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• 19 Ways to Kill a Great Tour

  22-01-2016 22:56
  
  (1) Eating lots of fast food.
  You think it’s cheap and easy.  But it’s actually a lot more expensive than a healthy meal from the supermarket, which offers far better energy for demanding treks.  “You can go to a supermarket and feed your entire band for $20,” explained Peter Sotos of Epic Proportions Tour during a recent, ‘Smart Touring’ panel at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA.
  (2) Forgetting your merch at home.
  You just lost a ton of money (and you
  
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• Celine Dion's husband honored in elaborate Montreal funeral

  22-01-2016 22:54
  By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian political leaders and entertainers joined award-winning singer Celine Dion on Friday in honoring the life of her husband, René Angélil, the man who plucked her out of childhood obscurity and propelled her to international fame. Wearing a black filigree veil and a black dress, Dion entered the church with their 5-year-old twins, Eddy and Nelson, also in black and wearing black hats over their flowing hair, holding her hands. Before th
  
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• Adele Beats PSY as the Fastest Artist to Hit One Billion YouTube Views

  22-01-2016 19:39
  
  Adele’s gone and done it again.  In just 87 days, her hit single Hello has hit a billion views on YouTube, a brand new record.
  Adele’s third album, 25, which was released in November was the most popular of 2015, and it has now smashed PSY’s Gangnam Style record (158 days to hit a billion).
  According to YouTube, there are 17 videos which have hit a billion views. Up until a few years ago, only PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ and Justin Bieber&r
  
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• The Only Proof You Need That Louis Tomlinson's Baby Is Going To Be The Cutest Kid Ever

  22-01-2016 19:09
  
  The feels are way too real right now.
  
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• VOTE: What Should Louis Tomlinson Name His Son?

  22-01-2016 19:02
  
  We have some (rather ridiculous) suggestions...
  
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• Shawn Mendes Finally Knocks Justin Bieber Off The UK No.1 Spot With 'Stitches'

  22-01-2016 19:00
  
  YES SHAWN!
  
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• OD On Mullally's ''Overdose'

  22-01-2016 18:54
  
  "Overdose" emits elements of funk, groove and oozes sexiness through Maullay's impressive vocals,
  
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• Lip Sync Battle UK: Jorgie Porter Uses Her Jungle Shower Training For Steamy Britney Spears 'Slave 4 U' Performance

  22-01-2016 18:46
  
  No snakes, however.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson Reckons Gemma Collins Would 'Look Unreal If She Lost Weight'

  22-01-2016 18:24
  
  Awkward!
  
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• Louis Tomlinson And Briana Jungwirth Welcome A Baby Boy

  22-01-2016 18:07
  
  ALRIGHT THEN.
  
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• 6 Things We Learned From Emma Watson's HeForShe Campaign's First Report

  22-01-2016 17:53
  
  Emma and co. are making great strides towards gender equality
  
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• Mariah Carey and James Packer engaged: Timeline of couple's whirlwind romance before $7m proposal

  22-01-2016 17:38
  
  Wedding bells are soon to ring for power couple Mariah Carey and James Packer, who have reportedly gotten engaged. The Australian businessman is said to have proposed to the US singer at a private dinner in New York on 21 January 2016, almost a year after they began dating. Confirming the engagement, reps for Carey told Daily Mail Australia: "Yes, the couple were engaged tonight in New York." It will be the third time the Grammy-winning singer has walked down the aisle, following her marriage to
  
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• Are The Oscars Racist? 40 White Nominees, 0 Black in Two Years…

  22-01-2016 17:33
  
  Since the Oscars award nominations were announced on January 14th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been under serious fire.  For the second consecutive year, all twenty nominees in the major acting categories were white.This observation was widely recognized and sparked the revival of the infamous twitter hash tag #OscarsSoWhite from last year.  But the backlash seems to be much bigger this year, and things got interesting when Jada Pinkett Smith stepped in an
  
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• Club MTV and MTV Trax Have Your Friday Mix!

  22-01-2016 17:24
  
  Start your weekend right with tunes from Craig David, Blinkie, Philip George, 99 Souls and more...
  
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• Mourners pay respects to Celine Dion's husband

  22-01-2016 16:54
  MONTREAL - Public visitors, including fans of Celine Dion, paid their respects on Thursday to the Canadian singer's husband and manager Rene Angelil, who died last week following a long battle with cancer. According to broadcaster CBC, Dion stood by Angelil's open casket in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal during the day. "We really don't know them on a personal basis, but from knowing them for all these years ... you see them and you follow them all your life and it feels like it's your fami
  
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• New Music Out This Week: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Steve Angello, AlunaGeorge, & More!

  22-01-2016 16:39
  
  New week, new tunes!
  
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• This Is Why Your iPhone Keeps Dying When It Says It Still Has 50% Battery

  22-01-2016 16:36
  
  Luckily there's a quick fix to sort it.
  
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• Foxes Needs Your Video Questions!

