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• Goldie leads tributes to Urban Cookie Collective singer Diane Charlemagne who has lost her fight with cancer

  28-10-2015 22:41
  
  Tributes paid to Urban Cookie Collective singer Diane Charlemagne.
  
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• Music Review: Trey Anastasio finds groove on 'Paper Wheels'

  28-10-2015 22:38
  
  Trey Anastasio, "Paper Wheels" (Rubber Jungle/ATO Records)
  
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• Phil Collins 'raring to go' after coming out of retirement

  28-10-2015 22:30
  
  British singer Phil Collins has said he is coming out of retirement, four years after leaving the music business.
  
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• Patti Smith discusses her new memoir M Train – as it happened

  28-10-2015 22:09
  
  The New York musician and writer discussed her new memoir M Train for a sellout crowd in central London this evening – and covered everything from grief to her love of UK detective dramas 9.03pm GMTThen it’s time for some music: Lenny Kaye steps out to massive applause, and accompanies Smith on a trio of songs, including a singalong Because the Night, and a rousing People Have the Power. “Use your voice!” she implores the audience as she leaves the stage - to another stan
  
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• Goldie leads tributes to singer Diane Charlemagne, who has died aged 51

  28-10-2015 21:41
  
  Artists and record companies pay respects to ‘voice of drum’n’bass’ who has died aged 51 after battle with cancerActor and musician Goldie has led tributes to “gifted” vocalist Diane Charlemagne following her death at the age of 51.
  The Urban Cookie Collective singer lost her fight with cancer, which she had been documenting on social media. Continue reading...
  
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• Goldie leads tributes to Urban Cookie Collective singer Diane Charlemagne

  28-10-2015 21:10
  
  Actor and musician Goldie has led tributes to "gifted" vocalist Diane Charlemagne following her death at the age of 51.
  
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• Manga Saint Hilare Discusses Relationship Issues on New Track 'Hate Me Slow'

  28-10-2015 19:37
  
  GRIME
  
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• Rick Ross Unveils Fresh Remix of Post Malone's smash, 'White Iverson'

  28-10-2015 19:29
  
  ROSS
  
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• Tributes paid to Urban Cookie Collective singer Diane Charlemagne

  28-10-2015 19:27
  
  Actor and musician Goldie has led tributes to "gifted" vocalist Diane Charlemagne after her death aged 49.
  
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• WWE 2K16 Entrance Mash Ups You Absolutely Must Watch With Your Eyes

  28-10-2015 19:04
  
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• We've turned the page, insists English National Opera

  28-10-2015 18:57
  
  After a difficult year, the opera company affirms its commitment to its core values and central London baseSurtitles for opera sung in English will remain at the London Coliseum, but music director Mark Wigglesworth said it was his mission to ensure no one feels the need to read them.
  To a mixture of protests and gratitude, ENO – where all non English-language operas are sung in English translation – introduced surtitles 10 years ago. Wigglesworth, the company’s new music direc
  
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• Das Liebesverbot review – Chelsea Opera Group make the case for Wagner flop

  28-10-2015 18:54
  
  Cadogan Hall, London
  Wagner’s early opera has rarely been seen since its disastrous premiere. But under conductor Anthony Negus in this concert, its good qualities were apparentWagner’s second opera had just a single outing in 1836. A scheduled second performance was cancelled when only three people turned up to see it. Wagner subsequently disowned it, and it has rarely been heard since.But there’s been increased interest of late in The Ban on Love – as the title translat
  
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• 17 Times Pretty Little Liars' Troian Bellisario Had The Dreamiest Instagram Feed

  28-10-2015 18:25
  
  To celebrate her 30th birthday...
  
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• Liam Hemsworth Reveals His Relationship With Miley Cyrus Was 'An Important Part Of His Life'

  28-10-2015 18:20
  
  THIS GUY.
  
