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• Fans pay tribute to Dolores O’Riordan in Limerick

  21-01-2018 17:14
  Thousands gather at St Joseph’s Church to pay their respects to Irish pop star and Cranberries lead singerThousands have gathered in Limerick to remember the life of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan, who died last week in London.Fans young and old, many clutching white roses and daffodils, streamed into St Joseph’s church in the city for a public reposal on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Tom Petty family hope guitarist's death will raise awareness of opioid crisis

  21-01-2018 16:47
  Musician’s wife and daughter say a fractured hip led to ‘over use of medication’ and voice hope report will contribute to opioid discussionThe family of rock star Tom Petty have said they hope his death from a drug overdose might spark new debate about America’s “opioid crisis” and that by being transparent, lives can be saved in the future.Petty died at the age of 66 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Malibu home in October. A coroner’s report has
  
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• The Scientific Reason Why It Can Be So Difficult To Cut Off Toxic Relationships

  21-01-2018 16:38
  This makes a whole lot of sense.
  
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• Ed Sheeran to marry his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn

  21-01-2018 15:55
  Singer already living with hockey player who helped him recover from 2015 cycling accident
  Singer Ed Sheeran has shared news of his engagement and added that “our cats are chuffed as well”. The musician revealed he and girlfriend Cherry Seaborn are engaged on Instagram. Sharing a photograph of them together with his more than 18 million followers, Sheeran wrote: “Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx.
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld Sets The Record Straight On Those Niall Horan Dating Rumours

  21-01-2018 15:49
  Fans are convinced their friendship has blossomed into something more.
  
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• How Did We Miss The Hint Rob Kardashian Dropped About Kim Kardashian's Baby Name?

  21-01-2018 15:12
  It's time we started paying close attention to Rob's social-media feed.
  
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• Les Triaboliques review – exhilarating global guitar sounds

  21-01-2018 15:03
  Rich Mix, London
  Busy from gigging with Robert Plant and John Lydon, guitarists Justin Adams, Lu Edmonds and Ben Mandelson reunited for a captivating night
  This was an exhilarating, eclectic set by an inventive British band who perform all too rarely. Perched on stools were three of the UK’s finest guitarists and exponents of other twanging stringed instruments, each player with a history that has involved rock, punk and global styles. In the centre, on muted and then stomping electric gui
  
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• Chloe Ferry Makes A Good Point About Speculation She Might Join Dancing On Ice

  21-01-2018 14:51
  The Geordie Shore lass has been fielding questions about this for quite some time.
  
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• A Woman Asked Siri If Her Crush Would Text Her Back And The Results Were Disastrous

  21-01-2018 13:23
  Time to launch our phone into the watery depths of the ocean.
  
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• Randy Newman: ‘I've written a song about Trump and Ivanka – but it needs a little work’

  21-01-2018 13:00
  The great songwriter talks about politics, Toy Story and the Smiths – and why he’s never enjoyed the writing processThe prospect of lunch with Randy Newman straddles the line between exciting and scary. He’s one of the great American songwriters, no question, but from a distance he seems intimidating. His work is brainy and funny, but can also be brutal. Famously, he offended an entire subset of the human race in his most commercially successful song, Short People, which railed
  
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• Julie Fowlis/Celtic Connections gala review – Gaelic song in full force

  21-01-2018 12:55
  Various venues, Glasgow
  ★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆
  Gaelic singer Fowlis is flawless during a solo show, while the festival’s 25th-anniversary gala misses its chance to advance the genre‘Because this is happening in a Gaelic song,” jokes Julie Fowlis, “we know it won’t end well.” Fowlis wears her tradition lightly and deeply. It’s a pivot that comes with assurance; the Gaelic singer/multi-instrumentalist is a s
  
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• How To Turn Off The Instagram Feature That Reveals When You Were Last Active

  21-01-2018 12:50
  There's a simple way to disengage from the update.
  
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• Matthew Lewis Reveals He Had A Secret Crush On Emma Watson During Harry Potter

  21-01-2018 12:03
  Let's all have a moment of silence for what could have been...
  
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• Kylie Jenner Will Reportedly End Her Social-Media Blackout When She Gives Birth

  21-01-2018 11:26
  The 20-year-old will be addressing her Instagram silence after she becomes a mum.
  
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• Starcrawler review – more grunge and poses

  21-01-2018 10:00
  Manchester Deaf InstituteThe latest young band tipped to save rock’n’roll may not be messiahs, but they do make an enjoyably unholy racketPeriodically, a young guitar band will come along and be tasked with saving rock’n’roll. Hyperbole rarely stops to define its terms, of course. Perhaps it should, since the idea that rock’n’roll as some sort of citadel in need of succour is pretty problematic.What does it need saving from, and why? Great white hopes touted a
  
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• First Aid Kit: Ruins review – gleaming harmonic shapes

  21-01-2018 09:15
  (Columbia)Sweden’s First Aid Kit have always been a bittersweet pleasure. When they first emerged in 2008, the Söderberg sisters’ poised campfire harmonies ached in inverse proportion to their tender years (18 and 15). Their third album, Stay Gold, successfully sold the Swedes’ folk-pop back to the US, albeit garnering Abba comparisons.On their fourth effort, First Aid Kit sound more hurt than ever, if just as mellifluous. Johanna and Klara Söderberg wrote the album w
  
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• Stick in the Wheel: Follow Them True review – a bravura showcase

  21-01-2018 09:00
  (From Here)Born in the Essex badlands from a motley background that includes dubstep and hard rock, Stick in the Wheel conform to none of the lazy stereotypes that surround folk music. Their 2015 debut, From Here, arrived like a punk manifesto; urgent, abrasive, with no contrived antique accents, jangling guitars or prettification of the hallowed tradition. This follow-up maintains their fierceness while broadening their sonic palette and embracing a more diverse approach in its 50/50 mix of sta
  
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• Revealed: lucky break that led lovelorn traveller to a fling in India with the Beatles

  21-01-2018 01:05
  A broken heart took a young Canadian to the river Ganges’ banks – and the shots of a lifetimeTrees and vines grow through the crumbling terraces of Rishikesh. Yet 50 years ago the former ashram above the Ganges was the fulcrum of a major shift in popular culture.It was here the four Beatles joined other western travellers, including the Beach Boys’ Mike Love, the singer Donovan, the actress Mia Farrow, and the Beatles’ wives and girlfriends, Cynthia Lennon, Maureen Starke
  
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