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Pink Floyd founder Richard Wright is dead

news.bbc.co.uk — Pink Floyd founder member Richard Wright has died at aged 65 after battling cancerMore… (Music)

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Nine Inch Fail! view!

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Blink 182' Travis Barker hurt in plane crash

msnbc.msn.com — 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes More… (Music)

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Rick Astley shortlisted for MTV award

news.bbc.co.uk — "Eighties pop singer Rick Astley has become the surprise contender for best act ever at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool. The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November." If the poll is online... I think I know who's going to win.More… (Music)

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Nine Inch Nails Concerts aren't really "fail".

gizmodo.com — BSODs have been plaguing NIN on their current tour. In fact, one has been popping up on the giant display behind them at just about every concert. So what's the deal? Will Trent be forced to fire is tech guy? Hardly. The truth is that it is all part of the act.More… (Music)

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Oops I voted for Rick Astley 961 times

latimesblogs.latimes.com — Wasting no time in getting their man elected "Best Act Ever," the large and mostly anonymous under-culture of Rick Astley fans has already deployed a device to defraud the voting on MTV Europe's website. The "RickVoter" is a very basic utility that simply navigates to MTV's voting page and votes for Astley...over and over and over. More… (Music)

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The 10 Worst Songs That Hit #1

spike.com — You would think if a song went to #1 on the charts it would have some kind of redeeming quality. Even if it wasn’t your favorite genre of music, I’m sure you could find one reason why everybody was raving about it so much. So how do songs that have with no originality or creativity what so ever hit it big with the masses? My only guess is stupidityMore… (Music)

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NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens

wired.com — Nine Inch Nails have pulled out all the stops for their high-tech new tour, creating a groundbreaking, fully interactive visual display that is as much a part of the show as the band's instruments. Reviews have called it everything from a "vision of splendor" to "the pinnacle of video art."More… (Music)

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Vote for Rick Astley for Best Act Ever!

bestactever.com — Rick Astley is up for Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards this November. A script in this page will vote automatically for him as long as you keep it open... let's Rickroll the EMAs!More… (Music)

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How the Music Industry Spent the Summer Killing Itself

adage.com — It's been a depressing summer for the delusional record industry. We're seeing a total disconnect between labels' unrealistic, old-school revenue expectations and what the market can bear. On the streaming-music front, the sad reality is that advertising revenue may never fully support the music industry wishful-thinking profit margins.More… (Music)

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Led Zeppelin Are Set for a Reunion Tour in Summer of 2009

thesun.co.uk — Rock legends Led Zeppelin are set for a reunion tour after singer Robert Plant finally caved in and agreed to join them. Guitarist Jimmy Page, 64, bassist John Paul Jones, 62, and drummer Jason Bontam, 42, had resigned themselves to touring without Plant.More… (Music)

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Wal-Mart Gives Number 1 Reason Why DRM Isn't The Answer

readwriteweb.com — The music industry is struggling to gain a foot-hold in the battle with online piracy. The options available for music lovers to grow their music collection digitally is tremendous and free. So much so that music companies and publishers have struck up agreements with some of biggest names offering digital music: iTunes, Last.FM., Amazon & WallmartMore… (Music)

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Top 100 Albums of the 1990s

pitchforkmedia.com — Our perception of that decade are different now, our personal tastes have expanded, and our knowledge of the music has deepened. Revisionism ushers in new classics which had simply been forgotten or altogether undiscovered.More… (Music)

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