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    Hall of Famer Don McLean Offers Online Guitar Lesson Amid Lockdown

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    The ‘American Pie’ singer/songwriter offers some tips and tricks on how to play ‘certain notes’ on acoustic guitar in a video tutorial amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
    Apr 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Veteran singer/songwriter Don McLean is treating self-isolating music fans to a virtual guitar lesson.
    The “American Pie” star has teamed up with officials from USA Today to film a special video tutorial on his acoustic guitar, complete with advice and anecdotes from his lengthy career.
    “I always get asked how I play certain notes on the guitar,” says McLean.
    “I figured since I have some downtime I might as well help show all those people who have asked over the years how I do it and it was pretty fun, actually.”
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    The musician has also shared a message of hope to fans on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
    “We have a situation here where there seems to be no clear path out, and I think that music and those kinds of things you love are probably the best friends you’ll ever have in a situation like this,” he tells USA Today.
    “I want to send my best wishes to everybody. This will be over. Don’t despair. Go back to your records or music that gives you comfort. It will help you.”
    The 74 year old’s online lesson, in which he shows fans how to play tracks like Chairs, Grief and Hope, and American Pie, can be viewed here.

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    Orlando Bloom Lends His Voice to Spoken Word Cover of Wartime Song 'We'll Meet Again'

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    The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor leads fellow celebrities to advocate social distancing with a spoken work version of Vera Lynn’s classic World War II anthem.
    Apr 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Orlando Bloom is among the famous faces lending their voice to a spoken word version of beloved British singer Vera Lynn’s classic wartime tune, “We’ll Meet Again”.
    Richard E Grant, Naomie Harris, and Ralph Fiennes also feature in the video, which was created to urge people in the U.K. to stay at home during lockdown to protect the NHS (National Health Service).
    The touching gesture sees celebrities join frontline workers as they take it in turns to read lines from the classic song.
    Comedian Billy Connolly and actress Gemma Arterton also appear in the footage, along with veteran star Ray Winstone, who commented, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few. The NHS. National Hero Saviours.”

    The lyrics to the Second World War song have proved significant during the Covid-19 pandemic, with opera star Katherine Jenkins uniting with Lynn for a new version of the track to benefit non-profit NHS Charities Together. It topped the U.K. iTunes chart upon its release.
    Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II also referenced the song in a rare televised address to British citizens, where she expressed her gratitude for the efforts people are taking to stop the spread of coronavirus by self-isolating and paid tribute to frontline workers.

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    Post Malone Raises $500K for Covid-19 Charity With Nirvana Tribute Concert

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    The ‘Sunflower’ hitmaker performs with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker as he covers songs by his favorite band to raise funds for coronavirus relief efforts.
    Apr 27, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Post Malone’s virtual Nirvana tribute concert on Friday night, April 24, 2020 raised over $500,000 for the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
    The rapper, who is a die-hard fan of Kurt Cobain’s band, was joined remotely by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and two musician pals for the charity jam.
    “What’s up, party people,” Malone said at the top of the livestreamed show. “We’re gonna play some Nirvana for you, and have some fun, and hopefully I don’t f**k up… Thank you to the gentlemen who wrote these beautiful songs.”

    The 80-minute set featured several tracks from Nirvana’s classic album “Nevermind”, including “Lithium”, “Drain You”, and “Come as You Are” as well as “Very Ape”, “Heart-Shaped Box”, and “About a Girl”.

    Cobain’s widow Courtney Love gave the rap star her blessing to perform her late husband’s songs before the event went live and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic live-tweeted during the livestream.
    “I don’t think these fellows can play any better. They are on fire…!,” he tweeted. “I am holding emotions back the whole show.”

