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• Ozzfest & Knotfest Combining for Doubleheader Weekend

  12-05-2016 23:50
  
  Ozzfest, founded by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne 20 years ago, and Slipknot’s Knotfest will combine for a Live Nation-produced multi-stage camping...
  
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• Joe Walsh on Touring With Bad Company and Paying Tribute to Glenn Frey

  12-05-2016 23:45
  
  Joe Walsh's just-starting co-headlining tour with Bad Company -- during which he plans to include a tribute to his late Eagles mate Glenn Frey...
  
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• The Long, Dark House Of Cards Theme Song Now Has Lyrics

  12-05-2016 23:43
  
  Father John Misty wrote 'official' lyrics to the 'House of Cards' opening theme music.
  
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• Black Sabbath, Slipknot Headline Ozzfest, Knotfest Weekend

  12-05-2016 23:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ozzy Osbourne and Slipknot's Corey Taylor announced that Ozzfest and Knotfest would be joining forces for a standalone mega-fest this fall at a press conference Thursday. The event, officially dubbed Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, will feature Black Sabbath's final California concert. Sharon Osbourne introduced the artists at the press conference, which included Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan, Zakk Wylde and members of Anthrax, Hatebreed and others.Black Sabbath Talk 'Bittersweet' Farewell Tour,
  
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• Ruby Rose: 'I turned down tickets to see Prince two weeks before his death'

  12-05-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  Orange is the New Black star in purple pain over gig snub.
  
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• Kid Rock's assistant was driving drunk during tragic accident

  12-05-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  More details into the tragic death have emerged.
  
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• Rihanna to Perform at Billboard Music Awards

  12-05-2016 23:19
  
   
  Rihanna will perform at the Billboard Music Awards.
  Rihanna, currently on her Anti tour, will join already announced performers like...
  
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• Beyoncé And Blue Ivy Wear Matching Jackets That Probably Cost More Than Your Rent

  12-05-2016 23:16
  
  Beyoncé and Blue Ivy model matching Gucci denim jackets.
  
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• Martina 'TINI' Stoessel Graduates From Teenage TV Sensation 'Violetta' to Bilingual Pop Star

  12-05-2016 23:07
  
  Martina Stoessel is known to teens across the world as Violetta, the heroine of the Argentina-originated Disney Channel series by the same name...
  
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• The Ones That Got Away With It: A Celebration Of Bad Bitches In Film

  12-05-2016 22:57
  
  This weekend, indie film director Whit Stillman opens his latest movie, Love & Friendship. Starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, the movie is based on Lady Susan, an epistolary novella by Jane Austen about a crafty and charming widow who conquers high society and shockingly goes unpunished. Austen abstained from publishing Lady Susan (it was...Read more »
  
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• ‘Speed Dial,’ Episode 2: Rihanna, Madonna, And Emma Watson And The Half-Paid Taxes

  12-05-2016 22:57
  
  Also discussed: Keeping Up With Blac Chyna.
  
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• 5 Things We Learned From Sturgill Simpson's Marc Maron Podcast

  12-05-2016 22:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fans of Sturgill Simpson have been getting a look into his diverse musical self with the three very different solo albums he's released since 2013 — High Top Mountain, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music and his latest piece of counter-country, A Sailor's Guide to Earth. But Simpson has always been guarded when it comes to his personal thoughts, so his appearance on Marc Maron's influential WTF podcast today was a revealing treat.Sturgill Simpson on Staying Country, Covering Nirvana
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• After A Three-Year Wait, What Should We Expect From Chance The Rapper’s New Mixtape?

  12-05-2016 22:44
  
  Getting ready for Chance the Rapper's third mixtape, set to drop this week, after three years.
  
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• Meet the Luthier Who Made Prince's One-of-a-Kind Guitars

  12-05-2016 22:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Prince's unique musicianship was mirrored and enabled by the ornate guitars he used. Luthier Andy Beech of D'haitre Guitars in Bellingham, Washington is behind many of them. Beech designed 31 instruments for the late musicians including his famous "Cloud" guitar and "Symbol" guitar. Prince in the Nineties: An Oral History
  "I feel unbelievably privileged," Beech said while showing how the specialized instrument was constructed. "When I did this many years a
  
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• Is It Too Late Now For YACHT To Say Sorry? (Yes)

  12-05-2016 22:31
  
  The music press may be fickle, but shitty art is timeless
  
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• Amy Nicholson’s Cannes Diary, Day 1: Fantasy And Fact Blur At Film Critic Summer Camp

  12-05-2016 22:29
  
  MTV's chief critic is on the loose in France. These are her daily dispatches from the world's most important film festival.
  
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• How Shopping For My Own Wedding Made Me Hate Say Yes To The Dress

  12-05-2016 22:28
  
  Planning the big day is hard enough without being stressed out by TV's insane financial fantasies.
  
