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• 32 Million People in the U.S. Attend Music Festivals

  14-04-2015 23:40
  
  According to a new Nielsen report, 32 million people attend a music festival in the U.S. each year. 46 percent of these 32 million people...
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• We’re Spotify. And We’d Like to Thank the Industry for Our Smashing Success…

  14-04-2015 19:38
  
  The following advertisement was featured in the just-released annual report of the IFPI, the global major label music trade organization.
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• First lady: Gospel 'fuels my love' of music in general

  14-04-2015 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says gospel music is a "ray of hope" that fueled her love of music in general.
  
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• Percy Sledge: a life in pictures

  14-04-2015 19:13
  
  From his early hit When A Man Loves A Woman, to his induction in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, we take a look at the musical life of Percy Sledge, who has died aged 73 Continue reading...
  
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• Apple Updates Their Music App as Streaming Service Launch Approaches

  14-04-2015 19:03
  
  Apple’s new streaming service is very close to launching. The service is expected to launch with iOS 9. The announcement will most likely take place...
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• Percy Sledge, singer of 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' dies at 74

  14-04-2015 19:01
  
  Soul singer Percy Sledge, best known for his recording of "When a Man Loves a Woman," died at his home in Louisiana at age 74 after battling cancer, his agent said on Tuesday. The song recorded by Sledge for Atlantic Records in 1966 was his first single and is considered one of the greatest of all soul songs. Sledge was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. "I got a call this morning," said his agent Steve Green, confirming the death.
  
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• Watch the new video from Teddybears - What's Your Problem?

  14-04-2015 18:58
  
  Here’s the latest video from Swedish trio Jocke Åhlund, Klas Åhlund and Patrik Arve - featuring 12-year-old Baby TrishContinue reading...
  
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• So Zoella And Alfie Deyes Are Being Made Into Waxworks

  14-04-2015 18:47
  
  The fans were a BIT off with the pregnancy assumptions…
  
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• Spotify’s top 20 songs to help you sleep: we put them to the test

  14-04-2015 18:36
  
  The online streaming site’s list is soporific enough, but what if too much Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith just makes you angry instead? Continue reading...
  
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• Industry: Digital music sales match physical for 1st time

  14-04-2015 18:20
  
  LONDON (AP) — A music industry body says global revenue from digital music matched that from physical albums and discs for the first time in 2014.
  
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• Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73

  14-04-2015 17:44
  
  Famous for When a Man Loves a Woman, the southern soul singer died in Louisiana on TuesdayPercy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad When a Man Loves a Woman, has died aged 73. Louisiana coroner Dr William Clark confirmed that Sledge died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Baton Rouge. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer in early 2014. Continue reading...
  
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• So Apparently Calvin Harris Has 'Banned' Taylor Swift From Writing Songs About Him

  14-04-2015 17:37
  
  Just because she's written a FEW break up songs doesn't mean she'll do it again, Calvin…!
  
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• Percy Sledge, who sang 'When A Man Loves a Woman,' dies

  14-04-2015 17:27
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Percy Sledge, who soared from part-time singer and hospital orderly to lasting fame with his aching, forlorn performance on the classic "When a Man Loves a Woman," died Tuesday in Louisiana. He was 74.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Carries Mask Of Brother Rob’s Head Around Armenia… Why?

  14-04-2015 17:25
  
  The siblings don’t have the best relationship at the moment…
  
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• Cult heroes: Strawberry Switchblade – the clue was in the name

  14-04-2015 17:25
  
  The duo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson projected an image that was deceptively bright, all pretty bows and polka-dots, but their minds were dark Continue reading...
  
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• Tigres del Norte support LGBT community with historic song

  14-04-2015 17:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — With their first "corrido" song about gay love, Los Tigres del Norte are surprising their audiences — and lead singer Jorge Hernandez says that he feels very proud.
  
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• Streaming, digital music revenues matched CDs for first time last year

  14-04-2015 17:18
  
  By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Digital delivery of music caught up with physical formats like CDs as a money stream for the first time last year, the trade association IFPI said on Tuesday. Piracy and free Internet sites remain a huge problem for an industry still reeling from the impact of turning music into digital form, which encouraged copying, bootlegs and free music sites, and led to a collapse in sales from $40 billion in 1999. IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic I
  
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• Music lovers can't let Frozen go

  14-04-2015 17:13
  
  Disney has scored a hit with the soundtrack and Idina Menzel’s single, Let It Go.
  
