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• No BS' Concert Promoter Lazaro Megret on 35 Years of Staging Shows for Miami Sound Machine, Enrique Iglesias and Latin Music's Hottest Acts

  22-04-2016 23:54
  
  In the El Paso, Texas, office of Latin music concert promoter Lazaro Megret, which offers a panoramic view of the nearby Mexican ­border, the...
  
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• Zoe Kravitz & Questlove on Finding the 'Dark Side' for Crime Thriller-Meets-Love Story 'Vincent N Roxxy'

  22-04-2016 23:52
  
  Tribeca Film Festival-goers came to New York's Bow Tie Cinemas looking for thrills on Monday night for the premiere of the romance...
  
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• Prince's cause of death remains a mystery pending further tests

  22-04-2016 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  Officials are refusing to speculate on what led to the singer's passing at the age of 57.
  
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• Justin Bieber's representative dismisses 'fabricated' Prince criticism

  22-04-2016 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's spokesperson insists the viral post was doctored.
  
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• Prince's 'Purple Rain' to Return to Theaters

  22-04-2016 23:37
  
  Prince's first film, 1984’s quasi-autobiographical Purple Rain, will screen at AMC Theatres throughout the country as a tribute to the...
  
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• Kid Cudi Reveals His Struggle With Drugs and Depression: 'I Was Living a Nightmare'

  22-04-2016 23:29
  
  Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi is beaming from behind a Los Angeles studio console as his new single, “Frequency,” blasts through...
  
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• LACMA's Rain Room Turns Purple in Honor of Prince

  22-04-2016 23:28
  
  The Los Angeles County Museum of Art paid tribute to Prince on Friday (April 22) by turning its Rain Room purple.
  A day after the legendary R&B/...
  
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• Watch Birdman Ask the Breakfast Club to 'Respect My Name' in Swift Sit-Down

  22-04-2016 23:19
  
  A Breakfast Club interview went left on Friday morning (April 22) after Cash Money chief Birdman paid Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ...
  
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• The Magic of Prince's Early Tours: 'You Weren't Ready for How Good He Was'

  22-04-2016 23:05
  
  Ted Cohen is known as a digital consultant who headed digital development for EMI Music and worked with early digital companies ranging from...
  
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• Sammy Wilk Talks Debut Album 'Ready for War' & Upcoming Tour: Listen to 'Throw Signs' Feat. Jack & Jack Now

  22-04-2016 23:00
  
  Since making the move from Omaha, Nebraska, to Los Angeles, Sammy Wilk has felt the pressures of the music industry pulling at him in...
  
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• 12 Best Songs of the Week: Billboard.com Editors' Picks -- April 22

  22-04-2016 23:00
  
  Billboard is sharing our favorite tunes of the week based on our critical and personal tastes.
  Spanning genres from dance to country, Latin to...
  
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• Rhinestone Cowboys: The Embroidered Suits Once Rocked By Johnny Cash and Gram Parsons Are Making a High-Fashion Comeback

  22-04-2016 22:54
  
  Decades have passed since cowboys wore ­rhinestones -- ­specifically, the bedazzled suits created by country and western tailor Nudie...
  
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• Watch Thousands of Prince Fans Perform Cathartic 'Purple Rain'

  22-04-2016 22:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Prince's "Purple Rain" was made for heart-wrenching moments: it's one long build towards an ecstatic, thrilling release. The ballad is so potent that Prince sequenced it last on the Purple Rain album – how could he possibly follow it with another song?12 Wildest Prince Moments
  A slew of Prince tributes took place Thursday in the wake of the singer's death, including separate celebrations of the star helmed by Questlove and Spike Lee in Brooklyn. But as much as the world loved Prince,
  
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• Volbeat Gains 'Crown'-ing Achievement on Hot Rock Songs Chart

  22-04-2016 22:49
  
  Volbeat makes an entrance fit for a king with "The Devil's Bleeding Crown."
  The song, released April 7 as the lead single from the...
  
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• Latin Albums to Look Out for in 2016: J Balvin, Reik & More

  22-04-2016 22:47
  
  After teasing studio time with Pharrell in his social media platforms, J Balvin has everyone on the edge waiting on the new production...
  
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• Charli XCX’s Sleek ‘Vroom Vroom’ Video Is All Leather Catsuits And Luxury Whips

  22-04-2016 22:45
  
  Charli XCX is sleek, sexy, and ready to ride in her new "Vroom Vroom" video.
  
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• Sheriff Has 'No Reason' to Suspect Prince's Death Was Suicide

  22-04-2016 22:40
  
  In a press conference held by Minnesota's Carver County Sheriff Office on Friday (April 22), Sheriff Jim Olson told reporters that Prince's...
  
