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• Kanye West announces release dates for two new albums

  19-04-2018 23:26
  The rapper has tweeted that he’ll release two albums in June, one with Kid Cudi and the other with just seven tracksKanye West has announced two new albums both launching in June.After returning to Twitter from an 11-month absence, the Grammy award-winning rapper tweeted that the first album will be released on 1 June and will feature just seven songs. The second will be a collaborative effort with Kid Cudi and will launch on 8 June. Continue reading...
  
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• Cliff Richard privacy case: BBC reporter 'praised for breaking raid story'

  19-04-2018 20:37
  Journalist Dan Johnson says BBC had right to tell public about police search of star’s home and editors made ultimate decisionA leading BBC executive praised the reporter who broke the news of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s house, the high court heard on Thursday. Fran Unsworth, who this year became the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, sent the message to the reporter Dan Johnson after the broadcaster’s coverage of the police search, the court was told. C
  
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• MTV Records: SG Lewis Talks The Neptunes, Working With Nile Rodgers & His Debut Album

  19-04-2018 19:32
  We go crate-digging with the ‘Aura’ producer for Record Store Day 2018…
  
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• From Kendrick's Pulitzer to Beychella: how the mainstream woke up to black excellence

  19-04-2018 19:15
  This week the unparalleled contributions of black performers were finally recognised by the establishment. Why has it taken so long?Did she just say … Kendrick Lamar? The satisfied little smile on Pulitzer prize administrator Dana Canedy’s face as she announced the final award of the afternoon confirmed what I thought I surely had misheard. In awarding the first Pulitzer for a hip-hop album and artist, the music jury, which included the jazz violinist Regina Carter and Columbia prof
  
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• Jessie J’s cultural revolution: how a Middle-Grade Pop Monster saved China

  19-04-2018 19:03
  Her triumph on the country’s TV talent show wasn’t all about winning or the money. It was about enabling her to show the Chinese ‘a western performer and hear music some had never heard before’Well, it was the power ballad heard around the world – by which I mean heard in a variety of Asian emerging markets, but not the UK. Anyway, Jessie J has won a Chinese TV singing competition! Not since Deng Xiaoping’s government allowed Bernardo Bertolucci to use the For
  
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• This Is Your Chance To Ask Jess Glynne Anything!

  19-04-2018 18:37
  'MTV Asks' is BACK and we need your fan questions…
  
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• Get to Know: Dermot Kennedy

  19-04-2018 18:04
  We caught up with the exciting new artist to find out a little bit more about him and his music...
  
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• 11 Easy Ways To Be More Eco Every Day

  19-04-2018 17:52
  Warning: this article may include upsetting advice to cut down on jean-buying.
  
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• Nothing Compares 2 U: the secrets of Prince's original recording, unheard until today

  19-04-2018 17:18
  Who is the song about, why did Prince give it to the Family to record as an album track, and what did he really think of Sinéad O’Connor’s smash hit single? Thirty four years ago, when Paul “St Paul” Peterson was the singer in the Family, a band Prince had assembled, he was sitting in his mother’s house in Minneapolis when he received a tape containing Prince’s recording of a song he wanted Peterson to learn for the album he was producing for the group.
  
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• Off Radar: how the influential radio station was silenced by scandal

  19-04-2018 16:51
  The platform, which aimed to promote the ‘new sound of London’, has gone off air following a claims of cultural exploitation and sexual harassmentWith a company motto of “Tune in or fuck off”, online radio station Radar, founded at the end of 2014, set out to become an uncompromising platform for the UK’s underground music scene. Following in the footsteps of stations such as NTS and the live music streaming platform Boiler Room, Radar was prophesied by many –
  
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• Casting Now! Do You Want To Star In A Brand New MTV Reality Series?

  19-04-2018 16:47
  Of course you do! We're on the hunt for new faces to star in an exciting new MTV show…
  
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• Liam Payne Teases New J Balvin Duet Out This Friday

  19-04-2018 16:43
  We cannot wait to hear this...
  
