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• Ticketfly Raises Another $50 Million…

  15-07-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ticketfly has raised $50 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $85 million. The round was led by Riverwood Capital.  RBC...
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• Riot Fest Single-Day Lineups Announced

  15-07-2015 23:29
  
  The Colorado installment of Riot Fest is a month and a half away. We told you about this year's lineup earlier - it includes Ice Cube , Iggy Pop, Modest Mouse and more.
  
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• Where to Eat at the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival

  15-07-2015 23:10 via chicago.eater.com
  
  West Loop Salumi, The Chicago Diner, Porkchop, Black Dog Gelato and more will be on hand. The tenth annual Pitchfork Music Festival is hitting Chicago's Union Park this weekend and, in addition to the musical talent on display, there will also be plenty of standout food options.
  
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• Music Review: Alan Jackson delivers on 'Angels and Alcohol'

  15-07-2015 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Alan Jackson, "Angels and Alcohol" (ACR/EMI Nashville)
  
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• 20-50% of Royalties Never Reach the Artist, Study Finds…

  15-07-2015 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Artists aren’t sometimes getting screwed in the digital era.  According to the latest research, they are systematically and routinely missing as much as half of their...
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• Eagles, George Lucas, Carole King to Receive Kennedy Center Honors

  15-07-2015 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  This year's Kennedy Center Honors will recognize artists from a wide swath of American culture, including soft rockers Eagles, singer-songwriter Carole King and Star Wars creator George Lucas. Actress and singer Rita Moreno, classical conductor Seiji Ozawa and actress Cicely Tyson will all also receive awards. The Honors recognize people...
  
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• Judge Says Marvin Gaye’s Estate Is Entitled to 50% of “Blurred Lines” Royalties

  15-07-2015 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Back in March, Robin Thicke and Pharrell were ordered to pay $7.3 million to Marvin Gaye’s family over “Blurred Lines”.  Their lawyer, Howard King, said he...
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• Justin Bieber to Martha Stewart: My New Album Is 'Very Personal'

  15-07-2015 20:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Justin Bieber's Comedy Central roast not only gave us new Bieber jokes, but also sparked an unlikely friendship between the pop star and one of his roasters: Martha Stewart. To prove this bond, Stewart interviewed Bieber for his Interview Magazine cover story.While the wealthy pair mostly...
  
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• How a mob of Kickstarter vigilantes are killing the world's smallest earbuds

  15-07-2015 20:24
  
  Ivan Kan had no way of knowing that he would cause such a ruckus - no way of knowing he even COULD cause such a rumble. Yet, shortly after he launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to bring a completely wireless Bluetooth earbud to market in the U.S, that's exactly what happened.
  
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• Nick Cave's teen son dies in U.K. cliff fall

  15-07-2015 20:24
  
  Nick Cave's teen son dies in U.K. cliff fall One of Nick Cave's teen twin sons has died in fall from English cliff top. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1J0AgLH Nick Cave, wife Susie Bick with their twin sons, Earl and Arthur, in 2012 in London.
  
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• Miguel talks race, sex and more during intimate Sonos Studio L.A. concert

  15-07-2015 20:24
  
  JULY 13: Singer-Songwriter Miguel performs onstage during the SONOS Studio + PANDORA: An Evening With Miguel on July 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Possibly riding a high off a big cup of "coffee," Miguel wowed fans during an intimate concert at Sonos Studios in Los Angeles - and the Monday show was his second gig of the night.
  
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• 10 Best Country Songs of 2015 So Far: Artists' Picks

  15-07-2015 20:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  We're just a little more than halfway through 2015, and country music has already been filled to the brim with controversy ("Tomatogate," for one) and banner moments (like New York's first-ever country music festival, FarmBorough). But perhaps most importantly, it's had a slew of top-notch singles. We asked...
  
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• Neil Young Pulling Catalog From Streaming Services

  15-07-2015 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Neil Young announced Wednesday that he is pulling his music off streaming services over frustration with the medium's sound quality. On Facebook, the Harvest singer wrote that while he also has issues with how streaming services compensate artists, it's how his music sounds when streamed that pushed him to...
  
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• Armed men ransack singer's home, lock aunt in closet

  15-07-2015 19:20
  
  Three armed men in masks forced their way into a Los Angeles home owned by Chris Brown, locked the R&B singer's aunt in a closet and then ransacked the place for valuables, police said. Brown was not at the home during the robbery around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Liliana Preciado said.
  
