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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Scotty T Fancies A Cheeky Tash On With Megan McKenna

  06-01-2016 23:10
  
  Is this the start of a new CBB romance?
  
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• Cheryl Fernandez-Versini posts smiling selfie and brave face on marriage breakdown rumours

  06-01-2016 22:09
  
  Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is proof that a selfie speaks a thousand words as the singer has been capturing a myriad of emotions on Instagram, amid reports that her marriage is over. The former Girls Aloud singer has been taking to the social media site on a daily basis to display her altering mood as speculation mounts that she is headed for a split from her husband Jean-Bernard. While the pensive image sparked concern among fans, by Tuesday (5 January) she appeared to be putting a brave face on t
  
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• Sony Declares War on All Crappy USB Turntables

  06-01-2016 21:37
  
  “Sony is dedicated to providing audiophiles and music enthusiasts alike with a wide range of hi-res audio solutions.”
  Yamato Tanikawa, Sony Electronics director of home entertainment and sound.
   
  There are tons of USB-enabled turntables on the market right now, though most marry analog and digital poorly.  Indeed, lower-res vinyl ‘ripping’ is usually a soggy bet, with a crappy digital collection the typical result.
  Enter Sony, a company now attempting to seriou
  
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• By 2021, the Paid Music Download Will Be Dead

  06-01-2016 20:09
  
  Sources: Nielsen (2005-2015); Digital Music News projections (2016-2021)
  Who downloads anymore?  By 2021, the actual answer will be virtually no one, at least on a paid level.
  Last year, paid song downloads dropped another 12.5 percent, according to preliminary details published by Nielsen Soundscan.  In that past two years alone, the drop has been 23.4 percent, with paid downloads from sources like iTunes and Amazon dropping below the billion-mark for the first time since 2007.Accord
  
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• Singer Claims He Quit Because He Only Made $16K, Manager Shuts Him Down

  06-01-2016 19:00
  
  Shortly before the 2015 holiday season began, the lead vocalist of the popular deathcore band Thy Art is Murder called it quits and made a very personal statement online as to why he did so. The story went viral across all the various social media platforms.
  What separated this statement from every other departing member statement we tend to see on a weekly basis is that CJ McMahon dropped the bombshell that he quit because there was no money to be made from being in a band. I quote, “to
  
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• Rock and roll over: a Laurie Anderson-inspired playlist for dogs

  06-01-2016 18:55
  
  After the artist performed a Times Square concert for man’s best friend, Adam Gabbatt presents low-frequency songs for further canine listeningLaurie Anderson played a concert for more than 50 dogs in New York City on Monday night.As much as dogs can appear to enjoy music specifically written for them, the dogs appeared to enjoy the music that had been specifically written for them. Continue reading...
  
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• Braunfels: Don Juan; Symphonic Variations review – silenced by the Nazis, a Romantic regains his voice

  06-01-2016 18:53
  
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  (Capriccio)Born in Frankfurt in 1882, Walter Braunfels was one of the composers whose music was proscribed after the Nazis came to power, and which never regained its former popularity after the end of the second world war. After 1945, the musical world in Germany was utterly changed; Braunfels’ brand of Straussian late Romanticism was distinctly unfashionable, and it has struggled to re-establish itself ever since. In the mid 1990s, Decca, in its Entartete Musik se
  
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• Andrew Clements on Boulez: He changed how we listen to 20th century music

  06-01-2016 18:34
  
  The polemicist’s precision and lucidity illuminated 20th century music in a way that few other conductors have even approached. It is this that will be his legacyPierre Boulez was the last survivor of the generation of composers who defined the European avant garde in the years after the second world war. It may be that in the long term his achievements as a composer will not be rated as highly as those of his contemporaries such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luigi Nono and Luciano Berio, with
  
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• Ghetts Takes It Back To The Grassroots For Risky Roadz 2016

  06-01-2016 18:01
  Ghetts Takes It Back To The Grassroots For Risky Roadz 2016
  
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• Pierre Boulez, classical music's maverick, dies aged 90

