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• The xx Unseat Little Mix From The Top Of The UK Albums Chart

  20-01-2017 19:00
  
  Congratulations to The xx!
  
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• Michael and Emily Eavis: ‘The Variety Bazaar won’t be like Glastonbury – it’ll be unique’

  20-01-2017 18:44
  
  After a busy week of rumours, the Glastonbury organisers answered Guardian readers’ questions on their new ‘sister festival’, urban myths, ticket costs – and confirming Kris Kristofferson for 2017Can you clarify what is happening going forward over the next three years? Are we looking at the fallow year 2018, the new festival 2019 and Worthy Farm 2020? Or is the whole thing still up in the air?Mufc88Michael: Well, it’s certainly in the air at the moment. We’re
  
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• Adele Is Performing At Grammys 2017!

  20-01-2017 18:25
  
  The Grammy Awards 2017 takes place on February 12.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry Breaks Down Over Drunken Flirting With Calum Best

  20-01-2017 17:35
  
  Poor Chloe!
  
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• Jarvis Cocker fronts campaign to save Sheffield trees

  20-01-2017 17:25
  
  Pop star enters dispute over felling of roadside trees as it emerges council leader has not seen full version of Amey contractHe may be one of Sheffield’s best-known pop stars but Jarvis Cocker has become the unlikely frontman of a bid to secure the future of the city’s trees amid a long-running battle with council bosses.The former Pulp singer is fronting a competition to find the city’s greatest tree, as part of a campaign to save hundreds of roadside trees from being felled
  
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• Check Out Zayn Malik's Full Shoe Collection With Giuseppe Zanotti

  20-01-2017 17:24
  
  Involves some sketches by Zayn.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017’s Austin Armacost Takes Aim At Spencer Pratt: “He’s A D***head"

  20-01-2017 17:17
  
  But what about Heidi Montag?
  
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• Lip Sync Battle UK: Katie Price Unleashes Her Inner Dolly Parton With '9 To 5' Rendition

  20-01-2017 17:16
  
  Katie Price sings 9 to 5 on Lip Sync Battle UK
  
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• 9 Awkward Moments Anyone Who's Ever Been To The Gym Has Experienced

  20-01-2017 16:22
  
  And if you haven't yet, you definitely will.
  
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• Celebrity Workouts IRL: Spinning On Beat

  20-01-2017 16:19
  
  Prepare to have the workout of your life...
  
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• Have Plans For A Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Film Trilogy Leaked?

  20-01-2017 16:06
  
  There are reports Cursed Child is being turned into a film trilogy.
  
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• 9 Ways Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Will Freak You The F*ck Out

  20-01-2017 15:41
  
  Are you brave enough to face the new creepy AF game?
  
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• Sony Music seeks Nigeria streaming growth to build on ringback market

  20-01-2017 15:22
  By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - Sony Music Entertainment sees big growth prospects for music streaming in Nigeria, thanks to falling internet data costs and a large, growing population, a senior executive told Reuters. Music streaming could help the company generate revenue beyond its dominant position in the country in ringback tones - the sound or music heard by a caller when phoning someone. Michael Ugwu, general manager for West Africa, said Sony Music had set up partnership deals in
  
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• This Week’s New Music Round Up: Tinie Tempah, Big Sean, Loyle Carner & More

  20-01-2017 15:19
  
  Also featuring Arcade Fire, Gorrilaz, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and more!
  
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• Laura Marling/BBCSSO review – widescreen drama and emotional depth charges

  20-01-2017 15:00
  
  Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
  Headlining a jammed Celtic Connections festival, Marling created startling moments of intimacy on the broadest orchestral canvasThere is never a shortage of fiddles – blazing or otherwise – at Celtic Connections, the sociable celebration of roots music that has thawed the January chill in Glasgow since 1994. Less common is the sight of a full orchestra, despite the home of the festival being a formal concert hall. To bolster the launch of the 2017 edition,
  
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• Blondie, The Clash and Queen: is the Trainspotting 2's soundtrack as good as the original?

