OHMYGOSSIP — Dolly Parton has said “never say never” to selling the rights to her music back catalogue.
The 76-year-old country music legend – who already owns her own publishing company – has considered following in the footsteps of a number of big-name stars, including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Diamond, who have recently cashed in by selling their back catalogues for mega-money.
On what she would do with the cash, the ‘Jolene’ hitmaker told the BBC: “I would not be above doing that.
“All I would do then is to take that money and do whatever for my family or other businesses.
“Then I would start a whole new publishing company, start over in a few years, sell that too if I wanted to.
“Never say never, as they say.”
In January, Dylan sold his entire catalogue of recorded music to Sony in a deal thought to be worth around $200 million.
The agreement included all of the legendary musician’s work since 1962, starting with his self-titled debut album, and up to 2020’s ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’.
The 80-year-old star – who has sold more than 125 million records worldwide and is best-known for hits ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’, ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ and ‘Make You Feel My Love – commented: “Columbia Records and Rob Stringer have been nothing but good to me for many, many years and a whole lot of records.
“I’m glad that all my recordings can stay where they belong.”
While Sony did not confirm the financial details, Billboard estimated Dylan’s master recordings are now worth $200 million or more.
The sale followed Springsteen, 72, selling his catalogue to Sony in December, for an estimated $500 million.
Meanwhile, Warner Chappell Music purchased the publishing rights to David Bowie’s “entire body of work” from the late star’s estate for more than $250 million last year.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Ryder will represent the United Kingdom at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest.
The singer – who has 12 million fans on TikTok – is set to perform his song ‘Space Man’ at this year’s grand final in Turin, Italy on May 14.
The news was revealed by Scott Mills on BBC’s ‘Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James’, and Sam quickly shared the news on his social media pages.
Speaking to BBC’s Radio 1 Newsbeat, he added: “I love Eurovision. I think it’s such a privilege to be able to do it…
“I don’t want to let the stigma or fear of coming at a certain place in a table stop me from doing something and being a part of something that I enjoy so much.”
Last year, the UK’s entrant James Newman – who played his song ‘Embers’ – received ‘nil points’, while 2019’s representative Michael Rice finished bottom with his ballad ‘Bigger Than Us’.
However, Sam is looking to make the most of his opportunity and just “do the best job” possible.
He added: “As long as I can go to Eurovision and know in my heart of hearts I’m going to do the best job I can then everything else is out of my control.”
Meanwhile, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) – which produces Eurovision – recently confirmed Russia has been banned from the competition due to the “unprecedented crisis in Ukraine”.
In a statement, the EBU said: “The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute.
“Before making this decision the EBU took time to consult widely among its membership.
“The EBU is an apolitical member organisation of broadcasters committed to upholding the values of public service.”
The organisation explained that it’s determined to protect the “values” of the event.
The statement explained: “We remain dedicated to protecting the values of a cultural competition which promotes international exchange and understanding, brings audiences together, celebrates diversity through music and unites Europe on one stage.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jade Thirlwall is reportedly close to signing a solo record deal.
The Little Mix star is set to put pen to paper on a deal with RCA – which is also the home of the ‘Black Magic’ hitmakers – as she looks to work on her solo career.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Jade has had talks with several different labels but she knows the team at RCA personally and is confident they understand what she wants for the next phase of her career.
“She is in advanced negotiations and now its just a case of crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s.
“They have already got to work on figuring out what her moves will be as a solo artist. She is very clear about what she wants and is eager to find a really unique sound.”
It’s said the 29-year-old singer has already worked on “a load of tracks” but she wants to take her time to make sure it’s just right, while she could also collaborate with Lizzo.
The insider added: “Jade has a load of tracks which she has recorded on her own but she won’t put anything otu which she isn’t completely happy with.
“She shares a manager with Lizzo and there have been talks about trying to get them in the studio together because they are both great songwriters with a similar viewpoint.
“They could make something really empowering together.”
Jade’s connection to RCA started when Little Mix signed with the label after leaving Simon Cowell’s company Syco in 2018, just days before releasing 2018 album ‘LM5’.
They then dropped ‘Confetti’ on RCA in 2020, and the group are now looking to go on hiatus after their upcoming tour, which kicks off next month.
Bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock has signed with Warner Records with plans for her own solo material and a book, while Perrie Edwards is focusing on her Disora clothing brand.

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OHMYGOSSIP — John Mayer is leaving Columbia Records.
