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• The World’s Largest Record Collection Could Become a Lending Library

  16-03-2015 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …a recent video interview between the BBC and Zero Freitas, whose record collection is probably the largest in the world. Freitas has over five million records...
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• Kanye West To Headline Glastonbury Festival

  16-03-2015 22:04
  
  Kanye West has been confirmed as one of this year's headline acts at the Glastonbury Festival. West will top the bill on the Saturday night, where he will perform on the famous Pyramid Stage. The news was revealed on Twitter by organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of festival founder Michael Eavis. West, in the UK charts with his track FourFive Seconds which includes Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney, is the latest big name to be confirmed.
  
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• Kanye West at Glastonbury 2015: this generation's pop provocateur won't be boring

  16-03-2015 21:45
  
  Kanye West might inspire loathing in some, but everyone who thinks Glastonbury headliners have tended towards the dull should rejoice: he’s the opposite of dull Continue reading...
  
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• Kanye West Among Headliners For Glastonbury

  16-03-2015 21:21
  
  Kanye West has been confirmed as one of this year's headline acts at the Glastonbury Festival. He will top the bill on the Saturday night where he will perform on the Pyramid Stage. The news was revealed on Twitter by Emily Eavis, daughter of the festival's founder Michael. West, in the UK charts with his track FourFive Seconds which includes Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney, is the latest act confirmed for the June 24-28 festival.
  
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• Pandora Says They’re Actually Paying Artists $1,300 a Spin…

  16-03-2015 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …from a recent interview with Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren, in an interview with Re/Code’s Walt Mossberg. Walt Mossberg: Why are there lots of artists and...
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• Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly first-listen review – an ambitious, at times overwhelming album

  16-03-2015 20:57
  
  Kendrick Lamar’s new album reaches for the heights – and more often than not it attains them Continue reading...
  
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• No One Can Stop Jay Z From Buying Aspiro…

  16-03-2015 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Jay Z’s Project Panther Bidco Ltd has purchased 95.18 percent of Aspiro’s shares, according to the company. This is part of Jay Z’s much-discussed acquisition...
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• Make-Up Tutorial Video: Review Eye Trend

  16-03-2015 18:58
  
  Watch MAC Senior Artist Debbie Finnegan showcase one of the key Spring trends, the Review Eye, on MTV presenter Becca Dudley...
  
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• 6 acts to check out at South by Southwest music festival

  16-03-2015 18:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Preparing for the South by Southwest music festival is like shopping without a budget: there are just too many options.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Rocks London To Launch Nip + Fab Ambassadorship

  16-03-2015 18:34
  
  Nip + Fab president Maria Hatzistefanis introduces Kylie in her new role…
  
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• Fashion duo Dolce and Gabbana attacked for 'synthetic' babies comment

  16-03-2015 18:15
  
  By Angus MacSwan LONDON (Reuters) - Outraged celebrities tore into Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana on Monday after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as "synthetic". Victoria Beckham, a former Dolce and Gabbana ambassador, offered John sympathy on Monday, sending a "message of love" to the singer, his husband partner David Furnish and their two sons Zachary and Elijah, and to "all the beautiful IVF babies
  
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• Azealia Banks’ Playboy Cover Is Here – And So Is Her Explosive Interview!

  16-03-2015 17:58
  
  The hip-hop star gets sexy (and angry) for Playboy’s Sex & Music issue…
  
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• Ultron Takes Over For The Latest Avengers: Age of Ultron Poster

  16-03-2015 17:50
  
  There are certainly no strings on this guy...
  
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• Rihanna, Zac Brown Band headline Final Four concerts

  16-03-2015 17:42
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Grammy Award winners Rihanna and the Zac Brown Band will headline this year's March Madness Music Festival.
  
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• Watch Out SXSW, There’s A Tinder Robot Lady Pretending To Be Human

  16-03-2015 17:38
  
  Think twice about swiping right on ‘Ava’...
  
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• Believe It Or Not, Perfect Couple Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds Made A Major Fashion Faux Pas This Weekend

  16-03-2015 17:14
  
  Or did they? WARNING: MAY CONTAIN BAD PHOTOSHOP.
  
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• Have Sigma Strayed Too Far From Drum & Bass With Their Latest Hit?

