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• 11 Things We Learned From The Massive New Game Reveals At Ubisoft's E3 2017 Show

  12-06-2017 22:00
  
  Assassin's Creed, Far Cry 5, Mario and more!
  
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• A weekend with Katy Perry's live stream: meditation, James Corden and a dog called Nugget

  12-06-2017 19:24
  
  To celebrate the release of her new album, Katy Perry installed 41 cameras in an LA apartment and broadcast her life for 72 hours. The result was a mix of strained small talk, famous friends and lots of napsIn 2017, there are myriad ways to approach an album rollout. There’s the Kanye way, consisting of a steady drip of promotional singles and a bonkers listening party at Madison Square Garden, after which, of course, you don’t actually release the album.Then there’s the Beyonc
  
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• Hydra Hallelujah: superfans keep Leonard Cohen's spirit alive in Greece

  12-06-2017 18:53
  
  Fans of the late musician have been gathering on his former Greek island home to sing his songs, swap stories about him and unveil a bench overlooking the sea A round of applause broke out when the barman at the Roloi cafe hoisted a small red and white flag over the waterfront taverna – the unified heart symbol that the Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen used on the cover of one of his early poetry collections. The first tourists of the season, a dozen at most, were gathered beneath it on t
  
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• People Who Owned F***boys On Tinder

  12-06-2017 18:18
  
  Thankfully our planet has a healthy supply of goddam heroes ready to cut down those FBs like absolute bosses.
  
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• Timmy & Boibeige Join Forces For Vibey ‘Forever Travelling’ EP

  12-06-2017 18:00
  
  Timmy & Boibeige may not be a name you are familiar with… but if their debut EP ‘Forever Travelling’ is anything to go by, this dynamic duo sure will be on tips of many tongues with their vibey new EP.
  
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• Ray BLK Unveils Hot New Single ‘Doing Me’

  12-06-2017 17:43
  
  It’s been an incredible 12 months for London’s Ray BLK…
  
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• DB SoundSystem Release Fire New Track ‘Bomboleo’

  12-06-2017 17:29
  
  The DB SoundSystem boys are back! Returning with their brand new single ‘Bombeleo’, the lads come back hard with their latest offering.
  
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• Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark: can stealth podcasts make classical cool?

  12-06-2017 17:25
  
  Radio 3 is considering removing BBC branding from its new podcasts to trick young people into listening. Bravo!It’s the age-old question in classical music (and elsewhere): how to appeal to more young people? At BBC Radio 3, where audiences have fallen by 11% in the first quarter of 2017, controller Alan Davey may have come up with a crafty solution. The station is developing podcasts that may “go stealth” and remove BBC branding in its latest attempt to court younger audiences
  
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• Lust For Life (Ft. The Weeknd)

  12-06-2017 17:10 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Lust For Life (Ft. The Weeknd)
  
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• Music of the spheres: the interstellar bromance of Planetarium

  12-06-2017 17:04
  
  Nico Muhly brought the trombones, Bryce Dessner the guitars and Sufjan Stevens the ‘finely shaped buttocks’ – and the result was a concept album about outer space via ancient Greece. The trio discuss their voyage into the cosmosIn the spring of 2012, at the Barbican Hall in London, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly and Bryce Dessner performed a new collaborative work they named Planetarium. A song cycle loosely in homage to the solar system, it wanted for little in ambition, featuring
  
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• Liam Payne Reveals Plans For Chest Tattoo In Honour Of Son Bear

  12-06-2017 16:53
  
  He's no stranger to the needle...
  
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• Niall Horan Explains How His Solo Career Has Impacted His Dating Life

  12-06-2017 15:49
  
  We volunteer as tribute.
  
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• Hamlet review – Brett Dean conjures spectres, swordfights and swapped soliloquies

  12-06-2017 15:43
  
  Glyndebourne, Lewes
  With a reverent but mischievous take on the text and a superb cast led by tenor Allan Clayton, this world premiere production rises to the challenge set by Shakespeare’s great play Many composers have tried to make an opera out of Hamlet, but none has been able to make one stick. Until now? Perhaps. Brett Dean’s Hamlet – his second opera, and Glyndebourne’s first new commission in nearly a decade – feels like it has a better shot at longevity tha
  
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• Kristen Stewart And Taylor Lautner Had A Mini Twilight Reunion

  12-06-2017 15:29
  
  AND LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE.
  
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• A Midsummer Night's Dream review – steampunk Britten casts a spell

  12-06-2017 14:44
  
  Snape Maltings, AldeburghNetia Jones’s techno-sophistry is used to enchanting effect in her imaginative production, with Matthew Rose’s Bottom a particular standout among a fine castThe Aldeburgh festival, founded by Benjamin Britten, is almost by definition a purveyor of magical midsummer nights. This was one. Opening the 70th festival, Netia Jones’s new staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream took us into an enchanted Suffolk wood and, with artless simplici
  
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• Jeremy McConnell Claims Stephanie Davis Is 'Dead To Him' As Her Mum Brands Him A 'Scumbag'

  12-06-2017 14:16
  
  Woah.
  
