Tenacious D in hot water, Lostprophets singer stabbed in prison, porn actress accuses Diddy of sex trafficking, and MORE!

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• Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is connecting Donald Trump with rappers for his presidential campaign

• Lostprophets singer was stabbed in prison with sharpened toilet brush over drug debt

• Set Your Goals’ Joe Saucedo and Matt Wilson were on the latest episode of the Podioslave Podcast

• Bebe Rexha kicks out crowd member who tried to throw object at her: “Get the fuck out!”

• Former porn actress accuses Diddy of sex trafficking

• Spotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodes

• Neck Deep announce 2024 North American headline tour

• Hipgnosis, the venture-capitalist upstart that has bought several artist catalogs, sells to Blackstone for $1.6 billion

• The Get Up Kids announce 25th anniversary reissue of Something to Write Home About

• The Used and Taking Back Sunday to embark on Fall 2024 US co-headlining tour

• Instagram now allows users to add multiple audio tracks to Reels

• Music labels sue Verizon for more than $2.6 billion

• Physical music sales set for first increase in 20 years

• Did you watch the National Anthem during this year’s Home Run Derby? It was not a good performance by Ingrid Andress. She claims she was drunk and is now checking into rehab.

• Jack Black puts Tenacious D tour ‘on hold’ after Kyle Gass comments on Trump.

• Whoa! Metallica’s ‘The Black Album’ spends 750 weeks on Billboard 200 charts

• The Prodigy announce ‘Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned’ 20th anniversary reissue

• The Menzingers and The Wonder Years announce tour

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