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• Readers recommend: songs about gifts and giving | Peter Kimpton

  24-12-2015 21:00
  
  Stuck for gifts? Preposterous presents to glorious generosity, present your musical offerings on giving and receiving for a Christmas special. Ideas are going for a song ...
  What is the greatest gift one can receive at Christmas, or any other time? Could it be a box of powdered cappuccino sachets? Or a large porcelain ornament frog complete with sticky yellow frogspawn? Tattoo sleeves, like tights for the arms - so you can slip them on if you want to look a bit hard or hipster. Does it matter if
  
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• Win the Beatles ‘1+’ Video Collection Right Now…

  24-12-2015 20:09
  
  It’s the holidays, so Digital Music News is giving out some gifts.  First up, we’ve got the Beatles ‘1+’ video collection, the largest collection of Beatles video ever released.  This is a 1 CD, 2 DVD promotional collection that will be mailed to the winner’s doorstep.
  The Beatles ‘1+’ also includes a 124-page illustrated book that annotates the videos, with great Beatles historical bits tossed in.  In total, this is o
  
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• Birmingham’s hall strikes the right chord | Letters

  24-12-2015 17:18
  
  It’s not clear in what subject Professor Mike Bury holds his chair (Letters, 23 December), but if it’s history, he should know that London has been lacking a decent venue for symphonic music for as long as anyone can remember. This predates Simon Rattle, and the deficiencies of both the Festival Hall and the Barbican have been acknowledged by many leading musicians. One need not travel to Berlin, Paris, Tokyo or Boston to be aware of what a good hall sounds like. We lived in the West
  
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• Rihanna new album release date: Singer to drop Anti on Christmas Day?

  24-12-2015 16:49
  
  The guessing game as to when Rihanna will release her new album may finally be over as speculation is mounting that Anti will arrive on Christmas Day (25 December 2015). The Bitch Better Have My Money singer is yet to confirm a release date for her eighth studio album but an Australian TV show may have all the information fans have been desperate to find out. Rumours were sparked after The Today Show posted a tweet stating that Rihanna, 27, would be delivering a special present for her Navy fanb
  
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• YouTuber Achievements Of 2015

  24-12-2015 14:35
  
  These lot have been busy.
  
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• The Most Explosive Celebrity Feuds Of 2015

  24-12-2015 14:22
  
  Awkward.
  
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• X Factor Winner Louisa Johnson To Rush-Release Her Debut Album & It’s Coming Sooner Than You Think

  24-12-2015 14:19
  
  According to iTunes it will be released in February 2016...
  
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• The Results Are In! Here Are Your Top 10 Guy Crushes Of 2015

  24-12-2015 14:06
  
  OOOOOH.
  
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• The Absolute Best Selfies Of 2015

  24-12-2015 13:56
  
  You lot deserve a medal.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Shares A Very Revealing Lingerie Selfie Because That's What Christmas Is All About

  24-12-2015 13:24
  
  She looks AMAZING!
  
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• So People Are Having Sex On Hoverboards Now

  24-12-2015 13:13
  
  Logistical nightmare or what?
  
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• 'The Force Awakens' Cast Gives Advice To Iconic Star Wars Characters And It’s Amazing

  24-12-2015 13:08
  
  Daisy Ridley = The new Jeremy Kyle
  
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• Has Lea Michele Accidentally Started A Rumour That Harry Styles Will Be In Season 2 Of Scream Queens?

  24-12-2015 13:01
  
  Oh Lea, what have you started?
  
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• Readers recommend: songs about mountains - results

  24-12-2015 13:00
  
  Ranging from the Rockies to County Mayo, Brian Eno to Abdullah Ibrahim, RR regular Fintan28 takes a stroll of outstanding beauty inspired by last week’s topic
  Care for a ramble? This week Guardian RRangers cast their gaze to heights where hearts swell and minds clear. The first climb starts from the seashore of western Ireland - 2507ft up from Clew Bay you’ll find the peak of Croagh Patrick. St Patrick has been the focus of concession and pilgrimage here for more than 1,500 years but
  
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• The Results Are In! Here Are Your Top 10 Girl Crushes Of 2015

  24-12-2015 12:57
  
  As voted by YOU!
  
