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• Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna Is Your 2016 Fitspo

  29-01-2016 23:58
  
  Labyrinth x Spider-Man = Amazing Aqua/Aerobatics...
  
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• David Bowie death: Music icon 'struggled to speak' in months before death

  29-01-2016 22:33
  
  David Bowie was struggling to speak towards the end of his battle with cancer, a close friend of the singer has revealed. The music icon died on 10 January, following a secret 18-month battle with cancer. Tom Visconti, a long-time producer of the star, said Bowie found it difficult to speak with volume on the phone after chemotherapy treatment.
  
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• Impossible Winner

  29-01-2016 22:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Impossible Winner
  
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• YouTube Cannot be Held Liable for Copyright Infringements, German Court Rules

  29-01-2016 21:50
  
  Yesterday, the Higher Regional Court Munich (OLG) decided that YouTube and its service cannot be held accountable for any copyright infringements.
  The judges decided that the sole responsibility should be held with the individual uploaders.  When works protected by copyright are used on YouTube, the company cannot be held financially accountable within the current legal system.In July a court in Germany upheld a ruling which states YouTube and other similar sites are only ac
  
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• Delaware's Big Barrel Country Music festival canceled

  29-01-2016 20:41
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Just months after announcing their lineup, the organizers of Big Barrel Country Music Festival have canceled the event.
  
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• New band of the week: Radiation City (No 88)

  29-01-2016 18:34
  
  Fleetwood who? This US four-piece comprise two couples who have used their broken relationships to create an album of lush, synthed-up melodrama
  Hometown: Portland, Oregon.
  The lineup: Cameron Spies (guitar, vocals), Elisabeth Ellison (vocals, keyboards), Matt Rafferty (bass, vocals), Patti King (vocals, keyboards, bass), Dasha Shleyeva (drums).Continue reading...
  
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• What we learned this week: Rihanna's accidentally on purpose album release and BoB's conspiracy

  29-01-2016 18:29
  
  Kanye v Wiz Khalifa, John Lydon turns 60 and Martin Shkreli threatens to erase Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah, all in this week’s music news roundupWho knows? Maybe it will all turn out to be part of some grand masterplan. We’ve already heard voices raising the idea that Rihanna’s album release on Wednesday was no accident, that it wasn’t a mistaken upload to Tidal that led to it being shared online that led to the album being released for free. Yes, there are rumo
  
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• Paul Kantner remained a revolutionary to the end

  29-01-2016 17:54
  
  The Jefferson Airplane founder saw his band as explicitly political, and never gave up his faith that music could effect changeMy appointment with the great Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane, was for 7am at a coffee bar on North Beach, San Francisco. Except that, throughout the night, the rendezvous kept changing: 7.30am, then 6.30, then back to 7. Kantner seemed to presume I was, like him, frantically awake, frantically online.I arrived at the bar long before 7 – just
  
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• 2013: Spotify Launches ‘Browse’. 2016: Pandora Launches ‘Browse’…

  29-01-2016 17:36
  
  If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Pandora has been lavishing Spotify with excessive praise. 
  Yesterday, Pandora announced Browse, which the company calls “a new way to help you discover even more music you’ll love.” Spotify has a discovery feature with exactly the same name, launched in 2013, though Pandora’s copycat may have the upper-hand.  The reason is that Pandora’s thumbs-up, thumbs-down mechanism has been collected preference data for
  
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• Beyoncé Looks Better Than We Ever Will In Coldplay's New 'Hymn For The Weekend' Video

  29-01-2016 17:35
  
  Flower crown, anyone?
  
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• Lip Sync Battle: Katherine Ryan Takes On Justin Bieber’s Sorry And Absolutely Kills The Choreography

  29-01-2016 17:08
  
  SLAAAY.
  
