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• 'Is your boyfriend in the band?' Critic airs tales of music industry sexism

  26-08-2015 21:25
  
  Jessica Hopper put out a call for female colleagues to tell their stories, which ranged from enduring misogynistic comments to sexual assault“Are those your boyfriend’s records?”“Where’s the lead singer? Can’t be you, doll.” Continue reading...
  
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• Pierné: Orchestral Works CD review – fluent French romanticism with a permeating modernism

  26-08-2015 19:54
  
  Bavouzet/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Mena(Chandos)Admirers of the music of Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937), have had to wait patiently for the second volume of Chandos’s series. The first instalment was released four years ago, and if that proved rather disappointing, its successor is much more convincing and enjoyable. The main work on that first disc was Pierné’s early piano concerto, and it is single-movement pieces for piano and orchestra that dominate this collection, to
  
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• Now You Know Everything About Music Publishing

  26-08-2015 19:38
  
  This is the fifth installment of an 11-part series on music industry agreements by attorney and legal author Steve Gordon, author of The Future of the Music Business (Hal Leonard 4th Ed 2015).  Steve’s earlier installments covered contracts for indie producers, synchronization licensing, management contracts, and production contracts (from hell).
  The fifth installment of this 11-part series on basic music industry agreements focuses on music publishing. Befor
  
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• A day for Boulez: moving tributes and newly composed homages at the Lucerne festival

  26-08-2015 19:02
  
  Peers and pupils celebrated the French composer-conductor’s legacy with passionate performances of his music and eight new pieces, including two by György Kurtág and Wolfgang RihmIn the middle of the Lucerne festival this summer, A Day for Pierre Boulez celebrated the music and legacy of one of the crucial creative partners of Lucerne’s recent history. As well as his 90th birthday year, the day’s stream of concerts acknowledged Boulez as founder of the Lucerne Festi
  
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• VIDEO: Howay! Geordie Shore Cast React To One Direction Going 'On A Break'

  26-08-2015 19:01
  
  Charlotte does her best Ross impression and Scott and Kyle imagine what a Geordie Shore boyband would be like. We want to see THAT.
  
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• Someone's Made A Zayn Malik Porn Fanzine Called 'Solo' And We Don't Know Where To Look

  26-08-2015 18:13
  
  You will never un-see any of the following.
  
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• Kamasi Washington review – New York debut sees bandleader rise to Epic billing

  26-08-2015 17:47
  
  Blue Note, New York
  His three-disc album has been a jazz triumph this year, and live it translates to a glorious mess with cameos from longstanding friends such as ThundercatThe word “epic” connotes all kinds of things that aren’t considered accessible – hard-to-parse Greek poetry and winding tales of medieval heroism chief among them. So the long line outside New York’s Blue Note an hour and a half before the New York debut of Kamasi Washington and his live interpr
  
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• The playlist – electronic: Rabit, Angel-Ho, Emptyset and more

  26-08-2015 17:44
  
  The year’s most violent dance track, a crackling new EP with a touch of jazz and a thunderously powerful song that’s been beamed all around EuropeRabit, the Houston-based producer who has one foot firmly in the clattering mania of London grime, has just announced his debut album, which will be released on 30 October via Tri Angle Records. Pandemic is the first taste – one that’s like scotch bonnet mouthwash. A voice remarks in the intro that “there aren’t any
  
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• You'll Never Guess Which Punk-Rock Band Foals' Yannis Blames For His Rebellious Teen Years…

  26-08-2015 17:42
  
  They even inspired him to dye his hair blue...
  
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• Iron Maiden takes Texas in 1982 – a classic feature from the vaults

  26-08-2015 17:38
  
  Ahead of the release of new album The Book of Souls – and the news that Bruce Dickinson will fly the band around the world on a jumbo jet – Rock’s Backpages travels back to a piece titled Iron Maiden: Unleashed With the Beast, published in Sounds on 28 August 1982Corpus Christi lies humid and unhurried under a scorching Texas sun. The shining orb’s efforts to reduce the populace to mobile blobs of molten jelly are tempered by the gentle sea breeze that idles in from the G
  
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• The Straight Outta Compton effect: prepare to see a lot more rap films

  26-08-2015 17:36
  
  The success of the NWA film has seen a renewed interest in formerly floundering biopics about the likes of Tupac, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Public Enemy Straight Outta Compton has wildly exceeded expectations at the box office. In its second weekend the NWA biopic surged past the $100m mark – blockbuster status – and it only cost $29m to make. It will certainly top 2002’s 8 Mile, starring Eminem, which made about $117m. The last high-profile rap movie to hit multiplexes, 2009
  
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• MTV VMAs 2015: Will Beyonce steal Madonna's crown to become the most awarded artist?

