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		<title>Lady Gaga still hoping to play Indonesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last we heard, Lady Gaga&#8217;s planned show in the Indonesian capital Jakarta next month was off, after she was refused a visa amid fears of mass protests against a performance that the Islamic Defenders&#8217; Front has branded &#8220;satanic&#8221;. But, while a spokesman for the country&#8217;s national police recently told Reuters that Gaga had been refused<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lady-gaga-still-hoping-to-play-indonesia/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jay-Z has no problem with gay marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barrack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay-Z]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems fairly ridiculous to me that there is any debate about who can get married to who. If people want to marry each other, why would you stop them? Really, it&#8217;s just a contract that says they can have each other&#8217;s stuff, isn&#8217;t it? And that they won&#8217;t be dicks to each other. And<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jay-z-has-no-problem-with-gay-marriage/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Gaga denied Indonesian visa</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lady-gaga-denied-indonesian-visa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga has been refused a working visa to perform in Indonesia, after protesters there threatened to cause &#8220;chaos&#8221; outside a planned Gaga concert, a spokesman for the country&#8217;s national police, Saud Usman Nasution, has told Reuters. The show was due to take place in Jakarta on 3 Jun and is the second on the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lady-gaga-denied-indonesian-visa/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protests planned at Lady Gaga show in Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/protests-planned-at-lady-gaga-show-in-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/protests-planned-at-lady-gaga-show-in-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 09:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga&#8217;s upcoming show in Indonesia is due to become the latest attract protests. The opening show of the singer&#8217;s latest world tour in Seoul, South Korea went ahead while a demonstration took place outside, and now campaigners are calling on her to cancel her planned performance in the Indonesian capital Jakarta next month. Speaking<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/protests-planned-at-lady-gaga-show-in-indonesia/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Attorney doesn&#8217;t want to help &#8220;innocent&#8221; Mega users</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-attorney-doesnt-want-to-help-innocent-mega-users/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-attorney-doesnt-want-to-help-innocent-mega-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[In The Pop Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carpathia Hosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MegaUpload]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil MacBride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Neil MacBride, the US Attorney for the Eastern District Of Virginia, has a message for anyone who lost personal data when his office swooped on the MegaUpload operation in January: &#8220;Fuck you, I&#8217;m a fucking US Attorney and I can do whatever I fucking like&#8221;. Well, I&#8217;m paraphrasing slightly, but that&#8217;s certainly the sentiment expressed<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-attorney-doesnt-want-to-help-innocent-mega-users/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plan B defends new video, calls for more discussion of riots</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/plan-b-defends-new-video-calls-for-more-discussion-of-riots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/plan-b-defends-new-video-calls-for-more-discussion-of-riots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plan B]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plan B has defended the depiction of violence in the video for his new single &#8216;ill Manors&#8217;. The first track released from the soundtrack of his new film project of the same name, which sees him return to rap after his foray into soul, the video shows staged violent scenes intercut with footage of last<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/plan-b-defends-new-video-calls-for-more-discussion-of-riots/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Livingstone supports Ministry as Boris reconsiders planning application</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/livingstone-supports-ministry-as-boris-reconsiders-planning-application/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/livingstone-supports-ministry-as-boris-reconsiders-planning-application/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boris Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry Of Sound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakmayne Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwark Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the London mayoral election now just three months away, Ministry Of Sound is hoping support from Labour hopeful Ken Livingstone will make incumbent Boris Johnson wary of meddling in a planning decision that, the club&#8217;s operators claim, could put the club out of business if altered. As previously reported, Ministry last October succeeded in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/livingstone-supports-ministry-as-boris-reconsiders-planning-application/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mick Jagger pulls out of Davos summit</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mick-jagger-pulls-out-of-davos-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mick-jagger-pulls-out-of-davos-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mick Jagger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mick