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• Scandalous Summer Soul Playlist Scandal Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas explains

  17-06-2015 23:59
  
  Ready for some uptown/downtown soul music? Are you prepared for the most styling musicians of all time to give rhythm and rhyme to the next three months? Welcome to a video playlist inspired by the hit television series Scandal .
  
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• Jack Osbourne and wife welcome baby

  17-06-2015 23:33 via music-news.com
  
  Jack Osbourne and wife Lisa have welcomed their second daughter into the world – Andy Rose.
  
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• Neil Young: 'I Make My Music for People, Not for Candidates'

  17-06-2015 23:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  One day after 2016 presidential candidate – and hardcore Neil Young fan – Donald Trump played "Rockin' in the Free World" to launch his campaign, the rocker has penned a long statement decrying the song's usage as well as the current economics of politics. Without mentioning Trump by...
  
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• Nielsen: “Less Than 6% of DJs Booked by EDM Festivals are Female”

  17-06-2015 23:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We already knew that EDM festivals book about 20 times more men than women, but now we have the Nielsen data to prove it. The...
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• Russell Simmons: Dolezal story isn’t worth thought

  17-06-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Russell Simmons has shared his reaction to white woman Rachel Dolezal passing as a black person for years - the biggest news headline of the week.
  
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• Little Big Town Postpone Tour, Jimi Westbrook to Undergo Surgery

  17-06-2015 22:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  The reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year has been forced to postpone its summer tour. Little Big Town announced today that all shows through July 30th have been either canceled or postponed so that member Jimi Westbrook can have surgery to remove a polyp on his vocal cord.The group,...
  
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• Trump Campaign: We'll Stop Using Neil Young's Music

  17-06-2015 22:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  One day after Neil Young criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for using Young's 1989 song "Rockin' in the Free World" at a campaign event, Trump's campaign manager tells Rolling Stone the candidate will refrain from any future use of Young's music."We won't be using it again,"...
  
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• Mumford & Sons Montrose Beach concert rescheduled for Friday

  17-06-2015 21:57
  
  Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs live on stage at the 02 Arena on December 11, 2012 in London, England. Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs live on stage at the 02 Arena on December 11, 2012 in London, England.
  
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• Joey Bada$$ Plots Festival Benefit for Deceased Labelmate's Family

  17-06-2015 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Joey Bada$$ has detailed the first annual Steez Day Festival, an event honoring late collaborator Capital Steez, who founded the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Pro Era in 2011 and took his own life in 2012. The festival will feature performances from Bada$$ and Pro Era, along with Flatbush Zombies, the Underachievers, Smoke...
  
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• Janet Jackson: You’re important!

  17-06-2015 21:03 via music-news.com
  
  Janet Jackson’s forthcoming album reportedly centres on everything “precious” to her.
  
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• Inside Madonna’s ‘crazy’ new video

  17-06-2015 21:03 via music-news.com
  
  Jonas Åkerlund, the director of Madonna’s new music video for her track B***h I’m Madonna, has spoken about what went on behind the scenes while shooting the promo.
  
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• Adam Lambert ‘after that rush’

  17-06-2015 21:03 via music-news.com
  
  Adam Lambert has gushed over his love for Madonna.
  
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• On the Charts: Muse, Rolling Stones Continue British Reign

  17-06-2015 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  More than two decades after they formed, British prog-rockers Muse have finally scored their first Number One album on the U.S. charts as their new LP Drones debuted atop the Billboard 200. Muse's seventh studio album moved 84,000 total albums in its first week of release, a drop from the 101,000 copies...
  
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• Westword Music Showcase: Get to Know Our Headliners

  17-06-2015 19:49
  
  Join us this Saturday, June 20, 2015, for the 21st Westword Music Showcase ! The Showcase is a celebration of our state's vibrant music scene. Colorado is home to internationally renowned experimental bands, pioneering folk artists, Grammy winners and much, much more.
  
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• EDM Bubble? In Just Three Years, EDC Has Grown Over 170%…

  17-06-2015 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Say what you will about the EDM bubble, but it hasn’t burst yet. Between 2011 and 2014, EDC saw an attendance increase of over 170...
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• Miley Cyrus Raises $69,000 Auctioning Caitlyn Jenner Artwork

  17-06-2015 19:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Miley Cyrus was awarded at the amfAR's Inspiration Gala Tuesday for her efforts as an advocate for the LGBT community as well as her Happy Hippie Foundation. As part of the ceremony, Cyrus also auctioned off a set of four art pieces she made inspired by Caitlyn Jenner's recent...
  
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• Dixie Chicks to Reunite for European Tour

  17-06-2015 19:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dixie Chicks, the best-selling female band of all-time, will return to the concert stage in 2016, and stateside fans who want to catch the trio will need to have their passports in order. Singer Natalie Maines, guitarist Emily Robison Strayer and fiddle player Martie Maguire announced on their website that...
  
