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• Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds review – bracing, erratic but irreverent to the core

  13-01-2017 22:19
  
  Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, AustraliaDuring his first performance since the death of his son in 2015, Cave performs songs that escalate from brooding to electrifying“We’ve been in a strange place,” says Nick Cave, three songs into the first concert on the Bad Seeds’ world tour of Skeleton Tree. “We haven’t played for a long time and it feels like suddenly I’m coming out and blinking into the light.”The lights he blinks into currently are
  
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• Michael Jackson biopic heading to Lifetime

  13-01-2017 21:07
  
  Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland will be based on the last years of the singer’s life, as seen through the eyes of his bodyguardsCable network Lifetime has ordered a film based on the last few years of Michael Jackson’s life.The biographical drama, tentatively titled Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland, will be told through the eyes of his bodyguards. He will be played by Navi, considered the world’s most prominent Michael Jackson impersonator.Continue reading...
  
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• Buddy Greco obituary

  13-01-2017 19:05
  
  Singer and pianist who was the consummate club and saloon performerRichard Rodgers’ and Lorenz Hart’s 1937 composition The Lady Is a Tramp has been performed by many singers, but the most widely known version is the 1960 recording by Buddy Greco, who has died aged 90. It encapsulated Greco’s jazz-inflected, finger-snapping, wisecracking, dynamic vocal style and went on to sell more than a million copies.He was born Armando Greco in Philadelphia into a musical Italian-American f
  
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• Little Mix Have The Longest Running Girl Group No.1 Album Of The Millennium

  13-01-2017 19:01
  'Glory Days' has given the girls just that...
  
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• 14 Things Anyone Who Can't Resist A Bad Boy Knows To Be True

  13-01-2017 19:01
  When they swear and you just *melt*
  
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• Ed Sheeran Rounds Off Epic Week Making Chart History At No.1 & No.2 On The Official UK Top 40

  13-01-2017 19:00
  
  He's just obliterated Drake's streaming record as well...
  
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• Scotty T Makes His Chloe Ferry On Celebrity Big Brother 2017 Prediction: She’s Gonna Bang Calum Best

  13-01-2017 18:47
  But will she?!
  
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• Scotty T Is LOVING Selena Gomez And Bella Hadid's Naked Selfie War

  13-01-2017 18:05
  'I'd boomerang her in the face with my...'
  
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• Beyonce leads NME Awards with five nominations

  13-01-2017 17:32
  Beyonce has scored the most nominations at the VO5 NME Awards, including best international female and best album for Lemonade. British bands The 1975 and Bastille follow close behind with four nominations each, as does French singer/songwriter Christine And The Queens and grime artist Skepta. Both The 1975 and Bastille will be up for best British band alongside Wolf Alice, Years And Years, Biffy Clyro and The Last Shadow Puppets.
  
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• Young Fathers, Underworld, Wolf Alice and the Clash aboard T2 soundtrack

  13-01-2017 17:31
  
  The tracklist for the Trainspotting sequel soundtrack album has been revealed, featuring some reworkings of original hits and some newcomers Iggy Pop, Underworld, Wolf Alice and Fat White Family are among the artists featured on the T2 soundtrack.The tracklisting for the follow-up to Trainspotting is a combination of heritage artists and music from the original score: Lust for Life has been remixed by the Prodigy, and Slow Slippy, a reworked version of Underworld’s Born Slippy, closes the
  
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• This Student Discount Hack Will Save You Serious Money Even If You're Not A Student

  13-01-2017 17:17
  This student discount hack can you loads of money
  
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• This Is Your Chance To Ask Ed Sheeran ANYTHING

  13-01-2017 16:57
  
  ...and he might just answer it on MTV...
  
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• Wait, Is Bella Thorne Actually Dating Sam Pepper?!

  13-01-2017 16:05
  
  Why is this a thing we are writing?
  
