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• Readers recommend: share songs that start with the chorus

  15-03-2018 21:00
  Nominate in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 19 March This week we’re looking for songs with a “chorus” at the beginning. Keep an eye on the comments for more on how readers will be interpreting the theme.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 19 March to post your nomination and make your justification. RR regular Paul Hayes (who posts in the comments as Fuel) will select from your recommendations and p
  
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• Johnny Hallyday's children seek to freeze estate in row over will

  15-03-2018 20:23
  Late French rocker divides his family by leaving fortune to widow and disinheriting childrenWarring members of Johnny Hallyday’s family have sought a court order freezing the late French rocker’s estate in the first round of a bitter dispute over his estimated €100m (£89m) fortune.
  The battle has pitted Hallyday’s widow Laeticia, to whom he left his entire estate, against the singer’s two elder children, who were disinherited.Continue reading...
  
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• Wake review – Birmingham Opera Company breathe life into Lazarus tale

  15-03-2018 20:07
  B12 Warehouse, Birmingham
  With local staff, chorus and extras, BOC’s latest project offsets an uneven story with its eclectic score and unique atmosphereNo one could ever accuse the Birmingham Opera Company of lacking ambition. Over the last quarter-century its productions have spanned the whole history of opera, from Monteverdi’s Return of Ulysses to the British premiere of Stockhausen’s Mittwoch aus Licht, and the guiding principle behind every one has been the involvement of
  
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• Rihanna wipes $1bn off Snapchat after criticising app for making a 'joke' of domestic violence

  15-03-2018 18:45
  The company had apologised after an ad asking: ‘Would you rather slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown?’ slipped through its review processRihanna wiped almost $1bn (£720m) off the value of Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc, after criticising the social media app for hosting an advert that appeared to make light of domestic violence.The advertisement for a mobile game called “Would You Rather” featured photos of Rihanna and Chris Brown, and asked whether players
  
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• Rihanna denounces Snapchat ad asking: would you rather hit her or Chris Brown?

  15-03-2018 18:45
  Company apologizes after singer, who was attacked by Brown in 2009, says ad makes ‘joke’ of domestic violenceRihanna has slammed Snapchat for making a “joke” of domestic violence after the company posted an ad asking users whether they would rather “slap Rihanna” or “punch Chris Brown”. “I’d love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain’t that dumb! You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to DV vi
  
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• Rihanna Slams Snapchat For Chris Brown Advert Making 'Joke' Of Domestic Violence

  15-03-2018 18:24
  She's not accepting Snapchat's apology after they used her image in controversial Chris Brown ad.
  
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• 'I wouldn’t want this for anybody’s daughter': will #MeToo kill off the rock'n'roll groupie?

  15-03-2018 18:11
  Male rock stars of the 1970s and 80s were often notorious for sleeping with young female fans. Now women are starting to see those encounters in a very different lightIn 2001, when the Mötley Crüe biography The Dirt was published, barely an eyebrow was raised at the debauchery described within. Even one of the darkest tales, in which Nikki Sixx said he “pretty much” raped an intoxicated woman after he had had sex with her in a cupboard and then sent Tommy Lee in to do the s
  
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• Get to Know: Hardy Caprio

  15-03-2018 18:10
  We caught up with the exciting new act to find out a little bit more about him and his music...
  
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• The best songs from teen movies – ranked!

  15-03-2018 17:37
  Simple Minds! The Moldy Peaches! Yello! Here are 20 of the most memorable musical moments from the greatest high-school films everThe visuals of a poolside Phoebe Cates peeling off her bikini top might be more famous than the song that accompanies them, but Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe, Fast Times’ director and writer, were no slouches when it came to finding the perfect guitar riff for this early slice of music video-style slo-mo that – legend has it – became the most rewo
  
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• 8 Fanfiction Tropes We'll Honestly Never Get Tired Of

  15-03-2018 17:20
  Including feuding families, cross-fandom characters, and coffeeshop AUs.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers Is Feeling 'Confident' As He's Announced For Bellator 200 Fight

  15-03-2018 16:25
  The Geordie Shore lad is set to achieve his ultimate goal of fighting for Bellator MMA.
  