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• Boston Conservatory Hires First Hip-Hop Dance Faculty Member

  12-05-2016 22:22
  
  Multi-hyphenate Duane Lee Holland Jr. will hold The Boston Conservatory's first-ever full time faculty position in hip-hop dance. 
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• Hear Chance the Rapper, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne's Slick New Track 'No Problem'

  12-05-2016 22:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chance the Rapper teamed up with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz for energetic new track "No Problem," which arrives a day before the May 13th release of Chance 3.Watch Chance, Tinashe Perform 'All My Friends' on 'Kimmel'
  "No Problem" premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. The Chicago MC channels the strained vocal aesthetic of Future over a beat anchored by swirling, soulful voices. Chance belts out the song's addictive hook, calling out record labels a
  
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• Watch a Music Video Inspired by Guy Fieri

  12-05-2016 22:00 via eater.com
  
  Dillon Francis, a DJ, celebrated the debut of his new moniker, DJ Dillon Francis, with the release of a music video for the song "Need You" with NGHTMARE this week. In the video, a visor-clad Francis shows up to DJ a casual backyard party and ends up turning it on its head with his music and prompting some aggressive drinking, coordinated group dancing, and eventual chair kicking, body slamming, and silly stringing. Francis collaborated with director Jack Wagner, who said Guy Fieri influenced th
  
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• Emmy The Great Finds True Love

  12-05-2016 21:55
  
  By Jenny Zhang For a decade, Emma-Lee Moss has been steadily making weird, moody, melancholic music under the moniker Emmy the Great that has been referred to as nü-folk, anti-folk, synthpop, and, most of all, literary. If her first two albums, First Love and Virtue, were breakup albums before the colonization of emotions via emojis...Read more »
  
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• Zayn’s ‘Like I Would’ Video Was Inspired By The Song You Used To Grind To

  12-05-2016 21:50
  
  Director X reveals why Zayn's new 'Like I Would' video is full of lasers.
  
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• Black Keys, Ian MacKaye Offer Signed Bundles, Box Sets for Charity

  12-05-2016 21:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Black Keys, Ian MacKaye, Modest Mouse and more have donated a variety of items to an eBay charity auction benefiting Studios for Schools, a nonprofit aimed at building recording and production spaces in high schools.Dan Auerbach on Parenting, Ohio, Why Fighting Is for Pussies
  The auction also features bundles from the Coathangers and Burger Records, as well as a collection of Elliott Smith singles, a skateboard deck signed by Tony Hawk and 12 pairs of Volcom jeans. Fans can bid on
  
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• Troye Sivan on Being Kia's 'One to Watch' at the Billboard Music Awards: 'It's Really a Life-Changing Opportunity'

  12-05-2016 21:40
  
  Troye Sivan recognizes the "life-changing opportunity" that comes with being Kia's "One to Watch" at the Billboard Music...
  
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• The iPod May Be Dead, But Those Iconic Ads Still Shape The Way We See Music

  12-05-2016 21:30
  
  Apple's 'silhouette' ad campaign reset the boundaries of music technology's audience and permeated the culture. From Drake's "Hotline Bling" to Tegan and Sara's "Boyfriend."
  
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• Louis Tomlinson's girlfriend topless on vacation

  12-05-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The actress had no qualms about stripping off for a sun session with her British beau.
  
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• Can You Match The Song To The Disney Channel Original Movie? [QUIZ]

  12-05-2016 21:30
  
  See if you know which song belongs to each Disney Channel Original Movie.
  
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• Azealia Banks banned from Twitter after racist attack on Zayn Malik

  12-05-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Rapper reportedly under investigation in U.K.
  
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• Gallant Makes Television Debut To A Standing O on 'Tonight Show'

  12-05-2016 21:15
  
  After a headline-generating Coachella performance, Gallant is poised to gain even more press with his standing ovation-worthy, electrifying...
  
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• Carl Cox rocks House of Commons charity event

  12-05-2016 21:14 via music-news.com
  
  Carl Cox rocked the House of Commons on Wednesday 11th May 2016 at the House The House charity event to raise awareness of Last Night A DJ
  
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• Azzi & Osta Designers On Kesha's Couture Humane Society Gala Dress: 'It Was A Heart Attack Kind Of Surprise'

  12-05-2016 21:06
  
  Kesha made waves this past weekend at the Humane Society Gala in Los Angeles when she performed a cover of Lady Gaga and Diane Warren...
  
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• Chance The Rapper Is AutoTuned And Ecstatic On New Track With Lil Wayne And 2 Chainz

  12-05-2016 21:00
  
  Chance the Rapper drops "No Problem," featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz.
  
