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• Britten Sinfonia/Adès review – Barry's histrionics and exuberant Beethoven

  23-05-2018 20:27
  Barbican, London
  Soloist Nicolas Hodges performed Gerald Barry’s Piano Concerto with combative force while an energetic Thomas Adès continued the Sinfonia’s Beethoven series
  A classical concerto is sometimes described as a conversation between soloist and orchestra – in which case Gerald Barry’s Piano Concerto is a full-on slanging match. This 2012 work received its London premiere in a performance full of chutzpah and conviction from Nicolas Hodges, its original s
  
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• Aaron Chalmers Reveals The Geordie Shore Family ‘Follow Him Everywhere’ For His MMA Fights As He Talks Preparing For His Bellator 200 Debut – EXCLUSIVE

  23-05-2018 19:00
  Aaron takes on Ash Griffiths at Wembley Arena, May 25th!
  
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• Surprise New Shawn Mendes Single ‘Nervous’ From The Upcoming Album OUT NOW

  23-05-2018 18:30
  There's nothing holding him back now!
  
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• Geordie Shore's Sam Gowland Is Left Raging After Nathan Henry And Sophie Kasaei Accuse Him And Chloe Ferry Of ‘Leaving Them Out’: “It’s F*cking Pathetic”

  23-05-2018 17:28
  Geordie Shore continues Tuesdays at 10pm only on MTV!
  
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• 5 Ways To Look And Feel Better At The Gym

  23-05-2018 16:14
  It's okay to want to look cute while you workout.
  
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• 13 Reasons Why Creator Brian Yorkey Addresses That Season 2 Rape Scene

  23-05-2018 16:10
  "We’re committed on this show to telling truthful stories about things that young people go through in as unflinching a way as we can."
  
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• Kendrick Lamar is right about white fans rapping. The N-word is off limits | Ellie Mae O’Hagan

  23-05-2018 15:00
  Let’s move on from this fruitless discussion. It’s clear that white people using the N-word is offensive and unacceptableEarlier this year, I saw Kendrick Lamar live in London – something I now view as less a gig and more a religious experience. At one point, Lamar performed on an illuminated podium that rose up from underground and emerged in the middle of the audience. There, he got all ten thousand of us to rap along to a song that features several uses of the N-word. Watchi
  
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• Pussycat Dolls sue Daily Mail owner over 'prostitution ring' story

  23-05-2018 14:19
  Former girl group member Kaya Jones claimed members were used for sex by music executives – the group has now sued the Mail’s parent company for publishing her remarksGirl group Pussycat Dolls are suing the parent company of the Daily Mail, after an article was published in which former member Kaya Jones said the group was a “prostitution ring”, where members were given drugs and “passed around” music industry executives for sex.The lawsuit, filed by the band&
  
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• What You NTK About The Irish Abortion Referendum

  23-05-2018 14:11
  Come Friday you'll be totes clued up.
  
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• Zayn Debuts Hot New Track and Music Video ‘Entertainer’ And It’s An Emotional Banger

  23-05-2018 14:01
  OH. MY. GOD.
  
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• R Kelly responds to #MuteRKelly campaign: 'It's too late'

  23-05-2018 14:01
  Video emerges of the R&B singer toasting a room of men for encouraging him to ‘still continue to do what I do’Video has emerged of R Kelly telling a room of male supporters that attempts to suppress his influence following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct are “too late”.In the clip, Kelly appears to reference the #MuteRKelly campaign, which is putting pressure on the music industry to stop supporting the R&B singer. Streaming services including Spotify an
  
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• The Rolling Stones review – old devils put on raw, thrilling show

  23-05-2018 13:58
  London Stadium
  There are ragged moments – a shaky Under My Thumb, a leaden Paint It Black – but plenty of others where Jagger and co achieve liftoffIt is 37 years since the Rolling Stones more or less singlehandedly invented the latterday mega-tour. Huge artists had toured huge sports arenas before the Stones’ 1981 jaunt around the US, but not on that scale, not with that profit, and not with corporate sponsorship – courtesy of Jōvan Musk, an aftershave one suspects
  
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• Who Is Holly Hagan? Everything You Need To Know About The Geordie Shore Star

  23-05-2018 13:30
  When did Holly Hagan leave Geordie Shore? Where is Holly Hagan from? Who is Holly Hagan's boyfriend? All your questions answered...
  
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• Get Your Questions In For Years & Years!