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    Niall Horan Writes Love Song About Coronavirus Lockdown Romance

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    The One Direction singer reveals he takes inspiration for the new love song he penned during lockdown from a classic ballad called ‘Hey There Delilah’ by the Plain White T’s.
    Apr 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Niall Horan has penned a love ballad about what it’s like to try and start a romance in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
    The Irish musician is holed up in London seeing out the crisis, having been forced to cancel his world tour due to lockdown restrictions limiting large gatherings in countries across the world.
    However, Niall’s not wasting the enforced time as he’s practising his baking and penning new hits – including a social distancing love song that takes inspiration from the Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah”, a ballad that tells the story of an unfulfilled transatlantic romance.
    “I’m in London in my apartment, cooking – I’m making a Victoria sponge right now – and writing a lot: two songs yesterday,” the One Direction alumni tells The Guardian. “I had to cancel my tour, so I might as well go on the hunt for a big song. I started writing a Hey There Delilah-type one about when this is all over, called, well, ‘When This Is All Over’, and I was also writing about the idea of meeting someone without actually meeting them, and getting to know them because of this crisis.”
    Niall, who is single after a split from Hailee Steinfeld but has been linked to stars including Selena Gomez, says that there are actually benefits to dating from afar.
    “It’s an odd one: it’s actually a good way to get to know someone,” he adds. “Usually, say you went to a bar for a date, you’re probably drunk after five drinks and you forget everything you’ve learned about them. Now, you actually have time to ask questions. There’s no romances as of yet, but I wouldn’t mind if they started to blossom.”

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    Mick Jagger Forced to Change Lyrics to New Rolling Stones Song Due to Eerie Resemblance to Covid-19

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    The original darker lyrics to The Rolling Stones’ comeback single called ‘Living in a Ghost Town’ contain eerie references to the global coronavirus pandemic.
    Apr 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Mick Jagger rewrote the lyrics to The Rolling Stones new single because he feared they were too dark in their eerie similarities to the events of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    The band debuted “Living in a Ghost Town”, their first original tune since 2012’s “Doom and Gloom”, on Thursday, April 23, 2020, which they first recorded a year ago while working on music for a new album.
    Fans have noted the prescience of lyrics that include, “life was so beautiful, then we all got locked down,” as people around the world face lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. So have the band – and Mick says the original version of the song was even more on the nose, as it contained darker references to disease.
    “It was written about being in a place that was all full of life and is now bereft of life,” the 76-year-old tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “When I went back to what I’d written originally, it was all full of plague terms and things like that.”
    “I never actually used that, but it was all there and Keith (Richards) and I both had the idea that we should release it, but I said I’ve got to rewrite it because some of it was not going to work. Some of it was a bit weird and a bit too dark.”
    The “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” hitmaker also updated fans on progress on the new Stones album, which will be their first full studio release of original material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang”.
    He said, “We’ve been recording and we’ve got some really good stuff,” but fans shouldn’t “hold their breath” for a release date as he wanted the new record to be “great” rather than just “good.”

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    Nicki Minaj's Little Sister Has Fans Gushing With Cover of Her Song

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    In a video that has been circulating around the Internet, Ming Maraj could be seen rapping along to the Young Money female emcee’s 2010 hit ‘Moments 4 Life’.
    Apr 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – It appears musical talent is running in Nicki Minaj’s family. Not only the rapper, but her sister Ming has also proven that she’s as good as the Young Money rapper by sharing on social media a cover of Nicki’s “Moments 4 Life”.
    Ming perfectly rapped along to Nicki’s 2010 track, “And yes, I call the shots, I am the umpire/ I sprinkle holy water, upon a vampire/ In this very moment, I’m king/ In this very moment, I slayed Goliath with a sling.” She continued spitting her bars, “This very moment I bring/ Put it on everything, that I will retire with the ring.”
    Her cover soon garnered praises from Internet users. “She sounds like Nicki when she first came out!” one said, as another already speculated what Ming’s future would be like, “She gonna grow up and tak the future Crown holder.” Someone else said, “She sound like her,” as one other commented, “Is sis gonna rap? Ooooo I have to stan.”
    “See this is why there is no princess of rap ! Because Ming is gonna take the princess crown when she will grow up,” one more person said, while an individual chimed in, “Literally sounds, looks, moves. Just like her lol mini nick.”
    Ming Maraj is Nicki’s step sister from her father’s side. Her existence was not known to the world until 2013, when Nicki posted on Twitter a photo of her sister. Nicki doesn’t really talk about her family, though she recently treated fans to footage of her having fun with both Ming and their father. “My dad & little sister Ming,” so she wrote in the comment section of the post.
    People soon jumped to the comment section to gush over Ming. “She’s so beautiful! She looks just like you,” Monica Denise said, while Skai Jackson raved, “She’s so pretty.”

