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• Warner Music: Ingresos por streaming son mayores

  06-05-2016 21:08
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — En una señal más de que la era de las descargas musicales está acabándose, Warner Music Group dijo que hizo más dinero de plataformas de streaming que de cualquier otra fuente de ingreso por música grabada en el último trimestre.
  
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• Warner Music says streaming revenue bigger than downloads

  06-05-2016 19:13
  In a further sign that the download era is waning, Warner Music Group says it made more money from streaming platforms than any other single source of recorded music revenue in the latest quarter. Warner ...
  
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• 'Beauty versus aggression': after tragedy, Deftones enter their purple phase

  06-05-2016 19:03
  
  They suffered the death of their bassist and found themselves in the midst of the Paris terror attacks – yet the pioneering band found strength in their friendshipChino Moreno doesn’t only hear music – he sees it in color.The lead vocalist of pioneering hard rock outfit Deftones, a band that weaves relentless, tremendous riffs and sharp, evocative lyrics into vast emotional soundscapes, says the group’s eighth studio album Gore is a shade of purple. Continue reading...
  
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• SOUND THE ALARM! Harry Styles Has Cut His Beautiful Hair Off For Charity

  06-05-2016 19:01
  
  WE THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST NASTY, NASTY RUMOURS.
  
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• 10 things we learned from Skepta's Konnichiwa

  06-05-2016 18:50
  
  Resistant to American trends and artists who think they can outshine him, Skepta’s release is a one-man show that proves the great grime album is possibleThe last couple of years have seen Canadian megastar Drake declaring his love for grime, from Instagramming stills of Top Boy accompanied by slightly cack-handed renditions of UK slang (“real bod man”) to sneaking off from the Brits to appear on stage with fast-rising rap/grime outfit Section Boyz. When the rapper signed to Sk
  
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• Music Review: Mellifluous melodies from Darryl Purpose

  06-05-2016 18:35
  
  Darryl Purpose, "Still the Birds" (Blue Rock)
  
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• OYABUN Drops Brand New Single ‘Pick Up Lines’

  06-05-2016 18:26
  
  With the release of the track being perfect in time for the summer, it’s only a matter of time before ‘Pick Up Lines’ is on heavy rotation in everyone’s playlists.
  
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• 12 Kylie Jenner Beauty Tutorials You Need To See

  06-05-2016 18:12
  
  The next best thing to a face transplant...
  
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• Arsenio Hall sues Sinead O'Connor over Prince drug accusations

  06-05-2016 17:56
  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Arsenio Hall has filed a defamation lawsuit against the singer Sinead O'Connor, who accused him of supplying drugs to music legend Prince, whose death on April 21 has prompted speculation about an overdose. The $5 million lawsuit, filed on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, refers to O'Connor as a "desperate attention-seeker" and claims Hall and O'Connor have not spoken in 25 years. Prince was discovered on April 21 at Paisley Park, his home-studio
  
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• 11 Books That Will Make You Want To Quit Regular Life & Travel The World

  06-05-2016 17:24
  
  The wanderlust is real.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Reveals She Wants To Be Pregnant With Gaz Beadle's Baby In Five Years

  06-05-2016 17:15
  
  To celebrate Geordie Shore: Big Birthday Battle, we asked the cast where they see themselves in five years...
  
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• 11 Things You Didn't Realise Were Making You Break Out

  06-05-2016 17:05
  
  Fringes, forgetting to moisturise and more sneaky causes of acne.
  
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• Nego True Drops Motivation On 'Hunger'

  06-05-2016 16:53
  
  We all need some motivation in our lives, whether you're doing your exams, waiting for that job, or just trying to continue to reach out and smash your dreams,
  
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• Geordie Shore's Scotty T Opens Up About His New BFF Niall Horan

  06-05-2016 16:43
  
  Two peas in a pod.
  
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• Paigey Cakey Prepares For Headline Show At 02 Islington

  06-05-2016 16:39
  
  After the success of her single 'Nana' which featured Geko, which now has over 2 millions hits on YouTube, Paige's headline show definitely comes at the right time.
  
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Shay Mitchell Talks Sexuality: “I’m Never Going To Label Myself”

  06-05-2016 16:23
  
  Back of the queue, everyone.
  
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• Ray BLK enlists Stormzy on 'My Hood'

  06-05-2016 16:17
  
  'My Hood' is another dosage of more honesty and realness from Ray. Produced by Courage, Ray's smooth, hushed vocals glide over the piano-led, synth infused track.
  
