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• Universal Music and MQA Announce Hi-Res Streaming Collaboration

  16-02-2017 23:47
  
  Don't look now, dear fatigued music consumer, but likely coming soon to a music platform near you is a new hi-resolution audio technology that...
  
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• Meme On Fire

  16-02-2017 23:46
  
  I retweeted the “cash me ousside” meme last week, but I wish I hadn’t. In the YouTube video that has since gone viral, 13-year-old Danielle Peskowitz Bregoli joined her mother on an episode of Dr. Phil, where the two hashed out their turbulent relationship and the teen’s “out of control” behavior. When Dr. Phil made...Read more »
  
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• Joe Jonas made bandmate jealous over Ashley Graham video romp

  16-02-2017 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer initially struggled to move on from the Jonas Brothers.
  
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• Camila Cabello: 'I haven't heard from Fifth Harmony since I quit'

  16-02-2017 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The star never felt fully satisfied creatively as a part of the girl band.
  
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• Austin & Ally’s Dez Is A ‘Parasitic Penis Monster’ In New Show

  16-02-2017 23:35
  
  Disney Channel's Calum Worthy stars in the TV adaptation of 'Cassandra French's Finishing School.'
  
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• Austin & Ally‘s Dez Is A ‘Parasitic Penis Monster’ In New Show

  16-02-2017 23:35
  
  Disney Channel's Calum Worthy stars in the TV adaptation of 'Cassandra French's Finishing School.'
  
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• Rae Sremmurd Bring the Party to the Golf Course in New 'Swang' Video: Watch

  16-02-2017 23:29
  
  Rae Sremmurd head to the golf course in their new video for "Swang." Directed by Max, the visual switches between modern day...
  
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• Beyoncé Shares Intimate Pics From Solange’s Grammys After-Party

  16-02-2017 23:29
  
  Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Destiny's Child let loose in new photos from Solange's Grammys after-party.
  
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• Lady Gaga Had The Best Week Ever Thanks To The Super Bowl And Grammys

  16-02-2017 23:19
  
  Thanks to her Grammy performance buzz and Super Bowl half-time show, Lady Gaga saw a surge in sales this week.
  
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• Christian Nodal Vaults Into Top Five on Hot Latin Songs Chart

  16-02-2017 23:03
  
  Newcomer Christian Nodal vaults 13-4 on the Hot Latin Songs tally (dated Feb. 25) with his debut chart hit, “Adios Amor,” thanks to lifts...
  
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• Christian Nodal Vaults Into Top 5 on Hot Latin Songs Chart

  16-02-2017 23:03
  
  Newcomer Christian Nodal vaults 13-4 on the Hot Latin Songs tally (dated Feb. 25) with his debut chart hit, “Adios Amor,” thanks to lifts...
  
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• Zoey 101 Star Paul Butcher’s New Song Has A Powerful Message

  16-02-2017 22:55
  
  Paul Butcher from 'Zoey 101' performs his new song 'Blood.'
  
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• It’s Official: A Beloved Fave Will Die In The Vampire Diaries Series Finale

  16-02-2017 22:43
  
  A major death is going to rock the "The Vampire Diaries" series finale.
  
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• Linkin Park's 'Heavy' & The Weeknd's 'Reminder' Top Billboard + Twitter Trending 140

  16-02-2017 22:40
  
  ​Linkin Park debuted its new single, "Heavy," featuring Kiiara on Thursday morning (Feb. 16) and...
  
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• Linkin Park Preview New Album 'One More Light' With Anthemic Song 'Heavy'

  16-02-2017 22:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Linkin Park unveiled a rousing new single, "Heavy," from their new album, One More Light, out May 19th via Warner Bros. The new track features guest vocals from rising singer Kiiara, who trades verses with Chester Bennington over a sparse but nimble pop groove of swirling synths and rapt percussion. Throughout "Heavy," the beat repeatedly drops out, but each time rebuilds towards Bennington and Kiiara's final powerhouse chorus, packed with plenty of anthemic angst. Linkin Park and Kiiara debuted
  
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• Rae Sremmurd’s ‘Swang’ Video Proves Even Country Clubs Can Be Lit

  16-02-2017 22:37
  
  Rae Sremmurd party on a golf course in their 'Swang' video.
  
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• Grateful Dead to Release 40th Anniversary Box Set of Cornell University 1977 Show

  16-02-2017 22:26
  
  Grateful Dead’s performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall on May 8, 1977, is considered so legendary that a copy of the...
  