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• F*&k It: Here’s the Entire Apple Music Contract for Indies…

  17-06-2015 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  On June 30th, Apple will be launching its streaming service, Apple Music.  This is the contract that independent artists and labels are being asked to...
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• EODM announce new album details

  17-06-2015 19:28 via music-news.com
  
  Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme, co-founders of American rock band EODM (Eagles Of Death Metal), are sharing some sexy news today
  
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• Monster Energy Ordered to Pay the Beastie Boys Another $668,000

  17-06-2015 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Exactly one year ago, a jury awarded the Beastie Boys $1.7 million from Monster Energy.  Monster used five of the Beastie Boys songs illegally in...
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• See Dierks Bentley Perform Inspiring New Song 'Riser' at CMA Fest

  17-06-2015 18:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  When Dierks Bentley recorded the soaring anthem "Riser," he knew he always wanted to release it to radio as a single. But he was also aware that such a move would be a gamble. After all, serious mid-tempo songs don't often get much airtime on country radio, and the first...
  
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• Muse top US album charts for the first time

  17-06-2015 17:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The UK rock group's seventh LP, "Drones" has flown straight to the top spot on the Billboard 200 Chart. According to Nielsen Music, the album has sold 84,000 copies. On Sunday, the band managed the same feat in its native Britain, going straight into the album charts at number one.
  
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• Pilgrimage Festival Boosts Lineup With Chris Stapleton, Dawes

  17-06-2015 17:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Less than one week after the close of Bonnaroo 2015, another Tennessee-based festival is gearing up for its own music-filled weekend. The Pilgrimage Festival, which just announced its final round of performers, will take place September 26th and 27th in Franklin, Tennessee, armed with an A-list lineup whose headliners...
  
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• Drones tops charts around the world

  17-06-2015 17:30 via music-news.com
  
  DRONES, the seventh studio album from MUSE debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 Chart selling 84,200 units its first week.
  
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• James Taylor set for highest charting album in 44 years

  17-06-2015 17:24 via music-news.com
  
  Legendary American singer-songwriter James Taylor is set to score his most successful new album in the UK since Mudslide Slim And The Blue Horizon
  
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• Walter Trout returns to the stage after life-saving op

  17-06-2015 16:24 via music-news.com
  
  Thirteen months ago Walter Trout underwent an incredible life-saving liver transplant.Last night, at the Royal Albert Hall in London
  
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• Florence and the Machine to replace Foo Fighters

  17-06-2015 16:04 via music-news.com
  
  Florence and the Machine have been confirmed as Glastonbury headliners following the Foo Fighters' injury exit.
  
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• Eminem joins 'Narc' as musicians lend their talents to TV

  17-06-2015 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A TV project inspired by the 2002 film "Narc" is in talks to bring on rapper Eminem as an executive producer and music supervisor, making the musician the latest to take on a major behind-the-scenes role on a TV show. Deadline first revealed that Eminem could contribute original songs to the Detroit-set crime thriller "Narc," which would be directed and executive produced by the movie's director, Jay Callahan, who has reportedly written a pilot script.
  
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• Devil Killing Moth Remains Attracted To The Glow Of Houston Music

  17-06-2015 15:47
  
  Putting these blogs together, it's not uncommon to talk with a local band on Monday, a different one on Wednesday and another on Friday.
  
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• Bloody Death Skull's Daiana Feuer Makes Alternate Realities You'll Want to Hang Out In

  17-06-2015 15:47
  
  A hundred and sixty miles from Los Angeles, past Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms, down a nine-mile stretch of sun-bleached asphalt called Amboy Road, you'll find the Palms. The family-style restaurant and dive bar occupies a dystopic patch of disintegrating ranches, boarded-up one-room shacks and haphazard strips of mailboxes to nowhere called Wonder Valley.
  
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• Beastie Boys Receive $668,000 From Monster for Legal Bills

  17-06-2015 15:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Beastie Boys' long-running legal battle against Monster Energy may finally be nearing conclusion after the judge overseeing the case ruled that the energy drink company must pay the Ill Communication group an additional $668,000 to cover legal fees. The group had been seeking $2.4 million, but after reviewing...
  
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• Sting, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush Set for Dalai Lama Birthday Tribute

  17-06-2015 15:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sting, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and Elbow will contribute tracks to the Art of Peace Foundation's Songs for Tibet II, a tribute album celebrating the Dalai Lama's philosophy of peace, non-violence and compassion — as well as His Holiness's 80th birthday.The Dalai Lama becomes an octogenarian on July 6th, the...
  
