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Zara SlothBoogie hoodie
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ZARA removes hoodie from market after plagiarism claim from London label SlothBoogie

The uncanny resemblance between the two designs was pointed out on Sunday

Spanish high street giant ZARA has removed a hoodie from sale after being accused of plagiarising a T-shirt design by London record label and DJ...

Streaming royalty rates to be increased in the US, the Copyright Royalty Board confirms
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Streaming royalty rates to be increased in the US, the Copyright Royalty Board confirms

The 44% increase to songwriter and publisher payouts will go ahead despite a 2019 appeal by Spotify, Google, Amazon and Pandora

The US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set a new royalty rate for streaming services of 15.1% to pay songwriters and publishers for 2018 to...

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Cost of shipping vinyl from Germany to increase due to DHL amendments

A petition to change parcel formats has been launched in a bid to help stores and sellers

The cost of shipping vinyl from Germany to the rest of the world is set to significantly increase as a result of pricing amendments to...

Crossbreed Klub Verboten
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London sex-positive club nights Crossbreed and Klub Verboten threatened with legal action by council

An "outdated and moralistic license condition" is being used to "prohibit nudity and semi-nudity in safeguarded venues"

London sex-positive and queer club nights Crossbreed and Klub Verboten have been threatened with legal action by Tower Hamlets Council. Authorities are "relying on an...
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What are NFTs and why should electronic music care?

One of the Internet’s most talked-about acronyms — which stands for non-fungible token — is redefining digital ownership. But could NFTs really revolutionise the music...

Most people’s first experience with NFTs most likely happened within the past few months. It was also, most likely, met with confusion. As GIFs of...

Fatboy Slim DJs tiny venue Hot Box fundraiser: “Anything I can do to help”
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Fatboy Slim DJs tiny venue Hot Box fundraiser: “Anything I can do to help”

Norman Cook lent his star power to support the struggling Chelmsford venue with a sold-out rare intimate gig last week

Fatboy Slim played a rare intimate gig last week as part of the effort to save Essex venue Hot Box from closure. Norman Cook headlined...

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Vybz Kartel murder conviction overturned following appeal

The Dancehall star was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 for the murder of an associate

The murder conviction of Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel has been overturned this week following an appeal. On Thursday (14th March), the Privy Council in...

New Amsterdam club, Tilla Tec, to open in former De School building next month
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New Amsterdam club, Tilla Tec, to open in former De School building next month

"We want to provide space for minorities — especially the queer community and people of color, because the team itself is also part of that", the new venue team said ahead of next month's opening

The site of the recently-closed Amsterdam club De School will soon reopen as a new venue. The 900-capacity Tilla Tec will open at the Jan...

Charisse Beaumont Black Lives in Music
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Black Lives In Music call for MPs intervention on gender and ethnic pay gap in UK music industry

The organisation wants mandatory annual pay gap reporting to be published alongside commitments to address disparities

The founders of Black Lives in Music (BLiM) have called on UK politicians to intervene and level out gender and ethnicity pay gaps within the...

Only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are women, study finds
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Only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are women, study finds

BBC Newsbeat's new gender-focused study of UK festival line-ups finds that little has changed since 2017

A new study of UK festivals by BBC Newsbeat has found that only 13% of 2022's headliners are women. A gender-focused analysis of 50 UK...

Vangelis, Blade Runner composer and synth pioneer, dies, aged 79
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Vangelis, Blade Runner composer and synth pioneer, dies, aged 79

The legendary Greek musician also soundtracked films such as Chariots Of Fire and Alexander

Greek composer and synth pioneer Vangelis died this week at the age of 79. A report by the Associated Press confirmed the news, though his...

Snoop Dogg sued for sexual assault and battery
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Snoop Dogg sued for alleged sexual assault and battery

A woman has reported that the rapper and his associate Bishop Don “Magic” Juan sexually assaulted her in 2013

Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault. Snoop Dogg is being sued for the alleged sexual assault and battery of a woman...
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DJ Mag awarded Arts Council England grant

We’re among more than 2,700 recipients in the latest round of awards from the UK Government’s £1.57billion Culture Recovery Fund

DJ Mag has been awarded a grant of £659,089 by Arts Council England, as part of the UK Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.In the latest round...

TURNTABLE REVOLUTIONARIES

As America celebrates 4th of July, we look at some of the homegrown heroes who are giving the US its Indepen-dance...

Sliding into July, DJ Mag USA joins the rest of the country in cracking open a cold one for American's traditional celebration month when remembering...
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Top 100 DJs 2020 Reaches Half Way Point

Over 1.8 million tune into Virtual Festival sets

Today marks the midpoint in the voting in the 2020 edition of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll. In unprecedented times for the electronic music...