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• Opera companies urged to break out of 'ghetto' to find new audiences

  10-05-2016 23:30
  
  Graham Vick, maverick founder of Birmingham Opera Company, lambasts increasingly privatised art funding at classical music world’s Oscars Opera companies need to get out of their “ghetto” where they are protected by concepts of excellence and artistic integrity and find new audiences on their own ground, the director Graham Vick has told a gathering of the movers and shakers of Britain’s classical music world. Continue reading...
  
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• Graham Vick: 'You do not need to be educated to be touched, to be moved and excited by opera'

  10-05-2016 23:30
  
  Graham Vick was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. This is a transcript of his speech.
  Any work of art worth its salt contains the demand for change. So it’s no surprise that our most conservative of countries should feel challenged by the very concept of art, just as it’s always been challenged by the concept of religion; never more so than now. But King Canute got his feet wet, change happens and the country of my childhood, which struggled to pull t
  
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• Other Music's closure after two decades is a tragedy for New York's crate-diggers

  10-05-2016 22:01
  
  It’s no surprise to see another small business fall prey to gentrification, but the loss of this record store and its knowledgable staff is a particularly bitter blow“When Other Music closes, I’m going to move to LA.” That’s the refrain my friends would hear me say from time to time when talk of whether I would finally wise up and move my struggling film-maker butt to a city where there’s actually real work. But it was actually that simple. The New York of my
  
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• Diamanda Galás: 'I’ve sung gospel music when in great despair'

  10-05-2016 21:29
  
  The gothic vocalist is back in New York to bring her latest concept piece to one of Harlem’s most famous churches. Just don’t expect a sermon from herDiamanda Galás is going to church this week. As one of the most extreme singers operating today, she favours subject matter that’s found on the dark side of the alleyway. Her work is obsessed with death, disease, fornication, suicide, misery, melancholy, madness and all that other stuff from the Bible.Perhaps fittingly, the
  
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• Colorado inmate claims Prince is his father, seeks DNA test

  10-05-2016 20:03
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Colorado prison inmate has filed a paternity claim with a Minnesota court against the estate of Prince, the latest claimant in what could grow into a long line of people asserting that they're entitled to a piece of the musician's fortune.
  
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• UK prosecutors consider charges against singer Cliff Richard

  10-05-2016 18:38
  LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors are considering whether to pursue criminal charges against singer Cliff Richard over alleged sex abuse several decades ago.
  
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• Justin Bieber Goes For A Barefoot Walk In Boston, Doesn't Want To Be Spoken To

  10-05-2016 18:20
  
  He just wanted some me time, okay?
  
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• Ash Koosha: 'I try to avoid any indication that I’m doing anything political'

  10-05-2016 17:33
  
  The Iranian-born, London-based musician is taking futurism to new levels on his album, I AKA I. He talks with the Guardian about his past at the Tehran Conservatory of Music and his present in exileAshkan Kooshanejad is obsessed with the future. In conversation, it seems like he has already been there. The London-based, Tehran-born artist, known as Ash Koosha, talks of a world where iPhones are embedded below our skin, where humans take agency over digital existence, where our devices will be a
  
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• Cult heroes: Danny Fields – the 60s and 70s scenester who made punk happen

  10-05-2016 17:27
  
  The former Doors publicist and Warhol Factory member who got the Stooges a record deal and managed the Ramones was there during the most epochal moments of rock history. You can blame him for the Bay City Rollers, tooA mixed blessing of social media is that it allows pop stars to convey their thoughts directly to fans. While it can be painful to read the unpunctuated trumpetings of some YouTube embryo, it represents a much better deal for fans than was the case in the 1970s, when teen magazines
  
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• Geordie Shore From Sh*gs To Riches Part 2: What Have The Returning Cast Been Up To?!

  10-05-2016 17:20
  
  Guess who's back...
  
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• This is The Real Reason Why Blac Chyna Is Changing Her Name To Angela Renee Kardashian

  10-05-2016 17:01
  
  Hmmm.
  
