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• Get To Know: Joseph J. Jones

  21-11-2018 22:18
  We catch five with the neo-soul troubadour in this week's introducing interview...
  
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• Ariana Grande Drags Piers Morgan For Criticising Little Mix

  21-11-2018 19:09
  Thank U, Next, Piers.
  
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• Helene Fischer, schlager superstar: the richest singer you’ve never heard of

  21-11-2018 18:46
  The German-Russian star sits above Celine Dion and Britney Spears in Forbes’ list of the highest-paid women in music. But you may find her far from easy listeningFans of low-grade pop beef may be titillated by the potential implications of Katy Perry pipping Taylor Swift to be named Forbes’s highest-paid woman in music for 2018. But the real intrigue – and a potential challenger to their status – lies further down Forbes’s top 10. At No 8, just below Rihanna and ahe
  
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• BNE: the Indonesian slum parties fighting for the underground

  21-11-2018 18:14
  In Bandung, Indonesia, music is often suppressed by local authorities – but one series of shows is defying the restrictions with breakcore and folk-punk‘Music in Indonesia cannot be severed from political domination and power,” says Kimung from his understated office in a residential area of Bandung, West Java. The mononymous music historian and stalwart of the underground music scene in Bandung pores through decades of DIY magazines and articles as he explains the tricky relat
  
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• Blac Chyna Is Being Slammed For Endorsing Skin Lightening Cream

  21-11-2018 17:20
  She’s planning on promoting the cream in Africa.
  
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• Leyla McCalla & Mélissa Laveaux review – inspired double act draw on Haitian roots

  21-11-2018 16:09
  Cadogan Hall, London
  Multi-instrumentalist McCalla delivered a powerful set and deserves to follow Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Rhiannon Giddens to stardomThis inspired double bill brought together two very different singers with similar histories. Leyla McCalla and Mélissa Laveaux were both born in North America to Haitian parents, and are fascinated by the history and music of this battered Caribbean country, which they have reworked and fused with US influences.McCalla grew up in
  
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• Mumford & Sons review – ambitious tour sets sail on a sea of mediocrity

  21-11-2018 14:38
  SSE Hydro, Glasgow
  On a stage that resembles a futuristic pirate ship, the folk-rockers try to be epic and intimate – but their new material sends them adriftU2 brought us the claw, then Arcade Fire the boxing ring. How to characterise Mumford & Sons’ contribution to in-the-round stage architecture? A long rectangular structure with stepped platforms at its extremities and a complex dynamic lighting rig suspended from the ceiling that unfurls like mechanical sails, one could fanc
  
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• Roy Hargrove obituary

  21-11-2018 14:27
  Gifted American trumpeter and flugelhornist who made it his mission to spread the jazz messageWhen the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis emerged as the champion of a return to traditional acoustic-jazz values in the 1980s, his single-minded charisma inspired talented disciples all over the world. One of the most gifted of them was the trumpeter and flugelhornist Roy Hargrove, who has died aged 49 after a cardiac arrest.Hargrove began his jazz career in the late 80s sounding as if he could have dropped n
  
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• Lil Pump review – mindless, parent-resistant mumble rap

  21-11-2018 12:56
  Brixton Academy, London
  Florida rapper Gazzy Garcia’s corralling of a frenzied teenage audience is impressive, but he does so with grey, monotonous hitsThere’s been a fair amount of hand-wringing in recent years regarding the apparent demise of youth counterculture, especially when it comes to music. Where is the soundtrack to teenage rebellion? Or at least the kind of thing your dad would be mildly reluctant to stick on in the car? Florida’s Gazzy Garcia is at the forefront of
  
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• Kim Kardashian Reveals How Kanye West *Really* Feels About Her Sexy Instagram Posts

  21-11-2018 12:41
  Would he prefer it if she kept those naked shots to a minimum?
  
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• Piers Morgan Tries To Drag Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson Over Stunning Underwear Photo

  21-11-2018 12:29
  It’s time to call it quits Piers.
  
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• Scotty T Nearly Choked "To Death" In Terrifying CBB Moment

  21-11-2018 11:59
  The Geordie Shore lad had a near death experience in scenes not aired.
  
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• People Are Losing It Over This ‘Awkward’ Picture Of Tristan Thompson In The Delivery Room

  21-11-2018 11:57
  Things are looking tense.
  
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• The Highest Paid Woman In Music Has Been Revealed And You Might Be Surprised

  21-11-2018 11:22
  Then again, there's a good chance you won't be.
  
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• Katy Perry named 2018's highest paid woman in music

  21-11-2018 11:21
  Forbes’ annual list sees Perry rise from ninth place to unseat Beyoncé, now in third place behind Taylor SwiftForbes has named Katy Perry as 2018’s highest paid woman in music. The business magazine estimates that Perry, 34, earned $83m (£64.7m) in the period spanning June 2017 to June 2018.Perry played 80 dates on the world tour for her fifth album, Witness, during that period, grossing more than $1m per night, as well as earning more than $20m for her work as a judge o
  
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• Hailey Baldwin Singing Justin Bieber Christmas Songs Is Everything

  21-11-2018 10:55
  Wait, we meant Hailey Bieber.
  
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• Fans Are Trying To Predict The Final 25% Of Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next’ Video

  21-11-2018 10:50
  Can you work out the final piece of the puzzle?
  
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• Reading & Leeds 2019: Foo Fighters, twenty one pilots, The 1975 & Post Malone To Headline

  21-11-2018 10:35
  Other acts announced today include Bastille, Juice WRLD, Blossoms, Hayley Kiyoko and more!
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Sophie Kasaei Believes Chloe Ferry ‘Can Get Better’ Than Sam Gowland As She Admits Regret For Punching Incident - Exclusive

  21-11-2018 10:00
  Geordie Shore continues Tuesdays at 10pm on MTV UK!
  
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