ELLIE GOULDING SKRILLEX BREAK UP

(Spinner) After nine months of dating, The Sun reports that electronic music's darling couple Ellie Goulding and Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) have called it quits. The couple reportedly broke up due to long-distance issues as Goulding lives and works in London and Moore lives in America.

Although the couple originally connected when Goulding was sought out to record vocals on a few Skrillex songs, their shared tastes in music wasn't enough to create a lasting intercontinental romance. In the past, Ellie said she wanted to make a whole album with her boyfriend, but their schedules made it impossible.

"I think in an ideal world we'd love to make a whole record together ... but it just so happens that we're both ridiculously busy. When it comes to music, it honestly is really professional. Honestly," Ellie told the AP earlier this year.

But now it looks like that's a collaboration that will never happen. A source close to the couple said though it's sad, the two just can't make it work.

"A source said: 'It's really sad, they were really good for each other. They just couldn't make it work. They both have successful careers and live in different countries.'"

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Happy Halloween Boston!

Boston's biggest EDM night in 2012 has finally arrived!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The city is chalk full of activities featuring premier talent that has never hit Boston all at once like this! You have the option of seeing the following artists tonight:

Pretty Lights, Boston Garden

Richie Hawtin, Locodice, Paco Osuna, Rise

R3hab

Squarepusher

Danny Tenaglia

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SKisM 'Experts' Music Video Scorches Internet Commenters || MUST SEE MUSIC VIDEO

You know the jackasses online that constantly bitch about skrillex, avicii, proper house, proper dubstep, etc?  Basically the most obnoxious of dance music fans.  The purest that aren't afraid to tell you your wrong and PLUR is only when and where they want it to be.

Well SkisM has put them in their place in their new music video "Experts".  The video is chalk full of hilarious moments from the dipiction of these internet trolls as pimple headed dorks to the sudden fear strucken into them by the dark lords.

This is finally a music video worth watching because it tells a straightforward story that isn't so ambigious that you need a phd from Emerson to decipher whats going on.

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Hurricane Sandy Financial Impact on Music Industry

(Billboard) With an ever-increasing number of live events being cancelled or postponed as Hurricane Sandy nears the Eastern Seaboard, stakeholders in the live entertainment industry are reviewing their insurance policies and contemplating big losses in marketing and promotion expenses and lost or delayed profits.

"I'm getting lots of questions today -- 'What does our policy cover, What happens if?'-type questions," says Paul Bassman, president of Dallas-based entertainment insurance firm Doodson Insurance Brokerage. "Nothing's really happened yet, but in New York City alone, if the subways are shut down, you can't have shows."

So who gets hurt on Hurricane Sandy Financial Impact? According to Bassman, "Everyone's going to take a hit, but it's part of the business. That's why we're here."

Potentially, hundreds of events could be impacted, such as the Boston Nero Show. "A major weather occurrence like Sandy is, obviously, disruptive both in the daily lives of the communities we work in and the clients we tour," says Randy Phillips, president of AEG Live, the world's second-largest promoter, which is extremely active in the New York metro area. "It will have an impact on our budgets and earnings -- if even in the short term, since we average a couple of hundred shows a week in those markets that have had to hunker down while the storm passes through."

Besides potential property damage, which is typically covered by property insurance, promoters and venues are looking at the prospect of millions of dollars in lost marketing and promotion expenses in some of the most expensive media markets in the country. For them, and artists, profits could also slip away, or at least be deferred until a later date.

"If you're doing a show at Madison Square Garden, for example, and you're going to walk off with a million-dollar profit, you're not getting that profit," notes Bassman (although the Garden has no concerts scheduled for this week). "You can reschedule, but the show's not going to happen until later, and the rescheduled date is one you can't play somewhere else now."

Most venues don't carry...

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Lady Gaga slams Calvin Harris

(Examiner) Calvin Harris just learned that when you namedrop a big celebrity, it should be in a positive context. Calvin Harris was interviewing on BBC Breakfast when he revealed he decided not to work with Lady Gaga. Then he proceeded to slam the artist’s music and dig into her artistic creations. While Harris might have thought it was cute, Lady Gaga has hit back and hard on Monday morning. According to the entertainer she has never been in touch with him before and she doesn't appreciate his tone about her music.

“Never even emailed you Calvin Harris I guess it's hard to believe I write + produce my music. Cuz I'm a woman I don't know about EDM right?” tweeted Lady Gaga from her official Twitter account on Monday. “Seems to be trendy lately to talk s--t about ‘Lady Gaga’ when your albums/singles drop. Y'all should live off your own hustle."

Lady Gaga definitely has a point. Calvin Harris isn't the only artist who loves to compare themselves to other established entertainers. Most of the R&B world is still comparing themselves to Michael Jackson and many in the EDM community, just like Calvin Harris love to compare to Lady Gaga or Madonna.

While Calvin Harris obviously doesn't need to mention Lady Gaga for his interviews, it appears he might be insecure about how he stands in the music business and needs to compare. How does he compare to Lady Gaga? Well in record sales he has considerable catching up to do. And he needs a perfume too.

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