  16-03-2015 16:56
  
  R3wire & Varski weigh-in on the crossover hit makers' latest release...
  
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• Would You Rather Get Lost With Cara Delevingne Or Get Found By Her? The First Paper Towns Poster Is Here!

  16-03-2015 16:39
  
  Either way, you'd end up with Queen D, and wouldn't that be nice?
  
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• Music Review: Mark Knopfler mellow on 'Tracker'

  16-03-2015 16:23
  
  Mark Knopfler, "Tracker" (Verve)
  
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• Facebook Are (Kind Of) Freeing The Nipple

  16-03-2015 16:22
  
  The site are having a crack down on boobs, bums and ‘revenge porn’...
  
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• Music Review: Richie Furay in strong return after 8 years

  16-03-2015 16:22
  
  Richie Furay's first solo release in eight years is suffused in nostalgia and contentment, a recipe that could fall short were it not for the ringing guitar work and the soulful, occasionally exuberant vocals. Furay is a rock 'n' roll rarity — a happy man marking 48 years of marriage by putting his wedding picture on the CD cover — and his songs celebrate the long ties that have deepened over decades, not only to his wife but also to the no-longer-young musicians he played with during the gl
  
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• Joy to the world: what's your happy music?

  16-03-2015 16:22
  
  Open thread: the United Nations are compiling a playlist of the most smile-inducing songs. Tell us what yours are and we’ll publish the best on Friday Music makes you happy, so the scientists say. It’s a fact that we here on the Guardian music desk can affirm, too: given our positions of great journalistic privilege and the constant abundance of new music our job entails, barely a minute goes by without one of us laughing manically for no reason or instigating an hour-long group hug session.
  
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• Demi Lovato 'Wouldn't Be Alive' Without Boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama

  16-03-2015 16:11
  Pair have taken to Instagram to exchange some super cute PDA pics as Demi celebrates reaching three years sober...
  
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• The playlist: new bands – Beach Baby, Cash + David, Ellenberg and more

  16-03-2015 16:11
  
  A pick’n’mix of classic indie guitar sounds, two flavours of female-fronted electronica and life-affirming, wide-eyed psych popBeach Baby, a four-piece from Dorset and Athens who met at Goldsmiths College in London, are managed by the team behind Jungle, but their debut single, Ladybird, out on 30 March on Chess Club, sounds totally different. It’s indie guitar pop, without wishing to damn it with faint praise. Somehow it manages to capture elements of the best of several genres/eras – p
  
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• LPO/Jurowski review – Carolin Widman premieres Anderson’s lyrical violin and orchestra poem

  16-03-2015 16:05
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Soloist Carolin Widmann roamed the stage in this world premiere of Julian Anderson’s ‘poem for violin and orchestra’ – and swapped her bow for a pencil Continue reading...
  
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• The Wrap Up Meets Omarion

  16-03-2015 16:00
  
  US R&B star Omarion sits down with The Wrap Up to discuss his brand new LP…
  
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• Omarion Chats Music, Sex And Rick Ross With The Wrap Up

  16-03-2015 16:00
  
  US R&B star Omarion sits down with The Wrap Up to discuss his brand new LP…
  
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• Ed Sheeran's Tweet To NZ X Factor Contestant Is Too Cute For Words!

  16-03-2015 15:34
  
  Thinking Out Loud singer has taken to Twitter to show his support to Joe Irvine after Kills and hubby Willy Moon were sacked from the panel...
  
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• Ed Sheeran's Tweet To NZ X Factor Contestant Is Too Ace For Words!

  16-03-2015 15:34
  
  Thinking Out Loud singer has taken to Twitter to show his support to Joe Irvine after Kills and hubby Willy Moon were sacked from the panel...
  
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• Lucy Rose review – a little less polite conversation, a little more grit please

  16-03-2015 15:05
  
  Electric Circus, Edinburgh
  The former Bombay Bicycle Club vocalist stays true to gracious form, but her spotless set suffers from loveliness fatigue Continue reading...
  
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• Music Review: Houndmouth delivers on sophomore effort

  16-03-2015 14:55
  
  Houndmouth, "Little Neon Limelight" (Rough Trade Records)
  
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• Caribou review – intimate yet communal rave triumph

  16-03-2015 14:53
  
  Brixton Academy, London
  Dan Snaith’s tunes, borrowed from techno past and present, prove you can talk about love in dance music Continue reading...
  
