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• Here’s Why You Couldn’t Find The New Harry Styles Single On Spotify

  08-04-2017 23:47
  
  A Spotify glitch made Harry Styles's "Sign of the Times" a bit tricky to find on the streaming service.
  
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• Chris Pratt Just Serenaded His Snack On A Boat, As One Does

  08-04-2017 22:28
  
  Seven scones were no match for Chris Pratt on his latest episode of #WHATSMYSNACK.
  
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• Selena Gomez And The Weeknd Are All About That Social Media PDA

  08-04-2017 21:31
  
  Selena Gomez planted a smooch on The Weeknd in a selfie the 'Starboy' posted.
  
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• At spirited Ottobar show, Future Islands share victory lap with Baltimore

  08-04-2017 21:24
  Fittingly, for Future Islands, theirs took on a sweat-drenched, workmanlike quality at the Ottobar in Remington Friday night, the first of four sold-out album release shows in the synth-pop band's adopted hometown. The tested road warriors proved why they're still one of the most consistent and rewarding live acts the city has seen since the trio moved from Greenville, N.C., to Baltimore nearly a decade ago.
  
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• Jay Z Pulls Catalog From Spotify

  08-04-2017 21:20
  
  Jay Z, hip-hop megastar, music business mogul, entrepreneur and, significantly, the co-owner of streaming music site Tidal, has seemingly deployed a...
  
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• The Lox Bring Back Classic '90s Hip-Hop With Performance at NYC's Irving Plaza

  08-04-2017 19:55
  
  The Lox wowed hundreds of avid hip-hop fans with a nostalgic performance at New York City’s Irving Plaza Friday night (April 7). On the tail-...
  
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• Macklemore Definitely Can’t Spell ‘Definitely’

  08-04-2017 19:36
  
  Macklemore apparently didn't find a dictionary for sale in that 'Thrift Shop' as he's having trouble spelling the word 'definitely.'
  
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• Pearl Jam album, poster artists excited about band's Hall of Fame induction

  08-04-2017 19:15
  They are responsible for the cover and poster art for the Seattle band -- and one of them is the brother of a band member. Barry Ament and Coby Schultz have been involved with album covers and posters for Pearl Jam since the band got their start in the early 1990s.
  
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• Chance The Rapper Got Love From Eddie Vedder For His ‘Great Work In Chicago’

  08-04-2017 18:59
  
  Eddie Vedder used his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech to shed light on Chance The Rapper's work in Chicago: 'That’s the kind of music activism that gives us all hope.'
  
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• Watch Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson's Yes Tribute in Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 18:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson inducted Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Friday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. It came four years after Rush's own entrance into the legendary hall, a memorable event in which Lifeson said nothing but "blah blah blah" over and over as a way to mock long-winded speeches. But when it came time to honor one of his greatest influences, Lifeson found he had a lot more to say than gibberish. It was a very moving tribute to the forefathers of pr
  
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• Read Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson's Tribute to Yes in Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 18:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson inducted Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Friday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. It came four years after Rush's own entrance into the legendary hall, a memorable event in which Lifeson said nothing but "blah blah blah" over and over as a way to mock long-winded speeches. But when it came time to honor one of his greatest influences, Lifeson found he had a lot more to say than gibberish. It was a very moving tribute to the forefathers of pr
  
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• Hear Frank Ocean's New Song 'Biking' Featuring Jay Z & Tyler, the Creator

  08-04-2017 18:14
  
  Frank Ocean surprised fans with a new song during episode three of his Blonded Beats 1 radio show early Saturday morning (April 8). The new track,...
  
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• Frank Ocean Goes ‘Biking’ With Jay Z And Tyler, The Creator On His New Track

  08-04-2017 18:05
  
  Frank Ocean shared his new collaboration with Jay Z and Tyler, the Creator, 'Biking,' on his blondedRADIO show.
  
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• Jackson Browne Talks Rock Hall Moments From Joan Baez to Snoop Dogg

  08-04-2017 18:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jackson Browne inducted folk legend Joan Baez at the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Browne and Baez have crossed paths multiple times over the years, with Baez having covered and interpreted songs by Browne on her own albums. Last year, the folk legends performed on stage for Baez's 75th birthday celebration at New York's Beacon Theater.After Browne gave a deeply personal speech about Baez, tracing her involvement in his own musical upbringing, he spoke with Rolling Stone about the import
  
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• 10 Shakira Songs That Prove She's a Hopeless Romantic: From 'Te Necesito' to 'Me Enamore' & More

  08-04-2017 18:00
  
  Shakira's new track "Me enamoré" is about the type of love that will get you climbing and hugging trees -- or at least that's the...
  