  23-05-2018 13:14
  We're filming an exclusive MTV Asks with Years & Years and we need YOUR help with the questions...
  
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• Is Sophie Kasaei Considering A Date With A Fan Who Asked Her Out On Social-Media?

  23-05-2018 13:07
  The Geordie Shore lass isn't totally against the idea of shacking up with a fan.
  
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• Take To The Skies With One Of Fortnite's Most Amazing Items Yet

  23-05-2018 12:40
  Jetpacks have finally arrived in Fortnite.
  
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• New Avicii Album Reportedly Given The Green Light For Release

  23-05-2018 12:38
  The superstar DJ was found dead last month, but his family have been in talks to release some of the music he'd been working on before his death...
  
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• Things Are Heating Up In Pokémon Go With The Arrival Of Tropical Alolan Pokeman

  23-05-2018 12:32
  Alolan Pokémon originally discovered in the Kanto region are coming to Pokémon Go.
  
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• Someone Called Sophie Kasaei '49-Years-Old’ And She Had The Most Badass Response

  23-05-2018 11:49
  The Geordie Shore lass proved that she'll always have the last laugh.
  
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• How To Watch Biffy Clyro: MTV Unplugged

  23-05-2018 11:39
  Find out how you can get your fix of The Biff's incredible Unplugged live show...
  
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• 'An acutely Irish indignity': DIY musicians fight Ireland's abortion ban

  23-05-2018 11:00
  Ahead of the referendum, bands including Shrug Life, Sissy and Mongoose are making searing attacks on their country’s attitude to reproductive rights‘Apart from the music, tonight is all about awareness,” says a young woman on stage at the Loft, a 200-capacity venue in the heart of Galway city. At charity gig Jamnesty, the room brims with a diverse mass of undergraduates whose informed optimism typifies the spirit that has seen Irish youth become torchbearers for change. Organi
  
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• Did Jennifer Aniston Confront Selena Gomez Over Her Friendship With Justin Theroux?

  23-05-2018 10:57
  The pals were pictured hanging out together in New York City.
  
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• Kendall Jenner And Hailey Baldwin Get Naked And Drink Red Wine In The Bath

  23-05-2018 10:50
  The models cracked open a bottle and set up their own impromptu photoshoot.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Says It’s ‘Hard’ Maintaining A Relationship With Her Children: ‘They Moved On’

  23-05-2018 10:15
  The KUWTK star hopes her family will be there for her when she needs them.
  
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• Lauryn Hill marks 20 years of Miseducation album with arena tour

  23-05-2018 08:00
  The former Fugees singer will play five dates in the UK and Ireland in November and DecemberLauryn Hill will mark the 20th anniversary of her classic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with five UK and Ireland arena dates in November and December.The rapper and soul singer came to fame in hip-hop trio the Fugees, scoring two UK No 1s in 1996 with Ready or Not and their cover of Killing Me Softly, before Hill went solo. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill remains her only studio album, but is wide
  
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• Bob Marley funeral: goodbye to a vibrating Rastaman - archive, 23 May 1981

  23-05-2018 06:30
  23 May 1981: Robin Denselow attends the funeral of Bob Marley in JamaicaBob Marley, reggae singer and Third World superstar, was laid out in state this week in Kingston, Jamaica, dressed in his blue denim stage suit – with a red, gold and green tam covering his dreadlocks of long hair. He had a bible in his right hand and a guitar in his left. Thirty thousand people filed past the body, and police had to use tear gas to keep control.Related: The death of Bob MarleyContinue reading...
  
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• Seal hunting, throat singing, and fighting fair: the power and purpose of Tanya Tagaq

  23-05-2018 04:31
  Before her Dark Mofo appearance, Inuk singer talks about taking on animal rights activists and the upside to living on ‘unforgiving’ land“What I’m doing is not linear,” says Tanya Tagaq. “It’s not everyone’s cup of tea.”The Inuk throat singer recognises that hers is a niche genre. Throat singing started as a sort of a duel – a performance by two women, who stand close, face-to-face, gripping each other’s arms. The challenge was to
  
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• Biffy Clyro – Many Of Horror (MTV Unplugged – MTV Laid Bare Exclusive Commentary)

  23-05-2018 02:00 via mtv.co.uk
  Biffy Clyro take a moment to talk us through one of the special moments during their magical and intimate MTV Unplugged show. Filmed in 2017 at London's Roundhouse, Simon, James and Ben talk the process of stripping back their hit 'Many Of Horror' for this once-in-a-lifetime gig...
  
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