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After their disastrous Heaton Park gig, Noel and Liam Gallagher have sent out cheques to 20,000 disappointed fans – and are banking on them not being cashed in
One month after Noel Gallagher promised a refund to Oasis fans at a Manchester gig, the band have sent out cheques at a total of almost £1m. They [...]

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Beloved singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is begging his peers to stop recording versions of his anthem Hallelujah – because he fears music fans will grow tired of the song if they keep hearing it.For Original Source Click Here
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Beloved singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is begging his peers to stop recording versions of his anthem Hallelujah – because he fears music fans will grow tired of the song if they keep hearing it.For Original Source Click Here
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LONDON (AP) — Fans in Asia stayed awake into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop’s star-studded memorial service from Los Angeles. Fans mourned the singer and celebrated his life along with the thousands [...]

Tens of thousands of music fans flocked to London for the weekend’s Wireless festival.For Original Source Click Here
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Boston’s electro sops Passion Pit were hyped and almost crushed by the blog buzz, but a storming Glasto set and a boss debut album prove they’re more than just 2009’s ‘new MGMT’, says Krissi Murison
The first words out of Passion Pit singer Michael Angelakos’s mouth are not ones you expect to hear from the new [...]

By lowering streaming rates, the PRS is bending over backwards to help the digital music market grow – without artists losing out
Last Thursday, Victor Keegan wrote an article in the Guardian’s technology supplement, accusing the music industry of being stuck in the past and “not giving up blaming everyone but itself for the sorry state [...]

Belle & Sebastian have always been one of the finest examples of how simplicity and intricacy are not exclusive entities in music. The Glasgow-based group’s melodies have always been extremely accessible; the arrangements feature consuming assortments of keys and orchestral elements that are smoothly integrated under Stuart Murdoch’s wistful, choir boy-like vocals. His delivery is [...]

Tony Depula, who died earlier this month, was a white-rap pioneer who lived an extraordinary life. His influence on hip-hop deserves to be applauded
While Tupac and Notorious BIG continue to be the focus of biopics, posthumous releases and conspiracy theories, the death in a car accident on 5 April of 42-year-old Anthony Depula went largely [...]

Psychedelia is rarely looked upon as the most intricate or respectable of genres. Throw in a little reverb here, add some overlapping vocal melodies there, and you have yourself a song typical of the style. The dismissal of psychedelia is usually rooted in one of two excuses, with one being the genre’s linear composure and [...]

Record sales are down, illegal file sharing persists and a whole generation is getting used to enjoying music for free.
But Daniel Ek, the man behind Spotify, the world’s fastest growing online music service, is convinced that fans will still pay for songs they love if they are packaged in the right way.
In one of [...]