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• Taylor Momsen explains why The Pretty Reckless are delaying album until 2021

  19-08-2020 14:45 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Momsen has explained why The Pretty Reckless decided to delay their album until 2021.
  
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• Reggie Watts slams Coachella’s deterioration over the years: “No care, no reverence… just vibes created for influencer culture”

  17-04-2025 06:06 via nme.com
  
  American musician, actor and comedian Reggie Watts has shared his thoughts on Coachella‘s deterioration in management over the years – see what he had to say below.READ MORE: Every Coachella line-up poster since 1999On Tuesday (April 15), Watts – who used to lead the house band on The Late Late Show with James Corden between 2015 and 2024 – took to social media to share his thoughts on the iconic Californian festival.
  Watts wrote, starting off his lengthy post: “I&r
  
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• Fyre Festival 2 Postponed, All Tickets Refunded

  17-04-2025 05:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Agustin Flores
  After sharing permits and stating the festival would go forward, Fyre Festival 2 organizers have postponed the festival and offered refunds for ticket buyers.
  A message sent to ticket holders this afternoon confirmed Fyre Festival 2 will not go forward as planned in Mexico from May 30 to June 2. “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. Once the new date is announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it work
  
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• Deezer Says 20,000 AI-Generated Songs Are Uploaded Onto Its Platform Daily — Roughly 18% of All Tracks

  17-04-2025 05:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Deezer says over 20,000 fully AI-generated tracks are uploaded to its platform daily, or around 18% of all uploaded content.
  Global streaming platform Deezer has reported that over 20,000 entirely AI-generated tracks — or around 18% of all tracks — are uploaded to its platform daily. That’s an increase from the previously reported 10% in January, when Deezer launched its cutting-edge AI music detection tool. The company’s AI music detection tool sets
  
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• Spotify Says ‘No Hack’ After Hours-Long Outage Affecting Tens of Thousands of Users

  17-04-2025 05:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Spotify is back up after a widespread outage that left many users suspecting hackers were to blame. But the company says that’s “completely inaccurate.”
  Tens of thousands of Spotify users reported problems with the popular music streaming service on Wednesday during a widespread outage. But Spotify was back up and running a few hours later.
  “All clear — thanks for your patience,” said Spotify on social media, around noon ET. &ldq
  
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• Lil Nas X shares update on facial paralysis

  17-04-2025 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lil Nas X has shared an update on the partial paralysis to his face.
  
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• Billy McFarland postpones Fyre Festival 2

  17-04-2025 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Businessman Billy McFarland has called time out on Fyre Festival 2.
  
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• Oasis reunion: Ball Park Music confirmed as supporting act for Australia tour

  17-04-2025 04:59 via nme.com
  
  Longtime Aussie indie rock favourites Ball Park Music have been announced as the special guest for Oasis‘ upcoming reunion tour.READ MORE: Oasis reunion tour 2025: full band line-up revealedLate last night (April16), Oasis and Live Nation Australia took to social media to make the announcement, confirming that Ball Park Music will be opening for all of their five reunion shows in Australia later this year.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Oasis (@oasis)Ball Park Music wrote on I
  
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• Humans Struggle to Accurately Identify AI Music, Study Reveals

  17-04-2025 04:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Lorenzo Spoleti
  How accurately can humans identify music created using artificial intelligence? A new study conducted by MIT Technology Review reveals humans struggle against diffusion-created AI music from platforms like Suno and Udio.
  Diffusion models for creating music don’t compose songs the same way a human might, by starting with chords and adding vocals and drums. Instead, these models generate the noise of music all at once—visualized by a waveform. With hundred
  
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• Fyre Fest 2 has been postponed indefinitely

  17-04-2025 04:17 via nme.com
  
  Fyre Fest 2 has officially been postponed indefinitely.READ MORE: The 10 most WTF moments from Netflix’s jaw-dropping Fyre Festival documentaryLess than two months before it was due to take place, Fyre Fest 2 has been put on ice. Its postponement was first announced in an email to ticketholders and people who had signed up for the Fyre Festival newsletter before ABC News broke the news publicly.
  In Fyre Festival’s notice to ticketholders, they wrote: “The event has been po
  
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• Morgan Wallen Shares 37-Song Track List for ‘I’m the Problem,’ Confirms Tate McRae Feature

  17-04-2025 04:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The country star will kick off his North American tour in support of the album on June 20 in Houston
  
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• Seoul Court Upholds Injunction Blocking NewJeans Solo Activities — K-Pop Group Immediately Appeals

  17-04-2025 02:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Moments after a court ruled to leave in place an injunction blocking NewJeans’ solo career activities, the group appealed to the Seoul High Court. Photo Credit: SBS Radio
  A Seoul court has upheld an injunction blocking NewJeans members from engaging in professional activities without Ador’s involvement. And right on cue, the group has kicked off a High Court appeal.Both developments came to light in regional reports today. By now, many are familiar with the uglier-than-ever contract
  
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• Digital Music News Is Beefing Up Its Chart Intelligence With Chartmetric — Here’s a Look at What’s Coming

  17-04-2025 02:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Chartmetric trending artist du jour, De La Soul
  Digital Music News is now expanding its longtime partnership with Chartmetric, the industry’s most respected music intelligence and data platform.
  Jumping in, DMN readers will soon have access to a constantly-updating track popularity ranking, complete with fast-emerging breakouts. Complementing the ranking will be Chartmetric’s latest data trend analysis, which will include a broad range of genres, artists, and broader worldwide music
  
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• Liam Payne’s Sister Pens Tribute 6 Months After Singer’s Death: ‘Living Without You Is Impossible’

  17-04-2025 01:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ruth Gibbins shared memories of her brother in an emotional letter six months after his tragic death
  
