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• The Weeknd , Bieber earn Billboard Music Award nominations

  11-04-2016 23:16
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's a sweet day to be The Weeknd.
  
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• Led Zeppelin's Plant, Page to face 'Stairway to Heaven' trial

  11-04-2016 22:48
  Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a U.S. jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their 1971 classic "Stairway to Heaven." In a decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner in Los Angeles said "Stairway" and the 1967 instrumental "Taurus" by the band Spirit were similar enough to let a jury decide whether Plant and Page were liable for copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for the late Randy W
  
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• Judge likely to allow Blake Shelton to sue tabloid In Touch

  11-04-2016 20:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says she is inclined rule that singer Blake Shelton's defamation lawsuit against the publisher of In Touch Weekly over a story stating he was headed to rehab should proceed.
  
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• Little Mix Have Announced Which Track Will Be Their Next Single & We’re SO Excited

  11-04-2016 18:21
  
  *flicks hair*
  
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• Electric guitar, contrabass clarinet and drums: Gorecki's 2016-style makeover

  11-04-2016 18:16
  
  Repositioning the classics within the pop sphere doesn’t always yield happy results. Why - and how - has Colin Stetson chosen to ‘reimagine’ Górecki’s 3rd Symphony?Colin Stetson is an American saxophonist usually more at home with session work for the smarter US indie acts – Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, TV on the Radio - than with a symphonic score and a classically trained soprano. But this month, his latest release is a recording of a 40-year-old symphony which,
  
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• Gruff Rhys salutes Howard Marks: 'The weed he smoked would turn most humans to speechless rock'

  11-04-2016 18:14
  
  Super Furry Animals liked the drug dealer-turned-bestseller so much they put his mugshots on the cover of their debut LP. After his death, the band’s singer pays tribute to the life – and counterculture swagger – of Mr Nice The first time Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals met Howard Marks, the former drug dealer made a memorable entrance. Back in Wales after seven years in a US penitentiary, he turned up backstage at a concert in Pontypridd wearing leather trousers and a ca
  
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• David Bowie receives posthumous Billboard Music Award nomination

  11-04-2016 18:08
  
  He is nominated for his last album Blackstar.
  
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• Sexy On The Beach! Ex On The Beach 1 Star Shelby Billingham Smoulders In Bikini Pool Pics

  11-04-2016 18:00
  
  The model and reality star features in Luvbug's latest video...
  
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• Sir Tom Jones's wife Melinda Rose Woodward dies

  11-04-2016 17:47
  
  Lady Woodward has died in Los Angeles after a ‘short but fierce battle’ with cancerTom Jones’s wife Melinda Rose Woodward has died from cancer.Jones had been married to Lady Woodward for 59 years. The pair had known each other from childhood and began dating at 15. She opted to stay out of the limelight when her husband first found fame in 1965, with hit song It’s Not Unusual. Continue reading...
  
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• Gemma Styles: Looking For Your Big Break?

  11-04-2016 17:42
  
  "I’m passionate about everyone having a chance."
  
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• TE dness Drops Visuals For 'Facts' Remix

  11-04-2016 17:41
  
  Yep, another one from TE dness. This time, he's dropped visuals for his own rendition of Kanye West's 'Facts' with producer KatMunDu.
  
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• Bonkaz Drops New Track 'On The Road'

  11-04-2016 17:34
  
  After releasing visuals for ‘And Dat’ with Stormzy recently, which is taken from ‘Mixtape Of The Year’, Bonkaz has shared a new track for us to indulge in.
  
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• David Bowie gets Billboard Music Award nomination for Blackstar album

  11-04-2016 17:33
  
  David Bowie has been nominated for a posthumous Billboard Music Award for his last album Blackstar.
  
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• Tom Jones and wife Linda, the early years – in pictures

  11-04-2016 17:31
  
  Singer Tom Jones’s wife, Melinda Rose Woodward, known as Linda, has died from cancer. The pair, who began dating at 15, had been married for 59 years. Linda died at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles after a “short but fierce battle” with the illnessContinue reading...
  
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• This One Direction Fan Got To Facetime With Harry Styles For 35 Minutes And It Was Glorious

  11-04-2016 17:29
  
  With a capital G.
  
