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• Prince's Paisley Park to Open for Public Tours This Fall

  24-08-2016 23:59
  
  Starting this fall, many dearly beloved fans will be gathered at Prince's Paisley Park, as the iconic estate will open for public tours starting...
  
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• Inside the Surprise Radio Debut of Metallica's 'Hardwired'

  24-08-2016 23:50
  
  Call it a coup for broadcast radio -- KXXR (93X) Minneapolis, specifically. Oh, and Metallica.
  Metallica roars back onto Billboard's Mainstream...
  
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• Universal Music Isn't Fully Banning Streaming Exclusives, But It's Still Scared Of Being Left Behind

  24-08-2016 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Yesterday reports surfaced about Universal Music Group possibly banning streaming exclusives entirely, but a new report by BuzzFeed’s Reggie Ugwu has revealed a more nuanced approach. An anonymous source close to the label confirmed Universal Music Group’s stance against giving extended exclusives to individual streaming platforms, but also cautioned that it doesn’t amount to a “blanket ban” against such agreements entirely. Indeed, Universal Music Group may be forc
  
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• Jennifer Lopez single again - report

  24-08-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer remains friendly with Casper.
  
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• The Donald Trump Guide To Stalling On Your Policy Proposals

  24-08-2016 23:16
  
  We're looking into how to be flexible on softening this after I become president.
  
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• Chvrches’ ‘This Is What You Came For’ Cover Is For Everyone Who Doesn’t Wanna Go Out

  24-08-2016 22:47
  
  Chvrches covered Calvin Harris and Rihanna's 'This Is What You Came For' at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
  
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• Katy Perry Defends Leslie Jones After Website Hack: 'I #StandWithLeslie'

  24-08-2016 22:41
  
  On Wednesday (Aug. 24), it was reported that Leslie Jones' website was hacked and a plethora of personal information was leaked -- including the...
  
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• Watch Out, Jonas: Disney Channel’s Latest Boy Band Stars In A Vampire Comedy

  24-08-2016 22:39
  
  Forever In Your Mind will star in a Disney Channel pilot about vampires.
  
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• Frank Ocean's Album Is the Straw that Broke Universal Music's Back (and It May Get Him Sued)

  24-08-2016 22:29
  
  Frank Ocean's four-year sabbatical from the public eye following his 2012 album Channel Orange ended emphatically and dramatically last week with...
  
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• Trump Treats Black People Like A Monolith. So Does America.

  24-08-2016 22:28
  
  It's hard to take us seriously when you think we're all the same.
  
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• Apparently Everyone Wants to Sit Next to Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards

  24-08-2016 22:27
  Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and Selena Gomez in the audience at The 58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. In this day and age, Taylor Swift's all-consuming friendship industrial complex , otherwise known as the squad , is nearly ubiquitous.
  
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• Listen to 'Arcos Del Amor' From Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's New Spanish Album: Exclusive Premiere

  24-08-2016 22:22
  
  The prolific Omar Rodríguez-López has so far released three of 12 solo albums he plans to drop through indie label Ipecac Recordings by the end of...
  
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• From Desiigner To DNCE, MTV’s Best New Artist Nominees Have Had The Craziest Journeys

  24-08-2016 22:19
  
  Take a look back on the wild journeys of each of our VMA Best New Artist nominees.
  
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• Electric Daisy Carnival Is Coming to India

  24-08-2016 22:19
  
  Come this fall, Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival festival franchise is headed to Delhi, India.
  “Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been...
  
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• American Fed. of Musicians Suffers Setback in Pension Suit Against Majors

  24-08-2016 22:11
  
  A U.S. district judge has delivered a setback to the American Federation of Musicians, which filed suit a year ago alleging that the three major...
  
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• CNCO Invites Fans to Play 'CNCOGo' & Catch Their New Songs

  24-08-2016 22:09
  
  CNCO fans around the world are taking to the streets to search not for Pokemon, but instead to catch some of CNCO's new songs from their...
  
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• The Weeknd Teases New Music

  24-08-2016 22:04
  
  The Weeknd is squadding up for his follow-up to 2015's Beauty Behind the Madness.
  Two weeks after electronic DJ/producer Cashmere...
  
