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• “Haulin’ Oats” Granola Gets Sued by Hall & Oates…

  05-03-2015 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Haulin’ Oats” seems like an amusing name for granola… unless you’re Daryl Hall and John Oates… Hall & Oates are suing Brooklyn granola company Early...
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• In 1987, Prominent Jazz Musicians Wrote This Letter to Their Fans…

  05-03-2015 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …this was found in the sleeve of a 1987 jazz LP vinyl release.  
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• Lamb of God Singer Randy Blythe Is Scoring a Ballet

  05-03-2015 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lamb of God composing music for a… ballet? That’s exactly what the band’s singer, Randy Blythe, is doing. Blythe is scoring a ballet choreographed by his...
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• One Of The Most Iconic Nike SB Shoes Re-Launches On Friday – You Might Want To Get Queuing!

  05-03-2015 19:27
  
  London’s Carnaby Street Nike SB store is the place to be…
  
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• YouTube Tells Musicians: “You Need to Make a Lot of Content”

  05-03-2015 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …from a discussion in Oslo with Jeroen Bouwman, manager of content partnerships for YouTube Music, as reported by Music Ally. “Nine out of 10 of our...
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• Turn Yourself Into Elsa From Frozen With The New ‘Show Your Disney Side’ App

  05-03-2015 18:37
  
  Selfies just got a whole load more fun…
  
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• Oliver Heldens, Mistajam, EZ, Alex Adair & More For Brand New V Fest Dance Tent

  05-03-2015 18:28
  
  Hannah Wants and Oliver Heldens take the headline slots in the brand new stage for this year's festival...
  
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• David Guetta: "I Don’t Even Want To Think About Making Pop Records"

  05-03-2015 17:17
  
  The high-flying DJ says he’s looking to make experimental music and club beats while his latest album, 'Listen' continues to dominate the charts worldwide…
  
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• Watch Chris Evans Drag Up In An Exclusive Playing It Cool Clip

  05-03-2015 16:50
  
  Chris Evans shows off his feminine side in our exclusive clip...
  
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• Music Review: Kelly Clarkson's new album fails to woo

  05-03-2015 16:26
  
  Kelly Clarkson, "Piece By Piece" (RCA, 19)
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is That Really You? Star Debuts Blonde Hair In Paris!

  05-03-2015 15:40
  
  Here's hoping blondes have more fun after Kimmy stepped out with hubby Kanye West in the French capital sporting this new 'do...
  
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• Snow Patrol: Ed Sheeran 'blazed a trail on Twitter'

  05-03-2015 15:31
  
  Jonny Quinn has revealed how his band were taught to use Twitter to their advantage by the Brit-winning musician.
  
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• WWE Summerslam 2015 Venue Announced: Hottest Show Of Summer Heading To Brooklyn

  05-03-2015 15:25
  
  Sadly, Summerslam won't be making a return to London, 23 years after it was staged in our capital...
  
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• Kelly Clarkson's Response To Katie Hopkins' Fat-Shaming Comment Is Perfect

  05-03-2015 14:05
  
  American Idol singer remains dignified in the face of social media abuse…
  
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• David Walliams Admits He Was Turned Down By Girls Aloud

  05-03-2015 13:46
  
  Comedian joins Cheryl on Graham Norton show following split from wife…
  
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• Palma Violets review: sharp garage clatter that’s fresher than the Libertines

  05-03-2015 13:35
  
  Forum, London
  The band are met with relieved abandon, as though a half-decade ban on publicly enjoying guitar music had been lifted Continue reading...
  
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• Bruce Jenner 'Has Told Daughters About Gender Transition'

  05-03-2015 13:33
  
  Former athlete reported to have filmed key scene for Keeping Up With The Kardashians...
  
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• Music app Shazam to add sights to sounds

  05-03-2015 13:26
  
  By Leila Abboud BARCELONA (Reuters) - Shazam, the company behind the mobile phone app that enables its 100 million users to recognise music they hear, and buy the recordings, is now promising to extend the app's scope to objects, such as products in retail outlets. "Shazam is already a verb. We want to expand the universe of what you can Shazam," Chief Executive Rich Riley told Reuters at at the Mobile World Congress industry fair in Barcelona. To fund the expansion the London-based company rais
  
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• Are These The Biggest Wrestlemania Moves From The 1990s?

  05-03-2015 13:18
  
  Undertaker, the Hulkster and Shawn Michaels all rose to the occasion at WWE's biggest show of the year...
  
