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• Help Musicians Daisy Mauterer and Brian Weikel Replace Their Stolen Gear

  05-03-2015 23:39
  
  Musicians Daisy Mauterer and Brian Weikel live in a quiet Fort Collins neighborhood with bright street lights, lawns separating one property from the other and neat driveways. After returning from a gig around 2 a.m. recently, the couple chose sleep over unloading their packed CR-V.
  
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• The Wanted's Nathan Sykes Sheds Eurodance for Lounge on New Track

  05-03-2015 23:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nathan Sykes of the Wanted has stepped out of the club and into the lounge on his debut solo track "More Than You'll Ever Know." The sultry R&B-tinged track is now available as a free download. The 21-year-old's new sound is a far cry from his band's Eurodance vibe, which came across...
  
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• “Haulin’ Oats” Granola Gets Sued by Hall & Oates…

  05-03-2015 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Haulin’ Oats” seems like an amusing name for granola… unless you’re Daryl Hall and John Oates… Hall & Oates are suing Brooklyn granola company Early...
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• In 1987, Prominent Jazz Musicians Wrote This Letter to Their Fans…

  05-03-2015 22:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …this was found in the sleeve of a 1987 jazz LP vinyl release.  
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• Vanilla Ice to Perform at BET Selma Anniversary Concert

  05-03-2015 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  BET has put together a three-hour concert to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic voting-rights march in Selma, Alabama on Sunday with scheduled appearances by Bill Withers and Rick Ross, among others. But it's one name in particular that has drawn scrutiny: Vanilla Ice.
  
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• Lamb of God Singer Randy Blythe Is Scoring a Ballet

  05-03-2015 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lamb of God composing music for a… ballet? That’s exactly what the band’s singer, Randy Blythe, is doing. Blythe is scoring a ballet choreographed by his...
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• Guetta: I’m going crazy experimental

  05-03-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  David Guetta admits he’s not as interested in making pop tracks as he was in the past.
  
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• Demi Lovato’s ‘authentic album’

  05-03-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Demi Lovato has spoken of her desire to collaborate with hip hop icon, Eminem.
  
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• Hear Danielle Haim Help Tobias Jesso Jr. Pine on 'Without You'

  05-03-2015 20:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Haim have been fairly vocal of their love for rising singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr., so it's appropriate that Danielle Haim contributes to Jesso's sweet and somber new single "Without You." 
  
  "Why can't you just love me?" sings Jesso on the longing, sentimental piano-driven track. Haim's steady rhythm keeps the song from getting too...
  
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• Hall and Oates Suing Granola Company Over 'Haulin' Oats'

  05-03-2015 20:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hall & Oates are suing a Brooklyn-based granola company, Early Bird, for dubbing one of their products, "Haulin' Oats," according to The New York Post.
  
  "The name and mark Haulin’ Oats is an obvious play upon Plaintiff’s well-known Hall & Oates mark, and was selected by defendant in an effort to...
  
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• Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert Lead ACM Charity Lineup

  05-03-2015 20:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The dates for the Academy of Country Music's third annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival have been announced, and in keeping with this year's relocation to Texas for the ACM's 50th anniversary celebration, the lineup of performers is a big one.  
  
  Set for April 17th and 18th at Globe Life...
  
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• UPDATED Get a Sneak Peek of Bumbo’s Restaurant and Bar at The Hamtramck Music Festival

  05-03-2015 19:51 via detroit.eater.com
  
  Bumbo's will be serving drinks during the festival. Contemporary Polish restaurant, Bumbo's, is still in the process of being built-out, but those who want to take a peek inside the rapidly transforming restaurant are invited to visit during this weekend's Hamtramck Music Festival, according to a post on the restaurant's Facebook page. Owners Brian and Tia Krawczyk will be serving drinks in their upcoming restaurant and bar space located inside the former Hank's Loung
  
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• Get a Sneak Peek of Bumbo’s Restaurant and Bar at The Hamtramck Music Festival

  05-03-2015 19:51 via detroit.eater.com
  
  Bumbo's will be serving drinks during the festival. Contemporary Polish restaurant, Bumbo's, is still in the process of being built-out, but those who want to take a peek inside the rapidly transforming restaurant are invited to visit during this weekend's Hamtramck Music Festival, according to a post on the restaurant's Facebook page. Owners Brian and Tia Krawczyk will be serving drinks in their upcoming restaurant and bar space located inside the former Hank's Loung
  
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• 11 dead and buried Downtown rock clubs

  05-03-2015 19:29
  
  Sadly, there is plenty of parking on the dancefloor in Downtown Milwaukee these days. Hard as it is to believe now, there have been a number of happening rock and roll joins in the heart of the city over the years.
  
