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Spotify has a new shared listening option for Premium users: Jam, which lets people contribute to a shared queue.

By selecting “Start a Jam” on your favorite playlist or song, other Spotify users within your household on the same Wi-Fi network can join your Jam. Guests can join by tapping phones together, scanning a QR code from your device, or—for those listening from afar—clicking a share link you generate. Spotify says those with a free Spotify account can also listen in, presumably with the same limitations they’d encounter on other playlists.

“Simply invite your squad and Jam will help you find the perfect songs to add to the queue, finding the overlaps in your listening preferences to deliver music…

ROBIN Roberts’ nephew Jeremiah has shared rare footage from the GMA host’s intimate wedding to fiancee Amber Laign.

Jeremiah took to Instagram days after the lavish event to share a selfie and multiple photos and videos commemorating it all.

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“YO AUNTIE’s wedding was UP ⬆️ UNC SPIKE came for the shenanigans too,” Jeremiah captioned his photo and video set.

“@_ashleyrhines’ Louis Armstrong, @judichamp actually on the dance floor?! And also met the ethereal @gayleking,” he wrote.

“CONGRATULATIONS @robinrobertsgma and @amberita1227….

Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh’s performance for residents at a Co Wicklow nursing home has been called “better than medicine”, as the power of music in care facilities is highlighted this week.

An advocacy group is holding an event, Music Speaks, coinciding with Nursing Homes Week, which aims to highlight the memory-jerking and communicative power of melodies for people living in care facilities.

This will see more than 100 residents in 30 nursing homes singing and playing music for an online performance that will be shared with other nursing homes.

This includes 100-year-old Peig Ryan, a traditional musician and music teacher, performing Peig Ryan’s Polka at St Anthony’s Nursing Home in Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, and Tess Steedman, 98, a resident of Orwell Healthcare in…

Taylor Swift and SZA are the top nominees for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift leads the pack with eight total nominations as she looks to win her first-ever Song of the Year award for “Anti-Hero” off her acclaimed 2022 album “Midnights.” The hit is also nominated for Best Pop Song, while its music video has earned nods for Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing and Video of the Year.

The “Lavender Haze” singer is also nominated for Artist of the Year, along with Beyoncé, Doja Cat, KAROL G, Nicki Minaj and Shakira.

SZA is next up with six nominations. Her hit “Kill Bill” is nominated for Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Editing. She’s also nominated in the Best R&B category for…

The former Radio 2 DJ had been at the BBC for more than three decades before moving to a mid-morning weekday slot at the Bauer Media company in April this year, playing hit songs from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

On Thursday, Greatest Hits Radio announced the launch of a new digital station – Ken Bruce’s Secret 60s – marking the first time a whole station has been dedicated to the decade.

From The Beatles to the Rolling Stones, the station will play the “most iconic songs and legendary singers” of the decade and launches on Friday, but will only be available to Greatest Hits Radio Premium subscribers, Bauer said.

Bruce, 72, said:…