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| Web Trends: Lana Del Rey Tour-Cancellation Rumors and more |
07/02/2012 | |
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See what else is trending in music today including Lana Del Rey rumors about her potentially canceling her tour, Jay-Z making a debut, Nicki Minaj to release new tracks soon, M.I.A. possibly paying a fine and more.

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| Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, David Guetta, Deadmau5 & Chris Brown to Lead Dance Music Tribute at Grammys |
07/02/2012 | |
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The Foo Fighters will participate in a "special performance highlighting dance/electronica music" at Sunday's Grammys, according to an official Grammys press release issued this afternoon (Feb. 7). The rockers' collaborators include Lil Wayne, David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Chris Brown.

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| Four Tet, Fever Ray, Terry Riley Featured On Blonde Redhead's Japan Benefit Comp Out Today |
07/02/2012 | |
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Today marks the release of "We Are The Works In Progress," an album to benefit Japanese disaster relief featuring such artists as Terry Riley, Four Tet, Fever Ray, Deerhunter, Interpol and David Sylvain and Ryuchi Sakamototo performing alternate and demo versions of songs. The album was compiled and organized by Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead.

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| Web Trends: Super Bowl Music Wrap Up |
06/02/2012 | |
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See what else is trending in music today including an apology from NBC after M.I.A. flipped the bird at last night's Super Bowl halftime show, and a new EP from Curren$y

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| Backbeat: Skrillex's Secret 'Blindfolded' Show, Where Even Lyor Cohen Got Skrillified |
03/02/2012 | |
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An invitation for an "Exclusive Private Event" to see the Grammy-nominated DJ sensation Skrillex instructed invitees to meet at NYC's WeSC Concept Store and prepare to be "Blindfolded and Driven to A Secret Location." The murky details didn't prevent droves of model-types, mussy-haired indie boys, candy ravers and music bizers like WMG Chairman of Recorded Music Lyor Cohen from checking out Skrillex's highly-danceable set of bombastic beats.

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| Dance Music's Most Influential Executives |
03/02/2012 | |
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Nine of EDM's most influential business creatives, from DJ/Producer Afrojack to HARD Events founder Gary Richards to Atom Empire co-founder Stephanie LaFera.

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| Facebook's Dan Rose Talks Music, App Economy, Skrillex @MIDEM Keynote Q&A (VIDEO) |
31/01/2012 | |
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Dan Rose, Facebook’s VP of partnerships, spoke with Billboard editorial director Bill Werde at MIDEM's keynote Q&A about Facebook Music's five billion songs shared since September, its early-adoption of Skrillex, the app economy and more.

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| Macworld iWorld Pumps Up Volume for Music Fans, Artists and Companies |
27/01/2012 | |
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Public Enemy founder and Bomb Squad producer Hank Shocklee evangelized for Apple's disruptive effects on the music industry, then performed on some Apple products of his own during a headlining gig at the 27th annual MacWorld | iWorld expo Friday afternoon in San Francisco. "Music today is the biggest it's ever been," Shocklee told Billboard.biz. "But you have to understand, we're not in Kansas anymore."

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| Billboard Reveals the 2012 Power 100 |
27/01/2012 | |
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Billboard found something else that Irving Azoff, executive chairman of Live Nation, can sit atop: In the January 28 issue of the magazine, Billboard unveils the Power 100, a ranking of the most powerful people in the music business.

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| Chart Moves: 'Glee' Finds 'Love,' Girls Generation's 'Boys' Debuts |
26/01/2012 | |
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Adele's "21" becomes the first album by a single artist ever to top the Billboard 200 concurrently with three Hot 100 No. 1s, as "Set Fire to the Rain" takes over at the latter list's summit, following Hot 100 commands of "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You" while "21" was previously in charge of the Billboard 200.

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| Mute Launches Liberation Technologies Label |
26/01/2012 | |
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Mute records today announced the launch of Liberation Technologies, a new label focused on electronic music. Headed by Patrick O’Neill and distributed worldwide by S T Holdings, the label's debut release is by Brooklyn-based King Felix (aka Laurel Halo).

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