The 44-year-old singer/songwriter took to Instagram to reveal that after 21 years with his label, he has decided to leave to “pursue new avenues of making music”.
He wrote: “After 21 years, eight studio albums, and some wonderful personal and creative relationships, I have decided not to renew my recording agreement with Columbia Records. Hard as it is to say goodbye, I’m excited to pursue new avenues of making music, both of my own and with other artists.
“I love music more than ever, and I believe some of my best work still lies ahead. With gratitude and enthusiasm, John.”
The decision to leave Columbia comes as a surprise as John gushed over the label’s top executives Ron Perry and Jennifer Mallory at Variety‘s Hitmakers event in December.
He said: “We artists are unreasonable; that is our job. We catch ideas we can’t let go of. Ron, Jen and the rest of the team have adopted a working relationship that I think is the most open-minded and fun it’s ever been in my 20-year career as a Columbia recording artist.”
John’s final album with Columbia was ‘Sob Rock’, which he released in 2021.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kelle Bryan won’t rule out an Eternal reunion.
The 46-year-old star has no interest to return to music as a solo career because she’s busy with her work as Martine Deveraux on ‘Hollyoaks’ but she’d be open to the idea of working with Louise Redknapp and sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett again.
Asked if she’d consider going back to music, she told OK! magazine: “No. I say that but there is lots of talk about Eternal getting back together for a reunion.
“We had our 25th anniversary the other week, which is just crazy. I’d never say no to that, there are always conversations about it and I’d be up for that as long as it was at the right time.
“But not as a solo artist.”
Kelle is also keen to do a stint in theatre but her schedule won’t allow it at the moment.
She said: “I would love to do musical theatre but my career at the moment is on television and I’m a series regular. Soap life is full-on.”
After Eternal split, Kelle was keen to return to acting but admitted getting her breakthrough was difficult at first because the band “obliterated” everything else in her resume.
She added: “Finding the confidence was key. Not a lot of people know I was an actor before I was a singer.
“I’d done that before I was in Eternal, but that didn’t matter because the band obliterated everything I’d ever done.
“I’d walk into a room and I’d only ever be Kelle from Eternal. It was daunting but I was willing and I think that’s what gave me credibility with casting directors.
“I showed I wasn’t just looking for a leg up because I’d had profile from another part of the industry.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Red Hot Chili Peppers were “against the hair-metal scene”.
The ‘Californication’ hitmakers rose up through the Hollywood music scene in the mid-1980s where they focused on the art punk underground, and bassist Flea admitted there was a lot of “petty bulls***” at that time.
He told Classic Rock magazine: “We were definitely against the hair-metal scene. We were like, ‘F*** them. We’re the underground, art-rock, get-weird east side guys; those guys are just rehashing Aerosmith and KISS.’
“In retrospect it was all petty bulls***. A lot of those bands were f****** great. Guns N’ Roses was a great band.”
There were also some similarities between Chili Peppers – completed by drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante – and their rivals on the Sunset Strip.
Frontman Anthony Kiedis said: “We were a party band, but you have to bring something to the party.
“Flea was instrumental in saying, ‘We have to be good, we have to write some new s***, we have to have osmething to move these people.
“We always came fully loaded.”
Meanwhile, Flea admitted there was a level of “arrogance” in their early years as they saw themselves as genuine rock stars.
Flea explained: “There was a certain arrogance. A ‘F*** the world, f*** the system, f*** the authority, f*** the powers that be, we’re us and we’re doing our thing our way, we’re street kids’ thing.
“We were going hard and being wild.”
And Kiedis explained how the band – whose 12th studio album ‘Unlimited Love’ will be released on April 1 – didn’t have ambitious beyond the underground scene at that pont.
He added: “It didn’t dawn on us that there was something other than selling out clubs and making people happy and being original.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Camila Cabello says her relationship with Shawn Mendes changed her approach to her career.
The 25-year-old singer split from the 23-year-old musician last year after over two years of dating but Camila revealed their relationship helped her to become a “well-rounded person”, which led to her making music she is proud of.
She told Apple’s Zane Lowe: “My priorities have fluctuated and my focus has changed throughout my life. Those years that we were dating, I don’t even feel like, even while I was writing this album, and even still now, I guess, my focus is really on, how can I be a well-rounded person? And apart from my career, my focus wasn’t even on my career. This album literally was a tool of me becoming a more well-rounded person and acquiring intimacy with my collaborators. That was my number one intention, was not even, how do I make the best album and the best music? My number one intention was, how can I just make music with people that I want to have dinner with afterwards? How can me talking about these things help me build trust with people? How can I talk about the icky things that I haven’t talked about with anybody and then get it to a place where these people, because they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I totally relate,’ can validate my own experience?
