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• More than cookie sellers, Girl Scouts enter music industry

  02-12-2016 22:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Girl Scouts of the USA are used to making you smile with sweet cookies, but now they're hoping to soothe your ears with sweet music.
  
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• Adele tickets appear online for £9,000 despite singer's efforts to stop touts

  02-12-2016 20:22
  
  Music industry figures raise concerns that proposals to clamp down on industrial-scale touting are inadequateHundreds of tickets to see Adele in concert next summer have appeared on resale websites for up to £9,000, despite a concerted effort by the singer to battle touts.Tickets for the upcoming dates at Wembley stadium appeared at huge mark-ups as experts warned that plans to clamp down on industrial-scale touting, by outlawing the “bot” software used to harvest tickets, will
  
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• Win A Weekend In New York For Two With ‘Sully: Miracle On The Hudson'!

  02-12-2016 19:18
  
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• Little Mix Defeat The Weeknd To Stay No.1 On UK Album Chart

  02-12-2016 19:00
  
  These really are the Glory Days...
  
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• Fabric to reopen in January with special weekend of events

  02-12-2016 18:46
  
  The London club, which faced permanent closure earlier this year, will reopen with weekend of family-focused events early in 2017 Fabric will reopen its doors to the pubic in January. The London club will host a series of events during the first full weekend of the new year, from 6 to 8 January. The venue was threatened with permanent closure in September after Islington council revoked its licensing, claiming that “a culture of drugs” existed at the club that its management was unab
  
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• Lady Gaga, 5H & Niall Are Still Leading #MTVStars 2016 But It's All To Play For

  02-12-2016 18:22
  
  Justin Bieber's creeping up the leaderboard though...
  
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• What You Missed In Music: The Weeknd, Lady Gaga & Kristen Stewart

  02-12-2016 18:16
  
  Catch up on some of the week's best music stories here!
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian And Scott Disick Are Legit Back Together So Let's Celebrate

  02-12-2016 18:12
  
  YES.
  
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• What It Really Takes To Be A Victoria's Secret Angel With Leomie Anderson Backstage At The 2016 Fashion Show

  02-12-2016 17:38
  
  Want VS Angel confidence? Leomie is spilling the secrets.
  
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• Moana ‘How Far I’ll Go’ - Behind The Scenes!

  02-12-2016 17:33
  
  Can't stop singing the Disney tune? Here's how it was made!
  
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• ‘Arrival’ Is The Beautiful Movie This Terrible Year Has Been Crying Out For

  02-12-2016 17:21
  
  Why is Arrival so special? Look at its final twenty minutes and you’ll see why.
  
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• Here's A New Photo Of Harry Styles Wearing A Pink Shirt Looking Incredible

  02-12-2016 16:50
  
  What more could you want, huh?
  
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• All The Beauty Products Used To Create The Victoria's Secret Angels' 2016 Fashion Show Makeup

  02-12-2016 16:13
  
  How to make your face look a little more like Kendall Jenner's face.
  
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• 21 Things You Didn’t Know About Paul Walker

  02-12-2016 16:05
  
  Did you know that Paul was on the ground following the 2010 Chilean earthquake, helping survivors and handing out medical supplies?
  
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• Chicago's new generation of bluesmen

  02-12-2016 16:04
  
  Rolling Stones’ new cover album reflects on Chicago’s great blues players of the past, as current scene flourishes and reflects on city’s violence in new ways Continue reading...
  
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• Bruising’s I Don’t Mind: Leeds rockers mope through the mania

  02-12-2016 16:00
  
  Plus, there’s double trouble from Jake Bugg and The Rolling Stones create a stocking filler for dads everywhereTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Duran Duran lose 'ugly' court battle over US song copyright

  02-12-2016 15:36
  Members of Duran Duran have lost a High Court battle over the US rights to some of their most famous songs. Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John and Roger Taylor failed in their case against publisher Gloucester Place Music, owned by Sony/ATV. "It's old fashioned, ugly, imperalist, corporate greed," singer Simon Le Bon wrote on social media.
  
