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• Sony Yanks Adele, Hozier and More From SoundCloud

  06-05-2015 23:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sony Music has pulled music by more than half a dozen artists, including Adele, Hozier, Miguel, Kelly Clarkson and Passion Pit, from SoundCloud, after the companies reportedly failed to broker a payment plan. A source recently told Billboard that a "lack of monetization opportunities" was the reason...
  
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• We’re an Indie Label. And This Is What Spotify, YouTube, TIDAL, Google Play, and Beats Are Paying Us…

  06-05-2015 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  And here’s the complete royalty statement…
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• Grammy Winning Songwriter: “You Probably Fake Orgasms!”

  06-05-2015 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This past Friday at the ASCAP Expo at the Loews Hollywood Hotel was another exceptional interview with the legendary singer/songwriter, Bill Withers.  The packed Dolby...
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• Watch Eddie Murphy Turn Reggae Singer in 'Oh Jah Jah' Video

  06-05-2015 23:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Four months after Eddie Murphy revealed he was plunging into reggae music with a new song called "Oh Jah Jah," the positive reaction to the song – "Oh Jah Jah" topped iTunes' reggae charts – has propelled the legendary comedian to share a music video for his roots track. In the simple...
  
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• Hear Sam Hunt's Kid-Approved New Single 'House Party'

  06-05-2015 23:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sam Hunt has an inner softie that comes out when asked about his brand-new single, "House Party.""The reason I wanted to put it out is, my friends who have little brothers or sisters, or kids of their own — that's the one song that ages four to 12 like the...
  
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• Taylor Momsen: I’ve proved doubters wrong

  06-05-2015 23:02 via music-news.com
  
  Former Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen doesn’t miss being on television “at all”.
  
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• Gwar to Tell Band's History in 'Let There Be Gwar' Book

  06-05-2015 22:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  The bizarre, gory history of outlandish metal band Gwar will be told in an authorized new book titled Let There Be Gwar. The 350-page hardcover book will be stuffed with firsthand accounts of the group's members plus never-before-seen photographs dating back to the mid-Eighties. The tome will also provide readers with an in-depth...
  
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• Hot Chocolate Singer Errol Brown Dead at 71

  06-05-2015 21:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer Errol Brown, who fronted the pop and disco group Hot Chocolate from the late Sixties through the early Eighties, has died. He co-wrote and sang the 1975 hit "You Sexy Thing," which got a second life from placement in The Full Monty, and 1973 single "Brother Louie," which serves...
  
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• Zayn Malik slams Louis Tomlinson

  06-05-2015 21:01 via music-news.com
  
  Zayn Malik has publicly criticised his former One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson in the midst of an escalating feud involving music producer Naughty Boy.
  
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• Lambert: I have 15 rescue animals

  06-05-2015 21:01 via music-news.com
  
  Miranda Lambert and her husband Blake Shelton are designing their new house with pets in mind.
  
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• Hear Bret Michaels Embrace Bro-Country, Duet With Loretta Lynn on New LP

  06-05-2015 20:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Look at what the Nashville cat dragged in. Nearly 30 years after writing "Every Rose Has its Thorn" in a Dallas laundromat, Poison frontman Bret Michaels has released True Grit, a full-fledged country album featuring new songs, stripped-down Poison hits and rootsy recordings from his previous solo records. Included in the...
  
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• Watch Career-Spanning Trailer for Bob Weir Doc 'The Other One'

  06-05-2015 20:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  LSD, sexual exploits, family stability and psychedelic guitar telepathy: It's all there in Netflix's trailer for the upcoming documentary The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir, which surveys the life and career of the legendary Grateful Dead guitarist."I've led a kind of unusual life," Weir says in the...
  
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• On the Charts: Zac Brown Band 'Hyde' Out at Number One

  06-05-2015 20:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The top spot on the Billboard 200 is staying in the Southeast as the Alabama Shakes bequeathed the Number One spot to Georgia's Zac Brown Band and their new album Jekyll + Hyde. The group's fourth studio album sold 228,000 total units in its debut week on the Billboard 200, giving...
  
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• What If Your Favorite Canadian Band Was in Plants vs. Zombies?

