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• Kesha goes to court in NYC over clash with producer Dr. Luke

  19-02-2016 20:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Kesha appeared in a New York City courtroom Friday in the latest chapter of her long-running legal dispute with the music producer Dr. Luke.
  
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• Philip George Premieres New Tune 'Feel This Way' & We Want To Go Dancing NOW

  19-02-2016 19:05
  
  #FeelGoodFriday just felt even better!
  
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• Lukas Graham Celebrate Another Week At The Top Of The Official UK Singles Chart With ‘7 Years’

  19-02-2016 19:00
  
  Two weeks and counting!
  
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• Shia LeBeouf Is Spending 24 Hours In A Lift Because Of Course He Is

  19-02-2016 18:57
  
  #ASPIRETOSHIA
  
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• 44 Shades Of Rihanna

  19-02-2016 18:27
  
  The prettiest rainbow EVER.
  
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• Emma Watson’s Taking A Year Off From Acting For All The Right Reasons

  19-02-2016 18:19
  
  She’ll still be keeping very busy
  
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• Rihanna | Style File 2.0

  19-02-2016 18:13
  
  In honour of her birthday ofc...
  
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• 28 Times Rihanna DGAF What Anyone Thought

  19-02-2016 17:42
  
  Because everyone loves a birthday Bad Gal…
  
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• Rejjie Snow Releases Second Track Of The Week ‘Late Again’

  19-02-2016 17:40
  
  If this stellar track is any indication of what more is in store from the young artist, we cannot wait to hear what else he has cooking up in the studio.
  
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• Rihanna delays world tour, postponing eight shows and cancelling two more

  19-02-2016 17:30
  
  Stops in Texas, California, Atlanta, Phoenix and New Orleans rescheduled‘Logistical reasons’ blamed as Sunderland and Cardiff dates scrappedDays after cancelling her Grammys performance, Rihanna has cancelled two shows and delayed the start of her coming world tour. Related: Rihanna's Anti sold fewer than 1,000 copies in a week. Is it a flop?Continue reading...
  
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• 8 Reasons Why Rihanna’s The Best At Snapchat

  19-02-2016 17:09
  
  Soz, Kylie Jenner.
  
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• Dwayne Johnson & Kevin Hart Revealed As MTV Movie Awards Hosts 2016!

  19-02-2016 17:03
  
  And YOU get to tell them what to do.
  
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• Just say no: 10 things David Bowie turned down

  19-02-2016 16:49
  
  Dave Grohl is only the latest to have revealed his rejection by David Bowie. Here are 10 of Bowie’s very best snubs …News broke this week that David Bowie refused the offer to work with Dave Grohl, making him one of the few musicians ever not to have collaborated with the Foo Fighters’ leader. To be fair, nothing has emerged featuring Grohl performing with Father Abraham and the Smurfs, either, though we’ve heard rumours there’s a bootleg on the internet of the Foo
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Strips Off For Sexy Instagram Selfie Ahead Of Dreamboys Tour

  19-02-2016 16:41
  
  Look at those abs!
  
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• Bruce Springsteen announces four UK stadium shows for the summer

  19-02-2016 16:18
  
  The Boss brings The River to Manchester, Glasgow, Coventry and LondonBruce Springsteen has announced four UK stadium shows for this summer. He brings the E Street Band to Britain for The River tour, in which he plays the entirety of his 1980 double album, finishing his set with a selection of highlights from the rest of his career. Springsteen will play the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on 25 May, Hampden Park in Glasgow on 2 June, Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 3 June, and Wembley Stadium in London
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Shares Naked FaceTime Belfie With Charlotte Crosby As She Opens Up About Their Relationship

  19-02-2016 16:14
  
  It's pretty naughty...
  
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• VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson Reveals Her Biggest Turn On In Bed & It's Not What You Would Expect

  19-02-2016 15:35
  
  Oh Marns, you're making us blush!
  
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• 5SOS - Sounds Live Feels Live Tour: What We Know So Far...

  19-02-2016 15:13
  
  MUKE LIVES!
  
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• Bibi Bourelly Unleashes 'Sally'

  19-02-2016 15:10
  
  I am so happy Bibi is coming out of her songwriting shell, and taking centre stage to show the world her amazing voice.
  
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• Slave to the algorithm? How music fans can reclaim their playlists from Spotify

  19-02-2016 15:00
  
  Streaming services may have an uncanny feel for our tastes, but what have they done to our relationship with music? In this extract from his latest book, Ben Ratliff recommends ways to start listening for ourselves againThe big news in music over the past 10 years or so may not be Kanye or Adele or Taylor but you, the listener. Access is power, and a great deal of the history of western music, and much else besides, is now in your phones or on your desks, via YouTube or a streaming service &ndas
  
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• Sheffield's Coco Shares 'Big N Serious'

  19-02-2016 14:54
  
  'Big N Serious' fuses the grime and a dash of hip-hop. Coco brings the grime to the table with his wordplay and smooth Sheffield flow.
  
