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• London Grammar See Off Katy Perry To Land No.1 Album With 'Truth Is A Beautiful Thing'

  16-06-2017 19:00
  
  Katy's 'Witness' landed at No.6 this week...
  
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• Sun and studios: how Gorillaz and E.ON created a solar-powered recording space

  16-06-2017 17:30
  
  At Gorillaz’s Demon Dayz festival, the cartoon band teamed up with E.ON Energy to create a solar-powered studio. A few years ago, it wouldn’t have been possibleAs a rule, electricity isn’t cool. It powers your underwear wash, refrigerates your leftovers and stops you from bumping into bookcases at night. It’s a functional friend for people who want to go to the toilet at 2am while also keeping their socks dry, but is it trendy? Is it exciting? Generally, you would have to
  
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• 'A road trip in space': inside the live-streamed studio session at Demon Dayz festival

  16-06-2017 17:29
  
  Three emerging artists, selected by Gorillaz, worked overnight by solar power to create a brand new song. We joined them to see how it wentHear a preview of the track at the bottom of this articleAfter four hours of being cooped up in a glorified motorhome, Colombian tropi-pop artist Lao Ra is starting to go a bit weird. “I feel like I’m on a road trip. A road trip in space,” she mumbles, rubbing her eyes and staring out of the window at the ink-black 3am sky. “It’s
  
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• 'This is risky': Gorillaz's solar-powered overnight studio project

  16-06-2017 17:28
  
  As part of their Demon Dayz festival, Gorillaz challenged three emerging artists to write and record a new song overnight in a solar-powered studio. We caught up with Lully, Lao Ra and Throwing Shade ahead of the sessionEfficient time management and legendary recording sessions do not often go hand in hand. If My Bloody Valentine’s recording process for Loveless had been based around brevity, there would never have been press coverage given to weeping label boss Alan McGee begging the band
  
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• 'It's bloody brilliant!' Michael Eavis on bringing Jeremy Corbyn to Glastonbury

  16-06-2017 17:05
  
  The Methodist farmer who founded the festival, and his daughter, reveal why they are welcoming the Labour leader – and Johnny Depp – to this year’s event and what happens to Glastonbury nextOne year on from an apocalyptically muddy and Brexit-dazed Glastonbury 2016, and with the country reeling after a series of horrific events, Michael and Emily Eavis are aiming to create an upbeat, safe and politically engaged festival this year – helped in part by an appearance from Je
  
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• Lorde: Melodrama review – a cocky challenge to her pop rivals

  16-06-2017 15:07
  
  Save for the odd misfire, the follow-up to multi-million selling Pure Heroine intelligently twists mainstream pop with smart lyrics and raw, affecting vocalsAmong the many remarkable things about Lorde’s 2013 debut album Pure Heroine were the lyrics of a song called Tennis Court. Written when Ella Yellich-O’Connor was 15 years old – and already, it would appear, the smartest and most self-aware writer in pop – it offered the same kind of pinpoint-sharp observations of her
  
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• Hare Squead’s Pure: a smoking-hot slow jam

  16-06-2017 15:00
  
  Also this week: Arcade Fire team up with Daft Punk for six fabulous minutes, while Major Lazer hijack the latest sound
  TRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• This is desire: Torres, Marika Hackman and the artists redefining the female gaze

  16-06-2017 14:30
  
  TV shows such as I Love Dick and Fleabag are challenging stereotypical views of women and pleasure – now musicians are doing the same in their videos Related: Transparent’s Jill Soloway: ‘The words male and female describe who we used to be’ At last year’s Toronto film festival, Transparent and I Love Dick writer-director Jill Soloway offered their personal definition of the female gaze. This didn’t mean inverting the male gaze – ie letting women ogle me
  
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• Love Island's Alex Bowen And Olivia Buckland Take The Girlfriend Does My Makeup Challenge

  16-06-2017 14:05
  
  Welcome to the stage...Alexis Bowen!
  
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• Hamlet; Tristan und Isolde; Charlie Parker’s Yardbird – review

  16-06-2017 13:58
  
  Glyndebourne; Longborough Festival Opera; Hackney Empire, London
  Glyndebourne’s new, full-scale Hamlet toys with Shakespeare’s text to fine effect, while Tristan und Isolde is so hot it sizzlesShakespeare’s powerful magnetic field makes iron filings of us all. Composers writing operas in English are particularly susceptible. These past months, you could choose from Ryan Wigglesworth’s The Winter’s Tale premiered at ENO, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Drea
  
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• Jane Fitz: ‘I usually start with something epic, strange or challenging’

  16-06-2017 13:30
  
  The purveyor of earthy techno soul empties the contents of her psychic record bag, from Depeche Mode to Big Country Continue reading...
  
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• Rihanna Is Back With A Brand New Single - Listen!

  16-06-2017 13:19
  
  The ‘Love on the Brain’ hitmaker joins Bryson Tiller on DJ Khaled’s latest release
  
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• New Music Round-Up: Lorde, Calvin Harris, Jax Jones & Much More

  16-06-2017 13:11
  
  Also featuring Royal Blood, George Ezra and many more!
  
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• Zendaya Denies Tom Holland Dating Rumours After Their Flirty Social Media Exchange

  16-06-2017 13:08
  
  So much flanter
  
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• Ansel Elgort Did Some Truly Spectacular Singing And Dancing On The Late Late Show

  16-06-2017 12:48
  
  Brb just going to watch The Fault In Our Stars and sob uncontrollably.
  
