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• Watch Jason Sudeikis Interview Mumford & Sons

  04-06-2015 23:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mumford & Sons and Jason Sudeikis have become fast friends and collaborators since the British outfit played a Beatles cover band in a 2012 Saturday Night Live sketch that Sudeikis wrote. After starring alongside Jason Bateman, Ed Helms and Will Forte in Mumford's "Hopeless Wanderer" video, Sudeikis culminated his collaborative trilogy with...
  
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• Motörhead Announce New Album 'Bad Magic' for This Summer

  04-06-2015 23:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Motörhead will celebrate their 40th year as a band with an equally huge feat: releasing their 22nd studio album. The speed metal group announced Bad Magic on their official site along with an August 28th release date.Singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister first indicated that the band would work on new...
  
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• Rick Perry Launches Presidential Campaign With Rap Country Song

  04-06-2015 23:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Former Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry entered the 2016 race with a fire remix of Colt Ford and JJ Lawhorn's rap country hit "Answer to No One," flipped — slightly — to espouse the candidate's ultra-conservative beliefs.A video of Perry strutting onstage to the song is...
  
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• Bieber fined after pleading guilty

  04-06-2015 23:04 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber has been given a $750 fine after pleading guilty to assault and careless driving.
  
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• Ludacris welcomes daughter

  04-06-2015 22:50 via music-news.com
  
  Ludacris is elated to have welcomed his third child – his first with new wife Eudoxie Mbouguiengue.
  
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• Shania: Expect a 'very rock and roll tour'

  04-06-2015 22:39
  
  As she prepares for the start of her farewell tour, the country-pop crossover queen says she nearly stopped performing after her Las Vegas residency. Shania: Expect a 'very rock and roll tour' As she prepares for the start of her farewell tour, the country-pop crossover queen says she nearly stopped performing after her Las Vegas residency.
  
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• Announcing the Westword Music Showcase Pre-Party

  04-06-2015 21:33
  
  The Westword Music Showcase is just a few weeks away. Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for Colorado's largest one-day music festival.
  
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• Musical taste shaped by wealth and education, UBC study finds

  04-06-2015 21:33
  
  Beyonce performs onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Whether its Metallica or Miles Davis or Beyonce booming from your stereo, your musical tastes may say more about you than you think.
  
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• Famous Musicians Talking About Bears

  04-06-2015 21:33
  
  The Let A Bear Sh!t In The Woods campaign features a laundry list of celebrities, including musicians like Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, Duff McKagan of Guns n' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, and Moby-but what exactly does the group advocate? Answer: to end bear bile farming, the horrific extraction of bile from the gall bladders of bears raised in small "crush cages." Bear bile is used for medicinal purposes and fetches a pretty penny, alon
  
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• Victoria Beckham talks Spice Girls porn name

  04-06-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Victoria Beckham has spoken about her whirlwind success as Posh Spice in 1990s all-girl pop group the Spice Girls.
  
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• Harry Styles addresses solo rumours

  04-06-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles has claimed he’s primarily focusing on his professional commitments with One Direction right now.
  
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• Spotifree Automatically Mutes Spotify Ads…

  04-06-2015 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here’s another reason why more people aren’t converting to Spotify Premium: they’re already skipping the ads for free.  Enter Spotifree, an easy app add-on that simply...
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• Streaming sets the tune for French Riviera music trade show

  04-06-2015 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  -- will be at the forefront of the annual Midem trade show starting on the French Riviera on Friday. The new boss of Deezer, France's answer to Swedish-based streaming leader Spotify, will take the stage on the first day of the event in Cannes, along with an executive from Tidal, a rival service relaunched this year by American rapper Jay-Z. It's one more sign that streaming is focusing the minds, hopes and investments of many of the 6,000 attendees of the trade show, coming from 75 co
  
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• Lil Wayne Joins Tidal as Owner, Drops New Song

  04-06-2015 20:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lil Wayne has joined the likes of Jay Z, Jack White and Kanye West as a co-owner of Tidal, announcing his stake in the company by releasing a fierce, relentless new cut, "Glory," exclusively to the streaming service.The five-minute track — which can be heard via 2dopeboyz — finds...
  