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• Spotify Issue Impacts Harry Styles' 'Sign of the Times' on Release Day

  08-04-2017 17:46
  
  Harry Styles' new single "Sign of the Times" was impacted by a technical issue with Spotify that made the One Directionbreakout star...
  
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• Nile Rodgers Talks Rock Hall Induction: 'Everything Is Rock & Roll'

  08-04-2017 17:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist Nile Rodgers was honored at this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony with the Award for Musical Excellence. Pharrell Williams presented him with the prestigious honor. "They just told me a couple of months ago that I've sold over 300 million albums and 75 million singles," Rodgers said during his speech. "I just wanted to have one hit record."
  He went on to state that his work as a producer has been fulfilling, and the award was recognition of the accomplishments that he ne
  
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• Music News News presenter criticised for quoting Leonard Cohen lyrics ...

  08-04-2017 17:02
  US news anchor Brian Williams has been criticised after quoting Leonard Cohen lyrics when reporting on the United States' missile strike in Syria. Yesterday saw President Trump order a missile strike in response to Assad's chemical attack on innocent civilians, which included children.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Shows Her Grunge Side With A ’90s Throwback Pic

  08-04-2017 16:56
  
  Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are having a major 'My So-Called Life' moment in this throwback '90s pic.
  
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• Pearl Jam, Journey, Yes Score Epic Night at Rock Hall of Fame

  08-04-2017 16:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony featured Steve Perry's first onstage appearance with Journey in 26 years (even though he didn't actually sing), a Yes reunion with Rush's Geddy Lee on bass, a moving tribute to Tupac Shakur and the first performance of Pearl Jam's original lineup since early 1991. But it was David Letterman, a last-minute replacement for Neil Young and the only non-musician of the evening to speak, that summed up the feeling of the event best. "When I came h
  
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• Tanya Hart: 'Tupac’s problem was hanging with Suge'

  08-04-2017 16:50 via music-news.com
  
  Tanya Hart was hired by BET in 1990 to kick off the network’s West Coast division and she quickly rose to stardom. In1992 she gave Tupac
  
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• Watch Bono's Passionate Reading of Allen Ginsberg's 'Hum Bom!' Poem

  08-04-2017 16:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bono delivered a passionate reading of Allen Ginsberg's Gulf War-era anti-war poem "Hum Bom!" in a new video for Poetry in America, Pitchfork reports."It'll be like a tongue twister. I'll get it wrong and that's probably the point," the U2 singer warned before attempting the absurd, onomatopoeia-reliant poem that playfully details an aerial assault that's pushed Earth to the brink of doomsday.Despite the dizzying onslaught of one-syllable words, Bono deftly navigates the poem's quirky cadence, q
  
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• The Clash's Debut Album Turns 40: However You Define Punk, This Album Was a Rough Draft for What Came Next

  08-04-2017 16:00
  
  In the language of modern politics, punk rock tends to be a "party of no." That's part of what makes it so awesome. You don't have...
  
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• 4 Things We Want to See From The Chainsmokers on 'Saturday Night Live'

  08-04-2017 16:00
  
  EDM duo The Chainsmokers will make their first appearance as musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend, one day after releasing their debut...
  
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• Mel B loses battle to regain possession of alleged sex tapes

  08-04-2017 15:45 via music-news.com
  
  The former Spice Girl is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with her estranged husband.
  
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• Hear Frank Ocean's 'Biking' With Jay Z, Tyler, the Creator

  08-04-2017 15:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Frank Ocean premiered his new song "Biking," featuring Jay Z and Tyler, the Creator, on his Blonded Beats 1 radio show Friday night. The singer previously debuted his new single "Chanel" on the show in March.Jay Z dishes out the intro and first verse on "Biking," proclaiming he has a "Wristwatch got a Russian face like an oligarch" as a sparse piano melody backs him.The debut episode of Blonded boasted a conversation between "No Church in the Wild" collaborators Ocean and Jay Z, where the two cr
  
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• 13 Things to Know About the Charts This Week: Harry Styles Tops Billboard + Twitter Trending 140 & More

  08-04-2017 15:00
  
  Ed Sheeran's smash "Shape of You" joins the exclusive 10-weeks-at-No. 1 club on the Billboard Hot 100, as it adds yet another week to...
  