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• Miguel Gives Billy Corgan Writing Credit Over '1979' Similarity

  15-07-2015 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  When Miguel realized his spiky guitar riff for Wildheart track "leaves" reminded him of Smashing Pumpkins' 1996 hit "1979," he reached out to the band's mastermind, Billy Corgan, and ended up giving the musician a co-writing credit. "Kind of after we finished the song, it was like, 'You know what, this is...
  
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• Chris Brown's Home Invaded, Aunt Locked in Closet

  15-07-2015 18:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chris Brown's Los Angeles home was invaded early Wednesday morning by three armed men in masks who ransacked the property of valuables. The singer was not in the residence at the time of the robbery, but the suspects locked Brown's aunt in a closet. Brown's aunt, whose name was not...
  
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• 'Nobody in that room knew what to do': Former Runaways bassist Jackie Fox discusses rape allegations

  15-07-2015 18:19
  
  The Runaways in 1977 from left are Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Jackie Fox , Sandy West and Joan Jett. Fuchs has recently claimed that she was raped by the band's manager when she was 16. The Runaways in 1977 from left are Lita Ford, Cherie Currie, Jackie Fox , Sandy West and Joan Jett.
  
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• Young Thug Arrested for Making Terroristic Threats

  15-07-2015 18:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  U.S. Marshals arrested Young Thug early Wednesday morning for allegedly making terroristic threats. Authorities claim the 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, threatened to shoot a security guard at Atlanta's Perimeter Mall in the face, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. An arrest warrant claims the rapper...
  
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• DMX Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Unpaid Child Support

  15-07-2015 17:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  DMX has been sentenced to six months in jail for failing to pay $400,000 in child support. The 44-year-old rapper was placed in the Erie County holding center in Buffalo, New York on Tuesday, July 14th, The Guardian reports, citing the Erie County sheriff's office. The "Party Up" rapper was...
  
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• Nick Cave's son dies

  15-07-2015 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  Nick Cave's teenage son Arthur has died in Brighton.
  
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• Chris Brown's home targeted by robbers

  15-07-2015 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  Chris Brown's Californian home has allegedly been targeted by armed robbers.
  
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• Bieber: Scooter creeped family out

  15-07-2015 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber isn't worried about when he releases his next album, as he wants it to be perfect.
  
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• Editors announce new album 'In Dream'

  15-07-2015 16:39 via music-news.com
  
  Following the surprise release of their first new music in two years via a secretive placing of 'No Harm' on a Play It Again Sam label sampler
  
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• UPDATE: 'The Country' Bar and Music Venue Opening Next to Centennial Park

  15-07-2015 16:34 via nashville.eater.com
  
  POST UPDATE: General manager Faith Shealy contacted Eater with a few additional details, including that The Country is under the same ownership as Jed's Sports Bar and Grille. Located at 110 28th Avenue North near Centennial Park and next to Jed's Sports Bar and Grille, the new project, according to their website, is slated to open this month, with hiring currently underway.
  
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• Alex Ferreira Just Really Wants People to Have Sex to His New Album

  15-07-2015 16:10
  
  Curly hair. It's all I've thought about the past few days. Out of all the things that I remember about listening to Alex Ferreira's music during my college heyday, the one thing I always have the easiest time remembering is the hair, which was prominently displayed on the cover of his first album, Un Domingo Cualquiera.
  
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• Hear Will Hoge Slam the Confederate Flag in 'Still a Southern Man'

  15-07-2015 15:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  When Will Hoge was in high school, he used to proudly wave the Confederate flag at high school football games. At the time, it made perfect sense — his school's team was the Franklin Rebels, its mascot a rebel soldier. "It's something I've been surrounded with for years," says the...
  
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• Paolo Nutini biggest headline show yet

  15-07-2015 15:04 via music-news.com
  
  Having recently undertaken a sold-out outdoor Summer tour of the UK, including dates at the Eden Project and a headline show
  
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• Home for retired musicians raises funds to buy Verdi letters

  15-07-2015 14:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — A home for retired musicians created by composer Giuseppe Verdi has secured of a cache of his joking and sometimes off-color correspondence with an Italian count for the bargain price of 120,000 euros ($132,000).
  
