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TYLER, THE KILLERS & STURGILL SIMPSON TO HEADLINE OUTSIDE LANDS

4/23/24

Outside Lands will hit San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for its 16th year 8/9-11. Tyler, The Creator, The Killers and Sturgill Simpson are slated to headline.
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A RECAP OF RADIO ADD RECAPS

4/23/24

Republic tops the Pop add board with Taylor Swift's "Fortnight" f/Post Malone, while RCA secures 24 more adds on Doja Cat's "OKLOSER" for a total of 54 at Rhythm and Republic's Pearl Jam takes top honors at Modern Rock with "Wreckage."
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85 SHOWS SET FOR NYC'S SUMMERSTAGE SEASON

4/23/24

Live music lovers in New York's five boroughs will need to clear their calendars this summer, as City Parks Foundation has lined up 85 free and benefit shows from the Roots, Café Tacvba and many more.
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RCA INKS DEBBII DAWSON

4/23/24

Rising singer-songwriter Debbii Dawson has inked to RCA. Her first single with the label, “Happy World,” arrived on 4/19 as the first offering from her forthcoming EP.
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A SWIFT UPDATE: HOW HIGH CAN TTPD GO?

4/22/24

After three full days of activity, the final number for Taylor Swift’s blockbuster debut is starting to become clearer. How high can TTPD go?
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YOUR HITS PHOTO GALLERY: IT'S VISUAL POETRY

4/22/24

If you're a TORTURED POET, you're probably about ready to put down your feather quill and enjoy a peaceful opium-fueled oblivion. These delightful industry pics won't tax your weary mind—though we did consider doing the captions as limericks. But it smacked of effort.
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NOVA FESTIVAL ATTACK REMEMBERED IN NYC EXHIBIT

4/22/24

An exhibit chronicling the 10/7 massacre at the Tribe of Nova trance-music festival in Israel and its aftermath has been mounted in NYC. Scooter Braun helped bring the immersive display, 06:29 AM—The Moment Music Stood Still to...
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ROCK HALL UNVEILS
2024 INDUCTEES

4/22/24

And the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are...
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TORTURED TRACK BY TRACK

4/22/24

Amazon Music has curated a new Taylor Swift "experience" that includes commentary from the artist interspersed throughout the tracks on her new Republic blockbuster, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT.
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MERCK’S HSM
DEFENDS ITS TURF

4/22/24

Blackstone’s reported £1.2b ($1.5b) bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which followed a $1.4b bid from Concord Chorus, has spurred HSF investment advisor Hipgnosis Song Management, headed by founder Merck Mercuriadis, into action.
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NEW RELEASES:
SWIFT UPS THE ANTE

4/22/24

With expectations already sky-high for Taylor Swift’s TTPD, the Republic megastar upped the ante when she decided to drop a secret double album at 2am on Friday. Based on first-day activity, it is clear that TTPD will open north of...
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ACM NOMS: FINAL ROUND

4/22/24

Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney lead the nominations for the 59th ACM Awards. Monday is the last day for final-round voting.
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COACHELLA WEEKEND 2: THAT’S A WRAP

4/22/24

If you missed out on the desert dust and prime performances of Coachella's first weekend, don't fret—YouTube's got your back. In the meantime, here's a glimpse of the surprises that graced Weekend 2.
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LAILA! AND SOUNDCLOUD MAKE IT RAIN

4/22/24

Seventeen-year-old R&B/hip-hop artist Laila! is making noise at—and with—SoundCloud. Since its release 2/23, her debut single, “Like That!” has garnered...
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BILL'S PASSAGE COULD RESULT IN U.S. TIKTOK BAN

4/20/24

The fate of TikTok in the U.S. remains up in the air after the House easily passed a bill that provides $95b in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan while also requiring ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to divest the platform or face a domestic ban from the app stores.
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BLACKSTONE ASSEMBLING $1.5B BID FOR HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND

4/20/24

According to published reports, and in the wake of news that Concord had already assembled a proposal for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, financial giant Blackstone has revealed that it is mounting its own bid.
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TAY GETS POSTMODERN
WITH "FORTNIGHT" VIDEO

4/19/24

Taylor Swift's first TORTURED POETS video is here: "Fortnight," co-starring Post Malone. It's a wild visual odyssey of steampunk tropes, period attire and—oh, just watch it. And stick around for the Fortnight Challenge.
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TAYLOR'S CUSTOM TIKTOK HUB

4/19/24

TikTok has rolled out the red carpet for Taylor Swift, creating an in-app experience for release of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Many of the interactive features for Swift's hub are firsts for the platform.
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GREEN DAY'S L.A. "UNDERPLAY" OVERPERFORMS

4/19/24

Seeing a stadium-level band in a club is a rare opportunity. Seeing said band performing two of their most beloved albums in their entirety in such an environment is a unicorn-level rarity.
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STILL BOOMIN: FUTURE & METRO RECLAIM #1

4/19/24

Future & Metro Boomin return to #1 on the HITS Top 50 with their sequel, WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU. Sony logs a fourth straight week at #1, holding the top three spots, with Beyoncé at #2 and TRUST's predecessor at #3.
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