This week's funniest and weirdest music news stories

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Fiona Apple pledges two years of sync income from two songs to charity

Fiona Apple has pledged two years of sync income from two songs on 'Fetch The Bolt Cutters' to charity, with a $50,000 minimum donation to each organisation regardless of licensing.…

Andy Malt • 16 Jun 2020

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6ix9ine urges fans to buy new single four times each, following previous chart conspiracy theory

6ix9ine has urged fans to buy his new single 'Trollz' up to four times each, after earlier claiming Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber rigged the chart, which Billboard denied.…

Andy Malt • 15 Jun 2020

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Ed Sheeran sued again over Let's Get It On song-theft claim, plaintiff hopes sneaky trick will strengthen their case

Structured Asset Sale has filed a new lawsuit accusing Ed Sheeran of copying Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On', after a copyright technicality threatened the earlier case.…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jun 2020

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Grammys update award names and nomination rules in a bid to address racism and corruption accusations

The Recording Academy has renamed several Grammy categories, dropping 'urban' from one, as it responds to accusations of racism and corruption, and confirms the 2021 ceremony will go ahead.…

Andy Malt • 11 Jun 2020

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Avicii museum to open in Stockholm

The Tim Bergling Foundation is opening the interactive Avicii Experience museum in Stockholm next year, run by Pophouse Entertainment Group.…

Andy Malt • 10 Jun 2020

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Village People ask Donald Trump to stop walking on stage to Macho Man

Village People's Victor Willis has asked Donald Trump to stop using 'YMCA' and 'Macho Man' at rallies, after Trump suggested the military could fire on protesters.…

Andy Malt • 09 Jun 2020

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Bob Geldof on Lady Gaga's One World: Together At Home show - "What was it they wanted?"

Bob Geldof says he did not watch Lady Gaga's 'One World: Together At Home' show, questioning its purpose, though the event aimed to honour frontline workers and raise money for the WHO.…

Andy Malt • 08 Jun 2020

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Abbey Road re-opens for first recording session since March

Abbey Road Studios has re-opened after a ten-week COVID closure, with Melody Gardot recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as the first session back.…

Andy Malt • 05 Jun 2020

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Endlesss launches crowdfunding campaign for pro-level version of social music app

Social music app Endlesss has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a desktop version of its software, aimed at a more professional user.…

Andy Malt • 04 Jun 2020

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BBC launches comprehensive programme search tool

The BBC has launched Programme Explorer, a prototype tool to search over 200,000 current and archive TV and radio programmes across iPlayer, Sounds and other services.…

Andy Malt • 03 Jun 2020

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Journalists being nice about bands is the new abnormal, maybe

The Strokes' Julian Casablancas is wary of journalists, telling the NME that writers flatter artists to their face before trashing them in print, a claim the magazine's coverage somewhat undermined.…

Andy Malt • 01 Jun 2020

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Bob Geldof recalls disastrous dead rat publicity stunt

Bob Geldof recalls how the Boomtown Rats' American label sent 1000 DJs a dead rat in formaldehyde as a publicity stunt, which he says ended the band's US chances.…

Andy Malt • 29 May 2020