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• California raving: DJ Pete Tong and dance music find a new home in LA

  28-01-2016 23:10
  
  The first BBC DJ to broadcast from Ibiza has relocated to Los Angeles and is now playing live from the west coast, a sign of a shift in dance music’s centre of gravityLast Friday, about 100 members of the Los Angeles dance music community congregated in the early afternoon on a rooftop in West Hollywood. Sunglasses protected them from a cloud-shrouded sun as they fortified themselves with bottles of Negroni and glasses of white wine. DJ Paul Oakenfold mingled amiably in a tight long-sleeve
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Gillian McKeith Compares Scotty T’s Poo To A Pretzel As Nominations Cause More Tension

  28-01-2016 22:57
  
  We'll never look at a pretzel in the same way.
  
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• Music Review: Steve Angello solid on 'Wild Youth'

  28-01-2016 22:36
  Steve Angello, "Wild Youth" (Size)
  
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• Take It There (Ft. Tricky & 3D)

  28-01-2016 22:02 via mtv.co.uk
  Take It There
  
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• Casisdead Shares Docu-Style Video For Latest Track ‘Simon’

  28-01-2016 21:49
  
  ‘Simon’ is yet another massive track from CASISDEAD
  
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• Saskilla Drops Video For Brand New Track ‘Falaraki’ Featuring Lost Souljah

  28-01-2016 21:28
  
  Taken from his forthcoming project ‘Godson Of Grime’, this new track appears to be an exciting example of the type of thing we can expect to hear from the highly anticipated 14-track release.
  
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• Dear United States Government: Please Don’t Kill the Small Webcasters

  28-01-2016 21:15
  
  The imminent death of Live365 probably marks the end of small webcasting in the United States.  But the scrappy group that started internet radio in the 90s has largely survived because of preferential, smaller webcasting rates, a ‘startup rate’ that is now being removed.Part of the reason for the removal of the ‘Small Webcaster Settlement Act’ is that the incubator stage is well, completely over.  The scrappy pioneers of internet radio have largely been r
  
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• Mikill Pane Shares Meme Filled Video For ‘Start Again’ Featuring Giggs

  28-01-2016 19:25
  
  For Mikill Pane though, the music video for his brand new track ‘Start Again’ managed to avoid huge production costs and yet still maintain a slick, witty concept. Containing a meme/image for pretty much every lyric in the track
  
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• Cash-Strapped Spotify Is Desperately Seeking a $500 Million Loan

  28-01-2016 19:09
  
  Apple has billions to blow on a streaming music service.  Is Spotify already running out of cash?
  According to a report first surfacing in Sweden’s SvD Näringsliv, Spotify is now trying to raise $500 million in convertible debt financing, i.e., loans, with creditors given the option to convert their loans into equity.  That follows more than $1 billion in previous financing, with a total company valuation north of $8 billion.The move comes alongside heavy growth for Spotify
  
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• Zayn Malik Calls Louis Tomlinson's Baby Son Freddie 'Cute As F**K' & Now Our Hearts Hurt

  28-01-2016 19:05
  
  ZOUIS LIVES.
  
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• Executive director of Seeger's environmental group resigns

  28-01-2016 18:58
  BEACON, N.Y. (AP) — The executive director of New York's Hudson River environmental conservation group founded by the late folk singer Pete Seeger has resigned.
  
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• Zayn Maliks Reveals Title Of New Album, Declares Him And Gigi Hadid 'Good Friends'

  28-01-2016 18:56
  
  SURE. JUST FRIENDS.
  
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• Barbie Announce Dolls Will Now Also Come In Tall, Curvy And Petite Body Shapes

  28-01-2016 18:50
  
  She's never looked better.
  
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• 9 Things You Didn’t Know About The College Music Market

  28-01-2016 18:41
  
  A lot of musicians want to play colleges, but most don’t really know what that means.  As someone who has played over 100 official university sponsored shows around the country, it’s a field I know quite intimately.  From the schools surrounded by a hundred miles of corn to the those with 40,000 students located in the center of densely populated metropolises, I’ve done them all.  But these kinds of shows aren’t quite what you’d think. If y
  
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• Pretty Little Liars Recap: 10 Things That Made Our Heads Explode In ‘The Gloves Are On’

  28-01-2016 18:18
  
  SO. MUCH. HAPPENED.
  
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• Rick Ross 40th birthday: Rapper's best quotes on life, music, food and weight loss

  28-01-2016 17:58
  
  Celebrations are in order for hip hop's bawse Rick Ross, who marks a huge milestone today (28 January 2016) with his 40th birthday. In December 2015 Ross released his eighth studio album, Black Market, under his Maybach Music Group record label and enjoyed chart success, with the LP peaking at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. Elsewhere, Ross' personal life was just as much of a rollercoaster as his professional one, with the BMF rapper ending his engagement with Lira Galore.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Vicky Pattison Was Surprised At Scotty T’s Reaction To Stephanie Davis’ CBB Cheating Given His Past

  28-01-2016 17:49
  
  Soz Scott, but Vicky has spoken!
  