  26-08-2015 17:24
  
  Taylor Swift is being pipped as the frontrunner at the Video Music Awards 2015 but Flawless singer Beyoncé could steal the night in a whole other way. Queen Bey is on course to become the most awarded artist in VMAs history – she currently has 17 – after receiving five nominations at this year's ceremony. Despite releasing hardly any new music in the last 12 months, Beyoncé, 33, has received nods for her 7/11, video which became an unexpected viral phenomenon in Novembe
  
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• Method to madness of MTV Video Music Awards

  26-08-2015 17:13
  
  SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — There really is a method to the madness that is the MTV Video Music Awards.
  
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• "You’ll Be Dancing One Minute And Moved To Tears The Next" - MTV Meets Bear's Den

  26-08-2015 17:09
  
  Kevin Jones chats to MTV about festival season, debut album 'Islands' and more...
  
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• Ed Sheeran Is Making Us Lose Our Minds Over All This Tattoo Trickery

  26-08-2015 16:50
  
  WHAT IS THIS MADNESS.
  
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• Why One Direction's gap year should worry you – even if you can't stand them

  26-08-2015 16:39
  
  The group was as much a cash cow as a pop phenomenon, and their hiatus will affect all the people – and the bands – whose careers depend on boyband cashOne Direction’s “hiatus” in 2016 will inevitably be traumatic for their fans, but manna from heaven for those who enjoy sneering at lachrymose teenagers for possessing a taste in music they think is vastly inferior to their own. The other story here, however, is that it is also going to be equal parts painful and cos
  
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• Zedd Thinks One Direction's 'Drag Me Down' Copies His Song 'True Colours'

  26-08-2015 15:34
  
  So many rumours.
  
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• This 'Friends' Alternate Ending Will Have You Questioning Everything

  26-08-2015 13:35
  
  Mind. Blown.
  
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• Kim Kardashian's around the world selfies could literally be anywhere and it’s making us love her all the more

  26-08-2015 13:00
  
  Kim Kardashian's selfies from around the world are somewhat lacking in backdrops of the place she's in
  
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• Quiz: Can You Guess The Iconic MTV VMA Moment?

  26-08-2015 12:56
  
  Test your knowledge as we look back at some of those OMG moments...
  
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• Harry Styles Round-Up: He Still Loves Wearing Cheese Hats & 'Sony Want To Sign Him As A Solo Artist'

  26-08-2015 12:25
  
  Just FYI.
  
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• This Is Why We Need More Women In Hollywood

  26-08-2015 12:13
  
  Ladies doing good things.
  
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• Zac Efron’s Crazy Party Story Is The Cutest Thing You'll Hear Today

  26-08-2015 12:05
  
  The 'We Are Your Friends' star reveals his rave past and it’s amazing.
  
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• Chris Brown's Got A Huge New Tattoo On His Head And It's… Intersting

  26-08-2015 10:44
  
  Like, what is it supposed to be?
  
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• Chris Brown's Got A Huge New Tattoo On His Head And It's… Interesting

  26-08-2015 10:44
  
  Like, what is it supposed to be?
  
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• OMFG You'll Never Guess Who's Performing At The 2015 VMA

  26-08-2015 01:05
  
  We just revealed SIX (yes, six) performers all taking to the stage at this year's Video Music Awards...
  
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• BBC's Danny Cohen 'sorry' Sir Tom Jones is 'upset' over The Voice axe

  26-08-2015 01:02
  
  A top BBC executive has spoken out following the departure of singer and coach Sir Tom Jones from The Voice.
  
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