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• Paramida: ‘Notorious BIG reminds me of my childhood’

  02-12-2016 14:00
  
  The Berlin DJ and Love On The Rocks boss reveals her passion for bargain-bin Motown and minimal hits of the past Continue reading...
  
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• Goat Girl: the band rebuilding London’s indie scene

  02-12-2016 14:00
  
  Thanks to their guttural guitar music, the fun-loving foursome are leading a new wave of bands with no time for the blokeish arrogance of yoreRelated: Help us to save music venues like Fabric | Letters If a teenager from London in 2006 came to survey youth culture in 2016, they would be confused, perhaps appalled. While their adolescence would have been populated by cocksure indie bands in drainpipe jeans playing packed all-ages concerts in warehouses and squats, the past decade has seen London
  
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• The Celebrity Big Brother 2017 Rumours Are Here And It Looks Like Many Past Housemates Could Be Returning

  02-12-2016 13:18
  
  But WHO is going in?
  
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• Reflex action: Duran Duran lose court battle over song rights

  02-12-2016 13:04
  
  Music publisher successfully prevents members of pop group from reclaiming US rights to band’s songsMembers of the pop group Duran Duran have lost a high court battle over US rights to some of their most famous songs.They failed to fight off a bid by the publishers Gloucester Place Music, ultimately owned by the US business Sony/ATV, to prevent them terminating copyright agreements related to their first three albums. Continue reading...
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Ready To Launch Solo Career As He Works On 'Some Really Amazing Music'

  02-12-2016 12:57
  
  !!!!!!
  
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• The Lemon Twigs review – mullets, high kicks and sumptuous harmonies

  02-12-2016 12:46
  
  Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
  Michael and Brian D’Addario dress like they’re in a 70s panto, but any suggestions of pastiche are demolished by the humbling beauty of their songsThe dreaded “tastemakers” who told us what we were going to be listening to in 2016 didn’t find room for a band who sound like a vaudeville, baroque amalgam of Todd Rundgren and the Beatles, complete with harpsichord runs and baffling time signatures. Nor was there any suggestion that hearts w
  
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• First Teaser Drops For Tom Cruise Reboot Of 'The Mummy'

  02-12-2016 12:34
  
  That eye makeup is on point.
  
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• DJ Earworm's 2016 Mash Up Is Here & Obvs It's Incredible

  02-12-2016 12:31
  
  Featuring Justin Bieber, ZAYN, twenty one pilots, The Weeknd and more...
  
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• Michael Bublé set to make a return to TV after Noah's cancer diagnosis

  02-12-2016 12:23
  
  Although Michael Bublé is taking a break from the spotlight as he deals with his son's recent cancer diagnosis, the singing sensation will be making a return to TV this Christmas! Last month, the 41-year-old filmed his sixth annual concert special, Michael Bublé Sings and Swings, shortly before he received the heartbreaking news about little Noah. According to People magazine, the hour-long event - which was taped in Manchester - will feature a selection of Michael's
  
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• This Week’s New Music Round Up: John Legend, deadmau5, Childish Gambino & More

  02-12-2016 12:13
  
  If you listen to anything this week, choose Donald Glover.
  
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• Lady Gaga tells London fans kindness more important than fame

  02-12-2016 11:54
  
  Singer says money and celebrity have been put on a pedestal, and the happiest people are in the poorest parts of the worldLady Gaga has denounced the evils of money and fame as she promoted her new album on the roof of one of Britain’s biggest shopping centres.The singer, who has an estimated net worth of more than $250m (£200m), performed for an audience of competition winners at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, on Thursday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Liam Payne's Sister Sticks Up For Her Brother And Cheryl's Baby Decision

  02-12-2016 11:46
  
  Dramz in the Payne household.
  
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• Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa & Rag'N'Bone Man Up For 2017 BRITs Critics' Choice Award!

  02-12-2016 11:31
  
  But who will 'Be The One'...?
  
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• Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher Welcome Baby No.2 Together

  02-12-2016 11:22
  
  Congrats you beautiful couple.
  