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• All The Nickelodeon Characters You Loved As A Kid Are Coming Together For One Epic Movie

  28-01-2016 17:32
  
  YAAAAAAS.
  
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• What It Really Takes To Launch An Instagram Famous Beauty Brand

  28-01-2016 16:43
  
  We get all the deets from the creators of Spectrum Collections
  
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• Rob Kardashian Shares Picture Of ‘Girlfriend’ Blac Chyna As Rumours They’re Moving In Together Heat Up

  28-01-2016 16:41
  
  Well this escalated quickly.
  
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• The Latest iPhone 7 Rumour Could Be About To Turn Your Selfies Into 3D Video

  28-01-2016 15:53
  
  The future is here.
  
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• The Sexiest Spoilers From The Third Ep Of Ex On The Beach 4!

  28-01-2016 15:42
  
  It's getting hot in here...
  
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• Rihanna Anti album review: Work singer takes a brooding turn with her most stripped-back record yet

  28-01-2016 15:23
  
  It has taken almost four years, multiple delays, false hope and much anticipation but Rihanna has finally released her new album, Anti. Hours after dropping the Drake-assisted single Work, Rihanna released Anti exclusively to music streaming service Tidal without warning. Representing the theme of Anti – to throw out the rulebook and venture into new realms – Rihanna rocks with the gritty yet uber cool vibe that has become the signature for TDE artists such as Kendrick Lamar.
  
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• Genius New App Will Tell You Where Every Outfit In Your Favourite Movie And TV Show Is From

  28-01-2016 14:58
  
  Dress like a Pretty Little Liar with minimum effort.
  
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• Liam Hemsworth Never Actually 'Re-Proposed' To Miley Cyrus, But She Popped The Ring On Anyway

  28-01-2016 13:26
  
  Okay then.
  
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• Teen Suffers Life Threatening Injuries After Viral Duct Tape Challenge Goes Horribly Wrong

  28-01-2016 13:17
  
  This is not one for the squeamish.
  
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• We're Totally Over Winter So We've Chosen Our Top 5 Croatian Music Festivals

  28-01-2016 13:13
  
  We just want to dance on the beach already...
  
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• Harry Styles Drops Modest! Management And Hires His ‘Top US Agent’ Friend Jeff Azoff

  28-01-2016 12:46
  
  The fandom is obviously SUPER upset…
  
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• Bloc Party, RAT BOY & Nimmo Close Our Brand New Showcases In Epic Style

  28-01-2016 12:28
  
  Retrograde-A performances all round...
  
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• The Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa And Amber Rose Twitter Feud Has United The Entire World

  28-01-2016 11:38
  
  We cannot.
  
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• Mickey Shiloh Unleashes The Incredible ‘Drunk On The Mic’

  28-01-2016 11:31
  Produced by Shamtrax, Mickey pours out all of her deepest secrets on the track.
  
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• Zayn Malik Reckons He 'Never Wanted To Be In One Direction' In First Solo On Camera Interview

  28-01-2016 11:28
  
  Cool.
  
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• Guess Who's Co-Headlining Reading & Leeds Festival With The Red Hot Chili Peppers

  28-01-2016 10:59
  
  We need to disclose some information...
  
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• Nick Brewer Spits Over Ghetts And Rude Kid’s ‘One Take Freestyle’

  28-01-2016 10:49
  
  The standout freestyle over this track comes from Essex emcee Nick Brewer…
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Shares First Photo Of Baby Freddie & It's All Very Emotional

  28-01-2016 09:53
  
  CUTE.
  
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• Rolling Stone eulogy by Bono describes how David Bowie was the reason to have a colour TV

  28-01-2016 06:20
  
  In a special eulogy to David Bowie, U2 frontman Bono recognised the late musician's immense talent and stage personality saying: "I've played at being a rock and roll star, but I'm really not one. David Bowie is my idea of a rock star." Bono who was writing in from Myanmar said he was cut off from the reaction to Bowie's passing, but "I can assure you the sky is a lot darker here without the Starman". In the write-up, which features in Rolling Stone's Bowie special issue, Bono recollects his fir
  
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• Wide Open (Ft. Beck)

  28-01-2016 04:45 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Wide Open
  
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• How Do You Build the Next Austin, Texas?

  28-01-2016 03:28
  
  If music tourism is a multi-billion dollar industry, why aren’t there more music cities like Austin? And Nashville, New Orleans, Athens, and Portland?
  Why are cities crowding musicians and cramping scenes, instead of fostering their organic growth?
  Those are challenging questions for city planners, especially those struggling to foster artistry against the crowding effects of gentrification and high-priced living.  Artists live cheaply; cities are typically expensive.  Artists n
  
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• Sneakbo Pays Tribute To His Friend With New Track ‘R.I.P Gorz’

  28-01-2016 03:05
  
  Ogarra Dixon, known as Gora, was fatally shot in South London last year and being a very close friend of Sneakbo, the rapper clearly felt the best way he could pay tribute to his friend was through his music
  
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