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		<title>Q&amp;A: Danny Ryan, Kudos Records</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Danny Ryan set up London-based music distribution company Kudos Records 20 years ago, recognising the need for a specialist distribution service for the then newly emerging dance music genres. Quick to embrace digital music when it started to take off a few years later, Kudos now supplies content from the labels it represents to all sorts<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/qa-danny-ryan-kudos-records/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Approved: John Talabot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A presence on the Spanish house circuit since 2010 &#8211; when &#8216;Sunshine&#8217;, arguably his breakthrough single, came out &#8211; foil-faced producer John Talabot released his debut album &#8216;fIN&#8217; to broad critical plaudits earlier this month. A previous collaboration with Glasser&#8217;s Cameron Mesirow (one-off single &#8216;Families&#8217;) led to a partnership with label Young Turks, which has<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/approved-john-talabot/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>BRITs presented, Adele&#8217;s speech cut short</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, thank God for ITV and its passion for good time keeping at non-sport related events, ensuring there was at least a tiny little bit of scandal to spice up the 2012 BRIT Awards. The UK record industry&#8217;s annual back slapping fest has become a rather slick affair in recent years, especially since its move<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/brits-presented-adeles-speech-cut-short/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MegaUpload chief bailed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MegaUpload founder Kim &#8216;Dotcom&#8217; Schmitz has finally been granted bail in New Zealand after a third attempt to get out of jail. As previously reported, Schmitz, one of four men arrested in New Zealand last month at the request of US authorities in relation to their involvement in the Mega empire, had previously been refused<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/megaupload-chief-bailed/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AEG removed from Joe Jackson&#8217;s wrongful death lawsuit, Conrad Murray prosecutors object to bail application</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A judge has agreed to remove AEG Live from Joe Jackson&#8217;s wrongful-death lawsuit, meaning the late king of pop&#8217;s father is now just suing Dr Conrad Murray and a Las Vegas pharmacy he bought prescription drugs from. Jackson Senior&#8217;s original lawsuit specifically targeted Murray, the doctor convicted last year of involuntary manslaughter in relation to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/aeg-removed-from-joe-jacksons-wrongful-death-lawsuit-conrad-murray-prosecutors-object-to-bail-application/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/aeg-removed-from-joe-jacksons-wrongful-death-lawsuit-conrad-murray-prosecutors-object-to-bail-application/</link>
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		<title>Sugarland lawyers seem to blame fans for stage collapse injuries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers working for Sugarland have possibly put the country duo in a tricky PR position after filing legal papers that seem to argue that fans injured when that stage collapsed at last year&#8217;s Indiana State Fair were in part to blame for their own injuries, for failing &#8220;to exercise due care for their own safety&#8221;.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sugarland-lawyers-seem-to-blame-fans-for-stage-collapse-injuries/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Spector appeal rejected by Supreme Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from legendary producer Phil Spector&#8217;s over his 2009 conviction for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. As previously reported, Spector maintains he is innocent of the death of Lana Clarkson, who died at his Beverley Hills home from a gun shot wound in 2003, but<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/phil-spector-appeal-rejected-by-supreme-court/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Danish courts issue web-block injunction against Grooveshark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Danish anti-piracy group RettighedsAlliancen has seemingly secured an injunction through the country&#8217;s courts ordering local internet service provider Three to block access to its customers to Grooveshark, the often controversial streaming music service which claims its legit, but which is currently facing legal action from all four majors. As previously reported, the Danish rights body<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/danish-courts-issue-web-block-injunction-against-grooveshark/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rapper threatens to sue Silvio Berlusconi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to the courtroom, though as far as I know he&#8217;s never been hauled up on copyright infringement charges by a rapper before. So, I guess this is his lucky day. Italian hip hopper J-Ax has seemingly accused the controversial politician of stealing lyrics for a new<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/rapper-threatens-to-sue-silvio-berlusconi/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Miller 1946-2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Concert promoter Andrew Miller, who was also a founder of the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy fundraising committee, died peacefully in his sleep last Thursday, it has been confirmed. Miller began his career in the music business in the 1970s as an agent, before setting up his own live music company, Andrew Miller Promotions, in 