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• TIDAL Fires CEO and 25+ Staff Members…

  17-04-2015 20:42
  
  TIDAL has a public opinion problem. Many fans don’t like it, and a lot of the owners’ fellow artists don’t like the service either. So...
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• Breaking: TIDAL Fires CEO and 25+ Staff Members…

  17-04-2015 20:42
  
  TIDAL has a public opinion problem. Many fans don’t like it, and a lot of the owners’ fellow artists don’t like the service either. So...
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• Patti Smith's Horses: the making of the world's punk poet laureate

  17-04-2015 19:54
  
  As her debut album turns 40, Patti Smith is set to deliver a string of live performances – from Field Day to Glastonbury, and Glasgow’s Royal Concert HallContinue reading...
  
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• Patti Smith: punk's poet laureate heads back on the road for her sins

  17-04-2015 19:54
  
  As her debut album Horses turns 40, Patti Smith is delivering a string of live performances – from Field Day to Glastonbury and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall In 1975, with the opening line of her debut album Horses, Patti Smith set out her stall: “Jesus died for somebody’s sins,” she drawled, “but not mine.” It was a visceral, shocking, uncompromising and quite unprecedented introduction to an artist – as Michael Stipe of REM once recalled: “It tore my limbs off and put them bac
  
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• Woman Made Over $34,000 Selling Fake Glastonbury Tickets

  17-04-2015 19:52
  
  One woman sold so many Glastonbury tickets that she’s facing possible prison time for it. Christine Babb plead guilty to 29 counts of fraud by...
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• Two Ways to View the Vinyl ‘Comeback’

  17-04-2015 19:25
  
  source: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  All figures in millions, and US-based.  
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• Wiz Khalifa Delivers Emotional Performance Of 'See You Again' On Ellen

  17-04-2015 19:17
  
  Get the tissues ready... Trust us...
  
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• Country star backs out of Sandy Hook benefit after gun-rights backlash

  17-04-2015 19:08
  
  Tim McGraw’s plan to headline charity concert prompts outrage from gun advocates, leading to singer Billy Currington to quit the bill Continue reading...
  
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• New band of the Week: U.S. Girls (No 50)

  17-04-2015 18:46
  
  She’s just signed to 4AD, and she’s the fast-rising exponent of luscious lo-fi DIY pop - expect Grimes/Tune-Yards/St Vincent levels of critical excitementHometown: Toronto.The lineup: Meg Remy (vocals, music). Continue reading...
  
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• Konono No 1 founder Mingiedi Mawangu dies aged 85

  17-04-2015 18:42
  
  Original member of the Congolese group who invented the electrified likembe died in Kinshasa Continue reading...
  
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• NEW MUSIC: Emerson Windy, P Money & Pusha T – Come Get It

  17-04-2015 18:36
  
  Emerson Windy joins forces with UK/US heavyweights to create debut smash hit…
  
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• Philharmonia/Valcuha review – a tricky programme brought passionately to life

  17-04-2015 18:35
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Juraj Valcuha masters complex orchestration and opulent textures with rigorous control in one of the most thrilling performances of the year Continue reading...
  
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• Gilles Peterson's guide to record buying, bullies and beating the competition

  17-04-2015 18:20
  
  Ahead of this year’s Record Store Day, the broadcaster and vinyl obsessive on how to be crafty when crate digging – and what to do when you’re new to the gameI’m 50 years old now, and what I enjoy most in my life is walking into a record shop knowing that I’ve got the whole day to go through stuff. It’s a form of therapy and I love it. I don’t know whether it’s to do with bringing back memories of youth, or that I’m at my most comfortable doing it. Maybe it’s something to do
  
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• Cara Delevingne And Rumoured Girlfriend St. Vincent Make First Official Public Appearance At Burberry Event

  17-04-2015 18:13
  
  If it’s real, they’re our new OTP.
  
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• #TGIF! Madeon Introduces This Weekend's Feel Good Mix

  17-04-2015 17:47
  
  R3wire and Varski are back with your weekly dose of dancefloor destruction...
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor review – vocal power with vulnerability

  17-04-2015 17:44
  
  Barbican, London
  O’Connor’s remains a singular character, conjoining sacredness and earthiness in a set that spans nearly every filament of her career Continue reading...
  
