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The Oli Sykes-fronted band and the group led by Amy Lee team up in a new song for the former’s new studio project as they settle their legal feud over an illegal sample.

Nov 2, 2020
AceShowbiz – Evanescence dropped a suit against fellow rockers Bring Me the Horizon when the Brits agreed to collaborate with singer Amy Lee.
Frontman Oli Sykes has revealed “One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March to Your Death”, the band’s new song with Lee, only came about after she and her bandmates took legal action over an illegal sample.
“We got sued by them on our last record,” Sykes told NME.com. “On Nihilist Blues, we ripped off one of their verses. It was subconscious, but when it happened we were like, ‘We’re not even going to argue.’ ”
The band agreed to share a songwriting credit with Lee, and everything was quickly resolved.

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“They (management) were like, ‘Amy really likes your band and would love to work with you’. That was the silver lining.”
Of the new track, Sykes adds, “The idea of the song is that I’m mankind and Amy is Mother Nature. It felt like the perfect thing to have the mother of rock singing it.”
The song “One Day the Only Butterflies” is featured in Bring Me the Horizon’s “Post Human: Survival Horror”. The first in a series of four EPs coming in the next year, the mini album was released in October this year.
Sykes said in a previous interview of their studio series, “They’ll each be totally different with their own sound and mood.” He continued, “That’s one thing we’ve never really done. There’s often been an over-arching theme on our records, but the music has always felt like a collage. That’s cool and I like it, but sometimes you want a soundtrack for a certain occasion and emotion.”

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The band’s ringleader Victor Willis insists he and bandmates don’t support the Republican politician as they ask the POTUS to stop playing their music at his re-election campaign.

Nov 1, 2020
AceShowbiz – Village People leader Victor Willis has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to stop playing “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man” at political rallies.
Trump’s use of the tracks was highlighted by social media users after videos of him dancing to the hits went viral online earlier this month (Oct20).
In an interview with BBC News, Willis said that the group have objected to Trump using their tracks – although he admits legally they cannot stop him due to licensing agreements.
“I don’t endorse Trump, I’ve never endorsed Trump, nor has the Village People,” he said. “Donald Trump does what Donald Trump does. I’ve never seen him actually put his hands up and make the Y.M.C.A. He’s changed it to M-A-G-A or something.”
The footage of Trump has become so widely ridiculed, it was highlighted by “Saturday Night Live” last week.

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On “Saturday Night Live” last week (October 24), a Weekend Update segment focused on the subject of Trump – in a segment in which Keenan Thompson played Willis, singing a version of “Y.M.C.A.” that demanded he stops playing the song.
Other musicians who have objected to Trump’s use of their music include Elton John, Neil Young, and The Rolling Stones – with representatives of the estates of Tom Petty and Prince also raising objections.
Leonard Cohen, Linkin Park, Panic At the Disco, and R.E.M. also banned Trump and his team from using their songs.
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe said, “Do not use our music or my voice for your moronic charade of a campaign.”
PATD’s Brendon Urie issued a similar statement, “Donald Trump represents nothing we stand for…Dear Trump Campaign, F**k you. You’re not invited. Stop playing my song. No thanks, Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco & company.”