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• YouTube Tells Musicians: “You Need to Make a Lot of Content”

  05-03-2015 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  …from a discussion in Oslo with Jeroen Bouwman, manager of content partnerships for YouTube Music, as reported by Music Ally. “Nine out of 10 of our...
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• Pharrell Helps the Band Perry Harmonize on New Album

  05-03-2015 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pharrell Williams is doing a little country music moonlighting in the time he has off from coaching budding artists on NBC's The Voice. The hat-"Happy" music mogul has hooked up with the sibling trio of Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, better known as the Band Perry, to work on material...
  
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• Iron Maiden Singer Was in 'Considerable Pain' After Cancer Treatment

  05-03-2015 18:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson suffered "considerable pain and discomfort" from the chemotherapy and radiology to treat a small tumor on the back of his tongue, but the singer remains optimistic for a full recovery, according to a note from the band's manager Rod Smallwood.
  
  As Smallwood points out, radiology is cumulative, collecting in...
  
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• Zac Brown Band Announce New Album 'Jekyll + Hyde' and 2015 Tour Dates

  05-03-2015 17:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Zac Brown Band have always prided themselves on diversity, so it's quite fitting that their new album is titled Jekyll + Hyde. Due April 28th, the new LP marks the group's first via a new partnership with Southern Ground, John Varvatos Records and Big Machine Label Group. Clothing designer-turned-music exec...
  
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• Dine on Pimento Cheese Spread and Warm Doughnut Holes at New Music Venue AMP

  05-03-2015 17:15 via dc.eater.com
  
  Neighborhood Restaurant Group is handling the food. AMP, the new music venue at Pike & Rose operated by the Strathmore, will open its doors this weekend. Neighborhood Restaurant Group is handling the food for the venue. They're going to be serving such items as chicken pot pie casserole, pimento cheese spread, tater tots and more, with a wine and cocktail list to match courtesy of NRG's Brent Kroll, Greg Engert and Jeff Faile.
  
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• Music Review: Kelly Clarkson's new album fails to woo

  05-03-2015 16:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kelly Clarkson, "Piece By Piece" (RCA, 19)
  
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• Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Is Now a Ballet Composer

  05-03-2015 16:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  It's not often that the lead singer of a heavy metal band that Rolling Stone described as "too brutal for thrash" would provide the score for a ballet, but Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is defying expectations by contributing music to a friend's dance project. Blythe and Matthew Frain, a member...
  
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• LeAnn Rimes' ex: She shouldn't have divorced me

  05-03-2015 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  LeAnn Rimes' ex-husband Dean Sheremet has spoken about the "animosities" that built up during their marriage.
  
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• Kim and Kanye ''practice poses in mirror''

  05-03-2015 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kim Kardashian reportedly wants to do more "normal couple" things with Kanye West.
  
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• Grateful Dead Members, More Booked for Jerry Garcia Tribute Show

  05-03-2015 15:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Before the Grateful Dead reunite for their three-night farewell stand in Chicago this July, its four surviving members — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh — and a number of special guests will pay tribute to Jerry Garcia at a special gig at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland...
  
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• Jepsen felt pressure with 'Call Me' follow-up

  05-03-2015 15:24
  
  Carly Rae Jepsen, whose new single "I Really Like You" debuted on Monday, stopped by our New York studio to answer questions about her new single, new album, and new music video! Jepsen felt pressure with 'Call Me' follow-up Carly Rae Jepsen, whose new single "I Really Like You" debuted on Monday, stopped by our New York studio to answer questions about her new single, new album, and new music video! Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1G1eHWL Carly Rae Jepsen, whose new single
  
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• Conrad Hilton To Plead Guilty To Air Assault

  05-03-2015 13:25
  
  Paris Hilton's youngest brother, Conrad, looks set to avoid jail after agreeing to plead guilty to assaulting flight attendants on a trip from London to Los Angeles. The 20-year-old allegedly threatened to kill crew members and called fellow passengers "peasants" on the 31 July flight.
  