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• Review: Indie Singer Jens Lekman Spins Tales on 'Life Will See You Now'

  16-02-2017 22:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer Jens Lekman has always reveled in quirky,whimsical storytelling, sort of like the indie-pop inverse of Tom Waits. Hisfourth LP, Life Will See You Now,presents 10 new vignettes with a bizarre cast featuring a Mormon missionaryseeking the meaning of life, a pair of friends joyriding on a hotwired Ferriswheel in the middle of the night and a man curiously examining a 3-D printoutof his own tumor. One disco-y tune recounts "How We Met, the LongVersion," but it goes back to the Big Bang. Altho
  
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• Flashback: Rush Team With Aimee Mann for Surreal 'Time Stand Still' Video

  16-02-2017 22:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  The three members of Rush had a lot of reasons to feel like time was flying by in a whirl by 1987. They'd been touring and recording at an insane rate for over a decade at this point, and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart conveyed his desire stop, take a breathe and appreciate the present moment in the lyrics to "Time Stand Still." "Freeze this moment a little bit longer," he wrote. "Make each sensation a little bit stronger/Experience slips away."'Til Tuesday lead singer Aimee Mann was brought in to
  
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• Q&A: Gore Verbinski, Director Of A Cure For Wellness, Knows What You’re Most Afraid Of

  16-02-2017 22:07
  
  Director Gore Verbinski refuses to be defined by a single genre. He may be best known for the first three parts of the Pirates of the Caribbean action-adventure franchise, but his credits also include the surprisingly complex animated film Rango, bleak comedy The Weather Man, and crime caper The Mexican. Verbinski’s first massive hit, however,...Read more »
  
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• Riverdale Star Lili Reinhart Gets Real About Betty’s Soulmate (It’s Not Archie)

  16-02-2017 22:00
  
  ‘Riverdale’ star Lili Reinhart on Dark Betty, Beronica’s friendship, and sleuthing with Jughead
  
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• PWR BTTM, Austra & Kiyan: LGBTQ Artists Reflect on Touring, Acceptance & Fostering Community

  16-02-2017 22:00
  
  About a week after Donald Trump was elected president, a group of anti-LGBT protesters gathered outside of PWR BTTM's concert in Jackson, Miss....
  
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• Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Above & Beyond, Brian Justin Crum & Xenia Ghali

  16-02-2017 21:55
  
  Above & Beyond Presents OceanLab, "Another Chance"
  English trance trio Above & Beyond (Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo...
  
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• The Chainsmokers Will Debut Sony PlayStationVR Video of 'Paris' at SXSW

  16-02-2017 21:35
  
  Ever watch music videos and wish you were there? Like, take The Chainsmokers latest song “Paris,” for instance. That seems like it has...
  
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• The Chainsmokers 'Paris' Video Will Make its PlayStationVR Debut with Sony at SXSW

  16-02-2017 21:35
  
  Ever watch music videos and wish you were there? Like, take The Chainsmokers latest song “Paris,” for instance. That seems like it has...
  
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• Marc Anthony moves on with new model following divorce - report

  16-02-2017 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's divorce from model Shannon de Lima was reportedly finalised earlier this week (ends17Feb17).
  
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• Justin Bieber facing investigation for battery

  16-02-2017 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The news of the fight emerges a day after the singer was named in a police report for an alleged assault.
  
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• Drake helps fan land autographed Odell Beckham, Jr. jersey

  16-02-2017 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The star also hinted at plans to take his OVO Fest to London this summer.
  
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• Ohio Players Keyboardist and Producer Walter 'Junie' Morrison Dies

  16-02-2017 21:18
  
  Walter "Junie" Morrison, keyboardist and producer for funk band Ohio Players and producer/performer with George Clinton's Parliament-...
  
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• Syd Debuts First Solo Set 'Fin' on R&B/Hip-Hop Album Charts

  16-02-2017 21:13
  
  R&B singer Syd is emerging with her debut album Fin. The set debuts on Billboard's Top R&B Albums and Top R...
  
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• Watch Rae Sremmurd Throw Kegger on Golf Course in 'Swang' Video

  16-02-2017 21:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the new video for "Swang," Rae Sremmurd duo Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi take over a entire country club. They tear up the fairway in golf carts that look like Jeeps and Escalades until a wild party ensues and the Atlanta rappers coerce their argyle and khaki-clad golf mates into puffing joints and doing keg stands."Swang" appears on Rae Sremmurd's 2016 LP SremmLife 2 and marks the ninth video they've released from the record. Previously they hosted a Christmas rager for "Real Chill
  
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• Tinashe Surprises Fan at a Karaoke Bar in this Week's 'Crashed'

  16-02-2017 21:08
  
  The new go90 series Crashed has been off to a hot start -- the first two episodes featuring the young dancers of Dance Moms and pop-punk...
  
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• John Lydon Explains How the Chinese Government Inspired His Book of Drawings & Lyrics

  16-02-2017 21:00
  
  John Lydon is known primarily as the lead singer in iconoclastic-but-canonical rock groups like The Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd., but he...
  
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• Johnny Wujek on Being the Creative Director Behind Katy Perry's Vibrant Shoe Line: Exclusive

  16-02-2017 20:38
  
  Katy Perry launched her very first shoe line in partnership with Global Brands Group on Thursday (Feb.16), and the dynamic, colorful, and...
  
