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• Sir Paul McCartney shows off a new dimension as he becomes a virtual reality star

  24-05-2016 20:20
  
  The musician is releasing a series of documentary short films alongside his compilation album, PURE McCartney.
  
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• Former Yankees OF Williams reinventing himself as a musician

  24-05-2016 20:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Williams stopped being a baseball player in 2006. Being a musician, however, is his lifelong endeavor.
  
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• Brexit stage left: will anyone make it to the BpopLive stage?

  24-05-2016 20:05
  
  Both 5ive and Alesha Dixon have pulled out of the troubled anti-EU gig, leaving just East 17, Sister Sledge and Gwen Dickey – for nowHas there ever been a less enticing phrase in the history of live popular music than: “Brexit Live presents …”? Before you know anything about the gig in question – who’s playing, what the venue is and whether or not Mark Reckless will be beatboxing as the support act – those three simple words should act as a warning to m
  
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• Dierks Bentley: 'People were dressing like Garth Brooks, but no one was writing their own music'

  24-05-2016 20:00
  
  The country star has a new introspective album, and here he talks candidly about Nashville and explains how his latest LP is inspired by The AffairEven though it’s only May, one of the strongest contenders for song of the summer is Somewhere on a Beach by Dierks Bentley. The song, one of the fastest charting of his career, is also the name of his summer tour that takes the country music star to North American arenas and amphitheaters through September. Bentley, 40, is a country star who ha
  
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• Alesha Dixon Pulls Out Of Brexit Concert

  24-05-2016 19:37
  
  Alesha Dixon and boyband 5ive have pulled out of a Brexit concert after realising it was "more of a political rally". Dixon, a singer and Britain's Got Talent Judge, as well as 5ive members Ritchie Neville and Scott Robinson had been among headline acts at the event endorsed by Leave.EU. They were due to appear with East 17, Sister Sledge, Gwen Dickey from Rose Royce, and "top Leave campaigners for the final rally of the referendum rally" which included UKIP leader Nigel Farage, Liam Fox and Kat
  
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• Paul McCartney: Beatles’ disbandment sent me into depression – video

  24-05-2016 19:16
  
  Speaking at a recording of Mastertapes for Radio 4, Paul McCartney reveals he fell into depression after the Beatles broke up in 1970. McCartney describes taking up heavy drinking and questioning his future in the world of music. The episode of Mastertapes will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 10am on 28 May, and a filmed version will be available on BBC iPlayerWatch the full interview on Radio 4
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• Paul McCartney: Beatles’ breakup sent me into depression – video

  24-05-2016 19:16
  
  Speaking at a recording of Mastertapes for Radio 4, Paul McCartney reveals he fell into depression after the Beatles broke up in 1970. McCartney describes taking up heavy drinking and questioning his future in the world of music. The episode of Mastertapes will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 10am on 28 May, and a filmed version will be available on BBC iPlayerWatch the full interview on Radio 4
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• Chris Evans Really Wants A Captain America Cameo In Spider-Man: Homecoming

  24-05-2016 19:09
  
  So do we, Chris, so do we!
  
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• Shaun Ryder's playlist: Black Grape, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cast and more

  24-05-2016 18:52
  
  Black Grape play the Shiiine On Weekender festival at Butlin’s in Minehead in November. Here, the inimitable frontman picks his favourite acts from the bill Big Day in the North is one of my favourite tracks. It also kicks off the Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe movie Virtuosity, and, if I say so myself, it looks and sounds great. Continue reading...
  
