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• One Direction bring the house down at Apple Music Festival

  22-09-2015 23:39
  
  Two thousand lucky fans got to watch the intimate gig.
  
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• One Direction steal the show at Apple Music Festival

  22-09-2015 22:52
  
  One Direction were given a rapturous welcome by fans as they headlined the fourth night of the Apple Music Festival in London.
  
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• Little Mix opened for One Direction at the Apple Music Festival and fans loved it

  22-09-2015 22:23
  
  Now they wanted a mega picture of all eight of them.
  
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• Decision to scrap blackface from Otello not complicated, says Met director

  22-09-2015 22:12
  
  Bartlett Sher says the cultural implications in the US made its use ‘completely unthinkable’ despite its persistence in performances of Verdi’s operaFor director Bartlett Sher, the decision not to use blackface in his new production of Otello that opened this week at the Metropolitan Opera in New York “wasn’t all that complicated”.
  “It really did seem very obvious given our cultural history and political history in the United States, that for me and my p
  
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• What If There Aren’t Any More Streaming Music Subscribers?

  22-09-2015 22:01
  
  In about one month’s time, we’ll know how many people are willing to pay for Apple Music.  That number is absolutely critical to the future of streaming music, a sector that is proving ineffective at getting enough people to pay.  According to the latest data released by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), paying subscribers increased just 2.5 percent in the past year, to 8.1 million by the mid-point of 2015.
  The stat bears repeating: paying subscribers only
  
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• NEW: Blizzard Adopts A New Sound With His Latest Track 'Moving On'

  22-09-2015 20:11
  
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• Azealia Banks uses homophobic slur during fracas with flight attendant

  22-09-2015 20:06
  
  Video from a New York-to-LA flight shows the rapper, who in since-deleted tweets said she was ‘hit in the face by a man’, playing tug-of-war over her luggageAzealia Banks called a flight attendant a homophobic slur while trying to exit a plane on Monday night, a video obtained by TMZ shows.
  The rapper was on a flight from New York to LA that landed just before 1am on Tuesday, TMZ reported.Continue reading...
  
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• Azealia Banks Filmed Kicking Off On A Plane And Hurling Homophobic Abuse At Flight Attendant

  22-09-2015 19:31
  
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• Otello review – lack of blackface makes history but Desdemona steals show

  22-09-2015 19:06
  
  Metropolitan Opera, New York
  Aleksandrs Antonenko is the first tenor at the Met not to appear in blackface as the lead in Verdi’s opera – but musically, the real story was a dazzling sporanoThough general manager Peter Gelb might be weary of putting out fires, it’s not altogether bad to have a little controversy before the opening of a season at the Met. Whatever strife may result, the disputes tend to remind us that opera still matters to a large and diverse audience.This year
  
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• Paige Dumps PCB Mates Charlotte And Becky Lynch!

  22-09-2015 18:57
  
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• Charlotte Crosby And Love Island’s Max Morley Have Been On A Proper, Official Date Everybody

  22-09-2015 18:38
  
  Is this a thing? We want it to be a thing.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby And Love Island’s Max Morely Have Been On A Proper, Official Date Everybody

  22-09-2015 18:38
  
  Is this a thing? We want it to be a thing.
  
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• SoundCloud’s Deal With Universal Music Is On Ice, Sources Say

  22-09-2015 18:22
  
  SoundCloud’s imminent deal with Universal Music Group is now on ice, according to a pair of sources now speaking to Digital Music News, with a complicated legal snafu complicating matters.  Rolling into Labor Day, SoundCloud was mere days away from cementing a relationship with the largest major label, though sudden legal action from UK-based PRS for Music has apparently shelved signatures.
  “[UMG] doesn’t want to do the deal with PRS suing,” one source rel
  
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• When pop stars perform TV themes – six 'classics' of the genre

  22-09-2015 18:12
  
  You think David Bowie writing the theme for a new thriller is news? You never heard Dexys’ theme for a sitcom about a painter and decoratorDavid Bowie has taken time out from his day job composing songs for musicals about Spongebob Squarepants and written a TV theme. It’s not a first for the pop chameleon – he recorded the music for The Buddha of Suburbia in 1993, whereas the Neighbours tune is believed to have been loosely inspired by a jam session that came out of his and Igg
  
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• Ruby Rose Tells Fans To Avoid 'Exploitative' Magazine After It Prints Uncensored Pics Of Her

  22-09-2015 18:04
  
  You heard her!
  