Jagger has pulled out of an event at this year&#8217;s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland after accusing David Cameron of attempting to use him as a &#8220;political football&#8221;. Jagger was due to appear at an event hosted by Cameron intended to promote Britain. Other public figures involved include inventor<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mick-jagger-pulls-out-of-davos-summit/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thom Yorke and Jay-Z discuss Occupy movement</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/thom-yorke-and-jay-z-discuss-occupy-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/thom-yorke-and-jay-z-discuss-occupy-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A video interview featuring Thom Yorke and Massive Attack&#8217;s 3D talking about the international Occupy movement and has been released online. Thom, 3D and one time UNKLE producer and DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy last week surprised Occupy London activists with secret DJ sets, appearing in the basement of a disused UBS building that has<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/thom-yorke-and-jay-z-discuss-occupy-movement/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Korean pop phenomenon breaks career for military service</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/korean-pop-phenomenon-breaks-career-for-military-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/korean-pop-phenomenon-breaks-career-for-military-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Korean pop singer Rain, once dubbed the &#8220;Justin Timberlake of Asia&#8221; (when that meant &#8220;really big pop star&#8221; and not &#8220;sometime actor trying to rescue a dying social network&#8221;) has stepped back from his music career to go and do two years military service. Hundreds of tearful fans, some from Japan and China, watched<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/korean-pop-phenomenon-breaks-career-for-military-service/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>European Parliament coalition adopts Pirate Party copyright policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greens/European Free Alliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to The Pirate Party, the Greens/European Free Alliance, a coalition of political groups in the European Parliament, have adopted their policies on copyright issues. The Swedish branch of The Pirate Party, which advocates radical reform of copyright law, won two seats in the European Parliament in 2009, and those MEPs subsequently allied with the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/european-parliament-coalition-adopts-pirate-party-copyright-policies/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Primal Scream so &#8220;disgusted&#8221; by Tories they mistake themselves for Dandy Warhols</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/primal-scream-so-disgusted-by-tories-they-mistake-themselves-for-dandy-warhols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primal Scream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dandy Warhols]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Primal Scream have issued a statement saying that they are &#8220;disgusted&#8221; that Theresa May closed her speech at the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday with their 1994 song, &#8216;Rocks&#8217;. Which is interesting for several reasons, though mainly because Theresa May didn&#8217;t close her speech at the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday with their 1994 song,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/primal-scream-so-disgusted-by-tories-they-mistake-themselves-for-dandy-warhols/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government publishes IP guide for employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pop Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s Intellectual Property Office has published a new guide for employers advising them on how to ensure their staff are not infringing copyright on company time. Noting the civil and criminal risks to both employers and employees of being found guilty of infringement, it offers advice on business processes and policies that could stop<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/government-publishes-ip-guide-for-employers/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Britney criticised over video shoot in Hackney</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britney-criticised-over-video-shoot-in-hackney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Britney Spears]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some London political types have hit out at Britney Spears for filming a pop video in Hackney which seems to glamorise gun violence. Some seem offended by the concept of the video in general, others that she chose to film it in East London, and others still that the filming involved the popstress waving a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/britney-criticised-over-video-shoot-in-hackney/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dappy: Leona&#8217;s view on riots is too simplistic</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dappy-leonas-view-on-riots-is-too-simplistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the battle of minds you&#8217;ve been waiting for: Dappy v Leona Lewis. In an interview with The Guardian, the N-Dubz star was asked his thoughts on comments made by Leona Lewis in an interview with the same paper about last month&#8217;s riots, in which she said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think there was any motivation behind<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dappy-leonas-view-on-riots-is-too-simplistic/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sharkey to debate DEA at Lib Dem party bash</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sharkey-to-debate-dea-at-lib-dem-party-bash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following Hugh Grant&#8217;s guest spot at the weekend, Feargal Sharkey will be taking to the stage at the Liberal Democrats&#8217; Party