September 2019

Dolly Parton has teased an ‘Old Town Road’ remix.
After Lil Nas X revealed he is a huge fan of the country music legend and is hoping to get her to record a version of his viral hit, Dolly took to Twitter to imply it could happen.
Lil Nas tweeted: “y’all think I can get Dolly Parton and Megan thee stallion on a old town road remix? (sic)”
Dolly replied by quoting Lil Nas’ tweet and adding a horse and unicorn emoji, along with tweeting a picture of a pink horse alongside a brown and a black one.
The delighted rapper then quoted Dolly’s tweet and wrote “YEE YEE GANG!’. He also added three horse emojis and a pink heart.
Lil Nas’ hit song featured Billy Ray Cyrus and was followed by a Diplo remix and just last week, Young Thug and Mason Ramsey added their vocals to the track.
Lil Nas, 20, has a direct connection to Dolly, 73, as she is godmother to Billy’s daughter Miley Cyrus.
‘Old Town Road’ topped the charts for 14 weeks in America and beat Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ to the title of the longest-running number one hip-hop tune in the country.
The song’s success led to the rapper join Miley and her dad on stage at Glastonbury for a performance of the track and he also recently jumped on stage with Cardi B at Wireless in London for a duet.
The song features a sample of the instrumental piece ’34 Ghosts IV’ by industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails, with the band members receiving songwriting and production credits, and the beat was bought for just $35 by Lil Nas.

Beyoncé has parted ways from her music adviser after almost 30 years.
The ‘Formation’ singer has reportedly amicably ended her professional relationship with Teresa LaBarbera Whites, who she has worked with for 28 years.
Beyoncé was just nine years old when the pair first met and was signed by Teresa when she was 11 before launching Destiny’s Child. Teresa has overseen almost all of the ‘Lemonade’ hitmaker’s music – including her new ‘Lion King’ album, ‘The Gift’ – except a brief period when she left to work with Britney Spears, but has been on the star’s staff ever since.
According to Showbiz411, the split came as a result of “tension at the top” of Beyoncé’s business caused when “art and commerce” clashed following the appointment of new co-COO Steve Pamon.
A spokesperson for the ‘Crazy in Love’ hitmaker has yet to comment on the report.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé has dropped her highly-anticipated new album, ‘The Lion King: The Gift’.
The record – which is separate from the movie’s official soundtrack – features her husband Jay-Z, ‘Lion King’ co-star Donald Glover under his Childish Gambino alias and Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Wiz Kid.
Her and Jay’s daughter, Blue Ivy, seven, has a writing credit on the track ‘Brown Skin Girl’.
The ‘Spirit’ singer has described the record as a “love letter to Africa”.
She added in an interview with ABC News: “I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it. I wanted it to be authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa.”

Ed Sheeran has broken the record for the most monthly listeners on Spotify.
The 28-year-old music megastar is no stranger to breaking records, and he now has another accolade to add to his collection as he is now the artist with the most listeners in a single month on streaming service Spotify.
Ed released his latest album, a collaborative project entitled ‘No. 6 Collaborations Project’ last week, and has allowed Ed to amass a whopping 69 million listeners this month, which is not only the highest for this month, but also the highest ever seen on Spotify.
Spotify classes monthly listeners as the number of individual global users who have played an artist’s music within a rolling 28 day period, and Ed is believed to be on track to surpass 70 million within the coming days, according to Music Business Worldwide.
Ed’s record breaking number tops the previous record set by Drake after the release of his album ‘Scorpion’ last year, which garnered almost 59 million monthly listeners.
The impressive achievement comes as his last album ‘Divide’ – which was released in 2017 – set a new record of 56 million streams on the day of release, while its lead single ‘Shape of You’ picked up over 10 million streams on its first day.
And despite his music breaking records, Ed recently admitted that ‘Shape of You’ took him to a “new level of fame”, and he now has to retreat from the spotlight in order to “protect [his] mind”.
He said: “I used to live in New York and I went out every night but releasing Shape Of You took me to a new level of fame. I was meeting people every day from movies and music. I was getting sucked up into it. I felt myself getting drained.
“If I lived in central London and hung out with people, I wasn’t sure if they were friends with me because of me, or who I am. That’s why I moved here. All of these things are in place to protect my mind and it’s working, I think.”

Ronnie Wood is recording his first solo album in almost a decade.
The Rolling Stones rocker last released a solo record in 2010 with ‘I Feel Like Playing’, and after taking a break from his own music to head on tour with the ‘Satisfaction’ hitmakers, he’s set to come back to his solo career this October, as a new album is in the pipeline.
Ronnie’s album will drop later this year to coincide with a documentary about the 72-year-old guitarist’s life, and insiders say it “hasn’t been easy” putting together the new projects.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “This album and the TV show is a big deal for Ronnie. He hasn’t done any solo recordings since ‘I Feel Like Playing’ and ‘Live In London’ in 2010.
“He felt it was time to tell his story with a programme he fully cooperated with. It’s likely to be with the BBC or Netflix and offers a very candid look back on his life.
“But making this documentary, which has taken four years to complete, and the album, hasn’t been easy. He’s had to juggle so many things over the last decade.”
Ronnie married his third wife Sally Humphreys in 2012, and the couple welcomed twins Gracie and Alice in 2016.
A year later, the ‘Gimme Shelter’ rocker had to have part of a lung removed due to cancer, after he refused to have chemotherapy.
After recovering from his operation, Ronnie is now on the road with the Rolling Stones, completing their ‘No Filter’ world tour, which saw several dates postponed after band mate Sir Mick Jagger had to have heart valve replacement surgery in April.
The tour is set to finish in Miami on August 31, which gives Ronnie some time to put the finishing touches on his record ahead of its planned October release.