MGK going Country, Nirvana bassist running for President, a blink-182 live album, and other music news you may have missed

All the relevant news and new music releases from the week you should know about.

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Fun Fact: On this day in music history in 2001, "Lady Marmalade," performed by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink, soared to the top of the UK pop chart. This record-breaking track, originally a hit in 1974 by Labelle, had previously reached No.1 three years earlier when All Saints released their version. However, the 2001 all-star collaboration, which was created for the film Moulin Rouge!, proved to be the most successful rendition. In the US, it dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and eventually won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

Now time for some news!

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News you may have missed from us

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• Sum 41 have announced their final UK and European headline shows

• Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic is running for President, covers Nirvana’s debut single at convention

• Four Year Strong’s Dan and Alan were on the latest episode of the Podioslave podcast

• Major labels sue AI firms Suno and Udio for alleged copyright infringement

• Oh boy. Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl calls out Taylor Swift: “We like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour’ – because we actually play live”. Taylor seemingly responded.

• I’ve been saying we’ll definitely be getting an Oasis reunion at some point sooner than later, and apparently this reunion was super close to happening this year. Liam has given somewhat of a Liam-type update.

• The Front Bottoms announce Fall 2024 US tour

• Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Please Please Please’ becomes her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

• Pantera announce 2025 European tour

• Bayside announce 25th anniversary UK headline tour

• Ex-The Used guitarist Quinn Allman alleges 15 years of abuse and trauma

• Crazy Town vocalist Shifty Shellshock has died

• MTV News takes down 30-year digital archive. I’m not sure how I feel about this one.

• Post Malone announces 2024 Country Music tour

• Bowling For Soup announce ‘A Hangover You Don’t Deserve’ 20th anniversary UK tour with Wheatus and Magnolia Park

• Motion City Soundtrack confirm a new record is coming

• Laura Jane Grace launches new band Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals, shares new song, announces UK tour

• Green Day, Carrie Underwood & more to perform on ‘GMA’s 2024 Summer Concert Series

• Sheryl Crow slams Drake for AI-generated Tupac vocals on ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’. Who do you side with on this one? I’m not anti-AI in music, but I side with Sheryl on this one.

• blink-182’s Mark Hoppus shared a professionally recorded live version of “Going Away To College”. Let’s go ahead and speculate that a live album is on the way. Or maybe it will be part of the new deluxe version of the One More Time… album that comes out in August.

• New The Starting Line, anyone? Some fan footage of their new unreleased song “Blame” has been posted.

• YouTube is trying to make AI music deals with major record labels

• Machine Gun Kelly soft-launches his country era by covering Zach Bryan

• Speaking of pop stars going country, Post Malone teases new song with Chris Stapleton

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