  21-03-2025 22:33 via nme.com
  
  Elton John and Brandi Carlile will be the joint musical guests on an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Jack Black.READ MORE: ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ review: tender lookback on a legendary careerThe pair are preparing to release their collaborative album ‘Who Believes In Angels?’ on April 4, and the following day they will appear on the NBC show to perform tracks from the record.
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• Watch Mumford & Sons Perform With Ed Helms at Sold-Out Los Angeles Concert

  21-03-2025 22:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band also played new tracks from their upcoming LP Rushmere, and hit the stage with Dawes and Madison Cunningham
  
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• Start Your Indie-Rock Spring Off Right With Pictoria Vark’s ‘Nothing Sticks’

  21-03-2025 22:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Her excellent second album is full of soft-spoken guitar haze and emotional travelogues
  
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• Drake Legal Team Fires Back Against UMG in Discovery Dispute, Says ‘Not Like Us’ Caused ‘Millions’ to Believe the Rapper Is Actually a Pedophile

  21-03-2025 22:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Amid a broader defamation lawsuit, Drake and his team are embroiled in a discovery dispute with Universal Music Group. Photo Credit: The Come Up Show / CC by 2.0
  Do millions believe that “Not Like Us” actually accuses Drake of being a pedophile? He and his legal team think so, and they’re making as much clear amid a discovery dispute with Universal Music Group (UMG).Drake and his counsel just recently expressed the view when pushing back against UMG’s motion to stay disco
  
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• Noah Cyrus teams up with Fleet Foxes on melancholy new single ‘Don’t Put It All On Me’

  21-03-2025 21:30 via nme.com
  
  Noah Cyrus and Fleet Foxes have joined forces for the dreamy new single ‘Don’t Put It All On Me’. Check it out below.READ MORE: Noah Cyrus: “I can’t believe I put out my first song when I was 16 – what was I thinking?”The track, which was written by Cyrus’s brother Braison, marks the first time she has collaborated with the indie folk band.
  Forged around a distinctively melancholy piano, ‘Don’t Put It All On Me’ sees Cyrus&rs
  
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• Anderson .Paak teams up with Fender and Jameson to launch special guitar and amp

  21-03-2025 21:30 via nme.com
  
  Anderson .Paak has teamed up with whiskey brand Jameson on a bespoke new bottle design, Fender guitar and amp – see the details below.READ MORE: Anderson .Paak: “I have a gift of bringing the best out of other people”The Grammy-winning musician has joined forces with the Irish distillers to create a Player II Telecaster electric guitar and Tone Master Princeton Reverb amplifier, both custom-designed in Jameson’s signature green.
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• JT and a Gaggle of Baddies Grab Cash in ‘Ran Out’

  21-03-2025 21:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The video for the Miami rapper's latest single celebrates money, girls, and cars
  
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• US TikTok Ban Deadline is Two Weeks Away — US Investors, Oracle Scramble to Tie Up a Deal as China Folds Its Arms

  21-03-2025 20:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Ivan Radic / CC by 2.0
  With the latest TikTok ban in the US just two weeks away, will Chinese parent company ByteDance agree to any sort of arrangement?
  The battle for a US-based TikTok deal seems to be largely powered by US investors attempting to prod a deal along. Chinese parent company ByteDance has repeatedly vowed that no deal is on the table, and China is not interested in relinquishing any ownership in its precious algorithms.
  Existing backers of ByteDance are rapidly seeki
  
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• US TikTok Ban Deadline is Two Weeks Away — So Will a Deal Happen?

  21-03-2025 20:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Ivan Radic / CC by 2.0
  With the latest TikTok ban in the US just two weeks away, will Chinese parent company ByteDance agree to any sort of arrangement?
  The battle for a US-based TikTok deal seems to be largely powered by US investors attempting to prod a deal along. Chinese parent company ByteDance has repeatedly vowed that no deal is on the table, and China is not interested in relinquishing any ownership in its precious algorithms.
  Existing backers of ByteDance are rapidly seeki
  
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• US TikTok Ban Deadline is Two Weeks Away — As US Investors, Oracle, and Others Scramble to Tie up a Deal

  21-03-2025 20:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Ivan Radic / CC by 2.0
  With the latest TikTok ban in the US just two weeks away, will Chinese parent company ByteDance agree to any sort of arrangement?
  The battle for a US-based TikTok deal seems to be largely powered by US investors attempting to prod a deal along. Chinese parent company ByteDance has repeatedly vowed that no deal is on the table, and China is not interested in relinquishing any ownership in its precious algorithms.
  Existing backers of ByteDance are rapidly seeki
  