“And same thing with those years that we were together. My focus was just, how can I live a happy life and be in a healthy, happy relationship? I was doing therapy a lot. My focus really has shifted. And even now while I’m in promo mode, honestly, if I’m not having fun, what’s the point? I think as I get older, yeah, the priorities shift. And I feel like that was that way for both of us. Because we both started so young too, we’re really learning how to be healthy adults. And that sometimes means not having your number one focus be your career. And that’s okay.”
Camila has just released her new single ‘Bam Bam’ with Ed Sheeran and says the song is her way of showing her love for Shawn.
She explained: “Because for me, I love Shawn. And I feel like there is literally nothing but love for him. And this song is mostly just about like, ‘Okay, how do I make a song that shows the cycles of love, and life, and gives people…’ Whatever it is that’s going on in your life, whether it is a breakup, or a divorce, or like you said, a friend breakup, or you’ve just gone through something that just is really s*****. Hopefully, this can make you be like, ‘It is that way now.'”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Rolling Stones are set to announce a new European tour.
The ‘Start Me Up’ hitmakers are planning to mark their 60th anniversary with a string of concerts this summer, reportedly including a gig at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium and two nights in London’s Hyde Park as part of the British Summer Time festival, with the full details due to be confirmed on 14 March.
The Liverpool gig will be the first night of the UK leg of the tour and will mark the group’s first concert in the city since they performed at the Empire Theatre in 1971.
A source said: “The last time the Stones were in Liverpool, they played to a small crowd of a few thousand people at the Empire.
“But Anfield has a capacity of 53,000 people. It will be a huge moment for them and their fans.
“This tour has been in the planning stages for a long time, and those plans are now on the brink of being finalised. It is a very exciting time. The tickets, when released, are going to be like gold dust.”
The anniversary shows will include a tribute to late drummer Charlie Watts, who died last summer.
The source added: “Charlie will not be far from anyone’s thoughts as the Stones mark this milestone.”
The ‘Satisfaction’ rockers – Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood – are also preparing to bring out a new album.
The insider added to The Sun on Sunday’s Bizarre column: “60 years at the top of their game is an incredible achievement, and this tour will be one to remember. It will be followed by a new album.
“Mick and Keith have recently been in Jamaica writing songs that they are now recording. So there is a lot to look forward to from the Stones in the months to come.”
Last year, Mick and Keith marked the 60th anniversary of their first meeting in October 1961.
They wrote on Instagram: “60 years on the same train.”
They performed on stage as a band for the first time on 12 July, 1962, at London’s Marquee Jazz Club, with the line-up then consisting of Mick, Keith, guitarist Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart, bassist Dick Taylor and drummer Mick Avory.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dave Grohl “just texted” Lionel Richie to ask him to appear in ‘Studio 666.’
The Foo Fighters rocker had a very easy time convincing the ‘Hello’ legend to appear in the band’s horror spoof after screenwriter Rebecca Hughes actually wrote Lionel into the movie without realising they were already friends.
The 53-year-old musician said: “The screenwriter, Rebecca, wrote [Lionel Richie] into the script. She wrote that scene in the movie — it was a hilarious scene — without knowing that I knew him.
“And I was like, ‘Wait, do they know that I know Lionel Richie?’ So I texted him: ‘Hey man, it’s Dave. We’re making a horror film. There’s a really hilarious scene. Do you want to be in it?’
“And he texted back ‘absolutely,’ and that was it. Didn’t have to call any casting agents or managers or anything, I just texted him.”
The ‘Best of You’ frontman revealed he loved working with with friend during the filming process as he described him as a “joy to be around.
On the ‘My Turning Point’ podcast, he revealed: “He’s such a joy to be around, first of all. He brought that scene.”
Dave also admitted working on the movie was a “dream,” and had a lot of fun playing an exaggerated version of himself.
He added: “[Lionel Richie’s scene] is a dream sequence in the movie, but I felt like we were in a dream as we were filming it.
“Never in my life would I imagine that A, Foo Fighters would be making a horror film, and B, that I would get to act out a scene with Lionel Richie telling me that ‘Hello’ is his f****** song. Everything about it was weird.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — George Ezra was “left with nothing” after making his second album.