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• Why Sting, not Drake, should play the NBA all-star game

  29-01-2016 16:56
  
  The ex-Police frontman is basically Drake in 10 years – and while NBA may be the hippest American sport, his halftime show will please its sizable dork contingentI hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the NBA all-star game is pointless. I love the NBA more than anything in the world, including puppies, kittens, sex, cold cheese pizza, a stiff drink and an empty Los Angeles freeway at dawn. I still hate the all-star game. Sorry to Adam Silver, the 30 team owners, all the players and the f
  
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• DIIV – Is The Is Are: Exclusive album stream

  29-01-2016 16:55
  
  Lose yourself in the textures of DIIV’s sprawling double album and let us know your thoughts DIIV’s Zachary Cole-Smith certainly stands out from your typical indie rock frontman. Just take his comments on the making of this, his band’s second album, which are framed in rather disturbing life and death terms: “I know I have to stay alive at least until the album’s done,” he told NME. “This is one shot at immortality, if I ever have one. I know it’s
  
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• Apple Ends Free Streaming Of iTunes Radio Stations Worldwide

  29-01-2016 16:27
  
  Earlier this month, Apple announced that it would end its free iTunes radio-listening at the end of January.  That shift is already in effect.
  True to earlier reports, Apple has officially ended free streaming of its iTunes Radio channels worldwide.  The catalog of stations will now be incorporated into its subscription-based Apple Music service.  That limits access to those paying $9.99, or existing within a three-month trial.
  Workarounds are difficult.  As of this mor
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Vicky Pattison Is 'Concerned' For Megan McKenna As She Reminds Her Of Herself At That Age

  29-01-2016 16:15
  
  She's a wise owl when it comes to showbiz.
  
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• Amazon Aiming Its Guns Directly at Spotify and Apple Music

  29-01-2016 16:15
  
  According to reports Amazon is planning to launch a subscription-based music streaming service to compete directly with Spotify and Apple Music. 
  Plans are said to be in the early stages, although there is talk that the service is to launch as soon as this fall.
  While Amazon Prime users can already listen to roughly one million songs for $99-a-year, reports state the newly-proposed streaming platform would charge a separate monthly fee.  Sources are saying that there have be
  
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• Alfred Brendel on a life in music: ‘Impatience was not a vice’

  29-01-2016 16:00
  
  The great pianist at 85, looking back on ‘playing, writing, living, loving’ and wondering how he managed to fit so much inWhere, and how, does a musician’s calling reveal itself? It can be stimulated by artistic activity and aesthetic leanings in the family, by the early opportunity to listen to concerts and opera, by being exposed to recordings and YouTube. In my case, there was nothing of that sort. Nor was there an intellectual background. Without an academic piano teac
  
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• Experts Predict How You'll Listen To Music In 2080 And It's BONKERS

  29-01-2016 15:36
  
  Holograms, Kanye and 4D DJs...
  
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• RLPO/Petrenko review – thrilling Weilerstein, propulsive Petrenko

  29-01-2016 15:25
  
  Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
  Alisa Weilerstein approached Schumann’s Cello Concerto with bold brilliance while Vasily Petrenko conducted Bartók with a village bandmaster’s gustoRobert Schumann’s Cello Concerto may be one of the saddest false dawns in musical Romanticism. When he completed it within a furious fortnight of creativity in October 1850, the composer seemed to have much to look forward to, with a new job as music director in Dusseldorf and a new symphony, the
  
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• New Music Out This Week: ZAYN, Rihanna, Charlie Puth, Sia & More!

  29-01-2016 15:16
  
  There's SO MUCH new music to get your hands on this week...
  
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• John Lydon at 60 – a life in pictures

  29-01-2016 15:00
  
  John Lydon, the eternal provocateur and the first face of British punk, turns 60 on 31 January. Here’s a look back at his career Continue reading...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Scotty T Gets Surprise Phone Call From Vicky Pattison As She Tells Him How ‘Proud’ She Is Of Him

  29-01-2016 14:11
  
  CUTE.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Goes Clubbing With Her Grandad And It Looks Like An Epic Night Out

  29-01-2016 14:05
  
  MEGA LOLz.
  