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• Nobody Does It Better

  24-05-2016 18:28 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Nobody Does It Better
  
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• Oedipe review – spellbinding staging of a 20th-century masterpiece

  24-05-2016 18:21
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  The whole company excels in a substantial performance of Oedipus’s birth-to-death story, staged at a scale to match George Enescu’s rarely heard operaAs a general rule, operas that are proclaimed as neglected masterpieces need to be approached with caution. But George Enescu’s Oedipe, which finally reaches the British stage 80 years after its Paris premiere, proves to be the thrilling exception. As the Royal Opera’s superb production demonstrates
  
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• Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Glyndebourne review - energy and spirit but the comedy is hit and miss

  24-05-2016 18:21
  
  Glyndebourne, Lewes
  There’s much to enjoy in Annabel Arden’s new production of Rossini’s comedy, and it is musically impressive once it gets goingGlyndebourne’s new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia – the festival’s first for more than 30 years, is directed by Annabel Arden – whose approach to Rossini’s comedy is tinged with the surreal. The opera is by an Italian composer and based on the work of a French dramatist, but for Arden the Spanish s
  
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• Glastonbury festival fined over sewage leak

  24-05-2016 18:13
  
  Judge finds festival had low culpability for incident in 2014 that led to death of 42 fish in Whitelake river and is ‘impressed’ with its response to incidentGlastonbury festival has been ordered to pay £31,000 after thousands of gallons of human sewage leaked out of a steel container tank, seeped into a stream and killed fish. The Environment Agency claimed during a hearing that the event had grown more quickly than its ability to deal with so much waste.Continue reading...
  
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• Meet The Mega Hot Model Starring In Ariana Grande’s ‘Into You’ Music Video

  24-05-2016 17:52
  
  OH HEY.
  
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• Tragically Hip to tour despite lead singer's terminal cancer

  24-05-2016 17:45
  The lead singer of Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer but the band will go on tour this summer because it "feels like the right thing to do," the band said on Tuesday. Downie, 52, who has been recognized as one of Canada's greatest song writers, was diagnosed in December and has been "fighting hard," the band said on its website and its Facebook page. "So after 30-some years together as The Tragically Hip, thousands of shows, and hun
  
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• Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie diagnosed with terminal brain cancer

  24-05-2016 17:33
  
  One of Canada’s biggest rock stars, whose band has released nine No 1 albums in the country, plans tour for the summer: ‘This feels like the right thing to do’Gord Downie, the frontman for the Tragically Hip and one of Canada’s biggest rock stars, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
  The band announced the news on its website on Tuesday. “We have some very tough news to share with you today, and we wish it wasn’t so.”Continue reading...
  
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• India's finest musicians light up the Albert Hall with tribute to Ravi Shankar

  24-05-2016 17:08
  
  Stars of the Indian classical music world – including Hariprasad Chaurasia and Anoushka Shankar – gathered for a long and festive night of virtuosity
  For all the echt-English setting of the Royal Albert Hall, this was largely a south Asian affair – musicians and audience both ­– and certain norms had therefore to be upheld. So we run late, of course, although only modestly behind schedule. The “felicitations” of artists, that flower-strewn staple of Indian
  
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• Needed Me [Explicit]

  24-05-2016 16:42 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Needed Me [Explicit]
  
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• "Being Bisexual Isn't A Joke": Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson Wants You To Take Her Sexuality Seriously

  24-05-2016 16:35
  
  Marns has had enough…
  
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• Don't Let Me Down (Ft. Daya)

  24-05-2016 16:21 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Don't Let Me Down (Ft. Daya)
  
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• Tragically Hip lead singer has terminal cancer; band plans tour

  24-05-2016 16:09
  The lead singer of Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer but the band will go on tour this summer because it "feels like the right thing to do," the band said on Tuesday. Downie, 52, who has been recognized as one of Canada's greatest song writers, was diagnosed in December and has been "fighting hard," the band said on its website and its Facebook page. "So after 30-some years together as The Tragically Hip, thousands of shows, and hun
  
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• MTV Review: Charlie Puth Celebrates Billboard Music Awards Win At London’s KOKO

  24-05-2016 16:03
  
  Congrats Charlie!
  
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• For the Record: 60s Pop Through the Lens – in pictures

  24-05-2016 16:00
  
  A new exhibition in London celebrates the cultural boom of the 60s, as captured by photographer Stanley Bielecki. Shooting Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes, the Polish refugee who arrived in Britain after the second world war worked for titles including Pop Weekly, Teen Beat and Melody MakerContinue reading...
  
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• Snapchat's New Sticker Update Is Tumblr af

  24-05-2016 15:53
  
  Sidenote: ALSO THE BEST THING EVER.
  