The ‘Shotgun’ hitmaker admitted his 2014 debut LP ‘Wanted on Voyage’ left him feeling “burnt out” but the process of creating 2018’s ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ left him even more drained and questioning who he was.
He said: “If I was burnt out after the first record, I was gone after the second.
“I thought the other night that I gave that album my all. No wonder I was left with nothing.
“I was wiped out. No energy. I had no idea who I was. Words are coming into my head that surprise me — like vulnerable. I felt quite afraid.”
The 28-year-old singer has worked to find a better balance while making his upcoming new album, ‘Gold Rush Kid’.
He said: “I said that we can do what we’ve done before.
“But I know if we approach it that way, afterwards I’ll say, ‘I’m done.’ And the next record would be inaccessible. Revolt for revolt’s sake.”
George is aware of his reputation as a “safe” artist and insisted it would “never work” if he wanted to come across as a bad boy.
He told the Sunday Times’ Culture magazine: “I find everything about my positioning in the world of music interesting.
“It’d never work if I tried to convince people I was dangerous. And it makes me laugh when people think I would strive to do that, or when I see other male singer-songwriters trying to tell people they’re risqué. Just put it to bed! It’s all right not to be. It’s OK.
“It’s difficult for anyone to have real success without social media and it is hard to convince people you are countercultural when you film yourself saying, ‘Please pre-download my record!’ It’s so uncool if there is ever an attempt to be edgy
“It just isn’t true. I don’t care what band you’re in, you need discipline and have to do vocal warm-ups before stage. There’s no way that’s cool. But that’s OK! When I grew up it was a given that gigs could be a bit s***. Not now.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Chainsmokers love Kanye West’s take on ‘New York City’.
The DJ duo – made up of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart – were blown away when they heard Fivio Foreign’s single ‘City of Gods’, which features Ye and Alicia Keys while sampling the chorus from the pair’s 2015 song.
Appearing on the ‘Smallzy’s Celebrity Small Talk’ podcast, Drew said: “We had heard a few months ago that he had taken our song ‘New York City’ and sampled it as the hook – this is a song from way even before our first album, it was on one of our EPs.
“He had used that, and then they created a beat over it and he was on it. And then a couple of weeks ago, they were like, ‘You know that song? Now it’s gonna have Alicia Keys and Kanye West on it.’
“Which was a huge surprise to us – and obviously when you here those things, too, you never know if they’re gonna come out or not.”
Drew admitted sometimes there were moments in the past where they thought a big collaboration was on the cards, only to be left disappointed.
He added: “We’ve had beats that we made that we’ve heard Drake was getting on and you get your hopes up.
“When [‘City of Gods’] actually came out and we saw them shooting the music video, it got pretty real.
“I love that music is in a phase where people can just come from completely different scenes and genres, just take stuff and remake it.
“I’m not precious with any of other stuff. I like it when people reimagine it for their own purposes.”
Meanwhile, Drew also commented on a long-running joke that no one actually recognises him or Alex when they’re out and about, and they experienced it for themselves first-hand.
He recalled: “I was leaving Hyde, which is a club on Sunset, a couple of years ago and I remember overhearing this group of guys convincing this group of girls that they were us.
“We walked passed, none of them even noticed us. I don’t know what the fate of that night was for them!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dua Lipa is being sued again for ‘Levitating’.
Last week, the 26-year-old singer’s 2020 mega-hit was accused of ripping off Artikal Sound System’s 2017 reggae single ‘Live Your Life’.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, the band said they believe Dua and her team heard their song and came up with a carbon copy in ‘Levitating’.
Although they didn’t explain why they feel that is the case in the lawsuit, there are similarities in the sound of the two songs, particularly the choruses.
Artikal Sound System also named Dua’s label Warner Records and others as defendants and are seeking any profits made on the song, plus damages.
Now, the Grammy winner is facing another lawsuit after songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer filed papers to Manhattan federal court, claiming ‘Levitating’ “duplicated” the opening melody from 1979’s ‘Wiggle and a Giggle All Night’, which they wrote for Cory Daye, and 1980’s ‘Don Diablo’, performed by Miguel Bose.
The documents obtained by Billboard note that: “The signature melody is the most listened to and recognisable part of the infringing works and plays a crucial role in their popularity.
