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Today’s Music News: Amy Winehouse demos for third album were destroyed

by Staff

July 01, 2015

Demos that Amy Winehouse recorded for a planned third album that remained unfinished at the time of her 2011 death will never be heard, because they were deliberately destroyed by David Joseph, her label's U.K. CEO. Joseph says his decision was "a moral thing." He's an executive producer of the new documentary Amy, which will be released in the U.S. on July 10. (Billboard)

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The Rolling Stones announced a major museum exhibition of artifacts related to their career. Exhibitionism will run from April through September of 2016 at London's Saatchi Gallery and then tour to 11 "global cities"; the only cities that have been confirmed so far are New York, L.A. and Tokyo. The Independent cites a source who says it will be "ten times the size" of a similar exhibition by David Bowie.

Isaac Brock appears as a crazy king in a new video for Modest Mouse's "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box." (Pitchfork)

An obscene Peanuts parody drawn by Jim Morrison is among the items in a planned rock memorabilia auction by Lelands. (Rolling Stone)

I Saw the Light, the Hank Williams biopic starring Tom Hiddleston, has been scheduled for release on Nov. 27. (Rolling Stone)

Flo Rida and Natalie La Rose have canceled planned performances at the Miss USA Pageant—which is owned by Donald Trump—after Trump made controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants. (Billboard)

Deen Castronovo, who was the drummer for Journey from 1998 until very recently, has been charged with rape in Salem, Oregon. Two weeks ago, Castronovo was arrested for domestic violence. (Billboard)

Lily Allen has shared photos and video of her burning a flag she stole from a fellow festivalgoer at Glastonbury that originally said "F*** OFF KANYE." Allen burned the top half of the flag, so it just said "KANYE." The flag's owner, a music fan known only as Aoibheann, is miffed. Her sentiments for Allen: "Get off your high horse and stop nicking things." (NME)

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