  06-05-2015 19:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Morrissey says crowdfunding is “desperate” and “insulting”, but that isn’t stopping Tegan and Sara, Metric, METZ, and other bands from getting on board. Tegan and...
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• 'Nashville' Actor Chris Carmack Readies Soul-Searching New Music

  06-05-2015 19:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fresh from his appearance at California's Stagecoach music festival, actor-singer Chris Carmack, who plays closeted gay country singer Will Lexington on ABC's Nashville, has announced that he will release an EP this spring. Led by the new track, "Being Alone," which is now available at
  
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• Errol Brown dies

  06-05-2015 19:37 via music-news.com
  
  Errol Brown, the frontman of band Hot Chocolate who produced hits such as You Sexy Thing, has perished from liver cancer.
  
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• Alan Thicke: 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit Not 'Healthy Precedent'

  06-05-2015 19:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Alan Thicke says the "Blurred Lines" copyright case, in which his son Robin's 2013 hit was ruled to have ripped off Marvin Gaye's 1977 classic "Got to Give It Up," is "kind of a milestone litigation – and dangerous to the musical community."The actor shared his thoughts Wednesday in an...
  
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• Noel Gallagher on TIDAL: “They’re Going to Save the Fuckin’ World!”

  06-05-2015 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  from a recent Rolling Stone interview…. Rolling Stone: You’ve said in the past that you want people to own music instead of stream it. What’s your...
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• Jackson glove, Harrison guitar up for grabs at Music Icons auction

  06-05-2015 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Michael Jackson's glove and George Harrison's guitar star in an auction next week which could fetch up to $4 million. Julien's Auctions will host its Music Icons sale on May 15-16 in New York. Among the music royalty items on sale are an American flag tank top worn by Madonna and a black crown worn by Beyonce in her "Haunted" music video. "It's really an eclectic auction of a lot of items from Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Madonna, so many items to choose from pop culture history," Darren Jul
  
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• Smashing Pumpkins reaching out to military veterans on 'The End Times' summer tour

  06-05-2015 18:18
  
  Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan and Easter Seal Dixon Center Chairman Col. David Sutherland on helping U.S. veterans.
  
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• Billboard Music Awards: Taraji P. Henson, Laverne Cox, 'Entourage' Cast Among Presenters

  06-05-2015 18:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The annual gala returns to ABC on May 17 and will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
  
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• Pandora defeats ASCAP, music publishers in royalties appeal

  06-05-2015 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected appeals by a music licensing group and music publishers that could have forced Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc to pay higher royalties and have access to fewer songs. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected an effort by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to increase the rate that Pandora must pay to license its music from 2013 to 2015. It also said ru
  
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• U.S. appeals court rules for Pandora vs ASCAP, music publishers

  06-05-2015 16:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal appeals court in Manhattan has rejected efforts by a music licensing group and music publishers that could have forced Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc to pay higher royalties and have access to fewer songs. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected an effort by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to increase the rate that Pandora must pay to license its music from 2013 to 2015. The appeals court also said a consent decree governi
  
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• Prince Books Rally 4 Peace Concert in Baltimore

  06-05-2015 15:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Now that the curfew has been lifted in Baltimore, Prince is throwing a party. The 1999 singer will perform at Baltimore's Royal Farms Arena this Mother's Day, May 10th as part of his Rally 4 Peace event, an effort to unify the people of Baltimore following the death of...
  
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• Tei Shi, a musician without a genre, makes her West Coast debut

  06-05-2015 14:13
  
  Valerie Teicher, who goes by the stage name Tei Shi, will be making her West Coast debut at Rickshaw Stop on Friday, May 8. Valerie Teicher, who goes by the stage name Tei Shi, will be making her West Coast debut at Rickshaw Stop on Friday, May 8. That day, a Monday, it was just one song, her own, four minutes and six seconds long, on repeat. Her light, shining voice, over and over again.
  
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• The Who to close Glastonbury

  06-05-2015 12:08 via music-news.com
  
  The Who have been confirmed for this year's Glastonbury music festival.
  
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• The Who will close Glasto

  06-05-2015 12:02 via music-news.com
  
  The Who have been confirmed for this year's Glastonbury music festival.
  
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• U2 busk in New York subway

  06-05-2015 10:22 via music-news.com
  
  U2 have played one of their smallest (but most captive) shows in decades. On Monday night U2 busked on the S train platform of Grand Central Station in New York.
  
