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• Chicago Is Adding an Extra 9% Tax to Streaming Services

  02-07-2015 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Streaming services have another hurdle to face in terms of customers adoption. Chicago is now tacking on an extra 9 percent “electronic amusement tax” to...
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• Selena and Cody ‘enjoying a fun fling’

  02-07-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cody Simpson and Selena Gomez are reportedly enjoying a new stage in their relationship, as they have become “friends with benefits”.
  
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• Meek Mill: I watched Nicki from jail

  02-07-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Meek Mill has recalled his experience watching his now-girlfriend Nicki Minaj onscreen while he was behind bars.
  
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• How to Download Apple Music, In 28 Easy Steps…

  02-07-2015 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Want to get Apple Music on your late-model (2014) MacBook Air, in a Wifi-rich environment on launch day? Step 1. Open iTunes. Check out the new...
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• How Twitter is responding to Rihanna's gory new music video

  02-07-2015 21:37
  
  It's dark, it's bloody, and it's Rihanna's latest music video 'B**** Better Have My Money.' Krystin Goodwin explains how the songstress' gory clip is prompting strong reaction on social media.
  
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• Billy Joel bests Elton John record at Madison Square Garden

  02-07-2015 21:37
  
  Billy Joel set a record for most performances by a single artist at Madison Square Garden with his 65th show Wednesday night, besting Elton John. The Piano Man was full of energy as he performed for a feverish crowd of all ages in New York City for more than two hours.
  
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• Prince Pulls out of Every Streaming Service Except TIDAL and Google Play…

  02-07-2015 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple Music has nabbed a lot of artists that have avoided other streaming services, such as Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke. One artist they haven’t...
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• Miley Cyrus: Stella is the One

  02-07-2015 21:05 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus supposedly wants to tie the knot with Victoria’s Secret model Stella Maxwell this autumn.
  
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• Florence Welch: Toilet launched my career

  02-07-2015 21:05 via music-news.com
  
  Florence Welch, lead singer of hit rock and roll band Florence + the Machine, says she first got noticed by her manager while singing in a nightclub bathroom.
  
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• Boy George talks Culture Club ‘recovery’

  02-07-2015 21:05 via music-news.com
  
  Boy George has spoken about why his legendary band the Culture Club have decided to make a comeback.
  
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• José Andrés Will Curate Food Court at Landmark Music Festival

  02-07-2015 20:30 via dc.eater.com
  
  He's taking suggestions from the public.
  
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• Martina McBride's July 4th Performance to Stream Live

  02-07-2015 19:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Twenty-one years after releasing "Independence Day" — a song about a mother's escape from an abusive relationship on the Fourth of July — Martina McBride is gearing up to headline Nashville's biggest July 4th celebration to date. McBride, whose Everlasting Tour stretches until late October, tops off a two-day bill that...
  
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• Beach House reveal 'Sparks' from new album

  02-07-2015 19:04 via music-news.com
  
  With their new album Depression Cherry due for release 28th August on Bella Union, today BEACH HOUSE unveil 'Sparks', the
  
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• Aphex Twin Alter Ego AFX Preps New EP, Releases New Song

  02-07-2015 18:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Aphex Twin returned last year after a nearly 13-year absence with the lauded LP Syro, and now mastermind Richard D. James has revived his other alter ego, AFX, who will drop a new EP, Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008) on August 21st via Warp.Album cut "Serge Fenix Rendered 2" is currently...
  
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• We Saw Rihanna Hold Nearly 100 Fans Hostage in Los Angeles

  02-07-2015 18:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Last night in Los Angeles, Rihanna celebrated the debut of her tough, NSFW video for "Bitch Better Have My Money" by taking hostages. Nearly 100 fans were invited to a Tidal-sponsored event, blindfolded and then put onto luxury buses with the windows covered by black curtains — destination unknown.Invites...
  
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• Watch Cassadee Pope Sing 'Invincible' From Sassier Second Album

  02-07-2015 18:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cassadee Pope's first solo single, "Wasting All These Tears" follows a long tradition of devastating, pop-country power-ballads. The track opens with the singer prostrate "on the bathroom floor," so distraught that her "loneliness was rattling the windows." This tune remains the Florida native's biggest success to date, but you won't...
  
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• 5SOS's Ashton Irwin Reveals His Favorite Instagram Accounts

  02-07-2015 18:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds of Summer sees himself as a visual person, so it's no wonder he's become the band's King of Instagram. "I like visual things, so I think Instagram is more appealing to me than things like Twitter or Facebook," the drummer tells Rolling Stone. Here are three...
  
