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• Playlist | MK Picks Out His Fave Tunes This Summer

  09-07-2018 19:19
  Check out the producer's picks including CamelPhat, Solomun, Patrick Topping and more!
  
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• ‘Three Lions’ Eyes The UK No.1 Spot Again Because It’s Coming Home

  09-07-2018 19:00
  World Cup fever has catapulted Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ anthem back up the charts…
  
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• Oliver Knussen obituary

  09-07-2018 18:11
  One of the most influential British composers and conductors of his generationOliver Knussen, who has died aged 66, was a towering figure in contemporary music, as composer and conductor, teacher and artistic director. The relatively small size of his compositional output conceals music of exceptional refinement and subtlety – a few bars of Knussen may have more impact than whole movements by lesser composers.Besides definitive interpretations of his own music, he must surely have given mo
  
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• Justin Bieber Predicted His Engagement To Hailey Baldwin Way Back In 2016

  09-07-2018 17:41
  Fans should have been anticipating a proposal for about two years now.
  
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• Songs to soundtrack Trump’s UK visit – from American Idiot to Get Back

  09-07-2018 17:20
  A military band will serenade the US president during his British tour. Here are some numbers they might consider playingWhen Theresa May meets Donald Trump during the US president’s visit to Britain this week, a military band will serenade the “special relationship” in song. Yup, transatlantic trade vows may be exchanged to the toe-curlingly deferential likes of Frank Sinatra’s My Way, (gulp) Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love and (for heaven’s
  
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• Andrew Clements: Knussen's musical gems were perfectly imagined and immaculately shaped

  09-07-2018 16:53
  British music has lost one of its most gifted composers of the last half centuryThe death of Oliver Knussen at the age of 66 leaves an aching void at the heart of British musical life. As well as being one of the country’s most gifted composers of the last half century, he has also been an unstinting champion and mentor of successive generations of his colleagues, someone who arguably did more to promote the cause of new music here than any single figure since William Glock in the 1960s an
  
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• Sarah Hyland Shows Off Her Kidney Transplant Scars In This Empowering Selfie

  09-07-2018 16:21
  The bikini shot was taken on July 4th with the caption #ScarsOnDisplay
  
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• Holly Hagan Brands THIS Love Island Relationship ‘Embarrassing’ And Fans Are Divided

  09-07-2018 15:29
  The Geordie Shore lass isn't totally convinced by this romance...
  
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• Wireless Festival 2018 Day 3 Highlights: Drake, Giggs, Rae Sremmurd, Lil Uzi Vert

  09-07-2018 15:24
  With more performances from Playboi Carti, Lil Pump, Not3s and some fantastic surprise appearances!
  
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• Misery of the mega-gig: can a huge show ever be a huge success?

  09-07-2018 15:00
  From shoddy transport and barely-existent toilets, to trying to get the best view of the Foo Fighters in a vast bowl designed to watch sport, we run down the perils of the mega-showEveryone – well, everyone in their right mind – prefers small gigs to big gigs. It’s a much nicer experience all round seeing an artist you love in a room with a few hundred people, than seeing them in an enormodome or a stadium. For a start, you feel like a participant rather than a spectator. But,
  
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• Composer Oliver Knussen dies aged 66

  09-07-2018 14:47
  Peers pay tribute to a force of nature, the British composer and conductor who was ‘one of the most important musicians of our time’British composer and conductor Oliver Knussen has died age 66, his publisher has announced. Related: A guide to Oliver Knussen's musicContinue reading...
  
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• Oneohtrix Point Never review – journey to a jaw-dropping sonic dystopia

  09-07-2018 14:11
  Barbican, London
  Backed by a talented band, electronic visionary Daniel Lopatin creates a surrealist vision of machine vying with manThe big picture, by its nature, is tricky to grasp. In an age of melting ice caps and deadly heatwaves, surprisingly few musicians have tackled the calamity awaiting us. But through his increasingly unclassifiable albums, American electronic musician Daniel Lopatin – AKA Oneohtrix Point Never – has been edging towards the precipice for a closer look. Hi
  
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• Chloe Ferry Leaves Us Speechless In Deep Plunging Leotard And Skin-Tight Latex Skirt

  09-07-2018 13:55
  The Geordie Shore lass went all out with her latest ensemble.
  
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• Cheryl’s Ex ‘Brands Liam Payne ‘A Little Man’’ Amid Claims He Wants Her Back

  09-07-2018 13:35
  The singer and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini divorced in 2016
  
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• twenty one pilots Signal Return With Cryptic Emails & Tweets

  09-07-2018 13:21
  What does it mean?!
  
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• Wireless review – surprise Drake set caps rap's Nato summit

  09-07-2018 13:12
  Finsbury Park, London
  Stormzy had stern words for the Americans on the festival bill, but this was a show of the cross-cultural power of US and UK rap‘Do you do student discount?” asks a man buying a plastic bottle of rosé wine. The bartender frowns back at his man-purse. “Isn’t that Versace?” Yes, it’s Wireless, where statement garms, alcohol, and people under the age of 26 combine for three days of turning up. Once a generic grab bag of indie and pop,
  
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• THIS Geordie Shore Star Just Announced She's Pregnant

  09-07-2018 12:22
  Congratulations are in order for this Geordie Shore babe.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Reveals Baby Stormi Hasn’t Inherited The One Thing She’s Insecure About

  09-07-2018 11:43
  "The one thing I was insecure about, she has."
  
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• Questions You’ve Always Wanted To Ask A Body Piercer

  09-07-2018 11:39
  Infections, awkward questions and everything else you've never had the confidence to just ask about...
  
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• Hailey Baldwin's Dad Totally Confirms Justin Bieber Engagement And Here's Your First Look At The Ring

  09-07-2018 11:15
  But how does Selena Gomez feel about it all?
  
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• Ariana Grande Tweets And Deletes Message About Justin Bieber And Hailey Baldwin’s Engagement

  09-07-2018 10:52
  It looks like she got the wrong end of the stick...
  
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• Alanis Morissette review – full-throttle tour through greatest hits

  09-07-2018 08:00
  Hammersmith Apollo, London
  The Canadian alt-rocker delivers high-energy thrills amid sing-alongs that could rival the cheers of jubilant football fans‘It’s like meeting the man of my dreams, and meeting his beautiful … husband,” sings Alanis Morissette, changing the lyrics of 1996 hit Ironic to make her imaginary dreamboat gay. Cue screams. You can see from the eclectic attire of the crowd that the majority have come straight either from London’s Pride event or a p
  
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• Justin Bieber reportedly engaged to model Hailey Baldwin

  09-07-2018 01:13
  Canadian superstar allegedly asked Baldwin to marry him in the Bahamas on SaturdayNone of his more erratic past behaviour could deflect the legions of True Beliebers from their cause – not his brushes with the law, nor his alleged use of racial epithets, nor even his at times appalling taste in clothes. But this could: Justin Bieber is reportedly engaged.TMZ reported that the Canadian superstar asked his on-off partner, the model Hailey Baldwin, to marry him in the Bahamas on Saturday. And
  
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