  20-01-2017 14:30
  
  From Born Slippy to Lust For Life, Trainspotting’s music defined a generation. Can its long-awaited sequel similarly capture the zeitgeist? Related: Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ Student posters haven’t changed much in the last 20 years. Look at the bestselling college posters and, alongside Kurt Cobain, Pulp Fiction and an alien smoking a spliff you’ll always see the Choose Life monologue from Trainspotting. It’s a searing attack
  
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• Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple and more – this week's anti-Trump songs reviewed

  20-01-2017 14:26
  
  Ahead of the presidential inauguration, musicians piled in to set their thoughts to music. Here are five of the most notableAll proceeds go to the American Civil Liberties Union, and the message on their website reads: “It’s never been more important that we stick together and take care of each other.” So we can be pretty sure this track – released on inauguration day – is aimed at Donald Trump. “I give you power / Over me / I give you power / But I gotta be f
  
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• Tinie Tempah is back with his catchy new track Text from Your Ex

  20-01-2017 14:18
  
  He’s collaborated with singer Tinashe.
  
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• 11 Things Everyone Thinks When Someone Sees You Naked For The First Time

  20-01-2017 13:39
  
  "Yep, those are my nipples. HIYA."
  
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• Huey Morgan: ‘If you gotta rescue a dancefloor you should get another job’

  20-01-2017 13:29
  
  BBC 6 Music’s Fun Lovin’ Criminal empties his psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Austin Armacost Says Calum Best WON’T Get With Chloe Ferry Despite Her ‘Throwing Her Vagina At Him’

  20-01-2017 13:29
  
  And there's a reason for it...
  
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• Binky Felstead Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump To A Very Excited Jamie Laing

  20-01-2017 13:25
  
  Aww!
  
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• RLPO/Petrenko review – mathematical precision mixed with liquid passion

  20-01-2017 13:09
  
  Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolEmily Howard’s scientific experiment Torus intrigued, exciting young pianist Teo Gheorghiu brought poetic introspection to Liszt, and Shostakovich was gloriously kitsch and unabashedIt’s not unusual for composers to hold teaching posts at conservatoires, and Emily Howard is no exception. But not many can also claim to be visiting senior fellow at the University of Liverpool’s Faculty of Sciences and Engineering; or to be quite as committed to produci
  
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• The Amazons Have Some 'Surprises' Up Their Sleeves For Their Debut Album

  20-01-2017 13:08
  
  The Reading rockers talks their forthcoming debut LP plus nearly chopping off Chris' finger on tour...
  
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• 8 Haircuts We Will All Be Getting In 2017

  20-01-2017 13:00
  
  If only we could get all eight at once.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Hungover Chloe Ferry Falls Asleep Mid-Sentence In The Diary Room

  20-01-2017 12:58
  
  Chloe Ferry fell asleep in the diary room after getting drunk
  
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• 12 GIFs That Prove Little Mix Are All Of Us In Their ‘Touch’ Music Video

  20-01-2017 12:41
  
  This video connects with us on a spiritual level.
  
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• A new concert hall for London? The artistic case is clear, the political one less so

  20-01-2017 12:38
  
  Hamburg’s new world-class public venue trumpets its host city to the world. London is already a beacon, and doesn’t need Simon Rattle’s dream hall in quite the same way
  Last week Hamburg got a big one. Now Munich wants one. Paris, which got its own a couple of years ago, is already planning a second. Los Angeles has one. Manchester and Birmingham got theirs in the not-so distant past. London, however, has none.Big cities like to build modern state-of-the-art concert halls. They
  
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• Fidelio and The Trial: this week’s best UK classical concerts

  20-01-2017 12:30
  
  The London Philharmonic stages Beethoven’s only opera, while Kafka’s novel-cum-opera plays in Glasgow. Plus: The Snow Maiden, Back In The USSR and Strange ProductionsFairytales provide the starting points for all three works in Opera North’s spring season, which opens with Rimsky-Korsakov’s sumptuous version of the Russian legend of the girl with the heart of ice. Aoife Miskelly is the snow maiden herself, who is defrosted by love with tragic results.
  The Grand Theatre &a
  
