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I’ve written about TikTok’s lottery-like rags-to-riches fantasy in this column before — it’s what YouTube’s head of catalog Ryan Thornton once described to Billboard as the “potential of any song to go viral.” About five years into TikTok’s mainstream reign, countless unknown artists have benefited from that literal overnight virality and parlayed that success into also-viral dance challenges, lucrative brand partnerships, major-label deals, commercial radio play, chart dominance, enough Spotify streams to actually get paid, and then some.
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Ozzy Osbourne: NEWS: OZZY OSBOURNE at RUISROCK, ZILTOID the Omniscient, TESTAMENT and RYTHMIHÄRIÖ pics from TUSKA available
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Munich-based Audrey DUJARDIN representing TERRORIZER magazine covered the TUSKA and RUISROCK festivals. Photos of OZZY OSBOURNE at RUISROCK and the world wide exclusive show of ZILTOID the OMNISCIENT featuring maestro DEVIN TOWNSEND, TESTAMEN...
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Europe: NEWS: FINNTROLL To Tour Europe With SAMAEL, ROTTING CHRIST, METSATÖLL
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Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL will embark on a European headlining tour in November/December. Support on the trek will come from Switzerland's SAMAEL, Greece's ROTTING CHRIST, Estonia's METSATÖLL and Maldives' NOTHNEGAL. The...
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Slipknot: Sum 41 Run Off The Road- Mae Reunion- Slipknot's Future Unclear- Steven Tyler Solo- Danzig Rear End Trouble- Another Skynyrd Death- New Helmet- Iron Dio- more
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Unleashed: NEWS: UNLEASHED, SAMAEL, OMNIUM GATHERUM Confirmed For Germany's WALPURGIS METAL DAYS X
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UNLEASHED, SAMAEL, OMNIUM GATHERUM, OUTRAGE and ULTRAWURSCHT are the first confirmed bands for the the Walpurgis Metal Days X festival, set to take place May 7-8, 2010 at Festplatz in Hauzenberg, Germany. More bands will be announced soon.
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Kill Hannah: Hotel staff involved in band gear theft against Kill Hannah, Mae, The Livin
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Hotel staff is involved in the theft of gear from Kill Hannah, The LIving Things, Damone, and Mae according to new blog from Mat Devine
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