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Country legend Dolly Parton sings a rock version of her 1973 smash Jolene with Roman rockers Måneskin on her new album, Rockstar, which came out Friday. It is the first rock track by the 77-year-old music great. Parton posted a video of her and Måneskin in a recording studio, in which she appears particularly pleased with the results. Mick Jagger r...

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The annual awards show didn’t physically take place this year, and was in fact the first-ever EMAs to be cancelled due to “the volatility of world events”. Nonetheless, the winners were still revealed yesterday, November 05, and Måneskin have taken home the awards for Best Rock and Best Italian Act. It tops off what’s been a pretty special year for...

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Huddled together on a snakeskin couch in a New York hotel, their euphoria was infectious. Måneskin just played a pop-up lunchtime show in Times Square, and now they learned their Madison Square Garden show scheduled for later in the week was a sellout. Pleasantly surprised, frontman Damiano David called the news “very special.” “It’s one of the mos...

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The American visitor to Rome arrives with certain preconceptions that feel like stereotypes but turn out to be basically accurate. There really are mopeds flying around everywhere, and traffic seems governed by the principle that anyone can be replaced. Breakfast is coffee and cigarettes. Despite these orthopedic and nutritional hazards, everyone i...

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Eurovision 2021 winners, Måneskin have won a MTV Video Music Award in the "Best Rock" category for their 2022 release 'The Loneliest'. 'The Loneliest' charted across the world peaking at No. 1 in Italy and Belgium and reaching No. 75 on the Billboard Global 200.  Måneskin were also nominated in the "Group of the Year" category with pop girl group B...

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Roman band Måneskin have a thing for bucking trends. They should be one-hit wonders but aren’t. They’re often credited with reviving rock, a moribund genre. Perhaps most remarkably they’ve managed to export Italian pop. Throughout a show that’s both too long and more entertaining than it has any right to be, this bilingual glam rock four-piece glee...

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The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world’s most watched non-sporting events and among the largest music competitions on the planet. This year’s warbling participants are taking to the stage this week in Liverpool to perform original songs in front of an international audience. With the theme #UnitedbyMusic, the 2023 Eurovision sfida (challen...

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Måneskin have added 2023 tour dates in conjunction with their new album, RUSH! The newly planned concerts are set at large-scale venues in Europe and North America from September into December. Måneskin is currently on tour in Europe and will tour their home country of Italy in July. The band will be performing across seven countries in the America...

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On a January day in a drab, deserted hotel in Rome, the four members of Måneskin are back at work after a brief holiday following a whirlwind 2022 that saw the young Italians vault into rock stardom. Last year, the band opened for the Rolling Stones; grabbed a nomination for best new artist at the Grammy Awards; wrote and recorded songs with Max Ma...

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The Italian music industry is also growing in terms of exports. Maneskin are confirmed as the most listened to Italian artists in the world, but classics and electronic music still play an important role. This is what emerges from the first report of Italian music abroad by Siae and Italia Music Export.Between 2018 and 2021 there was a 7.6 percent...

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