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• Call It Off

  10-06-2015 22:49 via mtv.co.uk
  
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• Apple Music cautiously embraced by record industry

  10-06-2015 22:15
  
  By Julia Love and Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A decade ago, Apple Inc helped revitalise a music industry hit hard by online piracy with its iTunes Store. Now, amid a steady slump in digital downloads, the industry is hopeful that the tech giant's new streaming service will give record companies another desperately needed boost. Apple Music, unveiled Monday and scheduled to launch at the end of the month, will offer subscribers access to a vast library of songs for $10 a month, but
  
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• U Mad (Ft. Kanye West) [Explicit]

  10-06-2015 22:15 via mtv.co.uk
  
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• Apple Music faces antitrust scrutiny in NY, Connecticut: NYT

  10-06-2015 20:49
  
  (Reuters) - Attorneys general in New York and Connecticut are investigating whether the deals that Apple Inc has struck with music companies for its new streaming service violate antitrust laws, the New York Times reported. Spokesmen for both offices confirmed to Reuters that the music streaming industry was being investigated for anticompetitive behaviour, but would not confirm that Apple was being singled out. Apple launched its music streaming service, Apple Music, on Monday.
  
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• Breaking: Apple Music Faces Gov’t Investigation Over Ruthless Negotiation Tactics…

  10-06-2015 19:47
  
  Apple wants 100 million streaming subscribers, but achieving that number may require some brutal competitive tactics.  Which might just include colluding with major label partners like...
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• Apple Music Faces Gov’t Investigation Over Ruthless Negotiation Tactics…

  10-06-2015 19:47
  
  Apple wants 100 million streaming subscribers, but achieving that number may require some brutal competitive tactics.  Which might just include colluding with major label partners like...
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• Jason Derulo, Olly Murs & More Reveal Their Emoji Spirit Animals!

  10-06-2015 19:30
  
  Let's be honest, it's all about the aubergine...
  
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• Spotify Now Has 20 Million Reasons Why ‘Freemium’ Works…

  10-06-2015 19:02
  
  Major labels like Universal Music Group have been putting heavy pressure on Spotify to limit free access.  But Spotify is stepping up to defend freemium,...
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• Tom Waits: 10 of the best

  10-06-2015 19:00
  
  From the drunken balladeer to the Brechtian surrealist – here are 10 highights from the career of one of music’s true individualsWhat’s most remarkable about Tom Waits’s 1973 debut album, Closing Time, is just how unremarkable it is. There are some great songs, sure: the instrumental title track, and Martha, which could be a Neil Diamond tune performed by Willie Nelson, as well as Ol ’55 – covered by Asylum labelmates the Eagles – about whom Waits was publicly sniffy, biting the ha
  
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• Listen Up Pitches: 'Pitch Perfect 3' Is Happening!

  10-06-2015 18:22
  
  It's official: Pitch Perfect 3 is happening. Here's what we know.
  
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• KatyCats, You're Going To Love The New Moschino Campaign...

  10-06-2015 18:13
  
  Yup, Katy Perry is officially the new face of Moschino!
  
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• Want to run for president? Then get yourself a country music anthem

  10-06-2015 18:12
  
  Democratic and Republican candidates are embracing country music as they race for the White House, but why is the genre such political catnip?If modern political races are more about perception than policy, then it should be no surprise that 2016’s presidential hopefuls are brazenly attempting to shape their images with focus-grouped campaign soundtracks that vaguely communicate their demographic appeal with sociological soundbites. This year, politicians on both sides of the aisle are co-opti
  
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• Video app Meerkat to give front-row peek at CMT Music Awards

  10-06-2015 18:10
  
  The mobile video-streaming application Meerkat is providing a front-row peek at one of the nominees performing during Wednesday's telecast of the CMT network's annual music awards.
  
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• The Quartet putting their hearts into Beethoven

  10-06-2015 18:06
  
  Via a robotic heart and interactive lighting, audience members can monitor the Sacconi Quartet’s heartbeats as they perform Beethoven. Gimmick, or a fascinating insight into the art of music-making? As part of this year’s Spitalfields Festival, a performance by the Sacconi Quartet is offering an extra dimension to the listening experience. Their concert on 10 June allows you to hold in your hands this amazingly tactile object (below), crafted out of wood, viscera, valves and palpitating fles
  
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• Lil Boosie may be hip-hop's most honest voice – but he's still relatively unknown

  10-06-2015 18:03
  
  The Baton Rouge rapper has bounced back after a stint in prison and his new album is a vivid exploration of just how mentally punishing lock-up can beLil Boosie is probably the biggest regional star in hip-hop history. Hailing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he’s a household name in the south. Though his popularity also stretches a ways west and north, he’s never had particularly strong national sales. Having released music since 2000, he’s yet to earn so much as a gold solo album, and has ha
  
