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• Jazz snobbery is not all in the (male) genes | Letters

  27-01-2017 19:51
  
  I was very amused by Hadley Freeman’s comments on jazz snobs (Ryan Gosling in La La Land is every bad date you ever had, 21 January). Jazz snobs can be women too. I’ve been a jazz snob since I was a teenager. I astounded my dates by telling them I didn’t want to be a rock star when I left high school, I wanted to be Billie Holiday. My “weird” taste in music didn’t damage my social life. My husband is fond of synthesisers and prog-rock. We’ve been married
  
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• Dylan, Muse, among headliners for Firefly Music Festival

  27-01-2017 19:25
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Bob Dylan and British alt-rockers Muse are among the headliners for this year's Firefly Music Festival in Delaware.
  
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• Anthony Goldstone obituary

  27-01-2017 19:22
  
  Pianist celebrated for his Schubert, British music, championing of neglected composers and duet performancesThe pianist Anthony Goldstone, who has died aged 72, was a regular broadcaster and prolific recording artist, making more than 80 CDs in a wide-ranging repertoire. His interests included British music, the classics and lesser-known works by composers such as Saint-Saëns, Heinrich von Herzogenberg and Ernő Dohnányi – byways he explored with relish and conscientiousnes
  
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• Scotty T Talks Jodie Marsh Vs. The Geordies: Reality TV Got You F***ing Famous In The First Place

  27-01-2017 18:25
  
  He's not happy.
  
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• Scotty T Isn’t A Fan Of Marnie Simpson, Stacy Francis, Or Bella Hadid’s Naked Dresses

  27-01-2017 18:16
  
  ‘You Don’t Need To Show Your Tits Off To Get Attention’
  
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• Kendall Jenner’s List Of Heartthrobs Doesn’t Include Harry Styles Or A$AP Rocky

  27-01-2017 17:11
  
  WTH?!
  
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• Scotty T On Stephanie Davis Paternity Rumours: ‘My D*** Has Not Seen Her F***y At All!

  27-01-2017 16:44
  
  I Can’t Be That Good Where I Just Look At A Bird And She’s Pregnant!
  
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• 17 Charlotte Crosby Quotes To Whip Out In A Job Interview

  27-01-2017 16:38
  
  100% guaranteed to work. Kind of. Not really...
  
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• The Ultimate 15 Ugly Cry Proof Mascaras

  27-01-2017 16:30
  
  Because panda eyes are never going to be a beauty trend.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Pierced Her Nails And It Looks Both Terrifying And Impractical

  27-01-2017 15:51
  
  Kim Kardashian decided to pierce her nails and it's divisive.
  
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• The Sexiest Spoilers From Ex On The Beach Series 6 Episode #3

  27-01-2017 15:45
  
  It's a holiday from Hell for 8 hunks and hottiesl Ex On The Beach is back for a brand new season. DO NOT miss Episode 3 on Tuesday, 31st January at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• This week’s new music: Young Fathers’ Trainspotting banger

  27-01-2017 15:00
  
  The Scottish trio’s T2 contribution gets reviewed, plus Kehlani, Sampha and a track dedicated to Drew BarrymoreTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• The Transports review – extraordinary richness of Botany Bay convicts' stories

  27-01-2017 14:56
  
  Sage, Gateshead
  Peter Bellamy’s 1977 ballad opera is expanded into a stunning, fully staged folk suite featuring the Young’uns, Nancy Kerr, Faustus and Rachael McShane
  The last time the Young’uns, Nancy Kerr, Faustus and various members of Bellowhead were all standing on the same stage together was to make acceptance speeches at the Radio 2 folk awards. The idea of the cream of the contemporary folk scene collaborating on a project is truly enticing, though it happened once bef
  
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• What the phonk? The genre that's gripping Generation Z

  27-01-2017 14:30
  
  New data released by SoundCloud suggests last year was dominated by the obscure offshoot of hip-hop. But does it explain the success of Desiigner’s Panda? Related: Miami heat: has the southern rap giant lost its hip-hop spark? Remember 2016? Almost nobody does. It was a long time ago now and, in any case, what were we all so vexed about? Anyway, unlike many needless recaps of this distant epoch, SoundCloud’s late-to-the-breakdown analysis of its stats last year offers some insight in
  