  22-01-2016 16:22
  
  We're going 'In The Zone' with the amazing Foxes soon and we want YOU to be part of the show...
  
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• This Pretty Little Liars Fan Theory About 6B’s Killer Is A Total Game Changer

  22-01-2016 15:53
  
  Like, this will blow your mind.
  
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• The BFG Teaser Poster Is Here & We're Feeling All Nostalgic

  22-01-2016 15:31
  
  ALL THE FEELS.
  
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• Is Louis Tomlinson A Dad Now? #WelcomeBabyTomlinson Has The Answer, Kind Of

  22-01-2016 15:23
  
  It's a complicated area.
  
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• Vivienne Westwood's New Menswear Collection Features Rose Gold Penis Pendants

  22-01-2016 14:58
  
  Because who doesn't want a rose gold dick to hang around their next?
  
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• Little Simz Is The First Independent UK Artist To Make The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List

  22-01-2016 14:55
  
  Little Simz has just been named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for Europe.
  
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• Origin Drops Visuals For Latest Single "Amber"

  22-01-2016 13:41
  
  Origin blends hip-hop and R&B in this latest one produced by Balou
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Gemma Collins Reckons She's Pregnant And It's Making Her Hysterical

  22-01-2016 13:38
  
  And breathe....
  
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• TE dness Shares Latest Mixtape "Not Much Longer 2016"

  22-01-2016 13:24
  
  TE dress is tired, tired of not being recognised and this year he's ready to make sure you pay attention
  
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• EXCLUSIVE! Pretty Little Liars’ Ashley Benson Is Still Fully Team #Haleb And We Couldn’t Agree More

  22-01-2016 13:14
  
  Giving us all the Haleb feels.
  
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• Is The Colour Correcting Trend Going To Be The New Clown Contouring?

  22-01-2016 13:02
  
  This video evidence suggests yes.
  
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• The Sexiest Spoilers From The Second Ep Of Ex On The Beach 4!

  22-01-2016 12:59
  
  Cover your eyes, people...
  
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• Beyonce new album 2016: Singer to announce stadium tour at Super Bowl after Adele mania dies down?

  22-01-2016 12:59
  
  After a short spell away, Beyonce looks set to reclaim her place on the throne with reports that the singer will announce a new album and tour at the Super Bowl 2016. Sources claim the Flawless singer had initially planned to release her sixth studio album towards the end of 2015, but put the project on hold when singer Adele made an unexpected comeback. Beyonce, 34, will join headliners Coldplay on stage at the NFL Super Bowl's half-time show on 7 February 2016.
  
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• Ex On The Beach Spoiler: Scotty T's Grafting Pays Off As He Enjoys Steamy Night With Nancy-May

  22-01-2016 12:58
  
  Watch the Geordie lad put the moves on in this preview clip...
  
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• Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth’s Engagement 2.0 Has Been ‘Confirmed’ & All Is Right With The World Again

  22-01-2016 12:51
  
  PRAISE THE LORD.
  
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• Struggling To Get Up In The Morning? You Need This Alarm Clock That Forces You To Take A Selfie

  22-01-2016 12:44
  
  It's a game changer…
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Scotty T Gets Cheeky With A Basically Naked Megan McKenna

  22-01-2016 12:32
  
  Where have all her clothes gone?
  
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• For the First Time Ever, Older Albums Are Out-Selling Newer Albums

  22-01-2016 08:20
  
  If albums are still worth billions of dollars, then a majority of those billions are now going to older releases.  According to US-based data just released by Nielsen Music, older, ‘catalog’ albums outsold newly-released albums in 2015, the first time that has ever happened.
    
  Nielsen categorizes an album as ‘catalog’ when its release date is more than 18 months ago.  In almost all cases, an album has exhausted its new-release sales energy after that
  
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• Is Mariah Carey engaged to her billionaire boyfriend James Packer?

  22-01-2016 06:54
  
  The Australian billionaire is said to have gone down on one knee with a 35 carat diamond ring. According to a report by E!, the songstress and her boyfriend of eight months got engaged on 21 January in New York when Packer popped the question to Carey in front of her close friends at a private dinner at Eleven Madison Park. If the rumours are true then this looks to be a fast romance for the couple who only started dating in June 2015, a few months after Carey split from musician and actor Nick
  
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• UGH! [Explicit]

  22-01-2016 04:10 via mtv.co.uk
  
  UGH!
  
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• 5 Music Industry Schemes That Still Exploit Artists

  22-01-2016 03:19
  
  Let me start by saying that this article is going to piss a lot of people off.  If you’re one of the millions (yes millions) of independent artists/producers out there trying to make something of yourself, you’re going to love what I’m about to tell you.  If you’re one of the shady opportunists still trying to “hustle” your way into a quick buck, you’re going to hate me. I must be totally unapologetic about this.  I don’t care eithe
  
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• Adele's 'Hello' Fastest to Reach 1 Billion Views on YouTube

  22-01-2016 02:31
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sorry, Psy. Adele has outpaced the South Korean pop star on the race to 1 billion views on YouTube.
  
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