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German heavy metal band Megaherz announce that they have entered the studio to record their next album.
Lukas Graham begin a North American tour with a show at The House of Blues, Orlando, Florida, USA.
It is reported that Ed Sheeran has made streaming history by notching up a combined 13m global streams in the first 24 hours on sale of his single Shape Of You/Castle On The Hill. Shape Of You racked up 6,868,642 and Castle On The Hill accumulated 6,168,395, Ed has now overtaken the previous record holders, One Direction, who notched up 4,759,698 streams with Drag Me Down in August 2015. 
Electronic musician Moby reveals on Instagram that he has rejected an offer to provide music Donald Trump's inauguration ball. Well known to be a supporter of the Democrats, he once described Trump as an "actual sociopath" in a feature he wrote for Rolling Stone magazine.
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It is announced that U2 have abandoned the proposed release date for their imminent album, Songs Of Experience, because of their concerns about the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the USA. Instead, they will tour in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of their classic album The Joshua Tree.
Billy Joel appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York City, USA.
The Weeknd returns to No1 in the Billboard 200 Albums Chart with Starboy. A Pentatonix Christmas by Pentatonix had been at No1 for the Christmas and New Year period.