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• Competition! Win A Mint Weekend In Newcastle and £500 Cash To Celebrate Geordie Shore Big Birthday Battle

  10-05-2016 17:00
  
  You could be living it up in the toon...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Stands By Nose Job Decision After Grilling On Loose Women

  10-05-2016 16:48
  
  Go on Char!
  
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• Go Pure Radge With Geordie Shore's Big Birthday Battle Belters Playlist!

  10-05-2016 16:30
  
  Get mortal to these massive tunes used in the latest series...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Scotty T Reveals He Fancies Ellie Goulding & Can't Wait To Take Her Out Again

  10-05-2016 16:06
  
  She's pretty much an honorary Geordie now…
  
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• Meghan Trainor Pulls Video Over 'Photoshopping'

  10-05-2016 15:40
  
  American singer Meghan Trainor has had her latest music video removed from the internet after claiming producers altered her body shape. The 22-year-old revealed she pulled the Me Too video because "they Photoshopped the c**p out of me". The video premiered on Vevo on Monday but did not last long after Trainor and her fans noticed her waist had been made smaller.
  
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• Angel Releases Studio-Led Visuals For 'Rude Boy' Remix

  10-05-2016 15:20
  
  Speaking on the remix, Angel said that putting the remix together was completely organic – and that it was all about good vibes and good people. And this energy is more than apparent in the video.
  
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• LSO/Andsnes/Flor review – nuanced and alive

  10-05-2016 14:50
  
  Barbican, London
  The indisposition of Daniel Harding meant that Leif Ove Andsnes directed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 20 from the keyboard in a classy performanceSometimes, if you want a job doing you have to do it yourself. This was the first of the Artist Portrait concerts the LSO is putting on in London for pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, a repeat of the event that had opened the Brighton festival the day before. Both were to have been conducted by Daniel Harding but, with Harding ill, it fell
  
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• Ryan Gosling And Eva Mendes Welcome Their Second Child Together

  10-05-2016 13:26
  
  Another mini Gosling is here!
  
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• Kronos Quartet review – sonic Slinkys and exploding bombs

  10-05-2016 13:24
  
  Barbican, London
  The virtuoso ensemble performed no less than six UK premieres, with Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Bombs of Beirut providing an explosive finaleEntirely new in Kronos’s Barbican programme was Seiche by Martin Green (of folk group Lau), whose title refers to a form of wave and which made memorable use of two of Green’s newly invented Kronoscillators – stretched out and amplified Slinkys whose sonic impact proved every bit as extraordinary as the sight of them being p
  
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• Yungen Drops New Summer Smash, 'Take My Number', Alongside Angel

  10-05-2016 13:16
  
  On the track we hear the guys rap about trying to get with a girl who is already taken. Angel serenades us with his sweet vocals and tells us to take his number "in case he’s not the one", whilst Yungen goes straight in with lyrics like, "I’m not tryna be a homewrecker, all I’m saying is that my home’s better".
  
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• There’s Actually A Scientific Reason You Hate The Word ‘Moist’

  10-05-2016 12:54
  
  Gave us the heebie jeebies even writing that word.
  
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• Dawn Richard Debuts New EP ‘Infrared’

  10-05-2016 12:51
  
  Produced by Kingdom and released through FadeToMind, ‘Infrared’ easily stands strong as one of Dawn’s best releases to date. From the futuristic production to Dawn’s renowned vocals, ‘Infrared’ is a 4 track genre-bending collection that is certain to have you hooked from the first listen.
  
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• 24 Amazing Moments You Forgot Happened At Glastonbury Festival

  10-05-2016 12:45
  
  From Bey to Jay, Glasto is simply the best.
  