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• Rihanna: Anti album release earns million new members for Jay Z music-streaming service Tidal

  29-01-2016 14:00
  
  Jay Z has plenty to celebrate as the surprise release of Rihanna's new album Anti has earned his music-streaming service Tidal a million new subscribers. The Work singer's eighth album was initially made available exclusively to the hip hop mogul's music platform, where it was streamed 13 million times in just 14 hours. Rihanna, 27, sent a tweet with a promo code to allow fans to stream the entire album for free through Tidal.
  
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• Macklemore’s White Privilege II: the best of this week’s new music

  29-01-2016 14:00
  
  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Riton ft Kah-Lo | Hervé ft TT | Destructor ft Ty Dolla $ign & I Love Makonnen | BetsyPICK OF THE WEEKContinue reading...
  
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• Hannah Holland’s favourite tracks

  29-01-2016 14:00
  
  The self-proclaimed queen of ‘batty bass’ empties the contents of her psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Pillowtalk: Zayn Malik's debut solo single – video

  29-01-2016 13:59
  
  The music video for former One Direction star Zayn Malik’s debut solo singe, ‘Pillowtalk’. The clip features Malik, who is launching his solo career simply as Zayn, with his rumored girlfriend, model Gigi Hadid. Malik spent four years in One Direction, which was put together on the The X Factor talent show. His debut album is due out in March Continue reading...
  
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• The Best Phandom Moments Only Dan And Phil Fans Will Appreciate

  29-01-2016 13:46
  
  Cat faces, derping and more joy.
  
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• The Vamps Show Us Their Kung Fu Fighting Skills In Our Exclusive Behind The Scenes Vid

  29-01-2016 13:45
  
  Join us as we go behind the scenes of their ass-kicking new video for Kung Fu Panda 3...
  
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• The Glitter Beats Remix Jon B’s ‘Don’t Talk’

  29-01-2016 13:40
  
  Dj’ing for the likes of Victoria Beckham, Ariana Grande and Eva Longoria – to name a few, the pair take influence from the likes of Nile Rodgers, Nervo and Diplo to create party hits.
  
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• Diversitoys: It’s Been A Hell Of A Week For Equality In Toys

  29-01-2016 13:33
  
  Don't try and tell us we're too old for these
  
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• X Factor Winner Ben Haenow Has Been Dropped By Syco, Sob

  29-01-2016 13:22
  
  He could always be a man in a van again.
  
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• Philharmonia/Rouvali review – nervous energy gives tremendous results

  29-01-2016 13:17
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  A swaying, dancing Santtu-Matias Rouvali conjured precision and excitement while trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger played at the edge of possibilityPublicity photos make the Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali look like the enigmatic teenager in Visconti’s film of Mann’s Death in Venice. In the flesh, though, Rouvali is all nervous energy, nonstop action and is anything but enigmatic. He threw himself at the music in this Philharmonia concert, at time
  
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• Armani White Unleashes 'Chevalier’s Ode'

  29-01-2016 12:55
  
  Never one to stick to a particular production style, ‘Chevalier’s Ode’ sees Armani rapping over more trap influenced production, again delivering his usual solid lyrics.
  
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• Ex On The Beach Babes Ring Their Mums And Admit To Having Sex On Camera!

  29-01-2016 12:54
  
  And it's more than just a little bit awkward to watch...
  
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• Kanye West Tries To Clear Up Amber Rose’s Sex Claims About Him, Kind Of Makes It Worse

  29-01-2016 12:31
  
  Lol.
  
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• D/C Shares Latest Track 'Longing For You'

  29-01-2016 12:29
  
  ‘Longing For You’ is fresh; it shows D/C’s extensive vocal range and beautiful tone, but also his story telling abilities.
  
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• What To Buy From Kendall + Kylie Jenner's First Full Fashion Line

  29-01-2016 12:03
  
  We looked at all 72 items so you don't have to.
  
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• Rita Ora Frees The Nipple As She Poses Topless For Lui Magazine Cover

  29-01-2016 12:00
  
  NSFW and all that.
  
