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The Warner Music Group has been bought for $3.3 billion after the Russian born billionaire Len Blavatnik won a bidding war to secure the company for his Access Industries company.

The music company has been sold by chief executive Edgar Bronfman Jr and the private equity firms Thomas H Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners after they purchased the company for $2.6 billion back in 2004 from Time Warner.

Nashville,—There's no doubt that Spencer Strand knows the groove. A well-respected drummer, publisher of instructional materials and product specialist, Strand really has an understanding of how to teach and live deep pocket playing. So, it's no surprise that his current release, The Test Of Time Volume 10 of Turn It Up & Lay It Down, demonstrates his further commitment to providing drummers with a great learning experience, which is fun and challenging.

It has been revealed that this year the UK X Factor final will be taking place at Wembley Arena in London.

By holding the final of the show at Wembley it will mean that 12,500 fans will be able to come along and support their favouites while also enjoying the show which in the past has welcomed stars such as Rihanna.

The cast of the hit US television series Glee are said to be performing a version of the Cheryl Cole hit Parachute on the show.

According to The Sun newspaper the creator of the series, Ryan Murphy, is keen to feature the star in the series during an episode in the third series of Glee.

French DJ David Guetta has spoken about having to hire a former Pentagon investigator to look into his online security after a version of his new single was stolen by hackers before it was released.

Spotify, the online music service, has announced that it will be extending its services for users which would see it taking iTunes on directly for a market share in the online music industry.

From this week Spotify has expanded to include an iPhone and iPod app that s now available to non paying members of the service while Spotify is also trying to urge their users to import their music collections to them rather than to the Apple alternative.

It is already being hailed as the most powerful smartphone to come onto the market and now it has been revealed that the Motorola ATRIX is to use fingerprint recognition to allow only authorised users to use the phone.

According to reports the phone will require the user to touch the touch screen several times when they first purchase the phone to allow the phone to then read the finger print.

The third film in the Twilight franchise, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, has received a massive eight nominations for the 20^th annual MTV Movie Awards with Inception following closely behind with seven nominations.

Music mogul and X Factor star Simon Cowell has been placed at number six in the Music Millionaires rich list with a fortune of £200 million.

It is being reported that Ashley Cole, more usually known for his performances on the pitch with Chelsea FC, is looking to make his way in to the music industry and is to be helped on his journey by none other than US rapper Jay-Z.

Singer Ellie Goulding was handed the very difficult honour of being asked to be the entertainment for the royal wedding party this weekend and has described the concert at Buckingham Palace as being a “very surreal experience”.

Flame haired singer Florence Welch, the lead singer with Florence and the Machine, has spoken out about her lack of Tweeting stating that she would rather be “enjoying the moment” than Tweeting about what is going on in her life.

A leaked document has revealed that Lady Gaga is so worried about her fans throwing ice at her during a performance that all ice from the bars in each venue has to be removed before the singer takes to the stage.

A rider detailing the strange anti ice demand from the singer has appeared online and is said to be one of the many backstage and dressing room requests made by the star before taking to the stage with her popular Monster Ball shows which have taken place all over the world.

The leaked document states that all bars in each venue must ban the serving of ice in beverages at least half an hour before she comes on stage to prevent any fans from throwing it at her.

Other items on the dressing room rider published by the website The Smoking Gun, include the desire of the singer to have smoothies, natural yoghurt, low fat cereals and dried fruit on hand for her while her meals are to consist of “grilled chicken breast with rice, healthy white fish with salad.”

For those who have ever wondered what Lady Gaga likes to drink herself then the rider states that it is “very important” that has organic ginger and lemongrass tea provided to her for shows along with Red Bull Light and Fuze Slenderize drinks.

The ever security conscious Lady Gaga also has a very tight and strict system to protect her from any unwanted attention with the rider revealing that she travels with her own private team of bodyguards who are known as the Lady Gaga Advance Security.

A new app created by Adam Cahan has reportedly been sold to Yahoo! For a massive $30 million only 12 weeks after it was originally launched.

IntoNow is a social networking tool which allows users to let their friends know what television programme they are currently watching and has proved to be massively

There has been a lot of information emerging lately about how cell phones (mainly smart phones) are potentially tracking their customers. Many people are unaware about this tracking technology which runs silently.

British sweetheart Stacey Solomon, who shot to fame after her appearance on the X Factor, is being allegedly being sued by her former agents as the singer finds herself in the middle of a legal argument over management terms for the talented singer.

For all South park fans a new app has been added to the Android application store. Straight from Southpark Studios the application lets you design and create South Park Characters.

For the second time in only a month Lady Gaga has taken a tumble while performing on stage in front of her thousands of fans.

The eccentric singer who is known for her unique sense f fashion and style, often at the expense of practicality, was singing and dancing during a performance on her tour when she fell over her jacket suring the show in Atlanta.

The Time 100 list has been released and once again it contains a mixture of everyone from US President Barack Obama to Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber.

The magazine has listed who they consider to be the top 100 influential people in the world and names from all walks of life have been included in the eclectic list.

Grooveshark music streaming app is looking to be able to re-enter the Google Android app market after the company has claimed that its application is legal and therefore should be allowed to go back on sale.

According to recent reports Justin Bieber avatars are being made on popular website Create My Picture. Apparently the website which allows free avatars to be made has seen an increase in celeb cartoon 'lookalikes' being made.