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• YouTube Can’t Decide If They Should Pay Creators During Their Premium Free Trial

  28-10-2015 18:19
  
  YouTube Red, YouTube’s ad-free, premium service is launching right now (October 28th) with a one-month free trial.  The only problem is that nobody knows if creators are getting paid during this trial period.
  Yesterday, YouTube flatly told one of their largest partners, FullScreen, that they wouldn’t be paying anyone during their free trial window (see above).  “YouTube has confirmed to us that creators will not receive revenue when a #YouTubeRed user watches you
  
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• WWE #5Things With @KyleEdwardsWWE Take Us Back To When John Cena Really Was A Babyface

  28-10-2015 18:06
  
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• Watch WWE #5Things With @KyleEdwardsWWE Take Us Back To When John Cena Really Was A Babyface

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• The Undertaker Announced For Manchester SmackDown Date Of WWE UK Tour!

  28-10-2015 17:58
  
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• Marnie Simpson Admits: 'I've Always Wanted A Lesbian Experience Before I Die'

  28-10-2015 17:37
  The Geordie lass confesses all about tashin' on with Chloe...
  
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• Phil Collins confirms return to music: 'I'm no longer officially retired'

  28-10-2015 17:21
  
  The multimillion-selling artist is to record first new music since 2002, and intends to take on a world tourPhil Collins has confirmed he will return to making music after a 13-year break, with new recording sessions beginning next month.Collins hasn’t released brand new music since 2002 album Testify, though did release a Motown covers album in 2010. But in a new interview in Rolling Stone, he declares: “I’m no longer officially retired. The horse is out of the stable and I&rs
  
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• Amit Chaudhuri review – joining the dots between rock and raga

  28-10-2015 17:07
  
  Vortex, London
  The Bengali singer and author explores the connections between Hindustani classical ragas and Western rock with some brilliant – and some banal – resultsMore than a decade ago, the Bengali writer, academic and singer Amit Chaudhuri noticed that certain of his favourite rock songs shared melodic traits with some of the Hindustani classical ragas that he had learned. Both employed the pentatonic scale – that simple, five-note mode that’s common to many folk m
  
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Ashley Benson & Shay Mitchell Reveal They ‘Drink During Every Scene’ In The New Season

  28-10-2015 16:54
  
  Did we expect anything less from the time jump?
  
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• This Is Why Ben Affleck May Not Be Playing Bruce Wayne In Batman vs Superman

  28-10-2015 16:45
  So. Much. Mildly Believable. Crazy.
  
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• Scriabin: The Piano Sonatas CD review – thoughtful and technically fearless

  28-10-2015 16:31
  
  Varduhi Yeritsyan’s performance deserves mention alongside the great recordings of Scriabin’s piano works
  The centenary of the death of Alexander Scriabin this year has not generated anything like the same flurry of excitement among concert planners and record companies as the anniversaries of Sibelius and Nielsen. But there have still been a number of worthwhile discs released to mark the occasion, especially of the piano works, which despite the scale and grandiosity of his orchest
  
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• America’s Next Top Model’s Nyle DiMarco: I’m extremely fortunate not to be able to hear the other models, I love my world quiet!

  28-10-2015 15:57
  
  The Deaf America’s Next Top Model Contestant Spills The Beans On Tyra And His Fellow Models.
  
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• MOBO Awards Announce Their First Set of Winners

  28-10-2015 15:47
  
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• If You Love Adele’s “Hello” This Will Positively Break Your Heart

  28-10-2015 15:32
  
  Milwaukee native (now residing in Brooklyn), Grace Weber, is a indie soul singer who has performed on Oprah and The Today Show. Her most recent album (self-released and funded through a PledgeMusic campaign), The Refinery, reached #5 on iTunes singer/songwriter charts. Most of the record is mid to uptempo gospel soul, but this emotional ballad “Till I Hurt You,” exposes Weber’s heart-breaking vulnerability. This track displays what makes her an artist
  
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• Did Taylor Swift Just Admit Her Relationship With Harry Styles Gave Her Anxiety?

