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Hailing from Cardiff, UK – Cate Le Bon’s sophomore LP ‘CYRK’ has just been released on the Control Group label, following on from her successful debut ‘Me Oh My’ back in 2009.

News broke that Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys lost his three year battle with cancer on Friday May 4th.  And while he did become famous for being a Beastie Boy Yauch was much more than just a rapper.  In 2009 Yauch announced he was going to undergo treatment for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node.  Reports in the following years were promising but a sign things were not well was when he was not able to attend the Beastie Boys induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame last month.

Makers of the Music listening application (Zikera) bring to us the update for the new iPad. Latest features include Retina graphics, shuffle play lists and many other handy features which take full advantage of the new iPad's features.

Long gone are the days where Supermarkets were just for your groceries and food essentials, UK supermarket Sainsbury's are introducing a music download store. The idea behind this is that shoppers can take advantage of purchasing the latest music releases whilst making their regular shop.

Music service Rdio has appeared in the UK. The listening service which is a rival of Spotify originates from the USA, now gives UK residents the opportunity to sign up and take advantage of a free trial.

Its taken a while but the new Spotify iPhone app is here for iPad users. After some time after the introduction of the popular streaming music service, this latest iPad application offers some fresh new features.

The rapper who was born Cameron Jibril Thomaz was apparantly called on by police in his hotel room at Holiday Inn in Nashville on Saturday (April 23) The police were called to his room as a result of guest complaints of a smell coming from the rappers room. According to celebrity news website TMZ.com.

A new video has been released to summarize the 2012 Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. Pink Floyd Music Publishers Limited gave their official permission to use "Learning to Fly" as the video's soundtrack. Keen aviatrix Annette Lynton Mason (wife of Pink Floyd's drummer) can be seen in the video, as she was one the pilots participating to the week's activities.

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj has reactivated her Twitter account just eight days after deleting it. The rapper had lost over 10 million followers in the past week due to deleting her account. Although the account has been activated again no tweets have been made.

It has been confirmed that Lady Gaga and pop prince Justin Bieber will star as aliens in the up and coming Men in Black movie, starring Will Smith.The news was confirmed by director Barry Sonnerfeld this week. The stars will star alongside several other celebrities who are yet to be announced.

Singer Jennifer Hudson took the stand yesterday (April 23) as the first witness in the trial of the man who has been accused of the murder of her mother, brother and nephew in 2008.

The Compact Disk. Once the hot, happening, hi-tech format for listening to your music. After years of steady CD sales you'd be forgiven for thinking that they were here to stay, but in spite of all the musos who claim to still love the feel of a tangible audio product, and the best efforts of record label execs everywhere, CD sales are continuing to plummet.

After seeing Tupac rise from the dead live on stage in hologram form on Sunday, the music world has started to talk about which star we may see next. Dre and Snoop decided to take Tupac's hologram on stage with them and the results have been good.

This week Beat 100 is pleased to announce the success of its launch over the last few months. To celebrate this, they have started to offer $1000 prize pool for their latest talent every month. Beat100.com is a new social networking site that aims to provide users with access to the best new musical talent from around the world and to provide unsigned bands and new talent with an incredible platform for self-promotion. Beat 100 aims to make band promotion easy by providing users with new music and bands with new viewers.

Jennifer Lopez is hot property in show business right now. Her new single "Dance Again" is out and she is soon to release a greatest hits album. She also plans to go on tour this summer with none other than Enrique Iglesias.

It has been reported that rapper and producer Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg have plans to take the hologram of the late Tupac Shakur on tour. The life like hologram of the rapper featured in a performance at Coachella Valley Music Arts Festival which took place April 15.

Recent reports say that Nicki Minaj has deleted her Twitter page after a bust up between her followers. The blazing Barbie like female artist became raged after apparent leaks of her latest album were posted as links. Its not exactly clear why the female rapper deactivated her account but she left the social network with a less than friendly message.

In what many people would think as an unusual combination, Johnny Depp joined wacky rock legend Marilyn Manson on stage in L.A. Depp appeared on stage to help Marilyn Manson out with some guitar work at Club Nokia. Depp played in two of Manson's most famous songs 'The Beautiful People' and Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

He might be the president of the most powerful nation on earth but Barack Obama is still entitled to his view on music. United States president revealed to a magazine that he thinks Kanye West is a 'Jackass'.

Music producer Jamal Rashid AKA 'MallyMall' has been working on some new projects lately. One of which is Edamami, an R&B trio described as three different styles of voices and styles rolled into one package. This has been seen as some of Mally Mall's latest and most interesting productions.