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• Lucy Dacus reveals how “new pal” Chappell Roan helped her through “bad week”

  21-03-2025 20:28 via nme.com
  
  Lucy Dacus has shared how her “new friendship” with Chappell Roan helped her get through a bad week.READ MORE: Boygenius on the enduring power of ‘The Record’: “We feel as good as we ever hoped to”In a new interview with People Magazine, the Boygenius singer revealed that she and her bandmates Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers first struck up a relationship with Roan after she spoke out publicly about the “weird” and “creepy behaviour of
  
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• Ghost’s Tobias Forge on the misconception that “rock is dead”: “We are living proof that it’s not true”

  21-03-2025 20:27 via nme.com
  
  Ghost’s Tobias Forge has told NME that the band are “living proof” that the concept that “rock is dead” is not true.READ MORE: Tobias Forge on new material and the future of Ghost: “If fans need the lore to like the band, that element will be over quite soon”The metal frontman was speaking ahead of the band’s highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘Skeletá’, which is due to be released on April 25. It has been previewed with its a
  
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• More Bad News for Coachella: Anitta Abruptly Pulls Out, Still No Sellout on Either Weekend

  21-03-2025 20:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Anitta by Renan Katayama / CC by 2.0
  Brazilian star Anitta pulls out of Coachella 2025 due to “unexpected personal reasons.” Tickets for both weekends are still available.
  The performance would have been Anitta’s third at Coachella, having first played there in 2022 with guest appearances from Snoop Dogg and Saweetie. She also joined Peso Pluma for his 2024 set.
  “I was really looking forward to being at Coachella this year, but due to unexpected personal rea
  
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• 20 Piece Orchestra Joins Charlie Sloth, Kenny Allstar, & DJ AG in Manchester

  21-03-2025 20:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: YB Island
  Hip-hop DJ Charlie Sloth is bringing a 20 piece orchestra to Manchester for a performance at the iconic Albert Hall on April 20.
  The event is being delivered in collaboration with Manchester-based promoters YB Island, ensuring that the city’s thriving music culture is at the heart of this production. The show will re-imagine some of hip-hop’s greatest hits, alongside the biggest tracks from the UK, elevating them to new heights through the power of live orches
  
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• Listen to The Black Keys’ vibrant new single ‘Babygirl’

  21-03-2025 19:51 via nme.com
  
  The Black Keys‘ have shared their new single ‘Babygirl’. Check it out below.READ MORE: The Black Keys talk returning to the UK and their “epic” ‘Ohio Players’ albumIt follows previously released single ‘The Night Before’ as the second taste of the Ohio duo’s 13th studio album ‘No Rain, No Flowers’, which is due for release later this year via Easy Eye Sound/Warner.
  Built around a groovy piano riff, the track is a euphor
  
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• Neil Young Cancels Ukraine Concert Over Safety Concerns — “Changing Situation on the Ground Was Too Much”

  21-03-2025 19:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Neil Young by gorupdebesanez / CC by 3.0
  Neil Young cancels his free concert in Ukraine, saying he couldn’t ‘in good conscience’ take his crew to the war-ravaged country.
  Young announced the concert earlier this month but without specific details, such as a venue or date. Now he’s cancelling the event, citing safety concerns due to the war.
  “We had a good venue, close to a shelter, but the changing situation on the ground was too much,” wrote You
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Wants Doechii on Her Next Album

  21-03-2025 19:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  “I see Doechii, bitch, I love Doechii,” Megan told fans on TikTok live
  
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• Big Freedia Returns to Her Gospel Roots With Single ‘Take My Hand’

  21-03-2025 19:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  “My music has always spread messages of love, joy, freedom, and inclusivity. This is no different," she said
  
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• TRNSMT Festival 2025 reveals Radio 1 Dance Stage line-up

  21-03-2025 19:00 via nme.com
  
  TRNSMT Festival has revealed the full line-up for their Radio 1 Dance Stage for this year’s event – see all the details below.
  In December, the festival confirmed that they would be returning to Glasgow Green from July 11-13 for its eighth edition, and after polling festivalgoers on who they would like to see headline, they announced a bill topped by 50 Cent, Biffy Clyro and Snow Patrol.
  Now, they have added the acts that will be filling the Radio 1 Dance Stage over the weekend, with
  
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• Alex Warren celebrates first-ever Number 1 single

  21-03-2025 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Alex Warren performs a surprise coup today, claiming his first UK Number 1 single with Ordinary.
  
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• Playboi Carti nets first chart-topping album with 'Music'

  21-03-2025 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Playboi Carti earns his first-ever Official Number 1 album with MUSIC.
  