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• What You Missed In Music: Sky Axes Controversial Michael Jackson Comedy, Ed Sheeran Covers Fresh Prince

  13-01-2017 15:20
  
  Also, Elton John pays tribute to Graham Taylor, who died earlier this week.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: SHOCKING Facts About Chloe Ferry

  13-01-2017 15:14
  No really, you won't believe some of these!
  
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• Dirty Projectors’ Little Bubble, a song full of unexpected exquisite tensions

  13-01-2017 15:00
  
  Also this week: Playboy Manbaby skewer the alt-right while Banana C bring some welcome mindless popTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Are Coldplay and Justin Bieber's fan-made music videos just cheap marketing ploys?

  13-01-2017 14:30
  
  Chris Martin and co are the latest act to succumb to the fad for homemade vids. When will this lazy trend end? Related: Taylor Swift is the world's best-paid musician Not to resort to hyperbole or anything, but the worst music marketing ploy ever devised must be the fan-made music promo. Along with the lyric video, it’s a modern phenomenon, a half-cynical and wholly transparent way of “giving back to the fans” by getting them to film themselves dancing or making some delicate p
  
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• Don't Panic: learning to love Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre

  13-01-2017 14:03
  
  Soprano Elizabeth Watts reveals how – armed with wine, biscuits and sci-fi – she got to grips with the car horns and dominatrices of Ligeti’s anti-anti operaA thud echoed through the house, as if something with purpose had landed in my porch. It had. The postie had delivered my score of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre. Let’s be clear about this: we’re not talking a thin, limp excuse for a score; we’re talking a chunky presence, an I-mean-business score that yo
  
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• La La Land - Behind The Scenes With Emma Stone

  13-01-2017 13:59
  
  Go behind-the-scenes on the Making Of La La Land, with star Emma Stone...
  
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• 14 Things That Would Most Def Happen If Chloe Ferry Hit The Celebrity Big Brother 2017 House

  13-01-2017 13:48
  
  Howay pet!
  
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• 13 Things That Would Most Def Happen If Chloe Ferry Hit The Celebrity Big Brother 2017 House

  13-01-2017 13:48
  
  Howay pet!
  
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• 15 Tweets For Anyone Who Finds Flirting Awkward AF

  13-01-2017 13:39
  
  Step 1: stop doing that thing where you avoid eye contact after staring at them for 10 mins straight.
  
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• ​Drake collaborator Flukes on ​his favourite DJ tracks

  13-01-2017 13:30
  
  One half of funky house collective Crazy Cousinz reveals his dancefloor heaters Continue reading...
  
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• Madison Beer Owns People Trolling Her For Period Bikini Pics

  13-01-2017 12:51
  
  NEWSFLASH: A lot of girls get periods.
  
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• Michael Clifford Is Officially A Bigger Cameron Dallas Fangirl Than You

  13-01-2017 12:48
  
  We really didn't think it was possible.
  
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• Arthur Russell dissolved the barrier between the rock club and the concert hall

  13-01-2017 12:46
  
  The avant garde musician’s disregard for boundaries and his relentless creativity have made him a musical hero and influenced many, not least Portico Quartet’s Jack WyllieDisco. Opera. Minimalism. Solo meditations for voice and cello. Collaborations with Allen Ginsberg on Indian-influenced meditations. Arthur Russell was a musician whose output spanned a huge and bewildering range of styles. But, whatever music he approached, it was always idiosyncratic and always had a personal stam
  
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• Liam Payne Leads The Birthday Tributes For Zayn Malik And We Can't Cope

  13-01-2017 12:35
  
  Liam Payne tweets Zayn Malik to say happy birthday
  
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• Le Grand Macabre and The Last Supper: this week’s best UK classical concerts

  13-01-2017 12:30
  
  Peter Sellars and Simon Rattle collaborate and Harrison Birtwistle’s dramatic tableaux gets a rare outing. Plus: Bergen Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Symphony OrchestrasCollaborations with director Peter Sellars look set to be a regular feature of Simon Rattle’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra. Their latest project is a semi-staging of György Ligeti’s only opera, an absurdist vision of the end of the world.
  Barbican Hall, EC2, Saturday 14 Jan
  
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• Wiley Releases The Highly Anticipated ‘Godfather’

  13-01-2017 12:01
  
  Godfather: "a man who is influential or pioneering in a movement or organisation" also known as.. Wiley.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry Is Rumoured To Be Entering The House Tonight And We're BUZZIN'

  13-01-2017 11:59
  
  WE'RE NOT EVEN JOKING.
  