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• New band of the week: Dream Wife (No 91)

  19-02-2016 14:50
  
  Icelandic-Brightonian three-piece with the attitude of New York punks and pizazz of disco queens
  Hometown: Brighton, London, Reykjavik. The lineup: Rakel Mjöll (lead vocals), Alice Go (guitar, vocals), Bella Podpadec (bass, vocals). Continue reading...
  
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• Wayne Shorter/JLCO review – bravura and cool as jazz giant comes to town

  19-02-2016 14:39
  
  Barbican, London
  Wynton Marsalis’s 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra did a good job of keeping up with saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s unleashed improvisationsWynton Marsalis’s spirited and long-running Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra often devote their shows to the legacies of pioneers, late or living – but they could hardly have picked a more charismatic guest for the opening night of their current Barbican residency. The work of Wayne Shorter, the 82 year-old saxo
  
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• Veronica Vasicka’s favourite tracks

  19-02-2016 14:00
  
  The New York DJ and Minimal Wave records founder empties the contents of her psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Let's Eat Grandma’s Deep Six Textbook: the best of this week’s new music

  19-02-2016 14:00
  
  Let’s Eat Grandma | Sheer Mag | Vant | Sannie | Mr FingersPICK OF THE WEEKContinue reading...
  
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• From Kanye West to The 1975, the dos and don'ts of naming your album

  19-02-2016 14:00
  
  Albums like Kanye’s The Life Of Pablo and The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It suggest our stars need some direction with the names of their records. Luckily, help is on hand...Naming your new record is a tricky business, like trying to throw a dart at the bullseye of posterity while blindfolded. Kanye West recently seemed to have outsourced the task, getting his wife to gauge interest in possible album titles with an internet-breaking Twi
  
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• Be play One review – mesmerising music from 12 musicians and 40,000 bees

  19-02-2016 13:50
  
  Nottingham Arts theatre
  The debut performance of music written by the Be collective, and using the sounds of bees, is startingly beautiful, reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient albumsOutside the venue, ushers in beekeeper’s outfits of white overalls and mesh masks hand out programmes for a performance by 40,000 bees and 12 musicians. It’s the live debut of a piece composed to accompany artist Wolfgang Buttress’s sculpture The Hive, the award-winning UK pavilion at Milan Exp
  
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• VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Once Played For A Premier League Football Academy, But Which One?

  19-02-2016 13:49
  
  It was a great moment for the Geordie lad.
  
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• Rihanna Delays 'Anti' Tour And Cancels Dates

  19-02-2016 13:49
  
  A number of Rihanna's UK concerts for her upcoming world tour have been cancelled due to "logistical reasons". Fans have been told Rihanna's shows in Cardiff on 16 June and Sunderland on 18 June have both been cancelled. Sunderland AFC's commercial director Gary Hutchinson said: "Unfortunately this is something that can happen with major tours and naturally we are sorry for those concert-goers who were looking forward to the show.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan Proves She's A 32 Degree Babe In Bikini Selfie

  19-02-2016 13:42
  
  What a worldie.
  
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• The Marriage of Figaro review – whirlwind pace and slick humour

  19-02-2016 13:24
  
  Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
  Anna Devin as Susanna sparkles and ensemble work is tight in Welsh National Opera’s production of Mozart’s perfect opera This second part of Welsh National Opera’s continuing Figaro Forever trilogy goes some way to making up for the deficit left by The Barber of Seville, but even Mozart’s perfect opera gets its share of directorial contrivance. For supposed contemporary resonance to balance the period costume, Tobias Richter adds the frami
  
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• Boxer Braids Tutorial: How To Do The A-List's New Favourite Hairstyle

  19-02-2016 12:54
  
  Get the look with minimal effort.
  
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• Rihanna Postpones Her Anti World Tour And Cancels Two UK Dates

  19-02-2016 12:25
  
  The world needs to wait a little longer for RiRi’s tour.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Is Taking On Kylie Jenner With An Amazing Glow In The Dark Makeup Palette

  19-02-2016 11:58
  
  *Cue dramatic music*
  
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• F**K It Fridays: Chris Pratt

  19-02-2016 11:41
  
  Celebrating the power of just saying 'F**K IT'
  
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• New Music Out This Week: Jake Bugg, Jack Garratt, FKA twigs, Tove Lo & More

  19-02-2016 11:36
  
  Get your fill of this week's brand new music here...
  
