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• Viola Beach animated video for 'Boys That Sing'

  30-07-2016 23:38 via music-news.com
  
  To mark the posthumous release of indie group Viola Beach’s self-titled album an animated video for lead single ‘Boys That Sing’ has been revealed.
  
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• Rihanna Runs Straight Into a Mob of Fans in 'Goodnight Gotham' Video: Watch

  30-07-2016 22:56
  
  Rihanna’s “Goodnight Gotham,” a bonus track from her album Anti, soundtracks a newly released video in which the singer races into...
  
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• Nicky Jam Awarded With SESAC Latina Award at Los Angeles Concert

  30-07-2016 21:30
  
  With an already unbearable heat wave passing through Los Angeles, things got even hotter when Nicky Jam stopped by with his Fenix Tour. The concert...
  
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• Nick Jonas Offered Millions to Perform at RNC Concert: Report

  30-07-2016 21:29
  
  Nick Jonas reportedly turned down millions of dollars to perform in Cleveland after the Republican National Convention in late July.
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• The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years new trailer

  30-07-2016 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  The Beatles played Shea Stadium on August 15th 1965 in what was to be the first rock concert ever staged in a stadium in front of more than 55,000 people.
  
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• The Rolling Stones Cuba gig to get fcinema release

  30-07-2016 20:59 via music-news.com
  
  Good Friday – 25 March 2016 is a date that will go down in Cuban and Rock ‘n’ Roll history. On that date, The Rolling Stones became
  
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• Steve Vai literally bled for his music on 'Passion and Warfare'

  30-07-2016 20:17
  There are guitar gods, and then there's Steve Vai. Vai catapulted the art of guitar playing into new realms the instant he became the designated "impossible guitar parts" player in Frank Zappa's band while he was still a teenager.
  
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• Kanye West Goes on Apple/Tidal Rant: 'This Tidal Apple Beef is F---ing Up the Music Game'

  30-07-2016 20:04
  
  Kanye West went on a Twitter rant about music streaming services Apple Music and Jay Z's Tidal Saturday morning (July 30), writing that the...
  
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• Sublime's Self-Titled Debut at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Look Back

  30-07-2016 19:27
  
  Some peg Sublime as a product (or casualty) of the mid-1990s ska-punk and Warped Tour world. To others, they’re a No Doubt-adjacent band that...
  
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• Sublime's Self-Titled and Final Album Celebrates 20th Anniversary

  30-07-2016 19:27
  
  Some peg Sublime as a product (or casualty) of the mid-1990s ska-punk and Warped Tour world. To others, they’re a No Doubt-adjacent band that...
  
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• Sublime's Self-Titled and Final Album at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Look Back

  30-07-2016 19:27
  
  Some peg Sublime as a product (or casualty) of the mid-1990s ska-punk and Warped Tour world. To others, they’re a No Doubt-adjacent band that...
  
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• See Rihanna Throw Epic Paris Meet-and-Greet in 'Goodnight Gotham' Video

  30-07-2016 18:43 via rollingstone.com
  Rihanna throws an epic fan meet-and-greet in Paris in the minute-long new video for "Goodnight Gotham," a bonus track off the singer's Anti.In the nighttime-shot video, with the Eiffel Tower illuminated golden yellow in the background, Rihanna admits to embarking on "the craziest thing I've ever done." In this case, it's running straight at a horde of Rihanna fans and eager paparazzi that have congregated at Trocadero Square for a chance encounter with the singer. A cacophony of flashbulbs and s
  
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• Leona Lewis Puts Aside Pop World to Get Her Nails in 'Cats'

  30-07-2016 18:21
  
  When she was not yet 10, Leona Lewis was taken to see Cats in London. It turned out to be theatrical catnip.
  "It was so magical and it was such...
  
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• How a Visionary music label used free music and YouTube to mint stars

  30-07-2016 16:14
  For most D-1 collegiate athletes, hanging up your cleats in favor of starting a record label is likely one of the last things you'd take a chance on. With scholarship money and aspirations of playing professionally keeping you afloat, taking a flyer on a fledgling business venture would be a textbook leap of faith.
  
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• Gente de Zona to Live Stream Barcelona Concert on Tidal

  30-07-2016 16:00
  
  Gente de Zona is taking Europe by storm with their gozadera!
  Los del Rio Team With Gente de Zona for 'Macarena' Remake in Cuba...
  
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• Orlando Bloom helped Katy Perry with DNC speech

  30-07-2016 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer is proud to have had the actor's help.
  
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• David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Band Preps New LP 'Beyond Now'

  30-07-2016 15:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band, the jazz troupe that backed David Bowie on Blackstar, have announced a new album titled Beyond Now, their first LP since Bowie's January 10th death.The album includes bassist Tim Lefebvre, drummer Mark Guiliana and pianist Jason Lindner, three musicians that also joined McCaslin on Blackstar. "David Bowie was a visionary artist whose generosity, creative spirit, and fearlessness will stay with me the rest of my days," McCaslin said in a statement. "Beyond
  
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• Lady Gaga’s ‘Hollywood career strained her relationship with Taylor Kinney’

  30-07-2016 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga reportedly put her wedding on hold to Taylor Kinney after being offered a role in a Bradley Cooper film.
  
