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• James Arthur Says He’s Retiring From Music Soon

  01-07-2018 23:52
  His forthcoming album could be his last...
  
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• From Ariana Grande To Ashley Graham: 10 Celebrities Who Have Embraced Their So-Called Imperfections

  01-07-2018 16:36
  Proof that beauty comes in a range of different shapes and sizes.
  
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• Gruppen review – LSO's artful three-way split enthrals Turbine Hall

  01-07-2018 15:53
  Tate Modern, LondonIt was concert as surround-sound art installation: Simon Rattle triumphantly filled Tate’s giant gallery space with the ringing beauty of Stockhausen’s three-orchestra spectacleKarlheinz Stockhausen was no stranger to writing music that turned a performance into an event – this, after all, is the man who wrote music for a string quartet playing from within four helicopters. The importance of making concerts into events is something that Simon Rattle has broug
  
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• From Chrissy Teigen To Kim Kardashian: 7 Celebrities Who Became Political Activists

  01-07-2018 15:50
  These celebs have all used their fame to make a change in the world
  
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• Pelléas et Mélisande review – crashing symbols overpower doomed lovers

  01-07-2018 15:03
  Glyndebourne Opera House, LewesThe many layers of Stefan Herheim’s staging prove detaching distractions from the twisted mystery of the Debussy tragedyAnyone visiting Glyndebourne for its new production of Pelléas et Mélisande would be advised to take a quick tour around the organ room there before curtain-up, to remind themselves of its layout and the paintings on the walls. For Stefan Herheim’s staging, handsomely designed by Philipp Fürhofer, faithfully re-creat
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Marnie Simpson Has Something To Say About Her Corrective Nose Job Surgery

  01-07-2018 13:13
  She's opened up about her decision to go under the knife.
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Took Baby Miles On Stage To Protest Donald Trump’s Immigration Policy

  01-07-2018 12:39
  She and husband John Legend attended the 'Families Belong Together' event in LA.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Opens Up About The Realities Of Parenthood For The First Time

  01-07-2018 12:04
  The KUWTK star has revealed what it's *really* like being a new mum.
  
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• Vicky Pattison Posts A Totally Unedited Selfie In Solidarity With Love Island’s Samira

  01-07-2018 11:32
  "We were born to be real. Not perfect."
  
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• Thirty years since the second summer of love

  01-07-2018 10:00
  Three decades after acid house exploded on the UK club scene, Sharon Walker and her fellow ravers remember the blissed out spirit of 1988 and the second summer of loveIt was the year I got my first job, the year I broke up with my boyfriend, the year I flew to Barbados and met Imran Khan on a beach, but of all the crazy life-changing moments, none had more impact than the night I first experienced acid house, age 22, in the summer of 1988. I’d arrived at Heaven nightclub, underneath the Ch
  
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• Florence + the Machine: High As Hope review – high flyer coming in to land

  01-07-2018 10:00
  Her elemental themes and gale-force delivery remain but Florence Welch now seems to be settling for a little calmThe myth of the tortured artist predates pop music by a few hundred years at least. The idea that meaningful art is forged in some crucible of suffering will very likely survive as a concept, even when all the hits we bounce around to are generated entirely by algorithms. What happens, though, when a drama queen craves a little peace?Over the past decade, Florence Welch has been one o
  
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• Gwenifer Raymond: You Were Never Much of a Dancer review – an immersive debut

  01-07-2018 09:00
  (Tompkins Square)Gwenifer Raymond has a PhD in astrophysics, lives in Brighton and designs video games for a living. No ordinary human, she also has mercury in her fingertips. You can just about see it glisten as she plays guitar on There Will Be Blood for an introductory 2016 acoustic session. By early 2018, the song had evolved into Sometimes There’s Blood, and a video treatment with creepy Victoriana and taxidermy. Such is the Welsh-born Raymond’s very British take on a niche form
  
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• Gorillaz: The Now Now review – too much of a breeze

  01-07-2018 09:00
  (Parlophone/Warner)It still seems deeply strange that Gorillaz won this year’s Brit award for best group. The “group” is essentially a collection of Damon Albarn’s alter egos, and 2017’s Humanz album wasn’t anywhere near their best work, an overstuffed grab bag of predictably quirky cameos and underdeveloped sketches that slipped quickly from the memory.Just as 2010’s sprawling Plastic Beach had its introverted companion album The Fall, The Now Now is a
  
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• Morrissey critic hails postponed UK gigs

  01-07-2018 07:00
  Dave Haslam says the singer ‘crossed the line’ in his support of far-right leader Tommy RobinsonDave Haslam, the veteran DJ and author who has led criticism of the singer Morrissey for his support of the jailed founder of a British far-right group, said on Saturday that he believed the former frontman of The Smiths had “just crossed the line”.Speaking after the last-minute decision to postpone a string of Morrissey’s British and European concerts due to begin this w
  
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• Cerys Matthews: ‘The only way you can change anything is in small increments’

  01-07-2018 07:00
  The singer and presenter talks about being a small fish in a big pond and running a mile a dayMy happiest day would be to find a meadow, light a fire and cook a big meal. I’d play my guitar or just listen to bird song. Music, food and good company is, as far as I’m concerned, the elixir of a good life. I don’t entertain a lot, but we have a big family and I cook every day. I don’t buy pre-made food or takeaways. I’m not into clean eating, but I am interested in tryi
  
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• 5 Of The Biggest Celebrity Family Feuds

  01-07-2018 05:47
  Who could forget Solange and Jay-Z...
  
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• Love, loss and a lot less rap. Yet Drake’s sound still stings

  01-07-2018 01:03
  The rapper’s new album Scorpion contains surprise guests, personal revelations and a second half that is mostly sungOn his fifth album – named after his zodiac sign – the biggest rapper in the world has confirmed that, yes, he is the daddy. Last February, Drake, already a superstar, became ubiquitous when he released God’s Plan, the opening shot of this sprawling album. The audio broke Spotify and Apple Music records; its oft-played video witnessed the Torontonian giving
  
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