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• Did Kendall Jenner Just Delete Her Instagram?

  13-11-2016 23:53
  
  Call the social media detective squad, 'cause Kendall Jenner's Instagram account has gone missing.
  
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• Leon Russell Passed Away in His Sleep at Home, Wife Says

  13-11-2016 23:20
  
  Influential songwriter and performer Leon Russell died at home in his sleep, according to his wife, Jan Bridges, who released a statement Sunday...
  
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• Doctor Strange And Other Movies Thrived This Weekend Because Of The Election

  13-11-2016 23:17
  
  The Marvel superhero blockbuster, 'Arrival,' and 'Trolls' all saw huge crowds thanks to presidential election-induced escapism over Veterans Day Weekend, according to one box office analyst.
  
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• On the Charts: Bon Jovi's 'This House Is Not for Sale' Settles at Number One

  13-11-2016 23:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bon Jovi netted their sixth Number One album as the New Jersey rock group's This House Is Not for Sale debuted atop the Billboard 200.Jon Bon Jovi and company's latest LP, the band's first studio album without guitarist Richie Sambora, sold 129,000 copies in its first week to take the top spot. However, as Billboard notes, album sales received a significant boost from a promotion that tied copies of This House Is Not for Sale with tickets purchased for Bon Jovi's upcoming trek.
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• At Camp Flog Gnaw, fans share their rage and depression over the election

  13-11-2016 23:14
  
  Chance the Rapper performs Saturday at Camp Flog Gnaw, the festival in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. Cassidy Hill waited in line Saturday for the Camp Flog Gnaw music festival in Exposition Park when she said a twentysomething man knocked into her as he rushed by the gates.
  
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• Innocence, Experience, Chaos & Fear: U2 Director Remembers the Night of the Bataclan Attack

  13-11-2016 23:02
  
  Director Hamish Hamilton, a veteran of live event broadcasts whose company Done + Dusted has helmed such monumental TV performances as the Super Bowl...
  
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• Leonard Cohen Buried in Montreal 'Exactly as He'd Asked,' Son Writes in Heartfelt Note

  13-11-2016 21:41
  
  Legendary musician Leonard Cohen was buried in “an unadorned pine box” next to his parents in a Montreal cemetery on Thursday (Nov. 10),...
  
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• Riff Raff Thinks He Should Play Trump’s Inauguration And Everyone Else Should Hibernate

  13-11-2016 21:28
  
  Riff Raff has offered his services to president-elect Donald Trump and says he'll play the inauguration for $50K. He also said we should all just hang out with huskies inside forever.
  
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• Bon Jovi Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

  13-11-2016 21:00
  
  Bon Jovi’s new album This House Is Not for Sale debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart, giving the rock band its sixth No. 1. The set earned 129,...
  
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• Every Song on Justin Bieber's 'Purpose' Ranked

  13-11-2016 20:35
  
  Justin Bieber has plenty to celebrate on the one-year anniversary of his latest album, Purpose.
  Following the Nov. 13, 2015 release of Purpose,...
  
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• Bataclan Opening Band White Miles Reflects on Terror Attacks One Year Later

  13-11-2016 19:43
  
  As the opening band for Eagles of Death Metal, Austrian rock duo White Miles had already played and left Paris’ Bataclan theatre when the venue...
  
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• First Ghost In The Shell Trailer Brings The Popular Anime To Life

  13-11-2016 19:27
  
  The first trailer for "Ghost in the Shell," starring Scarlett Johansson, is here.
  
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• Musicians React to Leon Russell's Death on Social Media

  13-11-2016 19:16
  
  Musicians and celebrities and mourning the loss of legendary songwriter and performer Leon Russell, who died in Nashville Saturday (Nov. 12) at the...
  
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• Leon Russell dead: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician was 74

  13-11-2016 19:15
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• The Last Year of the Bataclan: A Timeline

  13-11-2016 18:40
  
  Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies the world has endured this decade, and one that briefly turned entire musical...
  
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• Watch Chris Rock Stop by 'SNL' for Election Night Spoof

  13-11-2016 18:23
  
  Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock weren't quite as shocked as their white friends about Donald Trump's election in a recent Saturday Night Live...
  
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• Questlove Stayed Up Till Dawn To Watch Dave Chappelle Sing Radiohead At The SNL After-Party

  13-11-2016 18:03
  
  Dave Chappelle sang Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ at the 'Saturday Night Live' after-party, and the shindig was a star-studded event that involved Madonna, Bradley Cooper, and a bunch of other famous people looking to blow off steam at the end of a bad week
  
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• Questlove Stayed Up ‘Til Dawn To Watch Dave Chappelle Sing Radiohead At The SNL After-Party

  13-11-2016 18:03
  
  Dave Chappelle sang Radiohead's "Creep" at the 'Saturday Night Live' afterparty, and the shindig was a star-studded event that involved Madonna, Bradley Cooper, and a bunch of other famous people looking to blow off steam at the end of a bad week.
  
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• Dave Chappelle Sang A Radiohead Song At The SNL After-Party Because Lol This Week

  13-11-2016 18:03
  
  Dave Chappelle sang Radiohead's "Creep" at the 'Saturday Night Live' afterparty, and the shindig was a star-studded event that involved Madonna, Bradley Cooper, and a bunch of other famous people looking to blow off steam at the end of a bad week.
  
