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News Articles: Music News

Céline Dion performing in 2019, the year her world tour was original scheduled to begin. It has since been delayed repeatedly, first due to the pandemic and then because of muscle spasms that have now been diagnosed as stiff-person syndrome.

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  • Music News

Céline Dion was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome. Here's how it affects people

The singer repeatedly postponed performances in the past year because of severe muscle spasms. In a tearful Instagram post, she revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Taylor Swift poses with her trophies at the 50th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles in November, just days after the botched ticket presale.

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  • Music News

Dozens of Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster in the wake of its ticket sale fiasco

The lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges fraud and antitrust violations, among other claims. Nearly 400 more people have since shown interest in joining and will be added as plaintiffs, a lawyer tells NPR.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Hamish Kilgour (right) pictured with The Clean.

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  • Obituaries

Hamish Kilgour, founding member of New Zealand's The Clean, has died at 65

Like the Velvet Underground before them, Kilgour and The Clean inspired tons of musicians to embrace impulsive creativity.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Masters
Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart (center) poses for a photo with friends and students of the Stax Music Academy on April 29, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Stewart died Monday at age 92.

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  • Obituaries

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92

The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."

December 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Left to right, back row: U2 members Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge and Bono. Front row: Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, George Clooney and Tania León.

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  • Arts & Life

U2, Gladys Knight, George Clooney among 2022 Kennedy Center honorees

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
This 2021 photo combination released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James Howard Jackson. The man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker and stole two of her French bulldogs in 2021 pleaded no contest to attempted murder Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

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  • National

The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison

The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.

December 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Bats have a seven-octave vocal range. Researchers say, to make their low-frequency calls, bats use the same trick as throat singers and death metal growlers.

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  • Animals

Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats

Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Mia Venkat
GPB  NPR

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  • Music News

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson about Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
A mural of rapper Takeoff of Migos on Atlanta's BeltLine trail.

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  • National

A man has been charged with murdering Migos rapper Takeoff

Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff's fatal shooting outside a bowling alley last month.

December 02, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Music News

100 years ago, 'Carol of the Bells' came to America — from Ukraine

"Carol of the Bells" is a Christmas staple in the U.S., but it was written by a Ukrainian composer and first came to the U.S. 100 years ago — when Ukrainians were fighting for freedom.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Technology

Elon Musk says Ye is suspended from Twitter

The announcement by the Twitter CEO to suspend Ye came after the conservative social media platform Parler said it had agreed with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West to call off a deal.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.

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  • Music News

Glastonbury organizers say the festival will be Elton John's U.K. farewell show

Glastonbury Festival organizers say Elton John's performance on the 2023 festival's final night on June 25 will be his farewell show in the U.K.

December 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ye attending the Balenciaga Womenswear show in October as part of Paris Fashion Week. Since then, he's made a string of increasingly brazen extremist comments.

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  • Arts & Life

Ye says 'I see good things about Hitler' on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' show

The rapper previously known as Kanye West made a series of antisemitic comments, declaring "I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis." Ye was on the show alongside white-nationalist Nick Fuentes.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
This image released by The Royal Mint shows a new collectable coin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Rolling Stones.

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  • Arts & Life

The Royal Mint unveils a Rolling Stones coin to mark the band's 60-year anniversary

The coin honoring the Rolling Stones is the fifth in the Royal Mint's "Music Legends'" series that celebrates British artists. Others so honored have been Queen, Elton John, David Bowie and The Who.

December 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Obituaries

Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies at 79

The British-born vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as "You Make Loving Fun," "Everywhere" and "Don't Stop," died Wednesday.

November 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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