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• Sites that shaped Chicago's sound: from Louis Armstrong's spots to Kanye's crib

  01-03-2016 21:04
  
  A healthy distance from the coasts, the city is a place where artists have felt free to experiment with music – from blues and jazz to acid house and hip-hopChicago is known for many things: deep-dish pizza, improvisational theater and, yes, grim weather. Scratch deeper and there is a profoundly rich history of music, from blues and jazz to acid house and hip-hop. Because of its location – a healthy distance from both coasts – the city has always been a place where artists have
  
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• Police advice suggests pill testing already legal, despite arrest threats

  01-03-2016 20:39
  
  Advocates and medical specialists prepared to be arrested for pill testing at Australian music festivals but say NSW laws do not ban the practicePill testing is unlikely to breach New South Wales drug possession and supply laws, NSW police legal advice has revealed, in contradiction to claims by the police minister that testers were “most likely” to be acting illegally.Details of the advice are contained in a 2005 federal Department of Health and Ageing report, seen by Guardian Austr
  
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• Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom dating: Singer moves on from John Mayer in secret Hawaii trip

  01-03-2016 19:30
  
  Rumours that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were secretly dating first started swirling when the pair were snapped whispering sweet nothings to each other at 2016 Golden Globes, but now there is hard evidence that they are more than just friends. Tinseltown's latest couple went public with their romance during a sunshine break to Hawaii, where they were photographed indulging in some PDA. The Teenage Dream singer joined the The Lord of the Rings actor at aone-man show, The Absolute Brightness Of L
  
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• Drake new album 2016 rumours: Views From The 6 to feature Skepta and Boy Better Know artists?

  01-03-2016 19:11
  
  The deadline for Drake's new album Views From The 6 is fast approaching and the rapper is seemingly putting the final touches down. Alongside the caption "Home Stretch", Drake, 29, shared a series of photos on Instagram including one that features his long-time producer Noah "40" Shebib buying bedding and a mattress from Bed, Bath And Beyond, suggesting he is in for a good night's sleep after finishing work on the album, while another image shows him performing. Following his performance at the
  
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• Classical superstar Ludovico Einaudi: I'm inspired by Eminem

  01-03-2016 19:07
  
  He has been the soundtrack to everything from The X-Factor to This Is England. Iggy Pop, Ricky Gervais and Nicki Minaj love him. And his concerts are packed with young fans. Meet Ludovico EinaudiIf you haven’t heard the music of Ludovico Einaudi, then it’s probably because you don’t know it’s by Ludovico Einaudi. For years, his muted piano music has been stealthily soundtracking TV shows and adverts, seeping into our collective consciousness while the mild-mannered Italia
  
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• Pop for politics: how candidates brand themselves with music

  01-03-2016 18:55
  
  From Katy Perry to David Bowie, the music presidential candidates blast reflects their tastes - and political personalities Even before voters get inside a Hillary Clinton campaign event, they’re confronted with Katy Perry.Clinton’s team blasts the candidate’s official playlist of mostly female-led pop ballad bangers – such as Perry’s Roar and Stronger by Kelly Clarkson – so loudly it can easily be heard by those waiting outside venues. Continue reading...
  
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• Boy Better Know’s Shorty Becomes A Football Hooligan In ‘Got No Fans’

  01-03-2016 18:15
  
  As part of the UK’s premier Grime crew, Shorty has had a first hand view of some of the biggest moments in recent Grime history. But now he’s back making some history of his own in the video for new track ‘Got No Fans’.
  
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• Dapz OTM Returns With A Powerful New Track ‘Shinobi’

  01-03-2016 18:13
  
  After making a real name for himself in the UK scene during 2015, Birmingham Grime artist Dapz OTM is back with his first release of 2016 ‘Shinobi’.
  
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• The 6 Emotional Stages Of Trying (And Failing) To Buy A Kylie Jenner Lip Kit

  01-03-2016 18:04
  
  Why do bad things happen to good people?
  
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• Behind the scenes of Philip Glass's Akhnaten at ENO – in pictures

  01-03-2016 17:55
  
  English National Opera this week opens a new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, his 1983 opera about the ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Tristram Kenton went along to rehearsals to capture the creation of what looks set to be a stunning production.Akhnaten is at the Coliseum, London, from 4 to 18 March.
  All photographs: Tristram Kenton for the GuardianContinue reading...
  
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• Fun Lovin' Criminals review – an enjoyable bask in past glories

  01-03-2016 17:47
  
  Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
  Hearing in full the band’s genre-fusing debut album, Come Find Yourself, is a reminder of how much potency has ebbed away with the yearsLord of a Somerset country pile, Saturday morning radio staple, sometime face of pet-themed light entertainment TV and occasional perpetrator of mug-based rage, it’s easy to forget just how the never-dull Huey Morgan came to matter to the British public in the first place. It’s exactly 20 years since his band Fun Lo
  
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• Music's hottest acts to perform at 2016 Essence Festival

  01-03-2016 17:13
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five-time Grammy winning rapper Kendrick Lamar is returning to the Essence Festival in New Orleans along with first-timers Jeremih, Leon Bridges and Dej Loaf.
  
