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• Flume, Jimmy Barnes and Jessica Mauboy: highlights from the 30th Aria awards – video

  23-11-2016 23:54
  
  Jimmy Barnes and Jessica Mauboy duet, the electronic music wunderkind Flume plays his hit Never Be Like You, Crowded House are inducted into the hall of fame and John Farnham performs You’re the Voice – ‘Australia’s unofficial national anthem’ – at the 30th annual ceremony in Sydney Continue reading...
  
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• Morrissey wants GM to offer vegan leather for car interiors

  23-11-2016 21:45
  
  The former Smiths frontman wrote to automaker CEO explaining that animal-friendly option would ‘only broaden appeal’ of Chevy Volt and Bolt modelsMorrissey has a complaint: the leather that runs smooth on the passenger’s seat isn’t vegan.The former Smiths frontman has penned a letter to General Motors’ chair and CEO, Mary Barra, asking the automaker to consider adding the option of vegan leather to its interiors. “Given that the Volt and Bolt are being markete
  
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• You need to watch the latest music video from OK Go

  23-11-2016 19:43
  
  Their latest video comes ten years after the release of Here It Goes Again.
  
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• Elton John denies he will play at Trump inauguration

  23-11-2016 19:33
  (Reuters) - Britain's Sir Elton John will not perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington as U.S. president, the singer-songwriter's spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Anthony Scaramucci, an economic adviser to Trump's campaign, said John would be performing in a BBC radio interview during which Scaramucci also said the Republican president-elect had a pro-gay rights stance. "Elton John is going to be doing our concert on the Mall for the inauguration," Scaramucci added in the intervie
  
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• 17 Times 5SOS Were The Biggest Michael Clifford Fans Of All

  23-11-2016 18:40
  
  Malum, Muke and Mashton galore.
  
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• OK Go Have Released A Ridiculous New Video That Probably Took Them One Million Human Hours To Plan

  23-11-2016 17:18
  
  SO. MUCH. COLOUR.
  
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• In Between Days: Robert Smith and the Cure – in pictures

  23-11-2016 17:07
  
  Since the 1980s, Melody Maker’s Tom Sheehan has captured the Cure’s ascent from the underbelly of British alternative rock to global stadium headliners. Now Sheehan – who was even enlisted as frontman Robert Smith’s official wedding photographer – has compiled a record of his journey with the band in a new book, In Between Days Continue reading...
  
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• Wait, Have Katy Perry And Orlando Bloom Actually Split Up?

  23-11-2016 16:10
  
  Noo.
  
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• Manon Lescaut review – emotional power and a luminous central performance

  23-11-2016 16:10
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  Jonathan Kent’s contemporary take on Puccini’s opera doesn’t always work, but Sondra Radvanovsky shines as the tragic heroine and Pappano brings precision and power to the scoreIt was with this, his third opera, that Puccini made his international breakthrough. In 1894, a year after its Turin premiere, music critic and later playwright George Bernard Shaw welcomed Manon Lescaut to Covent Garden, even hazarding a prescient guess that, on this basis alon
  
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• 12 Times Kendall Jenner And Gigi Hadid Were You And Your Best Friend

  23-11-2016 16:00
  
  All day, every day.
  
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• Joyce DiDonato review – drama, depth and brilliance

  23-11-2016 15:09
  
  Barbican, London
  The mezzo soprano is on sombre but exquisite form with In War and Peace, an ambitious project that celebrates the harmonising potential of music Related: Joyce DiDonato: how I found harmony in music of war and peace ‘I’m a belligerent, proud, willing optimist,” says Joyce DiDonato, who is unwilling to do anything by halves. Conceived in response to last year’s Paris terrorist attacks, her latest project, In War and Peace, is at times a sombre exploration
  
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• Will There Be An Avengers x X-Men Crossover?

  23-11-2016 14:10
  
  Marvel has spoken.
  
