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B-Sides Report for 11/03/2015



Taylor Swift Accused Of Stealing 'Shake It Off' Lyrics

(Radio.com) The New Daily News is reporting that singer Jesse Graham has filed a $42 million lawsuit against Taylor Swift which claims her song "Shake It Off" rips off a song he wrote in 2013.

Graham claims that the chorus to "Shake It Off" is too similar to his song "Haters Gone Hate" which contains the phrase "Haters gonna hate, players gonna play."

While the chorus to Swift's "Shake It Off" goes "Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play / And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate". Read more here.

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Adele Breaks Song Download Record In The U.S. With 'Hello'

(popmusiclife) Adele's "Hello" has debuted at No. 1 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart after smashing the record for the most US downloads sold in a single week.

Billboard reports the tune sold more than 1.11 million downloads to debut at No. 1 on the song chart. According to Nielsen Music, "Hello" is the first song ever to sell at least 1 million downloads in a week, breaking the previous record of 636,000 sales by Flo Rida's "Right Round" in 2009.

"Hello" marks Adele's fourth US No. 1 single following "Rolling In The Deep", "Someone Like You" and "Set Fire To The Rain" - all from her 2011 smash, "21." Read more and watch the video for the new single here.

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Ellie Goulding Announces North American Delirium Tour

Ellie Goulding has announced that she will be playing across the U.S. and Canada for most of the spring next year for the North American leg of her Delirium World Tour.

Goulding will be kicking off the tour leg on April 1st in Vancouver, BC at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena and concluding the trek on June 21st in New York City at Madison Square Garden.

UK pop trio Years & Years will be providing support for part of the trek beginning with the April 12th stop in Broomfield, CO at the 1st Bank Center through May 21st in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center.

Goulding is embarking on the tour in support of her new studio album "Delirium" which will be released this Friday, November 6th, the same day that tickets go sale to the general public for the new North American tour. See the tour date here.

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Coldplay Confirm Release Of New Album In December

(Radio.com) It looks like Coldplay has "confirmed" that their seventh album, reportedly titled A Head Full of Dreams, will be released on December 4th following an online rumor that sparked late last week.

Although there's no actual word about the album just yet, the band tweeted out the very picture that appears on a mysterious advertisement recently spotted on the London tube.

That advertisement included a 'flower of life' design that mirrored one Chris Martin wore at the band's Global Citizens Festival show with the date "December 4" appearing below it. Once the image hit social media, Coldplay fans speculated it was an announcement for the band's upcoming album.

With this latest teasing tweet from Coldplay and a short video on Facebook that shows the design changing colors, it looks as though it is. See the post here.

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Sleigh Bells Upset With Demi Lovato Over Uncleared Samples

(Radio.com) Indie rock duo Sleigh Bells took to Twitter to express their concern that Demi Lovato had used samples of their work without getting the proper permission.

"Demi Lovato flattered you guys sampled Infinity Guitars & Riot Rhythm for "Stars" but we were not contacted," the group said in their Twitter post. "Gotta clear those."

At press time, there was no response yet from Demi Lovato's camp, but you can check out streams of the three songs in question and see Sleigh Bells's full tweet here.

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Sam Smith Reveals The Saddest Song He Ever Wrote

(Radio.com) Sam Smith debuted the "saddest song" he's ever written on Monday on Beats1 Radio. The new track, "Drowning Shadows," will appear on an upcoming special deluxe edition of Smith's multi-platinum album In the Lonely Hour.

Speaking with host Zane Low, Smith said he wanted to get back to his songwriting roots. "This is the saddest song I've ever written, and probably the least radio friendly [song] that I've ever written," he said. "I wanted to remind everyone where I come from as a songwriter and what my intent was when I made this album."

Before appearing on the show, Smith posted a photo to Instagram with the caption, "Brace yourself�. It's a sad one. But I'm very proud of this song. It's insanely personal to me." Read more and listen here.

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One Direction's Niall Horan Promises Band Will Return From Hiatus

(Radio.com) One Direction's last concert before their extended 2016 hiatus took place in Sheffield over the weekend, and it turned out to be quite the emotional one for both the band and their fans.

Between group hugs, conga lines and moving outpourings from each member, the quartet-minus Zayn Malik, who quit the band in March-waxed poetic about their five years together. Payne said, 'Basically, we are a mess."