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• Vicky Pattison And Ferne McCann Reveal Brand New TV Show And It’s Coming Sooner Than You Think!

  02-12-2016 11:07
  
  The girls are BACK!
  
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• Ride to release first album in 20 years

  02-12-2016 10:41
  
  Two years after they re-formed, the shoegaze pioneers are in the studio with producer Erol Alkan to record follow-up to TarantulaRide are set to release their first album in more than 20 years. The four-piece band, who re-formed in 2014, will finally follow up 1996’s Tarantula with a new record in 2017. The news was broken online by DJ Erol Alkan, who revealed that he would be producing the new record.Continue reading...
  
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• Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs in Miami for Art Basel party

  02-12-2016 10:36
  
  The singer performed as part of the Art Basel Miami Beach festivities.
  
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• Brit Awards reveals Critics' Choice nominees

  02-12-2016 10:07
  The Brit Awards has revealed the three nominees in next year's Critics' Choice category, marking the prize's 10th anniversary. Dua Lipa hit number one in Belgium last year with her debut single Be The One. The 31-year-old Brighton-born singer-songwriter takes inspiration from blues legends Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.
  
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• Five of the best rock & pop gigs

  02-12-2016 10:00
  
  Dave | Low: A Christmas Performance | Lissie | Pixies | Nicolas JaarDespite a rather ordinary moniker, there’s good reason to pay attention to this young rapper from Streatham. Firstly, he’s been longlisted for the BBC Sound of 2017 poll. Secondly, he lists everyone from Pink Floyd to Hans Zimmer as influences, ensuring tracks such as JKYL+HYD and AJ Tracey collaboration Thiago Silva stand out. You won’t be confusing him with Gary or Steve.Camden Assembly, NW1, Fri Continue rea
  
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• Jake Roche To Break Silence TODAY Over Jesy Nelson Split With New Song ‘I Swear She’ll Be The Death Of Me’

  02-12-2016 09:55
  
  Jake's finally ready to share his side...
  
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• Anne-Marie, Dua Lipa and Rag'n'Bone Man – meet the Brits critics' choice shortlist

  02-12-2016 08:00
  
  Two aspirant purveyors of bright and shiny pop, plus the face of the East Sussex blues revival. Who’s going to be this year’s most-likely-to?Last year, it seemed the spell had broken. The Brits critics choice award was given to Jack Garratt and – for once – the award’s winner did not end the year bestriding pop like a mighty colossus, smiting competitors from his path with global smash after global smash. It was a far cry from James Bay (2015), Sam Smith (2014), Eme
  
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• Dolly Parton to give $1,000 a month 'hand up' to families hit by Tennessee fires – video

  02-12-2016 04:24
  
  Country singer Dolly Parton has created a ‘My People Fund’ to help victims of fires that have killed 10 people and laid waste to large parts of her home county in the Smoky Mountains Continue reading...
  
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• Dolly Parton pledges $1,000 a month for families hit by Tennessee fires

  02-12-2016 03:35
  
  The country music singer, whose Dollywood park is in the affected region, says she wants to give people a ‘hand up’ after the fires killed 11 civiliansThe country music legend Dolly Parton has pledged to give $1,000 a month to people made homeless by the deadly wildfires that have ravaged a swathe of her home state of Tennessee.The death toll from the fires across the Smoky Mountains rose to 11 on Thursday, according to Dean Flener of the state’s emergency management agency, th
  
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• Neil Young cancels appearance at 2017 Bluesfest in Byron Bay

  02-12-2016 01:16
  
  No reason given for cancellation but festival director says he believes Young ‘has decided to take 2017 off from touring’Neil Young has cancelled his performance at Byron Bay’s Bluesfest, just days after Frontier Touring confirmed his tour of Australia and New Zealand would not go ahead. The musician was scheduled to headline the five-day festival in April, playing a three-hour set on Good Friday with his latest backing group Promise of the Real.Continue reading...
  
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• Lady Gaga rails against money and fame at secret London show

  02-12-2016 00:25
  
  The singer performed an intimate gig at Westfield London shopping centre.
  
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