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• Zoella Looks Gorge In Stripped Back Shoot For Blogosphere Magazine

  23-11-2016 14:09
  
  Dreamy.
  
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• Arias 2016: Flume, marriage equality and lockout laws dominate music awards

  23-11-2016 13:48
  
  Crowded House inducted into hall of fame as Kylie Minogue makes surprise appearance at event Ruby Rose dubs ‘a huge win for the LGBT community’• Aria awards 2016 – in pictures• Aria awards 2016 – the night as it happenedSydney’s lockout laws, Australian marriage equality and a surprise appearance from Kylie Minogue were the big talking points at the 30th annual Aria awards, otherwise dominated by the electronic music wunderkind Flume.The 25-year-old Sydney
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Scotty T Responded To A Fan’s Gross Sexual Fantasy In The Most Scotty T Way

  23-11-2016 13:46
  
  It involves a whole lot of poo.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Shares First Look At The Merch She'll Be Launching In Her New Shop

  23-11-2016 13:26
  
  It's like a cross between Vetements and Justin Bieber merch.
  
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• Star One Release New Single ‘Promoter’

  23-11-2016 13:23
  
  Check out Star One's new single here!
  
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• Tori Amos – 10 of the best

  23-11-2016 13:17
  
  Baroque, dissonant and unapologetic in confronting taboos, Amos has never been bound by conventions. Here are her career-defining tracksRejection and self-discovery were the twin fuel kegs behind Tori Amos’s breakthrough in 1992. She’d gone from teen prodigy to synth-rock “bimbo” with her maligned band debut Y Kant Tori Read in 1988 – an ego-crushing fall that forced her into creative retreat. Despair turned into determination, and four years on from the Y Kant Tori
  
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• Geordie Shore's Sophie Kasaei Says Boyf Joel Doesn't Care About Her Weight: 'He'll Never Say I Look Fat'

  23-11-2016 13:17
  
  Aww!
  
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• Becky Hill Unveils ‘Warm (Remixes, Vol. 1)’

  23-11-2016 13:16
  
  Find out more here!
  
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• Tomorrow never knows: why predicting 2017’s hottest acts is pointless

  23-11-2016 13:14
  
  If this year’s taught us anything, it’s that the ‘experts’ know nothing. So any crystal ball-readings about next year’s breakout stars are almost certainly wrong Related: Sampha review – a polite, pulsing performance cuts to the core “Ones to watch” season is upon us, and over the next three to four weeks every music publication, style brand, search engine, internet service provider and supermarket chain will turn tastemaker and demand you pay atte
  
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• Pusha T Publishes Touching Note To Kanye West Following Rapper’s Hospitalisation

  23-11-2016 13:07
  
  "I wanna say thanx for the endless opportunities you have brought to me."
  
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• Masego Talks Twerking Tekkers, TrapHouseJazz And More On Radar Radio LDN

  23-11-2016 13:02
  
  See what Masego had to say here!
  
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• 6 Ways To DIY Your Old Clothes To Look Brand New

  23-11-2016 12:56
  
  Time to work the customisation trend.
  
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• You've Got Another Chance To See Shawn Mendes In London Next Year

  23-11-2016 12:17
  
  The Canadian heart-throb has announced a second date at London's O2 arena...
  
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• Footage appears to show Justin Bieber punch a fan who reached into car

  23-11-2016 12:01
  
  Incident seems to capture Canadian singer punching a fan who tried to reach into his car as he left gig in BarcelonaJustin Bieber has been filmed appearing to punch a man who reached into the pop star’s car in Barcelona following a show in the capital city. Footage of the incident shows the 22-year-old musician respond when a man tries to touch him through the open window of his moving vehicle.The video, posted online by the celebrity news website TMZ, shows the man turn to the camera to r
  
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• Kylie Jenner Blames Herself For Everyone Thinking Kendall Jenner Got Lip Fillers

  23-11-2016 11:59
  
  Well it is kinda her fault...
  
