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Ed Sheeran announced Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the singer to cancel all immediate in-person appearances for his upcoming LP =, due out this Friday, October 29th. However, Sheeran will still fulfill his commitments virtually.

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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo revealed Thursday night (Nov. 4) that they're starring in a movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked.

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"You can tell it’s the same band," the drummer says of AM's next project.

Arctic Monkeys fans surely "wanna know" when the English rock band will return with a new record, and drummer Matt Helders recently gave an update on the band's latest full-length effort.
During BBC's 2021 "Children in Need" Drumathon, Helders spoke with 5 Live Breakfast while giving a drum lesson and fielding questions about the band's upcoming project. When asked if the new album was ready and good to go, he said, “Yeah, pretty much, yeah. It was a bit disjointed how we had to do it, and there are bits to finish off, but yeah, it’s all in the works.”

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On the heels of their 17th album, Senjutsu, Iron Maiden will return to North America next fall for another leg of their ongoing Legacy of the Beast World Tour. The band originally kicked off the trek, which featured sets consisting mostly of fan favorites, in 2019 but paused when the world went into Covid-19-related lockdowns. When the group returns, it will add songs from Senjutsu to the set.
The general ticket on-sale begins on Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. local time on Ticktmaster.com. A fan club presale will launch on Dec. 7, and one for Ticketmaster’s Verified Fans platform will begin the next day; both begin at 10 a.m. local time. Trivium will open all dates from El Paso to Spokane, while Within Temptation will open from Sioux Falls to Tampa.

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Marianne Faithfull will give her 1999 album, Vagabond Ways, the deluxe treatment with a reissue due out March 4. She’s teasing the release with the demo recording for the album’s “Incarceration of a Flower Child,” a song Roger Waters wrote in 1968 but never recorded with Pink Floyd.

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Adele led the winners at tonight’s (Feb. 8) Brit Awards 2022, taking home three awards at the prestigious ceremony. The music icon triumphed as she picked up Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for 30 and Song of the Year for “Easy On Me.”

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There’s nothing like a sweet brisa on a yacht. On Thursday, Zion & Lennox premiered the boat party music video for their single “Brisa” alongside Danny Ocean with Rolling Stone as they teased the sound of their upcoming music.

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Jacob Collier seeks comfort in a time of isolation and loss on new song “Never Gonna Be Alone” featuring Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer. It’s Collier’s first official single since he dropped 2020’s Diesse Vol. 3.

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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion reunited onstage to perform “WAP” for the first time in over a year at London’s Wireless Festival, where both rappers were part of Friday’s lineup.
Playing only her second full post-pandemic concert since October 19 — Cardi B officially returned to the stage this past week — the rapper brought out her “WAP” mate for their first performance of the 2020 single together since their controversial bed-in at last year’s Grammy Awards.

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No Beatles album has a mystique quite like Revolver. John, Paul, George, and Ringo threw all their craziest ideas into their experimental 1966 masterpiece, turning Abbey Road Studios into a hotbed of madcap creative frenzy. Revolver was underrated for many years — especially in America, where the complete album didn’t even get released for 20 years. So it took time to get recognized as the Beatles’ boldest, brashest statement. But the shock of the new Special Deluxe Edition, with a treasure trove of unheard outtakes, is realizing there’s so much more to these songs than anyone knew. Hearing the new Revolver is a revelation that takes time to sink in for real: proof that the world is still underrating the Beatles.

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