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• Saint Raymond reveals tour dates

  15-07-2015 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Following the release of his UK Top 10 debut album Young Blood last week, Nottingham native Saint Raymond has announced details
  
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• James Bay: I’ll be back to headline T

  15-07-2015 13:20 via music-news.com
  
  T in the Park is the end of a real good three-in-a-row for me. We were in Lisbon, never played there before, 40 or 50,000 people came to the stage
  
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• Sara Van Buskirk's Son Will Have Great Taste In Music One Day

  15-07-2015 13:09
  
  Adam P. Newton recently became a father for the first time, so he has decided to explain the entirety of post-WWII Western pop music to his new daughter, "Fig"a one genre at a time.
  
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• What Spotify's "Musical Map" Says About Texas

  15-07-2015 13:09
  
  Spotify has become arguably the world's top music-streaming service in a relatively short amount of time, but it also feels more and more like a number-crunching game.
  
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• Four Ridiculous Rock Myths That People Actually Believed

  15-07-2015 13:09
  
  Rock music has been around for almost 60 years now, and has had plenty of time to spawn countless rumors and legends about the stars who' have been a part of its history.
  
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• Perez Hilton: Congrats Louis!

  15-07-2015 13:00 via music-news.com
  
  Perez Hilton has shared his reaction to the reports that Louis Tomlinson is to be a father.
  
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• Sugarhill Gang's Joseph Robinson dies

  15-07-2015 10:02 via music-news.com
  
  Joseph Robinson was a pioneer of hip-hop and owner of Sugarhill Gang Records.
  
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• Judge trims 'Blurred Lines' song dispute verdict to $5.3M

  15-07-2015 08:50
  
  A judge on Tuesday trimmed more than $2 million from a verdict against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over their hit "Blurred Lines," but Marvin Gaye's family will also get a significant share of future earnings from the 2013 hit song.
  
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• DMX thrown in jail

  15-07-2015 06:00 via music-news.com
  
  Rapper DMX, real name Earl Simmons, has been thrown in prison for six months after failing to pay child support.
  
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• Watch: Girl breaks up with Spotify for Apple Music in hilarious video

  15-07-2015 04:40
  
  The latest video from LA-based musical/sketch comedy troupe, Hot Chocolate Party , brings music streaming services to life in a whole new way. The skit, If Music Streaming Services Were Your Exes , personifies streaming services as different men, each of whom has romantic entanglements with a woman protaganist.
  
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• The problem with porn

  15-07-2015 03:36
  
  For nearly four years, David's days typically started and ended the same way. Around 6 a.m., he'd wake up, grab his phone or tablet from next to his bed and begin watching porn.
  
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• Diplo: Madonna created everything

  15-07-2015 02:45 via music-news.com
  
  Diplo thinks Justin Bieber, who was the featured artist on his latest Jack Ü single Where Are Ü Now, has a “weird gene”.
  
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• Flvto Lets You Download 99 YouTube Videos Simultaneously…

  15-07-2015 02:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  (screenshot from flvto.biz site) YouTube video-to-download converters have been around for years, but Flvto takes it to the extreme by enabling 99 video downloads simultaneously.  That...
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• 1D’s Louis Tomlinson ‘going to be a dad’

  15-07-2015 02:03 via music-news.com
  
  One Direction star Louis Tomlinson is supposedly expecting his first child with Briana Jungwirth, a stylist based in Los Angeles.
  
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• Tom Petty apologies for using confederate flag

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  With the recent movement to remove the confederate flag (and, yes, we know it wasn’t the real confederate flag but that is how it is known now) from much of society,
  
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• Sarandon to A$AP Rocky: Let’s spark one up

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Susan Sarandon has offered to smoke some pot with young rappers A$AP Rocky and Action Bronson.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly: I’m trying to find myself

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Billboard spoke exclusively to rapper Machine Gun Kelly about returning to the rap game, dealing with fame, and much more.
  
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• Kourtney and Scott split: Never a dull moment

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick will “hopefully work things out”, according to their friend Ryan Seacrest.
  
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• Kimye ‘obsessed with pregnancy time-lapse’

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have reportedly shelled out over $100,000 to ensure her second pregnancy is memorialised on video.
  
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• Johnny Marr headline dates

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  After two huge outdoor summer shows as guest to The Who and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, NME Godlike Genius Johnny Marr
  
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• Founding member of Them and Thin Lizzy dies

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Eric Wrixon, who was part of the forming of both Them and Thin Lizzy, died on Monday in Italy at the age of 68. There are no details available on the cause of death.
  
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• Cody Simpson: I’ll always love Gigi

  15-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cody Simpson says he “always will” love ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid, but still maintains that breaking up was the right thing to do.
  
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