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The ‘Look What You’ve Done’ singer, whose new ‘Poster Girl’ album will be released on March 5, has been described by the music company as ‘a real artist’ who ‘also stands for something.’

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Swedish singer-songwriter Zara Larsson has signed with Sony Music Publishing.
The singer, whose new album “Poster Girl” drops on Friday, March 5, released her breakout album “So Good” in 2017. She has enjoyed a run of hits including “Ruin My Life”, “All The Time”, “Lush Life”, and “Never Forget You”, as well as collaborations like “A Brand New Day” with BTS (Bangtan Boys) and “Like It Is” with Kygo and Tyga.
She has won four MTV EMA awards, four Swedish Grammy awards, eight Rockbjornen (a music prize in Sweden) and four BRIT nominations, among other accolades.
Larsson said in a statement obtained by Variety, “I’m so excited to start working with Johnny, Katie and everyone at Sony Music Publishing. They have such an incredible team and roster and I can’t wait to be a part of it.”

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Sony Music Publishing Managing Director, Scandinavia and Senior VP A&R Johnny Tennander, added, “We’re incredibly proud to be working with Zara and to welcome her to Sony Music Publishing. Zara is a real artist and she also stands for something — she has something to say.”
“Ola Hakansson and the Ten team together with the Epic team have done an amazing job building her career into becoming a global superstar, and we very much look forward to being a part of the team and taking Zara to new heights!”

“Look What You’ve Done” is the first single released from the 12-track album which will feature her 2020 hits, “WOW”, “Love Me Land”, and “Talk About Love” (featuring Young Thug).
The singer will be hosting an online concert on her YouTube channel for International Women’s Day on March 8.

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Aside from talking about the fired Fleetwood Mac guitarist, the band’s drummer and co-founder addresses bandmate Christine McVie’s recent remarks about their group’s demise.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Mick Fleetwood hopes to reteam with fired Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for the band’s farewell tour.
The drummer co-founded the band with guitarist Peter Green, who died last year, and his death served as the catalyst that brought an end to his feud with Buckingham, who exited Fleetwood Mac in early 2018, and Fleetwood can even imagine Lindsey being back in the group.
“I know for a fact that I intend to make music and play again with Lindsey,” he told Rolling Stone. “I would love that. It doesn’t have to be in Fleetwood Mac.”

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And he’d love to invite the guitarist back out on the road if Fleetwood Mac decide to call it a day.
“I think the vision for me, and I think it would be hugely appropriate, is that we actually say, ‘This is goodbye’, and go out and actually do that,” he added. “That has always been my vision, and I’m flatly confident that we can do that. We owe it to the fans.”
Fleetwood also opened up about bandmate Christine McVie’s recent remarks about the group’s demise, suggesting Stevie Nicks and John McVie had made it clear they didn’t want to tour again.
“I think she got out of bed on the wrong side that day,” he said. “She meant to say, ‘We’ve done so much, I don’t know whether or not we can keep going’. Anything other than that, she can speak for herself. But I can assure you we are alive and well.”

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In a post-show chat between the series founders, the music producer husband of Alicia Keys additionally reveals that the next battle would see Wu-Tang Clan stars Ghostface Killah and Raekwon.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – R&B star D’Angelo was originally set to face off with Maxwell in a special Valentine’s Day Verzuz stream, but the plan just “didn’t work out”, according to series co-creator Swizz Beatz.
D’Angelo staged the first ever solo Verzuz event live from New York’s Apollo Theater over the weekend (February 27), introducing rappers Redman and Method Man, and singer H.E.R. to join in the fun, and in a post-show chat between Verzuz founders Swizz and Timbaland, the superproducers revealed who they had originally lined up to go hit-for-hit with the neo-soul singer.
“I’m not gonna lie. That s**t took very long. Let’s give people the story,” Swizz began. “What was supposed to happen was D’Angelo versus Maxwell on Valentine’s Day.”
“That didn’t work out, but the fact that D’Angelo was still ready to go and still motivated, we had to celebrate him – [no] matter who was on stage with him. We had to celebrate that king because, as you can see, those songs that he played tonight, man, that’s real music.”