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Americans may not be able to travel the world because of the pandemic, but thousands of foreign radio stations are easily accessible online to bring the world to you.For Dorothy Parvaz, a radio editor in Washington, D.C., foreign radio was her first introduction to the world beyond Tehran, where she lived until 12. “Listening to radio signals coming in from other countries was just like seeing the world in a way we couldn’t on TV, ” she said. “If I wanted to find music, I went to the apartment downstairs, where one of the kids always got a good signal somehow. We heard Pink Floyd for the first time together.”Here, some ways to tune into the world on your computer or phone. In some cases these are broadcast stations that also make their programming available on the web. Others are internet-only stations. Based in Amsterdam, Radio.garden offers the world: Type “Nigeria” into the search bar, for instance, and 20 stations pop up, including one focused on human rights. You can listen in English to programs from Canada, Britain, Ireland or Australia. The home page, titled “Live”, allows users to explore the world’s radio stations in real time, by simply rotating the globe on the site and clicking a spot. (Radio.garden; or via a free app for iOS and Android).ThreeD radio, a 41-year-old station in Adelaide, Australia, includes aboriginal music in its regular playlists. “Their music is exceptionally soulful, and often talks about the struggles that the Aboriginals have faced,” said William Taylor, a career development manager at VelvetJobs an outplacement company. His favorite musicians: Ziggy, Thelma Plum, Zaine Francis and Steady (threedradio.com). For fans of Indian music, Hits of Bollywood was founded to serve the Indian diaspora. It plays Hindi songs, gazalas, classical songs, qawwalis and much more (onlineradios.in/hits-of-bollywood). NTS Radio, with studios in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Manchester, England, offers wildly eclectic selections — Japanese psychedelia from 1968 to 1975, a performance by the experimental rap group Clipping, and new World music albums, among other things (nts.live; also available via a free app for iOS and Android). Nostalgie, a French station, plays hits from the 1960s through 1990s, from classic French musicians like Edith Piaf, Johnny Hallyday and Renaud to Seal, Queen and Duran Duran (nostalgie.fr).From Egypt, Nile FM, primarily plays Top 40 programming, “but between 7 and 8 a.m. (1 to 2 a.m. Eastern) they have a great classic rock hour,” said Ethan Haynes, an author and part-time teacher of students with learning disabilities currently living in Cairo. “The weekends have a syndicated techno/house program while their DJs enjoy their days off.” Nile broadcasts in English, but it is a “good way to hear the Middle Eastern perspective on American politics or to hear Middle Eastern news that might not be featured in American media,” he said (nilefm.com, or through an app for iOS and Android). The government-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation offers a wide array of shows, from Writers & Company, an award-winning program hosted by the journalist Eleanor Wachtel focused on books and authors, to Cross Country Check-Up, a 51-year-old weekly national open-line radio program, broadcast live simultaneously through six time zones across the country every Sunday afternoon on CBC Radio One. It attracts more than a half million listeners, according to the CBC, with 5,000 to 10,000 people trying to call in and join the discussion (cbc.ca/radio; or via a free app for iOS, cbc.listen).RFI Monde (Radio France International, World) offers world news and cultural programs exploring literary, poetic and musical aspects of different cultures, especially with an emphasis on Francophone West African countries, in English (rfi.fr/en; or via a free app for iOS/Android). Listening to radio from Latin America in Spanish offers cultural insight and a chance to hone your Spanish-language skills. Adel Hattem, the founder of D Music Marketing, an artists’ management firm in Miami, grew up in Mexico City and is a huge fan of Aire Libre, a station there she calls “very artsy, all over the map” (airelibre.fm or via a free app for iOS/Android). In Bogotá, Colombia, RadioNica offers an equally eclectic mix (radionica.rocks/en-vivo/radionica). It is a national station focused on indie and electronic music with seven million listeners in the country. She also recommends IBERO 90.9, a station in Mexico City that’s a favorite of college students and indie music lovers, with an audience of 600,000 daily (ibero909.fm; or via a free app for iOS/Android through radio.net). More

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The ‘No One’ hitmaker and the ‘Firewatcher’s Daughter’ singer get political as they urge their fans to vote in the U.S. election while releasing their collaboration ‘A Beautiful Noise’.

Nov 1, 2020
AceShowbiz – Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile have released the track they debuted during Thursday (29Oct20) night’s Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy U.S. TV special.
Keys co-hosted the benefit, aimed at encouraging viewers to vote in the American general election next week (03Nov20), and teamed up with her fellow Grammy winner for empowering new duet “A Beautiful Noise”, which the pair wrote with Ruby Amanfu, Brandy Clark, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry, and Hailey Whitters.
In the song, they urge listeners to find their voices and stand up for what they believe in.
“When you band together it’s a choir of thunder and rain,” they sing. “I have a voice and I let it speak for the ones who aren’t yet really free.”

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“This song has that special energy that we really need to feel right now,” Keys said. “Everyone has the power to make a beautiful noise and to lift others up with their voice. And now more than ever, we need to let those voices be heard by voting. I’m so grateful to have joined my sister Brandi Carlile, a beautiful spirit, inspiring artist and incredible person, for this moment.”
“The evolution of A Beautiful Noise represents a group of incredible women from all different walks of life coming together with a universal message of hope and empowerment,” Carlile adds. “It is an important reminder that we all have a voice and that our voices count.”
“It was an absolute dream and honour to join the incomparable Alicia Keys to deliver this beautiful message through song. Alicia lives this song. This is how she walks through the world. I am forever inspired. Please vote.”

