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MusicRadar Daily - 6 October 2009

VIDEO: Green Day's American Idiot stage musical trailer

(From YouTube via tomporter)

115,000 albums released in 2008, only 115 'hits'

(From Chicago Tribune via tomporter)

Record labels sue Guns N' Roses for copying songs

(From NME via tomporter)

Elekit tube amp (WARNING: GAS alert)

(From Dezeen via tomporter)

How will music blogs deal with the FTC's new disclosure guidelines

(From Idolator via tomporter)

Boostalk: is this the future of hip-hop?

(From Digg via tomporter)

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Previously on MusicRadar Daily: Elvis's grandson, Olympic music, trash soundsystem

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