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• Steve McQueen to direct authorized Tupac Shakur documentary

  09-05-2017 23:42
  
  The 12 Years a Slave film-maker will take on a full-length look at the life of the rapper, working with his familyOscar-winning film-maker Steve McQueen is set to direct a full-length documentary about Tupac Shakur. Related: Afeni Shakur and the mothers who shaped hip-hopContinue reading...
  
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• Royal Philharmonic Society awards: Wagner production steals show

  09-05-2017 23:30
  
  Opera North wins for its acclaimed stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle on an encouraging night for companies based outside LondonOpera North’s much-praised productions of Wagner’s Ring Cycle have taken two prizes at the UK awards regarded as the most prestigious for live classical music.The company took the opera and music theatre prize at the Royal Philharmonic Society awards on Tuesday while its music director, Richard Farnes, picked up the conductor prize.Continue reading...
  
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• Patrick Adams: the 'underground disco' super-producer whom DJs still adore

  09-05-2017 21:33
  
  The cult favorite, who is being celebrated in his native New York this month, made gritty disco music that had a lasting influence on dance musicIf you have listened to the radio at all in the last 40 years, chances are you’ve heard one of Patrick Adams’s songs. He has worked in almost every facet of the industry – songwriting, producing, arranging, engineering, and having an indelible influence on artists across genres. While Adams’s name is spoken with respect within th
  
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• The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains review – look, a flying pig!

  09-05-2017 19:50
  
  V&A, LondonThe refracting prism, the businessman ablaze, the giant inflatable pig: they may be pop’s most anonymous band, but Pink Floyd’s artwork is instantly recognisable – as this stunning V&A show provesVirtually the first thing the visitor to Their Mortal Remains sees is a quote from the late John Peel regarding Pink Floyd’s legendary anonymity: “They could have joined the audience at one of their own gigs without being recognised.” On the face of
  
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• Tamikrest review – desert blues on shifting sands

  09-05-2017 18:28
  
  Nell’s Jazz and Blues, LondonThe passion and range of the Saharan Tuareg band’s music was somewhat lost in translation until their gig’s triumphant finaleIt wasn’t until the encore that Ousmane Ag Mossa invited a translator on stage to explain his lyrics, and suddenly Tamikrest’s desert blues took on a new intensity. Their songs engage, passionately, with the continuing problems of the Sahara’s Tuareg people, divided by conflict and borders. And thus the encor
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Scotty T Talks Returning To The Show: ‘I’m F*cking Buzzing To Be Back!’ - EXCLUSIVE

  09-05-2017 18:20
  
  Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage airs Tuesdays at 10pm, only on MTV!
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Scotty T Talks Marty McKenna Rivalry Over Sarah Goodhart: ‘I Don’t Give A F*ck What He Thinks’ - EXCLUSIVE

  09-05-2017 18:20
  
  Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage airs Tuesdays at 10pm, only on MTV!
  
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• Geordie Shore Lad Scotty T Says He Ditched Sarah Goodhart For Abbie Holborn Because He's 'Only In It For The Sh*g' - EXCLUSIVE

  09-05-2017 18:20
  
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• 13 Reasons Why Writer Reveals What Season 2 Holds For Bryce And Whether There Will Be More Tapes

  09-05-2017 17:57
  
  Spoilers ahead, obvs.
  
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• Megan McKenna Claims Chloe Sims STILL Has "An Issue" Following Pete Wicks Reunion

  09-05-2017 17:46
  
  Here we go.
  
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• Famous Ladies Who've Shaved Off Their Hair And Looked Bomb

  09-05-2017 17:39
  
  See all the ladies who'll make you wanna shave your hair off, over at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• You Can See Harry Styles’ Hair Get Lopped Off In His Album Documentary

  09-05-2017 17:01
  
  SNIPPITY SNIP.
  
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• 10 YA Books That Get Mental Health Right

  09-05-2017 17:01
  
  Jennifer Niven, Holly Bourne, Emery Lord and more.
  
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• L’Incoronazione di Poppea review – Gardiner honours the genius of Monteverdi

  09-05-2017 16:34
  
  Colston Hall, Bristol
  Impressive playing by the English Baroque Soloists and standout performers including Kangmin Justin Kim make a memorable semi-stagingIt’s not simply the ravishingly beautiful music that makes the experience of John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi 450 project so involving: the frisson of this episode in the life of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, as told by 17th century Venetians, is that L’Incoronazione di Poppea – with its tangled machinations of pow
  
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• Marnie Simpson Puts Rumours To Rest That She's Rekindling Her Relationship With Aaron Chalmers

  09-05-2017 16:26
  
  Hold your horses, world.
  