1975,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/andrew-miller-1946-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>East 17 return with &#8220;Transatlantic rock sound&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been threatened for a long time, but East 17 are finally ready to make a full comeback. Having announced in May last year that they would perform without wildcard bandmate Brian Harvey, Tony Mortimer, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell announced and then almost immediately cancelled a reunion tour. &#8220;Recording commitments&#8221; were the unlikely reason<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/east-17-return-with-transatlantic-rock-sound/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Motorhead tell fans not to buy new box set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now Motorhead are distancing themselves from a box set of their music. After Elvis Costello last year told his fans not to buy a £200+ box set of his music put out by Universal, Lemmy has hit out at a $600+ box set of his band&#8217;s early work that has been put out by a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/motorhead-tell-fans-not-to-buy-new-box-set/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery Jets detail new album</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having spent time recording out in the back of Texan beyond, art-pop quintet Mystery Jets are at last in readiness to release new album &#8216;Radlands&#8217;, the sequel to the their 2010 suite &#8216;Serotonin&#8217;. It&#8217;s due out via Rough Trade in April, with all vinyl versions of the LP including an illustrated comic by British artist<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mystery-jets-detail-new-album/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simian Mobile Disco to release LP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;DANCE&#8217; instructors Simian Mobile Disco are primed to proffer a brand new album in &#8216;Unpatterns&#8217;, which marks the London production duo&#8217;s first studio full-length since 2009&#8242;s &#8216;Temporary Pleasure&#8217;. Wichita Recordings will oversee the LP upon its release on 9 Apr. Tracklisting: I Waited For You Cerulean Seraphim A Species Out Of Control Interference Put Your<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/simian-mobile-disco-to-release-lp/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Santigold heralds album with EP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santigold, aka genre-flexing Brooklynite Santi White, is to give voice to the disenchanted on just-announced new EP, &#8216;Disparate Youth&#8217;, which is released on 8 Apr as a precursor to her second album &#8216;Master Of My Make Believe&#8217;. Incorporating much more of her signature sound than out-there lead &#8216;Make Believe&#8217; single &#8216;Big Mouth&#8217;, the EP&#8217;s title<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/santigold-heralds-album-with-ep/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Weather California stream album</title>
		<description><![CDATA[American psyche quartet Bad Weather California have made their new album, &#8216;Sunkissed&#8217;, available to stream in full a week ahead of release. Which is nice of them, because it&#8217;s a very good album. Signed to Akron/Family&#8217;s Family Tree label, frontman Seth Olinsky said of the album: &#8220;The whole album emerged as an unintentional song-cycle revolving<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/bad-weather-california-stream-album/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kan-Z announce Watch The Throne Euro tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, they may have failed to show in Shoreditch on that one anti-climactic occasion, but word has arrived by special decree that both Kanye West and Jay-Z are to tour a royal flush of various European venues in respect of their joint album, &#8216;Watch The Throne&#8217;. So&#8230; yeah, they&#8217;re doing a European tour. Tickets for<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kan-z-announce-watch-the-throne-euro-tour/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Festival line-up update &#8211; 22 Feb 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BEACH BREAK LIVE, Pembrey Country Park, South Wales, 14-18 Jun: Pitched primarily at a sand-logged student crowd, this four day seaside sojourn will host acts including Dizzee Rascal, Nero, Friendly Fires, Chase &#38; Status, Ghostpoet, Wretch 32, Labrinth and Maverick Sabre, with many more performers yet to be confirmed. www.beachbreaklive.com BENICASSIM, FIB Heineken, Valencia, Spain,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/festival-line-up-update-22-feb-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mega YouTube views are not lucrative, say OK Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK Go might be YouTube poster boys with their hugely popular videos, but millions of views on the video platform does not a business make, or so says their manager Jamie Kitman, who was speaking at the recent SF MusicTech conference, according to Digital Music News. The royalties received from YouTube are nominal, despite the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mega-youtube-views-are-not-lucrative-say-ok-go/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kelloggs designs cereal for Charlatans frontman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t had a conversation on the internet at some point in your life about a fictional breakfast cereal then I&#8217;m not sure you should be allowed to own a modem. I mean, seriously, what have you been doing with your life? &#8220;Oh but it&#8217;s such a pointless thing to do&#8221;, I hear you<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kelloggs-designs-cereal-for-charlatans-frontman/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Approved: Scarlet Chives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Formerly