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Ashley Benson Basically Reacted Like The Rest Of Us When She Found Out About Spaleb: “Literally, I Cried”

  11-04-2016 16:35
  
  We feel you, babes.
  
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• A Definitive Ranking Of One Direction's Facial Hair Throughout The Ages

  11-04-2016 15:28
  
  DEFINITIVE WE TELL YOU!
  
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• Is The Vampire Diaries Really Ending Next Season Or Is Ian Somerhalder Just Messing With Us?

  11-04-2016 15:23
  
  :( :( :(
  
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• Watch the video for Elton John's In the Name of You

  11-04-2016 15:10
  
  Lifted from Wonderful Crazy Night, this standout track looks through John’s retro-leaning lens, featuring road trips and rollercoasters In February, the world’s biggest-selling artist released his 32nd studio album, Wonderful Crazy Night. A joyous record, it is full of his classic pop sensibility, Americana and mid-paced ballads co-penned with lyricist Bernie Taupin. “I have no fucking idea how our relationship works,” John told the Guardian of his longtime writing partne
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Scotty T Unleashes His Muscles (And Bum) As He Goes Full Magic Mike With The Dreamboys

  11-04-2016 13:41
  
  WHAT. A. CANNY. LAD.
  
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• Bibio's playlist: Don Blackman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, and more

  11-04-2016 12:59
  
  UK producer’s music of the moment includes 80s boogie, Icelandic jazz, a little-known vocalist whose voice is ‘made of oak’ and a film gemMy friend Rob Lee (of Wax Stag) put on The Box Tree one night when I went to stay with him. I remember it being the perfect choice at the time, even though I’d never heard it before. Sometime later I bought the album, twice in fact because I loved it so much I had to get it on vinyl too. I’ve never heard anything quite like this t
  
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• Gigi Hadid Reckons Zayn Is 'Naturally Good Looking And Can Do Anything'

  11-04-2016 12:22
  
  So that's great.
  
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• Watch Ariana Grande & Halsey Slay At The MTV Movie Awards

  11-04-2016 11:40
  
  See the incredible performances and more tonight from 7.30pm on MTV UK!
  
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• Nolay Slays On 'Gotta Love It'

  11-04-2016 11:34
  
  'Gotta Love It' is the first single from London's very own Nolay's up and coming EP #GrimeGutsAndGlory.
  
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• Megan McKenna Forced To Defend Cheating Allegations AGAIN In Explosive Row With TOWIE’s Chloe Lewis

  11-04-2016 11:33
  
  It's all kicking off.
  
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• Keemon! Justin Bieber Admits He's Actually 'Hooked' On Geordie Shore Just Like Us

  11-04-2016 11:32
  
  Welcome to the club, Biebs.
  
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• Farida Sweetly Sings On 'I'll Be Here'

  11-04-2016 11:27
  
  Here at MTV: The Wrap Up we've been closely following Norway's latest soul singing sensation Farida closely, since the start of 2016, she's brought up, 'Three Weeks', 'Solo Ride' and now she shares, 'I'll Be Here'.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Has Announced Three New Metallic Lip Kit Shades And We Need Them All Immediately

  11-04-2016 10:56
  
  THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
  
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• 6 Martin Garrix Remixes You Need In Your Life

  11-04-2016 10:34
  
  You know him for his massive anthems 'Animals' and 'Don't Look Down' but listen as he takes on The Weeknd, Christina Aguilera and more...
  
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• Viva loch Vegas! The first ever Scottish Elvis festival - in pictures

  11-04-2016 10:03
  
  The inaugural Scottish Elvis festival, held at the Macdonald Inchyra hotel in Falkirk, featured tribute acts from across the world performing the king’s music Continue reading...
  
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• J $tash Releases Highly Anticipated Mixtape ‘Hood Rich’

  11-04-2016 01:09
  
  Florida born rapper J $tash has steadily been rallying up a legion of loyal supporters and creating quite the buzz for himself..
  
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• Blaq Tuxedo Return With Yet Another New Release ‘10’

  11-04-2016 00:57
  
  Clearly feeling in a generous mood, Blaq Tuxedo serve up their third release since December, the incredibly infectious ‘10’.
  
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