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• Beastie Boys Refute New Live Show Rumors

  02-07-2015 18:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Beastie Boys have denied rumors of a live reunion that began after surviving members Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz filed a trademark application for the Beastie Boys name in conjunction with "live performances by a musical group."A representative for the band, however, reiterated the group's stance on...
  
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• Premiere: The creation of Kacey Musgraves' 'Good Ol Boys Club'

  02-07-2015 17:29
  
  Kacey Musgraves, shown in April performing at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, discusses the creation of her new song 'Good Ol Boys Club' in a behind-the-scenes video. Kacey Musgraves, shown in April performing at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, discusses the creation of her new song 'Good Ol Boys Club' in a behind-the-scenes video.
  
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• GraffitiStreet presents Underground

  02-07-2015 17:18 via music-news.com
  
  GraffitiStreet.com, the online street art gallery, is back for a second year to present their latest group show titled ‘Underground’ which takes place on Thursday 2nd July 2015.
  
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• Joe Nichols on Bentley, the Band and Why There's No Justice in Music

  02-07-2015 17:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  Joe Nichols almost nailed it: When the country hitmaker took the stage for a Friday afternoon set at New York's Farmborough Festival, the sky was partly cloudy and the temperature was 76 degrees — not far from the conditions celebrated in 2013's chart-topping "Sunny and 75." Nevertheless, the song...
  
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• Striking Matches Talk Duo Power, 'Nashville' Connection

  02-07-2015 16:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Striking Matches have a knack for constructing lovely songs. Just as importantly, they excel at building and maintaining close relationships. Talking before an acoustic but raucous performance at New York City's FarmBorough Festival last weekend, the duo of Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis returned again and again to their key...
  
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• Mimi's In The Marigny Gives Up Live Music Permit For Good

  02-07-2015 16:20 via nola.eater.com
  
  The popular Marigny bar will focus on its upstairs tapas restaurant, and can have 9 live shows a year. After a two year long battle with annoyed neighbors, beloved Marigny bar Mimi's In The Marigny has agreed to give up its live music permit, Richard A. Webster reports.  As part of the agreement, owner Mimi Dykes can get a special events permit to have music nine times a year, which will likely happen on New Years Eve, Halloween, during Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, but she must inform neigh
  
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• Rare Test Pressing of Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Found

  02-07-2015 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  A test pressing of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks – one of rock's rarest records with only five known existing copies – is now available thanks to Amoeba Music. The West Coast record chain recently acquired the test pressing of the classic LP, dubbed the "New York"...
  
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• Paul McCartney: Beatles are more than just John

  02-07-2015 16:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sir Paul McCartney has joked about how "nerve-wracking" it was before he got famous.
  
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• Thicke: Distracted by failing marriage during music case

  02-07-2015 15:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Thicke says a deposition for the "Blurred Lines" case took a backseat to his crumbling marriage, in his first interview since he and Pharrell lost the lawsuit in March.
  
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• Genius' Top-Ranked Kanye Expert: Kim Kardashian Is Changing His Music

  02-07-2015 14:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Kanye West has never resisted the opportunity to communicate his pride, adoration and love for spouse Kim Kardashian in interviews, on social media and through his lyrics. With a new album on the horizon, it's more important now than ever to understand the effect their relationship has had on his...
  
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• Slayer's Kerry King Tells How Jeff Hanneman's Death Affected New Album

  02-07-2015 13:25
  
  Over the past five years, Slayer's world has been turned inside out. But proudly displaying what they're made of has always been the band's strong suit-2015 might just mark one of the most raw, visceral and vulnerable transitions for the band in its 30-plus year career so far.
  
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• Pete Wentz: Fall Out Boy is coming of age

  02-07-2015 12:03 via music-news.com
  
  Pete Wentz says Fall Out Boy's legacy is important.
  
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• The Libertines announce new album

  02-07-2015 11:47 via music-news.com
  
  The Libertines release their highly anticipated new album Anthems For Doomed Youth through Virgin EMI Records on Friday 4th September ‘15.
  
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• 'Amy' one in a wave of highly anticipated music docs

  02-07-2015 10:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After gathering buzz as it made its way to festivals over the past month, the Amy Winehouse documentary "Amy" is finally set to hit theaters on Friday in the US and UK, joining several other high-profile musical documentaries to make waves this year. With an international roll-out planned for the week ahead, "Amy" -- which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival -- provides a look into the life of the Grammy-winning British singer-songwriter, who died in 2011 at age 27. Asif Kapa
  
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• Hilary Duff avoided doing 'a Miley or Lindsay'

  02-07-2015 10:30 via music-news.com
  
  Hilary Duff used Tinder to experience something "totally normal", as well as to shock people.
  
