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• The Maldives - Budget vs Blowout

  20-03-2017 19:07
  
  Visit paradise without the pay cheque.
  
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• Ex On The Beach Spoiler Video: Zahida Allen Has An Emosh Breakdown As Sean Pratt Makes An Explosive Entrance With Ex Taylor Morgan

  20-03-2017 19:01
  
  Don't miss the series FINALE of Ex On The Beach, TONIGHT at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• 16 Times Sophie Kasaei was the bestie we all needed

  20-03-2017 18:45
  
  Geordie Shore's Sophie Kasaei is basically the dream BFF. Check out all her best friend moments over at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• How we made Soft Cell's Tainted Love

  20-03-2017 18:41
  
  ‘We were living in a dodgy flat in Leeds – and getting flown about in Concorde’Marc Almond was in the year above me at Leeds Polytechnic, doing performance art. His main piece was called Mirror Fucking. He’d be naked in front of a full-length mirror, smearing himself with cat food and shagging himself. It provoked quite a reaction. Continue reading...
  
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• This Is The Average Amount Of Time Couples Have Sex For

  20-03-2017 18:03
  
  Not as long as you might think.
  
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• Is This A Sneak Preview Of Harry Styles' Solo Tour Wardrobe?

  20-03-2017 17:56
  
  IT MIGHT JUST BE.
  
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• This Is Why Urban Outfitters Are Being Sued By Coachella

  20-03-2017 17:30
  
  Urban Outfitters is being sued.
  
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• Nintendo Just Made It Even Easier For You To Get A Switch

  20-03-2017 17:27
  
  If you haven’t manage to get a Switch yet, don’t panic.
  
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• 19 Amazingly Strange Poses From Reality Stars' Clothing Line Photoshoots

  20-03-2017 17:08
  
  Photos from reality stars' clothing line shoots that will make you ask 'WTF'. See 'em all at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• Hail! Hail! Top 10 songs inspired by Chuck Berry

  20-03-2017 16:44
  
  From the Beatles and Beach Boys to Motörhead, the biggest names in music were so influenced by Berry they sometimes had to give him a writing credit. Here are the songs that owe a debt to the father of rock’n’rollRead Berry’s obituary
  Chuck Berry – a career and life in picturesAs Berry observed in Jet Lag magazine in 1980: “These guys remind me of myself when I first started. I only knew three chords, too.” Lots of punk was Chuck Berry, beefed up to the p
  
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• What is Drake’s More Life: a mixtape, an album or a playlist?

  20-03-2017 16:35
  
  The artist has put out ‘a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to your life’ – another category of music release to bewilder fansThis year has so far proved confusing for anyone old enough to remember a time – not that long ago – when music fans knew where they were with new releases. Artists put out singles and albums: occasionally an EP, or a mini-album.But things have changed. You don’t have to have thought last week’s Ed Sheeran-dominated s
  
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• Users Criticise YouTube After LGBT Videos Are Blocked Under Restricted Mode

  20-03-2017 16:34
  
  Not cool.
  
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• Marnie Simpson Details Recent Argument With Lewis Bloor And Clarifies Their Relationship Status

  20-03-2017 16:19
  
  Marnie Simpson speaks up about Lewis Bloor.
  
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• This Video Of Calvin Harris Showing You How He Recorded ‘Slide’ Is Hypnotic AF

  20-03-2017 15:55
  
  Casually playing all of the instruments.
  
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• Spring Break With Grandad: 8 Types of Arguments That Happen On a Night Out

  20-03-2017 15:48
  
  Don't miss brand new Spring Break With Grandad, Mondays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Stephen Bear Wants To 'Impregnate' Charlotte Crosby And Reveals The Name Of Their Future Child

  20-03-2017 15:34
  
  Stephen Bear wants to get Charlotte Crosby pregnant.
  
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• New band of the week: The Orielles (No 144)

  20-03-2017 15:21
  
  This West Yorkshire trio ply a jangling, funky sound that has already earned props from cutie-indie legends the PastelsHometown: Halifax.
  The lineup: Sidonie B Hand-Halford (drums), Esmé Dee Hand-Halford (bass, vocals), Henry Carlyle Wade (guitar, vocals).Continue reading...
  
