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• Executive Shuffle: Tidal, NMPA, ASCAP, Sony Music…

  04-12-2015 22:04
  
  Amongst the executive changes roiling this week…
  Tidal has now appointed Jeff Toig as new CEO, the latest in a revolving door at the company.   Toig previously worked as the chief business officer of SoundCloud, with a successful stint building Muve Music prior to that.   Toig, who steps into the role next month, will be Tidal’s third CEO since re-launch earlier this year.
  As (hopefully) ‘permanent’ CEO, Jeff’s role will be to differentiate the comp
  
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• hardy caprio reminds everyone why he’s so highly rated with new track ‘soundbwoy 2’

  04-12-2015 19:57
  
  hardy caprio reminds everyone why he’s so highly rated with new track ‘soundbwoy 2’
  
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• Facebook Wants to Change Concert Ticketing Forever

  04-12-2015 19:39
  
  “We’re excited to partner with a small, initial group of independent venues, artists and event promoters in the San Francisco Bay Area, to help organizers sell more tickets via Facebook and to make ticket purchasing easier and faster for people.”
  Facebook statement.Adele isn’t the only one that wants to change the state of concert ticketing.  Facebook, easily one of the largest hubs for event planning (if not the largest), is now taking its first steps into
  
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• jevon pays homage to dizzie in ‘boy in da corner’

  04-12-2015 19:34
  jevon pays homage to dizzie in ‘boy in da corner’
  
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• confz releases video for h’east side

  04-12-2015 19:14
  
  confz releases video for h’east side
  
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• I'm A Celeb 2015: Vicky Pattison Is Back In The Jungle Shower Looking Like A Right Worldie

  04-12-2015 18:53
  
  We just don't want the show to ever end.
  
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• Finding Celebs On Snapchat Just Got A Million Times Easier

  04-12-2015 18:41
  
  Finally an easy way to find famous people worth following.
  
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• I’m A Celeb 2015: Why Vicky Pattison & Ferne McCann Are This Year’s Undisputed Queens Of The Jungle

  04-12-2015 18:30
  
  They're the real winners to us..
  
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• These Pics Of Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner & Zayn Malik Posing With Their Younger Selves Are Everything

  04-12-2015 18:29
  
  We can't believe how much Biebs has changed!
  
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• tinie tempah 'junk food' listening party

  04-12-2015 18:03
  
  tinie tempah 'junk food' listening party
  
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• #TGIF! Your Friday Starts Right Here With The Friday Club MTV Mix

  04-12-2015 17:57
  Get ready for the weekend with a whole half and hour of dance tunes right here...
  
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• Jay Z 46th birthday: Rapper's transition from music superstar to sports agent and Tidal tycoon

  04-12-2015 17:41
  
  Fans are sure to have noticed that there has been very little talk of new music from the hip hop mogul, but instead increased attention surrounding his bevy of business ventures. Just like his wife Beyonce, Jay Z, real name Shawn Carter, is notoriously competitive in both the music and money spheres. In his candid interview with Howard Stern in 2013, Jay Z admitted: "My goal was to go gold.
  
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• Listen To 50 Of The Biggest Songs Of The Year All In One DJ Earworm Mash Up

  04-12-2015 17:37
  
  Taylor Swift, One Direction and Adele all included, obvs.
  
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• The Reason Why Louis Tomlinson Always Poses Like This On The Red Carpet Is Actually Really Clever

  04-12-2015 17:18
  
  Well, the potential reason.
  
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• Hari Nef Interview: I Thought I Was Years And Years Away From Opportunities Like This One

  04-12-2015 17:03
  
  The Trans Model Opens Up About Landing A Role In Transparent Season 2
  
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• Hear Coldplay's 'A Head Full Of Dreams' Now On MTV TRAX!

  04-12-2015 16:42
  
  What are you waiting for? You could be listening to the brand new album from the band right now...
  
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• Lady Gaga Took A Break From Music Because She Thought She Was 'Going To Die'

  04-12-2015 16:09
  
  She really wanted to get off that fame train.
  
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• VOTE! Who Is Your Girl Crush Of The Year?

  04-12-2015 14:36
  
  This is IMPORTANT.
  
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• Your Complete List Of YouTubers Doing Vlogmas 2015

  04-12-2015 13:55
  
  Zoella, Tanya Burr, Joe Sugg and loads more faves
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Tries To Make Charlotte Crosby Jealous As He Takes Holly Hagan Out On A Date

  04-12-2015 13:32
  
  He's playing with fire...
  
