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• Public Health England warns of measles outbreak at music festivals

  25-05-2018 16:39
  Crowded environments like festivals said to be a risk, amid surge in measles cases in West MidlandsPublic Health England is advising attendees at summer music festivals to be vaccinated against measles, amid worries that the events could allow for the easy spread of an outbreak.In a statement, the government body said that music festivals “pose an ideal opportunity for the infection to spread quickly” and that “close-mixing environments such as festivals are more at risk”
  
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• A$AP Rocky: Testing review – twisted pretty-boy cranks up the weirdness

  25-05-2018 16:26
  The rapper’s aversion to the mainstream takes his third album to some glorious heights, with the help of Skepta and Frank Ocean. But is his swaggering decadence wearing thin?A$AP Rocky’s great gift isn’t that he flies above rap trends ­– it’s that he contorts them at will. Who else could be pitched as the successor to New York’s golden-age legends while leaning on subwoofer-rumbling, screwed-up Southern hip-hop? Rocky is an ostentatious impresario who took
  
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• New Music Round-Up: ZAYN, Shawn Mendes, A$AP Rocky, Biffy Clyro & MORE

  25-05-2018 15:21
  Jorja Smith, Belly & The Weeknd, CHVRCHES and MORE also dropped new tracks - check below to hear our hot takes...
  
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• Fans left with 'invalid' tickets in Ed Sheeran anti-tout scheme

  25-05-2018 14:16
  Sheeran’s promoters cancelled all tickets bought from secondary ticketing site Viagogo, leaving fans in the lurch on first night of stadium tourFans holding tickets for Ed Sheeran’s UK stadium tour purchased through secondary ticketing site Viagogo were denied access to the first night in accordance with previously publicised plans to crack down on touts and inflated resale prices.Related: Ed Sheeran review – bland everybloke brings the pub to the stadiumContinue reading..
  
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• It could all be so simple … why did Lauryn Hill disappear?

  25-05-2018 14:00
  The artist – who has announced a string of arena dates – retreated after the release of her seminal album. What happened?If being sampled by the biggest rappers on the planet is acknowledgment of your influence, then Lauryn Hill still has stock in the game. Her track Ex-Factor, from her only studio album, 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, has been interpolated by both Drake (Nice for What) and Cardi B (Be Careful) of late – just in time for Ms Hill to announce that
  
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• Charlotte Crosby's Wild Night Out Looks Epic Until Relentless Paparazzi Completely Ruin It

  25-05-2018 13:34
  The Geordie Shore lass enjoyed a night with Josh Ritchie and Sophie Kasaei, until it was ruined.
  
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• Biffy Clyro Reveal The Challenge Of Going Unplugged In Our Exclusive 'Many Of Horror' Commentary

  25-05-2018 13:19
  Watch Simon, James and Ben reminisce about their MTV Unplugged show in this walk through of their 'Many Of Horror' performance...
  
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• Pusha T: Daytona review – Kanye ably props up rap's best drug storyteller

  25-05-2018 13:17
  Despite his success, Pusha T is still rapping about drug dealing – but the sheer pleasure of his flow, and Kanye West’s productions, smooth over any quibbles about authenticityA fair bit of rap is a self-fulfilling prophecy: rhyme about how lavish your lifestyle is until your success affords you a lavish lifestyle. You might have to spend all your rent money on Balmain in the beginning but, if you make it, authenticity catches up with you. Pusha T, now nearly two decades into his car
  
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• Kanye West paid $85,000 to use Whitney Houston bathroom photo on Pusha T album

  25-05-2018 13:16
  Drug paraphernalia is visible in the 2006 image, which appears on the cover of Pusha T’s new album, DaytonaPusha T: Daytona review – Kanye ably props up rap’s best drug storytellerKanye West paid $85,000 (£63,640) to license an image of Whitney Houston’s drug-strewn bathroom for the cover of Pusha T’s new album, Daytona. Pusha T told radio host Angie Martinez that West, who produced Daytona, changed the artwork at the last minute, calling him at 1am to declare
  
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• Marnie Simpson Films Casey Johnson As She 'Treats' Him To Cosmetic Injections In His Face

  25-05-2018 13:08
  The Geordie Shore lass and her Ex On The Beach bae had a took a day trip to the surgeons.
  