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• Music News Gorillaz unveil four huge new remixes by Bonobo, Claptone and more

  08-04-2017 12:25
  After Damon Albarn's animated band shared the new track 'Let Me Out' last night , now they've unveiled a remix of 'Andromeda' by Bonobo', as well as 'We Got The Power' by Claptone, 'Saturnz Barz' by Banx & Ranx and 'Ascension' reimagined by Nic Fanciulli - taking the tracks into new sonic terrain that ranges from the blissed-out to the dancefloor banger. Speaking to Zane Lowe on Beats 1, rapper Pusha T said that Albarn had envisioned a Trump win as a possibility a year ago, before Trump was
  
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• Meghan Trainor's man learned sign language to save her voice after surgery

  08-04-2017 10:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer has been silent since Christmas following surgery on her voice.
  
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• Meghan Trainor's guy learned sign language so she didn't have to speak after surgery

  08-04-2017 10:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer has been silent since Christmas following surgery on her voice.
  
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• Watch Pearl Jam's Humble Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 08:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  A quarter of a century after they released their 13-times platinum debut, Ten, Pearl Jam remain one of rock's biggest bands. They had sprung into the world's consciousness with a mix of aggressive and emotional songs and have since refined their palate in order to write expansive, transformative rockers. Their last two albums have reached Number One on the Billboard charts, and they've never put out a studio album that has charted lower than Number Five. Moreover, they still tour regularly &ndas
  
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• Read Pearl Jam's Humble Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 08:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  A quarter of a century after they released their 13-times platinum debut, Ten, Pearl Jam remain one of rock's biggest bands. They had sprung into the world's consciousness with a mix of aggressive and emotional songs and have since refined their palate in order to write expansive, transformative rockers. Their last two albums have reached Number One on the Billboard charts, and they've never put out a studio album that has charted lower than Number Five. Moreover, they still tour regularly &ndas
  
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• Watch Journey, Steve Perry's Heartfelt Rock Hall of Fame Speeches

  08-04-2017 08:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The most anticipated moment of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony came when former Journey vocalist Steve Perry appeared alongside his ex-bandmates for the first time since a 2005 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. 
  Although he didn't sing with them (and hasn't since a one-off event in 1991), Perry did stand with them at the podium to deliver an induction speech. If this moment didn't lead to an actual reunion performance, it's hard to imagine that anything will. But even without Perry,
  
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• Read Journey, Steve Perry's Heartfelt Rock Hall of Fame Speeches

  08-04-2017 08:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The most anticipated moment of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony came when former Journey vocalist Steve Perry appeared alongside his ex-bandmates for the first time since a 2005 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. 
  Although he didn't sing with them (and hasn't since a one-off event in 1991), Perry did stand with them at the podium to deliver an induction speech. If this moment didn't lead to an actual reunion performance, it's hard to imagine that anything will. But even without Perry,
  
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• Music 3 mins ago 8:42 p.m.Live Updates | 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

  08-04-2017 08:01
  Don't have a ticket to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight? We've got you covered... Follow this story all night for live time-stamped updates. Be sure to repeatedly refresh this page so the latest information will pop up at the top of the story.
  
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• Pearl Jam, Rush, Journey Members Cover Neil Young at Rock Hall All-Star Jam

  08-04-2017 07:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony ended with a raucous, enthralling all-star jam on Friday night, as a group of musicians that included Yes' Trevor Rabin, Rush's Geddy Lee and Journey's Neal Schon joined Pearl Jam onstage at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to cover Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World."Young, who was originally slated to induct Pearl Jam but pulled out due to illness, was absent. "The truth of it is, the poor guy can't stay up that late," David Letterman quipped be
  
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• Yes Give Hilarious, Profane Rock Hall of Fame Speech

  08-04-2017 07:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  After emotional induction speeches by Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, the surviving members of Yes took the stage for the first time since the conclusion of the Union tour in early 1992. They've spent the last year touring in two competing camps and relations are more than a little strained, but at least for one night they were willing to put the bitterness behind them and celebrate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Whether it marks the beginning of a new Union chapter
  
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• Watch Yes' Hilarious, Profane Rock Hall of Fame Speech