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• Watch Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's Karaoke Car Duet for 'The Fighter'

  12-05-2016 20:56
  
  Keith Urban's new track "The Fighter" may feature Carrie Underwood, but there's a new leading lady that has lend her...
  
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• 'Shut Up the Haters and Vote': DEL Records Partners with Advocacy Groups In Youth Voting Campaign

  12-05-2016 20:56
  
  DEL Records announced its partnership with local and national organizations including iAmerica and Chicago Votes to launch the campaign "...
  
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• EDMbiz 2016 Announces Additional Speakers and Programming: Exclusive

  12-05-2016 20:56
  
  EDMbiz Conference & Expo 2016 made its second announcement of speakers and programming today (May 12) for the ...
  
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• Prince Honored at Touching L.A. Memorial

  12-05-2016 20:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  An intimate, private memorial celebrating the life of Prince was held Wednesday night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Jointly organized by Prince's ex-wives, Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia, the event brought together a wide array of celebrities from Larry King to Savion Glover and many of Prince's old friends including all the members of the Revolution circa Purple Rain – Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, Bobby Z and Marc Brown – who all sat t
  
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• Alice Cooper Talks Reuniting With Original Members of His Band for New Album

  12-05-2016 20:46
  
  After flirtations at the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and on the same year's Welcome 2 My Nightmare album, Alice Cooper and...
  
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• Marvel’s Black Panther Has To Be Twice As Good If It’s Going To Succeed

  12-05-2016 20:45
  
  “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” — Henry IV, Part 2 (3.1.31) On a chilly November night in 2008, I stood in Grant Park clutching an Obama poster among a crowd of thousands. For black kids in America, the promise that you can be whatever you want to be — an astronaut, a...Read more »
  
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• Girls' Generation's Tiffany Releases 'I Just Wanna Dance' EP

  12-05-2016 20:43
  
  Over a decade since being discovered in Los Angeles in 2004, Tiffany presented the world with her first solo album on Wednesday. I Just Wanna Dance...
  
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• Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailers' Landmark Solo Albums Hit 40 Years

  12-05-2016 20:42
  
  In the spirit of One Love that they championed as The Wailers, three momentous solo albums from Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer,...
  
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• Ruby Rose On Rihanna's Lips, Prince's Influence & Why She's Urban Decay's Beauty Spokeswoman: Exclusive

  12-05-2016 20:30
  
  Inside a top-floor suite of New York’s Crosby Street Hotel, Ruby Rose has just wrapped a fashion photo shoot. She is poised and relaxed,...
  
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• Justin Timberlake Is My Dad, And Yours Too

  12-05-2016 20:25
  
  And he always has been, and he always will be
  
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• Chance The Rapper Taps 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne for 'No Problem': Listen

  12-05-2016 20:23
  
  Less than 24 hours before his Chance 3 mixtape lands, Chance The Rapper blesses headphones with a new tune called "No...
  
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• Hills Exes: Kristin Cavallari Gives Her Two Cents About Brody Jenner’s Engagement

  12-05-2016 20:19
  
  Find out what Kristin Cavallari thinks of her ex Brody Jenner's recent engagement.
  
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• What I Have Learned As A Queer Survivor Of Unhealthy Relationships

  12-05-2016 20:15
  
  Growing up in a small town in the Midwest, I wasn’t exactly taught how to be a “good” lesbian. I was raised in the Mormon church, which rigidly groomed me for eternal companionship with a man. So I was caught off guard when I met Haley* the summer before my freshman year of high school...Read more »
  
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• Hot 100 Chart Moves: Zedd & Kesha Debut With 'True Colors'

  12-05-2016 20:14
  
  As previously reported, Drake celebrates his first No. 1 as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated May 21), as "One Dance,"...
  
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• Kristen Stewart Wore Very (Very!) Strategically Placed Pockets At Cannes

  12-05-2016 20:03
  
  Kristen Stewart's Cannes red carpet dress featured strategically placed pockets.
  
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• Bebe Rexha On Channeling Jay Z's Style And Fearless New York Fashion: Exclusive

  12-05-2016 20:02
  
  It’s hard to avoid Bebe Rexha’s music these days. The 25-year-old New Yorker wrote Eminem and Rihanna’s hit “The Monster,...
  
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• Don’t Want To Vote For A Republican Or Democrat This Year? There Are Other Options

  12-05-2016 20:00
  
  Voting for your mom is probably not the most strategic choice
  
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• Money Monster: Bankers, Crooks, George, and Julia

  12-05-2016 19:55
  
  If Bernie Sanders is elected president, Money Monster will be the only movie allowed on Air Force One. Jodie Foster’s Wall Street thriller is furious at everyone, from the corporate crooks swindling decent Americans out of their savings to the callow media chortling as the country plummets toward disaster. George Clooney plays Lee Gates, a...Read more »
  
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