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• Spectrum’s New Disney Collection Is Their Dreamiest Collab Yet

  25-05-2018 13:06
  The Little Mermaid is their first release and we are here for it...
  
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• Geordie Shore Lad Aaron Chalmers Took Over MTV Fit’s Instagram To Show A Day In His Life And Here’s What We Learnt – EXCLUSIVE

  25-05-2018 13:00
  Aaron takes on Ash Griffiths in his Bellator 200 debut TONIGHT!
  
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• Spotify to review its 'hateful conduct' policy following industry criticism

  25-05-2018 12:40
  Streaming platform will reinstate XXXTentacion’s music to playlists after artists including Kendrick Lamar threaten to pull their workTwo weeks after Spotify removed music by R Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from its editorial playlists, in accordance with its new “hateful conduct” policy, the streaming platform will restore music by the latter in response to a backlash from the industry and its own staff.Spotify announced the “hate conduct and hateful conduct” polic
  
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• Ed Sheeran review – bland everybloke brings the pub to the stadium

  25-05-2018 12:39
  Etihad Stadium, Manchester
  The grinning megastar gets hands waving with no more than a guitar, some chummy bantz and his undeniably catchy hitsThere’s a video on the internet of Ed Sheeran, before he was famous, playing to bemused passers-by in London’s St Pancras station. He was more fresh-faced and less bearded, but was already purveying his now ubiquitous, one-size-fits-all mix of folk, soul, rap and bantz, urging the railway passengers to sing along and “make a circle&rdquo
  
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• Win Tickets To Beyoncé And Jay-Z’s On The Run II Tour

  25-05-2018 12:17
  Find out how you and a mate can go to Beyoncé and Jay-Z's On The Tun II tour...
  
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• SNL's Pete Davidson Talks Dating With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

  25-05-2018 12:07
  Ariana Grande's rumoured new bae hit back at insensitive comments about his mental illness.
  
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• Bye, Spotify: can this new streaming service help listeners play fair?

  25-05-2018 12:00
  Music subscription service Resonate gives artists both money and power over content with a stream-to-own modelJon Davies has set out on a career creating experimental music about the exploitation of people and the environment. Like many independent artists, Davies doesn’t expect to earn much profit from digital downloads or streams of his music, so he relies on a handful of side hustles to make a living.He works five days a week as an usher at a local music venue in Liverpool. He also seek
  
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• Shawn Mendes Opens Up About The Real Reason He Gets Anxiety

  25-05-2018 11:51
  The singer's quick rise to fame has left him wondering 'what next?'...
  
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• Million Dollar Baby Spoiler Video: Lateysha Grace Gets Emotional As She Labels Their Baby Show Appearance With Baby On Trend ‘Embarrassing’

  25-05-2018 11:00
  Don't miss brand new Million Dollar Baby, Wednesdays at 8pm on MTV!
  
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• Ariana Grande And Rumoured New Bae Pete Davidson Get Their Flirt On Via Emojis

  25-05-2018 10:54
  They've been flirting up a STORM (kinda).
  
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• Contemporary album of the month – Jon Hassell: Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume I)

  25-05-2018 09:30
  Hassell’s ‘fourth world’ fusion of hi-tech minimalism with world rhythms proves the 81-year-old is still experimental after all these yearsIn the late 70s, long before terms such as “world music” or “cultural appropriation” were in common usage, the trumpeter and composer Jon Hassell devised the term “Fourth World” to describe his music. It explored what he called “primitive futurism”, where shantytown squalor coexisted with hi-te
  
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