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• I Had Other Loves But Nothing Compares 2 Prince

  22-04-2016 22:40
  
  Discovering Prince's 1993 volume of hits and B-Sides
  
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• Flashback: Prince and Beyonce's Dazzling Grammy Performance

  22-04-2016 22:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Twenty years after releasing Purple Rain, Prince performed a trio of tracks from the album and film at the 2004 Grammy Awards alongside Beyoncé. The pair of artists opened the show with their medley.Goodbye, Prince – You Were the Best of Us
  Prince took the stage alone at first, performing "Purple Rain" with his signature guitar and a purple suit before Beyoncé joined him in a sparkling pink dress, belting out the track alongside the icon. They transitioned into a sassy,
  
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• Chris Stapleton on Prince: 'He Was an Anomaly'

  22-04-2016 22:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  On the surface, Chris Stapleton and Prince couldn't have less in common. But the R&B-influenced country singer says the late music visionary was an inspiration, both as a singer and a fellow guitar player.Hear the Song Prince Secretly Wrote for Kenny Rogers
  "I don't think you can exist in music and not have been influenced by him. His music has been part of the musical psyche for the entirety of my life," Stapleton tells Rolling Stone Country. "He'll be missed."While he says he can't choose
  
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• Bon Jovi Keyboardist David Bryan Signs With CAA

  22-04-2016 22:26
  
  Creative Artists Agency has signed Bon Jovi's David Bryan for individual representation, Billboard has learned.
  The Bon...
  
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• Fatboy Slim Collaborates With Idris Elba on 'The Road Less Traveled'

  22-04-2016 22:21
  
  Fatboy Slim teams up with actor and DJ Idris Elba for "The Road Less Traveled," a track from the upcoming action film Bastille Day, ...
  
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• Watch Maluma's Forbidden Love in 'El Perdedor' Music Video

  22-04-2016 22:15
  
  Maluma gets in some serious trouble because of a girl he's crushing on in his latest music video for hit single "El Perdedor....
  
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• Peter Frampton Defends His Decision to Play in States With 'Absurd' Anti-LGBT Laws

  22-04-2016 22:09
  
  Peter Frampton by no means supports the controversial anti-LGBT laws that have been passed in Mississippi and North Carolina. However, the...
  
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• Harry, Ron, And Hermione Duel It Out In Harry Potter And The Cursed Child First Look

  22-04-2016 22:01
  
  Here's your first look at "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
  
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• Prince Autopsy Results Inconclusive

  22-04-2016 21:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  The four-hour autopsy to determine Prince's cause of death ended Friday afternoon, but authorities say they are holding back on releasing results pending the return of toxicology reports. A rep for the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office, the agency that conducted the autopsy, told TMZ that they are still collecting the musician's medical records and Prince's family's medical history to aid in the investigation.Minneapolis in Mourning: A City Celebrates Prince
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• Beyonce Aligns With Three Charities for Formation World Tour

  22-04-2016 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Beyoncé has aligned with three charities to serve as "global partners" for the singer's upcoming Formation World Tour. All three organizations – the United Way Worldwide, Chime for Change and Global Citizen – will have a presence during Beyoncé's trek, which kicks off April 27th in Miami, Florida.Slay Anything: Is Beyonce Beyond Criticism?
  The philanthropic efforts were hatched out of Beyoncé's BeyGOOD global charity initiative, which the sing
  
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• Rewinding the Charts: 30 Years Ago, Prince Reigned With the Hot 100's Top Two

  22-04-2016 21:49
  
  As the world mourns Prince, who died April 21 at the age of 57, his fans can remember the music icon by revisiting one of his most impressive chart...
  
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• Listen to Prince & Miles Davis' Never-Released Collaboration

  22-04-2016 21:41
  
  It's fitting that one of the few artists Miles Davis ever openly praised was another unrepentant iconoclast: Prince.
  Prince Dies at 57: Iconic...
  
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• While His Guitar Gently Wept

  22-04-2016 21:40
  
  Prince's work and his power are unquestionable. I am writing this about a specific two minutes and fifty seconds of his life.
  
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• Concerns Over Sony's Market Power Leads Rivals to Urge EU Action on Michael Jackson Deal

  22-04-2016 21:40
  
  Warner Music Group and independent music company representative Impala are urging the European Commission to review Sony/ATV’s acquisition of...
  
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• Weekend Rock Question: What Is Prince's Best Song?

  22-04-2016 21:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Prince's death shocked the world on Thursday and led many hardcore and casual fans to explore the iconic pop, rock and R&B performer's expansive catalog. Granted, much of Prince's music has been purged from the Internet, with only a few videos still viewable and his songs only available to stream on Tidal. The night the news broke, however, many fans flocked to be with one another and celebrate his music communally, attending memorial parties at Minneapolis' First Avenue and a Brooklyn
  
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• Prince's second wife building school in his memory

  22-04-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Manuela Testolini joins Prince's first wife Mayte Garcia in remembering her ex-husband.
  