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• Watch 'Stranger Things' Star Millie Bobby Brown Shave Her Head to Become Eleven, All Set to Beyonce

  24-08-2016 21:56
  
  Twelve-year-old actress Millie Bobby Brown has not only transformed into a star seemingly overnight, courtesy of her role on the hit show ...
  
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• 'Blurred Lines' Creators Urge Appeals Court to Reverse Marvin Gaye Family's Trial Victory

  24-08-2016 21:54
  
  It's now time for a new round in the legal saga surrounding "Blurred Lines," the monster hit by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams that...
  
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• Leslie Jones Website Goes Offline After Massive Hack, Personal Info Leaked

  24-08-2016 21:49
  
  The website of Leslie Jones was hacked on Wednesday morning (Aug. 24) and private information, including her driver's license and passport, were...
  
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• Gomorrah: The Wire Of Italy Finally Comes To American TV

  24-08-2016 21:46
  
  The Mafia series -- based on an acclaimed book and movie -- is sprawling, violent, and slow.
  
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• Crystal Castles End An Era With Amnesty (I)

  24-08-2016 21:43
  
  What does it mean to replace former singer Alice Glass?
  
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• #TBMTV: Drake Discusses The Women He’d Like To Hug At The VMAs

  24-08-2016 21:41
  
  In this 2010 clip from the MTV News archives, Drake takes a break from shooting a VMA promo to discuss which women he would like to hug. Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. Tune in to the 2016 VMAs, live from New York on Sunday, August 28, at 9 p.m. ET/PT
  
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• Jim Jones & Chrissy Lampkin Talk Relationship Struggles, Possible Marriage Ahead of 'Vow or Never' TV Premiere

  24-08-2016 21:35
  
  Jim Jones and Chrissy Lampkin’s romance has had its share of ups and downs. The longtime couple's 11-year relationship and five-year...
  
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• Lady Gaga planning Italian earthquake donation

  24-08-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer joins stars like Olivia Wilde and La Toya Jackson in praying for the earthquake victims.
  
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• Katy Perry: 'Let's talk about sex on new album'

  24-08-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer gobbles up orange chicken when she needs inspiration and a little fuel in the studio.
  
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• Pharrell to Be Honored by Clive Davis for Songwriting

  24-08-2016 21:29
  
  Pharrell has a new reason to be "Happy."
  Clive Davis is honoring the "Happy" and "Freedom" singer-songwriter with his...
  
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• Kygo Discusses His Brand New, Yeezy-Influenced Clothing Line: Exclusive

  24-08-2016 21:15
  
  When tropical house sensation Kygo (Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll) first stepped onto the dance scene in 2013, he propelled his career from college...
  
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• Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Sued Over Concert Railing Collapse

  24-08-2016 21:12
  
  Lawyers representing 17 people injured when a railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against...
  
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• 'Lip Sync Battle' Announces First Live Edition, Featuring John Legend, Olivia Munn & More

  24-08-2016 21:10
  
  Before it kicks off its third season this fall, the popular Spike cable show Lip Sync Battle will air an hour-long special live on Sept. 11.
  To up...
  
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• Mana's Fher Olvera to Donald Trump: 'Don't Be Naive, People Aren't Stupid'

  24-08-2016 20:55
  
  After Donald Trump's speech in Ohio earlier this week, where he told Latino voters to "give him a chance," Maná's frontman ...
  
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• Frank Ocean’s Life’s Work

  24-08-2016 20:48
  
  On longterm art and past selves
  
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• Transviolet Premieres Culty 'Nightvision' Video: Watch

  24-08-2016 20:45
  
  Transviolet premiered a music video Wednesday (Aug. 24) for the song “Nightvision," from the band's self-titled EP, released...
  
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• Run The Jewels & DJ Shadow Confront World War III With 'Nobody Speak' Music Video

  24-08-2016 20:38
  
  The Congressional floor of the United States has not always been as boring as C-SPAN. It used to be a rowdy place where senators and representatives...
  
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• Watch Chvrches' Toned-Down Cover of Calvin Harris & Rihanna's 'This Is What You Came For'

  24-08-2016 20:30
  
  Chvrches tried its hand at one of pop's biggest dance tracks right now, "This Is What You Came For," for a BBC performance....
  