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• New Partnership Between UMG + Heat Will Bring Lil Wayne Music to Game Developers

  21-03-2025 18:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Cécile Boko (Lil Wayne)
  Universal Music Group and HEAT have announced a new collaborative initiative with Lil Wayne and CG5 to make their licensed music tracks available to game developers.
  First announced at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, the partnership will offer game devs the ability to seamlessly license emotes into their projects. Think of Fortnite’s character feature packs—Nicki Minaj, Billie Eilish, and Travis Scott have all been f
  
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• Selena Gomez, Jessica Simpson, Japanese Breakfast, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  21-03-2025 18:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• Ador Scores Temporary Injunction in NewJeans/NJZ Contract Dispute — Group Still Set to Headline ComplexCon Hong Kong

  21-03-2025 18:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  NewJeans member Hyein, whose group, known also as NJZ, is facing an injunction setback in its contract battle with Hybe’s Ador. Photo Credit: TV Ten
  A Seoul court has granted Ador’s request for an injunction against NewJeans/NJZ, thereby preventing the group from engaging in professional activities (among them performances and advert deals) without the Hybe-owned agency.
  South Korean outlets were first to report the development, and the story is just now beginning to gain traction st
  
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• The Waterboys Deliver ‘Letter From an Unknown Girlfriend’ Through Fiona Apple on New Single

  21-03-2025 18:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  The record, written by Mike Scott and performed by Apple, will appear on the forthcoming Waterboys concept album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, out April 4
  
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• Dua Lipa Channels Her Inner Kylie Minogue with ‘Can’t Get You of My Head’ Cover

  21-03-2025 18:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop star continues to honor Aussie hitmakers while in Down Under for the Radical Optimism world tour
  
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• Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Kim Petras, and Paris Hilton Lead Outloud Music Fest 2025

  21-03-2025 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Honey Dijon, Chrissy Chlapecka, Flyana Boss, and Pabllo Vittar are also slated to perform
  
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• FKA Twigs on why she asked North West to feature on “meta” ‘Childlike Things’: “That energy is so inspiring”

  21-03-2025 17:57 via nme.com
  
  FKA Twigs has explained why she asked North West to feature on her recent track ‘Childlike Things’, saying her “energy is inspiring”.READ MORE: FKA Twigs – ‘Eusexua’ review: a lust-fuelled insight into what it is to be humanThe musician released her critically acclaimed third studio album ‘EUSEXUA’ in January and it included ‘Childlike Things’ in its tracklist, a collaboration with the 11-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Ka
  
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• The Specials announce new single in tribute to “fallen heroes” of ska, ‘When A Light Goes Out’

  21-03-2025 17:50 via nme.com
  
  The Specials have announced that they will be sharing a new single to honour the “fallen heroes” of ska. Find out more below.READ MORE: How Terry Hall and The Specials provided British culture with a much-needed wake-up callThe new track is set to be shared by The Specials Family and will be titled ‘When A Light Goes Out’. It has been announced today (March 21), and is set to be shared for the first time this weekend at a special event in Coventry.
  Taking place on Sunday
  
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• Eddie Vedder Shares Faithful Cover of Neil Young’s ‘Needle and the Damage Done’

  21-03-2025 17:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Stephen Marley also released a rendition of "Old Man," with both tracks appearing on an upcoming Bridge School benefit compilation
  
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• Kelly Clarkson says she has “lost a lot” as she marks 1,000th episode of chat show

  21-03-2025 17:04 via nme.com
  
  Kelly Clarkson celebrated the 1,000th episode of her US chat show by sharing that she had “lost a lot” since the show began.
  The ‘Since U Been Gone’ singer began hosting The Kelly Clarkson Show in September 2019, and it has aired on weekday afternoons on NBC ever since. On Thursday (March 20), she hosted the landmark episode and shared an emotional opening monologue with the live audience.
  “I can’t believe today marks the 1,000th, it’s crazy,” she
  
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• Japanese Breakfast Play Tug of War With Time in ‘Picture Window’ Video

  21-03-2025 16:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  "My idea was to follow a couple, constantly tracking left to right, as one partner charges boldly forward and the other, progressively anxious, becomes increasingly reluctant to follow," said Michelle Zauner
  
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• Listen to Mae Muller’s “vulnerable” and anthemic new single ‘Breakaway’

  21-03-2025 16:44 via nme.com
  
  Mae Muller has shared an intuitive new track called ‘Breakaway’. Check it out below.READ MORE: Mae Muller talks Club NME and being “at peace” with EurovisionShared today (March 21), the track comes as the first taste of a “bold new era” the singer is set to embark on, and marks her first new material after taking a 15-month hiatus.
  With the new track, Muller captures a self-assured, anthemic atmosphere, and pairs it with a new sense of vulnerability and emotio
  