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• Is This Miley Cyrus' Last Ever Red Carpet Outfit?

  04-12-2015 12:44
  
  :(
  
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• Listen to a track from Roy Orbison's 'lost' album

  04-12-2015 12:38
  
  Ahead of the release of One of the Lonely Ones, we’ve got a premiere of the late singer’s cover of You’ll Never Walk Alone, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classicIf you still haven’t found the perfect Christmas gift for your bequiffed, bespectacled family member or friend, One of the Lonely Ones, a “lost” Roy Orbison album recorded in 1969 and never before released, should do the trick. Universal are releasing two worldwide packages on 4 December – the othe
  
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• Redlight Brings The Bass With His Top 10 Tunes Right Now

  04-12-2015 12:26
  
  Warning: You'll want to head out on the town as soon as you hear this playlist...
  
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• Kylie Jenner’s Christmas Tree Will Make You Feel So Much Better About Yours

  04-12-2015 12:18
  
  Tis the season to buy an underwhelming tree.
  
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• Alicia Keys helps husband Swizz Beatz launch art collection

  04-12-2015 12:11
  
  The singer and her producer beau introduced the carefully curated collection at the Art Basel Miami Beach event in the US.
  
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• Lottie Tomlinson's YouTube Channel Is Officially Makeup Tutorial Goals

  04-12-2015 12:08
  
  Her beauty tutorials are all you need to look edgy af
  
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• Reading & Leeds Announce First 2016 Headliners & It's HOT

  04-12-2015 11:38
  
  Who'll be standing in line to take to the main stage next summer? Find out here...
  
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• Spoiler! It's Tough Love Time As The Geordie Shore Lasses Gang Up On Holly In Emotional Row Over Kyle

  04-12-2015 11:36
  
  Cover your ears, there's a lot of screaming and shouting coming up...
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Being A Cat, Hiatus Chat & An Emotional Performance Of 'History' All Happened During 1D's Late Late Show Appearance

  04-12-2015 11:34
  
  We're exhausted.
  
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• Rihanna new album: Singer to release Anti today as world tour tickets go on sale?

  04-12-2015 11:31
  
  Speculation continues to mount about the elusive release date of Rihanna's new album Anti, but sources now claim the LP could drop on 4 December 2015. The Diamonds singer has kept fans in the dark about the anticipated release meaning it will likely arrive without warning.
  
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• I’m A Celeb 2015: Vicky Pattison Opens Up About Her ‘Horrible’ Temper And Why She’s Quitting Reality TV

  04-12-2015 11:19
  
  Why she's saying goodbye to Volcano Vicky...
  
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• How I came to terms with my Coldplay fandom

  04-12-2015 11:00
  
  Chris Martin and co have just been unveiled as the Super Bowl half-time show entertainment to the usual groans, but I’m used to the haters by now – and I won’t think twice about belting out Viva la VidaFor more than a decade now, I have harbored a secret – one that I have shared only with my closest friends and family. I avoid discussing the subject for fear of derision from my colleagues and the complete loss of my peers’ respect. But I’m tired of hiding. Wit
  
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• Niall Horan Was So Scared Of Tattoo Roulette On The Late Late Show We're Actually Screaming

  04-12-2015 10:43
  
  Poor guy.
  
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• Taylor Swift hits right notes with $50,000 donation to orchestra

  04-12-2015 10:08
  
  The star made a donation to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra after being inspired by a piece of music it had commissionedTaylor Swift has continued her campaign to be named pop’s most generous person with a donation of $50,000 to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Swift wrote to the orchestra’s music director, Ludovic Morlot, explaning that he had been inspired by a recording of John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean, which was commissioned by the Symphony.The Seattle Times reports that Sw
  
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• This week’s new tracks: Soul Of A Spaceman is slow-building cosmic pop

  04-12-2015 10:00
  
  Drones Club | Will Young | Duran Duran | Sparks | SigalaPICK OF THE WEEKContinue reading...
  
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• Enduring Love: why Swans are more vital now than ever

  04-12-2015 10:00
  
  From their emergence in the experimental 80s to their split and rebirth in the 00s, Swans have always fascinated John Doran. Here he explains why the reissue of two classic albums is reason to rejoice rather than lamentThis week sees the reissue by Young God records of two classic early-90s Swans albums as a vinyl box set. White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity and Love Of Life have both been remastered and come in with an extra CD of outtakes, rarities and contemporaneous live recordings, as we
  
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• Ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland dead at 48

  04-12-2015 09:48
  
  He found fame as the lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning Stone Temple Pilots and also fronted Velvet Revolver.
  
