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• Sam Smith delighted over Radio 2's In Concert appearance

  24-08-2015 21:46
  
  The singer will perform during the live broadcast on September 3 at BBC Radio Theatre in London.
  
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• PONO Has Only Sold ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Units

  24-08-2015 20:59
  
  More evidence that only a tiny sliver of music listeners actually care about high-quality sound.Last year, PONO garnered $6.2 million in Kickstarter cash, with an additional $6 million piled on from private equity.  Assuming (generous) sales of 25,000 units, here’s how sales of PONO devices compare to sales of the first-generation iPod, released in 2001, at the same point.iPod sales source: Apple financial statements and sales disclosures.  
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• DJ Calvin Harris outdoes Jennifer Lawrence with $66 million earnings

  24-08-2015 20:40
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scotland's Calvin Harris on Monday topped a Forbes list of the world's highest paid DJs, earning an estimated $66 million in an annual payday that surpassed "Hunger Games" actress Jennifer Lawrence and reflected the explosion of electronic dance music (EDM). Harris, 31, a record producer who has worked with the likes of Rihanna and Ne-Yo, saw his 2014 album "Motion" debut at the top of the U.S. dance charts. He is also the face of Giorgio Armani's underwear, eye wear and wat
  
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• Colin Dredd obituary

  24-08-2015 19:26
  My friend Colin Masters, better known as Colin Dredd, who has died aged 59 of complications from surgery after a long illness, was the bass player, backing vocalist and a founder member of the punk band the Newtown Neurotics.In the 1980s the Neurotics recorded John Peel sessions for BBC Radio 1, released a critically lauded debut album, Beggars Can Be Choosers, and saw their third single, Kick Out the Tories, become an anthem as they played an exhausting schedule of benefit gigs throughout the 1
  
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• The playlist – indie: the Libertines, Sexwitch, Julia Holter and more

  24-08-2015 19:21
  Dreamy, post-summer fare from Adem and Holter, a disorienting drummer from Micachu and the Shapes (get in time) and spooky psych from SexwitchWhat a glorious mess this is. Stumbling into the sunlight is Sea Air, a track that soaks up the sun like Can on a camper-van holiday to Margate. It’s the third track from the Mica Levi-fronted band’s forthcoming album Good Sad Happy Bad and comes with an aptly disorientating video. Continue reading...
  
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• FYF Fest review – LA's strange but endearing jumble

  24-08-2015 18:44
  Kanye West fills in for Frank Ocean, while Run the Jewels threaten to steal his crown and Solange ‘frees the nipple’So prevalent is the sport of hating Kanye West that it’s hard to tell whether the pockets of kids wandering around the concrete sprawl of LA’s FYF Fest sporting “Fuck Kanye” T-shirts are making some kind of statement, or simply just out and about. Up until two days ago, the festival’s Saturday-night headline slot belonged to Frank Ocean, in
  
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• Quiz: Which Fandom Should You Join Once One Direction Go On That 'Break' Of Theirs

  24-08-2015 18:34
  
  Every cloud has a silver lining.
  
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• Bob Dylan early draft for A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall shows telling changes

  24-08-2015 18:29
  Never-before-seen manuscript up for auction at Sotheby’s shows Dylan’s restless revising as song originally had far more insistent ending
  Bob Dylan originally contemplated climbing six purple mountains rather than stumbling on the side of 12 misty ones and the ending to one of his greatest songs was far more insistent than it later became.
  The fascinating changes he made to his 1962 anti-war anthem A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall can be revealed as Sotheby’s auctions a never-b
  
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• Jazz Summers obituary

  24-08-2015 18:17
  Music manager who turned Wham! into a global phenomenon during the 1980sThe music manager Jazz Summers, who has died aged 71, was best known for developing the pop duo Wham! – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – who under his guidance became a worldwide phenomenon in the early 1980s, and the first western group to tour China. Summers moved on from Wham! to work with a long list of successful musicians, including Coldcut, the Orb, the Soup Dragons, Lisa Stansfield, Soul II Soul and,
  
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• Green Man festival – home-town heroes and hot tubs steal the weekend

  24-08-2015 18:08
  Glanusk Park, Brecon BeaconsSuper Furry Animals take Saturday with a gloriously long set, while a dazzling St Vincent proves that Green Man just gets better with ageFrom the hot tub, you can look out over the entirety of Green Man: the bright clusters of tents, the queues for food stalls, the long cloud that hangs over the mountain, keeping a pale and heavy-eyed watch over the festival. And from up here you can watch Matthew E White as he plays songs from Big Inner for the soggy but happy crowd
  
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• We're Very Excited About A Certain Union J Member's Mysterious New Project!

  24-08-2015 18:06
  
  And confused at the same time.
  
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• Dr. Dre ‘Compton’ Album Sales, Week 1 vs. Week 2

  24-08-2015 17:28
  
  Data sources for album sales of Dr. Dre, ‘Compton': first week Nielsen Soundscan and Billboard; second-week sales estimate from Hits Daily Double.
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• They see me floatin', they hatin': why do rap stars love 'hoverboards' so much?

  24-08-2015 17:23
  Wiz Khalifa got into hot water for refusing to leave his ‘hoverboard’ while in an airport, but he’s far from the first hip-hop star to join the revolutionMaybachs, Bentleys and BMWs might be the four-wheeled vehicles of choice for most hip-hop stars, but now contemporary rappers are ditching walking all together in favour of two-wheeled transport and, in some cases, hoverboards. Continue reading...
  
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• We Asked A Dating Coach What One Direction Being ‘On A Break’ Really Means

  24-08-2015 17:20
  
  Sad faces all round.
  