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• Post your Glastonbury questions for Michael and Emily Eavis

  20-01-2017 12:20
  
  The Glasto head honchos have agreed to answer your queries about what’s happening with the festival – post away!It’s been a confusing week for Glastonbury lovers. What is the Variety Bazaar? When will it happen? Is it replacing the main festival? What’s going to happen in the fallow year?It would be fair to say that no one really knows. And we want to clear things up. So Michael and Emily Eavis have agreed to sit down this lunchtime and answer your questions about Glaston
  
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• Selena Gomez Has Officially Nailed Dinosaur Chic And We’re Seriously Into It

  20-01-2017 12:16
  
  Who even KNEW this was a thing?!
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Shares The Shocking Racist Abuse A Paparazzo Aimed At John Legend

  20-01-2017 11:30
  
  Chrissy Teigen shares racist abuse a papparazo aimed at John Legend.
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry Gets Rejected Again By Calum Best And It’s Heartbreaking

  20-01-2017 11:21
  
  Not again, Chlo!
  
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• Louis Tomlinson And Danielle Campbell Have Split But ‘There’s No Bad Feelings’

  20-01-2017 11:07
  
  Whyyyyy?
  
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• Troye Sivan Reveals Powerful ‘HEAVEN’ Music Video Celebrating LGBTQ+ History

  20-01-2017 11:06
  
  An important queer memorial ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump...
  
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• You Can Visit A Final Fantasy Cafe In VR On Youtube Right Now

  20-01-2017 11:00
  
  Final Fantasy! IRL! For Free!
  
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• Cameron Dallas, Lilly Singh, Fifth Harmony And More Celebs Who Rocked The People's Choice Awards 2017 Red Carpet

  20-01-2017 10:58
  
  Ch-ch-check them right out.
  
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• Don't Call Me [Explicit]

  20-01-2017 10:44 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Don't Call Me (Official Video)
  
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• US band produces first ever smokable record using hashish

  20-01-2017 09:53
  
  ‘This is an art piece,’ says the manager of Slightly Stoopid, who spent thousands of dollars making a resinous recordThink your coloured vinyl is unusual? Or your double-grooved single? They’re nothing. The American band Slightly Stoopid – who describe their music, somewhat unpromisingly, as “a fusion of folk, rock, reggae and blues with hip-hop, funk, metal and punk” – have just broken new ground in vinyl by producing the world’s first smokable re
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Chloe Ferry Ruins Jamie O’Hara’s Declaration Of Love For Bianca Gascoigne With Almighty Boob Slip

  20-01-2017 09:51
  
  CLASSIC FERRY.
  
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• So Bishop Briggs Thinks Her Dad Might Be A Spy...

  20-01-2017 09:49
  
  We talk karaoke culture and keeping an eye on your parents as we get to know our next Brand New For 2017 nominee...
  
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• Company [Explicit]

  20-01-2017 09:29 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Company
  
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• Know About Me [Parental Advisory]

  20-01-2017 06:15 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Know About Me
  
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• Move Your Body (Single Mix) (Lyric Video)

  20-01-2017 06:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Move Your Body (Single Mix) [Lyric]
  
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• Tool frontman Maynard Keenan: The US is long overdue for a fall

  20-01-2017 05:53
  
  Ahead of his headline gig at Mona Foma, Puscifer frontman and Tool vocalist Maynard Keenan talks merkins, winemaking and preparing for TrumpTo untrained ears, Puscifer’s music sounds very serious – a blend of hard rock and electronics, equal parts atmospheric and assertive. And yet, when the US group toured Australia in 2013, their show commenced with a darkly humorous in-flight safety video belonging to the fictional “Vagina Airlines”. Hosted by Maynard James Keenan &nda
  
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