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• Mumford & Sons Notch Up Their Second UK No 1 Album

  10-05-2015 20:47
  
  As OMI stays on top of the singles chart...
  
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• So Which Celeb Wants To Smash Katie Hopkins' Face In Today?

  10-05-2015 18:08
  
  Tabloid troll makes another new enemy in wake of election...
  
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• Philharmonia/Petrenko review – a staid account of Mahler’s unfinished 10th

  10-05-2015 17:26
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Vasily Petrenko dedicated this performance of Mahler’s 10th to his recently deceased mother, and indeed it felt as if there was something weighing on the music tonight Continue reading...
  
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• Fidelio review – Juanjo Mena leads BBC Philharmonic in a high-voltage version of Beethoven’s great political opera

  10-05-2015 17:25
  
  Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Juanjo Mena conducted his first opera since joining the BBC Philharmonic with power and subtlety – and its performance felt particularly timely in election week Continue reading...
  
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• Happyness review – familiar but appealingly off-the-wall slacker-rock

  10-05-2015 17:19
  
  Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
  Bermondsey’s Happyness make a racket clearly indebted to US bands such as Pavement and Built to Spill, but throw in a good few surprises, and do it all with warmth and humour Continue reading...
  
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• See the super cute baby photos of Ed Sheeran in his new music video

  10-05-2015 15:08
  
  We also get to see him learning to play the piano and busking.
  
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• Baby Sheeran shown in new video

  10-05-2015 14:59
  
  Singer Ed Sheeran has shown off his baby pictures in the music video of his new single.
  
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• Kylie Jenner: I Wasn't High In Snapchat Video!

  10-05-2015 14:42
  
  US reality TV star responds to internet speculation...
  
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• The Pirates of Penzance review - Mike Leigh's exercise in affectionate nostalgia

  10-05-2015 13:38
  
  Coliseum, London
  The comic business is deftly done, and the cast is a good one – with Claudia Boyle a standout as Mabel – but director Mike Leigh offers few insights or surprises in his opera debut.Continue reading...
  
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• Big Brother Timebomb - Meet The Housemates

  10-05-2015 13:07
  
  Contestants revealed before start of show for first time...
  
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• Naughty Boy Hits Back - Find Out What Louis Tomlinson Has To Say

  10-05-2015 10:44
  
  Ding ding it's round two of the year's biggest pop feud...
  
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• Simon Cowell 'Has Sacked Louis Walsh From The X Factor'

  10-05-2015 10:09
  
  Veteran judge finally gets his marching orders after 11 years...
  
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• Tove Lo: Queen of the Clouds review – brash, busy and badly behaved

  10-05-2015 10:00
  
  (Island)Tove Lo’s Queen of the Clouds is where Charli XCX’s Sucker album meets Lykke Li’s entire oeuvre in an overcrowded toilet stall: brash, omnivorous pop, in which heartbreak and bad behaviour loom very large. The 27-year-old Swede rose to fame quickly last year, thanks in part to a shabby remix of her excellent song Habits (Stay High). The original song (now on 116m-plus YouTube views) follows Lo on a bender – going to sex clubs, being sick in the bath, all “to numb the pain” of
  
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• Belle and Sebastian review – warmth, charm and disco fever

  10-05-2015 10:00
  
  Corn Exchange, Cambridge
  Stuart Murdoch’s indie troupers still have some sonic surprises left up their thumb-holed sleeves Continue reading...
  
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• Paul Weller: ‘I miss the chaos and madness’

  10-05-2015 10:00
  
  It’s five years since Paul Weller had a drink. He’s got other things on his mind now that he is a happily married father of seven. Miranda Sawyer finds the Modfather content, creative and with his hands fullIn a photographer’s studio in Harlesden, north west London, Paul Weller is doing some maths. “The twins are three now, so in 10 years’ time, when they’re 13, I’ll be 66, 67… Oof. “He blows out his cheeks. “I do think about this stuff, but it’s best not to. It’s best ju
  
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• Joanna Gruesome: Peanut Butter review – Weird Sister minus the hooks

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  (Fortuna Pop!) Continue reading...
  
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• Salvator Mundi: The Purcell Legacy CD review – a curious, uneven collection

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  St Salvator’s Chapel Choir, Fitzwilliam Quartet/Wilkinson(Sanctiandree) Continue reading...
  
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• Snoop Dogg: Bush review – business as usual in a good way

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  Snoop Dogg – no longer a Lion – is on form, with Pharrell producing and more singing than ever Continue reading...
  
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• Leonard Cohen: Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour review – musically mischievous blues

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  (Sony) Continue reading...
  
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• Terakaft: Alone review – rockier, angrier, irresistible

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  (Outhere) Continue reading...
  
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• Hildegard von Bingen: Göttliches Licht: Antiphons and Psalms CD review – unadorned and convincing

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
  Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
  (Christophorus) Continue reading...
  
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• Blanck Mass: Dumb Flesh review – ‘suggests a Nike ad directed by Leni Riefenstahl’

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Babelfish: Chasing Rainbows review – inventive and hypnotic

  10-05-2015 09:00
  
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• Król Roger; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Pappano; Atthis; The Virtues of Things; Shackleton’s Cat – review

  10-05-2015 08:15
  
  Royal Opera House; Linbury Studio; Dulwich College, London
  It’s been a notable week for Szymanowski, Antonio Pappano and a cat called Mrs Chippy… Continue reading...
  
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• On my radar: Thea Gilmore’s cultural highlights

  10-05-2015 08:00
  
  The singer-songwriter on the return of Blur, the loneliness in Edward Hopper’s paintings, BBC TV satire W1A and the inspirational atmosphere of LiverpoolSinger-songwriter Thea Gilmore grew up in Oxford before leaving home in her teens to work in a recording studio, where she was discovered by producer Nigel Stonier (whom she later married). She released her first album, Burning Dorothy, at 18 and broke into the album charts with Avalanche at 23. Gilmore performed in a Bob Dylan tribute concert
  
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