“Because video creators frequently truncate the already brief snippets of sound on TikTok, the signature melody often comprises fifty percent or more of these viral videos.”
The duo have accused Dua of having “deliberately emulated prior eras”.
Their lawyers added that: “In seeking nostalgic inspiration, defendants copied plaintiffs’ creation without attribution.
“Defendants have levitated away plaintiffs’ intellectual property. Plaintiffs bring suit so that defendants cannot wiggle out of their wilful infringement.”
As well as Dua and Warner, DaBaby, the rapper who featured on a remix of ‘Levitating’, are named in the lawsuit.
Dua previously admitted she never expected ‘Levitating’ – which featured on her chart-topping album ‘Future Nostalgia’ – to become such a big hit.
She confessed: “I can never preempt what song people are going to react to the best but ‘Levitating’ was the first song that helped dictate the rest of the album.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Post Malone has insisted a songwriter who is suing him over ‘Circles’ had nothing “original” to add to the 2019 hit.
The 26-year-old star, his producer Frank Dukes, and Universal Music Group were sued by Tyler Armes in April 2020, who was seeking royalties and other money owed from the track, as well as asking for co-writer and co-producer credits on the song, and on the same day, the ‘Rockstar’ hitmaker filed a lawsuit of his own to ask a judge to rule the man had no claim to the song’s copyright and was not involved in writing it.
And now, in a new court filing, Post – whose real name is Austin Post – insisted Tyler didn’t contribute anything “original” to the song, just “an admittedly extremely commonplace guitar chord progression,” and potentially a “fragment of a guitar melody that Armes claims he sung to Post”.
New court documents obtained by Rolling Stone magazine read: “Armes admitted that his contributions did not even rise to the level of originality, which is also required in addition to the fixation requirement. He either conceded that his ideas were commonplace musical devices or failed to meet his burden to demonstrate any originality otherwise. Armes thus cannot even establish the threshold requirement that he made a copyrightable contribution.
“Armes does not have a shred of affirmative evidence with which to meet his burden of proof that his alleged contribution to the guitar melody is original.”
Post is asking for Tyler’s lawsuit to be dismissed and for the judge to conclude the writer is “not a joint author” of the track.
A lawyer acting on behalf of Tyler – who claimed he was initially offered five per cent of the song’s royalties but that was removed entirely when he tried to negotiate a larger share – accused Post of making a “desperate” bid to avoid a trial.
Allison Hart said: “We believe that the motion for summary judgment is a desperate attempt by Post Malone and Frank Dukes to try to avoid a trial in this action. We are confident that we will prevail in defeating the motion and look forward to going before a jury.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Harry Styles is to make his eagerly-awaited music comeback next month.
The ‘Watermelon Sugar’ hitmaker recently filmed a music video for his new single on a giant bed outside Buckingham Palace in London, and now it’s been claimed fans will get to hear the One Direction star’s first new solo music since his 2019 LP ‘Fine Line’ in April.
A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Harry’s lead single is coming this month and his fans are in for a real treat.
“He has worked so hard on this track and it’s going straight to No1.
“The video is going to be just as good as the song. While fans might think they have seen it all, Harry actually saved the best bit for behind closed doors.
“The fashion and the features in the secret shoot for the video are incredible.
“Harry really pushes the boat out. He is absolutely thrilled with what they have created and can’t wait for people to hear the song and see the video.”
The 28-year-old singer – who is reportedly set to release his third solo album later this year – was seen lounging on the large mobile bed, wearing polka dot pyjamas and a pink and green scarf, while surrounded by women in similar attire for the promo.
A source told the newspaper last month: “There was loads of security around him trying to move people away and the road was closed.
“They shut down the Mall for him to film on a big bed surrounded by women dressed as hippies.
“Harry was wearing retro clothes and it was reminiscent of John Lennon’s famous bed moment with Yoko Ono.
“He was in the moment and not all distracted by people watching. It was freezing cold so at least he had bed covers to warm him up.”
Since the release of his second studio album – the follow-up to his 2017 self-titled debut album – Harry has gone on to film the movies ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and ‘My Policeman’, along with a post-credits scene for Marvel’s ‘Eternals’.
Harry has reportedly been working on the new album since early 2020, with a source previously saying: “Harry started working on the album in early 2020 and had a few writing sessions under his belt before the pandemic really took hold.
“As a result plans were put on ice but most of the record ended up being recorded in the UK.
“Right now exact details are top secret but the tracklisting should be decided soon.