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• This Week’s New Music Round Up: The Chainsmokers, Halsey, The xx & More

  13-01-2017 11:54
  
  Also featuring Diplo, Nadia Rose and Syd.
  
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• Beyonce leads the way with five NME award nominations

  13-01-2017 11:53
  
  The American singer is up for best album and four other awards.
  
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• Tre Capital Remixes TĀLĀ’s ‘Zal’

  13-01-2017 11:45
  
  Singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist TĀLĀ shared her EP ‘Zāl, a five track EP filled with TALA’s signature electro fused production and hazy vocals. Now, LA rapper Tre Capital throws his spin on the EP’s lead single ‘Zal’.
  
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• How To: Start Running

  13-01-2017 11:31
  
  The beginner's guide to becoming one of those runner types.
  
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• MAC Collaborate With Ten Beauty Gurus Including Fleur De Force For New Lipstick Range

  13-01-2017 11:29
  
  We're probs going to want them all.
  
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• Chris Buxton Confronts His Commitment Issues In ‘Mary, Lucy, I’

  13-01-2017 11:29
  
  20 year old, South Carolina based hip-hop and R&B artist Chris Buxton kicked off the year with his smooth single, ‘Mary, Lucy, I’.
  
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• Jaden Smith Has Video Meltdown After Saying He's 'Failed' His Dad

  13-01-2017 11:28
  
  Jaden Smith has a breakdown after saying he's failed his dad.
  
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• Meek Mill challenges Drake to $5m boxing match

  13-01-2017 10:51
  
  Rapper suggests the pair settle their beef by following Soulja Boy and Chris Brown to the ringAs if the prospect of Soulja Boy fighting Chris Brown on pay-per-view television were not enough, Meek Mill has now suggested he and Drake should join the ranks of R&B stars and rappers settling their beefs in the boxing ring.During a livestream, the rapper said: “I’d beat Drizzy the fuck up for five mil. Of course I would. We gonna let Nicki [Minaj] be the ring girl. Y’all would c
  
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• Bruce Springsteen tribute band say Trump inauguration gala is 'non-political'

  13-01-2017 10:14
  
  The B Street Band, who are set to play Garden State Gala on 20 January, appeared at both of Obama’s inaugurations and were booked for this year’s event in 2013No celebration associated with Donald Trump’s inauguration was ever going to be able to secure the services of Bruce Springsteen to provide the entertainment. But a Springsteen covers band? More doable. And so the Garden State Presidential Inaugural Gala – New Jersey State Society’s bash for a new president, h
  
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• Bella Hadid Shows The Weeknd What He's Missing With Racy Selfie

  13-01-2017 10:07
  
  Well that's one way to deal with things.
  
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• Here's Every New Game That Will Launch With The Nintendo Switch

  13-01-2017 09:05
  
  NEW MARIO, NEW ZELDA, NEW ERRTHING.
  
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• Nintendo Switch: 13 Things You Need To Know About The New Console

  13-01-2017 08:27
  
  Price, release date and a new Mario game revealed!
  
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• Bruce Springsteen: ‘This is the only thing I’m qualified to do. It matters how I do it’

  13-01-2017 00:40
  
  Ahead of his shows in Australia, the Boss explains the art of performance and never taking an audience for grantedYou must feel an incredible sense of power, standing in front of 80,000 people. And with great power comes great responsibility, as Spider-Man put it. Do you feel that responsibility, too?Well, you’ve got to look at it … you go out on stage each night as if, one, it’s the most important thing in your life you can do, two, it’s only rock’n’roll. Yo
  
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