Here is what has been going on in the music world this past weekend:

• Benicassim Festival updates: List of final day performance, which include Killers and Pete Doherty; weather causes headliners, Kings of Leon to cancel show; Oasis guitarists, Noel Gallagher, slams festival, calls it a waste of time; Fire disaster takes place near festival.  (NME)
• Starting July 28th, in Cleveland Ohio, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs will perform three select shows. The indie band from New York who just finished their Canadian shows this weekend, will headline the shows.  Read about locations and other upcoming performances by the band in the article. (NME)
• Kid Cudi and Asher Roth to co-headline their first ever hip-hop tour.  According to MTV news, they decided to name the tour “The Great Hangover Tour” on the suggestion of rapper Kanye West. Both up-and-coming rappers have a hit under their built and a following that should make this tour a hit, at least for college students who pay attention to their type of music. More info available including details on the tour and how the two became friends. (MTV)
• Some Diditleak updatesfor beatcrave readers: The Used’s album Artwork, set to be released on September 1st has leaked; Fruit Bars album The Ruminant Band leaked, with a release date set for August 4th; Four Year Strong’s album Explains it All, set to be released July 21st has leaked; and finally The Word Alive’s album Empire which is set to be released next week (July 21st) has also leaked.

So many albums have leaked this past couple days, I don’t even know where to start. According to diditleak’s twitter page, everyone from rapper Fabolous to Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke had their soon to be coming out album fall victim to this epidemic. Fortunately, for beatcrave fans, we provide you with a list of the albums that have leaked.

Here is a list of albums that have leaked the last couple days:

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No artist is safe in this internet age from having their work leaked for the world to download and listen to before the album is even supposed to be released. According to Diditleak’s twitter page, this week we see a couple of albums that are coming out next Tuesday that have leaked onto the Internet; including Daughtry’s, Twista’s and The Dead Weather‘s upcoming albums.

Here is a list of the albums that leaked the last couple days:

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As we’ve mentioned to our BeatCrave readers before, Diditleak started an account on twitter and on it you can find songs or albums that have leaked from different artists. An impatient fans heaven!  Here are a few of the entries from this week:

• Born Of Osiris | A Higher place | album due out July 6th
• Florence And The Machine | Lungs leaked | album due out July 6th
• Alchemist | Chemical Warfare leaked | album due out July 7th
• Hopes Die Last | Six Years Home already leaked | album due out August 4th

From the hip-hop producer turned emcee, Alchemist who has worked with the finest in the hip-hop community (Snoop Dogg, Prodigy, Mobb Deep) to soul indie band, Florence and The Machine.  =Any artist is in danger of having their music leaked on the site. Let’s see who becomes victim next week.

Have you gotten your hands on any of the music yet? What do you think?

The day an album gets leaked to the Internet is an important milestone in the album release process. Some bands do nothing, while others decide to immediately release the music for free on their official websites. Either way, word on the Internet gets around quickly, and boosts the hype surrounding an album a few notches.

One source is Diditleak.co.uk, which provides updated information on album leaks since 2007, and started a Twitter account last year. The list isn’t all inclusive, and focuses mostly on the major pre-released music. However, the site crowd-sources its information; anyone can send a submit information to @diditleak on Twitter. Check out the past week’s entries:
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