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Music software that allows just about anyone to sound like they're hitting the right notes is causing sound waves in the music industry. The program, called Auto-Tune is used widely by pop-stars to improve out of tune voices. read more: http://fwd4.me/3EB source: CBS/3 News image: Fair Use/www.antarestech.com/Screengrab: AUTOTUNE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune-evo.shtml

Country sensation Taylor Swift has scored another week to remember on the US pop charts after becoming the first artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to land five new entries in the top 30. read more: http://fwd4.me/3E8 source: WENN.com Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar Uploaded by tvbomber. - Explore more music videos. image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: TAYLOR SWIFT

No Doubt are taking legal action against the creators of Band Hero in a bid to have their likenesses removed from the release of the new videogame after manufacturers reportedly failed to stick to their agreement. read more: http://fwd4.me/3E4 source: WENN.com No Doubt - Don't Speak (Live) Uploaded by Schutzengerl1205. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more. image: Fair Use/guttersnipemedia: NO DOUBT

Iggy Pop was named Living Legend at the Marshall Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards on Monday night. read more: http://fwd4.me/3Dh Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour 2009 - Full List of Winners: * Best New Band: Chickenfoot * Album Of The Year: AC/DC Black Ice * Band Of The Year: Iron Maiden * Best Reissue: Black Sabbath Reissues * DVD / Film Of The Year: Anvil Anvil! The Story of Anvil! * Event Of The Year: Download Festival * Outstanding Contribution: Ronnie Wood * Tommy Vance Inspiration Award: John Bonham * Innovator: Ginger Baker * VIP Award: Doc McGhee * Metal Guru: Biff Byford * Spirit Of Prog: Dream Theater * Marshall 11 Award: Billy Gibbons * Childline Rocks Award: Steve Harley * Classic Songwriter: Paul Rodgers * Classic Album: Aerosmith Rocks * Breakthrough: Joe Bonamassa * Comeback of the Year: Mott The Hoople * Living Legend: Iggy Pop source: BANG Showbiz image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: IGGY POP: LIVING LEGEND

As Egypt gears for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace and stability". read more: http://fwd4.me/3Dd source: AP image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: BEYONCE in EGYPT

Disgraced singer Chris Brown has brought forward the release of his upcoming album Graffiti - it will now hit music retailers two weeks after ex-girlfriend Rihanna's new disc. read more: http://fwd4.me/3D8 source: WENN.com images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: CHRIS BROWN/GRAFFITI

The two surviving members of the Bee Gees - Barry and Robin Gibb - have given their first interview since the death of their brother Maurice six years ago. VIDEO: Bee Gees give first interview since brother's death: image: Fair Use/Telegraph.co.uk/Screengrab: BEEGEES

Slash solo work signals end of Velvet Revolver? Former Guns N' Roses rocker Slash has signed a new solo record deal, prompting fans of his supergroup Velvet Revolver to fear the band will never play together again. read more: http://fwd4.me/3Cm source: WENN.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: SLASH

Slipknot star Corey Taylor has confirmed he auditioned to take over from Scott Weiland as Velvet Revolver frontman - but was rejected by the band because the try out "just didn't work." read more: http://fwd4.me/3Cj source: WENN.com images: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: COREY TAYLOR/VELVET REVOLVER....not happy together

A banned video of Kylie Minogue has won a top award.... The raunchy clip of the pop star - riding a bucking bronco in stockings and suspenders for British underwear firm Agent Provocateur - has been named the Best Ever Celebrity Viral Ad after netting over 350 million hits on video sharing website YouTube. read more: http://fwd4.me/3CZ Top 10 Best Ever Celebrity Viral Ads according to GoViral: 1. Agent Provocateur – Kylie Minogue 2. Nike Crossbar Challenge – Ronaldinho 3. 'Yes We Can' – Obama Song 4. Nike Car Jump – Kobe Bryant 5. T-Mobile Life’s for Sharing – Pink 6. 'I’m f***ing Matt Damon' – Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon 7. EA Games – Tiger Woods 8. Chanel No.5 – Nicole Kidman 9. Samsung – Ozzy Osbourne 10. Apple Mac – Ellen Feiss source: BANG Showbiz image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: KYLIE MINOGUE VIRAL VIDEO

