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• John Wilson: 'Music is either worth doing or it's not'

  20-04-2017 20:03
  
  The British conductor loves Schubert as much as he does Sondheim, and brings the same skill to Turnage as he does to the Trolley Song. He’ll be at the Proms this year with two different orchestras, promising to breathe fresh life into whatever he takes on“Nourish that a little more, really make it sing,” says John Wilson. “Keep those quavers purposeful. .” The conductor and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are rehearsing Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, a p
  
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• Attack the block: how grime’s visuals went pop

  20-04-2017 18:57
  
  The rough, grainy style of early grime videos made perfect sense for a genre that prided itself on gritty realism. But why are Charli XCX to Dua Lipa suddenly getting in on the act? And what do the originators make of it all?With grime’s recent and unexpected acceptance into the mainstream, it’s no surprise that stylistic accoutrements and cash-ins followed. In 2017, you can buy T-shirts in H&M with “GRIME” emblazoned on them, catch Ghetts popping up on your Instagram
  
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• Stevie Parker: ‘Everyone is ultimately scared of oblivion’

  20-04-2017 18:15
  
  The ‘Kristen Stewart of music’ explores depression and heartbreak in her debut record. She talks about her ‘X Factor backstory’ and explains how pop music changed her lifeWhat better way to start an interview with an up-and-coming pop star than to sit for two hours in complete darkness, thinking about the end of the world?According to Stevie Parker, there is no better way. She has invited me to the Barbican for a screening of Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia. The sad, s
  
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• The Best Date Ideas For Each Sign Of The Zodiac

  20-04-2017 18:12
  
  Where to take your date based on their star sign.
  
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• 15 Celebs Who Have Totally Shut Down Their Body Shamers Like Bosses

  20-04-2017 18:10
  
  TAKE THAT TROLLS...
  
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• 15 Things Everyone In A Long Distance Relationship Will FEEL

  20-04-2017 17:47
  
  1. You always feel like you should be having the BEST SEX EVER.
  
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• BBC Proms to travel to Hull to mark year as City of Culture

  20-04-2017 17:00
  
  Director says first Prom outside London since 1930 is great opportunity to make a statement about event being for whole UKPickard hasn’t messed with an established formulaThe BBC Proms are to venture outside London for the first time since 1930, offering Hull a celebration of Handel’s Water Music.The Hull Prom, marking its year as the UK’s City of Culture, was revealed at the 2017 season launch where details of 90 concerts over eight weeks were announced.Continue reading...
  
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• Liam Payne Is Working With Migos On His 'Drake And Justin Bieber Influenced' Album

  20-04-2017 16:08
  
  What a combo.
  
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• The 2017 MTV VMAs Date & Location Have Been Revealed!

  20-04-2017 16:04
  
  LA BABY!
  
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• Tinie Tempah webchat – your questions answered on brunch, the Olympics and London's musical power

  20-04-2017 15:47
  
  The chart-topping UK rapper discussed Ibiza, new album Youth and why he’s not a clothes horse 2.45pm BSTTinie Tempah has left the buildingCheers, that was fun! Hit me up anytime on Twitter or Instagram - @tinietempah or @tiniegram. Don't be shy, I don't bite - promise! #YOUTH2017 out now. 2.36pm BSTM_T_Wallet asks:Any work with Lady Leshurr planned?I actually worked with Lady Leshurr in 2009! I worked with her for ages - she's come to my studio heaps of times. She's a great talent. She was
  
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• Basel CO/Hope/Nilsson review – emphatic Bach and intense Bartók

  20-04-2017 14:50
  
  Wigmore Hall, LondonDaniel Hope tore into Mendelssohn’s early violin concerto at the expense of the work’s charm, Basel Chamber Orchestra’s strings came into their own with Bartok and Frank Martin works in the second half.Given by the Basel Chamber Orchestra’s strings, this was an evening of two contrasting halves. Daniel Hope opened the concert as soloist and director in Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn’s Concerto in D minor for Violin and Strin
  
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• Irène Schweizer and Louis Moholo-Moholo review – their friendship glows as warmly as ever

  20-04-2017 14:21
  
  Vortex Jazz Club, LondonThe Swiss jazz pianist and South African percussionist brought warmth, playfulness and invention to their collaboration at the Intakt festivalSwitzerland’s Intakt label last recorded homegrown jazz piano star Irène Schweizer and South African drums colossus Louis Moholo-Moholo together in 1986, when Swiss banks were helping to prop up South Africa’s apartheid system, and Moholo-Moholo can be heard chanting “free Mandela” in the background.Ne
  
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• Little Mix's Perrie Edwards And Jesy Nelson Paint The Town Red On Girls' Night Out

  20-04-2017 13:33
  
  No but really they look INCRED.
  
