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• Mark Ronson Throws Himself Into The Lady Gaga Vs. The Chainsmokers Beef

  29-10-2016 23:39
  
  Can someone get some cream for The Chainsmokers? They're gonna need it because Mark Ronson just delivered a very pointed burn following their "Perfect Illusion" comments.
  
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• Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone Publisher, Disagreed With Rape Story Retraction

  29-10-2016 23:38
  
  Rolling Stone magazine publisher and co-founder Jann Wenner says in a video deposition that he disagreed with a top editor's decision to retract...
  
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• 5 Scarily Good Moments From 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Live

  29-10-2016 23:04
  
  For the second year, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas was presented at the Hollywood Bowl — in concert, live to film. The Oct...
  
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• Kiwi musos hand over memorabilia for exhibit

  29-10-2016 22:44
  Split Enz, Chris Knox, Tami Neilson and countless others have lent priceless memorabilia from their careers - in Lorde's case one of her Grammy Awards - to take part in Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa, at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The exhibition is open until May next year and features a mammoth 200 items and 500 photos spanning New Zealand's music history.
  
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• Bon Jovi's 'House' Finds a Home in AC Chart's Top 10

  29-10-2016 22:40
  
  Bon Jovi returns to the top 10 of Billboard's radio airplay-based Adult Contemporary chart for the first time in more than five years, as "...
  
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• Cancel Halloween Because Bette Midler’s Hocus Pocus Throwback Just Won It

  29-10-2016 22:14
  
  Bette Midler broke out the buck teeth and red mane of her 'Hocus Pocus' days for a Halloween celebration in NYC.
  
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• Nicki Minaj's 13 Best Singing Moments: 'Super Bass,' 'Your Love' & More

  29-10-2016 21:25
  
  Over the years Nicki Minaj has really taken some heat for her singing, as if her crooning somehow detracts from her rapping....
  
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• Katy Perry Dresses as Hillary Clinton for Halloween

  29-10-2016 20:15
  
  Katy Perry has taken her support for Hillary Clinton to the next level.
  The pop star, who has vigorously campaigned for the Democratic presidential...
  
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• Kanye West Helped Fuel The Fire Of Drake’s Kid Cudi Dis Track

  29-10-2016 20:12
  
  Tidal published the credit info for Drake's latest track, and it surprisingly includes Kanye West's name as a producer and co-writer.
  
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• Aerosmith Meet Barack Obama By Chance at Florida Airport

  29-10-2016 19:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry had a surprise encounter with President Barack Obama Friday after the band's jet landed at the same Florida airport as Air Force One.Aerosmith was returning from their South American tour when their plane landed outside Orlando, Florida. The band's plane first planned on leaving the airport before Air Force One shut down air traffic, but they ended up getting stuck on the runway, Vanyaland reports. Obama was visiting Florida to campaign on behalf of Hillary
  
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• Watch Bill Murray Sing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at World Series

  29-10-2016 19:11
  
  Bill Murray kept his promise Friday night (Oct. 28) when he graced the crowd attending Game 3 of the World Series with his rendition of the classic...
  
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• The Smash Mouth/Oakland Athletics Twitter Feud Is The World Series Of Petty

  29-10-2016 19:08
  
  Somebody once told me that Twitter was gonna roll me — or, technically, that Smash Mouth would attempt to roll the Oakland Athletics and get into a massive social media spat.
  
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• Bob Dylan breaks Nobel Prize silence with 5 Dylan-esque quotes

  29-10-2016 18:54
  Bob Dylan speaks! After weeks of wackiness , the Minnesota-born music God finally addressed his recent Nobel Prize win. Here are the five Nobel-specific bits from the Telegraph's exclusive interview that went live Friday.
  
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• Bette Midler Dresses Up as Her 'Hocus Pocus' Character for Halloween

  29-10-2016 18:43
  
  Bette Midler reprised her role as one of the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus for a special occasion.
  Attending the Hulaween Party on Friday (Oct....
  
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• Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2016 Day 1 Highlights: The Weeknd, G-Eazy, Rae Sremmurd & More

  29-10-2016 18:10
  
  The Voodoo Music and Arts Experience -- Voodoo Fest, if you’re nasty -- launched Friday afternoon (Oct. 28) with a cutting-edge mix of rock...
  
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• Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom’s Clinton Halloween Costumes Are Next Level

  29-10-2016 18:05
  
  Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom brought their Hillary Clinton fandom to another level with some very committed Halloween costumes at Kate Hudson's bash on October 28.
  