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• Great LGBTQ YouTubers You Need To Know About To Fight YouTube's Restricted Mode

  20-03-2017 14:59
  
  Fight back against YouTube's dumb new Restricted Mode by checking out these LGBTQ creators. See 'em all at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• 6 Reasons Why Andorra Should Be Your Next Ski Destination

  20-03-2017 14:24
  
  Some of the best skiing in the world...
  
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• Chicago’s Energe Is Back With New Release ‘Henny Bold’

  20-03-2017 13:59
  
  We introduced you to Chicago based singer, songwriter and rapper, Energe a few months back. Now he’s back with a new banger.
  
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• 17 Things Only People Who Prefer Animals To People Will Get

  20-03-2017 13:44
  
  Soz mum, the dog is ride or die.
  
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• Katy Perry Revealed How She Spent Her Teen Years “Praying The Gay Away” At Jesus Camps

  20-03-2017 13:28
  
  And now she's an award-winning advocate for LGBTQ equality.
  
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• Capo Lee & Sir Spryo Team Up For ‘Stop Talk’ EP

  20-03-2017 13:27
  
  Paired with Capo Lee’s infectious flow and Sir Spyro’s standout beats, this is one to add to your collection.
  
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• Schubert Ensemble review – Charlotte Bray premiere is an icy, arresting aural landscape

  20-03-2017 13:26
  
  Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on AvonA new piano quartet – Zustände – based on Greenland’s varied forms of ice, stirred both conscience and senses, performed with gusto by the Schubert Ensemble
  Charlotte Bray’s new piano quartet for the Schubert Ensemble was inspired by a visit to Greenland, with three starkly beautiful photographs of an icy world suggesting the work’s three-movement form. Zustände, meaning states, deals with different forms of ice: an
  
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• Perrie Edwards Makes Out With Boyf Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain In Super cute Insta Snap

  20-03-2017 13:26
  
  Yes this is cute.
  
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• John Harle review – sonic explorer makes mongrel music modern

  20-03-2017 13:21
  
  Milton Court, LondonIn a set of new bespoke compositions for saxophone, the veteran musician is best on the pieces that highlight his bel canto lines and soulful sideThe saxophone has always been a mongrel instrument – half woodwind, half brass – which is possibly why it is so heavily associated with a mongrel music such as jazz. Conversely, John Harle has tended to explore a non-jazz canon of music for the instrument, from Debussy to Michael Nyman, via Marc Almond, Elvis Costello an
  
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• John Harle review – jazz explorer makes mongrel music modern

  20-03-2017 13:21
  
  Milton Court, LondonIn a set of new bespoke compositions for saxophone, the jazz veteran is best on the pieces that highlight his bel canto lines and soulful sideThe saxophone has always been a mongrel instrument – half woodwind, half brass – which is possibly why it is so heavily associated with a mongrel music such as jazz. Conversely, John Harle has tended to explore a non-jazz canon of music for the instrument, from Debussy to Michael Nyman, via Marc Almond, Elvis Costello and co
  
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• 7 Unmissable Pop Culture Moments Happening This Spring

  20-03-2017 13:15
  
  Shake off your winter blues, because spring has sprung and there’s all this going on...
  
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• Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/Andsnes review – quicksilver musical rapport

  20-03-2017 13:13
  
  Cadogan Hall, London
  This captivating ensemble offered a life-enhancing account of Prokofiev and danced their way through Grieg in what felt like a get-together of old friendsI defy, I absolutely defy, anyone not to feel unalloyed pleasure when the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra are playing at their best. Traditionalists get annoyed by “all that emoting”, as James Galway once called the visible mutual encouragement that accompanies the playing of ensembles like this. For most of us, tho
  
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• Student Fulfils Dream Of Working For Nintendo And His Story Will Melt Your Heart

  20-03-2017 13:02
  
  Now his dream is reality!
  