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• Ryan Gosling Stars In First Full Trailer For Blade Runner: 2049

  09-05-2017 16:07
  
  The first full trailer has finally dropped online for Blade Runner 2049, the long-expected sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic...
  
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• Sign Of The Times

  09-05-2017 16:03 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Sign Of The Times
  
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• Say My Name

  09-05-2017 16:03 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Say My Name
  
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• California

  09-05-2017 16:03 via mtv.co.uk
  
  California
  
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• From Will Young To Little Mix: 5 Of The Most Exciting Battles In Reality TV Music Competition History

  09-05-2017 15:52
  
  With an election on the way, we’re taking a look at five of the popstars that we voted to reality TV victory...
  
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• Thunder

  09-05-2017 14:52 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Thunder
  
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• 20 years of nu-metal: the rise, fall and revival of rock’s most maligned offshoot

  09-05-2017 14:01
  
  In the 90s, rock combined with rap and dubious hair to spawn a new sound. Korn, Kerrang! and the festivals and labels behind the genre ask how it happened and why it keeps rollin’ Nu-metal. For some it was a welcome antidote to hair metal and Britpop; for others it was simply the most maligned genre in musical history. Even today, just mentioning the fusion of rock and rap that came pogoing out of California 20 years ago in ridiculously wide trousers can cause extreme reactions. “Whe
  
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• Definitive Proof That Tom Holland Was Rihanna In A Past Life

  09-05-2017 13:46
  
  His rendition of Umbrella complete with sexy dancing is everything.
  
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• Mim Shaikh Unveils New Spoken Word Piece 'Triggers'

  09-05-2017 13:39
  
  Showcasing various dynamics behind cognitive triggers that can linger within our own environment, Mim Shaikh shares his latest spoken word piece filled with raw and veracious commentary.
  
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• TOWIE’s Chris Clark Dumped Jesy Nelson ‘Over The Phone While She Was In America’

  09-05-2017 13:05
  
  Ouch.
  
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• Holly Hagan Opens Up About Panic Attacks And Reassures Fans "You Are Not Alone"

  09-05-2017 13:04
  
  #stopthestigma
  
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• Man Posing As Adele’s Manager Tried To Scam Free Kendrick Lamar Tickets – But Got Arrested Instead

  09-05-2017 13:03
  
  The fraud had been using the manager's name to get into shows for Drake, Rihanna and much more.
  
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• Harry Styles' Rumoured New Girlfriend Tess Ward Is Already Wearing His Clothes

  09-05-2017 12:32
  
  Is this coincidence or has she been raiding his wardrobe...?
  
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• Beauty Products That The Geordie Shore Girls Actually Use

  09-05-2017 12:32
  
  Ever wondered what makeup products the Geordie Girls love? Find out over at MTV.co.uk.
  
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• Liam Payne Sends An Email Thanking Fans And Promising New Music Real Soon

  09-05-2017 12:13
  
  Aww.
  
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• A Danish Brewery Made Beer Using 50,000 Litres Of Music Festival Urine

  09-05-2017 11:44
  
  Humans are amazing.
  
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• Aaron Chalmers Reignites Lewis Bloor Feud: 'I Could Slap His Little F***ing Head Off'

  09-05-2017 11:32
  
  Yikes.
  
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• In full, on vinyl, no talking: have we lost the art of listening to music?

  09-05-2017 08:24
  
  A group of audiophiles gathered recently to rediscover Lauryn Hill, on hi-fi gear, no chatter. Kate Hennessy muses on our most starved sense: hearing“I’m going to turn some lights off now – enjoy your session.”Jean-Philippe Ducharne, an organiser of Classic Album Sundays, is speaking to a room of strangers in a Sydney bar, poised to hear Lauryn Hill’s 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In full, on vinyl, no chatter.Continue reading...
  
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• Here comes the science bit: why music festivals are going geek

  09-05-2017 08:00
  
  From Bluedot to Brian May’s Starmus, festivals are pairing music with science and tech. They are no longer ‘mutually incompatible’, says the Queen guitarist Related: BBC revives Tomorrow's World name for season of programmes Festivals have long been cosmic experiences – havens of music and hedonism designed to whisk you away from reality for 72 hours. Of course, those mind-melting moments usually arrive at 6am in the dance tent rather than watching someone in a lab coat w
  
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• Charlotte Church: ‘The Welsh, female Damon Albarn? I’ve been called worse!’

  09-05-2017 07:00
  
  As she gets ready to set summer alight with her Late Night Pop Dungeon show, the child star-turned-activist answers our questions on all things festivalsI’m going to cook two roast chickens. My house is a communal house, basically, and we have a couple of musicians staying with us. Continue reading...
  
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• Turn It Around

  09-05-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Turn It Around
  
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• Plan

  09-05-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Plan
  
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