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Billy Bragg says “if I was Ed Sheeran, I’d swallow my pride and cancel the tour” to avoid “tarnishing career” and “becoming a pariah”

“Fundamentally, this is about the right to express your opinion”

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Frances Shillito argues for change in music industry safeguarding

Frances Shillito spent her career in artist management and venue relations. She now trains the music industry in safeguarding, and she argues the appetite for change has finally outpaced the infrastru

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Watch The Strokes debut ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ live in Hollywood

“We’re going to be trying to play a song we’ve never played before,” Casablancas said

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Noisia Reunite After Seven-Year Hiatus

The Dutch trio will play their first show back together on Dec. 4 in Amsterdam.

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Ed Sheeran’s Tour Openers, Backing Band Resign After Macklemore Removal

The rapper was kicked off the tour following his call for a free Palestine

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DICE owner Fever raises $250M led by EQT, at a $5.2B valuation, in ‘largest ever’ round for a live-entertainment tech company

Fever says it has more than tripled its revenue over the past three years while remaining EBITDA-positive. Source

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Watch The Strokes debut ‘Tyrants Of The Yellow Moon’ live in Hollywood

“We’re going to be trying to play a song we’ve never played before,” Casablancas said

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Diljit Dosanjh’s milestone Wembley show powers highest Spotify UK ranking

In what’s turning out to be a kind of announcement relay, Diljit Dosanjh who in May told his audience at the Rogers Centre in Toronto that he would be playing […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Royal Blood release new single 'Swallow The Bomb'

The duo have been previewing the track at their live shows this summer, including at their surprise Reading slot

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Jimmy Eat World cancel tour dates due to frontman's surgery

The singer suffered a detached retina, and was told that “attempting to do the show could have caused permanent damage”

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Ed Sheeran loses followers amid Palestine backlash

The other acts who dropped out of the tour, FINNEAS, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga, have also all gained followers

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Noisia Reunite After Seven-Year Hiatus

The Dutch trio will play their first show back together on Dec. 4 in Amsterdam.

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Ed Sheeran loses 200,000 Instagram followers amid Palestine backlash as Macklemore gains over 1.6million

The other acts who dropped out of the tour, FINNEAS, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga, have also all gained followers

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Jimmy Eat World cancel tour dates as frontman Jim Adkins recovers from emergency surgery

The singer suffered a detached retina, and was told that “attempting to do the show could have caused permanent damage”

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Listen to Royal Blood’s explosive new single ‘Swallow The Bomb’

The duo have been previewing the track at their live shows this summer, including at their surprise Reading slot

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Diljit Dosanjh’s milestone Wembley show powers highest Spotify UK ranking

In what’s turning out to be a kind of announcement relay, Diljit Dosanjh who in May told his audience at the Rogers Centre in Toronto that he would be playing […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Macklemore exits Ed Sheeran tour amid controversy

The bubbling controversy around Macklemore’s support slot on Ed Sheeran’s US stadium dates erupted yesterday. The American rapper was removed from the tour after several venues said that they would no

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Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran tour over Palestine support

Macklemore has been axed as support on Ed Sheeran’s US tour because of his on-stage support for Palestine, prompting both artists to publish statements. The rapper was dropped after several stadium ow

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Macklemore and Robert Kraft Donate to Palestinian Aid

"Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting"

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AEG Urges Court to Force Ticketmaster Sale Amid Antitrust Review

The deadline to formally comment on Live Nation’s antitrust deal with the US Department Of Justice is today. Main rival AEG says the deal is no good and Live Nation should be forced to sell Ticketmast