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• My Morning Jacket’s Down-to-Earth Reboot

  21-03-2025 16:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  The classic-minded rockers team up with a new producer for a fresh-feeling LP called Is
  
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• Anitta pulls out of Coachella 2025 due to “unexpected personal reasons”

  21-03-2025 16:25 via nme.com
  
  Anitta has pulled out of Coachella 2025, citing “unexpected personal reasons”.READ MORE: Meet Anitta, the Brazilian pop megastar: ‘the music world underestimates powerful women like me’The Brazilian musician took to X/Twitter last night (March 20) to share news with fans. “I was really looking forward to being at Coachella this year, but due to unexpected personal reasons, I won’t be able to perform,” she wrote.
  “I’m truly grateful to th
  
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• Marina Brings Her Bow and Arrow on New Song ‘Cupid’s Girl’

  21-03-2025 16:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop singer's new track comes on the heels of February's "Butterfly"
  
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• Sam Ryder kicks off next era with soulful single ‘White Lies’: “I’m so proud of this new music”

  21-03-2025 16:20 via nme.com
  
  Sam Ryder has announced the start of his next era with the release of the new single ‘White Lies’ – listen to the track below.READ MORE: Sam Ryder: “Eurovision was the perfect point in my journey to throw all the chips on the table”The singer-songwriter and 2022 Eurovision star took time out from his newfound success in 2023 to relocate to Nashville, where he has signed with the independent label Artist Theory.
  ‘White Lies’ is the first taste of his new
  
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• NJZ Lose Court Battle Ahead of First Performance Under New Name

  21-03-2025 16:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  A South Korean court upheld an injunction that temporarily prevents the K-pop group — formerly known as NewJeans — from striking out as NJZ
  
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• NJZ (Formerly NewJeans) Lose Court Battle Ahead of First Show Under New Name

  21-03-2025 16:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  A South Korean court upheld an injunction that temporarily prevents the K-pop group from carrying out any commercial activity as NJZ
  
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• Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase Was the Hottest Night in Town, All Week Long

  21-03-2025 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Ivan Cornejo, Rema, and many more artists brought fans from all over to the four-night party in Austin, Texas 
  
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• Kanye West says he “will and is going to” end Playboi Carti’s career

  21-03-2025 16:06 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West has now threatened to end Playboi Carti‘s career as he continues his recent tirade on X/Twitter.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?The controversial rapper has recently started another slew of misogynistic, anti-Semitic and other defamatory tweets, seemingly triggered by Carti’s new album ‘Music’ and Kendrick Lamar’s involvement in the record. Later, Ye revealed he was upset that C
  
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• Selena Gomez thanks Benny Blanco for being her 'personal journal' after album release

  21-03-2025 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have teamed up to release a collaborative album.
  
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• Jessica Simpson Finally Takes Control

  21-03-2025 15:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  The scrutinized pop singer and reality star moved to Nashville, found her creative circle, and began making the soulful Americana music that was always inside her
  
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• Elton John says ‘The X Factor’ and ‘American Idol’ are “just the worst” for new artists: “Go and play in a pub”

  21-03-2025 15:43 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has said talent shows like The X Factor and American Idol are “the worst” for aspiring artists, and has instead advised them to “go and play in a pub”.READ MORE: ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ review: tender lookback on a legendary careerAhead of the release of ‘Who Believes In Angels?’, the upcoming collaborative album he has made with Brandi Carlile, the two musicians sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss the record, and how best to nur
  
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• The Waterboys share haunting new single ‘Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend’, featuring Fiona Apple

  21-03-2025 15:40 via nme.com
  
  The Waterboys have released their new single, the haunting ‘Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend’, with vocals from Fiona Apple – listen below.
  It is the latest tease of the folk-rock group’s 16th studio album ‘Life, Death And Dennis Hopper’, which is due out on April 4 via Sun Records. The record’s intention is to tell the story of the titular actor through a song cycle that reflects the last 75 years of Western pop culture.
  The band released the lead sing
  
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• Benefits: “‘Decency’ doesn’t make for a good headline – no one wants pop stars with principles”

  21-03-2025 15:37 via nme.com
  
  Benefits have spoken to NME about the making of new album ‘Constant Noise’, the battle for principles in music, and making gigs more accessible and affordable.
  With the Teesside noise-punks’ abrasive but acclaimed 2023 debut album ‘Nails’ hailed by NME for its “raw and primal urgency” – a record that “had to be made and heard now, like government-approved sewage being pumped into a river” – their new record sees the band take a le
  
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