“Harry is really excited about the album.”
After he completed his 42-date ‘Love on Tour’ shows in the US last year, he hinted to fans that he would be back “very soon”.
He tweeted: “Thank you for 42 special nights. It’s been a privilege to play for you the last few months. To the band, the crew, and everyone working on this tour, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The energy you brought to this one has left me feeling completely overwhelmed with joy.
“To the fans, and everyone who came to see these shows, I thank you. You made them everything they were, and I’ve never felt so genuinely supported. I can’t say it enough, you’re unbelievable.
“This tour felt like the celebration of coming back together. I won’t ever forget it. Thank you all so much for the love, I’ll see you very soon. Treat people with kindness. Goodbye for now. I love you all. H.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nicki Minaj has revealed she “discussed” having Drake executive produce her new album.
The rap megastars have collaborated repeatedly over the years; including on the tracks ‘Make Me Proud’, ‘Only’, ‘No Frauds’ and ‘Seeing Green’, and, more recently, ‘Papi’s Home’ from Drake’s latest LP ‘Certified Lover Boy’.
Nicki, 39, told fans during a Twitter Q+A over the weekend that the 35-year-old hip-hop superstar could have a special role for her follow-up to 2018’s ‘Queen’.
Asked by one follower how long it takes to come up with lyrics, the ‘Super Bass’ hitmaker responded “Few mins. What’s funny is- that was originally 1 of the many lines I had on Seeing Green. My SG verse was just way too long so I kept creating new edits and sending back and forth to Champagne Papi [Drake]. Cuz he was like Wayne verse already long as well, so we gotta try to shorten the song. (sic)”
Quizzed on whether she and the ‘Nonstop’ rapper have any more music on the way, she replied: “We actually discussed him EP’ing this new album. That was b4 Seeing Green even came out. (sic)”
‘Seeing Green’, which also featured Lil Wayne, was released in May 2021.
The ‘Anaconda’ rapper didn’t confirm if Drake will actually executive produce the record.
Further details regarding the album are slim.
Nicki’s recent singles include ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ and ‘Bussin’, both of which featured Lil Baby.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Groove Armada have announced the special guests joining them for their final-ever UK tour.
The electronic dance music legends – comprising of Tom Findlay and Andy Cato – will embark on the farewell run next month, kicking off on April 5 in Glasgow, and concluding with two nights at London’s Brixton Academy on April 16 and 17.
The Grammy-duo will celebrate 25 years of touring with one last ‘GA25’ jaunt.
The tour will see the pair joined by Norman Jay MBE, Ewan McVicar, PBR Streetgang, Andy Baxter, Arielle Free, Ishmael Ensemble, Luke Una, Hot Blood and Warm DJs.
Underground star Ewan McVicar will get the party started on the opening night in Glasgow, with dance icon Norman Jay MBE closing proceedings at Brixton Academy.
The ‘I See You Baby’ hitmakers are also preparing to release a 25th-anniversary boxset later this year, which will see “leading underground artists” feature on remixes of their iconic tracks, as well as new music.
It’s not the first time Groove Armada have retired from touring.
In 2010, Tom and Andy – who formed GA in the mid-1990s – embarked on a farewell tour.
In a statement, they said at the time: “We’ve crossed and re-crossed the world with this band and crew. There’s no other team like it. With their help, GA live became the sound of legendary nights from Mount Fuji to Moscow.
“It’s not often in the spotlight maybe; but ask the people who have come and filled the tents and surrounded the stages for the last decade.
A massive thanks to all of them, for staying with us.”
In 2020, GA reunited and released their first album in a decade, ‘Edge Of The Horizon’, their first since 2010’s ‘Black Light’ and ‘White Light’.
Away from music, Andy runs a farm in France and Tom is a therapist.
Head to www.groovearmada.com for tour dates and tickets.

Full tour dates support:
5th April – Glasgow – Barrowland – Ewan McVicar
7th April – Leeds – O2 Academy – PBR Streetgang
8th April – Birmingham – O2 Academy – Andy Baxter
9th April – Manchester – Victoria Warehouse – Luke Una
10th April – Bristol – Motion – Ishmael Ensemble
14th April – Bournemouth – O2 Academy – Warm DJ’s
15th April – Cardiff – University Great Hall – Arielle Free
16th April – London – Brixton O2 Academy – Ishmael Ensemble
17th April – London – Brixton O2 Academy – Hot Blood / Norman Jay MBE

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