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• Hunger Games Actress Calls Out Taylor Swift & Katy Perry For Appropriating 'Black Culture'

  17-04-2015 17:09
  
  The thought-provoking video name checks some of the biggest chart-toppers of the moment...
  
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• Giants Are Small: how we brought Petrushka to life

  17-04-2015 17:02
  
  New York’s Giants Are Small have been hailed as ‘the future of the American orchestra’ for their performances mixing film, puppets and classical music. They bring their version of Petrushka to the Barbican for its European premiere Continue reading...
  
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• "I Compare My Body To Charlotte & Marnie's!" Holly Hagan On Her Twitter Haters & Competition With The Geordie Shore Lasses

  17-04-2015 16:57
  
  The Geordie Shore star reveals how horrible comments pushed her to be healthier…
  
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• The week in music: Black Sabbath rows, Madonna vs Drake's mouth and more

  17-04-2015 16:50
  
  Our weekly news roundup, featuring that Drake kiss at Coachella, Patti Smith’s plans for a new memoir and Bill Ward’s ongoing public tiff with Ozzy OsbourneAlbini, a well-respected alternative record producer and musician, weighed in on Jay Z’s music streaming service. The general thrust of Albini’s argument: Tidal creates musical silos that go against the nature of music sharing online. In his view, people won’t be willing to pay £19 per month to listen to high-quality music str
  
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• Hunger Games star criticises Taylor Swift and Katy Perry for cultural appropriation

  17-04-2015 16:41
  
  Miley Cyrus and Madonna also come under attack in Amandla Stenberg’s video post Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and several other US pop stars have been criticised by Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg for their appropriation of African American culture. In a video posted on Tumblr, the 16-year-old star, who played Rue in the first instalment of the Hunger Games franchise, said: “In 2013, Miley Cyrus twerks and uses black women as props, and then in 2014, in one of her videos called This Is How We
  
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• Big Girls Cry: the latest video from Sia and Maddie Ziegler

  17-04-2015 16:00
  
  Sia’s new video featuring dancer Maddie Ziegler completes a controversial trilogy. In this behind-the-scenes video, the elusive star discusses the film with the child star, the director and the choreographer Continue reading...
  
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• First Listen: Comeback Album 'The Magic Whip' Breathes New Life Into Blur

  17-04-2015 15:48
  
  Like a British summertime, album No.8 is both familiar and surprising at the same time…
  
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• Selena Gomez Hits Back At Critics With Another Gorgeous Swimsuit Picture

  17-04-2015 15:35
  
  Wave goodbye to the haters...
  
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• Stop Everything! Zayn Malik Has Had His Perfect Nose Pierced!

  17-04-2015 15:27
  
  Pal Naughty Boy took to Twitter to reveal a snap of the ex-One Direction sporting a small nose stud...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Shares Naked Pic Of Boyfriend Mitch!

  17-04-2015 15:26
  
  Never has there been a more appropriate moment to use the peach emoji...
  
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• Kylie Jenner Proves She’s A Natural Beauty With Teen Vogue Cover

  17-04-2015 15:17
  
  The lip liner is gone and Baby J is just WOW!
  
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• Todd Edwards’ favourite tracks

  17-04-2015 15:00
  
  Daft Punk’s chum, who set the blueprint for UK garage, empties the contents of his psychic record bagContinue reading...
  
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• Dudley Moore – from film scores to funk

  17-04-2015 14:45
  
  We all know he was a great comedian, but Dudley Moore was also one of Britain’s finest jazz pianists. To mark the 80th anniversary of his birth on 19 April, here are 10 of his best piano piecesContinue reading...
  
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• Black Cab Sessions: Django Django perform Beginning to Fade

  17-04-2015 14:36
  
  The psych-pop band play their Record Store Day release from their forthcoming album, Born Under Saturn, as they taxi around townDjango Django quickly went from performing in tiny venues to the top of festival bills, and the psych-pop group’s latest gig is in the back of a taxi. The band are the latest to cruise around London for the Black Cab sessions. They perform their official Record Store Day release, Beginning to Fade, from their forthcoming new album, Born Under Saturn.Related: Django Dj
  
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• The Hoff channels 80s cheese in new music video

  17-04-2015 14:06
  
  David Hasselhoff has unveiled the video for his track True Survivor.
  