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• Prince post-mortem underway in Minnesota

  22-04-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Results could take weeks before it's revealed how Prince died.
  
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• Meghan Trainor Puts Her Ex On Blast On New Yo Gotti-Featuring Track ‘Better’

  22-04-2016 21:30
  
  Meghan Trainor and Yo Gotti team up for the tropical-sounding tell-off "Better."
  
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• Prince: the artist who defied the music industry

  22-04-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Beyond his far-reaching influence on the pop landscape, Prince leaves a lasting legacy as the first star to take on the music industry in a fight for creative -- and financial -- freedom. "Record contracts are just like -- I'm gonna say the word -- slavery," Prince, who died at the age of 57 on Thursday, told US public radio NPR in an interview. It's with Warner that Prince's crossing of swords was most acrimonious, even driving him to renounce his own stage name for several years in the 1990s.
  
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• Purple Reign: 10 R&B & Rap Tracks That Sample Prince

  22-04-2016 21:20
  
  Prince's prolific catalog (he released 39 studio albums over the course of his 35-plus-year career) not only cemented his place among music...
  
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• Inside Prince's Paisley Park: My Amazing Day With the Purple One

  22-04-2016 21:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Paisley Park was smaller than I imagined. In the Eighties, it must have seemed futuristic, but now in 1999, from the outside, it seemed like a car dealership. I'd interviewed hundreds of stars in my time, but Prince was the Holy Grail of music journalism, the one to boast about. As a courtesy to Arista Records head Clive Davis, who himself was boasting about signing Prince, the artist had agreed to talk to the media to promote his then-new album, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. It was his first
  
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• 9 A*Teens Music Videos That Will Take You Back To The Early ’00s

  22-04-2016 21:17
  
  Early 2000's music videos from Swedish pop group A*Teens.
  
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• New Music Friday: Spotify Editors' Picks

  22-04-2016 21:15
  
  Every week, Spotify updates their "New Music Friday" playlist, featuring 50 of the freshest new tracks hitting the service that week. On...
  
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• Cyndi Lauper Remembers Good Friend Prince: 'He Was So Sweet to Me All the Freakin' Time'

  22-04-2016 21:11
  
  The day after Prince's death at age 57, Cyndi Lauper felt better than she had on Thursday -- but not by much.
  "I'm pretty devastated,...
  
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• Guitarist Lonnie Mack Dies at 74

  22-04-2016 20:57
  
  A musician whose instrumental recordings influenced guitar players including Stevie Ray Vaughan has died in Nashville, Tennessee. Lonnie Mack was 74...
  
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• Why did Prince die? Autopsy performed on music legend

  22-04-2016 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Piya Sinha-Roy and Jill Serjeant (Reuters) - An autopsy on U.S. music superstar Prince on Friday sought to determine why the innovative performer died, but authorities cautioned it could take weeks before the results are made public. The intensely private musician, whose hits included “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead at his home in suburban Minneapolis on Thursday at the age of 57, shocking millions of fans around the world and prompting glowing tribu
  
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• Introducing Khal Moro: What These Game Of Thrones Season 6 Photos Really Mean

  22-04-2016 20:56
  
  Khal Moro and Daenerys. Sansa and Theon. Cersei and vengeance. Analyzing what those new 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 premiere photos really mean.
  
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• Prince Re-Enters U.K. Charts, While P.J. Harvey Scores First No. 1 Album

  22-04-2016 20:54
  
  Prince's death has already impacted the U.K. singles and album charts, as the Official Charts Company publishes its new weekly data Friday (April...
  
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• Why I’m OK With Being The Third Wheel

  22-04-2016 20:52
  
  The third wheel is actually one of the most entertaining wheels one can be.
  
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• 5 Times Prince Transcended Music

  22-04-2016 20:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The icon was far more than just a singer.
  
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• Universal Wins Big Ruling in Copyright Lawsuit Over In-Flight Music

  22-04-2016 20:42
  
  Universal Music and Capitol Records have navigated the complexities of international air travel to score a summary judgment ruling that when it gets...
  
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• Paul Westerberg Remembers Prince: 'I Can't Think of Anyone Better'

  22-04-2016 20:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg was a teenage punk-rocker when he had his first life-altering experience listening to Prince. Decades later, after playing the same clubs as the late star and recording frequently at Paisley Park, he's still in awe. "He was like a ray of light in a very cautious place," the singer-songwriter told us. He spoke with Rolling Stone after hearing news of the rock, pop and funk icon's death at age 57.Minneapolis in Mourning: A City Celebrates Prince
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• The Time Prince Got Mad At Me Because I Wouldn't Dance

  22-04-2016 20:25
  
  Editor's Note: In November 1999, Billboard contributor Gil Kaufman interviewed Prince for the defunct web music magazine Addicted to Noise....
  
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