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• Readers recommend: share songs that made you fall in love with music

  08-02-2018 21:00
  Nominate in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 12 February Was there one song, one moment, when you just knew your life would revolve around the music that soundtracks it? Spread the love by sharing in the comments and your choice could make next week’s playlist.You have until 11pm on Monday 12 February to post your nomination and make your justification. RR regular Paul Hayes (who posts in the comments as Fue
  
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• Electronic pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto: 'My great regret is not reconnecting with Bowie'

  08-02-2018 17:00
  With the Yellow Magic Orchestra, he inspired the sound of hip-hop, electro and techno. Then, the Japanese composer won an Oscar and worked many of the greats, including Davids Bowie and Byrne. Now, in recovery from cancer, his impulse to innovate is as strong as everOn the roof of a half-built tower block overlooking Oslo’s harbour, Ryuichi Sakamoto – former global pop star, a godfather of techno and hip-hop and an Oscar-winning composer – is in a makeshift plastic shack, coaxi
  
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• Geordie Shore's Holly Hagan Praised By Fans After Posting Real Time Updates Of Anxiety Struggle

  08-02-2018 16:30
  The Geordie Shore lass is 'overwhelmed' by the response after sharing live updates of her anxiety battle.
  
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• Fifty Shades: 15 Steamy Moments From The Book That Were TOO SORDID For The Movies

  08-02-2018 16:27
  You won't see these steamy sex scenes in the cinema...
  
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• Why You Shouldn't Feel Like Crap On Valentine's Day

  08-02-2018 15:58
  Pull yourself together, because being single has never been more fun.
  
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• Jersey Shore Is BACK As The Original Housemates Reunite For A Family Vacation

  08-02-2018 15:19
  Stay tuned for ALL the details as Jersey Shore returns to our screens!
  
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• Get to Know: Kojo Funds

  08-02-2018 14:58
  We caught up with the exciting new artist to find out a little bit more about him and his music...
  
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• John Perry Barlow: the late internet pioneer who wrote for the Grateful Dead

  08-02-2018 14:37
  The early champion of online free speech turned a childhood friendship with Bob Weir into some of the band’s most distinctive songsAnyone with a passing acquaintance with the Grateful Dead will know that the central songwriting partnership was that of Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter. But there was another enduring team that fed into the band’s vision of an alternative America – rhythm guitarist Bob Weir and his old school friend John Perry Barlow, whose death, aged 70,
  
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• Kendrick Lamar review – rap's regal genius delivers a cliche-free knockout

  08-02-2018 14:10
  Dublin 3ArenaThe megastar sparks arena-sized bedlam on his own terms: with a breathtaking show that lets his music do the talkingA man garlanded with every honour going, from Grammy awards to a spot in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Kendrick Lamar nevertheless seems a little taken aback by the response to his arrival in Dublin. “I heard y’all painted a picture of me on a wall,” he says. “No one’s ever done that before.” Indeed
  
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• 25 of The Most Ridiculous Sex Scenes In Movies EVER

  08-02-2018 13:42
  Fifty Shades sets the bar for sexy shenanigans high, but these BDSM-lovin' babes made our jaws drop EVEN MORE...
  
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• It felt so right: I Kissed a Girl and the problematic lyrics artists attempted to disavow

  08-02-2018 13:34
  Katy Perry has expressed regret at the stereotypes peddled on her debut single. She’s not the only artist who has attempted to distance herself from badly aged materialWhat a difference a decade makes. “If I had to write that song again, I probably would make an edit on it,” Katy Perry recently told Glamour magazine of her 2009 breakthrough hit, I Kissed a Girl. “Lyrically, it has a couple of stereotypes in it. Your mind changes so much in 10 years, and you grow so much.
  
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• Bruno Mars Scores 15th Video with 200 Million YouTube Views

  08-02-2018 13:15
  We can't get enough of the 'Treasure' hitmaker...
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about rendezvous

  08-02-2018 13:00
  Artists ready to meet up for this week’s date include Basement Jaxx, Canned Heat, Frank Zappa and the Rolling Stones
  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.New York is a city of shadows, concrete mountains and canyons, street noise. But there are high-rise havens to be had. On the roof the air is clear and at nig
  
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• MGMT: Little Dark Age review – synthpop pranksters get serious for a change

  08-02-2018 13:00
  After two albums of wilfully awkward music seemingly designed to lose them fans, the duo return with some unironically gorgeous melodies and a dash of hallucinogenic weirdnessWhat do you do after you’ve committed career suicide? It’s a question you suspect may have hung heavy over Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden, better known as MGMT. Ten years ago, their debut album, Oracular Spectacular, catapulted them to fame: they were nominated for Grammys, their songs were covered by ev
  
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• Geordie Shore Episode 6 Spoiler Video: Chloe Ferry And Sam Gowland Finally Buck As Sophie Kasaei And Nathan Henry Get Jealous

  08-02-2018 13:00
  Don't miss brand new Geordie Shore, Tuesdays at 10pm on MTV!
  
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• This Video Of Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle And His Son Chester Is Too Cute To Cope With

  08-02-2018 12:11
  Who knew Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle had SO many different facial expressions?
  
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• Selena Gomez Opens Up About Recording Her New Album

  08-02-2018 11:45
  It looks like it's going to be her best work to date...
  
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• A YouTuber Was Catfished Into Thinking He Was Having Twins After A One Night Stand

  08-02-2018 11:29
  The lies escalated for almost a year.
  
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• Selena Gomez Says She Will Battle Anxiety And Depression For The Rest Of Her Life

  08-02-2018 11:12
  The 'Wolves' singer got candid about her mental health.
  
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• From Kanye West To Farrah Abraham: 9 Celebs Who Are Constantly Being Accused Of Being A Diva

  08-02-2018 11:04
  But have they really earned their diva-ship a la Gemma Collins?
  
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• Coco Schumann obituary

  08-02-2018 11:00
  Jazz musician forced to play the guitar in Auschwitz as victims were selected for the gas chamberCoco Schumann, who has died aged 93, was always at pains to stress that he was, as he put it, “a musician who spent time in a concentration camp, not a concentration camp prisoner who made music”. He said that music had defined his life, and he was convinced it was music that had been responsible for his survival.Partly out of a wish not to allow the Nazis a prominent place in his biograp
  
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• Yolanda Hadid Weighs In On Gigi Hadid And Zayn Malik Wedding Plans

  08-02-2018 10:49
  The former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star admits "he's like a son to me."
  
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• 8 Apps You Need If You're Obssessed With Your Star Sign

  08-02-2018 10:23
  We predict that you're gonna love them.
  
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• 10 Actually Really Useful Celebrity Acne Tips

  08-02-2018 10:14
  From salmon to salicylic acid, get those spots sorted.
  
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• 28 Thoughts We Had While Reading Will.i.am's YA Novel Wizards And Robots

  08-02-2018 10:08
  ...Am I too old to be reading this?
  
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• What 15 Of The Most Common Sex Dreams ACTUALLY Mean

  08-02-2018 09:59
  Don't even try to pretend you haven't had a couple of these...
  
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• 12 LOL Valentine's Day Cards That Won't Make You Want To Vom

  08-02-2018 09:54
  And if they do we have a sick bag waiting for you babes....
  
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• 14 Things Everyone Who Had A Tumblr Phase Has Done

  08-02-2018 09:53
  Had or.....
  
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