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• Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei honoured by Amnesty International

  22-05-2015 23:13
  
  Described as a modern Joan of Arc by Patti Smith, Baez accepted her award with Chinese artist banned by the authorities from leaving the countryContinue reading...
  
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• The US Copyright Office Is Taking a Look at Spotify’s Contracts…

  22-05-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What’s the point of copyright, if creators have no rights?  In the fallout of the leaked Spotify/Sony Music contract, that’s a question that has now...
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• Breaking: US Copyright Office Taking a Look at Spotify’s Contracts…

  22-05-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What’s the point of copyright, if creators have no rights?  In the fallout of the leaked Spotify/Sony Music contract, that’s a question that has now...
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• F*&K It: Here’s the Entire Spotify/Sony Music Contract…

  22-05-2015 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this week, attorneys at Sony Music Entertainment forced The Verge to remove a leaked contract with Spotify, citing questionable copyright claims.  As the details...
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• Naughty Boy Reveals Zayn Malik Track Will 'Be Ready In A Couple Of Months'

  22-05-2015 19:24
  
  *Squeal*
  
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• U2 and the Rolling Stones: rock giants hit the road but take different paths

  22-05-2015 19:24
  
  While the Stones are happy to trade on a back catalogue largely compiled 40 years ago, the Irish rockers are pushing new material to prove their relevanceFor those whose stores of musical nostalgia and classic rock band decadence are running on fumes, this summer’s concert season should be a welcome restorative. Last week U2 launched their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena in support of their latest album and iTunes Trojan horse, Songs of Innocence. On 24 May, the Rolli
  
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• Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer review – an epic approach to Brahms

  22-05-2015 19:13
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Iván Fischer and the BFO gave a colossal force and momentum to Brahms, while soloist Maria João Pires delivered a near-perfect performance of Mozart Continue reading...
  
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• New band of the week: White (No 54)

  22-05-2015 19:02
  
  Glasgow band in love with 1981 white funk and 1982 new pop with a modern DFA sheenContinue reading...
  
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• Loved Taylor Swift's Bad Blood Music Video Outfits? Most Of Them Were From A Sex Shop

  22-05-2015 18:50
  
  That's how bad ass she is now...
  
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• The playlist: pop – Emmi, Little Mix, PYCO and more

  22-05-2015 17:49
  
  A cracking debut from Emmi, a call to arms from PYCO, plus Little Mix explore the breezier side of black magic Continue reading...
  
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• Unknown Mortal Orchestra review – playful psychedelia that drips with funk

  22-05-2015 17:37
  
  Islington Assembly Hall, London
  The exuberant Portland indie group make you wish other bands didn’t take themselves so seriously Continue reading...
  
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• Club MTV Is Coming Back To Derry-Londonderry!

  22-05-2015 17:36
  
  Keep an eye out for more details soon...
  
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• So Poltergeist WAS As Scary To Film As It Is To Watch

  22-05-2015 17:31
  
  Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt reveal the child stars weren't completely ok with the scary scenes…
  
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• The Most WTF Eurovision Moments Ever (Which Is Really All Of Them, Isn't It)

  22-05-2015 17:18
  
  And no, we didn’t just put ‘all of them’.
  
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• North West & Penelope Disick Continue To Be Cutest Toddlers Ever, Good Work Kim & Kourtney!

  22-05-2015 16:54
  
  Oh my goodness they are just so adorable...
  
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• Expect Loud Noises In Your Weekend Playlist Picked By Modestep

  22-05-2015 16:46
  
  The London group are back and have picked some tunes that they think deserve your attention...
  
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• MTV Style's Trend Or Faux: The Paris Hilton Edition

  22-05-2015 16:27
  
  Does the heiress stand by her old fashion decisions or is she prepared to admit a few faux pas?
  
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• MTV Review: Glamour And Hits As Peace Re-Open The Hammersmith Palais For One More Night!

  22-05-2015 16:24
  
  The Midlanders delivered an impressive set, even in the most unusual of settings...
  
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• Why Ezra Furman is the most compelling live act you can see right now

  22-05-2015 16:19
  
  The Chicagoan singer is the kind of performer who makes you feel like a teenager all over againI very much doubt Ezra Furman will ever be a star, topping the charts, headlining festivals, getting photographed in the gossip pages. He’s unlikely star material after all, a young man in a dress and vigorously applied make-up, singing about his Jewish faith, his depression, his anger and his joy, to a backing of 50s rock’n’roll, interspersed with bits of garage rock and Velvet Undergroundish R&
  
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• Win Weekend Camping Tickets To The Isle of Wight Festival 2015!

  22-05-2015 15:59
  
  MTV UK have teamed up with The Isle of Wight Festival 2015 to give away weekend camping tickets to one lucky winner and three friends...
  
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• Nick Grimshaw Would Love To Join The X Factor, As Long As Dolly Parton Does Too!

  22-05-2015 15:58
  
  We think Dolly would make the best mentor ever...
  
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• Are You Rixton's Biggest Fan? Prove It...

  22-05-2015 15:58
  
  We're filming with the lads soon and we want your video messages...
  
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• The week in music: Taylor Swift on misogyny, bankrupt Blue and more

  22-05-2015 15:54
  
  Our weekly music news roundup, featuring Swift’s feminist statements in Maxim magazine, Blue’s total bankruptcy and Marina Abramović’s brief spat with Jay ZSpeaking to Maxim magazine about feminism – and yes, your cognitive dissonance sensors ought to be twitching – Swifty talked about misogyny being ingrained in people from birth. She made a few statements about gender double standards, and how she had grown up with a limited understanding of the meaning of feminism. Then, at Sunday�
  
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• Could This YouTuber Save Ned Flanders & Mr Burns On The Simpsons?

