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• Ariana Grande's 'One Last Time' Hits All-Time Chart High At No.2!

  09-06-2017 19:00
  
  The re-released single is raising money for the We Love Manchester fund...
  
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• Kenneth Osborne obituary

  09-06-2017 18:58
  
  My uncle, Kenneth Osborne, who has died aged 84, was an extraordinary uncle to have. He was a talented musician who missed out on pursuing his dream because of mental illness.Ken was born in Alfreton, Derbyshire, to George Osborne, a bricklayer and Beatrice (nee Mills), a teacher. They moved to Birmingham when Ken was four in search of work. Continue reading...
  
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• Letter: The independent spirit of the conductor Louis Frémaux

  09-06-2017 18:41
  
  In his engaging obituary for the conductor Louis Frémaux, Tully Potter speculates that Frémaux’s experience of command in the Foreign Legion may have influenced his dealings “with difficult musicians”. I have wondered whether that and his experience of the second world war in France – he escaped from a German prison camp to rejoin the resistance – may have contributed to a certain reserve and independence of spirit.After he had supper with my wife, Jud
  
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• Shaken it off! Taylor Swift ends Spotify spat

  09-06-2017 18:21
  
  Singer ends three-year boycott of streaming service over royalties and makes entire back catalogue available to celebrate 10m sales of 1989 albumTaylor Swift has made her entire back catalogue available on Spotify, ending a three-year boycott of the streaming service following a row over artist royalties.In 2014, the Shake It Off singer pulled her music from Spotify, where she was one of the service’s most popular artists, after bemoaning that artists receive a tiny royalty per song play.
  
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• 'It’s a funkstation stargate' – Gorillaz discuss their new solar-powered studio

  09-06-2017 17:39
  
  As if pulling together the incredible line-up for Demon Dayz festival wasn’t enough, Gorillaz are rebuilding their Kong Studios on-site for one night only – and this time, it’s eco-friendlyGorillaz fans will already be well acquainted with an unfortunate episode in July 2008 when Murdoc from the band burned their HQ, Kong Studios, to the ground, blamed the blaze on local kids and used the insurance money to build a new studio on a floating island made of sea debris. We’ve
  
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• 5 Things We Learnt At The Together At Amnesia Opening Party

  09-06-2017 17:11
  
  Can we go back already?
  
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• These Are The UK's Craziest B&Bs (You Will Want To Stay In Them All)

  09-06-2017 16:54
  
  Stay in weird accommodation - from helicopters to trains, submarines, your own island and more...
  
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• Mike Will Made-It’s Perfect Pint: like a purple drank dream

  09-06-2017 15:00
  
  Also this week: Ne-Yo is back with a perfect slice of summer pop, while Kwaye delivers the heat with a soaring, sexy swoonerTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Beyond Glastonbury: why Gorillaz and Disclosure are in a field of their own

  09-06-2017 14:30
  
  More and more musicians are throwing their own festivals – is this the future of live performance or a cynical fad? Related: Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett: ‘We fight over everything’ Once, musicians were just workshy, financially illiterate types who were quite happy to turn up to a festival, make their quota of onstage welly bants and head on to the next Pieminister zone. Enterprise culture was treated with suspicion. If you put on a festival, you were basically Bob Geldof. A
  
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• The Funniest Tweets That Sum Up The ~Journey~ That Was This General Election

  09-06-2017 13:55
  
  Basically a lot of wheat field jokes.
  
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• 'Stay involved': grime stars hail young voters turning out for Labour

  09-06-2017 13:34
  
  After championing Jeremy Corbyn with the #grime4corbyn movement, JME, Stormzy and other musicians are celebrating Labour’s gains – and landing a big blow against political apathyAfter throwing their weight behind Jeremy Corbyn’s election campaign, the UK’s grime MCs have been celebrating Labour’s success.Jamie Adenuga, aka JME, part of the hugely successful Boy Better Know collective, has been one of the most vociferous campaigners, interviewing Corbyn on camera and
  
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• Clap! Clap!: ‘Sometimes a shaman chant is too much’

  09-06-2017 13:30
  
  The Afrocentric DJ and producer from Italy empties the contents of his psychic record bag, from Latin beats to jazz treatsContinue reading...
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: The Cast Of Ex On The Beach Take The 5 Second Challenge

  09-06-2017 13:24
  
  Ex On The Beach starts 20th June at 10pm only on MTV!
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: The Cast Of Ex On The Beach Play Would You Rather

  09-06-2017 13:15
  
  Ex On The Beach starts 20th June at 10pm on MTV!
  
