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• Chrissy Teigen And John Legend Get Involved In Kanye West's Donald Trump Drama

  27-04-2018 17:05
  At least Kim Kardashian is still game for their double dinner date on Friday.
  
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• Post Malone: Beerbongs & Bentleys review – pop-rap titan has hooks but no lines

  27-04-2018 17:01
  There are powerful choruses and strong vocals from the chart-topping, face-tattooed rapper, but his guests show him up as a weak lyricistThe documentary film Post Malone Is a Rockstar that accompanies the release of his second album strikes a defiant note. In among the glowing testimonies to his talent and humility from colleagues, old schoolfriends and – an unexpected move, this – a man who doesn’t seem to know who Post Malone is, there is much talk of his resilience to critic
  
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• Directioners Are Convinced That Prince Louis Is Named After Louis Tomlinson Himself

  27-04-2018 16:13
  And so are we, if we’re honest.
  
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• Abba announce first new songs for 35 years

  27-04-2018 16:09
  Swedish four-piece take to Instagram to announce two releases that will form part of an ‘avatar tour project’ Alexis Petridis: Abba’s return will be either genius or disaster – but nothing in between‘I Still Have Faith In You’ - What do you think Abba’s new song will be like?Abba have announced that they have written and recorded their first new songs since they split in 1983.The Swedish four-piece, who had nine No 1 hits in the UK between 1974 and 1980,
  
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• Abba's return will be either genius or disaster – but nothing in between | Alexis Petridis

  27-04-2018 15:55
  The Swedish four-piece, returning with new material after 35 years, have seen critics finally acclaim their pop brilliance – but they still aren’t immune from writing turkeys‘I Still Have Faith In You’ – What do you think Abba’s new song will be like?We live in an era where almost every legendary band that can re-form has re-formed, and where technology means not even death is a barrier to 2Pac or Roy Orbison taking the stage once more. The artists who refuse
  
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• Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson Takes Aim At Kim Kardashian's Naked Snaps

  27-04-2018 15:29
  The Geordie Shore lass is struggling to understand the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star's latest uploads.
  
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• Cardi B sued for £10m by former manager and co-writer

  27-04-2018 15:14
  The chart-topping rapper is accused of breach of contract and defamationUS rapper Cardi B is being sued for $10m (£7.25m) by her former manager, Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, who has accused her of breach of contract and defamation.In a claim filed on 26 April and seen by Variety, the dispute centres on Cardi’s departure from Raphael’s company, World Star Marketing Group, and her new deal with Solid Foundation. The latter is the management arm of Quality Control, the lab
  
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• Janelle Monae Just Came Out As Pansexual

  27-04-2018 15:08
  "I consider myself to be a free-ass motherf***er," she said.
  
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• Come Party With Us On The Club MTV Channel Launch Tour!

  27-04-2018 15:04
  We're travelling around the country to celebrate the launch of our Club MTV channel, come and join us for the party!
  
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• I Still Have Faith in You – What do you think Abba's new song will be like?

  27-04-2018 14:08
  Swedish pop group Abba are to release two new songs. We’d like you to make suggestions for what their new lyrics might be likeAlexis Petridis: Abba’s return will be either genius or disaster – but nothing in betweenAbba are to release new music for the first time in 35 years, according to a statement posted on their official Instagram account.Related: Abba announce first new songs for 35 yearsContinue reading...
  
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• Is it OK that rapper Xxxtentacion topped the Billboard 200?

  27-04-2018 13:59
  With his sinister, ‘authentic’ lyrics, Jahseh Onfroy – who has numerous gun charges and allegations of domestic violence – is flourishing as a deeply troubled rapperIn recent years, a crop of rap upstarts has emerged from the underbelly of SoundCloud, many with rap sheets that run longer than their careers. Their king? Florida rapper XXXTentacion, AKA 20-year-old Jahseh Onfroy, whose talent and criminal activity have coincided while he continues to become a major force wi
  
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• Is it OK that rapper Xxxtentacion topped the Billboard 100?

  27-04-2018 13:59
  With his sinister, ‘authentic’ lyrics, Jahseh Onfroy – who has numerous gun charges and allegations of domestic violence – is flourishing as a deeply troubled rapperIn recent years, a crop of rap upstarts has emerged from the underbelly of SoundCloud, many with rap sheets that run longer than their careers. Their king? Florida rapper XXXTentacion, AKA 20-year-old Jahseh Onfroy, whose talent and criminal activity have coincided while he continues to become a major force wi
  
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• Ex On The Beach SPOILER: Zach Tull And Charlotte Hughes Have A Very Public Sex Session In Front Of His Exes While Marnie Simpson Admits: “I Really Like To Watch”

  27-04-2018 13:10
  Ex on the Beach continues Wednesday at 10pm only on MTV!
  
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• Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry Shows Off Drastic Before And After Hair Extensions Video

  27-04-2018 12:43
  The Geordie Shore star took us through her hair transformation.
  
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• New Music Round-Up: Janelle Monáe, Anne-Marie, Post Malone

  27-04-2018 12:20
  Seinabo Sey, Ms Banks and HRVY are also back with new tunes...
  