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• Brian Wilson's music genius, mental issues are focus of film

  04-06-2015 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a shuffling gait and wearing jeans, sneakers and a blue plaid shirt that matches his eyes, Brian Wilson is at the center of a Hollywood whirlwind.
  
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• Watch Chris Janson Perform Blistering 'Boat' on 'Today Show'

  04-06-2015 19:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  When Chris Janson's workingman's anthem "Buy Me a Boat" shot to the top of the iTunes country chart in March, it set off a ripple of career changes for the indie singer-songwriter. In a few short weeks, he signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville, landed the opening slot...
  
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• See Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge Reprise Hootie Classic

  04-06-2015 19:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  It was 21 years ago that Hootie & the Blowfish's "Hold My Hand" was the song of the summer, filling the airwaves of 1994 with a pop-rock plea for "a little peace and some harmony." Now, with the weather heating up and the 2015 summertime tour season already underway, the...
  
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• SiriusXM to Broadcast Grateful Dead's 'Fare Thee Well' Concerts

  04-06-2015 18:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  SiriusXM's exclusive Grateful Dead station, channel 23, will broadcast the band's final "Fare Thee Well" concerts live from Soldier Field in Chicago on July 3rd, 4th and 5th starting at 9:15 p.m. ET. The shows will also be available on the SiriusXM app and website.The concerts will be re-broadcast on the...
  
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• Breaking: Grooveshark.li Ripped Down…

  04-06-2015 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Grooveshark.li was the latest and longest-running Grooveshark clones, and one of the largest sites in Sweden, Spain, Colombia, and numerous other countries. As of early...
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• Su nalo Brings Miami Sound to Boca Raton

  04-06-2015 18:27
  
  Miami jam band SuA©nalo - Spanish slang for "hit it!" - is often described as an Afro-Latin in style.
  
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• The Gipsy Kings on Big Lebowski and Embracing the Internet

  04-06-2015 18:27
  
  If nothing else, The Gipsy Kings hold the distinction of being the soundtrack to one of the great moments in comedic history.
  
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• Sam Smith 'Can Speak Again,' Reschedules Postponed Shows

  04-06-2015 18:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sam Smith has regained his voice after undergoing surgery last month for a vocal cord hemorrhage he suffered during an April show in Sydney. The singer also announced a string of rescheduled Australian concerts."I can speak again!" the singer proclaimed in all caps in an Instagram post accompanying a picture...
  
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• Motorhead cover Rolling Stones on new album

  04-06-2015 17:23 via music-news.com
  
  Motorhead are back with their 22nd studio album, Bad Magic.
  
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• Harnessing Terror, Gently: Strangled Darlings, June 11 at Rozz-Tox

  04-06-2015 17:22
  
  If you read the bio of Strangled Darlings on the duo's Web site, you'll get a hint of tension between capitalized Art and something at the other end of the spectrum entirely. Then: "The songs work with nontraditional subjects for inspiration.
  
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• Dr. Dre, Ice Cube Named in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Suge Knight

  04-06-2015 16:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  Marion "Suge" Knight, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and others involved in the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died after Knight allegedly hit him with his pickup truck, The Associated Press reports.While only Knight has...
  
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• Acts You Can Skip at FPSF 2015

  04-06-2015 14:12
  
  CHANCE THE RAPPER Mars Stage, 7:50 p.m. Saturday I'm not sure where my lack of enthusiasm for Chance The Rapper began, but I'm just not a big fan.
  
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• One Direction to kick off Summertime Ball

  04-06-2015 14:05 via music-news.com
  
  Capital’s Summertime Ball with Vodafone returns to the iconic Wembley Stadium on Saturday June 6.
  
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• Metal Giants of the PNW

  04-06-2015 13:12
  
  The Northwest metal scene is rife with stoner, doom and black metal stereotypes thick enough to choke out the sun.
  
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• The Slow Burner

  04-06-2015 13:12
  
  It's a troubling contradiction that today's music business - ostensibly an industry of songs - could make a quality songwriter like Ron Sexsmith feel antiquated and out of place.
  
