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• 30 years of Final Fantasy: a cult of devotion, and the music still soars

  12-07-2017 23:00
  
  International Convention Centre, SydneyThe Distant World philharmonic orchestra is celebrating three decades of the classic game with a rousing and nostalgic world tourCirca 1987, a small Japanese software company called Square decided to make one last video game. On the verge of bankruptcy, it believed its time was almost up so named it with that in mind: Final Fantasy.Fast-forward 30 years and the board at what is now Square-Enix likely erupts into laughter when recalling the story over Friday
  
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• On Everything (Ft. Travis Scott, Rick Ross & Big Sean) [Explicit]

  12-07-2017 21:37 via mtv.co.uk
  
  On Everything (Ft. Travis Scott, Rick Ross & Big Sean)
  
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• Know No Better (Ft. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)

  12-07-2017 21:18 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Know No Better (feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)
  
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• Know No Better (feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)

  12-07-2017 21:18 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Know No Better (feat. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo)
  
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• Swish Swish (Ft. Nicki Minaj) (Lyric Video Starring Gretchen)

  12-07-2017 20:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Swish Swish (Lyric Video Starring Gretchen)
  
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• A L I E N S (Lyric Video)

  12-07-2017 18:25 via mtv.co.uk
  
  A L I E N S (Lyric Video)
  
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• Scotland Is Now Offering Women Free Tampons And Pads

  12-07-2017 18:14
  
  They are piloting a scheme to address period poverty.
  
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• Kendall Jenner And Bella Hadid Have A Slumber Party In Mykonos And It Looks Fun AF

  12-07-2017 18:04
  
  Nothing like a sleepover with your bestie to end a lovely day.
  
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• A Three-Year Tinder Joke Has Resulted In A Free First Date To Hawaii For Two Strangers

  12-07-2017 18:04
  
  Um can we come too please?
  
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• The Killers webchat – your questions answered on Morrissey, Anton Corbijn and pizza

  12-07-2017 17:34
  
  Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr of the Killers joined us in the Guardian office to offer insights on their Steve Coogan addiction, pole vaulting and working at TacoTime4.34pm BSTThanks for all your questions, sorry we didn't get to all of them! 4.33pm BSTPaineNeeleman asks:What’s your spirit animal?Brandon: My spirit animal is Ronnie Unstoppable Vannucci JrRonnie: Mine is a yak. A big horned beast. Continue reading...
  
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• Rob Kardashian Apologises To His Family For That Explicit Rant About Blac Chyna

  12-07-2017 17:04
  
  Reckons the Kardashians were right to consider Blac bad news.
  
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• This Femfresh Ad Has Just Been Banned For Being Too Sexual

  12-07-2017 16:40
  
  But should it have been?
  
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• Cole Sprouse The Photographer Strikes Again With Beautiful Sophie Turner Shoot

  12-07-2017 16:30
  
  The Riverdale actor and photographer in his own right is at it again and we're simply thrilled.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Hints Blac Chyna May Have Violated A Non-Disclosure Agreement With Allegations Against Rob

  12-07-2017 16:20
  
  There's a lot of legal issues going on here.
  
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• Disney Are Struggling To Find An Actor To Take On The Role Of Aladdin

  12-07-2017 15:53
  
  Gotta eat to live, gotta hire to eat.
  
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• All Stars (Ft ALMA)

  12-07-2017 15:23 via mtv.co.uk
  
  All Stars (Official Video)
  
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• 17 Posts Every Lesbian Will Relate To

  12-07-2017 15:11
  
  People referring to your girlfriend as your 'friend' is never ending.
  
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• Ferne McCann Gives Fans A Glimpse Of Her Sizeable Baby Bump In Holiday Snaps

  12-07-2017 13:40
  
  She's blooming. And she looks incredible.
  
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• Ariana Grande made honorary citizen of Manchester

  12-07-2017 13:35
  
  Singer whose concert was scene of terrorist attack recognised for efforts in organising subsequent benefit gig for victimsAriana Grande has been made an honorary citizen of Manchester after organising a concert to raise funds for victims of the terrorist attack in the city.Councillors voted unanimously at a sometimes emotional meeting to award the distinction after the pop singer’s involvement in the One Love benefit concert in aid of the victims of the bomb. Continue reading...
  
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• MTV Will Be Back At V Festival 2017 Bringing You LIVE Highlights!

  12-07-2017 13:30
  
  Yep, that means the MTV Stage returns for a fourth year too…
  
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• 12 Photos You're Definitely Going To See On Your Instagram Feed This Summer

  12-07-2017 13:16
  
  There ain’t no cliché like a summer holiday cliché.
  
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• Are Cheryl And Liam Payne About To Return To The X Factor Together?!

  12-07-2017 13:08
  
  The couple are rumoured to be joining the Judges' Houses
  
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• Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa Take Psy's Most Viewed YouTube Video Crown

  12-07-2017 13:00
  
  'See You Again' has just surpassed 'Gangnam Style''s YouTube viewcount...
  