  06-01-2016 17:50
  
  The composer, conductor, writer and performer, who directed the New York Philharmonic, had been ill for some timeTributes have been paid to the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, a towering figure in the evolution of western music, who has died at his home in Germany, aged 90.
  Boulez died on Tuesday at his adopted home in Baden Baden. A family statement read: “For all those who knew him and who could appreciate his creative energy, artistic standards, availability and generosity, his pr
  
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• Blessed Showcases What Grime Is All About On His New EP ‘M1 Stinger’

  06-01-2016 17:25
  
  Blessed Showcases What Grime Is All About On His New EP ‘M1 Stinger’
  
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• Paul Bley obituary

  06-01-2016 17:23
  
  Adventurous pianist who participated in some of the pivotal groups of modern jazzIf jazz is a music of constant change, then the Canadian pianist Paul Bley, who has died aged 83, was one of the most steadfast proponents of that demanding characteristic. “Anything you play twice is once too much,” he said, in one of the aphorisms that seemed to come to him as naturally as the endlessly varied keyboard phrases, each seemingly fresh-minted, that he created throughout a professional care
  
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• Zoella Gets Real About The Ups And Downs Of The Last Year

  06-01-2016 17:07
  
  "January was a really hard month. I started the year feeling very suffocated."
  
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• Pierre Boulez: 10 key works, selected by Tom Service

  06-01-2016 16:55
  
  There are few parts of the classical music world that do not bear the mark of Boulez’s influence today. Tom Service picks 10 key works that represent the best of the composer and conductor, whose death aged 90 was announced earlier todayIt’s a terrible prospect, imagining a musical world without Pierre Boulez. And yet, thanks to his influence as composer, conductor and cultural leader; as polemicist, teacher and fiery spirit of avant-garde adventure; and later as a charming, but dema
  
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• There's a One Direction Fan Documenting Every Single Day Of The Hiatus And We've Never Been More Grateful

  06-01-2016 16:43
  
  Keeping up with One Direction is a full time job.
  
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• If You're A Halsey Fan Here's 17 Things You Should Know...

  06-01-2016 16:31
  
  Get to know the 'New Americana' singer that little bit better...
  
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• Calvin Harris’ Shirtless Cycling Snapchat Story Is The Only Thing You Need To Watch In 2016

  06-01-2016 16:24
  
  Five days in and the year has already peaked.
  
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• Dizzee Rascal Becomes A Newsreader In The Video For Dj Fresh’s New Track ‘How Love Begins’

  06-01-2016 16:20
  
  Dizzee Rascal Becomes A Newsreader In The Video For Dj Fresh’s New Track ‘How Love Begins’
  
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• High Street Sportswear So Nice It'll Make You Want To Hit To The Gym

  06-01-2016 15:42
  
  Works just as well for lounging around on the sofa at home.
  
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• Vicky Pattison Declares 'None Of The Girls Are Safe' From Scotty T's Charm In Celebrity Big Brother

  06-01-2016 15:34
  
  Watch out Angie Bowie!
  
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• Dolce & Gabbana Unveil Their First Range Of Designer Hijabs and Abayas

  06-01-2016 15:25
  
  Amazing.
  
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• The Brink: SNE

  06-01-2016 15:13
  
  The Brink: SNE
  
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• Syd Barrett: the genius who almost was – a classic profile by Nick Kent

  06-01-2016 15:00
  
  The late Pink Floyd leader’s 70th birthday is celebrated with Nick Kent’s piece, first published in Creem in October 1973, and taken from Rock’s Backpages, the online home of music writing It was only a few months back that a friend told me he’d seen Syd Barrett drifting down Charing Cross Road, looking in guitar shops. His hair was long again, and he was back to wearing his old snakeskin boots.Such a revelation may not mean much to a lot of you, but to hardcore Pink Floy
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Gaz Beadle Reckons Scotty T Will 'End Up Smacking Someone' And He Knows Exactly Who

  06-01-2016 14:14
  
  Hint: He's doing it for his nan.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Reveals He's Slept With CBB's Stephanie Davis

  06-01-2016 14:02
  
  And doesn't want Scotty T getting "sloppy seconds"…
  
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• Watch Brand New Teen Mom OG: Farrah Abraham's Daughter Sophia Lashes Out As She Splits With Boyfriend Simon

  06-01-2016 13:59
  
  Watch the brand new episode in full before it's on TV...
  
