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• The new directions of One Direction: what do the solo projects tell us?

  19-05-2017 19:33
  
  As Liam Payne joins his bandmates with the launch of his own career, a listen to the post-1D tracks showcases each member’s very different set of ambitionsThis morning, One Direction’s Liam Payne dropped Stripped Down, his debut single, which can best be described as something that certainly exists.That is, unfortunately, the nicest thing there is to say about the track – particularly when compared to the solo work of Payne’s contemporaries Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn
  
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• Harry Styles Just Entered At No.1 On The UK Albums Chart!

  19-05-2017 19:00
  
  *Pops champagne*
  
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• Prince's siblings to inherit singer's $200m estate, judge rules

  19-05-2017 18:46
  
  Minnesota district judge Kevin Eide says singer died without a willAppeals still pending from people whose claims of heirship were rejectedA Minnesota judge has ruled that Prince’s six siblings are the heirs to his estate, more than a year after the pop superstar died of a drug overdose.In a ruling made public Friday, Carver County district judge Kevin Eide declared that Prince died without a will and that his heirs are his sister, Tyka Nelson, and five half-siblings – Sharon Nelson,
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Sliced Stephen Bear's Penis Open In An Excruciating Sex Accident

  19-05-2017 18:01
  
  OH GOD.
  
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• Tired (Ft. Gavin James)

  19-05-2017 17:35 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Tired (Ft. Gavin James)
  
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• Find Me [Explicit]

  19-05-2017 17:35 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Find Me
  
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• Common Sense (Official Video) [Explicit]

  19-05-2017 17:35 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Common Sense
  
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• Amsterdam

  19-05-2017 17:35 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Amsterdam
  
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• Little Mix Announce Who They’ve Collaborated With On ‘Power’ And You Need Listen To The Teaser Right Now

  19-05-2017 17:14
  
  Well this was the definition of a surprise.
  
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• Geordie Shore Spoiler Video: Sob! Emosh Zahida Allen Breaks Down After Scotty T Neck On

  19-05-2017 16:30
  
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• What You Missed In Music: Solange’s Message To Her Teen Self, Katy Perry Surprises Museum-Goers & More

  19-05-2017 16:23
  
  Also, Skepta won *two* Ivor Novello awards!
  
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• This Is Your Chance To Ask Jason Derulo ANYTHING...

  19-05-2017 16:11
  
  We're shooting 'MTV Asks...' with the 'Swalla' singer soon and this is your chance to have him answer your burning questions...
  
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• 7 Reality Show Crossover Fights That Got Nasty AF

  19-05-2017 16:11
  
  UH-OH!
  
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• Instagram Has Been Rated As The Worst Social Network For Young People’s Mental Health

  19-05-2017 15:59
  
  Quit scrolling.
  
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• Linkin Park Gave Us The Best Answer To People Asking About Their 'New' Sound On 'One More Light'

  19-05-2017 15:47
  
  Watch the first part of our exclusive interview with Chester and Mike now!
  
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• 7 Of The Most Heartbreaking Reality Show Exits

  19-05-2017 15:35
  
  Why did you leave us?!
  
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• Renegade (Lyric Video)

  19-05-2017 15:14 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Renegade (Lyric Video)
  
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• Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson: American Style review – avant-garde pioneers going nowhere

  19-05-2017 15:14
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  The boundary-crossing musicians’ state-of-the-nation collaboration has melancholy and charm, but proves less than the sum of its partsPhilip Glass and Laurie Anderson go back a long way, to the heyday of New York minimalism in the 1970s, when Glass was one of the pioneers of that new musical language, and Anderson was just starting out on her boundary-crossing career with its mixture of wryly humorous narratives and multimedia performance art. Their creative pat
  
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• Mama (Ft. William Singe)

  19-05-2017 15:14 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Mama (Ft. William Singe)
  
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• Childhood’s California Light: here comes the sound of summer

  19-05-2017 15:00
  
  Also this week: Sløtface bring a joyous slice of pop-punk, while The National keep it po-facedTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Friends and Enemies

  19-05-2017 14:50 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Friends and Enemies
  
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• Dig Down

  19-05-2017 14:50 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Dig Down
  
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• Manana: the festival helping contemporary Cuban music go global

  19-05-2017 14:30
  
  In a country dubbed an ‘offline nation’, a new event is encouraging local musicians to join folkloric forces with European DJs and bringing them to the UKIn an age where anything from Daft Punk to Debussy can be summoned at the touch of a screen, it’s hard to imagine that, like bills or milk bottles, new music-hungry Cubans get the latest tunes delivered by hand. In lieu of fast, reliable internet, dealers distribute El Paquete Semanal (“The Weekly Package”), a tera
  
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• Check Out These Mint Spoilers From Geordie Shore Series 14 Episode #9!