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• Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik go fifty shades darker

  27-01-2017 14:23
  
  Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik have released a new music video for their Fifty Shades Darker track I Don't Wanna Live Forever. Directed by Grant Singer and shot at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, the two-minute long video shows the former One Direction singer thrashing a neon-lit hotel room, smashing glass and throwing a champagne bottle at the wall. The sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, follows the success of the first movie Fifty Shades Of Grey, which follows a literature student's dangero
  
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• Beach Slang review – max fuzz, sweat and feelgood

  27-01-2017 13:57
  
  Mono, Glasgow
  The Philadelphian punks returned to the city with an altered lineup but plenty of rousing melodies and trademark fist-pumping life affirmationPhiladelphian punks Beach Slang’s previous Glasgow show was memorable to all who attended it except their frontman, James Alex. “I remember fragments, I was so fucking loaded,” he concedes as he sips an orange juice. Dressed in velvet jacket, ruffled shirt and oversized bow tie, straggly curls matted with sweat to his forehe
  
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• Did Pete Wicks And Megan McKenna Split After Huge Fight At The NTAs? We Breakdown Their Relationship

  27-01-2017 13:34
  
  Say it ain't so Pegan!
  
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• Lambchop review – love is the message, so don't be scared

  27-01-2017 13:27
  
  Roundhouse, London
  Kurt Wagner and his Nashville band bring R&B grooves to understated alt-country, closing with a Prince cover and a note of upbeat political defianceIt’s hard to think of an act much less like Prince than Lambchop, the Nashville band who, for decades now, have created soulful, gently understated alt-country. But here they are, closing their show with a cover of Prince’s When You Were Mine.It’s an intimate, almost unrecognisable reimagining, Kurt Wagner ten
  
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• Spring Break With Grandad Exclusive: Gaz Beadle Watches His Geordie Shore Love Story With Grandad Raymond

  27-01-2017 13:26
  
  Don't miss brand new Spring Break With Grandad, starting Monday 6th February at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Ed Sheeran Reckons He And BFF Taylor Swift ‘Take Things Too Far’

  27-01-2017 13:22
  
  But what does he MEAN?!
  
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• Scotty T Makes Official Statement Over Claims He Is The Father Of Stephanie Davis’ Baby

  27-01-2017 13:18
  
  ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman’
  
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• Mohsen Namjoo – why the Iranian Bob Dylan wants to be music's Banksy

  27-01-2017 12:46
  
  A revolutionary artist, in exile from his oppressive hometown, all Namjoo wants is to be anonymous so he can make music without having to pose for selfiesMohsen Namjoo blends sublime classical Persian rhythms with rock and blues. He combines religious songs and folklore. He plays the traditional Iranian lute – the setar – along with the electric guitar. His lyrics mix the poetry of the venerated Hafez and Rumi with ordinary chatter in the bazaar. Namjoo’s music highlights the i
  
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• Kehlani’s ‘SweetSexySavage’ Is A Refreshing Take On 90s R&B & We’re Obsessed

  27-01-2017 12:43
  
  The Cali singer has ditched her girl group past for a more experimental R&B vibe.
  
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• New Music Round Up: Martin Garrix, Dua Lipa, Zara Larsson, Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj & More

  27-01-2017 12:39
  
  Also featuring Jamiroquai, New Gen, Matt Martians & more!
  
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• Spring Break With Grandad Exclusive: Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Gives His Grandad Raymond A Social Media Masterclass

  27-01-2017 12:38
  
  Don't miss all new Spring Break With Grandad, starting Monday 6th February at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Nadia Rose Isn't A Musician, She's A Magician

  27-01-2017 12:38
  
  We talk the MOBOs, Spice Girls and more with our Brand New For 2017 nominee...
  
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• Did Gaz Beadle Rip Into Jemma Lucy and Chantelle Connelly About Their Nude Photoshoot?