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• Val Doonican has died

  02-07-2015 10:16 via music-news.com
  
  The much-loved Irish singer and entertainer Val Doonican has died aged 88.
  
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• Chase & Status, Shy FX & Rodigan reveal Rebel Sound docu

  02-07-2015 10:02 via music-news.com
  
  October 2014 witnessed the birth of something extraordinary, as bass superstars Chase & Status and Rage, original Digital Soundboy Shy FX
  
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• Hilary Duff: I chose not to do a Miley or Lindsay

  02-07-2015 09:35 via music-news.com
  
  Hilary Duff used Tinder to experience something "totally normal", as well as to shock people.
  
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• Prince pulls music from streaming sites

  02-07-2015 09:19
  
  Prince pulls music from streaming sites Earlier this week, the artist tweeted negative quotes about sites like Spotify. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1Iuq9yk Prince, who memorably proclaimed "the Internet's completely over" in 2010, is now absent from all streaming services except Jay Z's music platform Tidal.
  
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• Asif Kapadia: Failure could have helped Winehouse

  02-07-2015 09:14 via music-news.com
  
  Asif Kapadia thinks Amy Winehouse may have benefited from failure during her life.
  
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• James announced for Festival No.6

  02-07-2015 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Festival No.6 – the exhilarating finale of the UK’s summer festival season - has revealed legendary Mancunian indie rockers James as the surprise co-headline act on Sunday night.
  
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• Prince pulls music from most online streaming services

  02-07-2015 08:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pop icon Prince has opened a new chapter in his fraught relationship with the Internet as he suddenly pulled his music from most streaming services. The sole streaming service that still carried the "Purple Rain" legend's music as of early Thursday was Tidal, which was re-launched this year by rap mogul Jay Z. It streamed much of a peace concert held by Prince in May in Baltimore in the wake of the death of an African American man in police custody.
  
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• Prince releases new track ‘HARDROCKLOVER’

  02-07-2015 08:37 via music-news.com
  
  Prince continues to release new music at an almost record pace with the new song HARDROCKLOVER.
  
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• Katy Perry world’s highest paid entertainer

  02-07-2015 08:26 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry has been named one of the top paid celebrities by Forbes on the annual Highest Paid Celebrities list.
  
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• Discovery's Shark Week To Feature New Music from Composer J. Ralph

  02-07-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The symphonic composition "Theodora" can also be heard at SharksRescored.com.
  
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• Rita Ora: I threw up twice with fear

  02-07-2015 05:20 via music-news.com
  
  Rita Ora has spoken about how terrified she was performing live at the Oscars in February.
  
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• Chris Brown ‘files paternity papers’

  02-07-2015 05:20 via music-news.com
  
  Chris Brown has supposedly asked a judge to mediate the child support discussions he is having with Nia Guzman, the mother of his 13-month-old daughter Royalty.
  
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• How Death Cab for Cutie kept indie rock alive

  02-07-2015 05:14
  
  Led by Ben Gibbard since its inception in 1998, Death Cab for Cutie is one of the defining bands of the indie rock era. On Saturday, July 11, it plays the majestic Greek Theatre in Berkeley in support of its eighth LP, "Kintsugi."
  
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• Sources Say Facebook Is Negotiating With the Major Labels…

  02-07-2015 04:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Updated 7/2/2015: Facebook has launched a video monetization program. Facebook is one of the last major social networks that hasn’t launched a misguided attempt to...
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• Drake celebrates Canada Day at Open'er

  02-07-2015 02:40 via music-news.com
  
  Now in its 14th year, Poland’s Open’er Festival opened yesterday (Wednesday 1st July) with an effortlessly theatrical performance from Drake
  
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• The Rolling Stones to create museum tour

  02-07-2015 02:37 via music-news.com
  
  The Rolling Stones are setting up a new tour for 2016, this time of museums with artifacts from their career.
  
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• This Artist Lost 2,000 Potential Fans In Two Hours Because Of This

  02-07-2015 02:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I just got back from a nice trip to the Midwest for a couple weddings and a camping trip with Dad. It was a nice...
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• Brian Wilson plays New York

  02-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Brian Wilson said he was too busy with the success of the biopic Love and Mercy to carry through with his British tour, postponing
  
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