Gorillaz, AJ Tracey, Girl In Red and more added to Øya Festival 2022 line-up
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Watch Wet Leg’s debut appearance on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’
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Raekwon says RZA rejected Leonardo DiCaprio-backed Wu-Tang Clan biopic
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Nile Rodgers narrates new festive tale ‘Story For Sleep: A Peaceful Winter Night’
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Bad Bunny beats Taylor Swift and Drake to be most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2021
Spotify has shared details of its most-streamed acts in the period January 1 to November 27, 2021, with Bad Bunny topping the list for the second year running. The Puerto Rican artist’s songs were streamed a total of 9.1billion times compared with 8.3billion in...
Nilüfer Yanya announces UK and European dates as part of 2022 tour
Nilüfer Yanya has announced UK and European shows for 2022 – check out the full schedule below. READ MORE: Nilüfer Yanya’s debut album is a ‘Black Mirror’-infused nightmare wrapped in lush indie-roc The singer will hit the road in support of her upcoming second album...
Self Esteem announces debut US tour dates for 2022
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Bad Bunny And Taylor Swift Are Spotify’s Most-Streamed Global Artists Of 2021
Every year to kick off the month of December, Spotify launches its Wrapped feature, a quantitative look at the songs and artists (and now also podcasts) we listened to the most on its platform. Mine is pretty much the same every year — 600...
Kehlani confirms they want to go by she/they pronouns
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