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• Kiss' Paul Stanley: 'Dave Grohl Is the Ken Burns of Rock Documentaries'

  05-12-2014 23:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dave Grohl didn't need his manager to contact Paul Stanley to ask him to appear in Foo Fighters' HBO music documentary series Sonic Highways; he simply had to drive his kids to school. "I've seen Dave almost every day for the past three years," says Kiss' singer and guitarist, whose...
  
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• Paris and Miley ‘made out’

  05-12-2014 23:00 via music-news.com
  Paris Hilton has apparently been spotted kissing Miley Cyrus at a nightclub.
  
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• Amber Rose: I feel sexy naked!

  05-12-2014 23:00 via music-news.com
  Amber Rose has revealed she feels the most beautiful when her “all natural” body is entirely nude.
  
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• Surprises and Sure Things of the 2015 Country and Americana Grammy Nominees

  05-12-2014 22:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grammy Awards aren't known for throwing many bones to the underdogs of the music biz... but next year's ceremony, which airs live on February 8th, might be an exception. 
  
  Today, while nominations for the 2015 Grammy Awards trickled onto the web via Twitter, the usual suspects of country music — including chart-toppers Miranda...
  
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• Rapper Beanie Sigel shot in New Jersey

  05-12-2014 22:12
  
  The 40-year-old a Jay-Z protA©gA© was taken into surgery at Atlanticare Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the torso, police said. But it seems like Sigel is okay: Twitter user @Pawn2KingCMD tweeted a photo Friday apparently showing Beanie smiling from his hospital bed.
  
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• Arcade Fire, Pharrell, Sia Snag Best Music Video Grammy Nominations

  05-12-2014 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Arcade Fire's "We Exist," Sia's "Chandelier" and Pharrell Williams' "Happy" are among the clips nominated to win Best Music Video at next year's Grammy Awards. Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo announced the nominees, which also include Woodkid and Max Richter's "The Golden Age" and DJ Snake and Lil Jon's "Turn Down...
  
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• The Top Selling Albums of Thanksgiving Weekend

  05-12-2014 21:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Top Selling albums of Thanksgiving weekend (includes Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the following Saturday and Sunday), according to BuzzAngle Music. 1. Pentatonix – That’s Christmas to...
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• Taylor: I didn’t kiss Karlie!

  05-12-2014 21:00 via music-news.com
  Taylor Swift has branded rumours she was seen kissing best friend Karlie Kloss “hilarious”.
  
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• Beyoncé: Most Grammy nominated woman ever

  05-12-2014 21:00 via music-news.com
  Beyoncé has overtaken Dolly Parton to become the most Grammy nominated woman of all time.
  
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• Ariana explains vegan beliefs

  05-12-2014 21:00 via music-news.com
  Ariana Grande says the reason she’s vegan is because she “loves animals more than people”.
  
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• What a Successful Indie Artist Actually Makes on Spotify

  05-12-2014 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is the complete, unaltered Spotify royalty statement for independent cellist Zöe Keating.  It covers the first nine months of 2014.   Zoe Keating – 9...
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• Paul McCartney: “Vinyl Is More Sophisticated”

  05-12-2014 20:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From an interview with The Guardian: Keith Stuart: A lot of the young people who will listen to the Destiny song probably consume music through...
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• Stevie Wonder on Eric Garner Verdict: 'I Heard Him Say, 'I Can't Breathe''

  05-12-2014 19:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Stevie Wonder expressed dismay with the two grand juries that both controversially decided not to indict police officers in the separate deaths of unarmed citizens Eric Garner and Michael Brown. "Can you believe that within one month two grand juries...declined to indict two policemen for killing of two black men?"...
  
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• Iggy Azalea, Charli XCX & Jessie J to be honored at Billboard Women in Music Awards

  05-12-2014 19:55 via music-news.com
  Iggy Azalea, Charli XCX and Jessie J have joined the list of Billboard Women in Music honorees, alongside Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Ariana Grande, Hayley Williams and Idina Menzel.
  
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• SiriusXM to Pay $3.8 Million for Deceiving Customers

  05-12-2014 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Things haven’t been going so well for SiriusXM in court. The company has just agreed to a settlement of $3.8 million with attorney generals in...
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• Zac Brown Band to Headline Pre-Super Bowl Music Festival in Arizona

  05-12-2014 19:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chalk it up to Hank Williams, Jr.'s classic theme song for Monday Night Football, Tim McGraw's role in Friday Night Lights or Toby Keith's brief career as a defensive end for the semi-pro Oklahoma City Drillers. Whatever the reason, country music and football have a long, sweet history of working...
  
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• Beyonce Becomes Most-Nominated Female in Grammy History

  05-12-2014 19:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Beyoncé has been nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, surpassing Dolly Parton as the most-nominated female in Grammy history with 47 total. According to Billboard, Beyoncé is currently tied with producer David Foster as the seventh most-nominated artist overall. Next year's Grammy Awards will be...
  
