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The Lordz Partner With Thwapr to Make It Easy for Fans to Share Music Videos on Mobile Devices
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 07/28/10) – Thwapr, Inc. (OTC.BB: THWI – News ), a mobile video sharing service for mobilizing and monetizing branded content, today announced its partnership with The Lordz, the legendary punk/hip-hop pioneers from Brooklyn, N.Y. which became the first band to adopt the Thwapr Share to Phone program. The Lordz will be the first band to utilize Thwapr’s technology to …

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German music festival stampede kills 19
By Simon Vozick-Levinson Tragedy apparently occurred when a narrow tunnel to the festival area became dangerously overcrowded

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Mayor under fire for German Love Parade tragedy
The mayor of the German city of Duisburg resisted on Monday calls to quit over the deadly stampede at the Love Parade music festival, as the death toll rose to 20 and more than 500 injured.

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Germany’s Love Parade festival canceled for good
The organizer of the Love Parade says the yearly techno music festival will never be held again after 19 people were killed and 342 were injured in a panicked crush in an entrance tunnel.

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Mix Position: Free Music Friday! New music from Cut Copy
Australian indie popsters Cut Copy make electronic music that’s been compared to that of Air, LCD Soundsystem and Daft Punk. The group’s 2008 album “In Ghost Colours” received a rave review from the indie rock taste-making site Pitchfork.

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PA Arabs Tell Pop Group: Don’t Sing about Babylon
Follow Israel news on and . 1970s disco group Boney M performed at Ramallah this week, but the local music festival prevented it from performing one of its biggest hits, because it mentioned the Jewish people’s yearning for the Land of Zion, the Associated Press reported.

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Swanfest spawns concert series in Swansboro
Tideland News Writer Swanfest, a day of live music in downtown Swansboro this past spring, has had a residual effect.

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Rick Ross Tells The Story Behind Drake’s Extended ‘Aston Martin Music’
Rick Ross tells the story behind Drake’s extended version of “Aston Martin Music.” Ross told Mixtape Daily we might see the unofficial track on a Teflon Don re-release.

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Pete Wentz Wants Black Cards To Make ‘Global Music’
Pete Wentz said that new band Black Cards aren’t a reggae band, but he’s interested in making “global music” that transcends “cultures and borders.”

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