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• Morrissey speaks to Larry King about cancer, depression and Barack Obama

  19-08-2015 19:38
  In a rare in-depth interview, former Smiths frontman criticises US president over reaction to Ferguson civil unrest, saying he believes he is ‘white inside’Morrissey doesn’t do many interviews, but when he does he’s not shy about opening up. Speaking to Larry King, the musician discussed his cancer diagnosis, his ongoing battle with depression, the alleged sexual assault against him at a US airport and why he believes Barack Obama is “white inside”, in what ha
  
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• How Straight Outta Compton’s Director Is Purposefully Ignoring Violence Against Women

  19-08-2015 19:21
  
  Dee Barnes has written an article for Gawker titled Here’s What’s Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up. Here’s an excerpt…
    That’s right. F. Gary Gray, the man whose film made $60 million last weekend as it erased my attack from history, was also behind the camera to film the moment that launched that very attack.
  He was my cameraman for Pump It Up!  You may have noticed that Gary has been reluctant to add
  
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• John Scott obituary

  19-08-2015 19:11
  World-class organist and choir trainer who was formerly the music director of St Paul’s Cathedral in LondonJohn Scott, who has died aged 59 of a heart attack, was a world-class organist and gifted choir trainer. Since 2004 he had been organist and director of music of Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, and before that of St Paul’s Cathedral, London.His association with St Paul’s began in 1978, as assistant organist both there and at Southwark Cathedral, south of the R
  
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• People Are Being Really Gross With Nicki Minaj's Waxwork

  19-08-2015 18:54
  
  Come on guys.
  
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• 9 Reasons Zoella Is Basically A Real Life Disney Princess

  19-08-2015 18:29
  
  Without the constant bursting into song...
  
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• We Predict What Zayn Malik Will Do Next Judging Purely By His Twitter Activity

  19-08-2015 18:25
  
  Because why not.
  
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• Straight Outta Compton Isn’t Being Shown In Compton Because There Isn’t a Theater There

  19-08-2015 18:14
  
  “It’s a low-income area, it’s been heavily disinvested in,” University of Southern California professor of sociology Manuel Pastor told CBS Los Angeles, while addressing this issue of why Straight Outta Compton doesn’t have a hometown screen. “When you live in a community that doesn’t have that kind of retail, it’s a sign that the community is devalued, and people within the community feel devalued.”
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• Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade CD review – a performance of remarkable assurance, beautifully recorded

  19-08-2015 18:11
  Leonard/Graham/Saito Kinen O/Ozawa(Decca)Seiji Ozawa studied with both Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, and French music, from Berlioz to Messiaen and beyond, has always been one of his specialities. Ozawa’s acute ear for orchestral texture and colour and his fastidious attention to detail has always been heard at its best in his discs of the works of Debussy and Ravel, but until now he has never recorded L’Enfant et les Sortilèges.This version is taken from staged performanc
  
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• There's Just One Week Left To Vote For #MTVHottest!

  19-08-2015 18:06
  
  Can we hit half a billion votes by next week?
  
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• Perrie Edwards Breaks Down Crying During Live Performance

  19-08-2015 18:03
  
  Oh god, it's all just too much to handle.
  
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• John Green And Nat Wolff To Make A Zombie Movie Together?

  19-08-2015 18:00
  
  The Paper Towns reunion might be coming sooner than we thought!
  
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• Spanish reggae festival changes tack, reinvites Jewish musician

  19-08-2015 17:24
  
  By Adrian Croft MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish reggae festival, bowing to an international outcry, on Wednesday reversed its decision to cancel an invitation to an American Jewish musician because he had failed to spell out his views on Palestinian statehood. The organizers of the Rototom Sunsplash festival were forced into a U-turn after the Spanish government and Jewish organizations condemned their decision last weekend to bar Matisyahu from playing. "Rototom Sunsplash apologizes publicly to Ma
  
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• The Creep effect: the Band Perry tries to escape the hit that made them famous

  19-08-2015 17:11
  The group’s attempts to move beyond their 2010 super smash If I Die Young has seen the band try to embrace pop-country with unremarkable, vanilla resultsPopular musicians have a choice to make in the wake of a smash hit: they can either become cynical about the song that made them famous, or they can embrace it as an indelible part of their public persona. There are more than a few examples of artists resenting their signature hits – Radiohead refused to play Creep in concert for man
  
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• Madame Tussauds rethinks Nicki Minaj waxwork display over saucy fan photos

  19-08-2015 16:56
  Fans post provocative photos with female rapper, whose waxwork features her on all fours and with her butt in the air in homage to Anaconda music videoMadame Tussauds has said it is redesigning its Nicki Minaj display after images of visitors taking provocative photos with the waxwork appeared online. The figure, which was unveiled earlier this month in Las Vegas, features the chart-topping rap artist with her hands and knees on the ground and her butt in the air – an homage to the music v
  