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• Aaliyah's Family To Release Fragrance In Tribute Of The R&B Star

  22-09-2015 17:58
  
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• STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING, One Direction Have Revealed The Name And Release Date Of Their Fifth Album

  22-09-2015 17:54
  
  What a time to be alive.
  
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• Adele new album: Singer favourite to headline Glastonbury festival during comeback in 2016

  22-09-2015 17:44
  
  It has been more than two years since she last performed but Adele could be heading to the biggest stage of all to mark her anticipated comeback. The Rolling In The Deep singer is said to be a favourite to headline the Glastonbury festival in 2016, marking her return to the music industry. Fans have been waiting to hear new music from the 27-year-old for four years since the release of her second studio album 21, which became a bestseller in 2011 after selling more than 30 million copies worldwi
  
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• The New York Post Says Apple Music Only Has 15 Million Trial Users…

  22-09-2015 17:32
  
  Since a late-June launch, America has been blitzed with Apple Music billboards, television spots, and endless media hype.  So why does Apple Music only have 15 million non-paying users?
  The figure comes from the New York Post, which notes that at least half of those users haven’t shut off the automatic credit card payments setting.  Which means, starting in October, a few million people may be paying for Apple Music, intentionally or otherwise.
  Ultimately, that number could
  
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• J Spades Announces New Mixtape ‘GRT’ (Get Rich Together)

  22-09-2015 17:20
  
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• Worst Idea Ever? Spotify Rival Deezer Is Launching an IPO

  22-09-2015 17:10
  
  Spotify is the megaton streaming service that just can’t figure out how to go public.  That’s because Wall Street can’t figure out how Spotify makes money.
  So, why is Deezer, a streaming service in Spotify’s shadow and a non-presence in the US, planning to go first?
  Let’s see how this one goes.  According to details confirmed by the globally-oriented streaming upstart, IPO plans are definitely in the works — in France, that is.  “Streamin
  
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• ‘PLAY IT’ SHOW ANNOUNCE COMPILATION ALBUM

  22-09-2015 16:48
  
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• Example, Stormzy, Reeps One and Muzi mix tunes with hopeful young artists at Nando's Music Exchange

  22-09-2015 16:35
  
  Because Nando’s is into more than just filling your belly with delicious spicy chicken.
  
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• Chloe On Scotty T: "I'm Going To Ask Him To Marry Us One Day"

  22-09-2015 16:35
  
  Crackers Chloe tells us about their 'sh*t' first date but says marriage could be on the cards...
  
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• Vicky Pattison Reveals She 'Never Loved' Kirk Norcross When They Were Together

  22-09-2015 16:24
  
  Soz Kirk.
  
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• Insula Orchestra/Equilbey review – plush solo contributions highlight of unusual choral offering

  22-09-2015 16:24
  
  Barbican, London
  Laurence Equilbey maintained light but effective orchestral control in a choral programme spanning Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, Mozart and CPE BachMaking its UK debut under founder-conductor Laurence Equilbey, the French period instrument Insula Orchestra brought along the choir Accentus (which Equilbey also founded in 1991) for performances of two unusual choral works.The first was a setting of the Miserere by baroque Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka, who spent the bulk
  
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• Poland gets rights from Germany to iconic WWII song music

  22-09-2015 16:12
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has obtained rights from Germany to the music of an iconic Polish army song that was written during a 1944 victorious battle against the Nazis.
  
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• Demi Lovato Tells Us Her First Crush & The Cutest First Audition Story Ever

  22-09-2015 15:47
  
  Watch the 'Cool For The Summer' hit maker tell us all...
  
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• Destiny's Child biopic? Here's who should play Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams

  22-09-2015 14:45
  
  Fans are hoping for a Destiny's Child reunion but perhaps a biopic will actually come sooner. The group's manager, Mathew Knowles, has revealed he is working on a film based on the girl group that launched the careers of Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Knowles, 63, says he is still managing a number of projects related to the US r'n'b girl group, which disbanded in 2004, and a biopic is one of them.
  