  27-01-2017 12:36
  
  Gaz Beadle called out jemma lucy and chantelle connelly
  
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• Philip Glass and Versuch Uber Die Fuge: this week’s best UK classical concerts

  27-01-2017 12:30
  
  Two days of concerts to celebrate the composer’s 80th birthday, plus Karina Canellakis’ programme at the Sage Gateshead. Also: Britten Sinfonia, Hansel And Gretel and The White RoadTwo days of concerts, films and talks devoted to one of the founding fathers of minimalism. The BBC’s Total Immersion day features the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra; the following evening there’s the UK premiere of Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors, with Glass’s score played live b
  
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• The Weeknd And Selena Gomez Enjoy Group Date At The Arcade

  27-01-2017 11:34
  
  So that's nice.
  
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• See Your Fave YouTubers Transform Into The Cast Of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

  27-01-2017 11:30
  
  Carrie Fletcher, Hazel Hayes, Lucy Moon and more.
  
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• FIF: David Uzochukwu

  27-01-2017 11:23
  
  He's doing photography for Nike... and he's only 18!
  
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• Win Tickets To The 2017 BRIT Awards (And After Party!)

  27-01-2017 11:00
  
  You could be within touching distance of Little Mix and The 1975...nearly...
  
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• Stefflon Don: "Whatever I Feel Like Doing Is What I’m Gonna Do"

  27-01-2017 10:30
  
  Get know our head strong MTV Brand New For 2017 nominee in our exclusive interview...
  
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• Willie Nelson cancels two of five Las Vegas shows due to illness

  27-01-2017 10:17
  
  The singer has had to cancel upcoming shows due to a bad cold, his management said.
  
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• Carole King releases new version of One Small Voice in protest against Trump

  27-01-2017 10:11
  
  King, who joined a women’s march through a snowstorm last weekend, says ‘millions of small voices is how we change the world’Carole King has become the latest musician to release music as a statement of protest against Donald Trump’s presidency. King has put out a version of her 1982 song One Small Voice, which is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale The Emperor’s New Clothes.“The emperor’s got no clothes on / No clothes? That can’t be; he
  
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• Watch Zayn and Taylor Swift wreck a London hotel room in the I Don't Wanna Live Forever music video

  27-01-2017 10:07
  
  The song has been released as part of the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack.
  
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• Taylor Swift And Zayn Malik's Steamy Video For New Collab 'I Don't Want To Live Forever' Is Here

  27-01-2017 09:54
  
  You're gonna want to wrap your eyeballs around this one.
  
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• Castle On the Hill

  27-01-2017 09:43 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Castle On the Hill
  
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• Brian Eno: 'Donald Trump is a complete disaster'

  27-01-2017 09:32
  
  Eno takes to Facebook to clarify his position after US rightwingers interpreted his Guardian interview as supportive of the new presidentBrian Eno has inisisted that “Donald Trump is a complete disaster”. The legendary musician/producer/thinker/renaissance man took to Facebook in the wake of Simon Hattenstone’s interview with him for the Guardian, published on Monday, to clear up any suggestion that he might have been happy about Trump’s presidency. Related: Brian Eno: &l
  
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• Niall Horan Reckons Liam Payne 'Must Be Nervous' About Becoming A Dad

  27-01-2017 09:24
  
  So is this confirmation of the Cheryl and Liam baby then?
  
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• Triple J Hottest 100: does Australia's youth broadcaster have an identity crisis? | Shaun Prescott

  27-01-2017 05:52
  
  The breezy tone of the station’s annual countdown sounded out of step with a mood of national unrestOn Thursday, as people settled down for their Australia Day barbeques – which have been soundtracked by Triple J’s Hottest 100 listener poll since 1989 – tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Australia’s capital cities to condemn the ongoing celebration of the day and the plight of Indigenous Australians more broadly.There’s nothing ambiguous in
  
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• Threat of losing iconic music venues 'a real tragedy'

  27-01-2017 05:49
  "There used to be 10 or 12 of these spaces around Camden and now there are two or three left. In the last decade, however, many small music venues have struggled to stay open. "We're dealing with a whole range of issues," said Mark Davyd, chief executive of the Music Venues Trust.
  
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• Lily Allen releases cover of Rufus Wainwright song as anti​​-Trump protest

  27-01-2017 01:53
  
  Black and white video also features footage of Allen’s performance of Going To A Town at Women’s March in LondonLily Allen has released a cover of Rufus Wainwright’s Going To A Town as an anti-Donald Trump protest song, accompanied by a video including footage of the Women’s March in London.Continue reading...
  
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