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• Vicky Pattison Stuns In Bikini Selfie After Shutting Down Body Shamers With Powerful Essay

  01-03-2016 16:48
  
  Take THAT, haters.
  
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• Send Us Your Video Questions For Lawson & They Might Just Answer It On MTV

  01-03-2016 16:33
  
  If you're Lawson fan you NEED to read this...
  
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• Here's Your Chance To Ask The Geordies Anything!

  01-03-2016 16:19
  
  We're filming a special edition of 'MTV Asks' and we need youse to help us out...
  
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• Cult heroes: the Pastels – the quirky individualists at the heart of Glasgow's music scene

  01-03-2016 16:18
  
  Stephen McRobbie’s indie favourites have spent 35 years rewriting the rules, inspiring subsequent generations – and finding unlikely stardom in JapanThe Pastels long ago became a kind of shorthand for a wan, wonky and distinctly unambitious strain of guitar music that’s as niche as they come. That – the result of a reductive association with the NME’s C86 cassette – has rendered them one of the most misrepresented cult groups of their era. There’s a much
  
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• Here's The Conclusive Proof That Justin Bieber Has Completely Slayed Since His Last Birthday

  01-03-2016 16:17
  
  SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, PEOPLE
  
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• 13 Times Wearing A Bra Was The Work Of The Devil

  01-03-2016 15:45
  
  1. When you're minding your own business and the underwire stabs you right in the heart.
  
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• Empirical/Django Bates/Evan Parker review – jamming tribute to Jazz on 3

  01-03-2016 15:08
  
  Cockpit theatre, London
  Radio presenter Jez Nelson’s final BBC recording brought out a fizzy lineup of British talent to bid his influential show farewellFebruary’s edition of the Cockpit’s monthly Jazz in the Round performances had a special resonance, as it was the last recording for the BBC’s Jazz on 3 series, winding up after 18 years and 900 shows. It was an emotional night for Jo3’s devoted presenter Jez Nelson (athough his own new slot on Jazz FM is imminent)
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Jokes That Charlotte Crosby Looked Like 'A F**king Parrot' Before Her Nose Job

  01-03-2016 15:07
  
  GARY!
  
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• You’ll Never Guess What Song Lyrics Stephanie Davis & Jeremy McConnell Are Getting Matching Tattoos Of

  01-03-2016 15:06
  
  Hint: It’s not Pillowtalk
  
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• Cavern of Anti-Matter review – epic, glorious noise from Stereolab expats

  01-03-2016 15:02
  
  Moth Club, London
  The new band from Stereolab’s Tim Gane and Joe Dilworth go from raw to rampaging in a show that leaves you happily dazedHackney’s refurbished military veterans’ club is rammed to its ritzy, gold-glittered arches for the London live debut of Tim Gane’s new band. But then his former outfit, Stereolab, were one of the 1990’s most cultish, playfully intellectual, hard left-leaning adventurers in mind-bending grooves. They’ve been on hiatus since
  
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• Geordie Shore's Scotty T & Gary Beadle Reveal Their Preparation Secrets Ahead Of The Dreamboys Tour

  01-03-2016 14:29
  
  They’ve got to be in pretty good shape to be a Dreamboy...
  
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• These Are Sam Smith's 10 Official Best Selling Songs

  01-03-2016 14:01
  
  Find out which of the Oscar-winner's tracks tops the list...
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Scotty T Wants To Settle Down & Have Kids But Is He Ready To Stop Partying?

  01-03-2016 13:26
  
  Also, who’s the lucky lady?
  
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• Adele tour: Everything to know about singer's live shows including set list and surprise proposals

  01-03-2016 13:22
  
  It has taken four very long years but Adele has finally kicked off her world tour. Opening at the SSE Arena in Belfast, the Hello singer put on what has been hailed as a stellar show with killer vocals, a stunning set and even a proposal of marriage for two lucky concert-goers. Around 11,000 fans flocked to the Belfast, Northern Ireland venue on 29 February 2016 to watch the Grammy-winning superstar in action performing songs from her record-breaking third album 25.
  
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• Justin Bieber Finallly Meets Xmas No.1 Rivals The NHS Choir & High Fives Every Single One Of Them

  01-03-2016 13:06
  
  Legend.
  
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• This Video Of Kim Kardashian & Kanye West On Their First Ever Date Is Too Cute

  01-03-2016 13:01
  
  Also, who knew Kim was so musically talented?
  