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• Nicki Minaj Will Be Performing on the SNL Season Finale

  19-04-2018 16:03
  This is going to be amazing...
  
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• From Kim Kardashian To Katy Perry: 11 Hilarious Instagram Comments Celebs Have Left Each Other

  19-04-2018 13:40
  It turns out A-lister's can be beautiful, talented, and funny in equal measure.
  
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• Demi Lovato and Luis Fonsi Land Major YouTube Milestone

  19-04-2018 13:30
  This is huge...
  
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• Beyoncé’s Coachella Make Up Included 3 High Street Products You Can Buy Right Now

  19-04-2018 13:26
  Including a bargain mascara, so yeah we’re sold.
  
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• Is Drake Dating Million Dollar Baby Star Lateysha Grace?

  19-04-2018 13:18
  Looks like the God's Plan singer has been enjoying some female company during his trip to the UK.
  
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• What, no Whitney? The biggest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs ever – ranked!

  19-04-2018 13:00
  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame recognises the world’s greatest popular music stars – except for the ones it doesn’t, from Kate Bush to KraftwerkThis week saw the latest batch of inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, but – like many other uncategorisable, expansive, eclectic and influential singer-songwriters – Björk was nowhere to be seen. Continue reading...
  
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• Drinks: Hippo Lite review – Cate Le Bon's postcards from the edge

  19-04-2018 13:00
  The second album from Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley, recorded in France, is a playful post-punk tonic full of cryptic skronkThere may be no more concrete proof of Cate Le Bon’s stature than Noel Gallagher’s appearance on Later… With Jools Holland last October. Tucked in the back left of the stage, barely visible behind Gallagher’s groovy boys giving it their best Slade impression, stood a kind of Fake Le Bon: a woman sporting an exact replica of the Welsh guitarist’s
  
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• Rita Ora, Chase & Status (DJ Set) Added To MTV Presents: Gibraltar Calling 2018!

  19-04-2018 12:48
  Plus even more acts have just joined the line up…
  
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• Ariana Grande Unveils Stunning ‘No Tears Left to Cry’ Cover

  19-04-2018 12:38
  We are not worthy...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Suffers Sunburn So Red Raw We're In Pain Just From Looking At It

  19-04-2018 12:19
  The former Geordie Shore star forgot to use sun cream.
  
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• Gaz Beadle Suffers Sunburn So Red Raw We're In Pain Just From Looking At It

  19-04-2018 12:19
  The former Geordie Shore star forgot to use sun cream.
  
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• Sophie Kasaei, Olivia Buckland And Lateysha Grace Talk Mental Health In Episode 3

  19-04-2018 11:52
  Olivia Buckland, Lateysha Grace, and Sophie Kasaei talk frankly about an issue that affects us all: mental health.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian 'Struggled' To Choose Her Daughter's Surname Amid Tristan Thompson Cheating Allegations

  19-04-2018 11:32
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashian star reportedly had a hard time selecting a surname for True.
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Alleged Stalker Found With A Knife, Rope And Ammunition Outside Her Home

  19-04-2018 11:13
  The man drove across several states to get to the singer's home.
  
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• Kylie Jenner And Travis Scott Enjoy Date Night As Kylie Shares The Cutest Video Of Stormi Smiliing

  19-04-2018 11:03
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has been busy.
  
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• Field Day festival set to go ahead after organisers, council and locals do battle

  19-04-2018 07:00
  A fraught process of relocation to south London’s Brockwell Park has laid bare the troubles faced by big festivals in the capitalThe London music festival Field Day looks likely to be finally granted a licence by Lambeth council for its 2018 edition, following a long dispute between local councillors, festival promoters and local residents that has mirrored London’s wider struggles over public space and private profit. Headlined by Erykah Badu, Four Tet and Fever Ray, Field Day is sc
  
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