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• Music Review: Third Eye Blind is back with solid 'Dopamine'

  17-06-2015 14:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Third Eye Blind, "Dopamine" (Mega Collider)
  
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• Ride announce October UK tour

  17-06-2015 13:54 via music-news.com
  
  Ride, the Oxford four-piece whose recent reunion shows garnered rave press and 5* reviews across the board, have today announced
  
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• Top 10 Classic House Records For People Who Don't Know Shit About House Music

  17-06-2015 13:39
  
  The origins and ownership of the term "house music" have been hotly debated since, well, always. House music is a lot things to a lot of people.
  
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• Blur favourites for Glastonbury top spot

  17-06-2015 12:54 via music-news.com
  
  With the news that the Foo Fighters will no longer be headlining Glastonbury due to Dave Grohl taking a break
  
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• Keith Urban: I don't mind being outnumbered by girls

  17-06-2015 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are in sync when it comes to their parenting style.
  
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• Iggy Azalea: Oz wedding is a no go

  17-06-2015 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  Iggy Azalea won't be tying the knot in her hometown Down Under.
  
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• Miley Cyrus honoured by amfAR

  17-06-2015 09:33 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus was presented with the Inspiration Award by her agender date at last night's amfAR Inspiration Gala.
  
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• New Zayn Malik song released, producer claims it's 'stolen'

  17-06-2015 09:27
  
  A new song featuring former One Direction boy-bander Zayn Malik has leaked online, leading to a spat between his new producer and collaborator. Up-and-coming British rapper Mic Righteous released the cover of Atlanta-based duo's Rae Sremmurd's "No Type" on Monday.
  
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• Brazilian music icons Caetano, Gil back on tour at 72

  17-06-2015 09:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Five decades after galvanizing the Brazilian music scene with the "Tropicalia" movement, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso are going back on tour, older and wiser but still border-blurring troubadours. Gil, a politically engaged musical ambassador who once served as Brazil's culture minister, and Veloso, a wispy, gender-bending poet with a sublimely mellow voice, have been friends and collaborators since 1963. Caetano and Gil, as they are popularly known, shook the foundations of Br
  
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• Guns N' Roses album and tour in 2016?

  17-06-2015 09:14 via music-news.com
  
  Richard Fortus, the current guitarist for Guns N' Roses, says that there could be some big group doings in 2016.
  
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• Neil Young bans Donald Trump song use

  17-06-2015 08:34 via music-news.com
  
  Neil Young’s manager Elliot Roberts has confirmed that reality TV star Donald Trump illegally used Young’s anthem ‘Rocking In The Free World’ to announce
  
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• Roberto Carlos Named Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year

  17-06-2015 05:27
  
  In the midst of a milestone year that saw him receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in April and celebrate five decades of recording in Spanish, Roberto Carlos will be honored as the 2015 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Carlos, the top-selling Brazilian and Latin American act of all time, will be honored the eve of the Latin Grammys at a star-studded tribute concert Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
  
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• The Sunset Tavern Looks Back on 15 Years of Local Music

  17-06-2015 05:27
  
  Asked about their favorite moments over the past 15 years, most of the Sunset Tavern's veteran employees immediately name-checked the Green River reunion in 2008-a fitting reference point for its scrappy, local-heavy history. This weekend, the beloved, boozy Ballard music venue honors its 15th birthday with a special party featuring a stellar local lineup-La Luz, Gazebos, and Tierra Magos.
  
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• Don't use my music, Neil Young tells Donald Trump

  17-06-2015 03:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Earlier Tuesday, the property tycoon threw his hat into the ring for the 2016 US presidential race, striding onto stage after sailing down an escalator to the strains of Young's 1989 hit. Trump identifies as a Republican and has supported Republican candidates in the past.
  
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• Joey Bada$$ Will Be Your Friend If You Don't Like His Music, He Doesn't Give a Fuck

  17-06-2015 03:25
  
  Bada$$ is one of the most traditional rappers in the game; his dense rhymes, infused with verse-long metaphors and commentary on his Brooklyn youth, alternate over smooth or boom-bap beats. Before you dismiss that as too old-school, consider: Why shouldn't current hiphop retain that '90s sound? When Bada$$, born in 1995, turned 10 years old, the defining record of East Coast '90s-era hiphop was Nas's Illmatic - already more than a decade old.
  
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• Don Henley gets Mick Jagger & Dolly Parton on new album

  17-06-2015 02:47 via music-news.com
  
  Eagles founder Don Henley has recruited an all-star cast including Mick Jagger and Dolly Parton for his first solo album in 15 years.
  
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• Foo Fighters pull all dates

  17-06-2015 01:43 via music-news.com
  
  The Foo Fighters have cancelled the remainder of their UK and European tour, including a headlining gig at Glastonbury Festival, after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg.
  
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• Foo Fighters pull out of tour

  17-06-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  The Foo Fighters have cancelled the remainder of their UK and European tour, including a headlining gig at Glastonbury Festival, after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg.
  
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