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• The Top Selling Albums From the First Friday Release Weekend

  13-07-2015 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  1. Tyrese – Black Rose 2. R5 – Sometime Last Night 3. Kidz Bop 29 4. Owl City – Mobile Orchestra 5. Meek Mill – Dreams Worth More Than Money 6. Taylor...
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• Stefani: Eminem’s a real weirdo!

  13-07-2015 23:04 via music-news.com
  
  Gwen Stefani was thrilled to finally get the chance to work with Eminem on track Kings Never Die.
  
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• Britney Spears ‘searching for another K-Fed’

  13-07-2015 23:04 via music-news.com
  
  Britney Spears is reportedly keen to find a man like her ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
  
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• Breaking: Spotify Behind the Government Investigation of Apple Negotiations…

  13-07-2015 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Spotify recently told subscribers to cancel subscriptions made through the Apple Store, and sign up again using the Spotify website. This would keep Apple from...
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• How Spotify Is Spending Millions on Lobbyists to Keep Streaming Free…

  13-07-2015 22:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Free streaming means more users.  More users means a bigger service.  A bigger service means a bigger IPO on Wall Street. Any questions? A few...
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• Watch M.I.A.'s 'Matahdatah' Video Featuring New Track 'Swords'

  13-07-2015 22:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  M.I.A. unveiled a new audiovisual project titled "Matahdatah Scroll 01 ‘Broader Than A Border'" Monday on Apple Music, and the five-minute clip features a pair of the rapper's songs: Matangi's "Warriors" and a new track called "Swords," which is set for her upcoming album Matahdatah. The video, filmed by M.I.A. in India and...
  
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• Classical and Romantic music on period instruments in Sonoma

  13-07-2015 22:31
  
  Just when you thought every angle for a music festival had been exhausted, cellist Tanya Tomkins and fortepianist Eric Zivian came up with a new one. Valley of the Moon Music Festival, which begins its inaugural season this weekend, is devoted to music of the Classical and Romantic era, played on period instruments in a historically informed style.
  
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• Mozart's music, and nothing but

  13-07-2015 22:31
  
  George Cleve is among the region's most dynamic and exciting conductors of Mozart's music, so it's only fitting that for the past four decades he's devoted a chunk of his summer every year to nothing but Mozart. The Midsummer Mozart Festival, which he founded and continues to lead, isn't one of your "mostly" affairs - it's 100 percent unadulterated Amadeus.
  
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• David Guetta Subjected a Live Horse to His Native American Themed Club Party

  13-07-2015 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here’s video footage of David Guetta’s “Fuck Me I’m Famous” opening party at Pacha Ibiza at the end of May… [View the story “Deadmau5 on...
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• Madonna simulates sex in 'B--tch I'm Madonna' remix video

  13-07-2015 21:26
  
  The 'B--ch I'm Madonna' remix music video was released Monday and features a hot dance solo by Madge. Madonna gets friendly with a broom during her dance solo in the remix music video for 'B--tch I'm Madonna' released Monday.
  
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• Spotify's Music Map taps into the musical DNA of nearly 1,000 cities

  13-07-2015 21:26
  
  If you've ever spent hours compiling a playlist designed to capture the essence of a certain place, Spotify just made your life a whole lot easier. The streaming service has introduced a Musical Map that features close to 1,000 cities, all of which connect to playlists uniquely crafted to feel like that particular location.
  
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• 50 Cent files for bankruptcy

  13-07-2015 21:02 via music-news.com
  
  50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy just three days after a woman won a $5 million lawsuit against him.
  
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• Music Monday (7/13): This Week's New Albums + Videos

  13-07-2015 20:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like U2, The Libertines, Miguel, and Julia Holter, plus brand new streaming music from Tame Impala, Ratatat, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic
  
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• Glastonbury's Irish Music Festival A Casualty Of Declining Revenue, Attendance

  13-07-2015 20:26
  
  The Greater Hartford Irish Music Festival, which began as a small cultural event 32 years ago, grew to an jam-packed three-day extravaganza in July with over 25 performing groups and 25,000 attendees, is canceled after five consecutive years of declining revenue. "We could try to make cuts to expenses and watch overhead, but the public expects something and we decided it was too great a challenge to try and continue," said Maureen Kennedy, president of the Irish American Home Society , host of t
  
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• Phil Anselmo on Confederate Flag: I Don't Want Anything to Do With It

  13-07-2015 19:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Recent controversy surrounding the Confederate flag has brought attention to groups who incorporate it into their merch and stage shows, including defunct headbangers Pantera who still sell T-shirts sporting the emblem. Now the group's former singer, Phil Anselmo – who is currently performing with the reactivated metal...
  