But fear not, after the show Niall Horan tweeted that One Direction will return to tour again once they've completed their hiatus. Horan responded to fans asking him to promise to come back on Twitter, saying that no matter what the media reports, they will return after their 2016 break. "I'm just going off on a long holiday," he said of the pause.

In addition to giving fans and followers hope, Horan and Harry Styles tweeted their thanks for everyone's support, especially on this last, emotional night. See the tweets here.

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Brantley Gilbert Expands Black Out Tour Into 2016

Brantley Gilbert will be staying on the road well into next year including a European tour leg that will be kicking off next week and a new North American leg early next year.

Gilbert will be launching the European leg of the Black Out Tour next Wednesday, November 11th in Amsterdam. The short trek includes stops in Germany, and the UK, concluding on November 20th in London.

He will be kicking off 2016 with a North American leg that begins on January 28th in Saginaw, Mich. at the Dow Event Center and wraps on April 30th in Lincoln, Neb. at the Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Gilbert had the following to say about the upcoming dates, 'If you're gonna take it on the road, do it. 'If you're gonna push the music, don't be afraid to put it out there. People around the world get the idea about what we do: These songs are about living life in hard places, but standing up when you do. That's a universal thing, so let's do it." See the tour dates here.

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Sia Reveals Release Date for New Album 'This Is Acting'

(Radio.com) Enigmatic singer-songwriter Sia has revealed more information about her forthcoming album This Is Acting. The singer creatively positioned photos on her Instagram account to reveal the album's release date, January 29th.

Also revealed is a striking photo, which may or may not be the album's cover art. Sia broke out as a solo artist in 2014 with her smash hit "Chandelier".

Prior to that she was known primarily as a songwriter pop divas like Beyonce and Rihanna. "Alive," the first single from Sia's forthcoming album was originally written for Adele. See her posts here.

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Justin Bieber Releases New Song Called 'I'll Show You'

(Radio.com) Justin Bieber released the Skrillex-produced "I'll Show You" Sunday night (Nov. 1), giving fans the third single from his highly anticipated fourth studio album, Purpose.

"My life is a movie and everyone's watching," he sings, "So let's get to the good part and past all the nonsense/ Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing/When the pressure's coming down like lightning/ It's like they want me to be perfect/When they don't even know that I'm hurting"

"I'll Show You" comes after two Purpose singles "What Do You Mean" and "Sorry." Purpose, is set to hit for a Nov. 13 release. He tweeted "New song. It's out. #IIIShowYou #Purpose smarturl.it/JBPurpose" Check out the song here.

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Lil Wayne Releasing 'No Ceilings 2' On Thanksgiving

Lil Wayne fans will have something a little extra to be thankful for this Thanksgiving as the rapper has announced that he will be releasing a new mixtape on the holiday (November 26).

The hip-hop star broke the news to fans via a announcement on Twitter on Monday. He tweeted, "Let's do it...Thxgiving...lets eat! https://t.co/jEsXwIyczd- Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) November 02, 2015"

The tweet also included a photo that revealed the new mixtape will be called "No Ceilings 2", which is the sequel to the original No Ceilings mix tape from 2009. See the photo here.

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Psy Set To Release New Album in December

(Radio.com) "Gangnam Style" hitmaker Psy took to Twitter on Monday to announce the release date for his new album. The as-of-yet untitled effort will arrive on December 1st.

The Korean singer posted a cartoon image of himself on Twitter with the caption "#newPSYs-t20151201". It will mark his first new album since he released his breakout hit single "Gangnam Style." It is also Psy's first new album since his 2010 effort PsyFive and the follow-up to 2012's PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 EP.

"Gangnam Style" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The video for the song went viral and is still the most-watched music video in the history of YouTube. It has been viewed over 2.4 billion times, more than doubling the second most viewed clip, Taylor Swift's video for "Blank Space." See his post here.

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Selena Gomez Presents Amy Schumer With Award At Hollywood Event

(Radio.com) Add Selena Gomez to Amy Schumer's list of many famous fans. The singer presented Schumer with the Hollywood Comedy Award on Sunday evening at the Hollywood Film Awards, according to E! Online, and used the opportunity to gush about how much she admires Schumer and her original comedic voice.

"I talk about her obsessively," Gomez said. "I've tweeted her often. I try to impersonate her and it doesn't really work. I actually just met her so basically what I'm saying is I'm really happy that clearly Jennifer Lawrence wasn't able to do this tonight because I love you."

