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Ice Cube doesn’t hold back… In a recent sit down with Bloomberg, Hip Hop Rapper and NWA group member, Ice Cube talks Donald Trump and why Americans ‘love’ him. “Donald Trump is what Americans love. Donald Trump is what Americans aspire to be — rich, powerful, do what you wanna do, say what you wanna […]
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Last year DMN wrote that the Technics SL-1200 turntable would be returning after being discontinued in 2010, despite there being a resurgence in vinyl interest. This was made official yesterday when they went up for sale in Japan. Now, today it has been announced that the initial run of new Technic SL-1200 turntables sold out […]
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David Gest has been found dead today (April 12th) in the Four Seasons hotel in Canary Wharf in East London. There has been no reports of the reason behind his death but sources are saying that he had high blood pressure, suffered from insomnia and had severe chest pains for which he was taking medication. […]
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Last month DMN wrote that Live Nation was rumoured to be in the final stages of purchasing major stakes in Governors Ball. Fast-forward a few weeks and it’s official. Now there is a major battle in the Northeast. Live Nation’s major competitor AEG Live has Panorama in New York, and now that Live Nation has acquired Governors Ball […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Universal Music Group (UMG) hired Ty Roberts as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology officer. This role will be effective as of April 25th. Roberts will be based in Santa Monica, CA, and will report to Michael Nash, Executive Vice President of Digital Strategy. This is a newly-created role, and just one of […]
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Backplane has crashed and burned. But it ain’t over yet, according to a TechCrunch report. Back in June 2011, Lady Gaga and her manager, Troy Carter, launched a social network startup called Backplane. Investors quickly jumped on board and the business initially got off the ground with $1 million funding from Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric […]
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According to recent reports, Ticketmaster will be soon selling concert tickets directly through Facebook. In an interview with Buzzfeed, Dan Armstrong VP and General Manager of distributed commerce for Ticketmaster confirmed the joint venture. “By putting the ability to buy tickets directly within Facebook we hope that we’re going to provide a more seamless purchase […]
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Notorious B.I.G. makes his way back to the stage… According to Billboard, ARHT Media has secured the digital rights to Notorious B.I.G.’s hologram in a joint venture with By Storm Entertainment which manages B.I.G.’s estate. The hologram will be first seen in Faith Evans video for her first song off her duets compilation album titled […]
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Kanye West’s album has hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart… Last week it was widely anticipated that The Life of Pablo would hit number one, and now it’s official. According to Nielsen Music, The Life of Pablo earned the equivalent of 94,000 album units in the week ending April 7th. Of the total equivalent album units, […]
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Drake has announced the official release date of his new album titled ‘Views From the 6’. The album will be first released as an Apple Music exclusive and will be available as of April 29th. The news was verified by Apple on Beats 1’s OVO Sound Radio. Since the launch of Apple Music last year, Drake has always been a […]
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