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• This Video Of Adele Pranking Jamba Juice Employees With The Help Of Ellen DeGeneres Is The Best Thing Ever

  19-02-2016 11:35
  
  She literally eats wheatgrass.
  
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• Think you're a loser? Sub Pop wants to send you to college

  19-02-2016 11:03
  
  The Seattle record label offers ‘loser scholarships’ to those willing to describe their biggest failure and how it brought them closer to their goalsSub Pop, the label that fomented the grunge revolution and launched Nirvana upon the world, is also a caring, sharing company, dedicated to ensuring that even those who have bypassed the traditional measures of success get a chance. In fact, it’s not willing to support winners in any way; instead it is offering college funding to t
  
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• Zayn Malik Responds To Copyright Claims Over Album Artwork

  19-02-2016 10:18
  
  He wants you to use your brain.
  
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• Miami police union calls for boycott of Beyoncé's show in the city

  19-02-2016 10:17
  
  Javier Ortiz, president of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police, says the singer ‘does not support law enforcement’A Miami police union has announced its plans to boycott Beyoncé’s concert in the city on 26 April. Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police, which represents 1,100 officers, issued a statement saying the singer sought to “divide Americans by promoting the Black Panthers and her anti-police message shows how she does not supp
  
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• The Guardian Radio Hour with Richard Dawson – listen live at 2pm

  19-02-2016 10:00
  
  The cult Geordie avant-folk musician is the sixth guest in our radio series on east London station NTS, with a distinctly leftfield playlist dedicated to unaccompanied singingListen live below at 2pmMore about the Guardian Radio Hour seriesRichard Dawson won’t be a household name just yet – but he is one of the UK’s most gifted musicians. His unhinged ditties, as on his 2014 album Nothing Important, have been described by the Guardian’s Michael Hann as the “distinct
  
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• The Guardian Radio Hour with Richard Dawson

  19-02-2016 10:00
  
  The cult Geordie avant-folk musician was our sixth guest in our radio series on east London station NTS, with a distinctly leftfield playlist dedicated to unaccompanied singingMore about the Guardian Radio Hour seriesRichard Dawson won’t be a household name just yet – but he is one of the UK’s most gifted musicians. His unhinged ditties, as on his 2014 album Nothing Important, have been described by the Guardian’s Michael Hann as the “distinctly English folk equival
  
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• Live now - The Guardian Radio Hour with Richard Dawson

  19-02-2016 10:00
  
  The cult Geordie avant-folk musician is the sixth guest in our radio series on east London station NTS, with a distinctly leftfield playlist dedicated to unaccompanied singingListen live below at 2pmMore about the Guardian Radio Hour seriesRichard Dawson won’t be a household name just yet – but he is one of the UK’s most gifted musicians. His unhinged ditties, as on his 2014 album Nothing Important, have been described by the Guardian’s Michael Hann as the “distinct
  
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• No such thing as bad PR: Is social media saving or damaging the music industry?

  19-02-2016 08:15
  
  With major artists taking control of their social media outpourings, their PRs increasingly exercise damage limitation. But how far can they court controversy?Rarely a day passes without the words “online spat” or “Twitter tirade” passing the lips of any entertainment reporter. The many terms to describe a litany of social-media fallouts and fluff-ups have become a depressingly frequent part of the modern journalistic vernacular: outrageous statements are made, passive-ag
  
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• Missy Higgins releases Oh Canada, inspired by drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi: 'I cry every time I watch it'

  19-02-2016 02:35
  
  Animated video clip with pictures drawn by refugee and displaced children tells story of journey of Kurdi and his family after fleeing Syria for CanadaAward-winning Australian artist Missy Higgins has released a song and video clip inspired by Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach last year. Oh Canada tells the story of the three-year-old who was found dead in September after fleeing Syria for Canada, with his brother and their parents. Alan’s father Ab
  
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• Missy Higgins releases Oh Canada, inspired by drowning of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi – video

  19-02-2016 02:18
  
  Australian singer Missy Higgins’s new song, Oh Canada, is a reaction to the powerful image that made news all over the world last year, of the body of the young refugee Alan Kurdi, who had died at sea, being carried from the water by a soldier. All profits from the song will go to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. The drawings in the video clip are by children in Caritas programs in Damascus and World Vision programs in Beirut. Caritas and World Vision have helped millions of people affec
  
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• Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Example & Tough Love Confirmed For MTV Crashes Plymouth 2016!

  19-02-2016 01:01
  
  Hurry up July!
  
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