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• 50 Homeware Buys That Will Make Your Summer Party

  06-05-2016 15:50
  
  Get those tropical Cali vibes in your back garden.
  
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• Tim Hecker review – punishingly loud and rarely enveloping

  06-05-2016 15:49
  
  St John at Hackney, London
  Hecker’s experimental noise art, inspired by Renaissance masses, is not helped by an absence of spectacle as he shrouds the venue in darknessFor a hotly tipped band with plenty of airplay, filling this 1,400-capacity converted church would be an impressive career marker. For an experimental noise artist, whose music shuns rhythm or melody in favour of dense crests of sound, it’s quite the feat; cheering evidence that audiences are prepared to wander ever fu
  
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• New band of the week: Orchestra of Spheres (No 102)

  06-05-2016 15:39
  
  Reliable sources tell us funk-pop pioneers Talking Heads are about to reform. But if they don’t, you could try these Kiwi exponents of quirky DIY disco instead
  Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand. The lineup: Baba Rossa (vocals, biscuit tin guitar), Mos locos (synth, vocals), EtonalE (bass carillon, vocals), Woild Boin (drums).Continue reading...
  
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• Rebolledo’s favourite tracks

  06-05-2016 14:00
  
  The DJ and Hippie Dance label co-founder empties the contents of his psychic record boxI really never plan what to play or how to start until I’m just there, minutes from beginning my sets… But since you ask, I’ll commit to open with this [unreleased] track. Amazing sonic journey, perfect to get in a certain mood; very few beats in it, very mysterious. Continue reading...
  
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• Radiohead release trailer for new track

  06-05-2016 13:53
  
  Watch Thom Yorke wander alone in a carpark in a new clip of what could be a second track taken from their anticipated ninth album Radiohead have released what appears to be another trailer for a second track.Related: 'Disarmingly melodic': fans (and a newbie) review Radiohead's new single Burn the WitchContinue reading...
  
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• Little Jenny From Gossip Girl Growing Up To Be Taylor Swift Is The Internet's Favourite New Meme

  06-05-2016 13:36
  
  We're into it.
  
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• Basement Jaxx's playlist: Arbeid Adelt, Fast Eddie, DJ Pierre and more

  06-05-2016 13:35
  
  Simon Ratcliffe reveals his old-school favourites – and recalls the time-bending thrills of the dance-pop duo’s early daysI came across this on a Maurice Fulton mixtape and managed to track a copy down. It’s from Belgium, dated back to the 1980s, and is a mixture of electro, punk and funk. It really feels as if it’s from a period in music where anything goes – a new movement is forming but templates or rules have not yet been written. It’s got a killer electro
  
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• Royal Northern Sinfonia/Mustonen review – supremely elegant

  06-05-2016 13:27
  
  Sage, Gateshead
  Three soloists blended their techniques into a ‘super-violin’ for Mustonen’s persuasive spiritual homage to Bach, Vivaldi and European baroqueOlli Mustonen clearly believes in the power of three. He’s a composer, conductor and pianist, and his triple concerto is a three-movement, neo-baroque exercise for a trio of violins. It even has a prominent part for a triangle.This supremely elegant piece sums up everything Mustonen, the son of a Finnish mathematicia
  
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• Igor Levit review – earnest, commanding, but lacking in thrill

  06-05-2016 13:26
  
  Wigmore Hall, London
  Levit’s performance of Busoni’s Fantasia Contrappuntistica, while technically fautless and incredibly accomplished, felt more didactic than heartfeltIgor Levit’s latest London recital seemed more like an earnest lecture on the subject of Bach and Busoni than a programme to be enjoyed. Though he’s still in his 20s, Levit has already shown his partiality for the great monoliths of the piano repertory – his most recent CD brought together three mas
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Gives Herself A Massive Wedgie All In The Name Of A Seriously Sexy Selfie

  06-05-2016 12:56
  
  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
  
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• MTV Review: Shawn Mendes Steals Our Hearts At London Show

  06-05-2016 12:52
  
  We're so in love...
  