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• Ginger Baker: 'I’m not an easy person to get on with' – a classic interview from the vaults

  19-08-2015 16:51
  The great drummer has turned 76, and to mark the occasion, here’s a classic Disc and Music Echo interview from 1970 with the Cream founder, taken from Rock’s Backpages, the home of online music writingGinger Baker is 31 years old and you don’t ignore him. You can’t. He has accumulated a monstrous reputation over the past 10 years that makes him the wildest, most uncontrollable musician around. It goes before him into any room so that people, rather unjustly, tend to recoi
  
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• Sunn O))) review – elemental assault between a 747 and Satan's helicopter

  19-08-2015 16:47
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  With a schlocky Hammer Horror aesthetic, Sunn O))) worship decibels and endurance – the musical equivalent of slow death from aggressive diseaseIf Channel 5 ever commissions Extreme Gigging With Robson Green, Sunn O))) would be a fitting band for episode one. These Seattle drone metallers, famed for playing deathly deep-end soundscapes at volumes designed to “massage the listeners’ intestines into an act of defecation”, are no ordinary alchemis
  
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• Steven Tyler to headline music festival with country band

  19-08-2015 16:44
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aerosmith's Steven Tyler will be performing with country band Loving Mary next month at the inaugural Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Tennessee.
  
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• Watch Taylor Swift Perform An Incredibly Emotional And Touching Song On Her 1989 Tour

  19-08-2015 16:32
  
  Our desk is COVERED in tears.
  
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• 48% of Apple Music Trial Users Have Abandoned the Service

  19-08-2015 16:29
  
  Amongst active Apple iOS users…
  Are you aware of Apple Music?
  Are you currently using Apple Music? 
  If you’ve already started a free trial on Apple Music, are you still using it? 
  If you’ve already started a free trial on Apple Music, have you turned off the auto-renewal option in your iTunes settings to prevent an automatic subscription start? 
  Survey conducted by MusicWatch using a statistically-significant sample size of 5,000 participants.  The results
  
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• Spanish festival backtracks, re-invites Jewish singer

  19-08-2015 16:16
  
  MADRID (AP) — Following a barrage of criticism, organizers of an international reggae festival in Spain backtracked Wednesday and apologized for cancelling a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu because he had declined to state his position regarding a Palestinian state.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Shows Off Her 'Tattoo' And A Whole Lot Of Side Boob On Instagram

  19-08-2015 15:37
  
  Happy side boob Tuesday, everyone!
  
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• BFO/Fischer review – musicianship that is invigorating to witness

  19-08-2015 15:22
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  An all-Mozart concert was a joyous culmination to the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Edinburgh residency Related: The Marriage of Figaro at Edinburgh festival review – Fischer's innovative take on Mozart It has been a fine long stay at the Edinburgh international festival for Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra: long enough for Fischer to injure his foot playing basketball on a day off, long enough for us to get to know multiple facets of this
  
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• Former X Factor Star Joe McElderry Hits Back At ‘Weight Gain’ Body Shamers

  19-08-2015 15:14
  
  Not today, trolls.
  
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• 11 Times Demi Lovato Kicked Bodyshamers’ Asses

  19-08-2015 15:07
  
  Ain't nobody got time for that.
  
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• The playlist: Middle Eastern and north African – Checkpoint 303, Jerusalem in My Heart and more

  19-08-2015 14:49
  Today’s playlist features a shimmer of Israeli shoegaze, a collage of music in memory of a Palestinian village and a mix of LA-based Persian popIt sounds like the Israeli shoegaze band Vaadat Charigim have suffered an existential crisis, if their second album, Sinking As a Stone, is anything to go by. In a recent interview with site Louder Than War, frontman Yuval Haring explained how the frustrations of everyday life had started to intermingle with those of the intractable political situa
  
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• This Video Of Harry Styles Saying Taylor Swift's Name Will Make Your Heart Explode

  19-08-2015 13:49
  
  RIP us.
  
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• Kristen Stewart And Taylor Lautner's Mini Twilight Reunion Is The Best Thing Ever

  19-08-2015 13:49
  
  The pair walked the red carpet at the premiere of American Ultra…
  
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• West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim – Tchaikovsky of overwhelming energy and power

  19-08-2015 13:29
  Royal Albert Hall, London
  Neither their Schoenberg or Beethoven were wholly successful, but with Tchaikovky’s Fourth, Barenboim and his orchestra rose to the heightsEven before they play a note, the mere sight on the Royal Albert Hall platform of the orchestra Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said co-founded 16 years ago, consisting almost entirely of young musicians from Israel and the Arab countries, remains a uniquely inspiring one.
  They began their Prom with Schoenberg’s First Chamber
  
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• Selena Gomez Has Actually Said She 'Loves' Zayn Malik But What Does This Mean?