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    BLACKPINK's Lisa Accused of Stealing Choreography From Black Dancer

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    Cierra Nichols claims that the K-Pop singer is taking the inspiration off her dance routine to QUIN and 6LACK’s ‘Mushroom Chocolate’ without giving her credits.
    Apr 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lisa of BLACKPINK has been hit with plagiarism accusations. The Thailand-born star recently uploaded a video of her performing a dance routine to QUIN and 6LACK’s “Mushroom Chocolate” before a black choreographer named Cierra Nichols blasted and accused her of stealing her choreography.
    In Lisa’s video, the K-Pop singer could be seen performing her moves while lying on the floor. At one point, she got back up and continued her routine. Meanwhile, in Cierra’s video, which was uploaded a month before Lisa’s, she mostly danced while lying on the floor.
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    Learning of Lisa’s choreography, Cierra was quick to call her out. “In today’s episode of ‘Let’s Steal from Black People’ a Korean singer gets 7.8 million views in a day using most of your choreography. Love that for us,” she wrote on Instagram Stories. Later on, she took to Twitter to write, “Convinced people can’t read. I know to credit someone if I clearly pulled from it. I seen the inspiration the girl looks great.”
    In another post, she shaded Lisa, “It’s okay, though… doesn’t look s**t like when I did it anyway.”
    Not stopping there, she responded to an Internet user who came to watch her video after seeing Lisa’s, “Because of Lisa and her choreographer using my moves.” In another post, she insisted, “It’s not about the drama girl I could care less but it’s clear where the beginning got its inspiration. It’s clear there not doing anything like mine. That’s why I’m fine.”
    Lisa has yet to respond to the accusation, but a lot of her fans have come to her defense. Some even clicked the dislike button on Cierra’s video and even threw so much negative comments to the point where the choreographer decided to turn off the comment section altogether.

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    Dawes Frontman and Real Estate to Be Part of Grateful Dead Virtual Tribute

    Honoring Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, the sixth Live From Out There weekend festival will be staged online on April 26 to raise funds for coronavirus relief causes.
    Apr 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith and members of rock band Real Estate are among the stars set to take part in a virtual tribute to Grateful Dead legends Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter.
    The musicians will be part of the line-up for the sixth “Live From Out There” weekend festival, staged online on Sunday (April 26) to raise funds for coronavirus relief causes.
    Also performing from isolation will be The Decemberists’ Chris Funk, George Porter Jr. of The Meters, Brian Elmquist from The Lone Bellow, James Petralli of White Denim, and Paul Hoffman from Greensky Bluegrass, among others.
    This weekend’s festivities will kick off at 7 P.M. ET with Songs That Saved Me podcast host Ross James remotely welcoming Grateful Dead co-founders Phil Lesh and Bob Weir to the kitchen for a special Dumplings and Dead online cooking class, alongside celebrity chefs Andrew Zimmern, Matty Matheson and Wylie Dufresne.
    Musician Oteil Burbridge will then perform the music of Jerry Garcia on the piano for the very first time at 8 P.M. ET, before the “Celebrating Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter” main event launches at 9.15 P.M. ET.
    During the shows, viewers will be invited to donate to support artists and crews left out of work by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Almost $300,000 (£242,500) had already been raised prior to Sunday’s event which can be viewed at: https://livefromoutthere.com/.

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