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• James Blake: The Colour in Anything review – toweringly accomplished, heart-wrenchingly frail

  06-05-2016 12:50
  
  James Blake’s third album suggests he’s the only person who can make the space in electronic pop sound like a voidOn his third album, James Blake is where he has always been. A world of reverberating space, sparsely populated by stirring electronics and vocals both exquisite and distorted by the intensity of emotion (and a vocoder).But more people have pitched up in that spare, sonic landscape since Blake released his debut in 2011. Then, along with the xx, he was at the vanguard of
  
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• Sinead O'Connor Sued Over Prince Drugs Claims

  06-05-2016 12:10
  
  US comedian Arsenio Hall has filed a $5m (£3.5m) lawsuit against Sinead O'Connor after the Irish singer accused him of supplying drugs to Prince. She said she had reported Hall to investigators, adding that he should "expect their call".
  
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• MTV Meets Jack & Jack To Talk Vine Stardom & Handsy Fans...

  06-05-2016 12:00
  
  Watch our EXCLUSIVE interview with the Vine superstars...
  
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• Win tickets to Glastonbury 2016

  06-05-2016 11:58
  
  Win one of 25 pairs of tickets to this year’s sold out Glastonbury 2016Fancy winning tickets to this year’s sold out Glastonbury Festival, taking place at Worthy Farm, Somerset between Wednesday 22 and Sunday 26 June?Simply enter your details below to be in with the chance of winning. Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenio Hall sues Sinéad O'Connor for $5m over Prince drug allegations

  06-05-2016 11:46
  
  Singer says TV star supplied Prince with drugs ‘over decades’, while addiction specialist Howard Kornfeld faces possible legal action in wake of Prince’s deathThe TV host Arsenio Hall is suing Sinéad O’Connor for $5m (£3.5m) after the singer alleged on her Facebook page earlier this week that Hall had given Prince drugs “over the decades”. She said she had reported Hall to the Carver County sheriff’s office in Minnesota, which is investigati
  
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• Colton Haynes Is ‘Happier Than Ever’ As He Publicly Comes Out

  06-05-2016 11:33
  
  What a babe.
  
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• Brooklyn Beckham's Post About 'Missing' Chloe Moretz Is Too Cute

  06-05-2016 11:25
  
  They've got matching shoes AND EVERYTHING.
  
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• This Week's New Music Round Up: Fifth Harmony, James Blake, Justin Timberlake & More!

  06-05-2016 11:09
  
  SO MANY NEW TUNES!
  
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• Alden Ehrenreich Could Be Your New Han Solo!

  06-05-2016 11:01
  
  Here's everything you need to know about Alden.
  
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• OneRepublic Are Back & Their New Song Might Just Be Your Song Of The Summer

  06-05-2016 11:00
  
  It's SO good...
  
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• Axl Rose determined to 'do justice' to Brian Johnson with AC/DC shows

  06-05-2016 09:36
  
  The Guns N’ Roses singer says he first approached the band about standing in for their former frontman on tourAxl Rose, perhaps for the first time in his career, is taking care not to cause offence. Ahead of the first of his shows filling in as frontman of AC/DC, the Guns N’ Roses singer has said he means “no disrespect” to Brian Johnson, the man he is replacing, and that he is such a fan of Johnson’s singing that he “wants to do it justice”.Speaking to
  
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• Film scores keep symphonic music alive, says Iron Man 3 composer Brian Tyler

  06-05-2016 01:01
  
  Iron Man 3 composer Brian Tyler has said musical scores for feature films help to keep "symphonic music alive".
  
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• James Blake: ‘I'm the opposite of punk. I've subdued a generation’

  06-05-2016 00:59
  
  Kanye, Beyoncé, Drake and Frank Ocean have all been inspired by the unassuming Londoner’s sound. Now he’s coming of age with his new album, The Colour in AnythingA few months ago, James Blake was working on the biggest album of 2016 and he couldn’t tell anyone. Beyoncé had asked him to come to the studio and work on the secrecy-shrouded Lemonade. After he’d been improvising for a while around her melodies and lyrical ideas, Beyoncé arrived with her fo
  
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• Comeback kids: the Jayhawks ride again

  06-05-2016 00:07
  
  Combining melancholia with sunshine choruses, alt-country pioneers return to their best. ‘Life is dark, but with a beautiful melody,’ says founder Gary Louris Perseverance is a virtue many bands run out of after they reach a modicum of success. Divorces, money squabbles, drug problems, boredom – these are the usual culprits cutting bands short before their time.So it is a great accomplishment that the Jayhawks, a band at the forefront of the alt-country movement of the 1990s, a
  
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