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Social media users jump to conclusions that the ‘Drunk in Love’ songstress is retiring from the industry following her interview with British Vogue, in which she says that she wants to focus on her family.

Oct 31, 2020
AceShowbiz – Beyhive are not ready for a world without the voice of Beyonce Knowles. The R&B star’s fans have gone into frenzy after reading her interview with British Vogue, in which she shared her goals to slow down from music and spend more time with her family.
Thinking that the 39-year-old’s statement is a retirement announcement, people took to Twitter to express their grief over the news. “I’m not okay,” one person, who took the news hard, wrote, “Beyonce is my mother, if you gave birth to me, you can’t just retire like that.”
Another shocked fan tweeted, “Beyonce is retiring…. I can’t breather, someone check up on me.” A third one went as far as announcing the end of her/his Beyonce fan account as saying, “Hi everyone, this will be my last tweet. I guess beyonce is going to retire. I will leave stan twitter and focus on my school I really have so much fun, I am grateful for everything and everyone. If you give me your ig we can stay in contact+.”
Apparently having not read Bey’s new magazine interview, a confused fan asked, “why is everyone saying beyonce gonna retire stfu im gonna cry.” Another lamented how Beyonce’s supposed retirement has just made 2020 even more awful, “2020 done took Kobe (Kobe Bryant), gave us a global pandemic and these stupid mask, and now Beyonce wanna raise her kids and retire.”
Not ready to hear such news, someone else wrote, “I know it’s very selfish of me but I don’t want Beyonce to retire anytime soon. She gives me so much happiness that I feel like she was takes a break I’ll just be kinda sad without her doing anything.”

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However, some others thought that those who think Beyonce is retiring were making false assumption. “Why some streets say, Beyonce is going to retire, when still there’s two Netflix deals in the pipeline?!” one person pointed out.
“Y’all really think Beyonce would announce a retirement through a magazine lmaooooo and the fact y’all think Beyonce would retire is beyond me lmao,” another argued. Someone else thinks that Bey’s fans confused the Grammy-winning artist to another popular female star, “Not y’all thinking Beyonce gonna retire must got her confused with Rihanna.”

In the said interview, Beyonce explained how she has “absolutely changed” amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I truly cherish this time with my family, and my new goal is to slow down and shed stressful things from my life,” the mother of three shared, explaining how works have consumed most of her time since she was a teen, “I came into the music industry at 15 years old and grew up with the world watching, and I have put out projects nonstop.”
“It’s been heavy and hectic,” she added. “I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on building my legacy and representing my culture the best way I know how. Now, I’ve decided to give myself permission to focus on my joy.”

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The chart-topping singer/songwriter has granted permission to Democratic politician Eric Swalwell to use her track ‘Only the Young’ for a voting campaign.

Oct 31, 2020
AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift has given U.S. politician Eric Swalwell permission to use her music in a new ad aimed at boosting voter turn-out ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
The pop star’s track “Only the Young” features in the latest ad for the Democrat’s Remedy PAC organisation, which also features a quote about voter suppression from vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
The video includes a montage of powerful social and political scenes that took place within the past four years under current President Donald Trump’s first term.
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Taylor has yet to issue a comment about granting Swalwell access to her song, but he took to Twitter to thank her for the thumbs up.

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“Up there’s the finish line. Our future is worth our fight. Thank you, @taylorswift13, for voicing what #OnlyTheYoung can do. Let’s run!” Representative Swalwell wrote on Friday (30Oct20).
Harris was also impressed, adding, “Thank you @TaylorSwift13 and my friend @EricSwalwell for showing young people what’s at stake in this election.”
Taylor also contributed a cover of Tom Petty’s “American Girl” to a video package for the Democratic National Convention, but “Only the Young” marks the first time she has authorised her original music for political use.
The singer became openly political in 2018 and most recently endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala in the U.S. presidential race, making it clear she was fervently anti-Trump.
“Everyone deserves a government that takes global health risks seriously and puts the lives of its people first,” Taylor said in her endorsement, published in V Magazine. “The only way we can begin to make things better is to choose leaders who are willing to face these issues and find ways to work through them… I will proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election. Under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs.”

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