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• Jack White defends Tidal streaming service: 'What is elitist about it?'

  20-05-2015 23:27
  
  In a Q&A with fans, the former White Stripes frontman says Jay Z’s controversial music service will help struggling musicians and not just megastars Continue reading...
  
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• 11 Mistakes Every Young Band Makes

  20-05-2015 23:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  1) Wait To Be Discovered If you want a career in music you have to MAKE your career in music.  You can’t wait for “the...
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• Pianist James Rhodes wins right to publish autobiography telling of abuse

  20-05-2015 22:20
  
  Rights groups hail supreme court decision to lift injunction barring publication of book in which concert musician discusses being repeatedly raped as a child Continue reading...
  
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• Spotify Censoring Sony Contract Coverage In Billboard, New York Times, Wall Street Journal…

  20-05-2015 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Earlier this week, Spotify’s contract with Sony Music Entertainment was leaked, creating one of the biggest and most important stories of the year for the...
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• MixRadio Expands from Windows to iOS and Android

  20-05-2015 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MixRadio, a streaming app that was originally a Nokia exclusive, has expanded to iOS and Android. The service has also partnered with HTC to bring music...
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• Spotify Announces Run Tempo Song Matching, Video, Podcasts And More…

  20-05-2015 19:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Early Wednesday morning, Spotify live streamed their press conference via Twitter’s new live stream app Periscope. I tuned in just as Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek...
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• Streisand to recount life and career in memoir due in 2017

  20-05-2015 19:33
  Veteran singer, actress and director Barbra Streisand, the top-selling female music artist of all time, will recount her six decades in show business in a memoir due in 2017, publishers Viking said on Wednesday. "Barbra Streisand's memoir is the entertainment storey that has been on the top of every publisher's wish list for years," said Brian Tart, president and publisher of Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in a statement.
  
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• Sony Is Forcing Madeon to Take His Music off of SoundCloud…

  20-05-2015 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  News recently broke that Sony is pulling their artists’ music off SoundCloud due to “a lack of monetization opportunities”. Artists like Passion Pit, Leon Bridges,...
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• Piling on Nickelback is old hat. Can't we all just move on already?

  20-05-2015 19:21
  
  Chad Kroeger and his band are still the group everyone loves to hate, but after the Queensland police put out a wanted poster for them for ‘crimes against music’ Luke Holland asks: has the hating gone too far? Continue reading...
  
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• You Need To See al Qaeda's Weirdly Mundane Application Form

  20-05-2015 19:21
  
  The documents were released today...
  
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• 'Candy-wrapper music' hits sweet spot in Cannes 'Youth' movie

  20-05-2015 19:20
  By Michael Roddy CANNES, France (Reuters) - American composer David Lang has written what he calls "candy-wrapper music" for the Cannes competition film "Youth" in which Michael Caine plays a retired musician wrestling with old age. It won't win him another Pulitzer Prize, the award he got in 2008 for his haunting "Little Match Girl Passion", and the music he composed for the film's candy wrapper scenes wasn't even used. Instead, the film by Italian d
  
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• Sinkane: 'I was always the kid who mashed up the Play-Doh'

  20-05-2015 19:02
  
  Sinkane’s Ahmed Gallab explains how his musical projects are all about collaboration and how working with Usher brought him to tears Continue reading...
  
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• Live and indirect: why is live hip-hop so terrible?

  20-05-2015 18:57
  
  Artists like Kanye put on a larger-than-life show, but why is live hip-hop often so underwhelming? It needs to look back to go forward, writes Ben Westhoff Continue reading...
  
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• Breaking: Traffic Now Surging to Grooveshark.li…

  20-05-2015 18:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  April 30th: Grooveshark.com is shut down for good. May 5th: Grooveshark.io surfaces in its place. May 7th: Grooveshark.io becomes a globally-ranked website. May 14th: Grooveshark.io is...
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• MTV Review | Tomorrowland

  20-05-2015 17:50
  
  This movie will change the way you view The Hunger Games and Divergent...
  
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• David Letterman was late night's music champion – and these are his best guests

  20-05-2015 17:49
  
  With David Letterman’s last show airing on Wednesday night, we take a look at the best live performances during his three decades behind the desk Continue reading...
  
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• Taylor Swift And Calvin Harris Are Writing Music Together Because They’re Each Others’ ‘Muses’ Now

  20-05-2015 17:37
  
  We have absolutely no objections to this.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Opens Up About The First Time Her And Hubby Kanye West Got Together And It's The Cutest Story

  20-05-2015 17:36
  
  We knew they'd end up together eventually...
  
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• Quiz: Which Country Would You Represent At The Eurovision Song Contest?

  20-05-2015 17:21
  
  With the show set to take place this weekend, take our quiz to find out which nation you should be singing for...
  
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• Taylor Swift Storms Into The Midweek Top 10...Can She Make No.1?

  20-05-2015 17:00
  
  OMI still holds the lead in this week's Official Chart Update but can T-Swizz climb higher?
  
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• R3wire & Varski Talk Keeping Up With Dance Trends

  20-05-2015 16:51
  
  As our Club MTV DJs release their latest tune, R3wire and Varski talk business...
  
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• Joy Division: 'Everyone calls us Nazis' – a classic interview from the vaults

  20-05-2015 16:51
  
  To mark the recent 35th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, here’s a classic interview with Joy Division, first published in Sounds in November 1978, and taken from Rock’s Backpages, the online home of music writing Continue reading...
  