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• Mama (Ft. William Singe) (MTV Laid Bare Exclusive Commentary)

  12-06-2017 13:26 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Mama (Ft. William Singe) (MTV Laid Bare Exclusive Commentary)
  
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• Petrified Charlotte Crosby Is Convinced Her Holiday Home Is Haunted

  12-06-2017 12:32
  
  Sounds seriously spooky.
  
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• Otzeki Are Back With 'True Love'

  12-06-2017 12:08
  
  London based duo Otzeki have recently unveiled their latest offering 'True Love' after a lengthy hiatus.
  
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• Clement Marfo Unveils His Latest Track 'Let The Music Play'

  12-06-2017 12:04
  
  'Let The Music Play' is Clement Marfo's brand new release, following up from his previous track 'Breath of Fresh Air' which was featured on various sporting platforms.
  
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• Cody Chesnutt on political resistance: 'It starts where I live, but it’s global'

  12-06-2017 12:00
  
  The enigmatic soul singer, returning with a new album, talks about how music can help a world in turmoil and his concerns over drug culture within hip-hopCody Chesnutt has defied categorization – from critics, fans, even himself – for almost two decades now. After bursting into relevance with the gripping, genre-hopping The Headphone Masterpiece in 2002, Chesnutt reinvented himself from salacious R&B lover boy to indie-rock wailer to hip-hop sidekick before retreating into self-i
  
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• Selena Gomez Fangirls Over 13 Reasons Why’s Katherine Langford And It’s Everything

  12-06-2017 11:37
  
  Ugh these two are just the cutest BFFs ever.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals She's Actually Been Putting On A Persona For Years

  12-06-2017 11:18
  
  Will the real Kylie Jenner please stand up?
  
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• Love Island 2017: Two New Girls Enter, Camilla Gets A Snog And Amber Causes Some MAJOR Beef

  12-06-2017 11:05
  
  Amber you sneaky sneak...
  
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• Colton Haynes Shares Super Cute Prom Story And Gives Advice On Coming Out

  12-06-2017 11:02
  
  The actor took part in a really quite helpful Q&A.
  
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• Johnny Depp and Liam Gallagher among Glastonbury lineup additions

  12-06-2017 10:38
  
  The A-list actor will be the guest of honour at the new Cineramageddon film area, while Gallagher will play a set on the Other stageThe finishing touches are being put to the Glastonbury lineup ahead of the festival opening on 21 June, with Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp and former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher confirmed to appear. Related: Glastonbury festival 2017: full lineup and stage timesContinue reading...
  
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• Tinashe: 'If you’re a black singer, you’re either Beyoncé or Rihanna'

  12-06-2017 10:00
  
  The Flame singer on ‘colourism’ and sexism in the music industry – and when her second album will see the light of day Related: Tinashe: Nightride review – dreamy stopgap Interviewing Tinashe in 2017 is to witness patience and resolve in action. Despite releasing a handful of pop-R&B bangers (the DJ Mustard co-produced 2 On; certified bop Player; current single Flame); a coterie of elegant, so-called alt-R&B jams (all of 2015’s Amethyst mixtape); and being h
  
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• Tinashe: 'If you’re a black singer, you’re either Beyonce or Rihanna'

  12-06-2017 10:00
  
  The Flame singer on ‘colourism’ and sexism in the music industry – and when her second album will see the light of day Related: Tinashe: Nightride review – dreamy stopgap Interviewing Tinashe in 2017 is to witness patience and resolve in action. Despite releasing a handful of pop-R&B bangers (the DJ Mustard co-produced 2 On; certified bop Player; current single Flame); a coterie of elegant, so-called alt-R&B jams (all of 2015’s Amethyst mixtape); and being h
  
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• Katy Perry Just Ranked Exes Orlando Bloom, John Mayer And Diplo’s Sex Skills

  12-06-2017 09:46
  
  The singer didn’t seem to mind putting them in quite a particular order.
  
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• Xbox One X Unveiled: New Console Is ‘Most Powerful Ever Made’ And You’re Going To Want One

  12-06-2017 02:45
  
  The next Xbox has been revealed at E3.
  
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• Kirin J Callinan: Bravado review – seriously talented at taking the piss

  12-06-2017 02:35
  
  With guest spots from Neil Finn and Jimmy Barnes, Callinan is no novelty act – and his second album is as disparate, provocative and perverse as everThe phrase “kidding on the square” is used to describe a situation in which someone is joking while simultaneously being dead serious.It was popularised by Al Franken, the former Saturday Night Live writer and performer turned Democratic senator for Minnesota. In his example, it was referring to the sorts of rightwing commentators
  
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• Quintessentially British

  12-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Quintessentially British
  
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• iSpy ( MTV Push Exclusive Laid Bare Commentary)

  12-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  iSpy ( MTV Push Exclusive Laid Bare Commentary)
  
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