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• James Last obituary

  10-06-2015 18:00
  
  Bandleader who won fans and foes with his easy listening approachJames Last, who has died aged 86, was the most commercially successful bandleader of the decades following the second world war. He inspired both devotion and loathing among pop music fans, thanks to his unique ability to transform music of almost any form into his own style of easy listening.A James Last concert would include anything from light classical and jazz favourites through to ballads, polkas, waltzes, a James Bond theme
  
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• Lauren Goodger Hits Back At Mark Wright Over 'Hurtful' Claims

  10-06-2015 17:50
  
  The star has responded to Mark's Twitter rant...
  
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• Glasgow's Arches club goes into administration and is set to close

  10-06-2015 17:41
  
  One of the city’s best loved venues is financially unsustainable since the authorities set a midnight curfew for itOne of Glasgow’s best loved venues looks likely to have to close. The Arches is to go into administration, following the decision of the city’s licensing authorities to force it to close at midnight following police complaints about disorder, including drug use, at the venue. Club nights generated the majority of the Arches’ revenue, and without them the business is “unten
  
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• Robots Falling Down Are Cute And Sad And Hilarious

  10-06-2015 16:57
  
  There's a robot Olympics going on and you need to see the video.
  
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• Sonic Youth, 1990: 'Say, are you anti-American? I think it’s pretty cool, people should be anti-American'

  10-06-2015 16:55
  
  It’s 25 years since Sonic Youth released Goo. Rock’s Backpages resurrects this interview, originally published in Sounds on 1 September 1990, where the band dismantle Madchester hype, brand Lou Reed ‘lame’ and slate the British press WE ARE AN industrial band. We are an industrial band. In a girder-strewn workshop in the bowels of New York’s Roseland Theatre, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is detailing the band’s new direction with a stunning impersonation of a Dalek. As usual, he’
  
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• You'll Never Guess What Chris Brown Has Said About Karrueche Tran Now

  10-06-2015 16:48
  
  This is getting seriously complicated...
  
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• Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat and Duncan Chisholm review – exhilarating cross-cultural collaboration

  10-06-2015 16:12
  
  King’s Place, London The Iranian sisters’ performance was gently powerful, while Chisholm showcased his exquisite fiddle playingThis was an intriguing meeting of musicians from two very different cultures, who came together for a final collaboration that was both unlikely and exhilarating. On one side were Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, Iranian sisters who specialise in reviving the work of Persian poets, but are banned from performing in public in their homeland.And on the other was a distinguish
  
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• Stockhausen; Beffa; Stravinsky CD review – Mosell confronts Stockhausen fearlessly

  10-06-2015 16:10
  
  Vanessa Benelli Mosell
  (Decca)Between 1952 and 1961, Stockhausen composed a series of 11 piano pieces, mostly quite brief, which he later referred to as his “drawings”. In them he tested out the techniques that he used to such spectacular effect in his large-scale works of that period, and which took him stylistically on a rapid development from the pointillism of total serialism, through the concepts of musical groups and moments to his exploration of mobile forms that left many organisatio
  
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• BBC Phil/Storgårds review – dramatic opening instalment of Nielsen symphony cycle

  10-06-2015 16:05
  
  Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe BBC Philharmonic celebrate Nielsen’s 150th with his First and Fourth symphoniesCarl Nielsen said: “Those who throw the best fist will be remembered longest. Beethoven, Michelangelo, Bach, Berlioz and the like have given their era a black eye.” So why is it that the Danish composer still doesn’t enjoy the box-office impact of Sibelius, Strauss and Mahler, the heavy-hitters from his own epoch? It’s not that performances of Nielsen’s symphonies are comple
  
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• Intermezzo review – profoundly humane vision of Strauss's autobiographical opera

  10-06-2015 15:59
  
  Garsington Opera at Wormsley
  Bruno Ravella’s production boasts practically perfect performances from Mary Dunleavy and Mark Stone as the tempestuous Mr and Mrs Storch, and Jac van Steen conducts with sensitivityIntermezzo has long been regarded as one of Strauss’s problem pieces. First performed in 1924, and openly autobiographical, it dramatises a period of strain in the composer’s publicly stormy marriage, when his wife Pauline, erroneously suspecting him of having an affair, sued for di
  
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• Kendall Jenner Rocks SEVEN Looks In One Day At Turkey’s Dosso Dossi Fashion Show

  10-06-2015 15:56
  
  Move over Milan; Kendall hits the runway in Turkey…
  
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• A-List Insider: Rihanna gets new boyfriend and Kim Kardashian splashes the cash for Kanye's birthday

  10-06-2015 15:29
  
  After failed romances with Chris Brown, Drake and Leonardo DiCaprio, Rihanna may have finally found her Mr Right. According to reports, the Diamonds singer has been dating Real Madrid footballer Karim Benzema.
  