  28-10-2015 15:32
  
  The answer is yes. Yes she did.
  
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• WWE: Charlotte Throws Down The Gauntlet To Ronda Rousey!

  28-10-2015 15:20
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Gives First Interview Since Lamar Odom’s Hospitalisation: “I Will Always Love Him”

  28-10-2015 14:54
  
  She also got real about those reconciliation rumours.
  
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• James Brown – 10 of the best

  28-10-2015 14:43
  
  The father of funk, the godfather of soul, Mr Dynamite, soul brother number one: in a career spanning five decades, James Brown certainly lived up to his names
  After James Brown died on Christmas Day in 2006, many obituary writers felt there was something that needed to be mentioned as a priority before they listed his many achievements, that the former Hardest Working Man In Show Business really was a nasty piece of work. I have no desire to buck this trend here. Few musicians who worked with h
  
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• US Girls review – memorable, cinematic off-kilter pop

  28-10-2015 14:15
  
  Broadcast, GlasgowMeghan Remy’s distinctive voice perfectly links the musical melange of funk, electropop and warped beats, creating a captivating theatrical psychodramaAfter seven years of releasing off-kilter, deeply personal records for an assortment of indie labels, US Girls – aka Illinois-born, Toronto-based Meghan Remy – signed to 4AD earlier this year. It seemed like a good fit, Remy’s hinterland as a visual artist and opulent but defiantly non-commercial vision of
  
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• Soundrop Launches the Totally Portable Playlist

  28-10-2015 14:12
  
  Soundrop was launched as a social jukebox app inside Spotify’s App Finder in November of 2011.  But that was shut down when Spotify shuttered its App Finder last October, effectively ending third party apps.
  Soundrop provided Spotify’s users a way to build communities with its listening rooms, before Spotify launched its own share features.  Users of Soundrop were able to enter themed rooms to chat and listen to music with other people who share the same taste in
  
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• Beach House review – sonic adventures against a starlit sky

  28-10-2015 14:00
  
  The Ritz, Manchester
  The Virginia duo deliver their echo-laden, Wurlitzer-whirling noise to a heaving venue in a slow-building dreampop spectacle“This one’s going to be in near darkness,” mutters the man on the door, and Beach House emerge in so much gloom that if one of them mislaid a contact lens, there would be a health and safety incident. It’s a typically unconventional entrance from a band who are doing things their way.As pop’s ever-baffling array of genres n
  
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• Mariinsky Orchestra/Gergiev review – Tchaikovsky competition winners show their strengths

  28-10-2015 13:54
  
  Cadogan Hall, London
  The ability of the Russian school to produce idiomatic music distinct from western traditions is remarkable, as this tour clearly demonstrates
  Valery Gergiev’s embrace of the International Tchaikovsky competition has been a terrific shot in the arm for the global profile of the renowned four-yearly Moscow contest that boasts a glittering roll-call of earlier winners including Van Cliburn, Viktoria Mullova and Deborah Voigt. This Cadogan Hall concert, which featured the
  
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• Stephen Hough review – high seriousness and imaginative intelligence

  28-10-2015 13:46
  
  Barbican, London
  With works by Schubert, Franck and Lizst, and the premiere of his own third sonata, the pianist took his audience on a spiritual journey from darkness to lightEven by Stephen Hough’s standards, this Barbican recital was a musical event of exceptional interest and reward. Hough’s scintillating technique and characteristically sparkling sound can perhaps be assumed these days, though of course they never should be. What gripped the attention from start to finish as wel
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Channels His Inner Geordie On Night Out On The Toon, Clearly Unable To Resist £1 Drinks Offer

  28-10-2015 12:52
  
  WHEY-AYE TOMMO!
  
