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• Review: RUSS Live At London's O2 Forum

  28-04-2017 18:36
  
  This young London crowd lapped up every word with extreme alacrity, and he solitarily soaked it in - for this is an artist that essentially relies on himself, producing, writing and engineering everything alone.
  
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• What It's Like To Get Laser Hair Removal For The First Time

  28-04-2017 17:57
  
  Ouch, but ooh so smooth.
  
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• My mum, the punk pioneer: Poly Styrene’s daughter remembers the X-Ray Spex leader

  28-04-2017 17:02
  
  Six years since her death, the punk singer remains hugely influential. Her daughter reflects on learning ‘the family business’, how fame nearly broke her mother – and why she’s making a film of her life
  Even when I was really young, I knew what my mum did for a living. She was always working on something: writing music, recording, doing interviews. As I got older, she’d tell me about the punk movement, about the musicians she knew and what it was all about. We lived
  
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• Boy Better Know announce takeover of London's O2 Arena

  28-04-2017 16:46
  
  Grime collective, recently booked to headline Glastonbury’s Other stage, will curate day of activities and performances at the venue on 27 AugustGrime collective Boy Better Know have announced a one-day takeover of the O2 Arena in London. The group, who count Skepta, Wiley and JME among their members, are set to curate a day of music and activities, ranging from video games to sports events. It is believed that BBK will also be taking control of the bars, cinema and restaurants to offer up
  
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• SCO/Storgards: Missa Solemnis review – an intimate heart-to-heart with Beethoven

  28-04-2017 16:17
  
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  Even with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra bulked up for the occasion, this was a reflective performance of the mass, at its most powerful in the quiet passagesBeethoven famously wished it to go “from the heart to the heart” but in truth it can be difficult to love the mighty edifice that is the Missa Solemnis. There’s plenty to admire in its audacity of scale and breadth of ideas but even the greatest performances leave one with the nagging suspicion that t
  
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• 23 Of The Most Jaw-Dropping MTV Movie Awards Stunts Ever

  28-04-2017 16:10
  
  Shirtless celebs, snogging, and shenanigans!
  
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• 13 Reasons Why's Alisha Boe Shares Message Of Support For Survivors Of Sexual Assault

  28-04-2017 16:05
  
  She's teamed up with Joe Biden to help tackle sexual assault on university campuses.
  
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• This Is The Scientific Solution To Finally Getting Over Your Ex

  28-04-2017 16:04
  
  FINALLY.
  
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• Stranded in the Bahamas: luxury Fyre festival turns to 'chaos'

  28-04-2017 16:03
  
  Tickets cost up to $12,780 for music event endorsed by influencers on Instagram but social media reports suggest ‘disaster’It was billed as an Instagram-worthy luxury festival in the Bahamas – but the supposedly glamorous Fyre festival seems to be anything but.Tickets for the festival, which was co-organised by the rapper Ja Rule, cost up to $12,780 for a luxury four-person package. Festivalgoers were promised “a cultural moment created from a blend of music, art and food
  
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• Sophie Kasaei On Unretouched Kim Kardashian Photos: How The Hell Does She Wipe Her Arse?!

  28-04-2017 16:01
  
  Fair question.
  
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• The Brink: Turan

  28-04-2017 15:39
  
  "a work of magic has been created within the sound texture, tribal rhythms alongside Turan’s guitar tone and stunning vocal performances throughout the whole EP"
  
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• Bleachers’ Hate That You Know Me: early-80s synth-pop perfection

  28-04-2017 15:00
  
  Also this week: Lady Gaga makes a welcome return to pop, while Stormzy inexplicably teams up with Linkin ParkTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• The perfect score? How composers are taking pop festivals by storm

  28-04-2017 14:30
  
  Hollywood soundtrack maestro Hans Zimmer was an unexpected smash at Coachella – but he’s not the first orchestral artist to cross over. Are classical musicians picking up where DJs left off? Related: Orchestra to open Glastonbury festival For most of his 59 years, Hollywood soundtrack giant Hans Zimmer probably didn’t imagine performing his compositions at pop festivals. After all, as he says: “Why would you spend an evening of your precious time with a man with his back
  
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• Harry Styles Just Announced His First Solo Tour Dates

  28-04-2017 14:27
  
  THANK YOU.
  
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• Future Islands review – new heights of performative kamikaze

  28-04-2017 13:57
  
  Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
  The synthpop band’s Samuel T Herring was a joy to behold, throwing shapes including a robot move not busted since 2004The fate of the furious: three years ago, Future Islands upended The David Letterman Show with a synthpop burlesque of such unexpected passion that it rocketed them on to a new, elevated career trajectory. The viral spike of that Seasons (Waiting on You) performance may have supercharged their profile, but the Baltimore-based trio already had th
  
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• I Think Of You (Ft. Chris Brown & Big Sean)

  28-04-2017 13:44 via mtv.co.uk
  
  I Think Of You (Ft. Chris Brown & Big Sean)
  
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• Marnie Simpson Jokes She Doesn't Own A Single Bra After Rocking Super Revealing Sheer Top

  28-04-2017 13:43
  
  Who needs one?
  