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• 'It’s just me, on the phone in my son’s bedroom.' The church hall that became contemporary music’s hottest venue

  16-06-2017 12:36
  
  How does a small Irish border town pull in the likes of Terry Riley and Philip Glass? Eamonn Quinn, the man behind Louth’s contemporary music society, reveals all Eamonn Quinn is laughing about the time he took John Zorn to a karaoke night in the small Irish border town of Dundalk. “He’d just played this late-night organ recital at St Patrick’s [church],” explains Quinn, attempting to keep a straight face. “It was incredible. So, I took him for a drink at the
  
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• Ex On The Beach Babe Chloe Ferry Has Just Given Us The Secret To Her Ultimate Hangover Cure – EXCLUSIVE

  16-06-2017 12:35
  
  Don't miss brand new Ex On The Beach, starting on Tuesday 20th June @ 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Big Brother 2017: Marnie Simpson Goes Into Detail About Watching Lewis Bloor Cheat On Her

  16-06-2017 12:33
  
  Oh Marns :(
  
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• This Is Why Everyone Reckons Beyoncé Has Already Given Birth To Her Twins

  16-06-2017 12:25
  
  There's a Solange-shaped piece of evidence...
  
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• Miley Cyrus Explains Her Decision To Quit Smoking Weed

  16-06-2017 11:56
  
  It all started with a nightmare...
  
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• Katy Teams Up with Taylor’s Ex Calvin on New Single 'Feels'

  16-06-2017 11:44
  
  Is there still bad blood between the famous frenemies?
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn to appear on Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival 2017

  16-06-2017 11:32
  
  Exclusive: Labour leader to introduce political US rap duo Run the Jewels on the main stage as Michael Eavis hails him ‘the hero of the hour’Jeremy Corbyn will appear at this year’s Glastonbury, speaking to crowds from the main Pyramid stage on the Saturday afternoon of the festival.After being scheduled to appear at last year’s event before cancelling amid the vote for Brexit, the Labour leader is likely to receive a rapturous reception this time, in the wake of a genera
  
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• Lorde Admits To Being The Mastermind Behind That Onion Rings Instagram Account

  16-06-2017 11:31
  
  WE KNEW IT.
  
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• Horoscopes | June 13th - June 19th 2017

  16-06-2017 11:29
  
  What's written in the stars for you this week?
  
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• Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg Are Back For Daddy’s Home 2 Trailer

  16-06-2017 11:14
  
  Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have to face two rivals even worse than each other… their own dads.​
  
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• Big Brother 2017: Stephanie Davis Responds To Marnie Simpson Branding Her 'Delusional' As Feud Intensifies

  16-06-2017 11:14
  
  Ex Lewis Bloor has also been dragged into it.
  
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• Love Island 2017: TWO New Potential Couples Get close And Tyne-Lexy FINALLY Gets A Date With New Lad Mike

  16-06-2017 10:59
  
  As all the guys get SUPER worried...
  
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• Royal Blood Won't Be Jumping On the Collab Bandwagon...Yet

  16-06-2017 10:30
  
  EXCLUSIVE! As the duo release their second studio album, we ask Ben and Mike whether they're planning any musical hook-ups, where they look for feedback on their new music and more...
  
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• Perrie Edwards And Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Are On The Ultimate Couples Holiday

  16-06-2017 10:22
  
  Though there was a small matter of a terrifying helicopter ride to get them there.
  
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• This Hotel in the Swiss Alps Literally Has No Walls Or Roof

  16-06-2017 09:55
  
  That’s one way to save money on heating bills.
  
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• Snoop Dogg Narrates THAT Planet Earth II Lizard Chase: MUST-WATCH

  16-06-2017 09:40
  
  The latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel’s Plizzanet Earth is everything
  
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• Bella Thorne Insists Her And Gregg Sulkin Aren’t Back Together And Here's Why

  16-06-2017 09:35
  
  They're just the best exes to have ever existed.
  
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• Girlhood

  16-06-2017 08:15 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Girlhood
  
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• Leonard Cohen: Montreal remembers 'local legend' with murals and exhibition

  16-06-2017 07:00
  
  Giant paintings are being planned in Cohen’s hometown alongside an expansive exhibition planned to coincide with the first anniversary of his death“I feel at home when I’m in Montreal – in a way that I don’t feel anywhere else,” Leonard Cohen told an interviewer in 2006. Cohen, the poet, songwriter, and performer, died on 7 November 2016. At 82 years old, Cohen had hardly slowed down, having just released what would be his final album, You Want It Darker, and
  
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• Katy v Taylor, Nicki v Remy: why pop star bust-ups diminish all women

  16-06-2017 07:00
  
  Recent battles between female pop and rap stars have been ruthlessly stoked by the media and characterised as catfights, but they are built on levels of complicity
  As the promo cycle began for Katy Perry’s fifth album, Witness, the pop star started telling anyone who’d listen about her fallout with Taylor Swift. It started in 2013, when Perry reportedly “stole” Swift’s tour dancers and was kicked up a gear recently, when Perry released Swish Swish, an alleged diss t
  
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• Power (Ft. Stormzy)

  16-06-2017 06:43 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Power (Ft. Stormzy)
  
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• Down (Ft. Gucci Mane)

  16-06-2017 06:43 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Down (Ft. Gucci Mane)
  
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• Came Here For Love (Ft. Ella Eyre)

  16-06-2017 06:43 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Came Here For Love (Ft. Ella Eyre)
  
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• Get Paid (Ft. Wiley)

  16-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Get Paid (Ft. Wiley)
  
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• Castaway

  16-06-2017 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Castaway
  
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