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• Bob Dylan Accepts His Nobel Prize for Literature

  29-10-2016 17:22
  
  Bob Dylan has accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said, adding that getting the prestigious award left him "...
  
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• Johnny Marr Reveals Morrissey Talked Smiths Reunion in 2008

  29-10-2016 17:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Johnny Marr revealed that he and Morrissey discussed the "very real prospect" of a Smiths reunion in 2008. In his upcoming memoir Set the Boy Free, the guitarist says he and the singer broached "that subject" – reunion talk – during a rare face-to-face to talk about the Smiths' reissues. However, those conversations dissipated without a reunion.
  In an excerpt from Set the Boy Free, published Saturday in The Guardian, Marr said that his desire to properly remaster the Smiths' albums o
  
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• Kylie Jenner Served Eyeball Martinis At Her Spooktacular Dinner Party

  29-10-2016 16:47
  
  Kylie Jenner and Tyga threw a Halloween party that involved spooky costumers, creepier cocktails, and killer outfits.
  
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• From 'Drug Dealer' to 'Inhale Deep,' 15 Macklemore Lyrics on Struggling With Addiction

  29-10-2016 16:00
  
  Macklemore is no stranger to addressing the issues that plague society. Whether tackling the rights of the LGBTQ community on records like...
  
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• Rewinding the Charts: In 1983, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers Sailed to No. 1

  29-10-2016 15:05
  
  BY 1983, COUNTRY SUPERSTARS Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton were well acquainted with the pop charts. Rogers had landed six top 10 singles on the...
  
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• 13 Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week: Lady Gaga's 'A-YO' Debuts at No. 1 on Top Tracks & More

  29-10-2016 15:00
  
  As The Chainsmokers top the Billboard Hot 100 for a 10th week with "Closer," featuring Halsey -- tying for the longest reign of...
  
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• Bob the Drag Queen Sends in the Freaky Clowns for 'Bloodbath' Video: Premiere

  29-10-2016 14:55
  
  People are scared of clowns year round, but Halloween weekend is an especially fitting time to enjoy getting freaked out by the stuff of childhood...
  
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• Yettifest Halloween does four days of music in Monterey.

  29-10-2016 14:48
  YettiFest is rapidly gaining name recognition. The brainchild of towering Bull and Bear regular/reggae enthusiast Kevin Padilla, aka "Yetti," YettiFest began as a showcase of a more than a dozen local reggae and blues acts in 2015.
  
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• 17 Songs About Ghosts (That Aren't Actually Scary At All)

  29-10-2016 14:00
  
  Ghosts are typically thought of as scary (especially around Halloween time), but there are plenty of artists who have named their songs after the...
  
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• David Beckham ‘behind Justin Bieber’s London move’

  29-10-2016 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber apparently loves being in London has he’s close to quality producers.
  
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• Anastacia: ‘Married guys constantly chat me up’

  29-10-2016 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Anastacia doesn’t think she could have had the career she’s had if she’d become a mother.
  
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• Babymetal member says she was scared of metal music before joining band

  29-10-2016 10:49
  A member of the Japanese metal band Babymetal has admitted to being "afraid" of the genre before joining the group. Yuimetal, who was previously a member of teen pop group Sakura Gakuin, has spoken to Kerrang! about her prior relationship with metal music, revealing that she was "afraid of metal music and what metal bands looked like".
  
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• Norah Jones didn't sing to her newborn baby

  29-10-2016 10:00 via music-news.com
  
  The singer hopes her young children will enjoy touring with mum.
  
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• A Tribe Called Quest to release first album oin 18 years

  29-10-2016 08:34 via music-news.com
  
  A Tribe Called Quest have a big following and big history, one that fan Michael Rapaport documented in his 2011 film Bests, Rhymes & Life: T
  
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• A Tribe Called Quest to release first album in 18 years

  29-10-2016 08:34 via music-news.com
  
  A Tribe Called Quest have a big following and big history, one that fan Michael Rapaport documented in his 2011 film Bests, Rhymes & Life: T
  
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• Paris concert hall unveils new facade 1 year after attacks

  29-10-2016 06:55
  The Bataclan concert hall has unveiled its new facade almost a year after being one of the targets of the deadly attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. After months of renovation work, the name of the concert hall, in large, red letters, is back on top of the main entrance.
  
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• Ne-Yo's son briefly hospitalised

  29-10-2016 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's baby boy is now back home after a scary 48 hours.
  