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• Now That Dubstep Is Dead, I'm Turning Into an EDM Fan

  13-07-2015 19:26
  
  I think I may be an EDM fan. That's a hard sentence to write, because for as long as I can remember, it's a genre that I've actively railed against.
  
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• Dance the night away to music made with a Game Boy

  13-07-2015 19:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rollo Ross LONDON (Reuters) - In a central London bar, Niamh Houston, aka Chipzel, is using a handheld Game Boy device to generate pulsating electronic sounds as the crowd around her dances, arms pumping in the air. Chiptune, also called chip or 8-bit music, is created by using the sound chips of old video game consoles, such as the Nintendo Game Boy, which was popular in the 1990s. "Chip music is music composed on old computer hardware or retro consoles, (such as) the Atari systems, the Comm
  
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• Foo Fighters cut show as storm hits

  13-07-2015 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  The Foo Fighters faced another force on Saturday night, that of Mother Nature.
  
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• Def Leppard to release new album in October

  13-07-2015 18:48 via music-news.com
  
  Phil Collen, guitarist for Def Leppard, has said that the band will have a new album in October.
  
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• Robert Cray: 4 Nights of 40 Years Live

  13-07-2015 18:41 via music-news.com
  
  Robert Cray is to release a double CD and video package 4 Nights of 40 Years Live.
  
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• Michael Swier Is the Proud New Yorker Behind L.A.'s Coolest New Music Venue

  13-07-2015 18:26
  
  In the 30 years he's spent in the music business, Michael Swier has seen enough dirt, blood, sweat, and tears to coat the stages and floors of his venues 20 times over - and that includes his own. In 1985, Swier opened his first bar - 2A in Manhattan's East Village - and has been the roll-up-your-sleeves type from the get-go.
  
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• One Direction rocks Levi's Stadium

  13-07-2015 17:21
  
  One Direction suffered what appeared to be a huge loss when Zayn Malik, one of the group's five founding members, announced he was leaving the fold in March. Yet, the British boy band hasn't really missed a beat since Malik exited and certainly appeared no worse for wear during its highly anticipated concert on Saturday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
  
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• Janet Jackson Plots Second U.S. Leg of Unbreakable Tour

  13-07-2015 16:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Janet Jackson has announced a second U.S. leg to her Unbreakable world tour, with the singer extending her first trek in four years well into 2016. After the first 39 dates North American leg of Jackson's tour concludes November 12th in Honolulu, the singer will kick off 27 more Unbreakable...
  
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• Dallas Rapper Mike Caesar Wants to Fight Stigmas About Mental Illness with Music

  13-07-2015 16:21
  
  Mike Caesar first knew he had a problem when he was nine years old. He kept getting into trouble at school, so his mother took him to see a counselor.
  
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• DJ Irie Launches the New Allapattah Music and Literacy Center

  13-07-2015 16:21
  
  There was a sense of warmth in the air during the afternoon's events on Thursday, July 9, but it wasn't just because of Miami's unbearable heat. A group of individuals that could essentially be called a family had gathered in a cozy, vibrant room in Allapattah, Miami, decorated with children's artwork.
  
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• Thom Yorke, Patti Smith, Flea Unite for Climate Change Concert

  13-07-2015 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Thom Yorke, Patti Smith, Flea, Dhani Harrison and more will perform at Paris' Le Trianon theater on December 4th as part of Pathway to Paris, a concert designed to raise awareness about the urgency of climate action. The event will coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference, which takes place...
  
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• Flashback: Goldie Hawn Covers Dolly Parton

  13-07-2015 16:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Her giggly "dumb blonde" antics as one of the stars of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in the late '60s made a household name of Goldie Hawn. But by the time she left the series in its third season, Hawn was an Academy Award-winning film star, no longer notable for just...
  
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• Zayn Malik 'slams Naughty Boy friendship'

  13-07-2015 16:03 via music-news.com
  
  Zayn Malik has seemingly slammed his friend and producer Naughty Boy on Twitter.
  
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• 'Fantastic Four' director announces Run The Jewels' El-P composed music for film

  13-07-2015 15:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Less than one month before Marvel's "Fantastic Four" is due in theaters, director Josh Trank has let the cat out of the bag on one of the composers used in the film's musical score. The director revealed that Run The Jewels' El-P composed the songs used in the end credits, according to Entertainment Weekly.
  
