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• Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones and Chic for BST

  26-01-2015 23:16 via music-news.com
  
  A fabulous and fierce line up will throw the party of the summer in London’s iconic Hyde Park with music legends Kylie Minogue
  
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• Punk band tells Gov. Walker: 'We literally hate you'

  26-01-2015 22:50
  
  The punk rock band Dropkick Murphys is asking Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to stop playing one of their songs, saying in a message on Twitter that "We literally hate you." The band sent the message Saturday night after Walker took the stage at the Iowa Freedom Summit to their song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston."
  
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• The Overtones new album and single @the_overtones

  26-01-2015 22:10 via music-news.com
  
  After three consecutive Top 5 albums, 750,000 sales and three sold-out headline tours, The Overtones preview their upcoming
  
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• The Overtones new album and single

  26-01-2015 22:10 via music-news.com
  
  After three consecutive Top 5 albums, 750,000 sales and three sold-out headline tours, The Overtones preview their upcoming
  
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• Vinyl Box Set Collects Television, Alex Chilton, Richard Hell Singles

  26-01-2015 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Between 1975 and 1979, New York indie label Ork Records released seven-inches by some of the most influential artists of the punk, post-punk and power pop. Owned by Television manager Terry Ork, the label put out that band's debut release, "Little Johnny Jewel," the A-side of which is streaming below,...
  
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• Mary Chapin Carpenter Revisits Hits on Spring Acoustic Trio Tour

  26-01-2015 21:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mary Chapin Carpenter, whose debut orchestral album, Songs From the Movie, was released a year ago this month, will continue her acoustic trio tour dates this spring featuring special guests, folk-bluegrass singer Aoife O'Donovan and Irish acoustic band Lúnasa.
  
  The trek features Carpenter's longtime friends Jon Carroll (on piano) and John...
  
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• Splice Adds a Plugin Store to Their Platform

  26-01-2015 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Splice was released at the end of 2013. The platform allows producers to share their work and collaborate, integrating with Ableton, FL Studio, Logic, and...
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• Tom DeLonge Leaves Blink-182

  26-01-2015 20:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tom DeLonge, longtime guitarist and co-vocalist of the punk trio Blink-182, has left the group, his bandmates announced in a statement Monday. Suspicions began when the band revealed that Alkaline Trio guitarist/singer Matt Skiba was recruited to join Blink-182 at the group's upcoming headlining set at drummer Travis Barker's eighth annual Musink Festival...
  
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• Indie Beer And Music Celebration Untapped Festival Hits Austin

  26-01-2015 20:40 via austin.eater.com
  
  The first Austin incarnation of the festival happens April 18 at Carson Creek Ranch. Two of Austin's greatest obsessions, indie music and craft beer, will get top billing when a Dallas-based festival hits town later this spring. The Untapped Festival will bring 65 brewers and headliners like Manchester Orchestra, Phosphorescent, Black Joe Lewis and Jean Grae to Carson Creek Ranch on April 18. In addition to showcasing Austin's homegrown brewing talent, the festival promises to bring in
  
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• Spotify Fires Its PR Agency…

  26-01-2015 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The following is a developing story; first update: 11:40 am PT. Just months after a high-profile meltdown involving Taylor Swift, Spotify is taking dramatic action...
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• Breaking: Spotify Fires Its PR Agency…

  26-01-2015 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The following is a developing story; first update: 11:40 am PT. Just months after a high-profile meltdown involving Taylor Swift, Spotify is taking dramatic action...
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• Faith No More Promise New Material on First North American Tour Since 2010

  26-01-2015 19:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  As Faith No More readies their first album since 1997's Album of the Year, the band has booked its first North American tour in five years. The trek will kick off this April in Vancouver and includes two-night residencies in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City before wrapping...
  
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• Sam Smith to pay Tom Petty royalties on 'Stay With Me'

  26-01-2015 18:36
  
  If you thought Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' sounded like Tom Petty's 'I Won't Back Down,' you weren't alone. Petty and Jeff Lynne are now listed as co-writers of the Grammy-nominated song.
  