Conference later today, which will be jolly exciting I&#8217;m sure. The one time Undertone and current boss of cross-sector trade body UK Music will be debating the copyright elements of the Digital Economy Act<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sharkey-to-debate-dea-at-lib-dem-party-bash/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beatles contract confirms stand against 1960s segregation in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 1965 concert contract, up for auction and expected to raise up to $5000, confirms that The Beatles showed their support for the 1960s US civil rights movement by refusing to play at any venue where the audience was segregated by race. The contract, signed by the band&#8217;s manager Brian Epstein, includes the clause that<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/beatles-contract-confirms-stand-against-1960s-segregation-in-us/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boris responds to Kelis after airport run in</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/boris-responds-to-kelis-after-airport-run-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London mayor Boris Johnson has apologised to Kelis after it was reported that she had been the victim of racial abuse at a London airport, and pledged to look into the incident. Which is all well and good, except it turns out the fracas actually occurred in Spain. Kelis said earlier this week that a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/boris-responds-to-kelis-after-airport-run-in/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kelis racially abused in London, comments on riots</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kelis-racially-abused-in-london-comments-on-riots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kelis-racially-abused-in-london-comments-on-riots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelis has claimed that she was racially abused at a London airport after being accused of queue jumping at passport control. The incident happened on Monday as she returned to London following her appearance at Bestival at the weekend. In a series of tweets, Kelis said: &#8220;Apparently [I] pissed this one man off cause he<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kelis-racially-abused-in-london-comments-on-riots/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chumbawamba man not impressed with UKIP using his hit</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chumbawamba-man-not-impressed-with-ukip-using-his-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chumbawamba-man-not-impressed-with-ukip-using-his-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chumbawamba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dunstan Bruce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chumbawamba&#8217;s ex-frontman has hit out at the UK Independence Party for using his former&#8217;s band&#8217;s hit &#8216;Tubthumping&#8217; during its annual conference in Eastbourne this weekend. Apparently the song played as the party&#8217;s leader Nigel Farage took to the stage. Dunstan Bruce told The Guardian he was angry that the right-leaning anti-Europe party chose to use<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chumbawamba-man-not-impressed-with-ukip-using-his-hit/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Chiefs predicted the riots</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kaiser-chiefs-predicted-the-riots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kaiser-chiefs-predicted-the-riots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris T-T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaiser Chiefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Krissi Murison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Kaiser Chiefs have said that they predicted the recent riots in various cities in their song, &#8216;I Predict A Riot&#8217;. I&#8217;m not sure the content of that song completely correlates with what happened earlier this month, but let&#8217;s stick with it. Guitarist Andrew White told NME.com: &#8220;It&#8217;s funny, if you listen to our lyrics<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kaiser-chiefs-predicted-the-riots/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Green defends rap from riot accusations</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/professor-green-defends-rap-from-riot-accusations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/professor-green-defends-rap-from-riot-accusations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rioting and looting that has spread around the UK over the last week has touched the music world in different ways. Obviously, many labels became victims after the fire at the Sony DADC/[PIAS] distribution centre on Monday. But yesterday came the inevitable accusation that music was to blame for everything anyway &#8211; rap specifically,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/professor-green-defends-rap-from-riot-accusations/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anger at use of Amy Winehouse&#8217;s image on Swiss anti-drugs poster</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anger-at-use-of-amy-winehouses-image-on-swiss-anti-drugs-poster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anger-at-use-of-amy-winehouses-image-on-swiss-anti-drugs-poster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was some anger yesterday after a branch of the Young SVP &#8211; the youth wing of the Swiss People&#8217;s Party &#8211; used an image of Amy Winehouse on a poster carrying the slogan in French: &#8220;No to the decriminalisation of drugs&#8221;. The poster was distributed online yesterday and Grégory Logean, president of the Young<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/anger-at-use-of-amy-winehouses-image-on-swiss-anti-drugs-poster/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vince Cable talks copyright</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vince-cable-talks-copyright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as expected, Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed that he plans to bring into law some of the key recommendations of the recent Hargreaves Review of copyright, in particular a private copy right, allowing people to make private back up copies of CDs they make (these days mainly by ripping them to PC or<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/vince-cable-talks-copyright/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dir En Grey raise questions over handling of Japanese tsunami</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dir-en-grey-raise-questions-over-handling-of-japanese-tsunami/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dir-en-grey-raise-questions-over-handling-of-japanese-tsunami/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With their new album &#8216;Dum Spiro Spero&#8217; out this week, Japanese metallers Dir En Grey have published an open letter regarding how the ethos behind their latest LP was inspired and affected by the natural disasters that struck their country in March of this year. The band reveal they were in Tokyo working on the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dir-en-grey-raise-questions-over-handling-of-japanese-tsunami/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mitch Winehouse meets politicians to discuss drug rehabilitation</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mitch-winehouse-meets-politicians-to-discuss-drug-rehabilitation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mitch-winehouse-meets-politicians-to-discuss-drug-rehabilitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitch Winehouse yesterday met with politicians to discuss access to treatment services for young people battling drug problems. As previously reported, Amy Winehouse&#8217;s father said at his daughter&#8217;s funeral last week that he plans to launch an Amy Winehouse Foundation, which will be an organisation &#8220;to help those struggling with substance abuse&#8221;. He added: &#8220;In<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mitch-winehouse-meets-politicians-to-discuss-drug-rehabilitation/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tory MP defends her former life at EMI</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tory-mp-defends-her-former-life-at-emi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, former chick lit writer and current Tory chick Louise Mensch MP was in the news again at the end of last week, this time in relation to her other former life working for EMI in the 1990s, which is how this counts as music news, in case you wondered. Mensch was first in the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tory-mp-defends-her-former-life-at-emi/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Edge says &#8220;shut up with your tax moaning&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-edge-says-shut-up-with-your-tax-moaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Edge, it seems, is getting bored of people dissing his band over their tax arrangements. As much previously reported, anti-capitalist group Art Uncut have recently brought new focus on U2&#8242;s widely reported decision a few years back to move some of their business operations from Ireland to the Netherlands, a move which makes their<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/the-edge-says-shut-up-with-your-tax-moaning/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PM pays tribute to local Tory chairman after Glasto death</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pm-pays-tribute-to-local-tory-chairman-after-glasto-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pm-pays-tribute-to-local-tory-chairman-after-glasto-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And we all thought Bono&#8217;s tax arrangements would be the political angle for covering this year&#8217;s Glastonbury Festival. There remains some mystery this morning regarding the death of Christopher Shale, Chairman of the Conservative Association in the constituency of Prime Minister David Cameron, who died at the Glastonbury fest this weekend. Shale, at the festival<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pm-pays-tribute-to-local-tory-chairman-after-glasto-death/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bono is &#8220;glad&#8221; about &#8220;wrong&#8221; protest</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bono-is-glad-about-wrong-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glastonbury bosses have insisted there was no &#8220;instruction to use heavy-handedness&#8221; after security staff at the festival tussled with the Art Uncut protestors as they tried to inflate a big fat balloon that read &#8216;U Pay Your Tax 2&#8242; at the start of U2&#8242;s set at the festival on Friday. It was no secret that<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bono-is-glad-about-wrong-protest/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Robb to call on government to pressure US over musician visas</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/john-robb-to-call-on-government-to-pressure-us-over-musician-visas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/john-robb-to-call-on-government-to-pressure-us-over-musician-visas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music journalist and Goldblade frontman John Robb will next week meet with Culture Minister Ed Vaizey alongside Labour MP Kerry McCarthy to call on the government to pressure the US to sort out its ever-complex visa system, which he reckons is constraining the ability of British musicians to travel and work in America. Says Robb:<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/john-robb-to-call-on-government-to-pressure-us-over-musician-visas/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Norwegian government provides black metal training for diplomats</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-government-provides-black-metal-training-for-diplomats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-government-provides-black-metal-training-for-diplomats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a reported global rise in interest in black metal, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry has begun providing diplomats on foreign service missions with an introduction to the genre &#8211; specifically &#8216;True Norwegian Black Metal&#8217;, to give it its official term. Louder Than War reports that Kjersti Sommerset, head of the Foreign Ministry&#8217;s Centre Of Excellence,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/norwegian-government-provides-black-metal-training-for-diplomats/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tax campaigners to protest during U2&#8242;s Glasto set</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tax-campaigners-to-protest-during-u2s-glasto-set/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tax-campaigners-to-protest-during-u2s-glasto-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-tax-avoidance campaigners are planning on protesting during U2&#8242;s headline set at Glastonbury later this month over the band&#8217;s much reported tax arrangements. Bono et al controversially moved their business interests to the Netherlands in 2006 after the Irish government removed some tax breaks for artists. A spokesman for the Art Uncut campaign, which will lead<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/tax-campaigners-to-protest-during-u2s-glasto-set/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>BBC criticised over rap edit</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bbc-criticised-over-rap-edit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has come under attack after the words &#8220;free Palestine&#8221; were edited out of a performance by rapper Mic Righteous on a 1Xtra show. The freestyle rap originally aired in December, but appeared again in a best-of show at the end of April with the political statement edited out. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign issued<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bbc-criticised-over-rap-edit/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Dylan denies set list censored in China</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bob-dylan-denies-set-list-censored-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan has denied reports that his recent show in China was censored by the Chinese authorities, adding that rumours he had previously been denied permission to perform there and that the audience at his Beijing show was mainly made up of ex-pats were also untrue. On reports he had initially been banned from playing<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bob-dylan-denies-set-list-censored-in-china/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diplo criticises MIA over her political raps</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/diplo-criticises-mia-over-her-political-raps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producer Diplo has criticised his former collaborator and one time girlfriend MIA for &#8220;glamorising terrorism&#8221;, and says her last album failed to match the success of its predecessor partly because of its political content, and the subsequent spat with New York Times writer Lynn Hirschberg who claimed a number of the musician&#8217;s politically motivated statements<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/diplo-criticises-mia-over-her-political-raps/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US VP talks tough on piracy, but says industry needs to better educate</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-vp-talks-tough-on-piracy-but-says-industry-needs-to-better-educate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Vice President Joe Biden has very much come out in favour of the entertainment and media industries in a conversation about piracy with Variety magazine, possibly indicating that the Obama regime is planning on toughening up American anti-piracy rules. Then again, he did later say that the creative industries should be doing a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-vp-talks-tough-on-piracy-but-says-industry-needs-to-better-educate/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dylan&#8217;s Chinese dates devoid of politics</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dylans-chinese-dates-devoid-of-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan has agreed not to play some of his best known songs on his current Chinese tour. The Cultural Ministry of China only agreed to his performances in the country if they could vet his set list, and as a result, protest songs like &#8216;The Times They Are A Changin&#8217; and &#8216;Blowin In The<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dylans-chinese-dates-devoid-of-politics/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RAVAS calls for decisive action on mail-order VAT dodge</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ravas-calls-for-decisive-action-on-mail-order-vat-dodge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers Against VAT Avoidance Schemes, a recently formed pressure group that brings together those who oppose the much previously reported Channel Islands VAT dodge, have called on the government to &#8220;take genuine action rather than tokenistic half-measures&#8221; ahead of tomorrow&#8217;s Budget speech by the weird boy Osborne. As previously reported, when Tory Lord Ralph Lucas<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ravas-calls-for-decisive-action-on-mail-order-vat-dodge/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>50 Cent makes donation to Unicef after Gaddafi gig reports</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/50-cent-makes-donation-to-unicef-after-gaddafi-gig-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/50-cent-makes-donation-to-unicef-after-gaddafi-gig-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[50 Cent is the latest pop star to have earned from a private party organised by the Gaddafi family to announce he is donating his fee to charity. Well, he wasn&#8217;t that specific in his statement, but following news reports that he was paid to play at a party held by the Gaddafi family at<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/50-cent-makes-donation-to-unicef-after-gaddafi-gig-reports/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Gaga ends relationship with Target over gay rights record</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lady-gaga-ends-relationship-with-target-over-gay-rights-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga has ended a partnership with US retailer Target over the company&#8217;s donations to a politician who campaigns against gay rights. Last year, Target was criticised for donating money to MN Forward, a political action group that supported Tom Emmer, who failed in a bid to become governor of Minnesota with various anti-gay policies.