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• Frances Stark: 'Contemporary artists are hyper-alienated and hyper-competitive'

  24-04-2017 20:37
  
  The polemical LA artist, who has worked with punks and dancehall stars, is now hiring schoolchildren to play Mozart. She explains what’s rotten at the heart of the culture industryWhen artist Frances Stark was invited to participate in the prestigious 2017 Whitney Biennial, last year, she was in the middle of producing an opera. She had no time for interruptions. It was her first opera: Mozart’s Magic Flute, which she retranslated, re-orchestrated, recorded with a group of young musi
  
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• Leading arts world figures urge Radiohead to cancel Israel gig

  24-04-2017 20:28
  
  Open letter signed by likes of Ken Loach, Roger Waters and Young Fathers urges band to join cultural boycottHigh-profile figures from the arts world, including Ken Loach to Roger Waters, have called on Radiohead to cancel an upcoming gig in Israel as part of a cultural boycott.An open letter also signed by the South African archbishop Desmond Tutu and the actors Maxine Peake, Ricky Tomlinson, Miriam Margolyes and Juliet Stephenson asks the band to reconsider performing in a country “where
  
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• Zara Larsson Could Grab Her First No.1 This Friday

  24-04-2017 19:00
  
  Not gonna lie, we already thought she'd had one...
  
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• Perrie Edwards Is The Ultimate Arsenal Fan As She Supports Boyf Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

  24-04-2017 18:38
  
  Aww!
  
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• Were mixtapes better than modern playlists?

  24-04-2017 18:30
  
  As a teenager, my mixtapes were mostly love letters to girls. A digital playlist could never be quite so romantic – or half as embarrassing
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  Which is better – the mixtape or the playlist? The mixtape – in the days before it meant a hip-hop artist giving stuff away for free – was the purest product of the cassette age, a lovingly prepared journey through someone’s musical taste. Ultimately, it was the cassette recorder&rs
  
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• Blurred lines – how music bridges the generation gap

  24-04-2017 18:29
  
  The latest music borrows heavily from the past and collaborations and remakes are adding to its cross-generational appeal. For Peter Robinson, though, pop mustn’t lose its ability to provoke When it comes to the way families consume music, some rituals have always been sacred: the tribalist mentality that pits one brother or sister’s favourite act against another’s; the solidarity achieved when siblings come together to rebel against their parents’ taste; that belief that
  
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• $kinny Malone Returns With ‘Impulsive Revolutions’

  24-04-2017 18:14
  
  The East London rapper gives an insight into London on his latest project.
  
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• REVOLUTION [Explicit]

  24-04-2017 18:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  REVOLUTION
  
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• Chloe Ferry Restarts Jodie Marsh Feud By Branding Her A "Desperate, Washed-Up Model"

  24-04-2017 18:00
  
  Yikes.
  
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• Make Me (Cry) (Ft. Labrinth) (MTV Laid Bare Exclusive Commentary)

  24-04-2017 17:52 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Watch as Noah Cyrus talks us through her music video with Labrinth for their single 'Make Me (Cry)'...
  
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• 'I'll never regret buying Toto!': your best Record Store Day stories

  24-04-2017 17:27
  
  There were treats to be found at this year’s Record Store Day – and you lot were on hand to share the best pics and stories from the weekendContinue reading...
  
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• Flame [Parental Advisory]

  24-04-2017 17:03 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Flame
  
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• Is Ed Sheeran Planning On Quitting Music For Good At The End Of His Divide World Tour?

  24-04-2017 16:56
  
  Ed could be gone from the charts for 5 years, 10 years, or... FOREVER
  
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• House Of Pharaohs Drop 'Real Faces' Project

  24-04-2017 16:25
  
  London collective House of Pharaohs up the ante with ‘Real Faces’ mixtape.
  
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• UK Festival Guide 2017

  24-04-2017 16:21
  
  This year's round-up of how to spend your summer in a field...
  
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• Blake Lively Just Teased A Gossip Girl Reunion: "Never Say Never"

  24-04-2017 16:04
  
  Where you at, Lonely Boy?
  
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• All killer: why the Big Little Lies soundtrack is its secret weapon

  24-04-2017 16:01
  
  Rethinking the role of songs in TV drama, director Jean-Marc Vallée gives each character in his HBO miniseries their own relationship to music, revealing their secrets to the keen listenerThis evening British viewers get to see the finale of Big Little Lies, the hit HBO miniseries about the secret lives of four women in the beautiful town of Privilege-on-Sea, AKA Monterey, California. I’ve been diligently avoiding spoilers since it aired in the US so I have no idea how the central m
  
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• Jemma Lucy's Boobs Make A Break For Freedom In Super Revealing Sunroof Dance Session

  24-04-2017 15:32
  
  Nip-slip.
  
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• Chineke! Orchestra/Heyward review – spirited and stylish performances

  24-04-2017 15:28
  
  St George’s, Bristol
  Jonathon Heyward inspired poised playing while the 2016 BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason was a fearless and expressive soloistSt George’s honours its patron saint in concert every 23 April, but this evening will go down as one of its most celebratory, with the first appearance of the Chineke! Orchestra outside London. Appearing in chamber orchestra form, Chineke! gives a platform to black and ethnic-minority musicians, and it was a neat move to open
  
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• Is This The World’s Most Comfortable Airline Seat?

  24-04-2017 15:21
  
  It’s essentially a mattress on a plane.
  
