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Mitch Winehouse Asks British MPs to Help Set Up Drug Foundation

Ian Nicholson, PA Photos Mitch Winehouse, the father of Amy Winehouse, gained support from MPs on Monday in his bid to launch the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which aims to help people struggling with addiction. According to The Guardian, in a meeting at the House of Commons, the singer's father told MP Keith Vaz, "I want to involve myself in ...

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Radiohead Planning Full-Scale 'King of Limbs' Tour?

Yui Mok, PA Photos Radiohead drummer Phil Selway has confirmed that the band are discussing plans for a full tour in support of their album 'The King of Limbs.' Since the album release in February, the Oxford group have played only one stage performance at Glastonbury festival and one televised 'From the Basement' session with producer ...

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Coldplay to Call New Album 'Mylo Xyloto'?

Ben Birchall, PA Photos Coldplay may have inadvertently revealed the title of their forthcoming album when registering their songs with the Performing Rights Society. With fervent detective work from fans on the Coldplay forum, one member came across a convincing clue (via Gigwise). "I'm a member of PRS and (as a member) you can search ...

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Damon Albarn Recording Congo Album in Seven Days

Charles Sykes, AP/PA Damon Albarn is leading a pack of producers and musicians into the Democratic Republic of Congo to record a charity album. Teaming up with Oxfam offshoot DRC Music, Albarn will make the album in seven days with T-E-E-D (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), producers Dan the Automator and Jneiro Jarel, XL Records owner ...

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Beatles Photos From First US Concert Fetch $360,000 at Auction

PA Photos Mike Mitchell was just 18 when he took photographs of the Beatles' first US concert. Little did he know, the images which have spent half a century in his basement would earn more than $360,000 (£223,200) at Christie's auction house this week. The young photographer, now 65, took snaps of the band in 1964 when they first ...

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Spotify Launches in the US

Spotify European music subscription service Spotify arrived in the US on Thursday, July 14, after more than a year of speculation surrounding the stateside release. New users can sign up on the new Spotify US website to receive an invite. The online jukebox has been available in available in select European countries since October 2008, ...

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Noel Gallagher Announces Solo Album and Promises Oasis Songs Live

Yui Mok, PA Photos Noel Gallagher has finally revealed details of his first solo album, under the banner Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. The self-titled record will arrive on Oct. 17 in the UK after a productive run of recording sessions in London and LA since 2010 -- so productive, in fact, that he's already completed a second album ...

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