known as Majorian, Scarlet Chives released their eponymous debut album in their native Denmark a year ago this month. A milestone they marked with two shows at last week&#8217;s by:Larm festival in Oslo, one of which I managed to catch, squeezing into the tightly packed Rockefeller Annex venue. Subsequently I&#8217;ve learned that the band<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/approved-scarlet-chives/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IMPALA restates opposition to Universal&#8217;s EMI deal as major files papers with European Commission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pan-European indie label trade body IMPALA yesterday confirmed once again that it will urge the European Commission to block Universal&#8217;s proposed acquisition of the EMI record labels, as the major formally submitted its proposals to the EC for consideration. IMPALA first voiced its concerns about Universal&#8217;s plans, as well as Sony/ATV&#8217;s bid to buy the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/impala-restates-opposition-to-universals-emi-deal-as-major-files-papers-with-european-commission/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>English court rules Pirate Bay liable for authorising infringement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the British record industry prepares for its big party at The O2 tonight, label chiefs were already celebrating yesterday after scoring a win in the first stage of their legal efforts to force ISPs in the UK to block access to The Pirate Bay. As previously reported, record label trade body the BPI took<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/english-court-rules-pirate-bay-liable-for-authorising-infringement/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Depeche Mode preparing new album</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depeche Mode are preparing to record a new album, which they are &#8220;hoping to be finished by the end of the year&#8221;, the band&#8217;s Martin Gore has revealed. Gore was actually speaking to The Quietus about &#8216;SSSS&#8217;, the debut album from his new collaboration with Vince Clarke, VCMG. He said of the techno project: &#8220;It<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/depeche-mode-preparing-new-album/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Direction want more Sheeran for album two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One Direction want more creative involvement in album number two, by which they mean they want Ed Sheeran to write it for them, because then they&#8217;ll have a &#8220;grungier sound&#8221;. Well, it&#8217;s a plan. Sheeran did contribute some songs to the recording sessions for the X-Factor boyband&#8217;s first long player, and one of his tracks<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/one-direction-want-more-sheeran-for-album-two/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crushed Beaks confirm split single with Torches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noisesome lo-fi twosome Crushed Beaks are to partner with London-based associates Torches on a split covers single. Each band will reinterpret a track originally done by the other, with Crushed Beaks taking on Torches &#8216;VTOO&#8217; while Torches pay homage to Crushed Beaks&#8217; &#8216;Close-Ups&#8217;. Got that? Good. The latter is available to listen to below. Both<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/crushed-beaks-confirm-split-single-with-torches/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black Sabbath tour rebranded as Ozzy solo trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Sabbath&#8217;s upcoming reunion tour has been rebranded as an outing for &#8216;Ozzy And Friends&#8217;, as guitarist Tony Iommi&#8217;s ongoing cancer treatment means he is unable to commit to the dates and drummer Bill Ward remains out of the reunion entirely due to an ongoing contract dispute. The band will still release a new album<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/black-sabbath-tour-rebranded-as-ozzy-solo-trip/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Example, Florence and Jessie J for Teenage Cancer Trust gigs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jessie J, Florence And The Machine, Paul McCartney, Pulp, Example and comedian Jason Manford are to grace a series of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at London&#8217;s Royal Albert Hall, the charity has announced. Macca will get things going on 29 Mar, before an evening of stadium-sized dancedom courtesy of Brit rapper Example on 30 Mar.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/example-florence-and-jessie-j-for-teenage-cancer-trust-gigs/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Cornell announces solo Songbook dates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Cornell is to undertake a solo summer tour in recognition of &#8216;Songbook&#8217;, an album of covers released towards the end of last year. I say &#8216;covers&#8217;, it was more a retrospective across his songwriting catalogue to date, largely consisting of acoustic renderings of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog standards. So, now you<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chris-cornell-announces-solo-songbook-dates/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Cape. Wear Cape. Tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Singer-songwriter Sam Duckworth has announced he is taking his airborne alias out on a tour throughout the latter half of May, thus marking news of brand new Get Cape track &#8216;The Real McCoy&#8217;. The dates may be a way off yet, but said single is due to premiere on 29 Feb. Tour dates: 15 May:<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/get-cape-wear-cape-tour/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peaking Lights to tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychedelic