Don DeVito, Bob Dylan album producer, dies

Grammy-winning music executive Don DeVito, who produced Bob Dylan albums Blood on the Tracks and Desire has died aged 72
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Kylie Minogue inducted into Aria hall of fame

Kylie Minogue and children's entertainers The Wiggles have been inducted into the Aria Awards hall of fame in Sydney, Australia
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George Harrison: City marks 10 years since his death

Two concerts will take place in Liverpool later to mark the 10th anniversary of George Harrison's death. The lead guitarist of The Beatles, who also had a notable solo career, died aged 58 from cancer
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Heptones star Barry Llewellyn dies

Musician Barry Llewellyn, who co-founded groundbreaking reggae trio The Heptones, has died aged 64
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Andrea True, who sang More More More, dies aged 68

Disco star Andrea True, whose biggest hit was More More More (How Do You Like It?), has died aged 68
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The ARChive of Contemporary Music Announces Brazilian World Music Day

The ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) announces the launch of Brazilian World Music Day. In collaboration with Columbia University Libraries, and with the support of Founding Partners Gracenote and the Internet Archive, ARC will lead an online effort to celebrate Brazilian music and catalogue tens of thousands of recordings from around the world in a single day: September 7, 2012, Brazil's National Day
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Opera legend Sena Jurinac dies, aged 90

Opera singer Sena Jurinac, one of the most celebrated sopranos of the post-war period, has died aged 90. Born in Travnik in Bosnia in October 1921, the Austrian star studied in Zagreb, and made her debut there 1942 as Mimi in La Boheme
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Rolling Stone names Hendrix best guitarist ever

Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was named the greatest guitar player in history on Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine in a list compiled by a panel of music experts and top guitar players
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Itsy Bitsy Bikini songwriter Lee Pockriss dies

Lee Pockriss, the songwriter behind Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and Catch A Falling Star, has died at the age of 87
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Google unveils Android-based online music store

Google has launched an online music store in the US, which will allow devices running its Android software to buy, store and stream MP3 files. EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and 23 independent labels are providing content to create a library of 13 million songs. However, Warner Music Group has opted not to take part at this point
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Susan Boyle's Someone to Watch Over Me tops chart

Susan Boyle has scored a third UK number one album with Someone to Watch Over Me, seeing off competition from new Cher Lloyd and The Wanted releases
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Adele and Frank Turner win Aim awards

Adele and singer-songwriter Frank Turner won two prizes each at the inaugural Aim Independent Music Awards. Adele, who is signed to XL Recordings, won best difficult second album for 21, and most-played independent artist. Turner, on Xtra Mile, who won hardest-working artist and best live act, said the latter was a "hell of an accolade"
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Calle 13 scoop nine Latin Grammy awards

Puerto Rican rappers Calle 13 have won a record nine Latin Grammys including best album, for Entren Los Que Quieran
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EMI sells music unit to Universal for £1.2bn

UK music firm EMI has said it will sell its recorded music unit for £1.2bn ($1.9bn) to Universal Music. Reports have suggested that the other half of EMI's business - the lucrative music publishing unit - will go to a Sony-led consortium for more than $2bn. EMI, with a history dating back to 1897, is home to artists including Coldplay, the Beatles and Pink Floyd
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Metallica to headline Download Festival at Donington

Metallica will be headlining the Download Festival next summer, which takes place between 8-10 June
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Madonna upset over leaked single, says manager

Madonna's manager says the singer is "very upset" that a demo version of her new single, Give Me All Your Love, has leaked online months ahead of release
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Rapper Heavy D dies at just 44

Rapper Heavy D has died aged just 44. The hip-hop star, who was most famous in Britain for his 1991 hit 'Now That We've Found Love', passed away at 1pm yesterday after being found unconscious at his LA home
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Lady Gaga dominates MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast

Lady Gaga has dominated the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast, collecting four prizes in a range of outfits. The US pop singer gained awards for best song, best video, best female and biggest fans at the ceremony, in the Odyssey Arena
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Lady Gaga set to dominate MTV awards

Lady Gaga looks set to dominate the MTV Europe Music Awards later, with six prize nominations and a show-stopping performance in Belfast's Odyssey Arena. The US star goes up against the likes of Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber at the annual awards show
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Monkees musical to hit the stage

A stage musical based on the music of zany 1960s pop group The Monkees is to be launched next year. Monkee Business will have its world premiere at Manchester Opera House in March before moving to other UK cities. It will feature hits including I'm A Believer, Hey, Hey We're The Monkees and Daydream Believer, but the original band members will not appear
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Public Enemy's Chuck D sues Universal over underpaid royalties

Public Enemy's Chuck D is suing Universal Music Group, alleging the underpayment of royalties for digital downloads. The rapper has brought the class action against the major in the San Francisco Federal Court. He claims that UMG routinely miscalculates the royalties owed to artists for downloads by treating them as "sales" of physical records rather than "licenses" - NME
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Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend take Teenage Cancer Trust to the US

The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are taking their Teenage Cancer Trust initiative to the US
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digitalmusic.org's "Music Start Up Academy" coming to SXSW 2012

digitalmusic.org, the virtual home of music business association NARM's digital initiatives, will present several sessions from its "Music Start Up Academy" curriculum to the 2012 SXSW Music Conference, in conjunction with the SXSW Accelerator program. SXSW Music and Platinum badge holders will be able to participate in the Music Start Up Academy, which will be held on Wednesday, March 14 - location and time coming soon
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GarageBand now available for iPhone and iPod touch users

Apple® has announced that GarageBand®, its breakthrough music creation app, is now available for iPhone® and iPod touch® users. Introduced earlier this year on iPad®, GarageBand uses Apple's revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface to make it easy for anyone to create and record their own songs, even if they've never played an instrument before
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GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot found dead on tour bus

The lead guitarist for the heavy metal band GWAR has been found dead on their tour bus. Manager Jack Flanagan and record label Metal Blade say Cory Smoot was found early Thursday before crossing into Canada following a show in Minneapolis
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Adapted Sgt Pepper Beatles cover named world's rarest

A Beatles sleeve which features the faces of music executives in place of the Fab Four has been named the world's rarest album cover. The adapted artwork for the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album is worth about £70,000
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