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• Celeb Babies That Were Born In 2018

  04-12-2018 18:40
  Baby, baby, baby, oooh.
  
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• 2018’s Highest Paid YouTubers Have Been Revealed And There Are Some Surprises

  04-12-2018 17:29
  Can we talk about the fact that they're all men?
  
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• Courtney Marie Andrews review – Americana star has audience in ecstasy

  04-12-2018 17:04
  Union Chapel, London
  Following the release of her acclaimed sixth album, the singer shows how precise and cutting her songwriting has becomeYou could forgive Courtney Marie Andrews for turning this show into a victory lap. In fact you might expect it. Her sixth album, May Your Kindness Remain, has been appearing high on best-of-2018 lists, and her live shows with her band have been marvels of Americana. But the band isn’t present for this one, and the album is just a tiny part of the show.
  
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• Marnie Simpson And Casey Johnson Have A *Very* Different Opinion About This Christmas Tradition

  04-12-2018 15:43
  Whose side are you on?
  
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• Pokemon Go Unveils New Game-Changing Player V. Player Battles: Your Biggest Questions ANSWERED

  04-12-2018 14:58
  Pokemon Go's new Trainer Battles will change the entire game.
  
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• 19 Festive AF Things to do in London this Christmas

  04-12-2018 14:27
  Santa’s on his way, and here's how to get festive before the big day...
  
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• Geordie Shore Fans Are Losing It Over This Sizzling Shot Of Holly Hagan’s Skintight Dress

  04-12-2018 12:46
  Some people have described her as a "modern day Jessica Rabbit."
  
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• The 5 Seconds of Summer Boys Celebrated Seven Years Of Their Existence Yesterday And We’re Crying

  04-12-2018 12:13
  7 years of 5SOS? Damn, we're getting old...
  
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• Health, Heat and Halloumi: 5 Reasons Why Cyprus Should Be on Your Wellness Bucket List

  04-12-2018 12:03
  Have we already mentioned Halloumi?
  
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• The Cardigans review – at their best when playing the lovefool

  04-12-2018 11:50
  Manchester Apollo
  The guitar-pop band reconvene to play their biggest-selling album, Gran Turismo – but shine brightest when they leave its darkness behindThe Cardigans’ fourth album, Gran Turismo, isn’t the most obvious one for them to perform it in its entirety, for its 20th anniversary. On the one hand, their bestselling album shifted 3m copies and made the Swedish quintet even bigger international stars. On the other, it was the product of an unhappy time, when singer Nina
  
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• Single Huns Need To Take Note Of How Sophie Kasaei Bagged Her Boyfriend

  04-12-2018 11:41
  The Geordie Shore lass made the first move.
  
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• Ariana Grande Responds After Pete Davidson’s Emotional Post About Being Bullied

  04-12-2018 11:29
  "I care deeply about Pete and his health."
  
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• Riverdale Fans Have Been Given The First Glimpse Of Jughead’s Mum And Sister

  04-12-2018 10:53
  Jellybean Jones has made her entrance
  
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• 'Busking might die out': musicians fear for future as councils crack down

  04-12-2018 08:30
  Councils are increasingly trying to prosecute street musicians, say campaigners – but there are better ways to deal with noise nuisanceAs Chelsea and Westminster council’s lead member for streets, planning and transport, Will Pascall’s in-tray is always full of complaints about one issue in particular: busking. He says residents in this, the most densely populated area in the UK, shouldn’t have to be disturbed by excessive noise from street performers.Despite having non-l
  
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• The Housemartins: how we made Happy Hour

  04-12-2018 07:00
  ‘I started getting letters from pub landlords saying that people were jumping on tables to it. I don’t know if many listeners realised it’s about women being harassed’Happy Hour started off as a song called French England, years before I formed the Housemartins. I was working in a ledger office in Surrey, and as a northerner I saw that whole area as part of France. So the original first line was “French England, what a good place to be”. Continue reading...
  
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• The 50 best albums of 2018: 50-41

  04-12-2018 07:00
  Our countdown of the year’s most exciting music, as voted for by over 50 Guardian critics, begins with pithy punk, political soul, pagan gospel and mutated rave. Check in every weekday for moreSee our tracks of the yearMore on the best culture of 2018Nerds get bogged down in taxonomy when discussing Deafheaven – is it metal or not? – but the rest of us can get on with simply revelling in a gigantically heavy band at the peak of their powers. The solos are virtuosic and upliftin
  
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• The 50 best albums of 2018: 50-31

  04-12-2018 07:00
  Our countdown of the year’s most exciting sounds – updated every weekday – brings intensely confessional pop, otherworldly blues and the magic of twisted flamencoSee our tracks of the yearMore on the best culture of 2018Over to James Blake, who tweeted of Rosalía’s second album: “Just what the actual afjhkhhhhhdiquyhqkzjdhjsnbahjkbbsbdhsjajbaFfdfffdffffffffffffffffffff.” Indeed. El Mal Querer sounds like nothing else released this year: the 25-year-old
  
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• The 50 best albums of 2018: 50-11

  04-12-2018 07:00
  Formidable electronica meets unsettling, socially conscious rap and searching R&B in our latest additions to our best albums countdown. Find out the Top 10 from MondaySee our tracks of the yearThe best culture of 2018Along with the other producers in the PC Music stable, at first, Sophie brilliantly highlighted the euphoria in J-pop and trance – and then, on her debut full-length, invested it all with emotional depth. The dance tracks are formidable in their mechanised, lubricated prec
  
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• Drake, Post Malone and XXXTentacion are most-streamed artists of 2018 on Spotify

  04-12-2018 06:01
  Trio of rappers top global streaming stats for 2018, with Drake’s tracks being played 8.2bn timesThree North American rappers – Drake, Post Malone and XXXTentacion – have been named as the most streamed artists of the year on Spotify.Canadian rapper Drake topped the list of total global streams, with his tracks being played 8.2bn times. He had 2018’s most streamed album and track, with Scorpion and God’s Plan respectively. Another track, In My Feelings, which sparke
  
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