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• Debutan el 8 de octubre los Latin American Music Awards

  24-08-2015 17:15
  
  MIAMI (AP) — La primera entrega de los Latin American Music Awards será el 8 de octubre en Los Ángeles y se transmitirá en vivo por Telemundo, anunció la cadena el lunes.
  
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• One Direction: which member matched which boyband stereotype?

  24-08-2015 17:04
  The roles in boybands are tightly cast – so how well did the 1D boys conform to them?There’s no questioning the startling achievements of One Direction: indoctrinating fans from Lochaber to Lisbon, shifting albums by the millions, selling out live shows around the world, and racking up YouTube views in the billions. But putting numbers aside, how well did Harry, Zayn, Niall, Louis and Liam really succeed? Success in this instance is measured in terms of living up to their svengali&rs
  
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• The One Where One Direction Were On A Break (Or Why It’s Basically Ross And Rachel All Over Again)

  24-08-2015 16:55
  
  Is it us or is the news that One Direction are going on a break exactly the same as the time Ross and Rachel did the same in Friends?
  
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• Ed Sheeran films guest slot on Home and Away in Australia – video

  24-08-2015 16:55
  Ed Sheeran films his cameo role in the Australian soap drama Home and Away in March 2015. The singer is seen shooting a trailer for his guest slot and walking along Palm Beach, Sydney, with actor Emily Symons. Sheeran will star as himself, but will be introduced as one of the children that Symons’ character Marilyn was nanny to when she lived in the UK Continue reading...
  
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• Watch Anna Calvi and Heritage Orchestra perform Eliza at the Edinburgh international festival

  24-08-2015 16:29
  We’re bringing you musical highlights from this year’s Edinburgh international festival – kicking off with Anna CalviEdinburgh in August isn’t all comedy and theatre and people importuning you on the streets to thrust flyers into your hand. There’s also a rich musical programme at the Edinburgh international festival, and this year we’ve teamed up with the festival to bring you video of some of the standout performers. Coming up, we’ll have Anne-Sophie M
  
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• In style at Afropunk festival: come as you are – video

  24-08-2015 16:25
  This year’s Afropunk festival at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn attracted massive crowds. In its 11th year, the initially small black punk festival has grown into a conduit for black activism and community action Continue reading...
  
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• Taylor Swift Teases 'Wildest Dreams' Video Which Will Premiere During The VMA Pre-Show

  24-08-2015 16:03
  
  Excited? Us? ERM YEP.
  
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• Feel Good (It's Alright) (Ft. Karen Harding) [Explicit]

  24-08-2015 15:58 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Feel Good (It's Alright) [feat. Karen Harding]
  
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• From launch to burnout in five years: One Direction's withdrawal was inevitable

  24-08-2015 15:42
  Boybands rarely manage more than five years at the top, so it’s hardly surprising 1D have felt the need to call a halt to the circus. Now it remains to be seen whether they’ll want to get back in the ringThe writing had, as they say, been on the wall for One Direction. Quite possibly adorned with emojis and then posted to an obscure social network that nobody over the age of 15 can fathom, but on the wall nevertheless. In November last year, an Instagram video emerged of Liam Payne m
  
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• An Open Letter To One Direction, By The Biggest Directioner At MTV HQ

  24-08-2015 15:37
  
  WE'RE FINE.
  
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• Harry Potter: Where Are They Now?

  24-08-2015 15:24
  
  Ain’t no invisibility cloak over this lot…
  
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• One Direction: the plight of the Directioners is familiar to anyone who ever loved a boyband

  24-08-2015 14:57
  Boybands’ careers are built on the constancy of teenage girls and young women – and the nature of their love is unchanged since Beatlemania“They make my friends and me so happy,” a One Direction fan called Lucy, aged around 14, told Radio 1’s Newsbeat this morning. “And they write all their own stuff.” Overcome by the thought of the Directionless year ahead, she began to cry. The average Radio 1 listener is 32, and quite possibly considers 1D’s upc
  
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• Ed Sheeran set for cameo role in Home and Away

  24-08-2015 14:40
  Singer filmed scenes for Australian soap while on tour in the country, where episode will air before being shown in the UK in the winterA cameo appearance by Ed Sheeran in Australian soap Home and Away is about to premiere on the small screen.The British singer filmed his scenes while on tour in Australia this year, and now his appearance is about to air in the country. Sheeran plays Teddy, one of the children longstanding character Marilyn Chambers – played by Emily Symons – was nan
  
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• OMG! Geordie Shore's Chloe Etherington Reveals Amazing Fitness Transformation

  24-08-2015 14:00
  
  She feels like a proper Geordie gal now…
  
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• WOW! Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan Gets Her Twerk On And It's Seriously Impressive

  24-08-2015 13:39
  
  Watch out Miley, Holly's got her eye on you!
  
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• #MTVFestivalSeason: Could V Festival’s Love For Calvin Harris Get Any Deeper?

  24-08-2015 13:29
  
  Answer: no.
  
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• Here's What To Say To Non-Fans Who Just Don't Understand The Importance Of One Direction’s ‘Split’

  24-08-2015 13:05
  
  Go ahead and print this out to send to all the haters.
  
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• Ed Sheeran's Planning To Take A Month Off For The Cutest Reason EVER

  24-08-2015 12:38
  
  NICE GUY ALERT.
  
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• #MTVHottest: The End Is Nigh - It's Blackout Time!

  24-08-2015 11:00
  
  Voting closes for MTV's Hottest Summer Superstar this Wednesday - make your vote count now...
  
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• Directioners React To The One Direction Break News And We Can Feel Their Pain

  24-08-2015 10:56
  
  Support group anyone?
  
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