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• Gregory Porter scores Top 20 album double

  30-07-2016 09:27 via music-news.com
  
  This generation’s most successful jazz and soul singer-songwriter, the man in the hat, Gregory Porter, makes chart history today ‎by landing
  
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• Notorious B.I.G. lyrics the inspiration for new TV show

  30-07-2016 08:52 via music-news.com
  
  Music artists, living and dead, are involved in new program development.
  
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• Billy Corgan to release second solo album

  30-07-2016 08:40 via music-news.com
  
  Billy Corgan posted a new update on Facebook Friday confirming a host of new projects.
  
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• Fanatics! Summer Is Heating Up, and So Is the Great New Music

  30-07-2016 07:41
  Visit KCRW.com for more information and to stream his show online, or peruse the Radio Notes archives to see past playlists.] Fanatic! If you live in Los Angeles, you are simmering as I am. Around 1500 hrs., it is so hot outside, it's almost funny.
  
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• Lollapalooza Day 2: Major Lazer Powers Through Power Outage, Chance Joins Future, Radiohead Captivates & More

  30-07-2016 06:48
  
  The second day of Lollapalooza 2016 (July 29) was a little drier, and a little muggier, than the first. It was also a lot more packed (festivals with...
  
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• Kanye West Says Apple/Tidal Rivalry is "F—ing Up the Music Game"

  30-07-2016 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop trying to act like you Steve,” West tweeted on Saturday morning.
  
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• Kanye West Says Apple/Tidal Rivalry is "F---ing Up the Music Game"

  30-07-2016 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop tying to act like you Steve,” West tweeted on Saturday morning.
  
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• Justin Bieber reportedly gave Zac Efron acting advice

  30-07-2016 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  The High School Musical star encouraged Justin Bieber to ''keep breaking boundaries''.
  
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• STWO Talks Making 'D.T.S.N.T.' His 'First Commercial Project'

  30-07-2016 04:16
  
  Producer STWO first came on most listeners' radar this earlier year when he appeared in the credits for Drake's Views album. But for several...
  
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• Drake & Soulection Associate STWO Talks Making 'D.T.S.N.T.' His 'First Commercial Project'

  30-07-2016 04:16
  
  Producer STWO first came on most listeners' radar this earlier year when he appeared in the credits for Drake's Views album. But for several...
  
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• Watch French Montana, Drake's Festive 'No Shopping' Video

  30-07-2016 03:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  French Montana and Drake have dropped their festive new video for "No Shopping," their track off the Coke Boys rapper's upcoming LP MC4. The track marks Montana's first collaboration with Drake since their 2012 hit "Pop That."Filmed at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, the video opens with Montana and "El Draké," wearing ridiculous costume mustaches, hosting the Coke Boys Classico golf tournament. The action then shifts to a mansion party where Montana and Drake perform "No Shoppin
  
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• 'Iron Man' Composer Revives Ghostface Killah Lawsuit After Appeal

  30-07-2016 02:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ghostface Killah is once again facing a copyright infringement lawsuit stemming from the rapper's Supreme Clientele after an appeals court ruled that composer Jack Urbont, who wrote the "Iron Man Theme" for the Sixties cartoon Marvel Super Heroes, could revive his suit against Ghostface and Sony Music.Urbont previously sued Ghostface and Sony Music in 2011, arguing that the rapper's Supreme Clientele opener "Intro" and closer "Iron's Theme – Conclusion" heavily sampled the "Iron Man Theme.
  
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• The National Preview New Album at Sold-Out Greek Theatre Performance in L.A.

  30-07-2016 02:11
  
  For those in attendance at The National's Thursday night show at the Greek Theatre, it was clear the band is hard at work on the follow-up to...
  
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• Spice Girls trio to earn $14 million each for one-off gig

  30-07-2016 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  The pop stars are looking to cash in big time at their huge anniversary concert next summer (17).
  
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• Kesha sends message of support to JoJo

  30-07-2016 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Pop star JoJo gets a boost from Kesha's "wonderful" tweet.
  
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• Needtobreathe Snags Third No. 1 on Top Rock Albums

  30-07-2016 01:21
  
  Needtobreathe reclaims a familiar spot atop Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart as HARDLOVE, the Christian rock act's sixth studio album...
  
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• Major Lazer, Justin Bieber's 'Cold Water' Makes Splashy Debut on Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks Chart

  30-07-2016 00:50
  
  Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Justin Bieber and MØ, snags the highest debut on the Billboard + Twitter Top...
  
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• EDC Vegas Attendee Died of Heat Exposure & Drug Abuse, According to Coroner's Report

  30-07-2016 00:36
  
  The Clark County Coroner's Office has ruled the recent death of an EDC Vegas attendee the result of combined heat exposure and drug abuse,...
  
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• Drugs, heat blamed in woman's death after music festival

  30-07-2016 00:30 via news.yahoo.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 20-year-old California woman who collapsed in a parking lot after the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas last month died from drug intoxication and high heat, the Clark County coroner said Friday.
  
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• Lane 8 Talks Tech-Less Tour Plans, Shares New Song 'Divina': Exclusive Premiere

  30-07-2016 00:05
  
  It's true what they say in 2016: "Pics or it didn't happen." And Lane 8 is more than okay with that; he's counting on it.
  The...
  
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