  19-08-2015 13:01
  
  Probs not that much, tbh.
  
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• Spanish government condemns exclusion of Jewish artist from festival

  19-08-2015 12:56
  Matisyahu’s appearance at Rototom Sunsplash is cancelled after he refused to publicly state his position on the Israel-Palestine conflictThe Spanish government has condemned the Rototom Sunsplash festival for cancelling an appearance by the Jewish-American reggae artist Matisyahu after the musician refused to publicly state his position on the Israel-Palestine conflict.According to Billboard, the Spanish foreign ministry issued a statement on 18 August, which said: “Imposing a public
  
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• Is Charlotte Crosby Quitting Geordie Shore? Nooo!

  19-08-2015 12:26
  
  Char's revealed that she's fed up of partying all the time... *sob*
  
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• Dougie Poynter Has Been Talking About Women’s Underwear & It’s Pretty LOLs

  19-08-2015 12:24
  
  The McBusted babe is just baffled with all the choice…
  
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• Jewish group sends Spain's leader letter about Matisyahu

  19-08-2015 12:15
  
  MADRID (AP) — The World Jewish Congress said Wednesday it had written to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy protesting the cancellation of a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu at a reggae festival because he declined to state his position regarding a Palestinian state.
  
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• Beck – 10 of the best

  19-08-2015 12:00
  His debut Loser remains one of the weirdest singles ever released, but it was an introduction to his precocious talent and a career of eclectic, inspired brillianceGimmick? Avant-folk-rock-hip-hop hit? Slacker-rock hymn? Mocking satire of Generation X or Generation X-defining anthem? How do you define Loser? To Beck, it was a mediocre song that derided his rapping, and he only agreed to its release on the insistence of Tom Rothrock, who ran his label Bong Load. Yet it not only remains one of the
  
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• This ‘Friends’ Scene Was Deleted After 9/11, And It’s Not Hard To See Why

  19-08-2015 11:41
  
  We doubt this would ever be shown on TV nowadays.
  
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• Zoella Reveals How She Deals With Haters And What It's Like To Be a YouTube Superstar

  19-08-2015 11:37
  
  She has no time for negative people…
  
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• North West & Penelope Disick Are Real Life Mermaids In The Cutest Photo Ever

  19-08-2015 11:35
  
  Oh to be a child of Kardashian…
  
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• A post-Nils Frahm playlist

  19-08-2015 11:25
  The BBC Radio 6 Music favourite and keyboard wizard performed in a sold-out Prom earlier this month. If you enjoyed that, why not try these?One of this year’s sold-out Proms has been the late-night show by Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory for the Sullen, programmed by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs. Frahms is unquestionably a very talented pianist, but his performance – and rapturous reception – has got me thinking about the infinity of possible connections waiting to
  
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• Liam Payne Hits Back At 'Homophobia' Claims As The Directioners Get #WeLoveLiam Trending

  19-08-2015 10:51
  
  He said some things at #OTRAColumbus that got taken out of context...
  
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• Carlos D: Coldplay made me want to leave Interpol

  19-08-2015 10:31
  The former Interpol bassist battled many demons while in the band. But the moment he knew he had to leave was while watching Chris Martin perform on Saturday Night LiveThere are countless reasons why people have turned their back on rock stardom: the drugs, the backstage rows, those dreaded “creative differences”. Now there’s a new one to add to the list: Coldplay. According to Interpol’s former bassist Carlos D, it was Chris Martin’s band of polite rockers that fin
  
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• Straight Outta Compton ignores Dr Dre's abuse of women, say two former victims

  19-08-2015 09:06
  An ex-girlfriend and a TV reporter allegedly assaulted by Dre say the film leaves out his mistreatment of womenTwo women have spoken out about the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, saying the film fails to show the truth about Dr Dre’s abusive attitudes to, and relationships with, women during that period.The R&B singer Michel’le, who was in a relationship with Dre from 1990 to 1996, noted her omission from the film in an interview with VladTV, saying: “Why would Dre put m
  
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• Sydney Symphony Orchestra posts Tristan and Isolde in full on YouTube – video

  19-08-2015 06:27
  The opening of Wagner opera Tristan and Isolde, performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conducted by David Robertson at the Sydney Opera House in June 2015. For the first time the orchestra is releasing an entire performance on its YouTube channel. The first act is available now, with acts two and three to be released on 31 August and 14 September, respectivelyWatch and listen to act I of Tristan and Isolde in full here Continue reading...
  
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• The 250 Best-Selling Musicians of All Time

  19-08-2015 04:26
  
  Platinum sales certifications and rankings for the 250 best-selling musicians compiled by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA).  Platinum indicates sales of one million or more units. 
  The post The 250 Best-Selling Musicians of All Time appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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