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• Rapsody: 'I wanted to tell my story, something that spoke for black women'

  15-03-2018 14:28
  The US rapper is looking beyond her two Grammy nominations, and collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, to tell the ‘honest or ugly parts’ of African-American stories that are seldom heardIn January, 35-year-old Rapsody became the fifth woman ever to be nominated for best rap album at the Grammys, for Laila’s Wisdom – and picked up a nomination for best rap song, too. The self-described “tomboy” offers a ferocious voice to the voiceless: loaded with intricate rhym
  
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• Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Lady Gaga to feature on Elton John covers albums

  15-03-2018 14:05
  The pop and country-themed covers collections of Elton John and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s best-loved material are released on 6 AprilElton John has announced two all-star covers albums of his and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s greatest hits. Released on 6 April through Virgin EMI, Revamp features contributions from many of pop’s biggest artists, including John’s protege Ed Sheeran covering Candle in the Wind and Lady Gaga taking on Your Song. The tracklisting encompasses many
  
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• A First Look At The Charlotte Show Has Dropped And Here’s Everything You Can Expect To See Of Charlotte Crosby’s Real Life

  15-03-2018 14:00
  Don't miss brand new The Charlotte Show, starting Wednesday 28th March at 9pm on MTV!
  
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• Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and More Star on Elton John's New Album

  15-03-2018 13:49
  We need this now...
  
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• Rose Brown Hair Is The Latest Colouring Trend That Works For Brunettes

  15-03-2018 13:26
  Thank you hair gods, we knew you existed.
  
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• What You Need To Know About Slut-Shaming With Moxie Author Jennifer Mathieu

  15-03-2018 13:17
  "If you find yourself reflexively judging another woman’s sexual choices, take a moment to ask yourself: would you do the same to a man?"
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Seamlessly Shut Down Troll Who Claimed Being A Dad Had Made Him 'Boring'

  15-03-2018 13:12
  Gary Beadle had the perfect response to the hater.
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter and Jonas Blue Unveil Snippet of ‘Alien’

  15-03-2018 13:01
  This sounds huge...
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs with sudden changes

  15-03-2018 13:00
  Artists such as Lorde, Sparks, the Moody Blues and Metallica bring changes of pace to a prog-heavy playlist with twists and turns
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of stories and suggestions on last week’s callout. Thanks for taking part. Read more about how our weekly series works at the end of the piece.Related: Go back to go forward: the resurgence of prog rockContinue reading...
  
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• Mount Eerie: Now Only review – drops of light pierce the fog of grief | Alexis Petridis' album of the week

  15-03-2018 13:00
  Phil Elverum’s last album focused unsparingly on his wife’s death, and a year later, the loss is still paralysing, though leavened with tiny moments of hopeIt’s not often that an artist describes their latest work as “barely music”, but that was the frank assessment posited by singer-songwriter Phil Elverum about his eighth album under the name Mount Eerie, 2017’s A Crow Looked at Me. Elverum had a point. Since the late 90s, when he began releasing music as fr
  
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• This Is How Justin Bieber And Selena Gomez Are Dealing With Their Latest Split

  15-03-2018 12:45
  Hint: Not a whole lot better than we are.
  
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• What Is Period Poverty And Why Should I Give AF?

  15-03-2018 12:28
  The sitch is pretty dire.
  
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• 15 Things You’ve Secretly Done On Your Period

  15-03-2018 12:11
  Anything you can do we can do bleeding.
  
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• Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby Defends Herself Following Scarlett Moffatt's Fitness DVD Backlash

  15-03-2018 12:07
  The former Geordie Shore lass insists she did things by the book.
  
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• We Are All Camila Cabello Posing For The Paparazzi During Airport Security

  15-03-2018 11:58
  Strike a pose.
  
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• G-Eazy and Charlie Puth Release Epic ‘Sober’ Music Video

  15-03-2018 11:36
  This is incredible...
  
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• Love Island's Chris Hughes Brands Ex Olivia Attwood A 'F**king A**hole'

  15-03-2018 11:18
  Things turned nasty during an argument on the Love Island couple's TV show, Crackin' On.
  
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• My life in pieces: Alan Opie's 50 years on stage with English National Opera

  15-03-2018 11:17
  The baritone has been performing with ENO for five decades and has weathered crises, protests and woodworm. Plenty might have changed, but not the company’s core mission - accessible and immediately understandable operaI started singing with English National Opera (Sadler’s Wells Opera as it was then) quite out of breath. I was still a student at the London Opera Centre, and had been brought in to do three weeks of a 10-week tour singing the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute. I fou
  
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• Kylie Jenner's Latest Picture Of Stormi Webster Is The Cutest Yet

  15-03-2018 10:34
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star's daughter just melted our hearts.
  
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• Kendall Jenner Addresses Rumours About Her Sexuality: 'I Have Nothing To Hide'

  15-03-2018 10:11
  The 22-year-old has also spoken up about having a "male" energy. Yup.
  
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