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• Scherzinger: Get the Dolls back together!

  22-05-2015 23:07 via music-news.com
  
  Nicole Scherzinger has teased that a Pussycat Dolls reunion could well be in the pipeline.
  
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• Perry: Russell Brand and I do not talk

  22-05-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry has revealed her 2016 album will feature a host of songs based on her sudden divorce from British comedian Russell Brand.
  
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• Mariah: My kids love to sing

  22-05-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Mariah Carey says she doesn’t want to be a “stage mother”, but is keen to encourage her children to pursue their musical talents.
  
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• Houston's 10 Best Restaurants For Live Music

  22-05-2015 22:39
  
  Going out to eat now and then is nice, as is going out to see live music performed, so why not combine the two? Many music venues in our area also serve bar food and snacks these days; the places on this list can stand on their own as eating establishments even without the music, though we are grateful they provide it as it makes for a fun night ... (more)
  
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• Neil Young Previews Cheeky 'Rock Starbucks' Video

  22-05-2015 22:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Neil Young and Promise of the Real, a band featuring Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah, will release their protest LP The Monsanto Years on June 16th, and today Young premiered a first look and listen for the album's "Rock Starbucks" music video at Democracy Now. Young, once...
  
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• The US Copyright Office Is Taking a Look at Spotify’s Contracts…

  22-05-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What’s the point of copyright, if creators have no rights?  In the fallout of the leaked Spotify/Sony Music contract, that’s a question that has now...
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• Breaking: US Copyright Office Taking a Look at Spotify’s Contracts…

  22-05-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What’s the point of copyright, if creators have no rights?  In the fallout of the leaked Spotify/Sony Music contract, that’s a question that has now...
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• High tide of music to wash over L.A. this summer

  22-05-2015 21:33
  
  When Martha and the Vandellas described summer life in 1964's "Dancing in the Street," they sang, "All we need is music, sweet music, there'll be music everywhere." Little could they have known our future relationship with sound.
  
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• The Who's Roger Daltrey to fan: put out that joint

  22-05-2015 21:33
  
  Singer Roger Daltrey halted a Who concert in Long Island, N.Y., Wednesday night to yell at a guy for smoking pot. The move came during the early portion of a concert by the iconic rock band at Nassau Coliseum.
  
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• Teragram Ballroom adds to L.A.'s music venue roster

  22-05-2015 21:33
  
  'This just seemed like the right venue in the right place at the right time,' said Teragram's Michael Swier The Mercury Lounge and the Bowery Ballroom have been key players in New York City's music scene since they opened in the '90s, and now both venues are about to get a new stepsibling in Los Angeles: the Teragram Ballroom. Where is the best place to see a concert in Southern California? In Los Angeles, the answer depends on variables including proximity, sound system, spaciousness, comfort a
  
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• Jason Derulo: Tinder isn’t for me

  22-05-2015 21:05 via music-news.com
  
  Jason Derulo says he sometimes gets “tired of playing nice”, but insists his breakup with Jordin Sparks is “so behind me”.
  
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• Dionne Warwick talks Whitney advice

  22-05-2015 21:05 via music-news.com
  
  Dionne Warwick says the best advice she ever gave niece Whitney Houston is to just “be who you are”.
  
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• Brothers Johnson's Louis Johnson, Michael Jackson Bassist, Dead at 60

  22-05-2015 20:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Louis Johnson, founding member of funk band the Brothers Johnson and an in-demand bassist who appeared on Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," died on Thursday, May 21st. He was 60. His death was confirmed by his nephew Troy on Instagram, though a cause of...
  
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• Gary Newman to play classic albums residency

  22-05-2015 20:02 via music-news.com
  
  Following on from the success of his Top 20 album, Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind), and accompanying two-year Splinter world tour
  
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• Google Maps co-creator's latest project warps music to follow your heartbeat

  22-05-2015 19:33
  
  Imagine firing up an exercise app for your daily run, and hearing the tempo of your musical soundtrack increase and decrease in sync with your heartbeat. With Weav, a song tempo-manipulating 'engine' produced by UK-based start-up Cute Little Apps, that could soon become a reality.
  