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• Bear Mountain Teams Up With Nelly Furtado for New Song 'On My Own': Exclusive Premiere

  24-08-2016 20:15
  
  Bear Mountain have been gaining rightfully earned attention following the release of its 2013 debut, XO, which was preceded by a standout performance...
  
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• Racism In The Time of Cholera

  24-08-2016 20:13
  
  How a racist stereotype reinforced the cholera crisis in Haiti.
  
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• After a Rocky Start, Kix Brooks Came Into His Own as a Radio Host

  24-08-2016 20:11
  
  Kix Brooks thought he wouldn’t last a year as host of American Country Countdown. “There’s no way that I didn’t get fired the...
  
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• Reward your ears: 5 gadgets to liven up your music

  24-08-2016 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Open your ears. What do you hear?
  
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• Big Time Rush Fans Demand A Comeback And They Demand It Now

  24-08-2016 19:58
  
  Big Time Rush fans made #StanBigTimeRush trend on Twitter.
  
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• This Is NERVO's Beauty Routine: Exclusive

  24-08-2016 19:55
  
  From performances at nightclubs in Ibiza, to a recording studio in London and the Billboard Hot 100 Fest at Jones Beach, N.Y., the Aussie twin sister...
  
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• RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks Discuss Collaborative Album, Hillary vs. Donald & More

  24-08-2016 19:30
  
  Tequila can make for strange bedfellows.
  After bonding over drinks at a New York club in 2011, Wu-Tang Clan maestro RZA, 47, and Interpol frontman...
  
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• Gong Co-Founder Gilli Smyth Dead at 83

  24-08-2016 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Gilli Smyth, a co-founding member of the influential psychedelic and space-rock ensemble Gong, died Monday. Her son, Orlando Allen, reported the news on Facebook, saying she'd been battling pulmonary pneumonia. She was 83.Smyth is credited with helping pioneer Gong's unusual, atonal approach to vocals, which they described in the liner notes to their albums as "spacewhisper," or as her website describes the singing style, "musical landscaping." She developed this with another singer, Zizka Baum,
  
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• SpinMedia Reportedly Up for Sale After Layoffs at Flagship Site

  24-08-2016 19:12
  
  SpinMedia and its collection of music and pop culture websites is said to be up for sale after a stretch of financial losses, the New York Post...
  
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• Questlove Announces Three-Hour Pandora Radio Show

  24-08-2016 19:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  Questlove unveiled his new endeavor, "Questlove Supreme," a three-hour radio program on Pandora focusing on global music. The show will be a blend of eclectic playlists and music-themed interviews with performers like Maya Rudolph and Kimbra. The show is set to premiere Wednesday, September 7th at 1 p.m. ET on the Roots drummer's new Pandora station.The company has also named the Tonight Show bandleader a strategic advisor and its first "artist ambassador," according to The New York Times. Quest
  
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• Watch 'America's Got Talent' Singer Grace VanderWaal Crush It, Again

  24-08-2016 19:10
  
  You probably haven't heard of Grace VanderWaal yet, but there's a good chance you will. The 12-year-old singer has been blazing a path...
  
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• When an Artist Goes to Jail, What Happens to Their Business?

  24-08-2016 19:06
  
  The record industry is no stranger to dealing with an artist's incarceration; musicians from Merle Haggard and Billie Holiday to Tommy Lee and...
  
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• Nashville Songwriters Group Urges Sony Artists to Contact Label Over Royalty Debate

  24-08-2016 19:05
  
  On the heels of a critical letter to Sony Music Entertainment regarding the company's participation in the rate-setting procedure of the...
  
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• 'Glee' Star Naya Rivera Reveals Anorexia Struggle, Abortion in 'Sorry, Not Sorry' Memoir

  24-08-2016 19:00
  
  Naya Rivera played the role of mean girl high school cheerleader to the hilt during her stint on Glee. Struggling to come to terms with her...
  
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• Ex-Cantina 1910 Chef Eyes Lease, Cook County Seeks Music Venues' Taxes, More Intel

  24-08-2016 18:59 via chicago.eater.com
  
  —It must be pure coincidence, but chef Diana Davila —who left Cantina 1910 in December— is back in the news days after her former restaurant permanently closed. Last year Reider launched his supper club, Pith from his Columbia University dorm room in New York.
  
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