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• Cover Drive Return With Brand New Single ‘Breakdown’

  20-03-2017 12:34
  
  Following the incredible response to a 100+ date US college tour and comeback track ‘Grapefruit Perrier’ in 2016, platinum-selling Bajan quarter Cover Drive return with their latest single, ‘Breakdown’.
  
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• Brandon Tory Debuts New Visuals ‘Digital’

  20-03-2017 12:30
  
  After impressing us last year with ‘Easy Convo’, Brandon Tory returns with the latest visual from 2016’s ‘S H I N E’ project, ‘Digital’.
  
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• 17 Geordie Shore Moments That'll Make You Say 'Literally Me'

  20-03-2017 12:28
  
  Here's all the most amazing Geordie Shore moments that you'll relate to on a spiritual level. See them all at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• Chris Clarke’s TOWIE Mates Rinse Him Over Jesy Nelson Romance During Super Awks Scene

  20-03-2017 12:23
  
  Can we hide under the table now plz thanks.
  
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• Katy Perry says she tried to 'pray the gay away' as an adolescent

  20-03-2017 12:21
  
  Singer made an emotional speech while accepting the National Equality Award at the 2017 Human Rights Campaign GalaKaty Perry has opened up about her Christian upbringing and being taught to “pray the gay away at Jesus camps” while accepting an award for LGBT rights advocacy.The 32-year-old pop star made an emotional speech while accepting the National Equality Award at the 2017 Human Rights Campaign Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Rap Rundown: More LIfe

  20-03-2017 12:05
  
  In this week’s Rap Rundown, we’ve got the UK being championed once again by Drake on his ‘More Life’ playlist and the latest release from south London rapper, singer and New Gen collaborator Bonkaz.
  
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• How To Cope With That Three Week Long Riverdale Break

  20-03-2017 12:04
  We can get through this together.
  
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• 15 Signs You Need To Break Up With Your Friend

  20-03-2017 12:00
  Bye, Felicia.
  
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• Spider-Man Supervillain Venom Is Getting A Solo Movie!

  20-03-2017 11:54
  
  And the release date is ALREADY confirmed.
  
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• 12 Genius Bra Hacks You Need In Your Life

  20-03-2017 11:52
  
  Every bra-wearing gal needs to know these genius bra hacks ASAP. Check 'em out at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• Stop Chastising Kim Kardashian For Taking Ownership of Her Robbery

  20-03-2017 11:25
  
  Why Kim is right to tell her story on her terms.
  
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• Liam Gallagher: 'Anything Noel can sing, I can sing better'

  20-03-2017 11:08
  
  The former Oasis frontman has been trolling his brother on Twitter ahead of a first solo tour, on which he intends to sing Noel’s songsForget Donald Trump: when it comes to petty trolling, Liam Gallagher still takes some beating. Especially when it comes to winding up his big brother Noel.The former Oasis singer is about to embark on a solo tour and has promised fans he will open the shows with Don’t Look Back in Anger, and close them with Rocking Chair. Both are Oasis songs not just
  
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• Sam Gleaves's Ain't We Brothers and the value of listening – protest playlist No 3

  20-03-2017 11:00
  
  Every week we will bring you a Resistance Now track chosen by a current artist. Lanre Bakare talks to Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, who picks Sam Gleaves – Ain’t We BrothersThe meaning here is pretty implicit. It’s, apparently, about a real-life coal miner from West Virginia called Sam Hall, who was facing a lot of discrimination at work because he was gay. It’s a really nice bringing together of different worlds musically, a very beautiful way and lyrically very fra
  
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• 'I found my gift': Katy Perry opens up about accepting her sexuality – video

  20-03-2017 07:02
  
  Pop star Katy Perry talks about her religious upbringing and - in reference to her hit song I Kissed a Girl - how she did ‘did more than that’. In an emotional speech while accepting the National Equality Award at the 2017 Human Rights Commission Gala, Perry described how she ‘prayed the gay away’ as an adolescent, before she found her tribe of ‘the most free, strong, kind and inclusive people I have ever met’. Continue reading...
  
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