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• Addison Rae unveils her 'first and last album' as Addison Rae

  24-04-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Addison Rae will release her debut studio album on June 6.
  
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• 3 Doors Down Singer Brad Arnold Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

  08-05-2025 00:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  The artist said that he is battling kidney cancer
  
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• Jennifer Lopez explains how she broke news of Ben Affleck divorce to her twins

  08-05-2025 00:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez has shared how she informed her children she was divorcing Ben Affleck.
  
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• Court Forces The Game to Sell Calabasas Mansion to Cover $7M Judgement

  07-05-2025 23:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor has been court-ordered to sell his Calabasas Mansion to satisfy a $7 million judgement. The years-long suit was brought by Priscilla Rainey, who says the rapper sexually assaulted her on the set of his VH1 reality TV series, ‘She’s Got Game.’
  The Game denied the allegations made against him, but failed to appear in court in 2016 when the case went to trial. He also failed to attend any related hearings—le
  
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• Doechii Shrugs Off Met Gala Controversy: ‘God Forbid a Girl Needs More Umbrellas’

  07-05-2025 23:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician was criticized after videos circulated showing her demanding more umbrellas from her team to conceal her outfit as she made her way to the fashion event
  
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• Listen to Stormzy’s swaggering new freestyle single ‘Sorry Rach!’

  07-05-2025 22:45 via nme.com
  
  Stormzy has returned with the swaggering new freestyle track ‘Sorry Rach!’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Stormzy – ‘This Is What I Mean’ review: levelling up on his own termsThe rapper has not released an album since 2022’s ‘This Is What I Mean’, although he has remained in the spotlight with singles such as ‘Toxic Trait’ with Fredo, ‘The Weekend’ with RAYE and ‘Backbone’ with Chase & Status.
  Now, he
  
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• Chicago’s Michelada Fest Abruptly Calls It Quits As Artist Visa Problems Pile Up

  07-05-2025 22:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  Chicago’s Michelada Fest announces the cancellation of the two-day event. It was originally slated for July 19 and 20 at Oakwood Beach.
  Michelada Fest 2025 organizers have announced the cancellation of this year’s two-day event, originally scheduled for July 19 and 20 at Chicago’s Oakwood Beach. In a post on the festival’s website, organizers cited concerns about visas for international artists—as well as the “rapidly cha
  
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• Snapchat Finalizes a Broad Number of Music Publisher Licensing Agreements — Very Much Unlike Twitter/X

  07-05-2025 22:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  Snapchat owner Snap Inc. has finalized a broad number of licensing agreements with major music publishers, according to details tipped to Digital Music News.
  The yellow ghost isn’t ghosting music publishers — according to signed agreement details shared with Digital Music News.
  Per paperwork that somehow found its way to DMN’s place of business, Snapchat owner Snap Inc. is signing deals with a broad number of music publishers under d
  
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• Warner Music Reveals ‘WMG Pulse’ Audience-Tracking App, Says It Features ‘Data from Every Major Streaming and Social Media Platform’

  07-05-2025 22:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Warner Music has officially unveiled WMG Pulse, which is said to provide songwriters and artists with real-time consumption stats, royalty data, and more. Photo Credit: Warner Music
  Warner Music Group (WMG) is officially testing an app called WMG Pulse, which is said to provide artists and songwriters with real-time consumption data from streaming and social platforms.The major label disclosed its WMG Pulse beta today, pointing to north of 100 current users and plans for a wider rollout later in
  
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• Bloc Party receive Ivor Novello for Outstanding Song Collection at The Ivors

  07-05-2025 22:13 via music-news.com
  
  The Ivors Academy has today announced that the four original members of Bloc Party are set to receive an Ivor Novello Award in
  
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• Turnstile Visual Album ‘Never Enough’ Will Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

  07-05-2025 22:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 14-track album arrives June 6
  
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• PinkPantheress Knew She Had to Cancel Her Tour When She Started Cutting Her Own Hair

  07-05-2025 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  "There was something that I needed to address, and so I had to leave," the musician told Zane Lowe. "And I did that for my own good"
  
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• Liam Payne’s £24million estate to be managed by Cheryl Tweedy on behalf of son Bear

  07-05-2025 21:32 via nme.com
  
  Cheryl Tweedy has been named an administrator of the £24million estate left behind by Liam Payne, who died without a will.READ MORE: Liam Payne 1993-2024: One Direction star who helped spark a pop phenomenonThe former One Direction singer died on October 16 last year after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, with the Argentinian prosecutor’s office sharing at the time that his cause of death was due to multiple traumas and i
  
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• Rapper Anik Khan Blasts Xenophobia in Powerful Video ‘Came From’

  07-05-2025 21:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Bangladesh-born, Queens-raised MC takes footage from around the world to celebrate immigration
  
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• Jay-Z Says Rape Accusations Have Cost Him Nearly $200 Million

  07-05-2025 20:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  Jay-Z says fighting rape allegations and pursuing his ongoing defamation suit against attorney Tony Buzbee has cost him $200 million.
  The latest move by Jay-Z against attorney Tony Buzbee—the lawyer representing the Jane Doe who accused the rapper of rape before her lawsuit was dropped—sees him doubling down on assertions that Buzbee has cost him millions. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has been trying to sue Buzbee for defamation since March.
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• Italian PRO SCF Closes 2024 With Total Distributions of Over 51 Million Euros