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• Newsreader Makes Headlines With Her Penis-Shaped Neckline

  16-03-2015 14:39
  
  Natarsha Belling's unusual top provokes titters on social media...
  
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• Get Excited, Blur Confirmed To Headline Benicassim 2015

  16-03-2015 14:36
  
  The Indie legends will join Noel Gallagher, Florence + The Machine and more…
  
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• Ex-Factor: Willy Moon and Natalia Kills' dinosaur insults

  16-03-2015 14:04
  
  The talent show genre was built on Simon Cowell’s quick-witted put-downs – but the art of the critique has moved on and Kills and Moon didn’t notice Until this week, there’s every chance that you didn’t know who Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were, nor that they happened to be judges on the New Zealand version of X Factor. You might not even have known that there was a New Zealand version of X Factor, because life is short and time is precious and even retaining the knowledge that they�
  
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• Watch James Arthur Absolutely Smash Sia’s ‘Chandelier’ & More...

  16-03-2015 14:01
  
  Find out what other track James covered in our exclusive live session here…
  
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• Lady Gaga Goes Cheek To Cheek With Fiancé Taylor Kinney For Cute PDA!

  16-03-2015 14:00
  
  The pair looked totally smitten with each other at a charity event over the weekend...
  
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• Is Kanye West Lined-Up For A Cameo In Zoolander 2?

  16-03-2015 14:00
  
  Kim Kardashian reported to be likely to appear too...
  
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• You'll Never Guess Who's Behind Britney Spears Next Single...

  16-03-2015 13:31
  
  A certain X Factor girlband has apparently penned Brit's comeback single 'Pretty Girls'...
  
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• Fast & Furious 7 Gets Surprise Premiere At SXSW

  16-03-2015 13:31
  
  More details emerge about touching tribute to Paul Walker...
  
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• Hilary Duff? Try Hilary Buff! Actress Shows Off Her Bikini Bod In Instagram Selfie

  16-03-2015 13:31
  
  The former Lizzie McGuire star also posted an empowering hashtag to her fellow mothers…
  
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• Could Paige And AJ Lee's WWE Tag Team Be Called 'The Legion Of Womb'?

  16-03-2015 13:19
  
  Think AJ may have been kidding when she suggested 'PMS' though...
  
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• Bruce Jenner Is Going To Be A Grandfather Again!

  16-03-2015 13:08
  
  It has been confirmed that the Jenner clan is getting a new member...
  
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• Have Liam And Noel Gallagher FINALLY Made Up? Some Might Say…

  16-03-2015 12:48
  
  Britpop’s biggest fallout appears to be on the road to recovery…
  
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• That's Gotta Hurt! 33 Smashing Kicks That Will Change Your Attitude

  16-03-2015 12:48
  
  The guys eating these smacks may need to have their dentist on speed dial...
  
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• Stornoway: Get Low – watch their new video

  16-03-2015 12:45
  
  The new video from the Oxford quartet is all about the geese …Oxonian folkpoppers Stornoway love the birds. Their singer, Brian Briggs, is an ornithologist who still keeps his hand in, and their new album, Bonxie, features the birdsong of more than 20 different species. The title itself is the name of a Hebridean seabird.For the video for their new single, Get Low, the band recruited some unusual co-stars – five greylag geese, flying alongside the band as they drive. It’s not a CGI effect
  
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• Toto bassist Mike Porcaro dies aged 59

  16-03-2015 12:42
  
  Bass player for the Grammy award-winning rock group, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2010, died on 15 March Continue reading...
  
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• The Voice Judge Ricky Wilson Confirms He's Split From Girlfriend

  16-03-2015 12:39
  
  Kaiser Chiefs frontman is going solo after five-year relationship...
  
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• Is Ciara's 'I Bet' A Rip Off Of Usher's 'U Got It Bad'?

  16-03-2015 12:38
  
  Producer Jermaine Dupri claims the singer's new single sounds a lot like Usher's 2001 hit...
  
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• What Was Kendall Jenner Doing At Justin Bieber’s Comedy Central Roast?

  16-03-2015 12:24
  
  The model was spotted looking coy after Biebs got grilled on his sex life with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez…
  
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