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• Kelis accuses Nas of domestic violence: 'I had bruises all over my body'

  27-04-2018 12:12
  The R&B singer, married to the rapper from 2005 to 2009, describes their relationship as ‘really toxic … at seven months’ pregnant I was terrified’The R&B singer Kelis has accused her former husband, the rapper Nas, of domestic abuse. The pair met in 2002 and married in 2005. As well as recording music together, they had a child, Knight, who was born three months after they divorced in April 2009. In a video interview with Hollywood Unlocked, Kelis said “th
  
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• Tracks of the week reviewed: Ariana Grande, Sean Paul and Lykke Li

  27-04-2018 12:00
  Ariana’s back in a big way, the Seanpaulaissance trundles on, and Lykke Li releases an autumn banger in (what is apparently) summerSleeve Notes: sign up for music news, bold reviews and unexpected extras emailed direct to you. Every genre, every era, every week Continue reading...
  
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• Here's When You'll Be Able To Play The New Adventure Time Game

  27-04-2018 11:46
  Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion just had its release date confirmed! Here are all the details.
  
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• Avicii's Family Issues Second Statement Following His Death: 'He Couldn't Go On Any Longer'

  27-04-2018 11:32
  The Swedish DJ's family have released a second statement.
  
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• Anne-Marie: Speak Your Mind review – less upfront than it wants to be

  27-04-2018 11:30
  (Asylum Records)‘Are you impressed with my honesty?” enquires Anne-Marie on Perfect, a smug self-love anthem that soon descends into decidedly unimpressive lyrical filler (bizarre padding includes the detail that she’d like to take her family to an Eminem concert). It’s not the only jarring moment on the former Rudimental vocalist’s debut: 2002, co-written with Ed Sheeran, is an inane dose of millennial nostalgia that strings together song titles from the era in hor
  
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• Kim Kardashian Responds To Claims She Copied Her New Perfume Bottle

  27-04-2018 11:02
  The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star's new bottle bears a striking resemblance to Jean Paul Gaultier's.
  
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• Blossoms: Cool Like You review – drivetime indie punches below its weight

  27-04-2018 11:00
  (Virgin/EMI)There’s local pride, and then there’s going over the top. Blossoms’ initial success was greeted by their home town with the addition of “Home of Blossoms” placards to existing Stockport road signage, and by the railway station running updates on the release of their debut album on its departure boards. Their debut topped the UK charts and won a Mercury nomination, so clearly one didn’t have to be from Stockport to feel their drivetime-in-indie-clot
  
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• Elysia Crampton: Elysia Crampton review – Aymara polymath invents dancefloor mythology

  27-04-2018 10:30
  (Break World Records)The fourth release by Bolivian American producer Elysia Crampton contains just six songs and is 19 minutes long, but, as with all her work, it contains a universe of history and philosophical thought. In February, Crampton opened a performance with a lecture about an Andean god, and her self-titled album brings with it similar extra-textual depths. It’s dedicated to Ofelia, a woman credited with removing the mask from the female devil costumes worn by queer and trans p
  
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• Wiley: Godfather II review – crisp grime bangers keep the don afloat

  27-04-2018 10:00
  (Chasing the Art)If it’s anything like its cinematic namesake, this follow-up to Wiley’s 2017 album Godfather should be more complex and narratively ambitious than its predecessor. Unfortunately that doesn’t always turn out to be the case. In terms of sequencing, it is very similar, with an opening salvo of crisp grime bangers segueing into broader experiments. Been a While’s pestering repetition of “Eskiboy” is an annoying bit of brand management, though I Ca
  
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• Contemporary album of the month: Brian Eno – Music for Installations

  27-04-2018 09:30
  (UMC)Despite his mainstream pop collaborations, Eno has never stopped making interesting ambient music, as is evident on this six-disc setFor those of us who grew up being thrilled by Brian Eno’s sonic innovations, the great man seemed to have lost his lustre around a decade ago. When not providing big, bland, blustery, stadium-rock productions for Coldplay and U2, he was collaborating with such cutting-edge mavericks as Andrea Corr, Jools Holland, Natalie Imbruglia, Belinda Carlisle and D
  
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• Avicii's family say DJ 'could not go on any longer'

  27-04-2018 08:07
  Swedish star remembered as ‘sensitive guy’ who was not made for the music businessThe family of the Swedish DJ Avicii, who was found dead last week, have released a statement saying he “could not go on any longer” and “he wanted to find peace”.Avicii, whose real name is Tim Bergling, was found dead in Muscat, Oman, on Friday. Omani police said no evidence of foul play had been found, although the cause of death has not been announced. Continue reading...
  
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• Sex, disco and fish on acid: how Continental Baths became the world's most influential gay club

  27-04-2018 07:00
  Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol and Alfred Hitchcock all frequented the decadent New York bathhouse – as did the police who constantly raided it. Its 87-year-old founder, Steve Ostrow, explains how Continental Baths made club culture what it is todayIt’s 1968. Steve Ostrow and his wife, Joanne, sit in their car opposite the Everard Baths, New York City’s most popular public bathhouse. Hundreds of people are queueing to get in. Ostrow watches on, his eyes widening. Despite its populari
  
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• Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer review – vagina monologues from a far-off star

  27-04-2018 07:00
  She can sing, she can rap, she can act, she can pay homage to Prince – perfectly. So why does Monáe still seem elusive on her most personal album?
  At first glance, Dirty Computer looks like business as usual for Janelle Monáe. Like its predecessor, 2013’s The Electric Lady, it’s a concept album with a title that posits its creator as a part-human, part-cyborg figure, and it comes accompanied by a film in which the heroine struggles against a futuristic dystopia. O
  
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