This week's funniest and weirdest music news stories

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"Sense of paranoia" following COVID-19 pandemic will mean slow return of live music, says Slipknot's Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor predicts the live music industry will take at least a year to fully recover, with fans wary of large venues and a soft reopening in smaller venues first.…

Andy Malt • 22 Apr 2020

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Chris Martin, Dua Lipa and more contribute to BBC's Stay Home Live Lounge

More than 20 artists have recorded a version of Foo Fighters' 'Times Like These' at home for the BBC's Stay Home Live Lounge, premiered across BBC radio stations and on Big Night In.…

Andy Malt • 21 Apr 2020

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Marianne Faithfull and Iggy Pop among celebrities contributing to new Ancient Mariner reading

Marianne Faithfull and Iggy Pop are among 40 celebrities reading Coleridge's 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' in a daily online project launched by the University Of Plymouth's Arts Institute.…

Andy Malt • 20 Apr 2020

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Kanye West says he still plans to vote for Donald Trump

Kanye West tells GQ he intends to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election, despite not voting in 2016.…

Andy Malt • 17 Apr 2020

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Ellie Goulding leads campaign to distribute phones to homeless in order stay connected during COVID-19 outbreak

Ellie Goulding, TaP Music, homelessness charity Crisis and EE are distributing 400 phones loaded with data to homeless people during the COVID-19 outbreak.…

Andy Malt • 16 Apr 2020

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Paul McCartney and Brian May speak out against eating animals, as COVID-19 outbreak continues

Paul McCartney has called on China to ban the sale of wild animals for food following COVID-19, while Brian May says the pandemic should prompt wider adoption of veganism.…

Andy Malt • 15 Apr 2020

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One Direction have exchanged emails about "a number of different things" ahead of tenth anniversary

Liam Payne says the One Direction members have been emailing and speaking ahead of the group's tenth anniversary, though plans remain unclear.…

Andy Malt • 14 Apr 2020

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Randy Newman offers COVID-19 advice in song

Randy Newman has written a song, 'Stay Away', offering advice on social distancing and staying at home with family, released in a video for Californian station KPCC.…

Andy Malt • 09 Apr 2020

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Harry Styles selling t-shirt to raise money for COVID-19 relief

Harry Styles has released a 'Stay home. Stay safe. Protect each other' t-shirt, with all profits going to the WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.…

Andy Malt • 08 Apr 2020

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Charli XCX to create collaborative album in isolation

Charli XCX will write, record and release a collaborative album during lockdown, sharing her process and inviting fans to contribute, due 15 May.…

Andy Malt • 07 Apr 2020

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Will Drake slide out of the way for Matt Lucas's baked potato?

Matt Lucas's charity single Thank You Baked Potato and Drake's Toosie Slide are battling for chart positions, with The Weeknd tipped for the number one spot.…

Andy Malt • 06 Apr 2020

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Setlist: COVID-19, Paradigm, Public Enemy

CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss former Paradigm agent Debbee Klein's lawsuit over her COVID-19 redundancy and Public Enemy's April Fool's hoax.…

Andy Malt • 06 Apr 2020