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• Jendella Benson: Life Goes On

  23-11-2016 11:31
  
  Don't miss all new Teen Mom UK, Wednesdays at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Zelda Movie: You've Got To See This Teaser Now

  23-11-2016 11:24
  
  Zelda fans, this will make you feel feelings.
  
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• Adele To Finish World Tour In London With Two Massive Wembley Stadium Shows

  23-11-2016 11:22
  
  Adele is coming back to London!
  
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• Prince estate releases first song from Paisley Park vaults, Moonbeam Levels

  23-11-2016 11:21
  
  Musician’s song from 1999 album sessions will appear on imminent Prince4ever greatest hits compilationPrince’s estate have revealed a formerly unreleased song which appears on his greatest hits collection, Prince 4ever, due out in the coming days. Entitled Moonbeam Levels, the track was originally recorded in 1982 and was premiered at a private listening party that was hosted by ABC News. The video of which you can view via their website.According to the news station, the song was fi
  
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• This Transcript Of Harry Styles Drunkenly Chatting To Tom Hanks Deserves Its Own Short Film Adaptation

  23-11-2016 11:13
  
  Oh the cringe.
  
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• Justin Bieber Lost His Cool And Punched A Fan Who Tried To Touch Him

  23-11-2016 10:26
  
  The singer was on his way to perform at the time.
  
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• Yasiin Bey announces farewell shows in New York and Washington

  23-11-2016 10:13
  
  The rapper will return to the US to perform classic Mos Def material and entertain ‘surprise special guests’Yasiin Bey, the influential hip hop star and activist formerly known as Mos Def, has announced he will retire from the stage at the end of 2016.The artist will perform a series of shows in December in New York and Washington, DC. The news of his retirement comes after Tuesday’s update that Bey – who was arrested in January after trying to leave South Africa on a &ld
  
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• Kim Kardashian Is 'Terrified' Following Kanye West's Hospitalisation: 'He Hadn't Been Himself For A While'

  23-11-2016 09:30
  
  Fingers crossed he's on the mend.
  
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• Ben Lee: Arias a great chance to look back on collaborations and feuds – video

  23-11-2016 09:26
  
  Australia’s musical finest squelch around on the red carpet to reveal their personal award picks and what the Arias mean to them. Ben Lee says that, after 25 years in the business it’s about reconnecting with people and thinking about ‘all these relationships, collaborations and feuds and all these silly things in the past’. Shannon Noll discusses his recent resurgence as a meme. ‘Some of them are hilarious,’ he says. Continue reading...
  
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• Awakenings: Hannah Peel on how she harnessed music's power to cut through dementia

  23-11-2016 09:00
  
  When the musician began to lose her gran to dementia, she fought back – with song. The results were so overwhelming, they grew into a vast musical exploration‘Whenever I went to see my grandma,” says Hannah Peel, “we always had the same conversation. She would ask me who I was and what I did, and I would say that I was a musician, that I played the violin – that she’d actually given me her younger brother’s violin. I would tell her how she and my grandad
  
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• Gerald Barry: 'There's nothing I'm not interested in'

  23-11-2016 08:00
  
  Gerald Barry’s new opera is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Fiona Maddocks goes down the rabbit hole and encounters arpeggios, anarchy, whistling kettles and cake Related: The Importance of Being Earnest review – Wilde with plate-smashing perversity Gerald Barry has said he will bake a sponge cake to mark my visit to his home in Dublin. He managed it once, he says, and he’ll try it again. This sounds promising – and fitting. The Irish composer, 64,
  
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• Stars of Australian music: a look back 30 years of Aria performances – video

  23-11-2016 07:04
  
  The country’s biggest and best music acts have come together in Sydney for the 2016 awards. Here’s a flashback to some of many memorable performances at the ceremony over the years Continue reading...
  
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• Aria awards 2016 – in pictures

  23-11-2016 06:54
  
  Pictures from the red carpet and the awards ceremony as Australia’s music industry celebrates the year’s leading acts Continue reading...
  
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