  22-05-2015 14:53
  
  We think he's pretty damn good...
  
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• Joywave Talk Collaborating With Kendrick Lamar & Why They'll Never Make A Coldplay Album

  22-05-2015 14:52
  
  S/O to Skrillex, too...
  
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• Damon Lindelof: "It'd Be A Dream To Make A Marvel Movie"

  22-05-2015 14:42
  
  The Tomorrowland, Prometheus and Lost scribe says he'd be up taking on The Avengers et al...
  
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• Was NWO Battling DX The Highlight Of Wrestlemania 31?

  22-05-2015 14:31
  
  The brawl you thought you'd never see...
  
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• Brandon Flowers review – gold lame Elvis jacket or not, he’s got no game

  22-05-2015 14:30
  
  Brixton Academy, London
  The Killers frontman delivers a buzzy rock’n’synth solo show – rounded off by a duet with Chrissie Hynde – but he can’t shake his nice-guy humility Continue reading...
  
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• Poliuto review – Glyndebourne opener is Donizetti like you’ve never heard him

  22-05-2015 14:17
  
  Glyndebourne, LewesIt’s hard to better Mariame Clément’s revival of Donizetti’s opera about persecution and martyrdom Continue reading...
  
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• Kendall Jenner Moans About Her Boobs Getting Bigger... Oh No?

  22-05-2015 14:03
  
  We can think of worse things to happen...
  
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• This week’s new tracks: ‘the soundtrack to drinking glo-stick liquid and having your stomach pumped’

  22-05-2015 14:00
  
  Texas | Ricky Martin Feat Pitbull | Dr And The Medics | Lawson | Florence And The Machine Continue reading...
  
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• Shanti Celeste’s favourite tracks

  22-05-2015 14:00
  
  The house producer who stocks up Idle Hands empties the contents of her psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Could This Game Of Thrones Star Be Heading For WWE?

  22-05-2015 13:25
  
  We're not referring to Tyrion Lannister here...
  
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• Tomorrowland 2: Damon Lindelof & Brad Bird Share Their Sequel Ideas

  22-05-2015 13:06
  
  This is basically just us begging for an sequel, really...
  
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• Get Your Questions In For Jason Derulo

  22-05-2015 13:06
  
  The 'Want To Want Me' singer is coming in soon and wants to hear from YOU...
  
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• Happy Birthday Daniel Bryan - Didn't WWE Megastar Look Cute As A Kid?

  22-05-2015 13:05
  
  Former champ may be out, but he'll never be forgotten...
  
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• Chris Brown Shows Off His New Toy At Cannes, Possibly Thinks He's Living In A Sci-Fi Film

  22-05-2015 12:57
  
  What ARE these things?!
  
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• WOW! Holly Hagan Celebrates Her Transformation With Before & After Instagram

  22-05-2015 12:49
  
  How about this for a bit of #fitspo?
  
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• Girls Gone Glam! Kendall, Karlie, Jourdan & Joan Hit amfAR Cannes Gala

  22-05-2015 12:44
  
  Because what else would supermodels do on a Thursday night?
  
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• Five Very Important Things We Learned Whilst Being Michael Jackson!

  22-05-2015 12:42
  
  See how MTV UK got on when we tried to master one of MJ's most iconic moves, The Moonwalk...
  
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• Simon Cowell On 1D: 'They’re Doing Fine Without Zayn'

  22-05-2015 12:30
  
  Music mogul also addresses Louis Walsh's public spat with Cheryl...
  
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• Chris Martin v George RR Martin: watch Coldplay's Game of Thrones Musical

  22-05-2015 12:26
  
  Coldplay embark on the band’s most important project yet - a Game Of Thrones musical Continue reading...
  
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• San Andreas Star Dwayne Johnson Is Now A World Selfie Champion

  22-05-2015 12:14
  
  WWE icon didn’t even have to call upon all of his millions (“AND MILLIONS!”) of fans to pull off the photographic feat...
  
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• #TGIF! Your Bank Holiday Starts Right Here With Club MTV's Friday Mixtape

  22-05-2015 11:53
  
  R3wire and Varski have just dropped another 30 minute hit-fest for you just in time for your three day weekend...
  
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• Red Nose Day USA Best Bits: The Kardashians Get The Bad Lip-Reading Treatment, R-Patz Becomes A Valet & Loads More

  22-05-2015 11:43
  
  A criminal lack of Lenny Henry, in our opinion…
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence And Nicholas Hoult Reunite... For X-Men: Apocalypse

  22-05-2015 11:05
  
  The former couple are all smiles on the set of their new movie with director, Bryan Singer...
  
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• Risky Roadz Unveils ‘The Movement Documentary’

  22-05-2015 10:58
  
  THROWBACK
  
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• Teddy Music Recruits Wiley For ‘What Do You Know’ Feature

  22-05-2015 10:41
  
  GRIME
  
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• Wait, WUT. Kylie Jenner Posts Selfie Showing Off Ring On Her Wedding Finger!

  22-05-2015 10:38
  
  But, what does this all mean?
  
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• New Music: Scrufizzer x Akelle Charles – Be Honest

  22-05-2015 10:19
  
  VIBES
  
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