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• Wide Open Spaces

  04-06-2015 13:12
  
  Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, neo-folk quintet Great Lake Swimmers play music as idyllic as their scenic rural hometown.
  
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• Ellie Goulding: I was matchmaker for Swift

  04-06-2015 12:05 via music-news.com
  
  Ellie Goulding played cupid for Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris.
  
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• A$AP: I haven''t mastered my craft yet

  04-06-2015 12:05 via music-news.com
  
  A$AP Rocky couldn''t be happier with his acting debut in Dope.
  
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• Stones seeking new fans with 'Sticky Fingers' re-release

  04-06-2015 11:10
  
  Keith Richards doesn't keep a list of the Top 10 Rolling Stones albums. But he's happy to place "Sticky Fingers," being re-released in a deluxe edition next week, near the very top.
  
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• Janet Jackson confirms new album

  04-06-2015 10:14 via music-news.com
  
  A new album will be out this autumn from Janet Jackson.
  
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• Suge Knight sued for wrongful death

  04-06-2015 09:35 via music-news.com
  
  Suge Knight is being sued by the widow of the man he is accused of running over.
  
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• Top Ten festival tips

  04-06-2015 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  With the festival season apon us its a good idea to revist festival best practice tips to ensure a problem free experience.
  
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• 1 in 7 global albums sales from UK

  04-06-2015 08:20 via music-news.com
  
  The BPI, the trade body which represents the nation’s record labels, can reveal that British artists accounted for an impressive
  
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• Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi joins TV talent show

  04-06-2015 07:49 via music-news.com
  
  Tony Iommi, guitarist for Black Sabbath, is about to become a TV talent show mentor.
  
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• Playback: Austin Music Census

  04-06-2015 07:11
  
  Grim assessments of the Austin music industry aren't hard to come by. Ask any grunt holding a guitar case and they'll tell you how the money's shit, fans are fleeting, and the city's growth is choking out the club scene.
  
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• Jason Derulo: I embrace seasons

  04-06-2015 05:18 via music-news.com
  
  Jason Derulo has spoken about his experience recording with Jennifer Lopez for his new album Everything Is 4.
  
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• Diana Ross: I love Twitter!

  04-06-2015 05:18 via music-news.com
  
  Diana Ross joined micro-blogging social media network Twitter on Wednesday.
  
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• Bay Area music picks, June 4

  04-06-2015 05:04
  
  Skip the Needle and Sistas in the Pit: The two bands, both featuring guitarist Shelley Doty and rapper-turned-bassist Kofy Brown, deliver high-energy blends of rock and funk performed "black-girl style." Skip the Needle also includes singer-guitarist-percussionist Vicki Randle, formerly of "The Tonight Show" band and presently with Mavis Staples.
  
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• Tom Petty releasing Wallflower Archives

  04-06-2015 02:39 via music-news.com
  
  Tom Petty has something old and something pseudo-older coming.
  
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• Led Zeppelin release final three studio albums

  04-06-2015 02:03 via music-news.com
  
  Deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin’s final three studio albums: Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda will be released in July.
  
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• Jennifer Hudson Celebrates Same-Sex Marriage in 'I Still Love You' Music Video

  04-06-2015 02:02
  
  Multi-talented entertainer and ally Jennifer Hudson has once again shown her LGBT fans some love. This time it comes in the premiere of a brand new music video for her upbeat dance track, "I Still Love You."
  
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• Elvis Presley gets US stamp

  04-06-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  The U.S. Postal Service is hoping that lightning strikes twice.
  
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• Ariana and Niall: New couple?

  04-06-2015 01:32 via music-news.com
  
  Ariana Grande and Niall Horan have fuelled romance rumours after the young singer was seen leaving the One Direction star’s house at 3am.
  
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• Rita Ora breaks free in 'Poison' music video

  04-06-2015 01:07
  
  The video sees the 24-year-old British singer break free of a toxic relationship with a controlling photographer. Ora previously told the Daily Star the single is inspired by her real-life experience.
  
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