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Florence + the Machine have been announced as the first headliner for next year's Open'er Festival, which goes down in Gydania, Poland from June 29 - July 2. The appearance marks the first headlining appearance from Flo at the fest. Four day tickets to the festival are available now. The 2015 Open'er fest featured headlining appearances from Disclosure, Drake and more.

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Morrissey performed his rendition of the Waylon Jenning's song "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," during a concert in Visalia, California on August 29. "Lord, it's the same old tune / Fiddle and guitar / Where do we take it from here? Rhinestone suits and big shiny cars, it's been the same way for years," crooned Morrissey.

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Shawna Thompson, wife of Keifer Thompson, and one half of Thompson Square, has shared a picture of her baby bump via Instagram. She posted a picture of her belly on which her dog Barkley was resting, adding the caption, Barkley's already giving baby some love! Shawna xoxo." The pair are expecting the birth in January.

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T.I. has released "Check, Run It," a single from his upcoming album, The Dime Trap. The League of Starz-produced track features a heavy beat and dreamy synths. "I tell you no lie, I be everywhere you go guy / Over here every h* go by, say that n*gga right there be so fly / He doublin' up is all I'm about, man one or two million cant ball in the house . . ."

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Despite previous reports, Sam Smith has recorded the new Bond Theme "Writing's On The Wall" for the upcoming film, Spectre. On Labor Day the singer posted a cryptic photo to social media, which pictured a hand wearing a ring with the symbol for criminal organization SPECTRE, standing for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.

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Mumford and Sons have signed on to give a headlining performance at this year's upcoming Apple Music Festival. The event is scheduled to take place between September 19 and 28 and will be held in London. Other top acts also confirmed for the event this year include Ellie Goulding, Carrie Underwood, One Direction and Disclosure.

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Janelle Monae has revealed the "Resistance Pilot" line, the latest look in the Cover Girl's Star Wars: The Force Awakens makeup. Monae revealed the new line at the recent Cover Girl x Star Wars event, posing for pictures in a bright orange jumpsuit reminiscent of "Rebel/Resistance pilot" uniform.

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Ringo Starr is asking his former bandmate, Paul McCartney, along with the family members of the late John Lennon and George Harrison, to collect old, unseen photos of the Beatles. "If they're listening . . . dig out the negatives," he asked while at the National Portrait Gallery in London. "The other boys had cameras too," he added.

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Janet Jackson has announced that the third leg of her Unbreakable tour will kick off May 19 at Concord, California's Concord Pavilion. The third leg encompasses 24 dates, wrapping up at Wantagh, New York's Jones Beach Amphitheater on June 25. The trek kicked off on August 31 in Vancouver and includes nearly 90 stops.

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Sly Stone has joined forces with production duo Soul Clap for "In Da Kar," releasing a video for the song which was recorded during the pair's 2013 sessions. The cut features Stone on the keys and vocals from Funkadelic fronter George Clinton. "It's an undeniable driving song, and the video fittingly opens with the Soul Clap guys, decked out . . ."

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