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• Muse up for Best British Band at Kerrang! Awards

  06-05-2015 10:16 via music-news.com
  
  Kerrang! are pleased to announce the contenders of rock’n’roll royalty in the nominations for the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015.
  
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• Prince announces 'Rally 4 Peace' concert Sunday in Baltimore

  06-05-2015 10:03
  
  In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Prince presents the award for album of the year at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Prince has announced plans to perform at a concert in Baltimore following recent unrest in the city over the death of a man who was fatally injured in police custody.
  
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• Lady Gaga: Bieber is boss

  06-05-2015 09:46 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga has defended Justin Bieber, urging him not to "get bothered" by negativity.
  
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• Katy Perry: Bruce is a trailblazer

  06-05-2015 09:46 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry says Kris Jenner is "very important" to her.
  
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• The 10 Most Overplayed Songs at Mexican Weddings, Texas Edition

  06-05-2015 06:53
  
  Earlier this month, Rocks Off contributor and all-around nice guy Jeff Balke enlightened us with this little list of songs that are standard operating procedure at weddings.
  
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• Nina Simone's Songs in Limbo as Sony Music Battles Family Over Secret Deal

  06-05-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A quarter century of legal mania over the famed singer takes an explosive turn.
  
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• Travis Barker ‘crazy about model’

  06-05-2015 05:01 via music-news.com
  
  Travis Barker is supposedly dating UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste, with rumours the pair are falling hard for each other.
  
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• Ellie Goulding: Insults make me stronger

  06-05-2015 05:01 via music-news.com
  
  Ellie Goulding has raved about her romance with McBusted musician Dougie Poynter.
  
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• Elvis Crespo's Music Has Gone From Israel to Outer Space

  06-05-2015 02:51
  
  Not many artists can say their music has been heard on the moon, but Elvis Crespo is one of the few estrellas who will forever hold that bragging right.
  
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• One Direction Billboard's top money earners

  06-05-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Billboard has issued its 2015 survey of the top money makers in music.
  
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• Muse up for Best British Band at Kerrang!

  06-05-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kerrang! are pleased to announce the contenders of rock’n’roll royalty in the nominations for the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015.
  
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• The Grateful Dead: A long, strange trip at 50

  06-05-2015 01:46
  
  This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, whose long, strange trip began at Magoo's Pizza Parlor. The Grateful Dead: A long, strange trip at 50 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, whose long, strange trip began at Magoo's Pizza Parlor.
  
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• Kim: We support Bruce no matter what

  06-05-2015 01:34 via music-news.com
  
  Kim Kardashian has revealed the reason her family wanted to do a special on stepfather Bruce Jenner’s transition into a woman is to support others going through the same journey.
  
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• Joni’s friend appointed conservator

  06-05-2015 01:34 via music-news.com
  
  Joni Mitchell’s friend Leslie Morris has been appointed her temporary conservator after the legendary singer was admitted to hospital in March.
  
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• Lenny Kravitz unveils video for ‘Sex’

  06-05-2015 01:22 via music-news.com
  
  Lenny Kravitz unveils the new video for ‘Sex’. The track follows radio hit ‘The Chamber’ and ‘New York City’ as the third single to be released
  
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• The Suffers Headed to ACL

  06-05-2015 00:41
  
  Houston's the Suffers appear to be headed to at least the first weekend of this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival.
  
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• Gregg Allman Goes O Solo Mio

  06-05-2015 00:41
  
  Why would the 67-year-old classic rock icon want to answer another talking litany of queries about the past and future of the Allman Brothers Band, brother Duane, Berry and Dickey, drugs, health and Hep C, wives and girlfriends, trials, and the recent judgment which sent the director of his now-in-limbo bio film to jail after the negligent death of ... (more)
  
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• Tiesto and Your Shot's DJ Talent Show Winner Will Play Ultra 2016

  06-05-2015 00:41
  
  Wanna be the world's next top EDM superstar? Just let TiA sto and Your Shot show the way. They are launching a new DJ talent show, streaming on Vevo and sponsored by 7UP, open to any aspiring jock over the age of 18 who resides in the United States.
  
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• Grooveshark Is Baaaaaaaaaaaack….

  06-05-2015 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The clone, at grooveshark.io, first surfaced Tuesday afternoon.  A group of ex-employees are claiming responsibility, and promising a completely-restored version this week…
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