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• Cara Delevingne, Zendaya & Hayley Williams Shoot Taylor Swift’s ‘Bad Blood’ Music Video!

  14-04-2015 17:10
  
  This is, like, the best girl gang ever…
  
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• Meghan Trainor tour review: Singer channels Rihanna Caribbean vibe at Shepherd's Bush gig

  14-04-2015 16:49
  
  US pop star Meghan Trainor brought her positive attitude and uplifting songs to London's Shepherd's Bush Empire during the latest stop on her sold-out UK tour. Arriving on stage to a big number from her live band and hundreds of screaming adolescent fans, the Lips Are Movin singer did not need much of a warm-up and seamlessly jumped into a glitzy rendition of her latest single Dear Future Husband. Trainor's debut single All About That Bass, famous for championing body confidence,
  
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• What’s All This About Zoella Being Pregnant?

  14-04-2015 16:35
  
  The YouTube star got fans excited after a cryptic tweet…
  
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• Kylie Jenner: 'Khloe Is More Of A Mum To Me Sometimes'

  14-04-2015 15:51
  
  Ouch, look away Kris Jenner! The 17-year old reveals that her mother is more of a friend...
  
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• 8 More Celebs That Have Gotten The Boot, Just Like Justin Bieber At Coachella

  14-04-2015 15:42
  
  Even celebs struggle with their backstage passes sometimes...
  
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• Black Yaya review – witty, observational folk-rock

  14-04-2015 15:17
  
  Mono, Glasgow
  Gangly ex-Herman Dune frontman strums guitar and sings songs of wounded spirits, leavened with wry humour Continue reading...
  
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• Holly Hagan Proves The Bullies Wrong After Being Told She Was 'Too Fat' To Be A Glamour Model

  14-04-2015 15:17
  
  Have you SEEN how amazing she looks in her latest photoshoot...?!
  
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• Justin Bieber put in chokehold and kicked out of Coachella – reports

  14-04-2015 15:06
  
  Bieber and his entourage were stopped by security and denied entry to Drake’s headline show, leading to an argument with festival staff, TMZ reportsNot even an army of Beliebers could protect Justin Bieber from being put in a chokehold and getting kicked out of the Coachella music festival on Sunday night.The 21-year-old pop star and his entourage were trying to attend Drake’s headline show, but were stopped by security before they could get in, according to TMZ. Continue reading...
  
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• Pink's Response To Criticism About Her Weight Is Totally Perfect

  14-04-2015 15:02
  
  After attending a charity 'do, the mum-of-one has hit back at her haters on Twitter after they accused her of piling on the pounds...
  
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• LSO/Vänskä review – engaged eloquence and powerful expressivity

  14-04-2015 14:49
  
  Barbican, London
  Gil Shaham was technically impeccable in a stunning account of Britten’s only violin concerto; the LSO were on virtuoso form throughout Continue reading...
  
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• Philharmonia/Järvi review – Järvi tames Nielsen’s wild masterpiece

  14-04-2015 14:28
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  An awesomely executed performance of Nielsen’s fourth symphony sat alongside perfectly pitched Haydn and sparkling Beethoven Continue reading...
  
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• Are Zayn Malik And Perrie Edwards Set For A June Wedding At Disneyland?!

  14-04-2015 14:21
  
  Well, that would be pretty magical...
  
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• Vin Diesel Says Fast & Furious 8 Will Be 'From Paul Walker'

  14-04-2015 14:06
  
  The actor made a touching tribute to his late co-star at the Movie Awards, and wants to continue honouring his name...
  
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• The playlist: folk and world – Spiro, John Renbourn, Saoud Massi, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Noura Mint Seymali and more

  14-04-2015 13:46
  
  Alabama soul, English folk experimentalism, African gutsy blues, Greek folk fun and wild new tango. Plus John Renbourn’s delightful guitar and Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s uncanny harmonies Continue reading...
  
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• Rita Ora Glams Up In Charles Hamilton's 'New York Raining' Video

  14-04-2015 13:45
  
  Watch the brand new video here...
  
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• Drake unfazed by Madonna kiss fuss

  14-04-2015 13:43
  
  Singer Drake has attempted to set the record straight over his kiss with Madonna - insisting that he enjoyed it.
  
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• Directioner Asked To Wash Niall Horan’s Golf Caddy Outfit. Wears It Instead.