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• #ThrowbackThursday | MTV Base Goes Old Skool With These Hip-Hop & R&B Anthems

  05-03-2015 13:15
  
  Thank god it's (almost) Friday! Celebrate the near-weekend with some legendary choons...
  
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• Liam Hemsworth Confirmed For Independence Day 2 Cast

  05-03-2015 12:52
  
  The Hunger Games star joining Jeff Goldblum to fight-off aliens...
  
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• Miley Cyrus Has Her Say On THOSE Pregnancy Rumours And Her Response Is Amazing

  05-03-2015 12:34
  
  Mi-Cy takes to Instagram to post a hilarious parody image of herself getting a baby scan...
  
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• Maika Monroe Talks The Fifth Wave Movie

  05-03-2015 12:26
  
  The It Follows star opens up about the hugely anticipated movie adaptation of the young adult novels...
  
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• Dan Stevens To Play The Beast Opposite Emma Watson's Beauty?

  05-03-2015 12:20
  
  British pair could be teaming up for live-action version of Disney classic...
  
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• Kim Kardashian & The Secrets Of Her Hairy Forehead

  05-03-2015 12:14
  
  It’s like the Harry Potter book that never was…
  
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• Kendall, Gigi, Devon & Joan Help H&M Kick Off Paris Fashion Week

  05-03-2015 12:07
  
  It was an impressive model line-up for the high street giants…
  
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• Justin Bieber Goes Topless For Men's Health, Admits He's "A Relationship Guy"

  05-03-2015 11:36
  
  JB proudly shows off his toned torso in these untouched images...
  
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• Frisky Couple Busted For Sexytime At Fifty Shades Erotic Museum Event

  05-03-2015 11:34
  
  Pair put the sin into Sin City as they start bonking in museum...
  
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• Arthur Lee: ‘I try to get cats who want to participate in things I’ve written’ – a classic interview from the vaults

  05-03-2015 11:29
  
  Love’s Arthur Lee would have turned 70 on Saturday. To mark his birthday, here’s a classic NME interview from 1972, taken from Rock’s Backpages, the online home of music writingIt was easy to see that the sands of time had shaken this poor boy pretty hard. Twenty-seven-year-old Arthur Lee strolled into A&M’s Hollywood offices with more than just a shade of cynical arrogance. His feet were bare and his clothes well worn and loosely fit. But his most profound change was the fact that h
  
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• Willow Smith: “I Want To Embrace My Full Self, As Natural As I Can Be”

  05-03-2015 11:29
  
  The 14-year-old gets philosophical in the Spring issue of CR Fashion Book…
  
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• Kevin Spacey Talks Of His House Of Cards Hopes

  05-03-2015 11:24
  
  The new President of The United States tells us who he'd most like to see on the show
  
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• Pharrell Williams Denies Copying Gaye Hit

  05-03-2015 10:53
  
  Pharrell Williams has told a court that, while he was trying to evoke the feel of Marvin Gaye's music when he created the hit Blurred Lines, he did not copy the singer's work. The singer said he was familiar with his song Got To Give It Up but did not use it as a basis for the track which he collaborated on with Robin Thicke and T.I. Williams, Thicke and T.I. are being sued by Gaye's children who claim Blurred Lines infringes their father's copyrights for 1977's Got To G
  
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• At Last: The Game Of Thrones And Taylor Swift Mash-Up We Didn't Know We Were Waiting For

  05-03-2015 10:52
  
  Hilarious video sees 'author' putting his thoughts on hit show into song...
  
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• Lamb of God frontman David Randall Blythe to score ballet

  05-03-2015 10:42
  
  The metal band singer-songwriter lends his musical ear to a short ballet piece, in collaboration with choreographer and friend Matthew FrainAt a first glance singer-songwriter Randy Blythe, of metal band Lamb of God, might not appear to have much in common with Pet Shop Boys, Jamie xx or Sufjan Stevens. But he’s due to join their ranks, by scoring a ballet that is headed to a dance festival in Richmond, Virginia, from 17 March to 22 March.Inventory, the short ballet piece for which Blythe has
  
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• 1D's Liam Payne Shoots Down Reports He Has A Drinking Problem

  05-03-2015 10:28
  
  The One Direction star took to Twitter to slam the reports, insisting he doesn't drink that much...
  