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• Music app Shazam to add sights to sounds

  05-03-2015 13:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Leila Abboud BARCELONA (Reuters) - Shazam, the company behind the mobile phone app that enables its 100 million users to recognize music they hear, and buy the recordings, is now promising to extend the app's scope to objects, such as products in retail outlets. "Shazam is already a verb. We want to expand the universe of what you can Shazam," Chief Executive Rich Riley told Reuters at the Mobile World Congress industry fair in Barcelona. To fund the expansion the London-based company raised
  
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• Mike Tyson nodded off during Madonna date

  05-03-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Mike Tyson has no idea if Madonna enjoyed the movie they saw during a double date because he fell asleep.
  
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• Mike Tyson nodded off during double date with Madonna

  05-03-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Mike Tyson has no idea if Madonna enjoyed the movie they saw during a double date because he fell asleep.
  
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• Ed Sheeran recalls band dream

  05-03-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran, x, +, Grammys, Ed Sheeran couldn't form a band, Taylor Swift
  
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• Ed Sheeran: Nobody wanted to be in my band

  05-03-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran, x, +, Grammys, Ed Sheeran couldn't form a band, Taylor Swift
  
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• Chris Brown's 'daughter's name revealed'

  05-03-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Chris Brown apparently wants to be very involved in his alleged daughter's life.
  
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• Glen Campbell's Children Fight Wife's Control

  05-03-2015 11:15
  
  Two of singer Glen Campbell's children have launched a legal fight to gain control of his medical and financial decisions from his wife, Kim Campbell. The 78-year-old country music singer is in the late stages of Alzheimer's and is living at a long-term care facililty.
  
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• Liam Payne slams alcohol rumours

  05-03-2015 09:30 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Payne spends his spare time playing video games rather than drinking alcohol.
  
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• Violent Femmes reveal first new song since 2000

  05-03-2015 08:26 via music-news.com
  
  Violent Femmes ‘Love Love Love Love Love’ is the first original new song from the band since 2000.
  
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• Crosby, Stills and Nash European tour dates

  05-03-2015 07:48 via music-news.com
  
  The neverending tour of Crosby, Stills and Nash moves to Europe this September and October for a series of twenty shows.
  
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• Want Dead tickets? You'll need some green

  05-03-2015 07:00
  
  The surviving members of the Grateful Dead will Want Dead tickets? You'll need a touch of green with Dead lyrics but I can swap this one out if you like... By William Spain CHICAGO - Wherever you go, the people all complain --that they can't get tickets. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead will Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1ALtKPR The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir will reunite with his bandmates for shows over July 4 weekend in Chicago's Soldier Field.
  
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• 'Star Trek' Music to Be Celebrated in Concert Tour

  05-03-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The symphony tour will reach more than 100 North American cities starting in January 2016.
  
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• Pharrell Williams tells jury he didn't copy Gaye's music

  05-03-2015 02:51
  
  Pharrell Williams told a jury Wednesday that he was trying to evoke the feel of Marvin Gaye's music but did not copy the late singer's work when he crafted the 2013 hit "Blurred Lines." Williams said he grew up listening to Gaye's music and was familiar with his song "Got to Give It Up," but did not use it as a basis for "Blurred Lines," which was a hit for him and collaborators Robin Thicke and T.I. "He's one of the ones we look up to," Williams said.
  
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• Pharrell: I’ve learned so much on The Voice

  05-03-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Pharrell Williams has loved being a coach on The Voice US because it has given him the opportunity to “work with people in different genres”.
  
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• Bieber: I want to be a class act

  05-03-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber is doing his best to move past his troubled past year, and says he aspires “to be a class act”.
  
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• Northside Festival Releases First Round of Programming

  05-03-2015 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Northside Festival has announced their first round of programming for their music, innovation, and film festival. The festival takes place in Brooklyn from June 8th...
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• Pharrell tells jury he didn't copy Gaye music for hit song

  05-03-2015 01:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pharrell Williams told a jury Wednesday that he was trying to evoke the feel of Marvin Gaye's music but did not copy the late singer's work when he crafted the 2013 hit "Blurred Lines."
  
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• Noel Gallagher, Alt-J and Portishead for Latitude

  05-03-2015 00:32 via music-news.com
  
  Noel Gallagher, Alt-J and Portishead will headline this year's Latitude Festival.
  
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• Breaking: The Songwriter Equity Act Has Been Reintroduced

  05-03-2015 00:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
    The Songwriter Equity Act (HR 4070) was introduced in February of last year by Congressman Doug Collins (R-Georgia), but failed to pass. Today (March...
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