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• Love Island's Olivia Buckland Sets The Record Straight Over Pregnancy Claims

  12-07-2017 12:57
  
  The Love Island star responds to 'baby bump' rumours.
  
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• 8 Things Lesbians Are Bored Of Hearing

  12-07-2017 12:55
  
  Time to clear up a few things.
  
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• Netflix and Grill: Spread Nutella, Not Your Legs

  12-07-2017 12:43
  
  Round, inviting, tasty, tempting, delicious. All words to describe a burger or the lips of a significant other. The question is: which one would you choose?
  
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• How singles are swapping sex for food

  12-07-2017 12:43
  
  Netflix and grill: spread Nutella, not your legs...
  
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• The Horrors review – eldritch rockers signal move into the big leagues

  12-07-2017 12:32
  
  Omeara, London
  Previewing their new album V, the gothic hipsters hint at a life beyond the record-nerd crowd, mixing in throbbing electronics to lighter-waving effect‘Can we have some more dry ice, please?” asks the Horrors’ frontman Faris Badwan, from a stage already resembling an airport smoking lounge. As the room gets further fugged, he deadpans: “I was joking, actually.” Lit solely from behind tonight, the Horrors are only visible as silhouettes with good hair
  
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• The Escapists 2 Release Date Revealed - Here Are All The New Features

  12-07-2017 12:31
  
  The sequel to The Escapists finally has a release date! Here's when you'll get to play it, on which consoles, and all the new features!
  
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• What To Wear | Summer 2017

  12-07-2017 12:12
  
  The biggest trends to try out when it’s hot out…
  
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• Love Island 2017: Jonny Mitchell Deletes ALL Social Media Accounts After His Shock Exit From The Show

  12-07-2017 12:06
  
  His popularity has been questionable at best.
  
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• Emilia Clarke Slams Anti-Feminists Who Hated On Her Nude Game Of Thrones Sex Scenes

  12-07-2017 11:49
  
  The Mother of Dragons claps back.
  
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• Chris Hemsworth Just Paid Miley Cyrus The Best Compliment

  12-07-2017 11:46
  
  The actor was asked quite the prying red carpet question, but it's fine because he had an incredible answer.
  
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• OMG Louis Tomlinson Has Released a Snippet of His New Single

  12-07-2017 11:42
  
  The former One Direction member has started to tease 'Back to You' on social media...
  
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• Ty Dolla $ign: 'Mixtapes are dead. People don’t even have CD players any more'

  12-07-2017 11:00
  
  The west coast rapper has become the go-to guest for hip-hop and pop’s biggest names, but can he make it solo – and why does he love John Mayer so much?Listening to the radio is a strange experience for Ty Dolla $ign. “To be real with you, whenever I’m around my friends and one of my songs comes on, I always say I don’t want to hear my shit,” the artist born Tyrone William Griffin Jr says. “I want to hear something new. If it’s not a newer song I&r
  
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• Bella Union – 10 of the best

  12-07-2017 11:00
  
  The label founded by Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie turns 20 this month. Here are some of their finest recordingsSo many love songs aim for the grand gesture – birds appearing every time you are near, a heart going on near, far, or indeed wherever you are – and in doing so, end up sharing nothing of the reality of love. On their 2006 album, The Trials of Van Occupanther, Texas quintet Midlake offered up a rarely seen, less glamorous, but altogether more heartbr
  
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• There For You

  12-07-2017 10:04 via mtv.co.uk
  
  There For You
  
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• Radiohead's Thom Yorke responds as Ken Loach criticises Israel gig

  12-07-2017 09:29
  
  Radiohead frontman argues ‘we don’t endorse Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America’, after film director encourages them to support cultural boycott of IsraelRadiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke has responded to criticism by film director Ken Loach over the band’s upcoming performance in Tel Aviv.Loach wrote in a comment piece in the Independent: “[Radiohead’s] stubborn refusal to engage with the many critics of their ill-advised conce
  
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• Nice2KnoU

  12-07-2017 08:45 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Nice2KnoU
  
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• New Rules

  12-07-2017 08:35 via mtv.co.uk
  
  New Rules
  
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• Where the streets have no statues: why do the Irish hate U2?

  12-07-2017 08:00
  
  They’re bigger than Guinness and George Bernard Shaw. So why are Bono and co so unloved in their home country?For three decades U2 have filled the world’s biggest stadiums as easily as guitarist The Edge fits his trademark black beanie hat. The group’s cultural reach is as wide as the 200-ton arachnid-shaped stage they once performed their mammoth shows on. As an Irish export, they’re in the same category as George Bernard Shaw and Guinness.
  If another country produced th
  
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• Thelonious Monk's surreally strange and spartan genius gets its due

  12-07-2017 08:00
  
  The legendary pianist’s centenary was celebrated and his music vibrantly updated by John Beasley and his remarkable MONK’estraJust for his name alone, the presence of Thelonious Monk on the planet between 1917 and 1982 has probably registered with more people who know little and care less about jazz than almost any other of its legends. To have been fortunate enough to have actually heard and seen the piano-playing and composing genius from Rocky Mount, Carolina on stage feels like t
  
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