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Swizz went on to reveal the usually reclusive D’Angelo was so ready to hit the stage, he turned up “three hours early”.
“D’Angelo was the earliest person in Verzuz history tonight…,” he shared.
During the Instagram Live discussion, Swizz and Timbaland revealed the next event would feature Wu-Tang Clan stars Ghostface Killah and Raekwon battling it out for fans online.
“Whoooo!! What we talkin’ about, New York City? Staten Island stand up!” an excited Swizz exclaimed. “Wu versus Wu. Raekwon versus Ghostface Killah… Dates to come.”
Previous pairings have featured Snoop Dogg and DMX, Alicia Keys and John Legend, Brandy and Monica, and Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle.

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Claiming to have got the idea long before the pandemic, the ‘Hello It’s Me’ singer stresses that he can offer work to even more musicians and crew workers by keeping concert experience in one place.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Todd Rundgren dreamt up with the idea for his virtual Clearly Human tour in a bid to help combat climate
While countless stars have joined the virtual bandwagon due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has prevented them from playing in-person gigs, Rundgren told Forbes that he actually formed the concept for his tour long before the first strains of coronavirus caused havoc around the world.
“One of the principal reasons why I started getting these ideas was actually climate change – and how it was effecting everybody’s ability to travel,” he explained. “What happens if there’s like a polar vortex splintering, or whatever that is now, and there’s ice storms all across the southeastern United States, and you had a tour planned? What do you do now? Because you can’t get there. I had been thinking about it in the back of my mind. It was like, “What is your backup for this?” Because climate change is affecting everything. California was on fire all summer. Half of Texas is under water. You can’t think in the usual terms and expect to be able to deliver a product everywhere. So that was the first time I got that idea.

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“But I thought, ‘OK. The audiences – the local people – they can manage to get to the venue. So we’ll narrowcast to a venue somewhere…’ Because most places have video now. So the fans could have the same experience that they normally would. They get out of the house, maybe go have dinner and go to the show. The only difference is we’re not physically there. We’re doing a show for them – but we’re not physically there. Then of course the pandemic happened and now the audience can’t get to the gig either! So that’s how this concept got fully developed.”
The Hello It’s Me star added that having a virtual tour also means he can offer work to even more musicians and crew workers, because everything for the unique concert experience stays in one place.
“One of the advantages of not traveling is that you can have a bigger band,” he added. “And there’s not only the people that are standing on the stage. Look at all of the support and infrastructure that goes with all of that. Imagine having to tear that video wall down and all of this stuff to load it into a truck and drive to another town to set it up again. It’s about as high-res as they come. So the whole idea is to create an entire complete space that looks like a real gig.”
For tickets to Rundgren’s Clearly Human virtual tour, visit: https://nocapshows.com/artist?name=toddrundgren.

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The ‘Up’ raptress lets fans know that she will do anything on her own terms, though she previously expressed her desire to work together with Lizzo for her music video for ‘WAP’.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Cardi B and Lizzo are two female musicians who are definitely on top in the current music industry. Fans could only imagine the power the pair could bring should they release a collaboration, and they don’t hesitate to voice their opinion to the stars.
Over the weekend, the “Bodak Yellow” raptress took to her Twitter account to sing Lizzo praises. Posting some stunning pictures of the “Juicy” singer, Cardi wrote in the caption, “These pics do it for me.”
Fans quickly responded to the shout-out by asking Cardi to do a collaboration with Lizzo. “now drop that collab with her,” one fan replied to the wife of Offset. Catching wind of the comment, Cardi answered, “Can I do a song first thst I can put her on.”

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Her response only prompted others to keep asking for a collab between the two musicians. As one other wrote, “YESSS WE WANT A COLLAB,” Cardi let fans know that she would do anything on her own terms. “Ok but stop pressuring me to do stuff .I can’t even show love to people with 100 collab collab collab.”

Cardi B called out fans for pressuring her with Lizzo collab.
Cardi B, however, previously expressed her desire to work together with Lizzo, saying that she wanted to have Lizzo on her music video for “WAP” which starred Kylie Jenner and Normani Kordei. “It was so important to me to include different women that are different races and come from different backgrounds but are so powerful and influential,” she said back in August 2020.
“I really wanted Lizzo on the video. I’m cool with Lizzo and everything. Like, we’ve been sending DMs to each other and all that. But she was on vacation; she wasn’t in town,” she shared. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ because I had a whole vision about how I wanted to see Lizzo and everything. But she was on vacation.”