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• Dave Chappelle Takes A Crack At His Most Popular Chappelle’s Show Characters On SNL

  13-11-2016 17:38
  
  On the first 'Saturday Night Live' after the 2016 presidential election, host Dave Chappelle delivers an extended monologue on Donald Trump and brings back some of his iconic 'Chappelle's Show' characters.
  
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• Watch Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton Perform Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' on 'SNL'

  13-11-2016 17:30
  
  Saturday Night Live addressed Donald Trump's new role as president-elect in its own way in the show's first episode since election night.
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• A Tribe Called Quest Celebrate Phife Dawg And Their New Album On Saturday Night Live

  13-11-2016 17:27
  
  A Tribe Called Quest paid tribute to Phife Dawg on 'Saturday Night Live' and performed songs off their final album, 'We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service,' with some help from Busta Rhymes and Consequence.
  
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• A Tribe Called Celebrate Phife Dawg And Their New Album On Saturday Night Live

  13-11-2016 17:27
  
  A Tribe Called Quest paid tribute to Phife Dawg on 'Saturday Night Live' and performed songs off their final album, 'We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service,' with some help from Busta Rhymes and Consequence.
  
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• Leon Russell, Legendary Songwriter and Performer, Dies at 74

  13-11-2016 17:07
  
  Leon Russell, who sang, wrote and produced some of rock 'n' roll's top records, has died. He was 74.
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• Every artiste needs a Grammy - " Shatta Wale

  13-11-2016 17:07
  Multiple Award winning Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has stated in an interview with Arnold Mensah Elavanyo on AM Pluzz show that Grammy awards is good and that every artiste needs it. He made this statement when he was asked to air his view on the possible nomination of Stonebwoy in the next Grammy Awards.
  
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• Leon Russell, Renowned Songwriter and Musician, Dead at 74

  13-11-2016 16:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Leon Russell, renowned multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who collaborated with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones and Elton John over the course of 50 years in the music industry, died Sunday. He was 74."Leon Russell died on Nov. 13, 2016 in Nashville at the age of 74. His wife said that he passed away in his sleep," Russell's website wrote. "The Master Of Space And Time was a legendary musician and songwriter originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma who performed his gospel-infused southe
  
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• Sting reopens the Bataclan with emotional gig

  13-11-2016 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer performed at the renovated venue in Paris a year after the horrific terrorist attacks.
  
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• Manager denies Eagles of Death Metal kicked out of Sting's Bataclan gig

  13-11-2016 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  The rockers were performing at the venue when terrorists attacked on 13 November, 2015, killing 90 people.
  
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• Ask Billboard: What Songs Should've Been, & Should Be, Singles?

  13-11-2016 15:05
  
  Submit questions about Billboard charts, as well as general music musings, to [email protected]. Please include your first and last name, as well...
  
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• A Post-Election Playlist to Incite and Soothe You

  13-11-2016 13:01
  Hey, friends and readers. How's everyone holding up? The events and results of the 2016 election seem to have had an impact on everyone , and we at Westword Music - no matter how tight we clamp down our headphones - are not immune.
  
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• Ne-Yo shares regrets over fourth album

  13-11-2016 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Ne-Yo may be a gentleman, but he can be tough when he needs to be.
  
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• Sting reopens Bataclan as EODM members are refused entry

  13-11-2016 09:20 via music-news.com
  
  One year ago tomorrow, ISIS terrorists invaded the Bataclan Theatre in Paris in part of a multi-location attack on the city, killing 89 people
  
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• Adam Cohen pays tribute to his late father Leonard Cohen

  13-11-2016 09:12 via music-news.com
  
  Adam Cohen has paid tribute to his late father Leonard Cohen, thanking fans for their “outpouring of sympathy”.
  
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• How Roomful of Teeth, performing in Bethlehem, creates chamber music without instruments

  13-11-2016 09:02
  
  Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth includes Avery Griffin , Martha Cluver, Caroline Shaw, Brad Wells, Virginia Warnken, Eric Dudley, Estel Gomez, Dashon Burton, Cameron Beauchamp. Thann Scoggin will sub for Griffin, and Elisa Sutherland will sub for Warnken.
  
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• Watch A Tribe Called Quest Honor Phife Dawg, Play New Songs on 'SNL'

  13-11-2016 07:08
  
  Hip-hop suffered a tragic loss earlier this year when Phife Dawg passed away at the age of 45, but on Saturday night (Nov. 12), the MC was honored on...
  
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• Watch Dave Chappelle's Hilarious, Heartfelt 'SNL' Opening Monologue

  13-11-2016 06:33
  
  Dave Chappelle's Saturday Night Live debut came four days after Donald Trump was elected president, and his uproarious and surprisingly profound...
  
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• Every Song on One Direction's 'Made in the A.M.,' Ranked

  13-11-2016 04:46
  
  Nov. 13 marks the fateful day that One Direction faced Justin Bieber in an epic album showdown, as their fifth LP (sans Zayn Malik), Made...
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal Member Wasn't Denied Entry to Bataclan, Says Band's Manager (Exclusive)

  13-11-2016 01:08
  
  A report out of Paris claiming that two Eagles of Death Metal members, including frontman Jesse Hughes, were forced to leave Sting’s...
  
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