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• Method Man says Wu-Tang Clan's 88-year ban on releasing album is 'stupid'

  05-03-2015 10:26
  
  The Wu-Tang Clan member speaks his mind about single-copy album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’s unusual copyright contract, before RZA responds on TwitterBring the ruckus, indeed. For Wu-Tang Clan’s Method Man, the group’s plans around the single-copy album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin have gone a step too far. And he’s not holding back on voicing his opinions. “That shit is stupid,” he said of the group’s plan to ensure the album can not be made available for 88 years after it is pur
  
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• Trial over hit song 'Blurred Lines' drawing to a close

  05-03-2015 10:15
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvin Gaye was part of the soundtrack of Pharrell Williams' life growing up, and the Grammy-winning singer-producer told a jury that he did not borrow from his idol's work to craft the 2013 hit "Blurred Lines."
  
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• The New Avengers: Age Of Ultron Trailer Is So Amazing It'll Make You Cry With Joy

  05-03-2015 10:11
  
  Tony Stark 'fesses up to his biggest mistake in thrilling new trailer...
  
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• Why Aye Man! Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Is Engaged... Or Is She?!

  05-03-2015 09:53
  
  We have a feeling Charlotte's boyfriend Mitch Jenkins is in A LOT of trouble today...
  
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• Pharrell was inspired by Miley, not Marvin, when he wrote Blurred Lines

  05-03-2015 09:37
  
  Producer was working on two other sessions when he wrote the Robin Thicke hit, and it was the influence of his work with Miley Cyrus that fed into the global hitProud of yourself for getting two things done in a day? Reckon cleaning the bathroom and the kitchen on a Saturday morning counts as hard work? You should try being Pharrell Williams for a day.Testifying in the case in which Marvin Gaye’s children Frankie and Nona are claiming Blurred Lines, the hit Williams wrote for Robin Thicke, inf
  
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• Glen Campbell's Children Fight Wife's Control

  05-03-2015 09:36
  
  Two of singer Glen Campbell's children have launched a legal fight to gain control of his medical and financial decisions from his wife, Kim Campbell. The 78-year-old country music singer is in the late stages of Alzheimer's and is living at a long-term care facililty. Debby Campbell-Cloyd and Travis Campbell claim Kim Campbell is keeping their father "secluded from the rest of the family" which has been "prohibited from participating in his care and/or treatment,"
  
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• Buddy Holly plane crash : officials consider reopening 1959 probe

  05-03-2015 09:29
  
  US transportation safety board reviewing a request to reopen the inquiry into 1959 crash that killed Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and pilot Roger Peterson Continue reading...
  
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• Hall & Oates sue makers of Haulin' Oats granola

  05-03-2015 08:59
  
  Pop-soul duo take umbrage at ‘artisanal’ breakfast food firm’s ‘phonetic play’ on their brand nameWhere once they offered the world an Abandoned Luncheonette, Hall & Oates are now trying to close down the breakfast bar, too. The pop-soul duo are suing the Brooklyn-based “artisanal granola” company Early Bird – maker of “wholesome and nourishing small batch granola” – over its Haulin’ Oats range.Rather than being flattered by the promise of rolled oats and maple syrup
  
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• Playlist: Middle Eastern and north African – Klash, Trio Da Kali and more

  05-03-2015 08:08
  
  In our latest playlist, John Doran listens to 80s love songs from Lebanon, Saudi rappers and some freaky music from the year 2087Recent columns have looked at the compelling world of Lebanese disco, but here’s an excellent primer on the seductive sounds of love songs from the same country. Mainly recorded in the 1980s, these tracks act as a channel back to the 60s, 50s and further back into folk tradition, but are quite audibly a high point on the continuum. And stay tuned in for the Sinatra c
  
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• Northside Festival Releases First Round of Programming

  05-03-2015 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Northside Festival has announced their first round of programming for their music, innovation, and film festival. The festival takes place in Brooklyn from June 8th...
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• Pharrell tells jury he didn't copy Gaye music for hit song

  05-03-2015 01:11
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pharrell Williams told a jury Wednesday that he was trying to evoke the feel of Marvin Gaye's music but did not copy the late singer's work when he crafted the 2013 hit "Blurred Lines."
  
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• Pharrell tells jury he didn't copy Marvin Gaye in hit song

  05-03-2015 00:47
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Pharrell Williams says he wasn't trying to copy the late Marvin Gaye's music for the hit song "Blurred Lines," but he was trying to evoke the feeling of late 1970s tunes.
  
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• Breaking: The Songwriter Equity Act Has Been Reintroduced

  05-03-2015 00:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
    The Songwriter Equity Act (HR 4070) was introduced in February of last year by Congressman Doug Collins (R-Georgia) but failed to pass. Today (March...
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