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• Hear Death Cab for Cutie's Psychedelic Single 'Black Sun'

  26-01-2015 18:36
  
  Death Cab for Cutie get psychedelic on "Black Sun," the first single from their upcoming eighth LP, Kintsugi . "How could something so fair be so cruel," frontman Ben Gibbard sings over a churning bass riff and spiraling synths, "When this black sun revolved around you?" The indie-rock band premiered the track in a newly released lyric video accompanied by a new batch of North American tour dates.
  
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• Occidental Gypsy Converting Fans With Unique Swing

  26-01-2015 18:36
  
  As it journeys from venue to venue throughout the United States, Occidental Gypsy, a red-hot, Django Reinhardt-inspired, gypsy swing and fusion band, loves to encourage rapt listeners to get up on their feet and dance to its classically retro yet forever young sounds. With the fleet-fingered guitarist/composer Brett Feldman as its leader, the high-energy, Rhode Island-based band rolls into Connecticut to entertain at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, serving their hip, hybrid-blend of saucy swing at
  
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• Music Monday (1/26): This Week's New Albums + Videos

  26-01-2015 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The return of Music Monday features a guide to this week's album releases as well as the week's top new music videos from artists like Modest Mouse, Interpol, Ariel Pink, Charlie XCX, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic
  
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• How Can Festivals Track and Drive Ticket Sales?

  26-01-2015 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How can festivals effectively attribute digital traffic, and how can they use that information to plan marketing campaigns?  The following post is an excerpt of a white paper...
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• How Can Festivals Track and Drive Digital Ticket Sales?

  26-01-2015 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How can festivals effectively attribute digital traffic, and how can they use that information to plan marketing campaigns?  The following post is an excerpt of a white paper...
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• Gregg Allman Plots Nationwide Spring Tour

  26-01-2015 17:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Gregg Allman recently wrapped up his first post-Allman Brothers Band solo tour, but the "Whipping Post" singer has already made plans to get back out on the road with a newly announced spring tour. While Allman's January trek saw the rocker circling the southeastern United States, his next tour will travel from...
  
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• Sam Smith on Tom Petty Settlement: 'Similarities,' but 'Complete Coincidence'

  26-01-2015 17:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Over the weekend, The Sun reported that Sam Smith had quietly and amicably settled a copyright dispute with Tom Petty over the likeness between Smith's three-time Grammy-nominated "Stay With Me" and Petty's Full Moon Fever hit "I Won't Back Down," co-written with ELO's Jeff Lynne. In a statement to Rolling Stone, Smith's reps have...
  
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• Von Otter, Hewitt pair for polished, precise sublimity

  26-01-2015 16:30
  
  In music, there is no wider gulf than that between simply expressive and simply dull; any effective illusion of simplicity and directness in musical performance conceals significant skill. Which is why the most remarkable thing about Friday's Celebrity Series recital by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Angela Hewitt was how much attention the pair could command while seeming to be doing little more than just singing and playing.
  
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• Demis Roussos dies aged 68

  26-01-2015 14:26 via music-news.com
  
  Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68 the Hygeia Hospital in Athens has confirmed to the BBC.
  
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• The Wombats announce huge homecoming show @thewombats #thewombats

  26-01-2015 14:10 via music-news.com
  
  The return of The Wombats is rapidly building momentum ahead of the April 6th release of their third album ‘Glitterbug’.
  
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• The Wombats announce huge homecoming show

  26-01-2015 14:10 via music-news.com
  
  The return of The Wombats is rapidly building momentum ahead of the April 6th release of their third album ‘Glitterbug’.
  
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• The Rifles celebrate 10 years with deluxe edition

  26-01-2015 13:02 via music-news.com
  
  The Rifles have come a long way since their first, self-financed single, ‘Peace & Quiet’, released from their own front rooms in Walthamstow
  
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• Ricky Wilson on Dave Grohl double standards

  26-01-2015 12:13 via music-news.com
  
  This morning, the XFM Breakfast Show with Jon Holmes had the world exclusive first play of the brand new Kaiser Chiefs single 'Falling Awake'.
  