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• 5 Life Lessons We Learned From Season 1 Of Loosely Exactly Nicole

  29-10-2016 05:00
  
  Here are five life lessons we learned from Nicole Byer's 'Loosely Exactly Nicole.'
  
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• John Lennon's Letter to Queen Elizabeth Unearthed in Used Record Sleeve

  29-10-2016 04:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The draft of a letter John Lennon sent to Queen Elizabeth to return the award he received as a member of the Beatles was unearthed Wednesday at a Fab Four exhibition in Liverpool, CNN reports.In the letter, Lennon seriously and playfully mapped out why he was sending back his MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal. "I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the ch
  
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• Watch Kelly Clarkson Cover ‘Chandelier’ In Sia’s Signature Wig

  29-10-2016 04:07
  
  Kelly Clarkson didn't just dress up as Sia for Halloween -- she also busted out a flawless cover of "Chandelier."
  
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• Lupe Fiasco Calls Kid Cudi a 'Disrespectful Clown' Amid Drake Beef

  29-10-2016 04:04
  
  Lupe Fiasco inserted himself into Kid Cudi and Drake's beef on Friday (Oct. 28), making it clear he has no sympathy Cudi even if he is...
  
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• Kanye West Adds 6th Concert at the Forum in Los Angeles

  29-10-2016 03:41
  
  Kanye West has added another concert on Nov. 3 to his string of shows at The Forum in Inglewood, California, making for six in all.  
  The Forum...
  
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• President Obama & Steven Tyler Hang Out on Air Force One

  29-10-2016 03:02
  
  He didn't want to miss a thing. So President Barack Obama invited Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler onto Air Force One for a brief hangout in Florida...
  
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• Charles Koppelman's path to the LI Music Hall of Fame

  29-10-2016 02:57
  If you used an Optimum login , click the Connect Account button to use your Optimum login info to manage your Newsday subscription account. If you used a Newsday login , it looks like it's not connected to an active subscriber account.
  
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• John Lennon Protest Letter to Queen of England Found in Used Record Sleeve

  29-10-2016 02:52
  
  A letter John Lennon wrote to Queen Elizabeth in 1969 protesting the country's involvement in foreign wars and a Plastic Ono Band song falling...
  
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• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Talk Scoring Leonardo DiCaprio's 'Before the Flood,' New Nine Inch Nails Music

  29-10-2016 02:40
  
  Better known for scoring such theatrical films as The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross...
  
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• Britney Spears Leads Charity Spin Class for Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation: See Pics

  29-10-2016 02:26
  
  On Thursday, Britney Spears took a break from her "Piece of Me" Las Vegas residency for a spin class -- and it was all for a good cause.
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• Mayor declares Friday Paisley Park Day as Prince's museum opens

  29-10-2016 02:15 via music-news.com
  
  The property is being managed by the same people behind Elvis' Graceland.
  
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• Bob Dylan: 'The Nobel Prize Left Me Speechless'

  29-10-2016 02:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bob Dylan acknowledged his Nobel Prize for Literature win in a new interview published Friday where he said of the prestigious honor, "Amazing, incredible. Whoever dreams about something like that?"Speaking to The Telegraph in his first interview since the Swedish Academy announced Dylan would be the recipient of their literature prize, the singer-songwriter added that he "absolutely" plans on attending the December 10th Nobel gala in Stockholm "if it's at all possible."
  As for Dylan's "impolite
  
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• DJ Khaled Tells You How & Why to Stay Away From 'They' in Early 'The Keys' Book Excerpt

  29-10-2016 01:57
  
  DJ Khaled has shared a sneak peak of his new self-help book, The Keys, and it looks like the hip-hop hit-maker is delivering with his secrets to...
  
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• Don’t Worry, Bebe Rexha’s ‘Got You’ On Her Bouncy New Single

  29-10-2016 01:53
  
  Bebe Rexha drops the upbeat, uplifting new single "I Got You."
  
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• 2 Chainz Just Dropped A Fire New Mixtape And Clothing Line

  29-10-2016 01:21
  
  2 Chainz has dropped a new mixtape and clothing line, both called Hibachi 4 Lunch.
  
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• Star of Bomba Estereo's 'Soy Yo' Video Pushes the Latino Vote in 'Be You y Vota' Campaign

  29-10-2016 01:05
  
  "Be you and vote" is the powerful message behind a new campaign featuring Saraí González, the star of Bomba Estéreo's empowering "...
  
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