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• Yung Lean review – Sad Boys say it with a fistful of flowers

  10-05-2016 12:38
  
  Art School, Glasgow
  The Swedish rapper and his crew keep their teenage fans jumping for joy with a twisted, trippy production and a showering of red rosesSwedish rapper Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad AKA Yung Lean has notched up millions of streams, Justin Bieber practically wants to be him and tonight, as he concludes a world tour, he has an audience of teenage and early twentysomething peers eating out of his palm. Happy days for the most melancholy man in hip-hop.The 19-year-old Stockholm
  
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• Talay Riley Releases Brand New Track ‘Not Enough’

  10-05-2016 12:36
  
  Premiering his fresh new track ‘Not Enough’, Talay shows off his incredible vocal prowess and impressive songwriting. Incorporating elements of R&B, funk and groove across the track, ‘Not Enough’ is a pure vibe.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson Admits She's 'Shocked' By The Reaction She's Received Since Coming Out As Bisexual - EXCLUSIVE

  10-05-2016 12:36
  
  Speaking exclusively to MTV, the Newcastle lass told us that she was expecting to receive harsh criticism for coming out as bi...
  
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• Here’s Your First Look At One Direction’s Appearance On Family Guy

  10-05-2016 12:20
  
  Great stubble.
  
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• Pet Shop Boys' new video proves they're the ultimate singles band

  10-05-2016 12:19
  
  We’re premiering the video for Pet Shop Boys’ new single Twenty-something. Why should you care? Because they’re the masters of the one-track masterpieceCall a group a “singles band” still and it feels like a barb. Perhaps it’s because singles began life as cynical, commerce-boosting products, and that legacy has lingered (“The new 7in record ensures you greater profit through faster turnover!” crowed RCA, so romantically, at the format’s laun
  
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• Meghan Trainor Pulls 'Me Too' Music Video After Realising Her Waist Was Photoshopped

  10-05-2016 12:15
  
  Not. Cool.
  
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• This Is How You Do Your Entire Makeup Using Nothing But Kylie Jenner Lip Kits

  10-05-2016 12:01
  
  Including True Brown K to do her brows.
  
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• Liam Payne And Cheryl Make Their Red Carpet Debut At The Global Gift Gala in Paris

  10-05-2016 11:27
  
  LOOK AT THEM.
  
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• Chloe Moretz Finally Confirms She's Dating Brooklyn Beckham

  10-05-2016 11:22
  
  Ah, young love.
  
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• Zayn Drops Music Video For New Single 'Like I Would' & We're Obsessed

  10-05-2016 11:10
  
  It's SO good...
  
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• 15 Teeny Tiny Celeb Tattoos That Will Make You Want One Too

  10-05-2016 11:07
  
  Inspo from Justin Bieber, Cara Delevingne and Kylie Jenner.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Teases Gaz Beadle Gossip In Exclusive New 'Me Me Me' Autobiography Chapter

  10-05-2016 10:57
  
  Including our MTV TRAX sim card with EE!
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne denies relapse caused split

  10-05-2016 10:41
  
  The Black Sabbath singer responds to allegations that drugs and alcohol were behind the break-up from his wife of 34 yearsOzzy Osbourne has denied allegations that a relapse into drug and alcohol abuse was the cause of his split with wife Sharon Osbourne. Talking to E! News, the Black Sabbath singer said: “I have been sober for three and a quarter years. I have not touched drugs or alcohol in that time. Any reports that I am not sober are completely inaccurate.” Continue reading...
  
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• Haircuts and fanclubs: backstage with the Rolling Stones – in pictures

  10-05-2016 08:00
  
  Charlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddley ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories Continue reading...
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 15-21

  10-05-2016 07:05
  May 15: Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 80. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 80. Singer Trini Lopez is 79. Singer Lenny Welch is 78. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 74. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 74. Musician Brian Eno is 68. Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 66. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 64. Musician Mike Oldfield is 63. Actor Lee Horsley is 61. Singer Prince Be of PM Dawn is 46. Actor David Charvet ("Melrose Place") is 44. Actor Russell Hornsby ("Grimm") is 42. Actor
  
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• Cruz campaign sued over use of music in videos

  10-05-2016 02:12
  SEATTLE (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz's now-defunct presidential campaign is being sued over the background music it used in two videos.
  
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