  19-05-2017 13:36
  
  Don’t miss episode 9 of Geordie Shore: New Radgie Rampage, Tuesday 23rd May @ 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Murlo: ‘Daniel Bedingfield is still a staple for me’

  19-05-2017 13:30
  
  The London-based bashment beatsmith empties the contents of his psychic record bag and finds some J Hus, Kelis and Rick Astley Continue reading...
  
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• Liam Payne Isn’t Exactly Harry Styles’ Number One Fan

  19-05-2017 13:28
  
  Because we are.
  
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• Zac Efron Will Play A Serial Killer In His Next Movie

  19-05-2017 12:54
  
  We're a long way from High School Musical!
  
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• How the record industry crisis of 1925 shaped our musical world

  19-05-2017 12:53
  
  American Epic, a new BBC4 series, tells the story of how the pioneers of blues and country music saved the recording industryThe music business is in crisis. At a click, anyone can listen to music whenever they like, for free. Why would anyone ever spend money on music again? Sounds like 2010, doesn’t it?Only it’s not, it’s 1925, the year network radio swept across the US with live broadcasts from big city ballrooms that could be heard from Seattle to Miami. A remarkable four-p
  
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• Vicky Pattison Just Had The Most Emotional Reunion With Pregnant Ferne McCann

  19-05-2017 12:44
  
  Attended a red-carpet together.
  
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• Win Tickets To Wild Life Festival With MTV TRAX!

  19-05-2017 12:40
  
  Find out how to get yourself there here...
  
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• Camila Cabello Teases New Song ‘I Have Questions’ In Her ‘Crying In The Club’ Video

  19-05-2017 12:38
  
  Watch Camila SLAY in her new video...
  
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• 11 Changes You Can Make RIGHT NOW To Save Over £1k A Month

  19-05-2017 12:37
  
  Money hacks FTW.
  
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• Sukanya; Don Carlo; L'Orfeo review – to hell and back

  19-05-2017 12:30
  
  Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Royal Opera House; St John’s Smith Square, London
  Eastern and western classical traditions dance the night away in Ravi Shankar’s beautifully staged opera. Plus, mesmerising MonteverdiNo one can fill the gap left by Ravi Shankar. All his life he strove to unite eastern and western cultures. His fervour silenced cynicism. His musicianship opened new horizons for the likes of Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison and Philip Glass. Hybrids were not Shankar’s a
  
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• New Music Round-Up: Liam Payne, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello & Much More

  19-05-2017 12:24
  
  Also featuring Linkin Park, Muse, RAYE & more!
  
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• Desire (Ft. Funbi & Tay Iwar)

  19-05-2017 12:07 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Desire (Ft. Funbi & Tay Iwar)
  
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• Know My Ting (Ft. Shakka) [Explicit]

  19-05-2017 11:36 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Know My Ting (Ft. Shakka)
  
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• Megan McKenna Has A Warning For Her ‘Bitter’ TOWIE Castmates: I’m Not Going To Give A F***

  19-05-2017 09:52
  
  CRIPES.
  
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• Doctors of Madness: The punk band before punk, that predicted Trump before Trump

  19-05-2017 08:00
  
  They perfected angry screeching misanthropy before the Sex Pistols – and helped inspire bands such as the Damned and the Skids. So why have they been consigned to history?“We were John the Baptist, we weren’t Jesus Christ.” Doctors of Madness frontman Richard Strange is talking about his band’s prophetic-but-premature relationship to punk. “We didn’t know what was coming, we were just bored with what had been,” Strange adds, describing how mid-70s
  
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