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• F*&K It: Here’s the Entire Spotify/Sony Music Contract…

  22-05-2015 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this week, attorneys at Sony Music Entertainment forced The Verge to remove a leaked contract with Spotify, citing questionable copyright claims.  As the details...
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• Jaws reveal new video

  22-05-2015 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  With new single ‘Bad Company’ out now and offering a storming new side to JAWS’ coin, today the band are thrilled to unveil the track’s all-new accompanying video.
  
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• The top 10 music festivals in Ontario for 2015

  22-05-2015 18:26
  
  The top music festivals in Ontario for 2015 all give compelling reasons to get out of the city. Maybe you've had the annual rite-of-passage of seeing a band in a small club where the A/C is out...during a heatwave.
  
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• Eurovision Song Contest winners predicted

  22-05-2015 16:08 via music-news.com
  
  Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening, music streaming service Spotify has predicted the leaderboard based on Spotify streams
  
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• Selena Gomez ''planning reality show''

  22-05-2015 16:01 via music-news.com
  
  Selena Gomez is reportedly tired of people thinking she is pining for Justin Bieber.
  
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• Florence Welch mortified by drunk song

  22-05-2015 16:01 via music-news.com
  
  Florence Welch found her monk-like living experience magical.
  
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• Five Fresh Music Videos by Metro Phoenix Artists

  22-05-2015 15:10
  
  Music videos are the way in which bands and performers share the vision of their music with their fan base, and many of Phoenix's best musical acts are almost as creative visually as they are musically. It's the musical visionaries who keep the Phoenix music scene fresh, exciting, and always working toward being recognized as a legitimate incubator for musical creativity.
  
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• Happyness announce flurry of European dates

  22-05-2015 15:04 via music-news.com
  
  Happyness remain one step ahead of us all again, already looking beyond their packed summer touring schedule and into the autumn
  
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• The Latest 2015 Westword Music Showcase Lineup

  22-05-2015 14:07
  
  Denver music lovers: We are excited to announce some new additions to the 2015 Westword Music Showcase lineup! Join us on Saturday, June 20, for the 21st Music Showcase, featuring some of the most interesting acts working in Colorado today, including Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Land Lines, Rubedo, The Dirty Few, Bud Bronson & the Good Timers, In the Whale, Cory Kendrix, DJ Hollow and many more. These are just a few of the groups joining previously announced main stage headliners Flume, The Bl
  
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• Snapchat jumps into music videos with new Goldroom collaboration

  22-05-2015 10:02
  
  Like all good tech firms, popular messaging app Snapchat is constantly looking for creative ways to move beyond its roots. Snapchat's latest plan is centered around a whole new frontier for the platform: music video production.
  
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• Ed Sheeran, Boy George, Albert Hammond win at Ivors

  22-05-2015 10:01 via music-news.com
  
  BASCA, in association with PRS for Music announce the recipients and winners of the 60th Ivor Novello Awards [The Ivors].
  
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• Madonna postpones tour as she's 'not ready'

  22-05-2015 09:54 via music-news.com
  
  Madonna says the show isn’t ready until it’s perfect and the Rebel Heart show just isn’t going to be ready.
  
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• EDMbiz: The One Event that Could Change Your Startup Forever…

  22-05-2015 08:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EDM is not only the fastest-growing music genre, it’s also a surging focus for startup development and growth.  With that in mind, EDMbiz Conference &...
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• Cannes: Karlie Kloss Talks Starring in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" Music Video

  22-05-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Plus, she spills on what it's like to walk the film festival's red carpet.
  
