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• MBE pride for musician Goldie

  30-12-2015 23:35
  Musician Goldie has said that being awarded an MBE is the beginning, not the end of achievement for him.
  
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• Blur frontman Damon Albarn is awarded an OBE

  30-12-2015 23:31
  
  The Blur and Gorillaz singer-songwriter has been honoured for services to music.
  
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• Epic Facebook Prankster Fools People Into Reposting Pic Of A Dog With Ham On His Face

  30-12-2015 18:37
  
  Pranksters claimed the pooch had severe burns to the face.
  
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• The best albums of 2015: Adele's 25, Justin Bieber's Purpose and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly

  30-12-2015 17:16
  
  Rihanna and Kanye West are still leaving fans waiting for their individual albums but nonetheless, 2015 was still an incredible year for albums. British superstar Adele made her unexpected return to the music scene and made her presence felt on the charts worldwide, so far selling more than seven million copies of her third album 25 in the US alone. Of course regarding sales figures and record-breaking feats, Adele is the clear winner but there are seven other albums that deserve more than just
  
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• Kings of Leon usher in 2016 with fireworks and new music

  30-12-2015 17:14
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Kings of Leon took it easy this year after finishing up their international tour for their 2013 album "Mechanical Bull," but the Grammy-winning family rock group is ready to start 2016 with a bang, literally.
  
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• 20 Times Brooklyn Beckham's Instagram Was The Most Stylish Thing On The Internet

  30-12-2015 17:05
  
  May or may not just be an excuse to look at his face for a bit.
  
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• TOWIE's Sam Faiers Gives Birth To Baby Boy & Shares Super Cute Pic To Celebrate

  30-12-2015 16:50
  
  Aww!
  
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• Obama cries as Aretha Franklin proves why she's the queen of soul

  30-12-2015 16:50
  
  Singing (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Franklin brought a tear to the president’s eye and sent Carole King, the song’s composer, into meltdownYou want to know why Aretha is the indisputable Queen of Soul? Watch this. You want to know why hacks like me send her fan mail by the week pleading for an interview, knowing there is sod-all hope, but not resenting her one smidge? Watch this. Continue reading...
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio Almost Starred In Star Wars, Batman & Spider-Man

  30-12-2015 16:14
  
  These iconic movies could have been *very* different
  
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• Harry Styles Might Just Be 5378 Miles Closer To Going Solo Than You Think

  30-12-2015 16:10
  
  GET IT?!
  
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• This Baby's Joy At Eating Bacon For The First Time Is All Of Us

  30-12-2015 15:59
  
  "BAAAAAAACOOOOON"
  
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• 2015: when music destroyed mental health stigma

  30-12-2015 15:30
  
  Candid talk about psychological illness, from Brian Harvey’s industry takedown to the Amy Winehouse documentary, dismantled stereotypes about depression in a year of refreshing opennessRead the first of our musical talking points of 2015, on gender fluidity in pop
  Read the second of our musical talking points, about rap and racismLast January, East 17 singer Brian Harvey posted a video online. Filmed in a brick-walled alleyway, it showed the musician smashing up his own platinum discs befo
  
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• Zoe Sugg & Alfie Deyes Ask For Privacy After Catching People Peeking Through Their Windows

  30-12-2015 15:05
  
  REALLY?!
  
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• Woman Shows The Realities Of Social Media With Unedited Rainbow Hair Pics

  30-12-2015 14:09
  
  Or should that be the unrealities of social media?
  
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• These Unedited Rainbow Hair Pics Show The Realities Of Social Media

  30-12-2015 14:09
  
  Or should that be the unrealities of social media?
  
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• Guns N' Roses to re-form for Coachella

  30-12-2015 13:59
  
  Axl Rose and Slash have reportedly agreed to headline Coachella festival in 2016, their first performance together since 1993Axl Rose and Slash could be about to bury the hatchet and re-form the classic lineup of Guns N’ Roses. According to reports in Billboard, the band are planning to headline Coachella festival in April 2016 along with a series of other US dates. It will be the first time Rose and Slash have played together since 1993. Billboard claims that the band are discussing the p
  
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• Lemmy interviewed in 2004: 'People don’t know how to be outrageous any more'

  30-12-2015 13:55
  
  31 May 2004: Motörhead frontman Lemmy on drugs, the failures of feminism and his favourite Andrew Lloyd Webber tuneLemmy dies at 70I’m worried I won’t recognise Lemmy, since, for reasons he is not himself coy about, he is often photographed in the middle distance, in low lighting, or under a hat. But there he is, unmistakable, stalking through the pearly LA light in black jeans, black boots, black shirt, black chest hair and a black cowboy hat, moving with the arachnoid gait of
  
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• Slipknot's Corey Taylor on Lemmy: Rest hard and loud my friend

  30-12-2015 13:42
  
  Frontman recalls being inspired by – and behaving badly with – the late Motörhead frontman, one of rock’n’roll’s greatest iconoclastsThe first time I ever saw Motörhead was on my favourite TV show at the time, The Young Ones. Mike (Christopher Ryan) pointed at the screen and belted: “Music!” Suddenly, that now familiar bass riff to Ace of Spades was punching me in the face, and I realised I was listening to one of my favourite songs for the fir
  
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• John Bradbury obituary

  30-12-2015 13:36
  
  Drummer with the Specials who mixed the drive of northern soul with a reggae feel to help create the band’s signature soundJohn Bradbury, who has died suddenly aged 62, played a crucial role in the history of the Specials, the still massively successful multiracial band that first shook up the British music scene in the late 1970s and early 80s by mixing Jamaican ska with punk energy, a bravely political stance and good humour. They were that rarity, a thoughtful band who created great dan
  
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• Ricky Rayment Strips Completely Naked For Cheeky Sun Burn Selfie

  30-12-2015 13:26
  
  The Essex lad stayed on the sun bed a bit too long...
  