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• Watch The Moment Kourtney Kardashian Breaks Down Over Those Scott Disick Cheating Rumours In New KUWTK Trailer

  22-09-2015 14:26
  
  It’s all going on in the latest season…
  
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• Jeff Mills: 'These visions aren’t supposed to come from black guys from Detroit'

  22-09-2015 14:00
  Techno pioneers Jeff Mills and Derrick May have been expanding the genre’s reach by teaming with orchestras for a decade with little interest from the US. But does a string of new projects mean the tide finally turning?In Paris, Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills is mulling over a perennial problem. In Europe his electronic-classical music fusions are readily embraced, but back home in the US, they’re largely ignored.“I’ve been doing this for about a decade and have never
  
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• Country singer Underwood says her songs are for 'real people'

  22-09-2015 13:49
  
  By Joel Flynn LONDON (Reuters) - Singing a live-streamed concert in London, seven-time Grammy award winning American country singer Carrie Underwood said she thinks her style of music knows no boundaries because it's about "real people" everywhere. "I definitely get that country music has most of its culture in the (United) States and in the southern part of the States. "So country music has evolved a lot over the decades and I feel like there's a lot of artists like myself that are just working
  
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• Jamal Edwards Visited Kenya To See How Young People Are Changing Lives

  22-09-2015 13:26
  
  It's all about action/2015 and ending poverty.
  
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• WWE Raw Results: Divas' Revolution Halted As Paige Walks Out On Team PCB

  22-09-2015 13:18
  
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• R.I.O Goes In On Dizzee Rascal's 'I Luv You'

  22-09-2015 13:10
  
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• SPOILER! They're Ready For War: The Girls Take On Megan M In Explosive Showdown

  22-09-2015 13:07
  
  The girls reach boiling point and it's Jordan to the rescue in tonight's brand new episode...
  
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• The Walking Dead Themed Pop-Up Restaurant Is Here

  22-09-2015 12:57
  
  The 'Feast To Die For' is aimed at Walkers everywhere...
  
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• Marnie Simpson Shows Ricky Rayment What He’s Missing With A Stunning Topless Selfie

  22-09-2015 12:48
  
  But Ricky doesn’t seem to approve…
  
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• Chris Brown Gives Zero F's In Our DOUBLE Premiere Of 'Liquor' & 'Zero'

  22-09-2015 12:31
  
  It's 2 for the price of 1 in our EXCLUSIVE music vid premiere...
  
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• Streakz | 'Troll' Music Video

  22-09-2015 12:17
  
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• One Direction and Little Mix at Apple Music Festival - What fans are hoping for

  22-09-2015 12:12
  
  Little Mix are One Direction’s special guests at the Apple Music Festival tonight.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez: My Las Vegas residency will have an "intimate" feel

  22-09-2015 11:58
  
  The singer has announced the name of her show – and revealed how excited she is for the Las Vegas residency.
  
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• Which Former Geordie Shore Housemate Do You Miss The Most? - Vote

  22-09-2015 11:49
  
  We round up ex cast members of Geordie Shore, but who's your favourite?
  
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• Kendall Jenner Explains Her Nipple Piercing Was A Result Of Her 'Rebel Phase’

  22-09-2015 11:39
  
  The star revealed she was having a ‘rough time’ when she had it done.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Hasn't Ruled Out Getting Plastic Surgery One Day

  22-09-2015 11:32
  
  Surprised?
  
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• Music streaming service Deezer plans Paris listing

  22-09-2015 07:57
  
  Music streaming service Deezer plans to carry out a flotation on the Paris stock exchange by the end of the year, it said on Tuesday, in a bid to keep up with larger, deeper-pocketed rivals such as Apple and Sweden's Spotify. The company, which was founded in 2007 in Paris, counts 6.3 million subscribers who can listen to a catalog of 35 million songs for a monthly fee of 9.99 euros ($11.18). Present in 180 countries, the bulk of Deezer's paying customers are in France where 4.8 million get acce
  
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• If Streaming Is Growing So Fast, Why Isn’t the Music Industry?

  22-09-2015 05:27
  
  Streaming is exploding this year, across all format types: paid, ad-supported, and online radio… 
  But paid subscription growth is actually slowing… 
  Paid downloads are starting to slide… 
  CDs are seriously tailspinning… 
  And the US recording industry is declining overall…Any questions?
   
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