  08-04-2017 07:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  After emotional induction speeches by Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, the surviving members of Yes took the stage for the first time since the conclusion of the Union tour in early 1992. They've spent the last year touring in two competing camps and relations are more than a little strained, but at least for one night they were willing to put the bitterness behind them and celebrate their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Whether it marks the beginning of a new Union chapter
  
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• Watch David Letterman's Eloquent Pearl Jam Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 07:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  David Letterman showed his fondness for Pearl Jam when he inducted the grunge rockers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band had been a staple on his CBS Late Show since 1996, when they made their debut performing the No Code tune "Hail, Hail." They went on to make six more appearances on the program. In 2006, they played a special 10-song set for Letterman's audience. The talk-show host agreed to induct the band after Neil Young dropped out, citing an undisclosed illness.Letter
  
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• Read David Letterman's Eloquent Rock Hall Induction Speech for Pearl Jam

  08-04-2017 07:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  David Letterman showed his fondness for Pearl Jam when he inducted the grunge rockers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band had been a staple on his CBS Late Show since 1996, when they made their debut performing the No Code tune "Hail, Hail." They went on to make six more appearances on the program. In 2006, they played a special 10-song set for Letterman's audience. The talk-show host agreed to induct the band after Neil Young dropped out, citing an undisclosed illness.Letter
  
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• Read David Letterman's Eloquent Pearl Jam Rock Hall Induction Speech

  08-04-2017 07:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  David Letterman showed his fondness for Pearl Jam when he inducted the grunge rockers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band had been a staple on his CBS Late Show since 1996, when they made their debut performing the No Code tune "Hail, Hail." They went on to make six more appearances on the program. In 2006, they played a special 10-song set for Letterman's audience. The talk-show host agreed to induct the band after Neil Young dropped out, citing an undisclosed illness.Letter
  
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• Watch Snoop Dogg's Emotional Acceptance Speech on Behalf of Tupac Shakur

  08-04-2017 06:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Snoop Dogg inducted fellow West Coast legend Tupac Shakur at Friday night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Both artists were on Dr. Dre and Suge Knight's Death Row Records, and Snoop Dogg had appeared on one of Tupac's final releases before his death, "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted."Speaking to Rolling Stone before the speech, Snoop noted that, "The Hall of Fame has come a long way and we appreciate them for appreciating us for what we do. And
  
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• Read Snoop Dogg's Emotional Acceptance Speech on Behalf of Tupac Shakur

  08-04-2017 06:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Snoop Dogg inducted fellow West Coast legend Tupac Shakur at Friday night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Both artists were on Dr. Dre and Suge Knight's Death Row Records, and Snoop Dogg had appeared on one of Tupac's final releases before his death, "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted."Speaking to Rolling Stone before the speech, Snoop noted that, "The Hall of Fame has come a long way and we appreciate them for appreciating us for what we do. And
  
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• Watch Pearl Jam Deliver Searing Rock Hall of Fame Induction Performance

  08-04-2017 06:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pearl Jam played scorched-earth versions of three hits from the 1990s during their set at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Friday night. The band opened with "Alive," which gave Dave Krusen, the drummer from the group's debut album Ten, a chance to sit in behind the kit. Guitars flared on both sides of Eddie Vedder as he rumbled and rasped through the song's life-affirming chorus. Mike McCready got the final word though, hurtling through a virtuo
  
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• Pearl Jam Deliver Searing Rock Hall of Fame Induction Performance

  08-04-2017 06:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pearl Jam played scorched-earth versions of three hits from the 1990s during their set at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Friday night. The band opened with "Alive," which gave Dave Krusen, the drummer from the group's debut album Ten, a chance to sit in behind the kit. Guitars flared on both sides of Eddie Vedder as he rumbled and rasped through the song's life-affirming chorus. Mike McCready got the final word though, hurtling through a virtuo
  
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• Watch Pharrell's Reverent Nile Rodgers Tribute at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  08-04-2017 06:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  As a pioneer of disco, guitarist Nile Rodgers and his band Chic helped pave the way for pop and hip-hop producers and musicians like Pharrell Williams. To celebrate his contributions to the world of music, Williams helped present Rodgers with the Award for Musical Excellence at the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.Rodgers and Williams worked together on Daft Punk's disco-inspired album Random Access Memories and won two Grammy Awards alongside the French duo
  
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