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• The Ballad of Davy Jones

  22-05-2015 05:56
  
  A lingering pain or mysterious twinge deep inside comes alive and our mental doors fly open with hell's host of diseases unleashed, shrieking harpies leading a parade of leering grim reapers and maybe a few Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King characters.
  
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• Flavor Flav Arrested in Las Vegas on DUI and Drug Charges

  22-05-2015 05:56
  
  Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas early Thursday on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving, authorities said. Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said the 56-year-old entertainer was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. for going 73 mph in a 45 mph zone as he entered Interstate 15 southwest of McCarran International Airport.
  
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• Anything But Bieber: Houston's Summer Street Ain't No Boy Band

  22-05-2015 05:56
  
  To call Houston's own Summer Street Band a boy band would only be a partial truth.
  
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• B.B. King's children in war of words with music icon's agent

  22-05-2015 04:54
  
  Five of B.B. King's adult children visited the blues great one last time in private Thursday at a Las Vegas funeral home that will host a public viewing Friday ahead of a Saturday memorial service. They said the King of the Blues was dressed in a signature purple and gold brocade jacket with black lapels.
  
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• We Remember Musician Josh Ogzewalla

  22-05-2015 04:54
  
  Charles Joshua Ogzewalla, who went by Josh, died on the evening of April 10 from a combination of colon cancer and liver failure. Doctors originally told him he wouldn't make it to February.
  
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• Exclusive! The Music Vid for Urban Cone's New Track feat. Tove Lo Has Us Dreaming of Vacation

  22-05-2015 04:54
  
  Sweden's indie electro-rock five-piece Urban Cone is on a mission to take over the world, and that's exactly what they're doing. The guys formed their band in 2010 when they were all still in high school and have been on the road to stardom ever since.
  
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• 'Citizens' Brings the Wheel Workers' Power to the People

  22-05-2015 03:22
  
  Not so long ago, it was not easy to practice the indie trade in Houston. There were exceptions, but many bands who didn't necessarily push a lot of beer - blues-rock, punk/metal, alt-country, etc.
  
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• Fantastic Voyage

  22-05-2015 03:22
  
  The May 26 show at WOW Hall is a bit of a rare bird as far as Eugene goes: The lineup features two badass acts, both women.
  
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• Rolling Stones rock small Hollywood club ahead of stadium tour

  22-05-2015 03:22
  
  LOS ANGELES >> The Rolling Stones ripped through the intimate Fonda Theatre Wednesday with enough energy to fuel their entire 15-city North American tour. The band announced Wednesday morning it would perform a "club show" that night to kick off its Zip Code tour, which launches Sunday in San Diego.
  
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• Another Pass Through Hangout Music Festival 2015

  22-05-2015 02:16
  
  The Hangout Music Festival is arguably the best music festival in the country. Multiple factors contribute to the statement including the strong and diverse musical lineup, the grounds on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, the mostly cheerful attendees and the weather gods that cooperated over the three days of Spring Break-like fun.
  
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• The Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip Gets Even Longer

  22-05-2015 02:16
  
  Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, manager Jon McIntire, Jerry Garcia, and Bob Weir at the Fillmore East in New York, a few days before the start of the "Workingman's Dead" sessions.
  
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• Jungle Rock

  22-05-2015 02:16
  
  The meteoric rise of Glass Animals was unexpected, especially for frontman Dave Bayley.
  
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• Sam Tiba talks Chuck Taylor stories

  22-05-2015 02:16 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Tiba's cubist grooves have had people gyrating for a while but even before his Club Cheval crew days when Sam was a DJ he
  
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• Foo Fighters farewell David Letterman video

  22-05-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  David Letterman invited the Foo Fighters to be his final musical (and final guest) overall on the last edition of Late Show With David Letterman.
  
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• Django Django Happa 'Reflections' remix

  22-05-2015 01:45 via music-news.com
  
  Coming straight off the back of a huge sold out show at London’s KOKO and with the recent release of their electrifying sophomore album Born Under Saturn
  
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