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• Queen Creole: Mélissa Laveaux on telling Haiti's story through folksong, spirituals and Vodou

  01-02-2018 19:10
  The Canadian singer’s striking new album is themed around the US occupation of her parents’ homeland – but is a lilting, joyful record about omens, civil treachery and sexualityOn a dull January afternoon, Mélissa Laveaux arrives at her record label’s Paris office apologising for her lateness. Disorganisation is, she says, a lifelong affliction.But the 33-year-old is in the middle of so many self-directed projects that it’s hard to take her claims too serious
  
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• Here’s When You’ll Finally Be Able To Play Red Dead Redemption 2

  01-02-2018 18:47
  Rockstar have confirmed a new release date for Red Dead Redemption 2. Here are all the details.
  
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• Win Tickets To The 2018 BRIT Awards (And After Party!)

  01-02-2018 18:07
  You and a mate could be attending the UK’s biggest night in music! Find out how to enter here…
  
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• Get to Know: Jade Bird

  01-02-2018 17:39
  We caught up with the exciting new artist to find out a little bit more about her and her music...
  
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• Five Things We Loved About Sofi Tukker's Heaven Show

  01-02-2018 17:23
  It was incredible...
  
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• Rihanna not welcome in Senegal, religious group says

  01-02-2018 17:02
  Religious collective reheats conspiracy theories about Illuminati and Barbadian singer, who is due to visit on FridayRihanna has been declared persona non grata by a group of religious organisations in Senegal, who accused the singer of intending to promote homosexuality in collusion with the Freemasons.The Barbadian pop star is scheduled to attend a conference on eduction in the west African country on Friday alongside the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in her role as an ambassador for the
  
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• Liam Payne and Rita Ora Perform 'For You' Live for the First Time

  01-02-2018 16:37
  You need to see this...
  
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• Jeff Tweedy review – fistfights and fan favourites lead romp through 30-year career

  01-02-2018 15:30
  Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
  The Wilco and Uncle Tupelo frontman creates fascinating juxtapositions as he hops around his back catalogue like a magpieThere are solo acoustic gigs where audience members are so reverent that the awestruck silence can be unnerving. Then there are ones where emboldened souls see an intimate setting as the perfect time to strike up a convo with their hero. As it turns out, a Jeff Tweedy solo show in an elegant converted church is mostly rather self-policing. At one
  
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• Lady Gaga review – a uniquely human star in a sea of conformity

  01-02-2018 14:45
  Arena Birmingham
  Returning to the UK after a fight with chronic pain, and a decade at the top of the pop game, Lady Gaga dials down the weirdness – but scales up the emotionAs she points out more than once tonight, Lady Gaga’s commercial breakthrough came almost a decade ago. An eternity in pop – Taylor Swift was still a country singer, Miley Cyrus was still Hannah Montana and Gaga’s early singles battled it out with Duffy and the Ting Tings at the top of the UK charts. B
  
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• The 10 greatest Super Bowl half-time shows - Ranked!

  01-02-2018 14:30
  From Beyoncé to Bruce half-time at the NFL’s big season finale is the 12-minute stadium set that’s become a pop cultural milestone. But whose show was the MVP?After 15 years on the margins of pop, Prince’s 12-minute Super Bowl show was part of a return to centre-stage that climaxed with his dazzling 21-night O2 Arena residency. As he reeled off hits and stunning guitar solos, the dancers and special effects seemed almost beside the point: there was something thrillingly
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Unveils All Star 'Black Panther' Soundtrack

  01-02-2018 14:07
  Khalid, Jorja Smith and The Weekend all feature...
  
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• Bryan Ferry on how Roxy Music invented a new kind of pop: 'We were game for anything'

  01-02-2018 13:58
  With their thrillingly strange 1972 debut, Roxy Music announced themselves as a band that were unlike anyone else. The singer looks back at how they created a new kind of music – out of Stax, oboes and Marilyn Monroe More than 45 years ago, a new group released their first album. They didn’t wear denim, nor had they, apparently, paid their dues. Indeed, their heavily stylised presentation – a model posed archly on the cover in a 1950s pastiche, the musicians inside clad in leop
  
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• Troye Sivan Wows with Epic 'My My My!' Performance on Ellen

  01-02-2018 13:49
  This is massive...
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about obsession

  01-02-2018 13:00
  Radiohead, Fine Young Cannibals and Gang of Four feature on a playlist that doesn’t shy away from showing what it wants
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of suggestions on last week’s callout. Thanks for taking part. Read more about how our weekly series works at the end of the piece.I sought your suggestions with a relatively open remit for interpretations, and some readers shared songs they obsess over, but many of those featuring in
  
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• Love Island’s Chris Hughes And Olivia Attwood Deny Claims They’re ‘Faking’ Their Relationship For Their New TV Show

  01-02-2018 13:00
  "I'd take being relatable and honest any day over someone else's idea of perfect..."
  
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• Hookworms: Microshift review – vast leap forward into a psychedelic future

  01-02-2018 13:00
  On their third album, the Leeds band shed some distortion to reveal powerful vocals and tough pop melodies – without sacrificing any intensityArtists often have a tendency to make heavy weather out of recording albums. We’ve all read the features, invariably headlined TO HELL AND BACK, replete with loudly expressed comparisons to “being in the trenches”, “on the last helicopter out of Saigon” or to scenes of unimaginable terror and desperation it usually turns
  
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• Can't Afford Yeezy Season 6? Missguided Have Got You Covered

  01-02-2018 12:48
  The more affordable fashion brand have dropped their very own Kim Kardashian inspired collection...
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld Shines In Stunning 'Capital Letters' Music Video

  01-02-2018 12:28
  What a superstar...
  
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• Camila Cabello Scores Spotify Milestone with 'Never Be the Same'

  01-02-2018 11:51
  This is huge...
  
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• Liam Payne Deletes Braggy Instagram Post After Facing Online Backlash

  01-02-2018 11:20
  Think before you post, people.
  
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• Geordie Shore Episode 5 Spoiler Video: Chloe Ferry Brands Sam Gowland’s First Date Activity ‘Absolutely Awful’ As The Couple’s Romance Heats Up In Tenerife

  01-02-2018 11:00
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm on MTV!
  
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• Lorde: Israeli fans sue activists over tour cancellation

  01-02-2018 07:50
  Two New Zealand women face claim for ‘emotional injury’ over singer’s scrapped Tel Aviv showThree teenage Israeli fans of the popstar Lorde have filed a lawsuit claiming thousands of pounds in “emotional injury” damages against two New-Zealand-based activists for allegedly convincing her to cancel a performance in Tel Aviv.
  The case, filed by an Israeli legal rights group, appears to be the first use of a controversial law passed in 2011 that allows civil suits to b
  
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