  14-04-2015 13:29
  
  Ashleigh Sokie causes a Twitter storm after posting photos wearing Niall’s clothes…
  
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• Wonder Woman Director Michelle MacLaren Quits Over 'Creative Differences'

  14-04-2015 13:20
  
  It's not been the best start for the film, which is alleged for a 2017 release...
  
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• Witness refuses to 'snitch' on Suge Knight in court hearing

  14-04-2015 13:16
  
  Cle ‘Bone’ Sloan, allegedly run over by Suge Knight, told the court he will not be used to send the Death Row Records co-founder to prison Continue reading...
  
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• Paul Simon and Sting review – moments of humbling magic from The Odd Couple

  14-04-2015 13:07
  
  Manchester Arena
  Simon and Sting’s contrasting voices and banter perfectly complement each other as they dip into each other’s songbooks in a curious but inspired unionAt first glance, the Paul Simon and Sting On Stage Together tour is reminiscent of those bizarrely unlikely 1960s package tours where Jimi Hendrix would appear on the same bill as Engelbert Humperdinck. Paul Simon is a Greenwich Village folkie whose towering songbook stretches from Simon and Garfunkel to world-music experiment
  
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• Olivia Munn Joins The X-Men: Apocalypse Cast, Yay!

  14-04-2015 12:34
  
  The cast for the next instalment of the franchise is shaping up to be quite the star studded affair...
  
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• Sounds Like Ed Sheeran Approves Of Taylor Swift And Calvin Harris’ Relationship!

  14-04-2015 12:27
  
  There’s nothing quite like the Sheeran seal of approval…
  
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• “Even Supermodels Have Stretch Marks!” Fans Praise Chrissy Teigen For Showing Off Her “Stretchies”

  14-04-2015 12:12
  
  The model flashes her thighs on Instagram…
  
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• This New Victoria’s Secret Ad Has Us Praying For April Showers – Seriously!

  14-04-2015 11:33
  
  Jasmine Tookes, Elsa Hosk and Candice Swanepoel are dancing in the rain…
  
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• Harry Styles Wants One Direction's Fifth Album To Be Their Best Yet!

  14-04-2015 11:23
  
  The boyband have started work on their next LP without Zayn Malik...
  
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• Baidu invests in Israeli music technology start-up Tonara

  14-04-2015 11:18
  
  Music education technology company Tonara said on Tuesday it raised $5 million in a funding round led by China's dominant search engine Baidu and Israel's Carmel Ventures. Baidu's investment and partnership will accelerate Tonara's growth, particularly in China, the world's largest music education market, the Israeli company said. In December, Baidu made its first direct investment in an Israeli start-up when it invested $3 million in video capture firm Pixellot.
  
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• Justin Bieber Thrown Out Of Coachella... And He's Not A Happy Chappy

  14-04-2015 11:06
  
  Video footage has emerged of the incident, which sees security placing JB in a chokehold...
  
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• Congratulations Tina Knowles! Beyoncé’s Mum Gets Married, Sadly Doesn’t Wear Her Own Design

  14-04-2015 10:41
  
  We were hoping for a Destiny’s Child #throwback, but the new Mrs Lawson went super chic for her nuptials…
  
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• #YourWelcome As Magic Mike XXL Gets HOT New Character Poster

  14-04-2015 10:36
  
  Channing Tatum sizzles as he dances TOPLESS in the latest promo shot from the sequel...
  
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• Drake LOVED Madonna Kiss... Just Not Her Lipstick!

  14-04-2015 10:15
  
  Both Drizzy and Madge have broken their silence after locking lips on stage at Coachella...
  
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• Dream team: how Stealing Sheep gave psych a new vision

  14-04-2015 10:00
  
  The psychedelic trio have ditched the pagan folk for a hallucinatory new art-pop direction – but it’s not just limited to their recordings, they tell us…“It’s all about perceptions and reality,” says Becky Hawley, the free spirited keyboardist in psych-folk trio Stealing Sheep, as she gazes ahead at the wild, weird dreamscapes full of fierce spirits and mysterious goddesses. We’re at Tate Liverpool, in the band’s home city, taking in the work of Lancashire-born surrealist Leonora
  
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• Kimye Baptise North West In Jerusalem, Khloe Kardashian Named Godmother

  14-04-2015 09:55
  
  The family descended on The Holy Land for the ceremony on Monday...
  
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