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• Flora MacNeil obituary

  20-05-2015 16:46
  
  Singer who brought Scotland’s Gaelic music to a world audience Continue reading...
  
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• "I like being called too skinny!" Admits Charlotte Crosby

  20-05-2015 16:43
  
  The Geordie Shore lass hits back at weight loss critics...
  
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• This Harry Styles And Louis Tomlinson Face Morph Is Making Us Question Everything

  20-05-2015 16:32
  
  Like, everything...
  
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• Lubimov/Piano works by Ives; Webern; Berg CD review – a provocative mix, thrillingly played

  20-05-2015 16:14
  
  Alexei Lubimov
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• Finn Balor Video Exclusive: NXT Superstar On Meeting WWE Boss Vince McMahon For The First Time

  20-05-2015 16:10
  
  Irish ace met legendary promoter Vince for the first time at NXT’s San Jose live event during Wrestlemania week...
  
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• Lianne La Havas review – soul-baring siren lacks brittle genius

  20-05-2015 15:27
  
  Wilton’s Music Hall, London
  This star-in-waiting has an engaging presence and her songs are pleasant enough, but there is no sign yet that she is going to grow into something special Continue reading...
  
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• Watching Over You review – a love story to Cargill’s singing

  20-05-2015 15:18
  
  St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow
  In Karen Cargill, Rory Boyle’s seven-song cycle about new motherhood found a superb, heart-rending fulcrum Continue reading...
  
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• Watch Our Exclusive New Trailer For Me And Earl And The Dying Girl And Just Try Not To Be Obsessed

  20-05-2015 15:00
  
  It’s already won awards and it’s not even out yet…
  
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• Jamie Foxx's Impression Of John Legend Is Scarily Accurate

  20-05-2015 14:56
  
  If John Legend ever needs a double, Jamie is his man...
  
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• Desperado drops 'Phase 1' Freestyle

  20-05-2015 14:49
  
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• Cerys Matthews in theatre composition

  20-05-2015 14:48
  
  The former Catatonia singer has written music for a play at the National Theatre.
  
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• What’s It Like To Be An IVF Baby With Two Gay Parents? Victoria’s Secret Model Josephine Skriver Tells All

  20-05-2015 14:34
  
  Josephine’s LGBT parents met each other via a newspaper advert…
  
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• Chris Pratt Talks Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 And Now We Are Quite Excited

  20-05-2015 14:25
  
  Let’s all ignore the fact that it’s two years away for a minute.
  
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• WWE: Lana Posts Underwear Selfie, Let's Hope She's Single Forever

  20-05-2015 14:24
  
  Rusev's former social ambassador continues to win over fans and it isn't hard to see why...
  
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• Matthews in theatre composition

  20-05-2015 14:22
  
  Singer Cerys Matthews is adding another string to her bow - composing music for a play at the National Theatre.
  
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• TE dness Unveils ‘Rep The City’ Visuals

  20-05-2015 14:20
  
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• Premiere | Fedde Le Grand Smashes It With 'Cinematic'

  20-05-2015 14:06
  
  We've got the first spin of the House legend here...
  
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• Ariana Grande Talks About Her Boobs On Instagram, Wears ‘I Have No Tits’ Sweatshirt (Even Though She Does)

  20-05-2015 13:30
  
  “It’s not about big tits or small tits, it’s about loving YOUR tits,” says Ariana…
  
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• You’ll Never Guess Which Sexy Eastenders Star This Is In The First Warcraft Character Posters

  20-05-2015 13:18
  
  We don’t think you’re going to recognise him…
  
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• We Can't Stop Watching This Video Of Vin Diesel Breakdancing Before He Was Famous

  20-05-2015 13:05
  
  These 1980's moves are something magical...
  
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• Skepta Shuts Down Later… With Jools Holland

  20-05-2015 13:04
  
  HARD
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Confesses She's "Bored" Of Geordie Shore - Will She Walk?

  20-05-2015 12:57
  
  Uh-oh... are we about to lose another member of the Geordie Shore family? *SOB*!
  
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• The Eurovision Song Contest: 10 of the best

  20-05-2015 12:41
  
  On 23 May, the continental carnival of song strikes up again. Here are 10 songs, by entrants from Abba to Conchita Wurst, that lived on after the voting. Don’t forget the Guardian will be liveblogging the final on Saturday nightWhy Eurovision 2015’s entries reveal a continent in crisisDespite only finishing third in the 1958 contest, Volare can probably claim to be the most commercially successful Eurovision song of all time. A classic Italian ballad with an instantly recognisable ho
  
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• Nicki Minaj Gets Her Own Sexy Hologram In New 'Hey Mama' Video With David Guetta

  20-05-2015 12:33
  
  Yay for the pink hair reboot...
  
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• It Was Cara Delevingne & St. Vincent’s Turn To Play ‘Dodge The Ex’ At The Devine In Cannes Party…

  20-05-2015 12:13
  
  Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift aren’t the only ones with these problems…
  
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• Gary Beadle’s Girlfriend Lillie Lexie Hits Back At Charlotte Crosby’s Cheating Claims

  20-05-2015 11:48
  
  Lillie says she’s taking ‘no notice’ of the Geordie Shore star's revelation...
  
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• What A Threesome! Kendall Jenner Kisses Hailey Baldwin While Josephine Skriver Gropes Her Lady Lumps

  20-05-2015 11:36
  
  Good friends are like support bras…
  
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• Five Strapping Lads Have Just Joined The Summertime Ball Line Up...

  20-05-2015 11:21
  
  Find out the latest acts announced for this year's gig at Wembley Stadium...
  
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