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• Red Carpet Sins Of 2015

  30-12-2015 13:20
  
  Because for every fashionista, there's someone who wanted to make a statement instead.
  
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• Eamonn McCabe on Lemmy: He sent me to buy his favourite tipple, Jack Daniels

  30-12-2015 12:46
  
  In 2004, Emma Brockes and I arranged to meet Lemmy for a piece for the Guardian at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, where Marilyn Monroe met Joe DiMaggio.It was a Sunday morning and the place looked very quiet, but we hopped over some fencing and found the doors locked. Continue reading...
  
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• Liam Payne Has An Eight-Pack Now Because Six Just Clearly Wasn't Enough

  30-12-2015 12:38
  
  Next stop, ten-pack!
  
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• Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan Posts Cosy Snap With Mystery Man And We Don't Know What To Think

  30-12-2015 12:35
  
  Other than he looks proper mint...
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals Her Top 10 Instagram Selfies Of 2015

  30-12-2015 12:22
  
  Bet you can't guess what's number 1 (bet you can).
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Urges Us To ‘Be Healthier And Happier’ In Pink Bikini Selfie

  30-12-2015 12:17
  
  She looks AMAZING!
  
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• The playlist: the best reggae, dancehall and soca of 2015 – with Vybz Kartel, Protoje and Justin Bieber

  30-12-2015 12:00
  
  Even if the standout dancehall track of 2015 came from a man in prison, the Caribbean was pumping out music that infiltrated the top of the global chartsSonically interesting and fun, fun, fun, some of the best pop music in the world is coming from Trinidad. The rest of the Caribbean better watch out, because soca just might be the future. It’s difficult to pick the best from another bumper year. Machel Montano, in his final year in carnival competition, handily won the Power Soca monarch
  
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• Ought: from university joke to post-punk touring machine

  30-12-2015 12:00
  
  The band who made one of 2015’s best albums are committed to being serious – but also to having fun. The Montrealers talk about ‘disrupting bureaucracy’, challenging their fans and spotting an Arctic Monkey at one of their gigsGathered around a curry-laden table at the Brudenell Social Club in the student area of Leeds, the four members of the Montreal band Ought are remembering how it was a student protest – in Quebec, 2012, over tuition fees – that was the m
  
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• Glee Star Mark Salling Arrested On Child Porn Claims

  30-12-2015 11:49
  
  He was taken into custody on 29th December...
  
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• Rob Kardashian 'Rushed To Hospital And Diagnosed With Diabetes'

  30-12-2015 11:47
  
  The KUWTK star hasn't been seen in public since June 2015.
  
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• Louis Vuitton Unveil Lightning From Final Fantasy As Their Newest Model

  30-12-2015 11:39
  
  Because using real people is so 2015.
  
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• Rihanna's rumoured boyfriend Travis Scott to blame for delayed release of Anti? Rapper fires back

  30-12-2015 11:16
  
  It has been subjected to several delays throughout 2015 and now Rihanna's reported boyfriend Travis Scott is being blamed for the no-show of the singer's new album, Anti. Accusations emerged claiming the G.O.O.D. Music rapper was trying to take control of Rihanna's eighth album but the 23-year-old has slammed the false reports. Songwriter Glass John, who is said to have penned the song Kiss It Better for Anti, launched a Twitter rant claiming the track's producer, Scott, was halting the song fro
  
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• Kylie Jenner Wants To Live On A Farm Without Her Phone, But Does This Mean No More Snapchat?!

  30-12-2015 10:18
  
  We can't live in a world without KJ SC.
  
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• Rocker Cui Jian says his music hasn't changed but China has

  30-12-2015 10:07
  BEIJING (AP) — China's godfather of rock Cui Jian says his basic message of personal freedom hasn't changed on his new album, even if the world around him has.
  
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• Kanye's haters and Taylor Swift's 'feminism': our favourite music features of 2015

  30-12-2015 10:00
  
  Morrissey’s novel put us to sleep, Gary Glitter’s fanbase came out in force and we revisited the rock’n’roll groupie … here are our writers’ most memorable stories of the yearBy Michael Hann Continue reading...
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Reveals She Hates New Year's Eve And We Really Don't Blame Her

  30-12-2015 09:18
  
  Even though she probs gets all of the invites.
  
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• Scars

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Scars
  
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• Saving My Life (Ft. ROMANS)

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Saving My Life
  
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• Please Eloise

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Please Eloise
  
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• Josephine

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Josephine
  
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• For A Better Day [Explicit]

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  For A Better Day [Explicit]
  
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• Cheater

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Cheater
  
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• Back Around

  30-12-2015 04:08 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Back Around
  
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