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• 'If the world ends in 2100, we’re probably OK' | Howard Lee

  29-01-2016 12:00
  
  Two scientists take the long view on climate change.There’s a myopia in the climate discourse today.“Everyone is focused on what happens by 2100. But that’s only 2 generations from today. It’s like: If the world ends in 2100 we’re probably OK!” says Professor Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawai’i. “But It’s very clear that over a longer timescale there will be much bigger changes.” Continue reading...
  
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• Zayn Malik's Pillowtalk: sex, hugs and sobbing blood

  29-01-2016 11:50
  
  The first track to be taken from the ex-One Direction member has arrived – take a listen and let us know what you think Many watching the first solo offering from Zayn Malik would have been treated to an odd clashing of cultures before it began: trailing the track’s premiere was an advert for One Direction’s History, a song accompanied by footage of the four-piece boyband grinning and gesticulating while singing enthusiastically about loyalty and friendship with the buoyancy of
  
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• J Cole Releases Surprise ‘Forest Hills Drive Live’ Album

  29-01-2016 11:50
  
  J Cole said, ‘What a year. Hip hop deserves a live album’.
  
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• The Guardian Radio Hour with Bobby Gillespie

  29-01-2016 11:42
  
  The Primal Scream frontman was our special guest on the third show of our new radio series on east London station NTS, with songs about cheating from the rock’n’roll vaultsMore about The Guardian Radio Hour seriesWhat’s the missing link between Johnny Thunders, Can, Sun Ra Arkestra and Augustus Pablo? Arguably it’s Mr Bobby Gillespie, whose band Primal Scream absorbs his varied influences – from unhinged rock’n’roll and Krautrock to spiritual jazz and ro
  
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• Kylie Jenner Hits Out At 'F**king Disrespectful' Paparazzi On Twitter

  29-01-2016 11:30
  
  Not cool.
  
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• DJ Logan Sama Announces Collaborative Mixtape Alongside Trapstar and Unveils First Track With Section Boyz

  29-01-2016 11:07
  
  In the words of Logan himself, his new project is all about the ‘wickedest artists of right now, with some of the foundation, classic instrumentals from back in the day. Legendary Grime beats.’ And to kick things off, Section Boyz decided to jump on one of the sickest Grime tracks, More Fire Crew’s ‘Oi’.
  
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• What we know about Kanye West's Waves, the greatest album of all time

  29-01-2016 11:00
  
  What it sounds like, what he said about it, who’s on it, who’s produced it, and what handwriting experts say about Kanye’s guiding hand – all of which is subject to changeSuch is the unpredictable nature of Kanye West, it would be potentially humiliating to pen a speculative post predicting what his seventh album, Waves, might sound like. It’s incredibly likely that a large portion of the below will alter before its release date on 11 February: for all we know, the
  
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• Graham Coxon: Bert Jansch's music is a great gift for everyone

  29-01-2016 11:00
  
  Ahead of two tribute concerts this weekend, Blur’s guitarist remembers the nerve-racking experience of meeting one of Britain’s greatest musiciansIt took me a while to fully appreciate Bert Jansch. Maybe because I associated him with terror for a number of years.I played on the same bill as him in 2003 at Stephen Malkmus’s Down the Dustpipe festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London. I had just come out of the Priory and was playing with a new and rather hurriedly rehearsed
  
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• Channing Tatum Reveals Exactly What Beyonce Text Him After That Lip Sync Battle Performance

  29-01-2016 10:52
  
  It wasn't LOL.
  
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• Taylor Swift seeking relationship advice from friends? Truth revealed

  29-01-2016 10:18
  
  American singer/songwriter Taylor Swift is not leaning onto friends for relationship advice. The Red hitmaker's bond with Scottish singer/DJ Calvin Harris has apparently grown stronger than ever despite split reports. "Taylor is really happy with Calvin and the couple is stronger and happier than ever.
  
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• Zayn Malik Drops 'Pillowtalk' Video And It Involves A Whole Lot Of Him Kissing Gigi Hadid

  29-01-2016 10:14
  
  IT'S OUR PARADISE.
  
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