dub-pop couple Peaking Lights have given word of a rather modest three-date tour, which they&#8217;ll augment with festival appearances at London&#8217;s Field Day (2 Jun), Wales&#8217; Green Man (18-19 Aug) and the Yorkshire-based Beacons (17 Aug) for good measure. Set to feature select highlights from the Domino-signed duo&#8217;s 2011 album &#8217;936&#8242;, if not new<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/peaking-lights-to-tour/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Festival line-up update &#8211; 21 Fev 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DIMENSIONS FESTIVAL, Fort Punta Christo, Pula, Croatia, 6-9 Sep: Organisers expand an electronic-flavoured Dimensions bill with news that Little Dragon, Jimmy Edgar, Machinedrum and Kode 9 are to join Gold Panda, Floating Points, Joy Orbison and Marcel Dettmann at this intimate Adriatic happening. www.dimensionsfestival.com EYE O THE DUG FESTIVAL, various venues, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/festival-line-up-update-21-fev-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Live Nation&#8217;s Olympics stages to be called BT London Live, Blur to headline closing show, Hyde Park stage&#8217;s future assured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Live Nation has confirmed that its Olympics activity will operate under the banner BT London Live, with the phone firm presumably covering most of the costs. As previously reported, the live music conglom will operate stages in Victoria Park, Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square during the London games. These will mainly offer free access to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/live-nations-olympics-stages-to-be-called-bt-london-live-blur-to-headline-closing-show-hyde-park-stages-future-assured/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kobalt appoints GM for new artist services division</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kobalt Music Group has announced the appointment of former IODA UK MD Pete Dodge to the role of General Manager of its new artist and label services division. He will report to Paul Hitchman, confirmed as chief of the new Kobalt unit last month. Confirming the new hire, overall Kobalt boss man Willard Ahdritz told<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/kobalt-appoints-gm-for-new-artist-services-division/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UKF owner launches bass centric music publisher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AEI Media, the operator of dupstep and drum n bass focused media platforms like UKF and Drum&#38;BassArena, last week announced the launch a of a new music publishing business that will specialise in the genres the company&#8217;s media champion. AEI Music Publishing is a joint venture with a New York-based independent publishing firm called Verse<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ukf-owner-launches-bass-centric-music-publisher/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hadopi&#8217;s strike three notices sent to court, while Labour MP calls for UK government to get cracking on its piracy clampdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s Hadopi department, the body overseeing the three-strikes system for combating piracy in the country, has reportedly sent its first set of strike-three notices to court, meaning 100 French file-sharers could soon suffer the penalties set out in the controversial anti-piracy laws. Those penalties aren&#8217;t likely to be as severe as originally thought -  ie<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/hadopis-strike-three-notices-sent-to-court-while-labour-mp-calls-for-uk-government-to-get-cracking-on-its-piracy-clampdown/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft thinking about launching yet another new music service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is back in talks with the record companies about yet another music venture, according to C-Net, this one built around the Xbox but also serving Windows-based phones. This service would seemingly be different to Microsoft&#8217;s Zune platform, which initially supported the IT firm&#8217;s now discontinued Zune players, but which is now also available to<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/microsoft-thinking-about-launching-yet-another-new-music-service/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A$AP Rocky: Hip hop needs to stamp out homophobia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rapper A$AP Rocky has said that hip hop needs to ditch the homophobia so inherent in its lyrics if the genre is to survive. He doesn&#8217;t say anything about the misogyny. One step at a time, I guess. He told Spinner: &#8220;I don&#8217;t give a fuck about your business. Man, if you&#8217;re gay we can<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/aap-rocky-hip-hop-needs-to-stamp-out-homophobia/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Brown attacked by seagulls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another for the &#8216;when marine creatures attack famous figures&#8217; archive now, to be filed next to that one about Shakira and the sea lion. And while Grammys organisers (and much of the record-buying public) may have forgiven Chris Brown his many, many moral misdemeanours, it seems the same can&#8217;t be said for a flock of<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/chris-brown-attacked-by-seagulls/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five Day Forecast &#8211; w/c 20 Feb 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back at my desk after a few days in Oslo for this year&#8217;s by:Larm festival, which was great. You can catch up with some of the stuff I got up to here, and expect some of the new bands I saw out there to appear in the Approved column over the next few weeks.