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• How VR Can And Already Is Helping People Deal With Anxiety

  28-04-2017 13:41
  
  The future is now...
  
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• Joe Goddard: ‘I love DJing at weddings, that’s where my tastes are best suited’

  28-04-2017 13:30
  
  The Hot Chip star and house-skewering producer empties the contents of his psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Charlotte Crosby & Stephen Bear Play Filthy Fortune Teller: ‘I’m Gonna Need It Because You’ll Have A Tiny D***!’

  28-04-2017 13:28
  
  Things got odd.
  
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• Pokemon Go NEW HACK Discovered To Evolve Eevee Into Rare Pokemon

  28-04-2017 13:19
  
  This trick will get you a rare Pokemon.
  
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• This Is Why Everyone's Talking About Harry Styles' Future Solo Tour On Twitter

  28-04-2017 13:08
  
  They have their reasons.
  
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• Britt Robertson Reveals She Once Tried To Find Rupert Grint's Phone Number Online

  28-04-2017 13:07
  
  ALL her secrets are coming out in this game of Neve Have I Ever...
  
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• Nintendo Unveil New Console And It's Cheaper Than The Switch

  28-04-2017 12:35
  
  We can’t wait to play this.
  
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• London Sinfonietta review – a 21st-century cult classic shines in the dark

  28-04-2017 12:35
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Ushers in night-vision goggles and two terrifying blackouts enhance the enthralling soundworld of Haas’s In VainWhen London Sinfonietta gave the British premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’s In Vain in 2013, the piece could already be branded a cult classic. Simon Rattle has called it “one of the only acknowledged masterpieces” of 21st-century music. That’s some reputation – one to threaten even the edgiest new music with premature age
  
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• Music in Twelve Parts and Late Style: this week’s best UK classical concerts

  28-04-2017 12:30
  
  The Barbican hosts a performance of Philip Glass’s early scores, while Jonathan Bliss tackles Schubert’s later work. Plus: Russia in the RoundThe Barbican hosts a performance of the most famous of Philip Glass’s early scores, now established as one of the classics of 1970s minimalism. Previous performances have always been given by Glass’s own ensemble but, for the first time, a specially assembled collection of instrumentalists led by James McVinnie will play the four-ho
  
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• Check Out These Mint Spoilers From Geordie Shore Series 14 Episode #6!

  28-04-2017 12:25
  
  Don’t miss brand new Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage on Tuesday 2nd May @ 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• The Exterminating Angel; Doctor Atomic review – incendiary Adès and Adams

  28-04-2017 12:20
  
  Royal Opera House; Barbican, London
  Two living composers, two powerful operas, two striking performances
  On first encounter – at the world premiere in Salzburg last year – Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel challenged ears and eyes simply to keep up, to absorb the panoply of sounds and sights: bells, sheep raw and cooked, lurking bear and large ensemble cast with broadly similar names (Lucía, Leticia, Leonora). Above all there was Adès’s variously
  
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• Wonder Woman Villain Revealed In New Trailer

  28-04-2017 12:13
  
  Here's your first look.
  
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• Orchestra to open Glastonbury festival

  28-04-2017 12:13
  
  Former Haçienda DJs who reinvent club classics with a full orchestra are charged with waking up festivalgoers in prestigious opening slotHacienda Classical with Manchester Camerata will open this year’s Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival. The project, which reinvents club classics via a full orchestra, will have the task of waking up sleepy punters during the prestigious Friday morning slot. The group, a brainchild of former Haçienda DJs Graeme Park and Mike Pickering, per
  
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• J Hus, Blondie and the Magic Gang: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs

  28-04-2017 12:00
  
  Catch Afrobeats’ next big hope, Debbie Harry’s pop legends and a buzzy powerpop quartet. Plus: Will Joseph Cook and HMLTDInspired by guitar groups such as MGMT and Vampire Weekend, Cook honed his skills on YouTube as an acoustic performer. Now the 19-year-old’s quirky indie pop songs double up as a diary for his adolescence: bad dates, dysfunctional internet friends and all-round existential panic.Canterbury, 30 April; Glasgow, 2 May, Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 May; Manchester, 4 M
  
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• Kim Kardashian Posts Racy Selfie After Losing 100,000 Instagram Followers

  28-04-2017 10:38
  
  Yikes.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Expertly Shut Down A Fan Who Alluded That She Was Being Inappropriate With Scott Disick

  28-04-2017 10:02
  
  Don't mess with KoKo.
  
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• Feist: ‘The high of falling in love isn’t desirable for me’

  28-04-2017 08:46
  
  The Canadian singer who defined twee mid-noughties indie with 1234 is back with Pleasure, her first album in six years. But, she says, the fantasy of everlasting happiness is long goneLeslie Feist decided to call her new album Pleasure because life wasn’t one. At the cusp of 40, she found herself disillusioned and confused, her misery compounded by a “low-grade shame” that she didn’t have everything figured out. She was unhappy, so she made a decision: to take back contro
  
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