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• Imelda May webchat – your questions answered on Dylan, changing styles and working class music

  24-04-2017 15:18
  
  The singer-songwriter talked rockabilly and beyond, where she goes for inspiration and why singing is better than talking 2.18pm BSTOne more track to enjoy: Should’ve Been You, from the new album Life Love Flesh Blood 2.17pm BSTThank you very much to everyone for taking the time to send your questions. I wish I had more time to answer them all, but I'm on the way to film an interview for Turkish Airlines! Yippee! And then to HMV Oxford Street, for a live performance at 6pm. I noticed quite
  
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• ESO/Woods review – Pritchard's vibrant violin concerto captures sound of the sea

  24-04-2017 15:18
  
  Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  Kenneth Woods led the English String Orchestra through a strong programme of new work that included Deborah Pritchard’s concerto inspired by Maggi ‘s Hambling’s artMaggi Hambling is the most musical of painters. Her giant Scallop sculpture on Aldeburgh beach is inscribed with lines from Britten’s Peter Grimes; while her series of vast, spuming wave studies developed out of a desire “to paint the sound of the sea”.
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• Peter Donohoe review – epic journey to the heart of Scriabin

  24-04-2017 15:14
  
  Milton Court, LondonA marathon programme of the Russian composer’s ten piano sonatas showed with wonderful clarity his journey from romanticism to the brink of atonalityNo other works by Alexander Scriabin map the course of his music more faithfully than his 10 piano sonatas. The sonatas might not embrace the grandiose ambitions that he heaped on his orchestral works, but they show with wonderful clarity his journey from mid 19th-century romanticism to a world on the brink of atonality.Pet
  
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• Chasing Flies (Ft. Nea) [Explicit]

  24-04-2017 14:03 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Chasing Flies (Ft. Nea)
  
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• Beauty Product Sell By Dates: 
How To Know When It’s Time To Chuck Your Makeup

  24-04-2017 14:00
  
  Had the same stuff in your makeup bag for the past decade? Get clued up on cosmetics sell by dates, over at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• The Brink: RXLLS

  24-04-2017 13:58
  
  Rxlls is certainly well on his way to dominating the music industry very soon..
  
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• This Is The Secret Message Taylor Swift Left Fans In 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever'

  24-04-2017 13:53
  
  Oh she's a sneaky wotsit.
  
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• Lil Yachty Announces Debut Album And Drops New Video For ‘Peek A Boo’

  24-04-2017 13:44
  
  Following a slew of hit singles, collaborations and a Grammy nomination, Atlanta native Lil Yachty announces his highly anticipated debut album ‘Teenage Emotions’ and drops the video for new track ‘Peek A Boo’.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar’s Mum Is The World’s Biggest Fan Of DAMN.

  24-04-2017 13:34
  
  "This is your best one to me, no bullsh*t.”
  
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• MASSIVE NEWS! Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff Confirmed For MTV Presents Summerblast 2017!!!

  24-04-2017 13:13
  
  The Fresh Prince is BACK and you can see him perform for us this summer in Croatia...
  
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• What It's Really Like To Get An Abortion

  24-04-2017 12:59
  
  A firsthand experience of a termination.
  
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• Abigail Breslin Speaks Out About Why She Didn't Report Her Sexual Assault

  24-04-2017 12:59
  
  "I still jump when somebody touches me unexpectedly"
  
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• Stephanie Davis Drops A MAJOR Hint That She's Back Together With Jeremy McConnell

  24-04-2017 12:46
  
  Round 23423?
  
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• Megan McKenna And Pete Wicks Reunite For The Opening Of Her New Grill

  24-04-2017 12:31
  
  Yep, she's opening restaurants now.
  
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• 'Trump Will Kill America' message etched on the Smiths' Record Store Day release

  24-04-2017 12:09
  
  Morrissey fans discover political message scratched on to copies of a limited edition 7-inch featuring two previously unreleased tracksDonald Trump as US president? It seems that joke isn’t funny any more, at least not to the Smiths. Fans who purchased the group’s limited edition 7-inch at this year’s Record Store Day discovered a particularly pointed message etched on the vinyl: “Trump Will Kill America.”Featuring two previously unreleased tracks, the 7-inch was an
  
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• Find Me (Ft. Jake Bugg) [Explicit]

  24-04-2017 10:58 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Find Me (Ft. Jake Bugg)
  
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• Still Got Time (Ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR) [Explicit]

  24-04-2017 10:42 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Still Got Time (Ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR)
  
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• Zayn Malik Is Total Boyfriend Goals With His Smoochy 22nd Birthday Tribute To Gigi Hadid

  24-04-2017 09:27
  
  We'll just be over here, all alone and comfort eating an entire Colin the Caterpillar cake.
  
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• Patti Smith croons, quips and reminisces through her final Australian appearance

  24-04-2017 08:25
  
  The supreme queen of punk rock ended her tour the way she began her career – solo, enrapturing an audience with songs, poetry and tender anecdotesPatti Smith has just wrapped up her final tour of Australia, giving the kind of visceral performances that prove the silver-maned septuagenarian is still the reigning queen of punk.In her two-week lap of the east coast, the New York-based singer, poet and author stared down the bronchial problems that she says will prevent her travelling this far
  
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• ‘People wet their knickers when they find out I was in Bananarama’: the 80s trio return

  24-04-2017 06:45
  
  Bananarama were the biggest girl group of the 80s thanks to their gleefully shambolic pop hits and punk attitude. Then came their ‘painful divorce’. Can Siobhan, Keren and Sara recapture their glory days?The last time all three founding members of Bananarama were properly together as a band was in 1988 at the Brit awards. They were performing their hit single Love in the First Degree, dressed in black cocktail dresses, flanked by a mini army of topless male dancers, much to the blust
  
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