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Sam Smith has confirmed that he has recorded the theme for the new Bond film Spectre.

The eagerly awaited brand new series of the X Factor starts this weekend with its all new judging panel and presenters.

It has been announced that a Spongebob Squarepants musical is on the way and some of the musical stars that are lined up to compose tracks for it may come as a surprise.

Tesco is set to take advantage of the resurgence of vinyl by starting to stock vinyl records at its stores.

According to rumours, every One Direction fan's worst nightmare has come true with the boys apparently agreeing that they will be taking a hiatus from March next year. If this is true, it means that their last gig will be in Sheffield in October.

An Australian promoter is rather randomly blaming the decline of live music on the dating app Tinder.

All music videos that are produced in the UK will now be required to be sent tot he British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) before they are allowed to go up on sites such as YouTube with the hope that parents will be able to regulate what their children are watching more easily.

A spokesperson for Napster has said that the firm believes that the “freemium” streaming model used by companies such as Spotify is not sustainable and there is therefore no future in such companies.

A new study carried out by researchers researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found that patients who listen to music become less anxious after surgery and require less pain medication.

Miley Cyrus has spoken out about Taylor Swift, claiming that she is being a bad role model by using so much violence in her Bad Blood music video.

It is now officially illegal for anyone to rip music from CDs in the UK, even if it is just for personal use.

Corey Taylor, front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour has been extremely uncomplimentary of the state of modern music, likening it to “being stung by 1,000 bees all at once”.

Tributes to Cilla Black have been pouring in over social media following the death of the entertainer at her home in Spain yesterday.

Apparently many of the biggest record labels in the world could be on the verge of leading a boycott of YouTube because they believe that fans should have to pay to access music videos.

Following hot on the heels of Apple, Amazon have now launched their own music streaming platform to rival Spotify.

Nine months ago, ripping a CD or DVD for personal use became legal in the UK but in a surprising u-turn, the practice has now been made illegal once again.

Jessie J has spoken out about how her ongoing health problems have helped shape who she is now following the announcement that she will be a judge on this year’s Australian version of the Voice.

One of the most annoying parts of buying tickets are the inevitable and up until now, unavoidable booking fees. This could now become a thing of the past with Amazon starting to expand the type of events it offers tickets for, all without those pesky booking fees.

It has been revealed that Kelly Rowland will soon be looking for the next Destiny’s Child in a new reality TV show called Chasing Destiny.

Lars Ulrich has spoken out about his feelings towards streaming and modern music in general.

The honeymoon seems to be over for Zayn Malik and Naughty Boy after the former One Direction singer took to Twitter to tell the producer to "stop pretending we're friends".

Speculation has been mounting as to who will be recording the theme for the next Bond movie Spectre and it seems that Ellie Goulding might just have dropped a massive hint.

Taylor Swift's video for her song Blank Space has become the latest to reach a billion views on Vevo.

Music magazine NME has announced plans to become a free weekly publication.

New figures from the British Phonographic Industry have revealed that streaming is quickly becoming the primary source of music for the British public.

Lionel Ritchie graced Glastonbury for the first time over the weekend and it seems that he did something right, enjoying a surge in album sales as a result.

Adele has reportedly been working on the follow up to her hugely successful and iconic album 21 with sought after producer Pharrell Williams.
No details about the album itself have been released as yet but Pharrell has been sharing some of his experiences of working with Adele, describing her as a "masterful writer".

It has been announced that Apple Music will officially launch next Tuesday, 30th June.

You have to be pretty stupid or very brave to go up against entertainment giant Disney in a legal battle but that's exactly what DJ Deadmau5 did and it appears as though he has emerged from the dispute relatively unscathed.

Issues and controversy surrounding music streaming services have become common place in the last couple of months and Apple's new Apple Music came under fire after it announced that it would not pay artists for their music being available during the initial three month trial period.

New figures have suggested that foreign music fans contributed an astonishing £3.1 billion to the UK economy in 2014

Spotify has answered the recent challenges from competition by launching a new service called Taste Rewind. This new platform looks through the user's music collection and suggests similar past artists, arranging them by decade.

Every teenager’s dream boyband One Direction have responded to a social media campaign aimed at getting 17-year-old Leah Washington, who had her leg amputated following the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash, to meet the band.

Apple is about to launch Apple Music: the company’s rival to services such as Spotify.
Apple Music will be available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and PC from 30th June with it then rolling out to Apple TV and Android phones later in the year.

The founder of Spotify, Daniel Ek has spoken out about the service, including Taylor Swift’s removal of her music from it.