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Kanye West Will Remain Wireless Festival Headliner Despite Loss of Sponsors

Melvin Benn, who books Wireless Festival, says "forgiveness and giving people a second chance are becoming a lost virtue." Kanye West Will Remain Wireless Festival Headliner Despite Loss of Sponsors Alex Young

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How to put your music on Spotify: Release timing, metadata, and rollout tips for artists

If you are trying to figure out how to put your music on Spotify, the first thing to note is that the upload itself is not usually what trips artists up. Spotify does not take direct uploads from independent artists, so you need a distributor to deliver the audio, artwork, credits, release date, and

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Kanye West’s right to enter UK under government review after Wireless Festival outcry

The rapper's history of anti-Semitic remarks and support of Nazism have caused a major backlash against the festival, with several sponsors cutting ties

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Lady Gaga & Doechii ‘Serve a Little Sass’ in New Song for ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’: Trailer

20th Century Studios shared the trailer for the film featuring snippets of the new track.

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The Strokes to release new album ‘Reality Awaits’ this summer, their first since 2020.

They have not released a studio record since 2020's 'The New Abnormal'

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Diageo and Pepsi withdrew sponsorship of the Wireless Fest after Ye was announced as headliner.

Diageo also withdrew from sponsoring the London festival this year.

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50 Cent Reacts to Pepsi Pulling Wireless Fest Sponsorship After Ye Announced as Headliner: ‘He Might Black Out Again’

Diageo also withdrew from sponsoring the London festival this year.

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The Strokes announce new album ‘Reality Awaits’ for this summer

They have not released a studio record since 2020's 'The New Abnormal'

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Kanye West's Wireless Festival Headline Prompts Sponsor Withdrawals and Political Concern

The festival's sponsors Pepsi and Diageo have withdrawn their funding while Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called the booking “deeply concerning"

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"There's something about it that you just don't get with soft synths": Jasper Tygner on why he loves his Moog Grandmother

We visited the rising producer and multi-instrumentalist in his South London studio to find out more about the making of debut album Blue

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PayPal and Rockstar Energy distance themselves from Wireless Festival as Kanye West headlines

The festival's sponsors Pepsi and Diageo have withdrawn their funding while Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called the booking “deeply concerning"

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Sponsorship Withdrawals from Wireless Festival Amidst Kanye West Controversy

Given Ye's history of antisemitism, his three-night booking has also drawn rebuke from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a number of Jewish leaders.

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The Strokes Announce New Album Reality Awaits

The band’s seventh studio LP and first in six years will be out “this summer”

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Diageo and Rockstar Energy Join Pepsi in Exiting U.K.’s Wireless Festival Sponsorship Over Kanye West Headline Slot

Given Ye's history of antisemitism, his three-night booking has also drawn rebuke from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a number of Jewish leaders.

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The Strokes Announce New Album Reality Awaits

The band’s seventh studio LP and first in six years will be out “this summer”

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Flying Lotus Details Chaotic EP "BIG MAMA" and Electronic Music Influences

FlyLo weighs in on Suno and talks us through the making of BIG MAMA, a chaotic speedrun of an EP that zooms through chiptune, breakcore and jazz fusion without looping a single bar

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Flying Lotus Discusses AI Music Tools and Recent EP "BIG MAMA"

FlyLo weighs in on Suno and talks us through the making of BIG MAMA, a chaotic speedrun of an EP that zooms through chiptune, breakcore and jazz fusion without looping a single bar

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Charli XCX Nears Completion of New Studio Album

It follows 2024's cultural phenomenon 'Brat', and her recent soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s 'Wuthering Heights'

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Charli XCX’s team confirm she’s finishing her next studio album

It follows 2024's cultural phenomenon 'Brat', and her recent soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s 'Wuthering Heights'

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Wireless Festival Loses Sponsor Due to Kanye West Booking

Drinks giant Diageo follow Pepsi in withdrawing funding from the festival over West's history of anti-Semitism