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• Readers recommend: share songs about being lost

  21-06-2018 21:00
  Nominate in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 25 JuneLose yourself in the music this week, nominating along the way – once you find it again. For more on how to interpret the theme, keep an eye on the comments.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 25 June to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Samantha Birchard, who posts below the line as drunkenpanda, will select from your reco
  
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• Sophie Kasaei Proves Her Dog Is A Geordie At Heart

  21-06-2018 19:21
  And it’s just too cute.
  
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• Demi Lovato’s New Song ‘Sober’ Is An Emotional Confession Of Her Breaking Her Sobriety After 6 Years

  21-06-2018 18:11
  Possibly the most open, genuine and honest pop song we’ve ever heard
  
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• Róisín Murphy: 'Pop’s about putting across the primitive parts of yourself'

  21-06-2018 17:06
  The former Moloko singer on the freedom and heartbreak that inspired her favourite tracks from her back catalogue In a desperately fashionable pub garden in Hackney (“it’s like fucking New York round here now, isn’t it?”), Róisín Murphy is swearily and majestically holding court. “Me making music happened not even from a desire to make records,” she begins, as we go over the 25 years since Murphy emerged as one half of Sheffield-based ravers, Mol
  
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• Suspect arrested in rapper XXXTentacion's shooting death

  21-06-2018 16:33
  A 22-year-old was arrested in connection with the death of the rapper who was shot outside of a motorcycle dealership in FloridaA suspect has been charged in the shooting death of rising rap star XXXTentacion, authorities in Florida said on Thursday.Dedrick Devonshay Williams, 22, of Pompano Beach, was arrested shortly before 7pm Wednesday, the Broward sheriff’s office said in a news release sent Thursday morning. Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, 20, who went by the stage name pronounced “Ex Ex
  
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• Here’s Where You Can Shop All Of This Week’s Love Island Outfits RN

  21-06-2018 16:31
  Because we might as well shop during the ad breaks…
  
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• This YouTuber Transformed Into Squidward In The Only Make-Up Tutorial You’ll Ever Need

  21-06-2018 16:17
  We're all goofy goobers for this.
  
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• Everything We Know About Riverdale Season 3

  21-06-2018 15:31
  Because Season 3 honestly can’t air quick enough.
  
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• Vicky Pattison Goes In On Love Island’s Adam For His Treatment Of Rosie

  21-06-2018 15:24
  The Geordie lass has creatively branded him "the most hated helmet in Britain"
  
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• The Resident Evil 2 Remake Now Features 'Wet Gore' Which Is As Terrifying As It Is Gross

  21-06-2018 14:09
  Here's our first peek at that Resident Evil 2 remake's gameplay.
  
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• Here’s How To Watch Someone’s Instagram Story Without Them Knowing

  21-06-2018 13:33
  A step-by-step guide on how to stay ahead of the game
  
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• Trent Reznor: ‘You’re seeing the fall of America in real time’

  21-06-2018 13:16
  He’s survived infamy, addiction and a foray into tech. Now the Nine Inch Nails frontman has swapped his self-loathing for shame at the state of the nationThe title of Nine Inch Nails’ new tour, kicking off in Las Vegas’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, is Cold and Black and Infinite. To get here you must pass the tumbling dice, the restless women queuing for the Magic Mike live show, and the inert displays of Johnny Cash memorabilia. It is slightly incongruous, appearing as it do
  
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• Deftones review – bat screeches, unfettered aggro and posh moshing

  21-06-2018 13:04
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  The US alt-metallers turn up the experimental static, shoegaze sludge and nu-metal roars to max for a showpiece gig that shows why they deserve reverenceIt’s possible that the Southbank Centre in London has never heard such a colossal roar as when Sacramento alt-metallers Deftones walk on stage at Robert Smith’s Meltdown. It’s also probably the first time that Chino Moreno’s baggy-trousered band have played in a concert hall where their fans ar
  
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• Simon Rattle bows out at Berlin with Mahler, Merkel and standing ovations

  21-06-2018 13:03
  After 16 years at the helm of Europe’s most prestigious symphony orchestra, the conductor’s final concerts were emotional affairs. His energy and skills have won him more friends than enemiesAfter 16 years not just at the heart of Europe but also at the head of the continent’s most prestigious symphony orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle bowed out as the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic this week, in an emotional farewell concert in the German capital.The Liverpool-born condu
  
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• Instagram Launches Brand New Video Sharing App IGTV And Here's How It Works

  21-06-2018 13:01
  Did we mention that we're on it...?
  
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• Readers recommend playlist: songs about kings

  21-06-2018 13:00
  A regal list this week includes songs from Richard Thompson, Gilbert and Sullivan, Boy George and the Proclaimers
  Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks for taking part. Read more about how our weekly series works at the end of the piece.This week’s callout produced a great number of nominations: songs about kings, songs about the King (of which more later) and a large number of songs that made me think the ph
  
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• Kamasi Washington: Heaven and Earth review – passionate sounds of the gathering storm | Alexis Petridis album of the week

  21-06-2018 13:00
  The US saxophonist has found his time and it is now: this excellent album connects politics with the jazz of the past to create an angrily inclusive new visionTen years ago, British saxophone legend Courtney Pine painted a sobering picture of life as a modern British jazz musician in an interview with the Guardian. For all the study involved in becoming one, most jazz musicians had no hope of making a living, unless they were one of the clean-cut vocalists content to ring-a-ding-ding their way t
  
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• Multiple women accuse emo musician William Control of running 'sex cult'

  21-06-2018 12:41
  The former Aiden frontman has retreated from the public eye amid allegations of physical, sexual and emotional abuseSeveral women have accused the musician William Francis, AKA William Control, who was frontman of emo band Aiden, of forcing them into a “sex cult”. An investigation by the Daily Beast features explicit accounts from women who claim that Francis enacted physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse towards them, and that he has used his public image as a practitioner
  
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• Love Island’s Sophie Gradon Dies Aged 32 As Tributes Pour In

  21-06-2018 12:29
  Boyfriend Aaron Armstrong reportedly confirmed the news via social-media.
  
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• Riverdale’s Charles Melton Apologises For Fat Shaming Tweets

  21-06-2018 11:24
  The offensive messages have since been deleted from his profile.
  
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• A New Budget Range Of Your Fave Classic Games Has Just Been Revealed For PlayStation 4

  21-06-2018 11:23
  This new line of classic game is perfect if your on a budget. Here are all the details.
  
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• Ariana Grande And Pete Davidson Have Officially Confirmed Their Engagement

  21-06-2018 11:00
  It's legit!
  
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• Nick Cave 'larger than life' statue to be erected in Victorian town

  21-06-2018 09:10
  Bronze statue will depict the Australian singer clad in a loincloth and riding a rearing horse On a flat bit of ground in western Victoria, where the Borung and Henty highways cross near the Yarriambiack Creek, lies the small town of Warracknabeal, population 2,400. Its claim to fame is the Wheatlands Warracknabeal Agricultural Machinery Museum, which is the centrepiece of an annual three-day Easter festival and a designated stop on the new Silo art trail. Continue reading...
  
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