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lady-gaga-ends-relationship-with-target-over-gay-rights-record/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Usher to pay his Gaddafi fee to human rights charities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usher is the latest pop star to hand over to charity money he earned playing for the Gaddafi family at one of their New Year parties on the island of St Barts. He was one of a number of pop stars revealed by Rolling Stone to have played at a Gaddafi clan party in recent<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/usher-to-pay-his-gaddafi-fee-to-human-rights-charities/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beyonce and Mariah speak about Gaddafi gigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week Nelly Furtado announced that she would donate the $1 million fee she received for playing the Gaddafi family&#8217;s annual New Years party on the island of St Barts back in 2007 to charity, after the shock revelation that the family&#8217;s patriarch, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is a bit controversial. Who knew? As<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/beyonce-and-mariah-speak-about-gaddafi-gigs/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese boy band apologise for Nazi-esque costumes</title>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/japanese-boy-band-apologise-for-nazi-esque-costumes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The management of a Japanese boy band called Kishidan has apologised after the group appeared on a national TV show dressed in army uniforms that looked rather too much like those worn by the officers of Nazi Germany. The pop outfit, who are best known for donning school uniforms, wore the costumes, complete with iron<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/japanese-boy-band-apologise-for-nazi-esque-costumes/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Furtado to donate Gaddafi family fee to charity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nelly Furtado has said she will donate the million dollars she was paid for performing at a party held by the family of Muammar Gaddafi on the island of St Barts back in 2007 to charity. As previously reported, media attention has fallen in the last week onto a number of pop stars who have<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/furtado-to-donate-gaddafi-family-fee-to-charity/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bono comments on ‘shoot the Boer’ kerfuffle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bono has responded to the previously reported fuss in South Africa that surrounded comments he made ahead of a gig in Johannesburg about the South African protest song ‘Ayasab’ Amagwala’ which includes the line “shoot the Boer”. The anti-white song has been controversial in South Africa of late after the head of the youth wing<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bono-comments-on-%e2%80%98shoot-the-boer%e2%80%99-kerfuffle/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bono joins protest song debate in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bono has ploughed into a political debate in South Africa over the rights and wrongs of singing a protest song dating from the country’s apartheid era which includes the line “shoot the boer” &#8211; ‘boer’ being the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer, but which was, of course, often used as a derogatory term for<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bono-joins-protest-song-debate-in-south-africa/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PJ Harvey to become official war songwriter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Head Of Collections at the Imperial War Museum has said he will propose to the museum’s management committee that they approach PJ Harvey about her becoming an official war correspondent songwriter, documenting conflicts involving the British army through verse and song. The museum’s Roger Tolson was responding to an interview Harvey gave to Radio<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/pj-harvey-to-become-official-war-songwriter/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Courtney Love joins Oxford University Conservative Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Courtney Love was elected Non-Executive Officer For Rock And Roll at the Oxford University Conservative Association. I’m not sure I can think of a more embarrassing title. According to political blogger Guido Fawkes, Love’s appointment came after a night spent drinking with OUCA members and contributing to their Port &#38; Policy debate, in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/courtney-love-joins-oxford-university-conservative-association/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labour’s culture man wants cross-government taskforce to consider creative industries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the Labour Party? Well, they&#8217;ve got a culture guy called Ivan Lewis and he wants the government to create a cross-department task force to provide help for the creative industries, which is something similar to what UK Music has been calling for.&#160; Lewis says that the task force should bring together all government departments<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/labours-culture-man-wants-cross-government-taskforce-to-consider-creative-industries/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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