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• Tinashe, Iggy Azalea, Michael Calfan: this week’s new tracks rated and slated

  17-04-2015 14:00
  
  Sam Wolfson hurls himself at the week’s new tracks and, in Madonna’s case, wishes he hadn’t... Continue reading...
  
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• Zayn Malik's Exit From 1D Made Simon Cowell Want To 'Jump Off A Cliff'

  17-04-2015 13:26
  
  We all remember where we were when we heard The Zayn News…
  
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• Jared Leto Teases His Slightly Creepy Joker Makeover For ‘Suicide Squad’

  17-04-2015 13:21
  
  It’s a good thing he pulls off the colour green.
  
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• Shawn Michaels 'Asked To Return To The Ring For Wrestlemania 32 By WWE'

  17-04-2015 13:07
  
  According to HBK, he's also been offered a place on WWE's creative team...
  
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• Drake Is Working With WHO On His New Album?!

  17-04-2015 13:03
  
  After surviving his smooch with Madonna, Drizzy has revealed a superstar features on his 'Views From The 6' LP...
  
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• Eno meets East India Youth: ‘I find songs such a tired format’

  17-04-2015 13:00
  
  One is electronica’s elder statesman, the other a Mercury-nominated rising star. We brought them together to discuss technology, beauty and bananas Related: East India Youth: giving a face, and a flowery shirt, to electronic music Brian Eno and William Doyle only met for the first time an hour ago but are already debating which of them is the least proficient songwriter. “I increasingly see myself as a non-musician,” claims 24-year-old solo artist Doyle before Eno interrupts: “Not as muc
  
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• Hey Miley Cyrus, WTF Is Going On In These Instagram Pics?!

  17-04-2015 12:40
  
  We don't even know where to begin with the mind boggling selection of pics MiCy decides to share with the world...
  
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• Tidal music-streaming service launches feature to promote emerging artists

  17-04-2015 12:32
  
  Tidal Rising update debuts as criticism continues that the digital music app will only boost the careers of its superstar owners Continue reading...
  
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• Brie And Nikki Bella Reveal How Victoria Beckham Spiced Up Their WWE Careers

  17-04-2015 12:29
  
  Divas Nikki and Brie don't come for free, they are real ladies...
  
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• The Full ‘Batman v Superman’ Trailer Has Leaked Online

  17-04-2015 12:23
  
  Oh god it looks so good...
  
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• Someone Posing As Nicki Minaj's Ex Leaks Alleged Nude Pics Of Star

  17-04-2015 12:08
  
  The rapper's real former flame Safaree Samuels has strongly denied having anything to do with the NSFW images...
  
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• See how Lily Allen is celebrating the end of her twenties

  17-04-2015 12:07
  
  The singer revealed on social media she has dyed her hair neon green and pink in the run up to her milestone birthday.
  
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• Niall Horan Spotted Leaving Charity Bash With Rumoured Girlfriend Melissa Anne Whitelaw

  17-04-2015 11:34
  
  Days without a One Direction related crisis: 0.
  
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• Record Store Day 2015: share your photos and experiences

  17-04-2015 10:56
  
  Saturday 18 April is record store day, and we’d like to see your photos and experiences from this year’s event Continue reading...
  
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• There Is NO Zayn Malik Sex Tape! We Repeat, There Is NO Zayn Malik Sex Tape!

  17-04-2015 10:55
  
  A rep for the ex-One Direction star has stated that there is "absolutely no truth" in the rumours...
  
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• Looks Like Brooklyn Beckham Had Fun At Burberry’s ‘London In Los Angeles’ Party!

  17-04-2015 10:40
  
  The 16-year-old shares Instagram snaps with Cara Delevingne and godfather Elton John…
  
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• Music is in a weird phase - Pete Waterman

  17-04-2015 10:38
  
  The hit record producer reckons technology is considered to be more important than talent when making music these days.
  
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• Want To Work With Us At Isle Of MTV Malta 2015?

  17-04-2015 10:38
  
  MTV Breaks is BACK and we're looking for a social media photographer and a kick-ass DJ...
  
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• Chris Brown Shares First Adorable Snap Of Daughter Royalty!

  17-04-2015 10:17
  
  The 'Loyal' singer took to Instagram to show off his baby girl in these cute photos...
  
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