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• DJ Derek sighting reported at London's Waterloo station

  24-12-2015 12:56
  
  Family of Britain’s ‘oldest DJ’ renew appeal for news of Derek Serpell-Morris’s whereabouts after lookalike photo emergesA new lead has emerged in the search for DJ Derek. A photo potentially captures “Britain’s oldest DJ” at Waterloo station in London on 23 December.While there have been other alleged sightings since his disappearance in July, the family of Derek Serpell-Morris, 74, are said to be taking the latest lead more seriously because of the sca
  
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• The Kardashians Have Revealed Their Official Christmas Card & It's All About The Younger Generation

  24-12-2015 12:33
  
  It is pretty adorable tbh...
  
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• Three One Direction Fangirls Take A Drunk One Direction Quiz, Because That's Not A Bad Idea At All

  24-12-2015 12:30
  
  Soz for all the swearing.
  
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• The playlist: the best metal of 2015 – Napalm Death, Periphery and more

  24-12-2015 12:00
  
  Metal takes the spotlight in our series rounding up the best tracks from different genres in 2015As one of the leading tech-metal bands, Periphery have more reason than most to push the genre forward. This year, they released two albums – Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega – and managed to reassert their supremacy in a rather overpopulated scene. There are plenty of more off-kilter and progressive moments spread across the double set, but Graveless goes straight for the jugular
  
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• Watch a preview of Kanye West's 'faux-dition' for American Idol

  24-12-2015 11:49
  
  The rapper has stepped up to impress the judges on the show, to celebrate the TV series’ final run, in a clip shared by Kim KardashianThere are a multitude of extracurricular activities that might be keeping Kanye West from finishing a new album: his new baby, his clothing line and his potential run for US president being just some of them. Now he can add one more preoccupation to add to his list: auditioning for American Idol.The rapper’s satirical Idol journey – apparently on
  
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• Pregnant Briana Jungwirth ‘Hints She’s Having A Hard Time Dealing With Negativity’ In Instagram Post

  24-12-2015 11:49
  
  Yeah, we’re not sure about this.
  
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• The 21 Most Dramatic Celeb Hair Transformations Of 2015

  24-12-2015 11:47
  
  Kendall Jenner's pink hair, Calum Hood's mega chop and more
  
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• Kylie Jenner Won't Be Trying Kim Kardashian's Naked Beauty Tip

  24-12-2015 11:40
  
  And this is why.
  
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• Chrissy Teigen & John Legend Have Revealed The Sex Of Their First Baby Together

  24-12-2015 11:33
  
  SO CUTE!
  
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• Justin Bieber Is Backing The NHS Charity Single For Christmas Number One & Now We Love Him Even More

  24-12-2015 10:58
  
  ALL the Christmas spirit...
  
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• Pretty Little Liars Star Sasha Pieterse Gets Engaged, & The Pictures Are Outrageously Sweet

  24-12-2015 10:48
  
  We hope A doesn’t crash the wedding.
  
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• Taylor Swift & Calvin Harris Building A Snowman Together Is The Christmas Cuteness We All Need

  24-12-2015 10:09
  
  #Talvin may have won Christmas already.
  
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• Never mind the polls: the old albums we loved revisiting in 2015

  24-12-2015 10:00
  
  From Simple Minds to Public Enemy, here are the albums our writers turned to when they’d had enough of new releasesOne of the occupational hazards of writing about music for a living is that you spend so much time listening to new releases, or stuff that you’re writing about, that you don’t often get chances to listen to the music that made you want to write in the first place. Continue reading...
  
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• 9 Essential Things Every Musician Must Have In 2016

  24-12-2015 01:15
  
   In 2008, if you didn’t have a Myspace, you didn’t exist. Well, things change quickly. Myspace is long gone, but as the digital landscape changes so rapidly make sure you have these 9 essentials going into 2016:
  1) A Website
  The only consistent online tool that remains to be a solid necessity in an ever changing social world is the official artist website. You rent space on a social platform (and they can raise the rent or kick you off – or crumble – at any mome
  
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