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• Win Wireless Tickets + A £100 New Look Voucher!

  10-06-2015 15:24
  
  Plus two runners up will receive a pair of tickets to either Day 2 or Day 3! Enter now for your chance to win...
  
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• Wait, Have Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Revealed The Sex Of Baby No. 2?!

  10-06-2015 15:22
  
  Prepare yourselves for six whole months of Kimye pregnancy talk...
  
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• #FriendshipGoals! Selena Gomez 'Asks Taylor Swift For Songwriting Help'

  10-06-2015 15:13
  
  T-Swizzle is apparently helping Sel pen tunes for her new LP! Watch out Justin...
  
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• Nashville Music City Center abuzz with 100,000 bees on roof

  10-06-2015 14:08
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville's Music City Center is now home to 100,000 bees as part of the venue's sustainability initiative.
  
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• Uh-Oh, The New Fifty Shades Of Grey Book Has Been 'Stolen' Days Before Its Release

  10-06-2015 13:59
  
  Looks like somebody couldn’t wait for the release date…
  
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• We Must Be Dreaming... An Unreleased Miley Cyrus Track ‘Nightmare’ Has Appeared Online!

  10-06-2015 13:59
  
  The unreleased song is thought to have been left off of 2013's Bangerz...
  
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• Justin Bieber Tried Out A Man Bun And We Don't Know How We Feel About It

  10-06-2015 13:56
  
  Take a look for yourselves...
  
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• You Need To See What Happened When This 60-Year Attempted The 'Uptown Funk' Dance Routine!

  10-06-2015 13:37
  
  Don't believe us? Just watch...
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Gave The Best Response To Those Lipo Rumours

  10-06-2015 13:00
  
  You go girl...
  
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• Katy Perry's management deny she's planning Taylor Swift revenge with 1984 song

  10-06-2015 12:58
  
  The 1984 track was actually registered by a Swedish music producer who the Dark Horse singer worked with previously.
  
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• One Direction Record Message For Alton Towers Crash Victim And Offer To Meet Her

  10-06-2015 12:44
  
  The boys always ensure that their fans come first...
  
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• Big Band Leader James Last Dies, Aged 86

  10-06-2015 12:33
  
  Big band leader James Last has died at his home in Florida at the age of 86. The German-born musician, then known as Hansi, began his musical career as a cadet at the Military Music Schools in Frankfurt.
  
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• Watch Jake Gyllenhaal And Jason Clarke Fight For Survival In The 'Everest' Trailer!

  10-06-2015 12:29
  
  The film is based around the mountain's deadly 1996 disaster...
  
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• Big band leader James Last dies at 86

  10-06-2015 12:29
  
  The German-born musician, who sold millions of records around the globe, has passed away in Florida.
  
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• Have You Seen This Man? Liam Payne Is Missing On Twitter And The Directioners Can't Cope

  10-06-2015 12:22
  
  It's simple, #WeMissYouLiam...
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Poses With Her Plastic Surgeon, Gifts Him A Signed Copy Of Her Vanity Fair Issue

  10-06-2015 12:07
  
  Dr Harrison H. Lee is the man behind Caitlyn’s stunning transformation…
  
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• Zayn Malik Has White Hair Now, Prepare To Make Some Serious Eminem Comparisons

  10-06-2015 11:55
  
  The saga of Zayn Malik’s hair continues…
  
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• Mark Wright Lets Rip At Ex-Girlfriend Lauren Goodger On Twitter

  10-06-2015 11:41
  
  Wright has had enough of his former flame's comments following his marriage to Michelle Keegan...
  
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• Laverne Cox Makes History As She Becomes Madame Tussauds’ First Transgender Waxwork

  10-06-2015 11:15
  
  YAAAAS, etc etc…
  
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• Shorty Drops video for ‘What’s Going On’

  10-06-2015 11:10
  
  BBK
  
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• Amber Rose Hits Cosmo’s #InternetsMostFascinating List, Admits Stripping “Was The Best Time Of My Life!”

  10-06-2015 10:58
  
  The model talks stripping, social media and becoming a “feminist monster”…
  
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• New music: Renz Feat. Youngs Teflon – Right Now

  10-06-2015 10:49
  
  HARD
  
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• YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen Comes Out As Gay In Emotional Video

  10-06-2015 10:44
  
  MissGlamorazzi has confessed to suppressing her sexuality in the clip...
  
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