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• Gustav Holst conducts the first performance of five of his Planets: 'Holst's art seems to have overreached itself'

  01-03-2016 13:00
  
  From the archive, 11 October 1920: Samuel Langford reviews Gustav Holst conducting five of his The Planets at Birmingham Town HallBirmingham is at present going headlong both for the municipalisation of music and for the civilisation of its Sunday life. It is difficult to be logical in this double endeavour. The theatres, for instance, are legally and theoretically closed, and yet the Sunday concerts are held in one of the principal theatres, and the concert to-night was mainly of operatic music
  
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• Behind The Scenes On Boohoo's Spring Campaign With YouTubers Emily Canham And Leanne Lim-Walker

  01-03-2016 12:55
  
  Get your first look at the new collection right here.
  
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• Cheryl Seems To Post Cryptic Message About Liam Payne Relationship On Instagram

  01-03-2016 12:53
  
  AGH WE’RE EXCITED.
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Holly Hagan Shows Off Amazing Transformation With Before & After Instagram Pic

  01-03-2016 12:26
  
  Her look has changed A LOT...
  
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• Rolling Stones confirm they will play Cuba at Easter

  01-03-2016 11:04
  
  ‘Historic’ concert will open door for other bands to perform in the country, according to communist party newspaper GranmaThe Rolling Stones are set to play Cuba this Easter, the band have confirmed. The Stones will perform in Havana at Ciudad Deportiva, a sports complex built in 1957. The news was announced in the country’s official newspaper Granma, which said the concert would be “a historic moment that will open the doors for other great bands to arrive in Havana&rdqu
  
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• Kiran Leonard: the art-rocker challenging the indie-lad stereotype

  01-03-2016 10:00
  
  From reanimating dead octopuses in his videos to singing about Mongolian giants, the singer-songwriter isn’t your average Manchester rockerRelated: Kiran Leonard review – oddly beautiful indie from a singular new talent Kiran Leonard is talking about the day he spent reanimating a dead octopus for his latest video. “We bought one for £8 from a fish market and threaded a piece of craft wire through every tentacle so we could walk it through a door,” he remembers. &ld
  
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• Has Frank Ocean premiered his new album at last?

  01-03-2016 09:36
  
  Video leaked online from a New York party appears to feature snippets of two songs from Frank Ocean’s follow-up to smash hit Channel OrangeFrank Ocean’s new album may finally be upon us. Reports suggest that the singer hosted an ultra-exclusive VIP listening party in New York on Sunday 28 February, with a video surfacing that may feature snippets of two of the tracks. It should be noted that a series of Soundcloud and Instagram snippets allegedly from the party have already been remo
  
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• Ellen Fullman: how to play a 100ft stringed instrument

  01-03-2016 08:30
  
  It’s got 56 strings, takes five days to install, and sounds like a prairie wind. Artist Ellen Fullman talks about why the last skirt she wore was made of metal – and how she negotiates the baggage carousel when she takes her ‘absurd’ instrument on tourThe Long String Instrument is exactly that – and then some. Stainless steel and phosphor bronze strings, 100-feet-long, are stretched taut across a room. Ellen Fullman, the instrument’s creator, places her finger
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 6-12

  01-03-2016 07:05
  
  March 6: Actor Ben Murphy is 74. Singer Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is 72. Rock musician Hugh Grundy (The Zombies) is 71. Rock singer-musician David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is 70. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 69. Singer Kiki Dee is 69. Rock singer-musician Phil Alvin (The Blasters) is 63. Actor Tom Arnold is 57. Actor D.L. Hughley is 52. Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 52. Actress Connie Britton is 49. Actress Moira Kelly is 48. Actress Amy Pietz is 47. Rock musician Chris Broderick (Megadeth) is 4
  
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• Tim Rogers, Steve Kilbey and Adalita to cover David Bowie at Sydney tribute concert

  01-03-2016 05:24
  
  Australian musicians select Bowie songs to sing at Sydney Opera House concert featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Related: Those Bowie tributes rated – from the Brits to Springsteen, Madonna to Iggy A tribute to David Bowie will be held at the Sydney Opera House in May, featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra alongside a number of high-profile Australian musicians, including You Am I’s Tim Rogers, Adalita, and Steve Kilbey from the Church. Continue reading...
  
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• Madness to stage one-day music festival on Clapham Common

  01-03-2016 01:01
  
  House of Common event in London on August bank holiday will feature 20 like-minded bands and DJsMadness are to headline their own festival in London this summer. The band have announced plans for House of Common, a one-day event on August bank holiday on Clapham Common.They will be joined at the festival on Monday 29 August by 20 like-minded bands and DJs chosen by Madness.Continue reading...
  
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• Music Review: Brit rockers the 1975 funky on sophomore album

  01-03-2016 00:17
  
  The 1975, "I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it" (Interscope)
  
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• Adele review – a lesson in control from the end of the pier

  01-03-2016 00:12
  
  SSE Arena, Belfast
  The world’s biggest-selling singer delivers a solid – if unsurprising – show on the first night of her tourThree songs into the first date of her world tour, Adele begins addressing the audience. She was told not to say anything earlier in the performance, she confesses, lest she ruin the high drama of the show’s opening: echoing atmospherics, a moody black and white film of her eyes, the singer slowly rising up on a platform at the centre of the arena,
  
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