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Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has posted a lengthy statement calling for an industry-wide reparations initiative. "The modern music industry is built almost entirely on Black art," he writes. "The wealth that rightfully belonged to Black artists was stolen outright and to this day continues to grow outside their communities." He has pledged to commit 5%…
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Team Roc, the social justice arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation management company, has published an open letter calling for swift justice for Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by two men while jogging in Georgia two months ago. A video appearing to show the shooting surfaced last week, sparking national outrage.
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Metallica: Watch Metallica Play “Blackened” Together From Their Homes
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Metallica have joined the ranks of bands recording new social distanced versions of their songs from the comfort of their own separate homes. "Here’s a little something we cooked up over the last few days," the band wrote alongside a splitscreen performance of "Blackened" from their 1988 album ...And Justice For All. "Hope you’re allR...
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Metallica: Video: Metallica release stripped-down isolation version of Blackened
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Metallica play ...And Justice For All classic Blackened under lockdown conditions
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Resistance: Acts Of Resistance: New film on Latin American heavy metal revealed
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Dr Nelson Varas-Díaz plans to follow his 2019 documentary Songs Of Injustice with the new film Acts Of Resistance - once again in collaboration with Metal Hammer
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Metallica: …And Justice For Us: Metallica v. Napster 20 Years Later
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The record industry getting caught napping at the onset of the file-sharing era is one of the most resonant cautionary tales of this young century, and one of the saga's most notorious battles officially began 20 years ago today: the instance of mutually assured destruction known as Metallica v. Napster, Inc. This was a case,…
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