Gomez thanked the comedian for speaking directly to her generation, and for giving her the confidence to be herself. "Amy, you've inspired me not take myself too seriously when I sit on my couch and I'm depressed about certain things," Gomez admitted. "You constantly made me feel I'm a bad ass even though most of the time I'm not. You say the things I wish I could say and you never ever make feel bad about anything I do in my personal life." Read more here.

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Diddy 'MMM' Album Preview Features Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar

(Radio.com) Rapper Diddy is on a mission to outdo his best songs with his new album MMM. The mogul took to social media to give fans an inside look at how the album is being created. Diddy posted a nearly three-minute video on Facebook showing the beginning stages of the project.

Combs captioned the video, "I didn't come to this earth to die. I came here to live and be great!! Watch #MMM Chapter 1 NOW! Let's Go! #PuffDaddyAndTheFamily."

We see the rap mogul pacing the floor talking about his vision and goals for the album. He also calls out a lot of unnamed people, saying what they're doing is just average. That just won't do for the man who brought us Biggie, Mary J. Blige, and a host of other major artists.

The video includes shots of Diddy in the studio working with Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and French Montana. Montana's former flame Khloe Kardashian even makes an appearance. Check out the preview video here.

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Hailee Steinfeld Announces Debut EP 'HAIZ'

(Radio.com) Hailee Steinfeld will release her debut EP HAIZ on November 13th. Radio.com recently caught up with Steinfeld who shared her thoughts on positive reactions to her debut single "Love Myself".

"When we released the title of the song, it was amazing to see what people were saying under the hashtgag #lovemyself," says the singer. "So much positivity and love was being spread.

"Just from the title! And then after the song came out, it's been so amazing to see how it has affected people and how it has helped people, it feels really special."

The Academy Award-nominated actress revealed the EP's cover art and track listing, you can check out both here.

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Singled Out: Spiritwo's Mesumamim

Spiritwo frontwoman Yael Claire Shahmoon tells us the story behind their son "Mesumamim" which is being released as part of a double A-side single with the song 'Face To Face' on November 13th. Here is the story:

"Mesumamim" means " On Drugs" in Hebrew... guitarist Charlie Cawood preferred the original Hebrew word to the English one, as it creates an abstract metaphor to what "drugs" can represent, like, for example, people who live like zombies in the big city - just numb...from struggling the daily grind, closed up in they own shell of survival and self neglect...workaholics who never have time for themselves, people who forgot who they are in order to fit in, youngsters that are afraid of their lives floating in the haze of endless clubs, people binge drinking...you see all sorts of zombies in London...

When I was designing the electronic drums, I designed a snare that will sound like a gun shot - a 'slapping' menace of self damage...hinting something suicidal... I have also asked Charlie Cawood, who plays many world music string instruments - to put some Arabic Oud in the song, to have a deep, 'heartfelt' sad tone to it...but he chose the Turkish Saz... that has a 'lighter' higher pitch...

So I think we ended up with a 'Spagetti Western Urban Melodrama' of a track, with wide sound landscapes, maybe not the Sahara... maybe the Nevada! a beautiful, romantic void with a distance gun shot...a whole personality who is becoming a dessert! :)

Image wise, I remembered my first ever SPIRITWO shoot with Frankie Eden in 2006 - In those times, I have performed live in big queer underground events in Tel Aviv with a huge wig and latex dresses (before Lady Gaga came around, of course)

In that first photo shoot I pretended to be a girl that never left her room - sitting on her neglected bed with all the food she ate, popcorn and breadcrumbs...Posing pure decadence and glamorous witchcraft...

I decided I can Re-use the images and collide them with amazing nature landscapes shot by photographer Jon Bagge in the Lake District - creating a clash between all the beautiful pure things existing in the world - and how we might miss them - being trapped in our own self neglect, being out of touch...

So in the video for Mesumamim we mixed all those images up...Creating an avant guard video saga by putting some slugs on a bed, full of pictures and memories, plotting up a sense of absence, inner darkness, emotional blindness and then - jumping into heartening brightness of nature pictures in time lapse...and ...of course, a splash of water, to make the drama more wet!!

Director Rosie Jones who shot and edited the video had to hear me keep saying " I know its Hardcore... but can we keep it Zen??! "

I think Mesumamim is defiantly a 'Wet Dessert Hardcore Zen song'... ...yeah... ;-)

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the album right here!

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