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• 10 Reality Stars That Have Shared WAY Too Much About Their Other Half

  20-04-2017 13:32
  
  OH DEAR GOD...
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Rocks A Pineapple Themed Swimsuit And It's Tropical AF

  20-04-2017 13:28
  
  NEED.
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about gases, from oxygen to helium

  20-04-2017 13:00
  
  Our reader takes a deep breath and gives life to your suggestions, with Jean-Michel Jarre, Regina Spektor and Rihanna all featuring on the playlist
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by reader Marco den Ouden (who runs the Marconium website) from your suggestions after last week’s callout. Read more about how our weekly readers recommend series works at the end of the piece.Gases are vital to life on Earth. And the importance of oxygen to human life is celebrated in Je
  
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• MOONZz Teams Up With Restless Modern For Hot New Single ‘Navigator’

  20-04-2017 13:00
  
  Hot on the heels of her debut EP ‘Trust Cycles’, powerhouse Vocalist MOONZz returns today with her first single of the year, ‘Navigator’.
  
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• Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol.2 Track List Revealed!

  20-04-2017 12:43
  
  Oh hi there David Hasselhoff...?
  
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• This Is The Song People Think Harry Styles' 'Ever Since New York' Sounds 'Similar' To

  20-04-2017 12:41
  
  Hmm.
  
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• Shawn Mendes Drops Brand New Track ‘There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back’ & We’ve Got It On Repeat

  20-04-2017 12:36
  
  NEW SHAWN ALERT!
  
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• Bruce Springsteen unveils anti-Trump anthem That’s What Makes Us Great

  20-04-2017 12:36
  
  The Boss has put his longstanding antagonisms with the US president into a song, released with collaborator Joe GrusheckyWhile some artists choose to carefully sidestep political allegiances so as not to offend, Bruce Springsteen’s antagonism towards Donald Trump has long been known: now the rock star – who formerly labelled the US president “a moron”, and described his travel ban as “fundamentally un-American” – has put his political frustrations into s
  
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• Vicky Pattison Wears A Super Sexy High-Vis Bikini After Shutting Down Weight Gain Accusations

  20-04-2017 12:16
  
  She's hit back.
  
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• Kasabian review – a full-throttle hedonistic joyride

  20-04-2017 12:14
  
  02 Kentish Town, London
  The Leicester rockers rouse their crowd to boiling point with boisterous bravado and sweaty affection on a night that showcases a band at the peak of their powersAs the crowd at the first of Kasabian’s three-night residency share a collective and much-needed intake of breath, all eyes fall on guitarist Serge Pizzorno. “It’s a bit of a full-on set,” he admits. Not usually prone to understatement – he recently claimed Kasabian’s new album
  
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• A Beginner's Guide To Dealing With Herpes

  20-04-2017 11:50
  
  It's no laughing matter...
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: Marnie Simpson Confronts BFF Chelsea Barber After The Newbie Necks On With Marnie's Ex Aaron Chalmers

  20-04-2017 11:30
  
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Kim Kardashian Faces Backlash For Saying 'The Flu Diet' Helped Her Lose 6lbs

  20-04-2017 11:29
  
  Uh-oh.
  
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• It's Official! Bella Thorne And Gregg Sulkin Are The Cutest Exes Ever

  20-04-2017 11:13
  
  Take note, world.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Recalls The Time Kylie and Kendall Caught Her Trying On Dresses

  20-04-2017 10:45
  
  From her new book.
  
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• Here Are All The Record Store Day 2017 Releases You Need To Grab

  20-04-2017 10:33
  
  There are well over 500 new releases, so, to help you out, we’ve whittled the very best down into one gallery.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Proudly Presents Stephen Bear’s Eye Popping Bedroom Bulge

  20-04-2017 10:06
  
  GOOD MORNING.
  
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• You can now celebrate Christmas at Harry Potter's Wizarding World

  20-04-2017 08:54
  
  We literally cannot even.
  
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• Moor Mother: 'We have yet to truly understand what enslavement means'

  20-04-2017 08:00
  
  Hip-hop powerhouse Moor Mother fought her way out of the projects – and is now using poetry, music and ‘DIY time travel’ to build a better future for black AmericaA black body staggers through history, hauling itself from the 19th century to the recent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, being knifed, dismembered and towed behind a pickup truck along the way. Noises throb in the air like helicopter blades as Moor Mother, AKA Camae Ayewa, tells her bloody tale, while saxophones scre
  
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• goosebumps (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) [Explicit]

  20-04-2017 07:14 via mtv.co.uk
  
  goosebumps
  
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