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• WTF Is A Hung Parliament And What Happens Next?

  09-06-2017 13:14
  
  Plus a handy TL;DR for the entire 2017 general election result so far.
  
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• Love Island’s Kem Has a Vlog Now And Honestly It Is Everything

  09-06-2017 13:08
  
  Is it Cribs? Is it a music video? WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
  
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• Little Mix Drop ‘Power’ Music Video But It’s The Cameo From Their Mums We’re Obsessed With

  09-06-2017 12:32
  
  Why haven't they formed their own band yet?
  
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• Hamlet and A Beethoven Feast: this week’s best UK classical concerts

  09-06-2017 12:30
  
  Brett Dean’s opera gets its first performance, while the Royal Northern Sinfonia recreates the concert at which four great Beethoven works debutedOliver Knussen conducts BCMG’s latest British-music showcase, which includes his own works alongside a selection by Harrison Birtwistle. The centrepiece is the world premiere of Colin Matthews’s A Land of Rain, comprising settings of Baudelaire in English translations.
  CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 10 June Continue reading...
  
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• Orange Is The New Black Cast Reveal UNSEEN Deleted Scenes You WON'T See On TV

  09-06-2017 12:29
  
  You won't see these character backstories in the show.
  
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• The Best Celebrity Reactions To The Results Of The 2017 General Election

  09-06-2017 12:22
  
  They've got a lot to say about that hung parliament surprise.
  
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• Ariel Winter Hits Back At ‘Toxic’ Mum’s Criticism Of Her Wardrobe: "You Lie Consistently!"

  09-06-2017 12:14
  
  #YourBodyIsYours
  
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• Let's Go Speed Dating With The Cast Of Orange Is The New Black!

  09-06-2017 12:13
  
  Laverne Cox, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks, Taylor Schilling and Natasha Lyonne reveal all their intimate deets!
  
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• The 1975, Alt-J and Paramore: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs

  09-06-2017 12:00
  
  Matty Healy and co take their magnetic pop on tour, Leeds indie trio kickstart the O2’s 10th birthday party and the emo-turned-synth-pop outfit are backFrontman Matty Healy might have the narcissistic rock star act down to a T, but the 1975 are anything but showboating poseurs. In fact, by concocting a magnetic strain of pop, primarily derived – ironically – from 80s rock and 80s R&B, the Manchester group have established themselves as one of the most consistently brilliant
  
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• Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels: 'We lived sex, drugs and rock‘n‘roll – but never put it in our music'

  09-06-2017 07:00
  
  One half of the remaining members of the veteran hip-hop group talks about his hedonistic past, his present passion for comic books and Pink FloydHello DMC! What’s happening?It’s crazy! It’s like I’m in a Twilight Zone right now. Next month I’ve got a song coming out with Joan Jett, a couple of weeks ago I did a show with Sammy Hagar, then I’ve got my album, which features Joan, Tim Armstrong from Rancid, Travis Barker, Chuck D … Continue reading...
  
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• H Hawkline: I Romanticize review – hypnotic indie-folk with an edge

  09-06-2017 00:00
  
  (Heavenly Recordings)As the likes of the Super Furry Animals, Cerys Matthews and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci have proven, the Welsh accent is a gift for indie music – its melodiousness and intonation are able to jerk songs out of stultifying formulas. Huw Evans’ H Hawkline project is buoyed by the charm of its creator’s pronunciation, but it’s also full of idiosyncrasies. Evans is a one-time presenter of the Welsh-language music show Bandit (alongside Radio 1’s Huw
  
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