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• Latest Music Industry Hires: Beatchain, Downtown, Arista, NSAI, Music Media Collective, More

  16-04-2025 23:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  In one of mid-April 2025’s music industry hires, promotions, and exits, Tom Allen (pictured) became Downtown Music’s CTO on a permanent basis. Photo Credit: Downtown
  Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of April 16th, 2025.
  If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com. And,
  
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• Lil Nas X shares update after suffering partial paralysis in his face

  16-04-2025 23:25 via nme.com
  
  Lil Nas X has shared an update after he recently suffered partial paralysis in his face.
  The rapper was taken to hospital earlier this week and at the time took to social media, uploading a video of himself in a gown saying he’d lost “lost control” of the right side of his face.
  Now in a new update on his Instragram Stories, he revealed that has regained some movement in the right side of his face, specifically the lower half.
  Filming himself chewing a piece of gum for medicina
  
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• Neko Case to Embark on Extensive North American Tour This Fall

  16-04-2025 22:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-songwriter, fresh off a new memoir, returns to the road this October
  
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• Fyre Fest 2 Postponed, Obviously

  16-04-2025 22:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Organizers said a "new date will be announced" (uh-huh) and ticket holders would receive refunds (we sure hope so)
  
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• Zak Starkey responds to reports he’s been fired by The Who: “I’m surprised and saddened”

  16-04-2025 22:26 via nme.com
  
  Zak Starkey has responded to reports that he has been fired by The Who.READ MORE: Roger Daltrey on Teenage Cancer Trust and the chances of new music from The WhoAccording to a statement to The Mirror via a spokesperson for the band, yesterday (April 15) The Who’s “collective decision to part ways with Zak” comes after the recent “round of shows at the Royal Albert Hall”.
  The spokesperson went on to add: “They have nothing but admiration for him and wish h
  
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• Lil Nas X Shares Update After Suffering Partial Facial Paralysis

  16-04-2025 22:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Grammy winner filmed himself chewing gum to build back strength, but admitted one of his eyes still “needs to play catch-up”
  
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• Cardi B and FKA Twigs Lead 2025 LadyLand Lineup

  16-04-2025 21:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sukihana, Pabllo Vittar, Eartheater, Cobra, Cortisa Star, and more will also appear at the Pride Weekend event in Brooklyn on June 27 and 28
  
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• M83 announces new label Other Suns and ‘A Necessary Escape’ soundtrack

  16-04-2025 21:51 via nme.com
  
  M83‘s Anthony Gonzalez has created a new label, Other Suns, on which he is releasing the soundtrack ‘A Necessary Escape’.READ MORE: M83 – ‘Fantasy’ review: reluctant hitmaker retreats into cult shoegazeThe label’s first release is Gonzalez’s own soundtrack to the upcoming film Dakar: Race Against The Desert. Both film and soundtrack will be released on May 9.
  A synopsis of the film reads: “8,549 kilometers. 16 days. 383 drivers. For 45 years
  
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• Billie Eilish and Support+Feed announce ‘Overheated’ 2025 climate events in London and Berlin

  16-04-2025 21:27 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced another set of her Overheated climate action events in London and Berlin.READ MORE: Overheated: Billie Eilish and mother “proud” to platform change makers at London climate eventEvents will take place at the Indigo at The O2 in London on July 14 and Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin on May 9 ahead of her respective concerts in both cities. Overheated aims to bring together “climate activists, musicians and designers at the two venues and other leading voi
  
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• Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan Seeks Serenity After a Wild Punk Life in New Doc Trailer

  16-04-2025 21:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Wired for Chaos will trace the tumultuous, occasionally violent life and career of the revered musician
  
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• Bonnaroo Announces 2025 Schedule—Headliners Include Luke Combs, Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo, and Hozier

  16-04-2025 21:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Post Malone’s set at Bonnaroo 2024 by Taylor Regulski
  Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival announces the complete schedule for this year’s edition, kicking off June 12-15 in Manchester, Tennessee. A timeline peek at this year’s lineup is also included.
  Bonnaroo 2025 will boast an assortment of highlights over its four unforgettable nights. Spanning multiple main stage performances on Thursday, June 12 — including a headline set by Luke Combs, Bonnaroo’s
  
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• Liam Payne's sister shares heartbreaking tribute marking six months since death

  16-04-2025 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Payne's sister Ruth Gibbins has issued a heartbreaking tribute following his death.
  
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• Liam Payne's girlfriend recounts final conversation with late singer

  16-04-2025 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy has recalled her final conversation with the late singer.
  
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• Kodak Black Quietly Pays Rent for 200 Residents in Florida Housing Project

  16-04-2025 20:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Kodak Black by David Cabrera for Atlantic Records
  For the second month in a row, Kodak Black has paid rent for over 200 residents at a Florida housing project.
  While he may not be looking for publicity for it, rapper Kodak Black has paid rent for more than 200 residents at Florida’s Golden Acres housing project. This is the second month in a row he has done so. The news was revealed by a man who seems to either be a resident of or a staff member at Golden Acres.
  “He may
  
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• Lorde announces new single ‘What Was That’

  16-04-2025 20:44 via nme.com
  
  Lorde has confirmed the release of her new single ‘What Was That’.READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now”It comes after the singer began hinting at new material at the end of last year, wiping her social media accounts and leading to fans believing that a new chapter was on the way. She also shared exactly one second of new music, alongside several pictures of herself inside the studio, writing: “will be back in
  
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• Justin Bieber’s Team Denies Report He’s in ‘Financial Distress’

  16-04-2025 20:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  New report examines singer's rift with former manager Scooter Braun, decision to make $200 million catalog deal, and possibility of new music
  
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