<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/five-day-forecast-wc-20-feb-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Approved: Micachu&#8217;s Boiler Room mix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, last week&#8217;s Ninja Tune takeover of the London-based Boiler Room featured an unofficial set by the label&#8217;s Mica Levi, aka instrumentalist and producer Micachu. She wasn&#8217;t even billed to attend but, despite the short notice of her summons, proved more than a match for Ninja peers Bonobo, Dels and Lapalux, who also appeared at<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/approved-micachus-boiler-room-mix/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Universal files its EMI bid with European regulators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Universal&#8217;s takeover of the EMI record companies entered a new phase on Friday when the major submitted its acquisition proposals to the European Commission, where competition regulators will now consider whether to approve the deal. The major remains confident it can win approval from European regulators, despite EC officials having previously expressed concerns about the<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/universal-files-its-emi-bid-with-european-regulators/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston funeral and burial take place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some 1500 mourners attended an emotional, four hour (yes, that&#8217;s four hours long) funeral for Whitney Houston on Saturday, footage of which was streamed online, and syndicated by various news channels around the world. The service took place at the church in Newark where the late singer first sang in public, a week after her<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/houston-funeral-and-burial-take-place/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>US prosecutors make more Mega allegations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in the US filed new papers with the courts on Friday in the ongoing MegaUpload case, adding some extra charges against the rogue file-transfer and video site&#8217;s founder Kim Schmitz, three new copyright and five new wire fraud charges to be precise. Assuming American authorities are able to extradite the Mega man from New<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/us-prosecutors-make-more-mega-allegations/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson estate sues king of pop&#8217;s former manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s like I&#8217;m always saying, you can&#8217;t have too many Michael Jackson lawsuits, so thank God the late king of pop&#8217;s estate has initiated another one. The estate is suing Thome R Thome, the business advisor who was Jackson&#8217;s quasi-manager in the last eighteen months of his life. Thome reckons he is owed fees<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/jackson-estate-sues-king-of-pops-former-manager/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nick Cannon resigns from radio show, citing ill health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenter and part-time rapper Nick Cannon, aka Mr Mariah Carey, has been encouraged by doctors to relinquish his role as morning host of US radio show &#8216;Rollin With Nick Cannon&#8217;. Mr Carey says he thought it best to quit after blood clots were found in his lungs, with reports also stating that an enlarged ventricle<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/nick-cannon-resigns-from-radio-show-citing-ill-health/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MC5&#8242;s Michael Davis 1943-2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Davis, bass player with American rock legends MC5, has died after suffering liver failure, his wife confirmed this weekend. Davis joined MC5 in Detroit in the mid-60s when they were still developing their sound, and played on the band&#8217;s three albums, &#8216;Kick Out The Jams&#8217;, &#8216;Back In The USA&#8217; and &#8216;High Time&#8217;, released in<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/mc5s-michael-davis-1943-2012/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lana del Rey has &#8220;three CDs&#8217; worth of songs written&#8221;, says Polydor man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though certain critics have concluded there&#8217;s barely an album&#8217;s worth of album-worthy material on Lana Del Ray&#8217;s debut LP &#8216;Born To Die&#8217;, it appears the singer has a high-quality cache of surplus tracks in waiting, should a deluxe edition of the record ever be released. And indeed, such a thing seems quite likely to materialise,<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lana-del-rey-has-three-cds-worth-of-songs-written-says-polydor-man/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dry The River announce Shepherds Bush booking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indie sorts Dry The River are to hit a landmark moment in their touring record to date, having booked a headlining appointment at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 1 Nov. Due to release their debut album, &#8216;Shallow Bed&#8217;, on 5 Mar, the London-based band will also embark on a series of in-store shows and tour<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/dry-the-river-announce-shepherds-bush-booking/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Niki And The Dove detail debut album, tour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The three alt-pop Swedes of Niki And The Dove want us all to know that they&#8217;re releasing &#8216;Instinct&#8217;, their much-anticipated debut album, on 4 May. So, now we know. The trio, which comprises singer Malin Dahlström, keyboardist Gustaf Karlöf and drummer Magnus Böqvist (so not a single Niki, or even a dove), will begin a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/niki-and-the-dove-detail-debut-album-tour/"><p>[Click for full details]</a>]]></description>
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