  07-05-2025 20:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  SCF, the Italian performing rights collective, closed out 2024 with distributions of over 51 million euros. This puts Italy in the top ten worldwide for PRO distributions.
  In the last year, SCF, the leading collecting society in Italy, distributed over 51 million euros to its members and other collective societies. The share distributed to producers exceeded 42 million euros and recorded a significant increase of 7.7%, compared to 2023.
  That result was supported by do
  
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• Vinyl Me, Please Enters Liquidation After Months of Uncertainty — Leaving Die-Hard Vinyl Superfans In the Lurch

  07-05-2025 20:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Konstantinos Hasandras
  Denver-based record club Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) has entered liquidation, leaving lots of vinyl fans in limbo. The boutique record subscription club was founded in 2012—but months of customer complaints about not receiving their orders have blossomed into a full-on bankruptcy proceeding.
  The company’s financial troubles reportedly accelerated after a failed attempt to build its own pressing plant, which included the controversial firing of three se
  
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• Vinyl Me, Please Enters Liquidation After Months of Uncertainty

  07-05-2025 20:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Konstantinos Hasandras
  Denver-based record club Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) has entered liquidation, leaving lots of vinyl fans in limbo. The boutique record subscription club was founded in 2012—but months of customer complaints about not receiving their orders have blossomed into a full-on bankruptcy proceeding.
  The company’s financial troubles reportedly accelerated after a failed attempt to build its own pressing plant, which included the controversial firing of three se
  
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• TikTok Soothes Nervous Advertisers—Says It’s ‘Confident in the Future’

  07-05-2025 19:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  TikTok is making a concerted effort to calm advertisers’ nerves as the platform faces its third extension of the looming U.S. ban. If the platform is ultimately banned in the United States—nearly $12 billion in ad revenue is at risk.
  Despite the uncertainty surrounding the platform, TikTok sales team members have been proactively reaching out to agencies and brands. The sales team projects unwavering confidence that the app will remain operationa
  
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• The National’s Matt Berninger shares contemplative solo album opener ‘Inland Ocean’

  07-05-2025 19:38 via nme.com
  
  The National’s Matt Berninger has shared the contemplative ‘Inland Ocean’, from his upcoming solo album ‘Get Sunk’ – listen below.READ MORE: The National’s Matt Berninger: “It was sobering to realise how fragile I was”The album is due to be released on May 30 via Book/Concord and is the second solo record from the singer, following on from his 2020 debut ‘Serpentine Prison’. Visit here to pre-order it.
  So far, he has released
  
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• Liam Payne, Who Died Without a Will, Left $32 Million Estate

  07-05-2025 19:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cheryl Tweedy, the One Direction singer's former partner and mother of his son, was named one of the co-administrators of his estate
  
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• The Outlines on Lisa’s Met Gala Look Were Real People, Just Not Rosa Parks

  07-05-2025 19:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Representatives for the artist Henry Taylor shut down widespread rumors that the Blackpink singer wore images of the civil rights icon on her Louis Vuitton-designed bodysuit at the Met Gala
  
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• Cuco’s Sweet Soul Throwback

  07-05-2025 19:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  L.A. artist delivers an ode to Sixties and Seventies sounds he loves
  
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• Samsung’s Harman Announces $350 Million Sound United Purchase — Including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, and More

  07-05-2025 19:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A pair of headphones from Bowers & Wilkins, one of the Sound United brands that’s set to become part of Samsung’s Harman International thanks to a newly announced acqusition agreement. Photo Credit: Evgeniy Bezkorovayniy
  A little over three years after acquiring Sound United, medical tech company Masimo Corporation is offloading its consumer audio unit in a $350 million deal with Samsung’s Harman International.Irvine-headquartered Masimo, having previously kicked off a stra
  
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• The Who Tease Upcoming ‘The Song Is Over’ Project. What Is It?

  07-05-2025 18:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  A new rock opera? The long-awaited Keith Moon biopic? A perfume? Are they breaking up? The safe money is on a farewell tour
  
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• André 3000’s Piano Record Is a Bold Example of Not Knowing Exactly What You’re Doing

  07-05-2025 18:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  One of the greatest hip-hop artists ever follows his ambient flute album with7 Piano Sketches
  
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• See Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ Recreated With Dialogue From Over 330 Films

  07-05-2025 18:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  YouTuber the Unusual Suspect drops latest "CinemaSings" mega-montage, this time for Oscar-winning 8 Mile track
  
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• Kanye West Lasts Three Minutes With Piers Morgan, Storms Off After Stupid Dispute Over X Followers

  07-05-2025 18:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The brief conversation also found Ye boasting about the quality of his life after "being attacked by the banks"
  
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• Kelly Clarkson reflects on being subjected to 'very cruel' comments about her appearance

  07-05-2025 18:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kelly Clarkson has rocked racy outfits in her latest music video in response to criticism of her looks.
  
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• Bloc Party to receive Outstanding Song Collection award at the Ivors 2025

  07-05-2025 18:00 via nme.com
  
  Bloc Party have been announced as the recipients of the Outstanding Song Collection award at the Ivors 2025.READ MORE: Bloc Party on ‘Alpha Games’: “We’re not the same band now. The chemistry is different”The original four members of the indie veterans – Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong – will receive the honour at the 70th edition of the award ceremony. The Ivors will be held at the Grosvenor House in London on Thursday May 22,
  
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