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• George Ezra, Simple Minds & The Smashing Pumpkins to play Absolute

  05-12-2014 19:00 via music-news.com
  Absolute Radio have announced man of the moment, singer-songwriter, George Ezra, 80s legends Simple Minds and 90s rockers
  
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• 2015 Grammy Nominees for Best Country Song

  05-12-2014 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Miranda Lambert and Eric Church have their second 2015 Grammy nominations (so far), as the Best Country Song category was announced via Twitter today. The Texas spitfire's nostalgic "Automatic" is up for the honor, as is the North Carolina country-rocker's aching "Give Me Back My Hometown." Lambert shares the nomination with co-writers...
  
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• Grammy nominations 2015: 5 big surprises

  05-12-2014 18:02
  
  In this Sept. 19, 2014 file photo, Miley Cyrus performs in concert during her Bangerz Tour in Mexico City.
  
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• Bob DiPiero, Craig Wiseman Trade Hits and Jabs at CMA Songwriters' Series

  05-12-2014 17:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  The casual country fan might not know the names Bob DiPiero, Craig Wiseman, Brett James and Radney Foster, but even the casual music fan knows their songs. On Thursday night, the quartet performed their greatest tracks, almost all of which were made famous by other artists, at New York's Joe's...
  
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• Black Keys, Jack White, Paramore Nominated for Best Rock Song Grammys

  05-12-2014 17:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Paramore's "Ain't It Fun," the Black Keys' "Fever" and Jack White's "Lazaretto" are among the singles eligible to win the trophy for Best Rock Song at next year's Grammy Awards. Beck's "Blue Moon" and Ryan Adams' "Gimme Something Good" round out the nominations in the category.
  
  Earlier this year, Paramore frontwoman...
  
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• Deerhunter's Bradford Cox Hospitalized After Atlanta Car Accident

  05-12-2014 17:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Deerhunter singer Bradford Cox was hospitalized Thursday after being involved in a car accident. On Cox's Instagram, the singer posted a photo of himself wearing a neck brace with the caption "was hit by car." He also tagged the location of the photo as the Marcus Trauma Center at Grady Memorial...
  
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• 2015 Grammy Nominees for Best Country Album

  05-12-2014 16:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 2014 CMA Award winner for Album of the Year joins two of her fellow nominees in the category, plus an indie songwriting phenomenon and country's comeback queen in the 2015 Grammy nominations for Country Album of the Year.
  
  Miranda Lambert's trophy-accumulating Platinum is honored alongside Eric Church's The Outsiders, Dierks Bentley's Riser,...
  
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• Paul McCartney 'Pulling Hair Out' Over Shift to Lo-Fi Listening Habits

  05-12-2014 16:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  In an interview promoting "Hope for the Future," his new song included in the first-person shooter video game Destiny, Paul McCartney expressed distaste for the way young people consume music through tinny-sounding cell phone speakers.
  
  "In an ideal world, they listen to what you’ve recorded in the way that you have presented it,"...
  
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• Coldplay Hint at 'Final' Album 'A Tree Full of Dreams'

  05-12-2014 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Seven months after Coldplay released their heartbreaking Ghost Stories, the band is already back in the studio at work on their next LP, tentatively titled A Tree Full of Dreams. However, in a radio interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, frontman and part-time U2 singer Chris Martin implied that Coldplay's next album, their seventh,...
  
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• Coldplay Hint at 'Final' Album 'A Head Full of Dreams'

  05-12-2014 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Seven months after Coldplay released their heartbreaking Ghost Stories, the band is already back in the studio at work on their next LP, tentatively titled A Head Full of Dreams. However, in a radio interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, frontman and part-time U2 singer Chris Martin implied that Coldplay's next album, their seventh, might...
  
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• Taylor Swift: 1989 was a hard sell

  05-12-2014 16:00 via music-news.com
  Taylor Swift will never recite someone else's words, insisting she wouldn't sing if she couldn't pen her own tracks.
  
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• Miley's 'bad birthday behaviour too much for Patrick' @MileyCyrus #MileyCyrus

  05-12-2014 16:00 via music-news.com
  Miley Cyrus was apparently acting too "wild" for Patrick Schwarzenegger at her birthday bash last month.
  
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• Miley's 'bad birthday behaviour too much for Patrick'

  05-12-2014 16:00 via music-news.com
  Miley Cyrus was apparently acting too "wild" for Patrick Schwarzenegger at her birthday bash last month.
  
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• Grammy nominations announced

  05-12-2014 16:00 via music-news.com
  The 2015 Grammy nominations have been announced in part.
  
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• Demi Lovato: I almost relapsed

  05-12-2014 16:00 via music-news.com
  Demi Lovato was called out on her food behaviour by boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama.
  
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• Sam Smith, Swift up for Record of the Year Grammy

  05-12-2014 15:53
  
  Sam Smith will battle the ladies at the Grammys: "Stay With Me" is nominated for record of the year against hits like "Fancy," ''Shake It Off" and "All About That Bass." Sia's "Chandelier" is also up for record of the year, one of the top four awards, and will compete with Taylor Swift , Iggy Azalea, Meghan Trainor and Smith.
  