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• Fleur East Promises To Bring The Party To Her MTV Crashes Coventry Performance This Weekend & We Can't Wait!

  24-05-2016 15:49
  
  She's SO excited!
  
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• This Is England [Explicit]

  24-05-2016 15:20 via mtv.co.uk
  
  This Is England [Explicit]
  
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• Hotter Than Hell

  24-05-2016 15:14 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Hotter Than Hell
  
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• Kevin Rowland webchat – your questions answered on Dexys, darts and pink suits

  24-05-2016 14:09
  
  Did he really crash the 1966 World Cup? How’s his lindy hop? And what does he think of his fashion critics? The Dexys frontman answered your questions 1.09pm BSTThanks so much to Kevin for answering your questions. Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul, is out 3 June. Read his interview with the Observer here.
  Okay, I'm off! Thank you. Bye bye. 1.07pm BSTScoopmuldoon asks:Of all the songs you’ve done, which is the one you’re most proud of? I saw you at the Liverp
  
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• 5 Throwback Moments We're Hoping For At Rock In Rio

  24-05-2016 13:56
  
  It looks SO good...
  
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• Kendall And Kylie Jenner Are Releasing A Second Book & Nobody Understands Why

  24-05-2016 13:36
  
  But seriously, WHY?
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is Officially Over Contouring And Obsessing Over This Makeup Trend Instead

  24-05-2016 13:35
  
  Nontouring is officially the new contouring.
  
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• Jorja Smith Teams Up With Cadenza On New Track 'Where Did I Go'

  24-05-2016 13:28
  
  After releasing viral sensation 'Blue Lights' back in January, Jorja Smith pretty much secured her place on everyone's radar as one to watch.
  
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• MTP's Ets Drops Dope 'Say So' Remix Featuring Wax, Kyeza, Kamakaze, Mez & Jdot

  24-05-2016 13:18
  
  Ladbroke Groves grime crew MTP seem to be making quite a lot of noise lately; both as individual members and collectively.
  
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• Rocker Neil Young, a Canadian, talks U.S. presidential politics

  24-05-2016 13:09
  Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, can't vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election - but the 70-year-old rocker has plenty to say about it.     In a video interview with Reuters ahead of the release of his new album "Earth," the Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter excused Donald Trump for using his music without asking his permission.      Trump's use of "Rockin' in the Free World" during the Republican nominee's campaign launch raised heckles l
  
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• From the classical archive, 1827: On Beethoven - 'he must be humoured like a wayward child'

  24-05-2016 13:00
  
  From the archive, 23 April 1827: Following the death of Beethoven, the Observer publishes a personal account of the eccentric and prodigiously talented composer5 February 1827
  BEETHOVEN: We regret to learn, that the greatest musical genius of the present age, Ludowig Von Beethoven [sic], is, by this time, probably no more. He has just completed his 56th year. It appears that a Mr. Stumpff, of Vienna, from a noble desire to testify the high esteem he entertains for him, procured, at a very great
  
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• 25 Makeup Artists And Hair Stylists You Need To Follow On Snapchat Immediately

  24-05-2016 12:57
  
  The backstage tips and tricks will sort your makeup game right out.
  
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• Branford Marsalis review – Bath Abbey

  24-05-2016 12:49
  
  Bath Abbey
  Filling the Abbey’s natural echo chamber with low booms, fluting trills and birdlike peeps, Marsalis explores jazz’s deep connection with the churchThe jazz saxophonist’s lexicon of swagger, sermonising and private introspection has entered sacred spaces since the 1990s, taken there by the hit partnership of Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble – but Branford Marsalis goes further back into African American connections between jazz and the church, balancing t
  
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• One Direction's Niall Horan Is Apparently Working On Solo Material As Well

  24-05-2016 12:45
  
  YES NIALL!
  
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• There’s Officially Going To Be A Pretty Little Liars Wedding In Season 7, But Whose Will It Be?

  24-05-2016 12:26
  
  PROTECT YOUR SHIPS.
  