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• Jazz exhibit opens with 'music you can see' in Chicago

  13-07-2015 15:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Experimental jazz collides with avant-garde visual pieces in a vibrant exhibit which opened Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The Freedom Principle, as the exhibit is called, also includes a series of concerts that will culminate in a 25-hour marathon performance when it closes in November. It combines works by progressive black artists of the 1960s -- who were influenced by the creative collaboration and improvisation of experimental music -- with pieces by contemporary artist
  
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• Apple creating its own music videos for top stars

  13-07-2015 14:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple is reportedly creating its own music videos for top artists on its recently launched streaming service.
  
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• Festival Underdog Viva! Pomona Brings Bilingual Indie Music to the Glass House

  13-07-2015 14:11
  
  Las Robertas, from Costa Rica, are one of many artists representing the new wave of Latino indie music at Viva! Pomona Rene Contreras is no stranger to adversity. For the fourth year in a row, the short, skinny, curly-haired Chicano from Pomona will present the Viva! Pomona festival this summer.
  
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• James McAvoy Loves Taylor Swift, Listens to '1989' With His Son 'All the Time'

  13-07-2015 13:12
  
  Taylor Swift's long list of celebrity fans just keeps growing. It turns out that even X-Men: Days of Future Past star James McAvoy is a Swiftie.
  
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• George Michael rejects crack cocaine slur

  13-07-2015 12:59 via music-news.com
  
  George Michael has dismissed statements made in a recent interview with his cousin’s wife, in which she claimed the star was so badly addicted to crack he frequently woke up in a pool of vomit.
  
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• Adam Lambert on Nile Rodgers & Pharrell

  13-07-2015 12:59 via music-news.com
  
  Shot a dilapidated rooftop warehouse in East London, Adam Lambert performs Another Lonely Night and the title track from his acclaimed new album
  
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• Rihanna's stalker 'being tracked by cops'

  13-07-2015 12:23 via music-news.com
  
  Police are reportedly electronically tracking a man who threatened to kill Rihanna.
  
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• James McAvoy: I’m a Swifty!

  13-07-2015 12:23 via music-news.com
  
  James McAvoy thought his son would be excited when he got his photo taken with Taylor Swift, but it didn''t play out that way.
  
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• Foo Fighters to return at Milton Keynes Bowl

  13-07-2015 10:24 via music-news.com
  
  "You have always stood by our band, and we will always stand by you. Like I say at every show, we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for
  
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• Sam Smith pens track for future beau

  13-07-2015 09:46 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Smith has revealed he is still single, despite getting cosy with a handsome guy in London, UK, recently.
  
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• Mike Tyson hints at 'intense' Madonna video

  13-07-2015 09:46 via music-news.com
  
  Mike Tyson has shot a top secret video with Madonna, in which he's naked and caged.
  
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• Robert E. Klein for The Boston Globe Music reviewKelly Clarkson's...

  13-07-2015 09:02
  
  You can now read 5 articles in a month for free on BostonGlobe.com. Read as much as you want anywhere and anytime for just 99A .
  
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• The Beatles: Extraordinary Plagiarists…

  13-07-2015 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is as much a book about regrettable race relations as it is the most revered band in history.  In the end, author Edgar O....
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• 50 Cent ordered to pay $5M for sex tape

  13-07-2015 07:00
  
  Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1ITVvPd NEW YORK - Someone else's sex tape is proving to be costly for 50 Cent: A jury ordered the rapper-actor Friday to pay $5 million to a woman who said he acquired a video she made with her boyfriend, added himself as a crude commentator and posted it online without her permission. And the Manhattan jurors are set to continue deliberating this week on possible further, punitive damages in Lastonia Leviston's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit ag
  
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• Behind the Music of 'Minions'

  13-07-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Composer Heitor Pereira, a former member of the band Simply Red, talks to THR about how the bright, whimsical score came to be.
  
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• George Michael: I’m perfectly fine

  13-07-2015 05:07 via music-news.com
  
  George Michael has dismissed statements made in a recent interview with his cousin’s wife, in which she claimed the star was so badly addicted to crack he frequently woke up in a pool of vomit.
  
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• The music countdown tape that kept a decade alive

  13-07-2015 02:46
  
  By the summer of 1990, I already desperately missed the 1980s. Specifically I missed '80s music.
  
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• Beans on Toast announces November tour

  13-07-2015 02:15 via music-news.com
  
  Beans on Toast, who's announced a new stack of live shows for Winter 2015.
  
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• Michael Black joins Taipan full time

  13-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Michael Black, vocalist for Black Oil has announced that he is now the permanent singer for the international metal band, Taipan.
  
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