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• This Trailer For Ashley Benson’s New Movie Ratter Is Giving Us Serious Technology Nightmares

  06-01-2016 13:54
  
  OH GOD.
  
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• Behind The Scenes On Sprinkle of Glitter's Snow Queen Photoshoot With Photographer Linda Blacker

  06-01-2016 13:29
  
  Winter hair and makeup GOALS.
  
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• Justin Bieber Serenaded Hailey Baldwin On A Beach And We're Dying To Hear What Song He Chose

  06-01-2016 13:04
  
  Perfect? My Heart Will Go On?
  
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• Lea Michele Admits The Fan Backlash She Got From Moving On From Cory Monteith Was ‘Really Hard’

  06-01-2016 12:40
  
  The star finds it difficult to be reminded about Cory so often.
  
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• Quentin Tarantino Wants Inglourious Basterds Prequel To Be About ‘Black Troops Behind Enemy Lines’

  06-01-2016 12:37
  
  The Hateful Eight director reveals his plans for a Kill Bill sequel and an amazing Inglourious Basterds prequel…
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Danniella Westbrook Claims Christopher Maloney Contributed To Her Mental Breakdown

  06-01-2016 12:26
  
  This may explain that icy greeting…
  
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• Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris: Couple getting engaged soon?

  06-01-2016 12:22
  
  American singer/songwriter Taylor Swift and Scottish singer/DJ Calvin Harris are getting serious about their relationship. "They were in Colorado for Christmas together with Taylor's family. Meanwhile, during an interview with NME magazine, Harry Styles' former girlfriend revealed she will take a break from music after the 1989 tour, which wrapped up in December.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Scotty T Reveals How He Plans To Bed Megan McKenna

  06-01-2016 12:18
  
  But does she have other ideas?
  
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• Are Cara Delevingne And Kendall Jenner Launching A Fashion Line?

  06-01-2016 12:17
  
  Yes please.
  
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• Zayn Malik Makes His Starring Debut On Gigi Hadid's Snapchat And It's Beautiful

  06-01-2016 11:52
  
  That smile.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Emma Willis Confirms First Eviction For This Friday In Shock Twist

  06-01-2016 11:44
  
  But who will be the first to go?
  
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• Kim Kardashian Learns The Key To More Success On DJ Khaled’s Snapchat, & Kendall Jenner Can’t Stop Fangirling

  06-01-2016 11:43
  
  Beware: they don’t want you to watch this.
  
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• 'We Couldn't Make It Work': Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Admits She Dumped Gaz Beadle Over WhatsApp

  06-01-2016 11:18
  
  CHAZ IS NO MORE.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Stephanie Davis Reveals What It's Like To Date Zayn Malik

  06-01-2016 10:41
  
  So that happened.
  
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• Motorhead fans want new element named after Lemmy

  06-01-2016 09:08
  The name "Lemmy" will always live on for fans of hard rock, but now the singer's moniker could be immortalised far beyond the bounds of music - in chemistry's periodic table.
  
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• Breaking: Total Music Streams DOUBLED In 2015

  06-01-2016 06:25
  
  Source: Nielsen Music.
  Song downloads plunged another 12.5 percent last year, and a depressing 23.4 percent since 2013, according to preliminary US-based stats from Nielsen Music.  Indeed, downloading is plunging downward, but streaming is absolutely soaring: according to the same dataset, the total number of streams doubled in just one year.As in, gained 100 percent, in 365 days.
  Overall, Americans streamed 317.2 billion tracks last year, up from 164.5 billion songs streamed in 2014. &nbs
  
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• Canadian Music Week Confirms Capitol, AEG Keynotes

  06-01-2016 01:56
  
  Canadian Music Week, perhaps the ‘SXSW for responsible expense accounts’, has just announced another pair of serious executive keynotes.  Steve Barnett, head of the fast-revitalizing Capitol Records, and John Meglan, co-CEO and President of AEG Live unit Concerts West, have both confirmed keynote interviews at the Toronto throwdown in early May.
  On the major label side, Barnett will be an interesting interview to watch, especially given his successes as chairman and CEO of Capi
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Scotty T Is Planning To Use His Cooking Skills To 'Woo' The Ladies

  06-01-2016 00:06
  
  And so it begins.
  
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