The Beatles come to the Internet... on some site you've never heard of. But BlueBeat.com insists that its unlimited streaming and cheap downloads are legal. And the company behind it has sent cease-and-desist letters to the likes of Apple over alleged DMCA violations. read more: http://fwd4.me/3CT source: Ars Technica image: Fair Use/Ars Technica/Screengrab: BEATLES do the BLUEBEAT on the INTERNET

The Beatles remasters are coming out on a limited-edition apple-shaped USB drive in time for Christmas, marking the first time the Fab Four's catalog has officially been sold as digital files separate from the CDs. read more: http://fwd4.me/3CN source: Reuters image: Fair Use/Screengrab/www.gadgetrepublic.com: BEATLES REMASTERS on USB key

Lady Gaga has broken chart records in America by becoming the first artist in the 17-year history of the Billboard Pop Songs countdown to score four number ones from the same debut album. read more: http://fwd4.me/3C8 source: WENN.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: LADY GAGA

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi is recovering after undergoing stem-cell treatment on his injured right hand. read more: http://fwd4.me/3C6 source: WENN.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: TONY IOMMI

Beyonce was a true triple threat at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, Germany on Thursday night - she picked up three prizes and led the honours haul. The full list of winners is as follows: * Best Song - Halo by Beyonce * Best Live Act - U2 * Best Group - Tokio Hotel * Best New Act - Lady GaGa * Best Female - Beyonce * Best European Act - maNga (Turkey) * Best Male - Eminem * Best Urban Act - Jay-Z * Best Rock Act - Green Day * Best Alternative Act - Placebo * Best Video - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) by Beyonce * Best UK & Ireland New Act - Pixie Lott read more: http://fwd4.me/3Bz source: WENN.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: BEYONCE/MTV EUROPE AWARDS 2009

Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl is unhappy with the band's new Greatest Hits album, insisting they should have waited until they were ready to retire to release it. http://fwd4.me/3Bw source: WENN.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: FOO FIGHTERS/GREATEST HITS

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Footage leaked from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack. read more: http://fwd4.me/1v9 http://fwd4.me/1vB sources: AP/GamePolitics.com - The best bloopers are a click away image: Fair Use/Metacafe/Screengrab: MODERN WARFARE 2....So we get to kill civilians in Modern Warfare 2 now?

Two coyotes attacked and killed a young Canadian woman while she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada. The victim was identified as Taylor Mitchell, 19, a promising singer-songwriter from Toronto who was touring her new album on the east coast. read more: http://fwd4.me/1uS source: AP VIDEO: Taylor Mitchell performance image: Fair Use/www.backtothesugarcamp.com: TAYLOR MITCHELL....

If that was the rehearsal, then Michael Jackson's comeback concerts would have been a multi-media spectacle on a scale never seen before. But Jackson died three weeks before his 50-date run at London's O2 Arena was to start and This Is It - the film made up of footage shot during rehearsals and pre-production for the shows - hints at what could have been. read more: http://fwd4.me/1tr source: Scott Kara/NZPA image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: JACKO MOVIE/THIS IS IT

Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting today, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica. read more: http://fwd4.me/1tU source: AP image: Fair Use/4.bp.blogspot.com: METALLICA/i-PHONE

Fans of Family Guy are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a Family Guy special might not jibe with the software giant's corporate image. read more: http://fwd4.me/1tP source: AP image: Fair Use/stagesandpages.typepad.com: FAMILY GUY/WINDOZE SE7EN

The British government says it will act to lock persistent illegal file sharers out of the internet by forcing service providers to pull the plug on their lawbreaking customers. read more: http://fwd4.me/1tI source: AP image: Fair Use/www.enjoyfrance.com: INTERNET PIRATES for the chop in UK

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Nearly seven million people went online to watch U2 live in concert on Monday. read more: http://fwd4.me/1mD source: BANG! Showbiz image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: U2 on YouTube - Live from the Rose Bowl