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• Justin Bieber's Pre-Show Skincare Routine Will Sort Out Your Problem Skin

  24-05-2016 12:01
  
  You too can use the lotions and potions JB relies on.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Doesn't Know If She'll Return To X-Men... Nooooo!

  24-05-2016 12:00
  
  X-Men: Apocalypse might be J-Law's last outing in blue paint.
  
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• Blac Chyna Shares First Scan Of Her And Rob Kardashian’s Baby: “Fairytales Do Come True”

  24-05-2016 11:34
  
  Awwwww.
  
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• Madonna answers critics of her Prince tribute at Billboard music awards

  24-05-2016 11:02
  
  Tonight Show bandleader and Roots drummer Questlove defends singer’s performance, writing on Twitter that ‘the Purple Standard is hard boots to fill’Madonna has come to her own defence after her much-criticised tribute to Prince at the Billboard music awards on 22 May. Anyone, regardless of “age, gender or skin colour” is entitled to celebrate the late musician, the singer wrote on Instagram.Madonna performed Nothing Compares 2 U and a duet with Stevie Wonder of Pur
  
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• 'It’s a grand undertaking for anybody': Adam Donen on his holographic symphony

  24-05-2016 11:00
  
  He cites Hegel as a key influence and compares his music to TS Eliot. The pop-star turned symphonist discusses his plans to bring the first world war’s legacy of ‘mass-mechanised butchery’ to life on stage – without a real person in sightA few days after I met the composer Adam Donen, he sent me an email. In our interview, he’d made so many artistic references in describing his vastly ambitious new work, Symphony to a Lost Generation, that I’d asked for a brea
  
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• Evvol's Julie Chance: 'As a closeted lesbian in Dublin, life wasn't easy. Then I found heroin'

  24-05-2016 11:00
  
  As the dark wave duo prepare their new EP, their founder explains her journey from heroin addiction to touring with her musical heroLet me tell you about the moment I arrived on planet earth, the moment I discovered my sole life purpose. I was 15, standing in the middle of a dance floor in a dingy Dublin night club called the Pink Elephant, Atlantic Oceans’ Waterfall was pounding through the sound system and I was coming up on my very first pill. I smiled broadly at all my new best mates,
  
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• Cult heroes: Kristin Hersh – the dislocated star of the 80s US indie scene

  24-05-2016 11:00
  
  The intensely personal racket made by Throwing Muses was partly due to Hersh’s furiously independent, feminist muse, and partly down to dissociative disorder and a head injuryWith Tanya Donnelly’s band Belly reuniting, thoughts naturally turn to one of the great indie might-have-beens. Just as you might wonder how things might have turned out if Dylan had never gone electric, the Beatles had been allergic to LSD or the Strokes had looked like the Pigeon Detectives, a certain breed of
  
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• This Video Of Fetus Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Liam Payne, And Niall Horan Is The Most 2011 Thing You’ll See Today

  24-05-2016 10:53
  
  The greatest video you'll see all....year?!
  
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• How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde

  24-05-2016 10:00
  
  A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synthsIn a calm morning in March 1968, a shipment carrying the latest Korgs, Moogs and Hammond organs set off from Baltimore harbour, heading for an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro. The sea was steady, the containers safely attached. And yet later that same day, the ship would inexplicably vanish. Related: Latin America: the music industry's new frontier
  
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• Paul McCartney: I was depressed after the Beatles broke up

  24-05-2016 09:56
  
  McCartney spoke about Kanye (‘I love him – he’s a monster’), writing a love song for John Lennon and Wings (‘we were terrible’) before a star-studded Mastertapes audiencePaul McCartney has revealed that he started drinking heavily and came close to quitting music altogether after the Beatles disbanded in 1970.Discussing his career at a recording of Mastertapes for Radio 4, the songwriter described how he formed the group Wings. “I was depressed. You woul
  
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• Justin Bieber And Taylor Swift’s Feud Has Ended Over His Emotional Rendition Of Teardrops On My Guitar

  24-05-2016 09:34
  
  Does this mean there's no more bad blood?
  
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