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  McCartney writes letters to Russian officials asking them to free Pussy Riot

  23 May 2013

  Maria Alyokhina of incarcerated Russian punk group has gone on a hunger strike after being refused the right to attend her parole hearing.

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  360 leads APRA awards nominations

  23 May 2013

  Platinum-certified rapper 360 (Matthew Colwell) leads the nominations for the 2013 APRA awards with his writing collaborator, Kaelyn Behr of Styalz Fuego.

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  Lonely Island teach you about semi-colons

  23 May 2013

  The track is part of their Wack Wednesdays series, which sees them release a different track each Wednesday in the lead up to the June 11 album release.

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  Minaj, Shakira, Usher bowing out as TV judges

  22 May 2013

  A slew of judges are leaving American Idol and The Voice.

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  Four acts make Traks to Artist Voice

  22 May 2013

  Tim Levinson tells TMN it was a solely professional decision.

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  Record audience in Australia for Eurovision

  22 May 2013

  ...just how many Australians tuned in for Eurovision?

• Spotify Australia turns one, launches streaming charts

  22 May 2013

  Spotify Australia turns one today, and have offered up a wealth of interesting stats to celebrate, such as the fact that Aussies have streamed over 4,000 years of music.

• UMA launch new division: Caroline Label Services

  21 May 2013

  We caught up with General Manager Tim Janes, to find out how it'd all work.

• Prince signs partnership deal with Kobalt

  21 May 2013

  His battles with Warner Bros. for artistic freedom and the ability to release music at his own breakneck pace throughout the '80s and '90s were legendary, and now he won't be blocked by a multi-national.

• The Doors' Ray Manzarek dies at 74

  21 May 2013

  He was a renegade artist, an intellect, and his singular organ work – which could move from whirling vaudeville to sinister apocalypse within a heartbeat – is no doubt the sound many think of when recalling the late '60s.

• Beatles guitar sells for $408,000

  20 May 2013

  A custom Vox prototype briefly used by Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison in 1967 has sold at auction for $US408,000.

• Kanye's big weekend

  20 May 2013

  Including a 66-building video projection of his new single, an SNL appearance, and the unveiling of his album title and artwork.

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