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• Why Swans' White Light from the Mouth of Infinity/Love of Life is the one box set you should hear this week – video

  04-12-2015 09:41
  Since returning in 2010, Michael Gira’s fiercely confrontational group Swans have rekindled their reputation as one of rock’s most original propositions. Now two of their classic albums – from 1991 and 1992 – are being reissued together. Alexis Petridis argues that it’s worth dipping into their back catalogue to discover some of the New York group’s history Continue reading...
  
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• Holly Hagan Says It Felt Like She Was "Dying Inside" after Kyle Left Geordie Shore

  04-12-2015 09:37
  
  Meanwhile Kyle's called his ex-girlfriend a keeper...
  
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• Bill Murray meets Phoenix – hear their festive single Alone on Christmas Day

  04-12-2015 09:07
  
  Hear what happened when the comedian and the French band joined David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman to take on a Beach Boys songThe year’s most peculiar Christmas collaboration has been released – French yacht rock giants and comedy legend Bill Murray combining on a cover of the Beach Boys’ Alone on Christmas Day. The track also features Jason Schwartzman and the New York Dolls’ David Johansen, who has a previous seasonal link with Murray, after appearing with him in Scr
  
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• Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline Reading and Leeds festival 2016

  04-12-2015 09:00
  
  The first headliner of this year’s festival has been announced - with the 1975, Slaves, the Courteeners and Hinds also confirmed at the August event Air slap bass at the ready: Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline 2016’s Reading and Leeds festival. Having topped the bill at the event in 2007, 1999 and 1994, the Californian funk-rock group will make their return to the annual event in August. Aside from Flea’s various ventures with Thom Yorke and the Mars Volta in the past few ye
  
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• Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots dies aged 48

  04-12-2015 08:44
  
  A statement says the former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver died while touring in USScott Weiland, the former frontman of the bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died on tour at the age of 48. Related: Scott Weiland rejoins Velvet Revolver. That's news to Slash Continue reading...
  
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• Scott Weiland, former Stone Temple Pilots frontman, dies aged 48

  04-12-2015 08:44
  
  A statement says the former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver died while touring in USScott Weiland, the former frontman of the bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died on tour at the age of 48. Related: Scott Weiland rejoins Velvet Revolver. That's news to Slash Continue reading...
  
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• Updated: Scott Weiland, Lead Singer of Stone Temple Pilots, Dead at 48

  04-12-2015 07:40
  
  Scott Weiland: October 27, 1967 – December 3rd, 2015.
  Updated, 12/4, 10:30 am PT: The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office has now confirmed Weiland’s death, with the singer passing shortly before 8:30 pm CT on Thursday, December 3rd.  Weiland was in his tour bus (or some sort of large recreational vehicle) outside of the Country Inn & Suites at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. 
  Subsequent statements on Weiland’s Instagram and Facebo
  
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• You’re Gonna Pay for All that Piracy, American ISPs…

  04-12-2015 07:12
  
  Last month, US District Court judge Liam O’Grady dropped the bomb on Cox Communications by stripping the ISP of critical DMCA protections.  This week, he’s laying the groundwork for a potentially disastrous level of liability and damages, not just for Cox, but the entire class of US-based ISPs.
  According to an extensive, 71-page court decision now issued, Cox Communications has not only been stripped of its Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor, they are also now
  
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• Troye Sivan: I came into the music industry as an out person

  04-12-2015 03:31
  
  The YouTube star, who could soon become Perth’s biggest pop export, talks about sharing his life on the internet, the legacy of Alan Turing and why Australian marriage equality is inevitableTroye Sivan says his the people at his record label A&R saw him play live only two weeks ago – despite signing the pop artist in 2013. “I know that 15, 20 years ago, record labels used to go and see artists play live 30 times before they even thought about signing them,” he says, d
  
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• I'm A Celeb 2015: Ferne McCann & George Shelley Have An Awkward Flirt & Spend The Night Together

  04-12-2015 01:55
  
  But is this an actual jungle romance?
  
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• Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams review – a failure to commit to pop

  04-12-2015 01:01
  
  Despite roping in the production team behind hits by Rihanna and Katy Perry, Chris Martin and co can’t seem to help lapsing into the same old windy cliches and nondescript balladryFew albums in recent memory have suffered from more dispiriting advance publicity than Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams. It came not from the sources that dispiriting advance publicity about albums usually does – not from snarky music journalists, or a candid interview revealing that its recording was
  
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