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• Howard Marks Diagnosed With Bowel Cancer

  26-01-2015 12:11
  
  Marks, who spent seven years in a US jail for serious drug offences, said he had "no regrets" about any part of his life. The 69-year-old said of the disease: "I've come to terms with it in my own way - which for me was about learning how to cry.
  
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• Wolf Alice to play Boogaloo with Converse @wolfalicemusic @Converse

  26-01-2015 12:01 via music-news.com
  
  Converse Rubber Tracks Live will host a Wolf Alice show in London on February 24, a free concert at legendary Haringey venue, The Boogaloo.
  
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• Wolf Alice to play Boogaloo with Converse

  26-01-2015 12:01 via music-news.com
  
  Converse Rubber Tracks Live will host a Wolf Alice show in London on February 24, a free concert at legendary Haringey venue, The Boogaloo.
  
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• Nathan Sykes: Ariana break-up inspired solo song

  26-01-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Nathan Sykes didn't want to give up on doing what he loves after The Wanted decided to go on hiatus.
  
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• John Legend: Marriage changed touring!

  26-01-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  John Legend didn't feel pressure when he made track Glory, as he just enjoyed the opportunity.
  
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• Kesha urges Brazil to ban animal testing for cosmetics

  26-01-2015 11:39 via music-news.com
  
  Kesha has called on Brazil to end all cosmetics animal testing, giving her personal backing to Humane Society International's
  
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• Mogwai announce 20th anniversary shows

  26-01-2015 11:25 via music-news.com
  
  On 26 June 1995 Mogwai gathered together in the Glasgow living room of Stuart Braithwaite’s parents to rehearse together for the first time.
  
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• U2 strip down 'Every Breaking Wave'

  26-01-2015 11:12 via music-news.com
  
  U2 have released a new, stripped down, version of Every Breaking Wave from their album Songs of Innocence.
  
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• The Vaccines to headline Sound City

  26-01-2015 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Indie rock darlings The Vaccines have been named as the third and final headliner for this year’s Sound City promising an epic finale
  
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• Grammy-nominated Sam Smith's concert wasn't as great as album

  26-01-2015 07:56
  
  Smith is a rising young pop star from England, popular enough to earn six Grammy nominations and to draw a sell-out crowd on Saturday night at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul for his Twin Cities debut. In two weeks' time he'll probably be a household name, because you'll hear it so many times during the Grammy Awards and read it in the headlines the next day.
  
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• 9 Things You Must Know Before Choosing A Music Venue

  26-01-2015 06:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You know where to play locally. You’ve been to most clubs, played many of them and have made mental lists of the venues you’d like...
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• The Most '90s Music Magazine Covers That Have Ever Happened Hilarious ...

  26-01-2015 03:47
  
  Long before Kim's #BreakTheInternet Paper magazine cover -when hashtags were just pound signs- magazine covers were a whole lot simpler. In that mythical time known as the 1990s, our favorite artists like Fiona Apple , Janet Jackson and Beck posed with unironic joy, donned pleather outfits, and were surrounded by vague references to "hi-tech" things.
  
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• Ronson’s ‘heavy’’ collab with Wonder

  26-01-2015 03:30 via music-news.com
  
  Mark Ronson has spoken about how he managed to collaborate with Stevie Wonder on his new album, Uptown Special.
  
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• Ronson: Wonder collab was 'heavy'

  26-01-2015 03:30 via music-news.com
  
  Mark Ronson has spoken about how he managed to collaborate with Stevie Wonder on his new album, Uptown Special.
  
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• Echo and The Bunnymen confirm Willowman

  26-01-2015 01:24 via music-news.com
  
  Frontman Ian McCullough and his band will join Peter Hook and The Light who will perform the best of Joy Division
  
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• Abba book updated

  26-01-2015 01:21 via music-news.com
  
  The groundbreaking book ‘ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions’ will be issued in a completely revised, updated and expanded edition.
  
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