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• First wave of Grammy nominations announced

  05-12-2014 15:53
  
  First wave of Grammy nominations announced Who got a nod? Check out this story on WHAS11.com: http://usat.ly/1CMyJHi In a break from the recent tradition of announcing Grammy nominees during a primetime concert, the 2015 Grammy nominations are an all-day event this time around. The news started rolling on Friday's CBS This Morning as Pharrell Williams and Ed Sheeran announced four categories for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
  
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• John Otway to release 'OK Father Christmas'

  05-12-2014 15:52 via music-news.com
  John Otway is nothing if not authentic. Rock And Roll’s Greatest Failure truly believes in what he’s doing – and his Christmas single is no exception.
  
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• Billy Joe Shaver on His Outlaw Life and Hard-Fought Comeback

  05-12-2014 15:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Billy Joe Shaver likes to drink Red Bull. A lot of Red Bull. In Nashville, he sits in a small conference room at his record label's office, located above Grimey's New and Preloved Music. At his feet lies a tattered old bag adorned with images of bald eagles, filled with...
  
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• AC/DC's Phil Rudd Threatened to Kill Man and Daughter in Phone Calls

  05-12-2014 15:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  After AC/DC's Phil Rudd pleaded not guilty to charges of threatening to kill and drug possession on December 2nd, the judge overseeing the trial asked that prosecutors disclose the full details of the case against the beleaguered drummer. Those documents were unsealed Friday, revealing that Rudd, in a phone call, made serious...
  
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• Will Pharrell have 'Happy' year at Grammys again?

  05-12-2014 14:53
  
  The producer-rapper-singer could be nominated for a number of Grammys on Friday, when The Recording Academy announces the nominees for its 57th annual show. Pharrell had an Oscar-nominated hit, "Happy," and produced songs on albums from Beyonce and Ed Sheeran, which could earn him additional nominations.
  
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• Kodaline return with new single

  05-12-2014 14:44 via music-news.com
  Kodaline make a welcome return February 1st with 'Honest', an epic new single produced by Jacknife Lee and taken from the band's eagerly anticipated new album on RCA Records.
  
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• Fun Lovin' Criminals drummer side project

  05-12-2014 14:33 via music-news.com
  Whether you know him as the drummer of Fun Lovin' Criminals or as one half of Uncle Frank, Frank Benbini is a character that's larger than life.
  
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• Elton John confirms Eden Sessions @eltonjohndotcom #eltonjohn

  05-12-2014 13:09 via music-news.com
  Elton John and his band will visit the Eden Project on Tuesday 16 June 2015 to perform at the Eden Sessions as part of his European tour.
  
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• Elton John confirms Eden Sessions

  05-12-2014 13:09 via music-news.com
  Elton John and his band will visit the Eden Project on Tuesday 16 June 2015 to perform at the Eden Sessions as part of his European tour.
  
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• 2014 in music: the year of Taylor Swift

  05-12-2014 12:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From her expert use of social media to her highly publicized reflections on the music industry, Taylor Swift has caught the public's attention multiple times in a year that's seen the country singer reinvent herself as a full-blown pop star via her latest, chart-topping album, "1989."
  
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• Annie Lennox leads all-star carol service at Abbey Road

  05-12-2014 12:37 via music-news.com
  Amazon last night hosted Carols by Kindlelight, the first carol concert of its kind where the audience e-read carols at London's famous Abbey Road Studios.
  
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• Lionel Richie: Friends always come to shows

  05-12-2014 12:00 via music-news.com
  Lionel Richie forgets to say the full names of his famous pals when mentioning them in conversation.
  
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• Mariah Carey has biggest selling digital Christmas album

  05-12-2014 12:00 via music-news.com
  On Thursday, Billboard published Soundscan's list of the 25 top selling digital holiday songs from 2003 to today.
  
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• Local music notes: The Cedar's version of a swap meet

  05-12-2014 11:38
  
  It's the songwriter's equivalent of trading your clothes with somebody for a fun night on the town: The Cedar Cultural Center has brought back its Song Exchange series for a couple of promising pairings next week, starting with G Not only do the shows typically feature a little onstage interaction between the performers, they come with the caveat that each singer has to perform three of the other singer's songs. - who dreamed up the series while an intern - said the idea "came from recognizing t
  
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• Paul McCartney: Beatles needed tech boost

  05-12-2014 09:30 via music-news.com
  Sir Paul McCartney wishes technology had been better when The Beatles were still together.
  
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• Woman In Cosby Sex Claim Accused Of 'Shakedown'

  05-12-2014 07:28
  
  A woman who is suing Bill Cosby for molesting her as a teenager has been accused by his lawyer of "engaging in a shakedown". Attorney Martin Singer wrote in court papers that Judy Huth had tried unsuccessfully to sell the same story about the US comedian to a tabloid a decade ago.
  
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• TV Ratings: 'Peter Pan Live!' Falls From 'Sound of Music'

  05-12-2014 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shedding nearly half of the previous ratings, Bob Greenblatt still says NBC is 'very pleased'
  
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