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Listen to a previously unheard demo version of Blondie’s ‘Go Through It’

Blondie have shared a previously unheard demo version of ‘Go Through It’, formerly known as ‘I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer’. READ MORE: Blondie live in Manchester: legends refuse to rest on their legacy with a blockbuster set The demo, which features on the band’s upcoming box set ‘Against the Odds: 1974 – 1982‘, hears frontperson Debbie Harry singing different lyrics to the version (‘Go Through It’) that was released on the band’s fifth album ‘Autoamerican’ (1980). ‘Go Through It’ also features mariachi horns, unlike the demo, and as Rolling Stone notes, ‘I Love You Honey…’ was possibly...
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Nicki Minaj’s husband sentenced to probation and home detention after failing to register as sex offender

An LA judge has sentenced Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, to one year of home detention and three years of probation after he failed to register as a sex offender. Californian law states that Petty – who was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in 1995 – would have been required to register as a sex offender within five business days of moving to the state. According to federal court documents, Petty moved from New York to California in July of 2019 but failed to update his status. New York’s sex offender registry demands that a convicted offender must notify...
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Calvin Harris announces new song ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell

Calvin Harris has announced that his next single, ‘Stay With Me’, will arrive next week with guest spots by Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell. READ MORE: Calvin Harris live at Glastonbury 2022: Fans amplify the hit-fuelled Arcadia set The superstar DJ is readying the release of ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, his first album in five years, next month and will treat fans with another advanced preview in ‘Stay With Me’. Harris shared the news with a photo of himself posing with the single’s collaborators in a sunny spot. He wrote in the caption that the song is dropping “next...
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Disney once tried to sign Dr. Dre, his attorney claims

Disney once attempted to sign Dr. Dre, according to the rap giant’s attorney. READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop forever During the latest edition of the Connection Is Magic podcast, Peter Paterno – who has also represented Pharrell, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses – recalled the period following the release of Dre’s seminal debut album, 1992’s ‘The Chronic’. “The first album that I was actually involved in was ‘2001’,” Paterno told host Samson Shulman. “So I was working with Dre, and came out and it blew...
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Courtney Barnett announces 2022 UK and Europe tour dates

Courtney Barnett has shared details of a new UK and Europe tour later this year. READ MORE: Courtney Barnett – “I was trying to retrain my brain to not get hung up on certain things and to see the beauty in those moments” The Australian singer-songwriter will play 14 shows in support of her latest album, ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’, kicking things off at Munich’s Neue Theaterfabrik on October 28 before wrapping at London’s Roundhouse on November 13 for Pitchfork Music Festival. Earlier this month Barnett supported The Rolling Stones for their 60th anniversary show at BST in...
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These are the biggest singles and albums of 2022 so far

Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran have scored the biggest singles and albums in the UK in 2022 so far. READ MORE: Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart is Styles’ long running Number One hit ‘As It Was’ is the biggest single of the year beating Sheeran and Fireboy DML’s single ‘Peru’ into second place. The track, which has topped the charts for 10 weeks, racked up 95 million streams and was also the most physically purchased (11,000 units) and digitally downloaded (33,000 units) song of the year so far in the UK,...
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Natalie Imbruglia Passes The ‘Torn’ Torch To Olivia Rodrigo In Surprise Duet

Olivia Rodrigo has been pulling out a lot of surprises for her North American-European Sour tour, and on Wednesday (July 6), she invited Natalie Imbruglia to have a duet performance on the Australian singer’s 1997 hit “Torn” at the Eventim Apollo venue in London. A fan recorded a video of the two singers taking turns singing different parts of the song, with Imbruglia kicking off the first verse before joining in harmony for the chorus. The audience also vocalized along with them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veKMKvTwnUQ Upon concluding the duet, Rodrigo bowed at Imbruglia’s feet and embraced her. Imbruglia later took to...
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Boris Johnson resigns: “I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government”

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK. The PM announced his resignation outside Number 10 Downing Street after almost three years in power. His resignation came in the wake of the departure of the former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the resignations of over 50 MPs. Advertisement Johnson has since been under increasing pressure to step down from his role as PM. Speaking outside Number 10, he said: “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and...
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Carlos Santana is “doing very well” following onstage collapse

Carlos Santana‘s wife has said that her husband is currently “doing very well” after he collapsed onstage earlier this week. The musician was performing in Clarkston, Michigan on Tuesday night (July 5) when he passed out mid-song due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. According to those in attendance, Santana was immediately attended to by medical personnel who treated him onstage. Variety reported that he appeared to regain consciousness quickly. Advertisement Santana was subsequently transported from the venue – the outdoor Pine Knob Music Theatre – to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston, per a statement issued by his management....
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Doja Cat asked Noah Schnapp for ‘Stranger Things’ co-star Joseph Quinn’s details

Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has revealed that he was asked by Doja Cat to send her details of his co-star Joseph Quinn. In a video posted on TikTok, Schnapp, who plays Will Byers in the Netflix series, shared an exchange between him and the singer where she asked him to tell Quinn to “hmu ”. READ MORE: Here’s what we know about ‘Stranger Things’ season five The video opens with a screenshot of a fan who tweeted a photograph of Quinn, who plays Eddie Munson in Stranger Things, writing: “Doja look how fine Joseph Quinn is.” Advertisement...