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• The Weeknd And Drake Burn Hollywood To The Ground In ‘Reminder’ Video

  16-02-2017 20:33
  
  The Weeknd drops his flashy, star-studded video for "Reminder."
  
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• Rapper Narcy & Director Ridwan Adhami Team Up to Highlight Refugee Resilience In 'Free' Video

  16-02-2017 20:33
  
  “These people are refugees, orphans, the forgotten. But they are mothers, fathers, sons and daughters first,” the text reads in hip-hop...
  
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• Little Big Town: 'We Have to Show Acceptance to People of All Races, Religions, Colors'

  16-02-2017 20:30
  
  Little Big Town had hoped to dial things back in 2017 after years of hard touring. Instead, as new album The Breaker (Feb. 24, Capitol Nashville)...
  
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• Hear Raekwon, G-Eazy's Hypnotic New Song 'Purple Brick Road'

  16-02-2017 20:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Raekwon and G-Eazy have teamed up for the hypnotic new song "Purple Brick Road." The track will appear on Raekwon's upcoming album The Wild, out on March 24th.Raekwon raps on the catchy song about his success and how he negotiates his wealth in his new lifestyle. G-Eazy enters after the Wu-Tang member's second verse, referencing Raekown's classic, debut album 1995 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. "As I shift gears with my diversity, I want fans to see another side of a champion; my triumphs remain
  
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• ‘Brown Girls’ Is A Quietly Revolutionary Story About Friendship

  16-02-2017 20:29
  
  The web series's writer on Muslim identity, Chicago music, and more.
  
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• Keith Urban Talks Grammy Performance, Field-Leading 7 ACM Nominations

  16-02-2017 20:27
  
  Keith Urban left his cell phone at home while he and wife Nicole Kidman took their daughters to school on Thursday morning. He came home to learn of...
  
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• Watch the Weeknd Party With Drake, A$AP Rocky in Glitzy 'Reminder' Video

  16-02-2017 20:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Weeknd enlisted Drake, A$AP Rocky and more for the energetic, cameo-packed video for "Reminder."The Kid Studio-directed clip arrives on the Weeknd's 27th birthday and also features appearances from Travis Scott, YG, French Montana and Bryson Tiller. In the video, the massive crew joins the pop star at a sleek mansion and later, at a private airplane hangar. The Weeknd goes joy riding with A$AP Rocky while a pyrotechnics crew lights up everything from palm trees to the Hollywood Sign."Reminde
  
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• Emily Estefan Brings Soul & Conga to Star-Studded Showcase in L.A.

  16-02-2017 20:18
  
  With her superstar parents in tow, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, and her godfather Quincy Jones among the audience, Emily Estefan showed off mad...
  
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• Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars and Other Top Stars Betting On New Las Vegas Venues

  16-02-2017 20:10
  
  It was opening night of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in April 2016, and the crowd was cheering hometown heroes: The Killers, fronted by Brandon...
  
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• 'La La Land' Director Calls Ryan Gosling's Character 'Kind of a Fool'

  16-02-2017 20:00
  
  “Everything about La La Land was uncommercial,” says writer-director Damien Chazelle, 32, still bewildered at how his debut studio...
  
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• Hear Grateful Dead's Epic 'Morning Dew' From Legendary Cornell Show

  16-02-2017 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grateful Dead stretch out early cover tune "Morning Dew" into a 14-minute psychedelic epic in this blissful preview of the band's upcoming box set Get Shown the Light. The 11-disc package, available May 5th via Rhino, documents perhaps the most legendary of all Dead concerts: May 8th, 1977, at Cornell University's Barton Hall, a stop on their Terrapin Station tour.David Lemieux, Grateful Dead archivist and Light producer, calls this "Morning Dew" take "quite possibly one of the Grateful Dead
  
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• Future Talks Social Media Hiatus, Going Back to 'Underground' Music & Self-Titled Album

  16-02-2017 19:57
  
  This week, Future announced his self-titled album (due Feb. 17) after being on a year-long hiatus. A day before officially unveiling his new...
  
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• ‘The Stakes’: Painter Kerry James Marshall On The ‘Creative Convening’ Of His Work

  16-02-2017 19:51
  
  Doreen St. Félix talks to the legendary artist about what has (and has not) changed in his 35-year career.
  
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• Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff Receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Performs in His Rural Hometown

  16-02-2017 19:45
  
  An enthusiastic crowd of several thousand began gathering from 6 AM on Sunday, February 12, along the narrowly winding rocky road leading to the...
  
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• 48 Hours With Nicky Jam In MedellÍn: How the City Helped Him Quit Drugs & Get Back on Top

  16-02-2017 19:31
  
  Before he came to MedellÍn, Colombia -- before Latin America’s most notorious city rescued his career and, quite possibly, his life -- Nicky...
  
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• Who Are the Most Traveled Musicians of All-Time?

  16-02-2017 19:24
  
  You may think you've got a lot of air miles, but your points are nothing compared to the distance Tiesto and Paul van Dyk have under their...
  
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