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The ‘Forever’ singer seems to be suggesting there could be more music coming from them weeks after No Rome shared bits of details about their upcoming collaboration.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Charli XCX has teased she’s “forming a supergroup” with The 1975 and No Rome.
The “Forever” singer, the Matt Healy-fronted group and their Dirty Hit label mates have been teasing fans about their upcoming collaboration for some time, and now Charli has seemingly suggested there could be more music from them.
“v excited to be forming a supergroup with @no_rome and @the1975…” she tweeted.

Charli XCX teased about forming supergroup with The 1975 and No Rome.
Last month (February 2021), No Rome gave an update on their track, writing on Twitter, “ok some news – me, [the creator of music] charli xcx & the 1975 have a song together. . got the masters done and waiting on video edit cuts . coming out sooner than u think ok thats all for now i love u … just thought i’d share cos im gassed as f**k . life is a little weird rn but Hey Got some Lovin for Music xx.”

No Rome gave updates on upcoming collaboration with Charli XCX and The 1975.
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Charli XCX responded to No Rome’s update on their upcoming collaboration.
Back in August 2019, “Somebody Else” hitmaker Matt revealed to fans that he had sent a “beat” to “Gone” singer Charli, and shared that it’s a “monster tune”.
He tweeted at the time, “Sent her a beat at like 5pm yesterday and woke up this morning to a HIT. A MONSTER TUNE!! I’m prolific but she’s on some s**t @charli_xcx.”
And when asked whether his band or himself will feature on the track, Matt said that he didn’t know and added that No Rome and his bandmate George Daniel worked on the song, replying, “Not sure yet but me and Rome and George produced.”
Charli also confirmed a collaboration was in the works.
“We sent some ideas back and forth, and I’m such a fan of [Matt] and the band,” she said. “They just get it, and they don’t get it at the same time, which I think is the best way to make music. And I think he’s such a smart lyricist, it’s just very smart and also fun, and I feel like they really love pop music.
“And I love that, and I’m so inspired by that energy and that uniqueness. So yeah, I don’t know what’s going on. But I really admire their song writing, so hopefully something will come of it.”
At this time, no further information has been revealed about the supergroup, such as their band name.

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The teen singer’s hit joins Adele’s ‘Hello’, Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ and Mariah Carey’s ‘One Sweet Day’ and ‘Fantasy’ as one of only seven songs to spend its first seven weeks on the top of the Billboard chart.

Mar 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Olivia Rodrigo has landed a seventh week at the top of the U.S. pop charts with her “Drivers License” hit.
The track becomes one of only seven to spend its first seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, joining Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” and “Fantasy”, Adele’s “Hello” and Drake’s “God’s Plan”, among others.
“Drivers License” keeps Cardi B and Chris Brown from the top spot – Cardi’s “Up” jumps back up to two from five, while Brown’s “Go Crazy” collaboration with Young Thug returns to the top five at three.

Ariana Grande’s “34+35” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” round out the new top five.

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The Weeknd’s hit extends its record of weeks in the top 10 to 51.
Since its release on January 8, “Drivers License” has also become a global hit, reaching number one on international Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music songs charts. Rodrigo and Dan Nigro penned the song, which serves as the lead single from her upcoming debut EP.
The 18-year-old singer previously revealed how she came up with the song. “I wrote the bulk of the song literally crying in my living room, and I think that it definitely has that feel to it,” she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I was driving around my neighborhood, actually listening to really sad songs and crying in the car, and I got home and I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll write a song about this, crying in the car.’ ”
“So, I just sat down at my piano and plucked out some chords that I liked and it kind of happened that way,” the star went on sharing. “But it was really, really natural and organic. [It was] very much me writing in the depth of my emotion.”
“The pain is definitely real in that song,” Rodrigo further explained. “I definitely think I try to approach recording all of my music from a place of emotion. I think the emotional performances are the best, even if they’re not technically the best sound.”

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