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• Adele talks motherhood in new interview: 'It's hard but it's phenomenal'

  28-10-2015 12:49
  
  The Hello singer discussed motherhood, her fear of fame and how Amy Winehouse inspired her.
  
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• Geordie Shore Confession Cam! Scotty T Reveals It was 'Weird As F***' That Charlotte Kissed Him

  28-10-2015 12:42
  
  The pair reveal what they really thought of that crazy tash on...
  
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• So Paul Walker Earned £6.8 Million Last Year, According To This Creepy ‘Dead Celebrities Of 2015’ List

  28-10-2015 12:36
  
  Well, this is weird.
  
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• Adele insists new single Hello is not sequel of break-up ballad Someone Like You

  28-10-2015 12:33
  
  Both are incredibly emotional ballads but Adele states her new single Hello is not a sequel to previous heartbreak anthem Someone Like You. After four years away from the spotlight, Adele, 27, has stormed back with a brand new track, which has already become the fastest-selling single of the year. The success of Hello certainly bares a resemblance to that of Someone Like You, which became Adele's first number one in the UK and earned the singer a Grammy award.
  
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• Win Tickets To MTV's Brand New For 2016 Launch Party!

  28-10-2015 12:32
  
  You and three friends could be coming to our London event in style...
  
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• Julia Holter signs up to score boxing movie Bleed for This

  28-10-2015 11:59
  
  The film, which will be executive produced by Martin Scorsese, will tell the true story of Vinny Pazienza, whose life was derailed following a car accidentJulia Holter has been commissioned to provide the soundtrack for an upcoming boxing film. The singer, who recorded one of this year’s most critically acclaimed albums with Have You in My Wilderness, will score Bleed for This. The film focuses on the real-life story of Vinny Pazienza, a boxer whose life was derailed following a car crash
  
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• Justin Bieber Has Compared Himself To A Certain Sexy Back Singer, But Do You Agree?

  28-10-2015 11:49
  
  Controversial comments ahead.
  
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• Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde cover was a mistake

  28-10-2015 10:42
  
  The photographer who shot the sleeve for Dylan’s classic 1966 album says its blurry aesthetic was due to his hands shivering in the coldIt’s regarded as one of the most iconic album sleeves of all time. The cover of Bob Dylan’s 1966 opus Blonde on Blonde, which featured a distinctive blurry headshot of the singer in a black and white scarf, captured the drug-fuelled 1960s zeitgeist with its hazy aesthetic and disregard for convention. But according to the photographer, Jerry Sc
  
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• Kylie Jenner Proves No Make-Up Is The Way Forward In Latest Selfie

  28-10-2015 10:26
  
  Who needs a filter when you've got au natural beauty?
  
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• Vic Mensa Drops Fresh Freestyle, 'Married To The King'

  28-10-2015 09:55
  
  Hip-Hop
  
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• Big Cakes Teams Up With Grime Legend Wiley on 'Burn Them With Success'

  28-10-2015 09:48
  
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• Adele’s Hello to become the fastest selling single of 2015

  28-10-2015 09:48
  
  The singer’s comeback single, taken from her third album 25, has already reached combined sales and stream figures of 165,000 Adele’s Hello is set to become the fastest selling single of 2015. The British soul singer’s comeback became a viral smash when it was released online on Friday 23 October. The video has already clocked up 107m YouTube plays, 27m of which occurred on its first day of release, breaking all existing records.Continue reading...
  
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• K-Pop Meltdown: Korean Media Giant Faces $50 Milion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

  28-10-2015 04:16
  
  K-pop is one of the most explosive and exciting genres of the past few years, but it now appears that some of its superstars have been getting stiffed.  Enter DFSB Kollective, a leading K-Pop agency that is now suing CJ E&M on massive copyright infringement claims, with bizarre price-dumping and artist exploitation schemes potentially at play.
  CJ’s US-based arm, CJ E&M America, is also on the defendant list, with DFSB represented by Browne George Ross LLP.
  The action sur
  
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