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• Scottish Album of the Year: Mogwai and Young Fathers among nominees

  01-08-2018 22:40
  The Scottish music industry’s long list recognises 20 contemporary albumsMogwai, Young Fathers and Franz Ferdinand are among the 20 acts long-listed for this year’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) prize. Now in its sixth year, the Scottish alternative to the Mercury prize awards £20,000 to the winning artist, with nine runners-up each receiving £10,000. Related: Safe Mercury shortlist once again raises questions about prize's purposeContinue reading...
  
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• French rappers' brawl forces terminal to close at Paris Orly airport

  01-08-2018 20:35
  Punch-up between Booba and Kaaris and their minders also causes flight delaysA punch-up between two rival French rap stars descended into a mass brawl in a departure lounge at Paris Orly airport on Wednesday, forcing the brief closure of one terminal and causing flight delays.Some passengers scurried for safety while others took videos on their mobile phones as rappers Booba and Kaaris and their minders lashed out at each other and crashed through cosmetics stands in a duty-free shop.Continue re
  
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• Facebook And Instagram Introduce A Time Limit Tool That Could Help Tackle Social Media Addiction

  01-08-2018 17:46
  Facebook announced the tool following concerns about the negative impact social media has on mental health.
  
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• West Side Story role recast for Proms after 'whitewashing' backlash

  01-08-2018 17:38
  Previous performer Sierra Boggess had quit in April saying the casting of a non-Latina singer as Maria ‘would be a huge mistake’The role of Maria in a BBC Proms performance of West Side Story has been recast, after the previous singer pulled out amid accusations of the role being “whitewashed”. Sierra Boggess quit the role of Maria, a Puerto Rican character, in April, saying that to take it “would once again deny Latinas the opportunity to sing this score, as well a
  
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• Ex On The Beach 9’s Daisy Robins Reveals How She Deals With Heartbreak And We’ve Definitely Done The Same – EXCLUSIVE

  01-08-2018 16:45
  Don’t miss brand new Ex On The Beach, starting Wednesday 15th August at 10pm on MTV UK!
  
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• Iron Maiden review – Spitfires, hell and a rallying cry for freedom

  01-08-2018 14:30
  Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
  The heavy metal heroes stage their most extravagant show to date, an anti-war opera full of pyrotechnics, swordfights and monastic chantingAny band with a long history of theatrical shows reaches a time when it faces a choice to either strip everything down and get back to the music, man, or to somehow push the boat out even further. Iron Maiden’s Legacy of the Beast tour takes the latter course: it’s their most visually extravagant show ever. Their masco
  
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• Trainee nurses given 500 free tickets to Glastonbury 2019 amid staffing crisis

  01-08-2018 14:29
  Offer from Michael Eavis is to encourage more into nursing profession, after NHS trust admits ‘there are no more nurses in Somerset’Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis is to give away up to 500 tickets for the 2019 event to trainee nurses in the Mendip area, where the festival is based.Speaking at Shepton Mallet’s summer fete in July, Eavis said he made the decision following a conversation with the local NHS trust chairman, who had complained about a lack of trainees.Co
  
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• The Time Traveller’s Wife Is Being Made Into A TV Show

  01-08-2018 13:45
  Here's everything we know about the new TV show.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Gives A Tour Inside Her Humungous Motor Home Dressing Room In True MTV Cribs Style

  01-08-2018 13:03
  Hi I'm Charlotte Crosby, and welcome to my c̶r̶i̶b̶ Winnebago.
  
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• Chick Corea review – full-throttle jazz that starts in fifth gear

  01-08-2018 12:45
  Ronnie Scott’s, London
  From blues licks to Liszt, drummer Dave Weckl and bassist John Patitucci join the legendary pianist for tight, near-telepathic playingPianist Chick Corea has worked with plenty of great drum/bass pairings over the last 50 years – including Grady Tate and Ron Carter, Roy Haynes and Miroslav Vitouš, Lenny White and Stanley Clarke, Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez. Tonight’s show puts him alongside his two most celebrated accomplices: drummer Dave Weckl and
  
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• Fans Think Marnie Simpson Looks Like A Cross Between Two Geordie Shore Stars In This Bikini Shot

  01-08-2018 12:36
  Seeing double?
  
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• There's A Kid Version Of Troye & Ariana's Dance To This Video & It's Adorable

  01-08-2018 11:52
  In. Love. With. This.
  
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• Sam Gowland Proves He’s The Ultimate Boyfriend With This Public Declaration About Chloe Ferry

  01-08-2018 11:49
  The Geordie Shore lad could genuinely write a book on how to make a girl feel special
  
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• Nicki Minaj's New Album QUEEN Is Either Coming Out On Time Or With More Tracks - And She's Letting You Decide

  01-08-2018 11:48
  Put your votes in NOW.
  
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• Love Island's Rosie Williams Has Already Earned More Than Her Yearly Solicitor's Salary Through Instagram

  01-08-2018 11:41
  The former solicitor is cashing in on her Love Island fame.
  
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• The Geordies Give Their Honest Opinions On Chloe Ferry And Sam Gowland’s Matching Tattoos: “Personally I think they may regret it” - Exclusive

  01-08-2018 11:21
  The gang go out with a bang in this final confession cam...
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown And Jacob Sartorius Have Split After Seven Months Together

  01-08-2018 11:13
  The couple have parted ways on good terms.
  
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• Seymour Stein, the man who signed Madonna: 'My ears got me through'

  01-08-2018 11:00
  His Sire label gave careers to Madonna, Talking Heads and the Ramones, while he was stuck in the closet and a tumultuous marriage. ‘Who’s to say what’s normal?’ he wondersSeymour Stein loves the music business. And so he should, given he is one of the last old record guys – the kind who came up when rock’n’roll was the thing, who worked in the Brill Building, who talks about songs and records rather than streams and monetisation. The kind of guy who sign
  
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• Kendall Jenner Reveals What Kylie Jenner Is Like As A Mum

  01-08-2018 10:54
  And Kendall says she has an extra special bond with her niece Stormi Webster.
  
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• Does This Prove That Justin Bieber And Hailey Baldwin Have Already Got Married In Secret?

  01-08-2018 10:44
  People are speculating that the engaged couple have already tied the knot.
  
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