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• Azealia Banks: fearless truthteller or relentless troll?

  24-01-2019 17:22
  She’s addicted to controversial, often bigoted outbursts – recently against the population of Ireland. Yet fans continue to root for the rapper – because she’s the opposite of safe Last week, in the most high-profile celebrity aviation incident since Kate Moss popularised the term “basic bitch” in a row with easyJet staff about sandwiches, the American rapper Azealia Banks removed herself from an Aer Lingus flight after calling a flight attendant an “ugl
  
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• 4 of The UK’s Biggest Artists Are Going To Be Performing Together At The BRITs 2019

  24-01-2019 16:55
  This is going to be epic.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby Denies Claims She Didn't Take Part In Coach Trip And Reveals The Scene They Didn't Show

  24-01-2019 15:30
  Former Geordie Shore star isn’t happy.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby 'Disgusted' In Grown Men Who Slated Her Appearance: 'You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourselves'

  24-01-2019 15:28
  The former Geordie Shore lass has a point.
  
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• 'I'm an apocalypse writer': Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, the asexual rock star for end times

  24-01-2019 15:00
  He surrounds himself with beauty, has everything he’s ever wanted and really, really loves his dog. So why is the Atlantan indie rocker writing about the killing of Jo Cox and the end of the world?The door to Bradford Cox’s wood-framed house is unlocked, so I wander in. Set in a leafy bit of Atlanta, it is the kind of place that would make Marie Kondo freak out, with the entire contents of Cox’s brain seemingly emptied on to its handsome wooden furniture: a topography of shells
  
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• Shaun Ryder to publish lyrics collection through Faber

  24-01-2019 14:33
  Wrote for Luck showcases words of Happy Mondays songwriter hailed in Madchester years as ‘on a par with Yeats’ Shaun Ryder, the Happy Mondays songwriter who immortalised the phrase “You’re twistin’ my melon, man”, has announced a book collecting lyrics from across his four-decade career.Faber will publish Wrote for Luck in their lyrics collection series, which has also published anthologies of works by Kate Bush, Jarvis Cocker and Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Ten
  
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• 5 Reasons Video Games Are Good For Your Health, According To Science

  24-01-2019 13:54
  It's official: games are good for you.
  
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• Laura Mvula and Black Voices review – impressive, gutsy tribute to life-changing women

  24-01-2019 13:20
  Kings Place, London
  The Mobo-winning star joined forces with family to exquisitely harmonise in songs by Nina Simone, Sweet Honey in the Rock and Mvula herself
  ‘I’ll try not to cry,” said Laura Mvula, as she introduced Father, Father, her one solo song of the evening, during what was clearly an emotional reunion. Over a decade ago, when she was still a teenager, her aunt Carol Pemberton, director of the remarkable Birmingham a capella group Black Voices, helped change her life.
  
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• HELLA YES! You Can Play Life is Strange 2 Episode 2 Right Now

  24-01-2019 13:20
  It's finally out! Here's what you need to know.
  
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• DAWN: New Breed review – singular R&B innovator claims her dues | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

  24-01-2019 13:00
  (Local Action)
  The New Orleans musician draws influences from that city, pop, funk, sci-fi and Afro-surrealism, yet sounds effortless‘Nothing can stop me,” sings Dawn Richard on the title track of New Breed, “I do what I wanna.” Of course, pop stars are always saying things like that, but Richard is more headstrong and unique than most.The path from TV talent show pop star to edgy leftfield auteur is largely untrodden – or at least it was until Richard started gamel
  
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• Lana Del Rey, George Ezra and Snow Patrol to headline Latitude

  24-01-2019 12:54
  Ezra will also top the bill at Isle of Wight festival alongside Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Biffy ClyroLana Del Rey, George Ezra and Snow Patrol will headline the 14th Latitude festival, at Henham Park, Suffolk, from 18 to 21 July.Snow Patrol headlined the first Latitude festival in 2006. Ezra previously played the BBC Music stage in 2014. Del Rey’s performance is a summer 2019 UK festival exclusive and marks her first appearance at Latitude. Underworld will close the Satu
  
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• Ariana Grande Has Dropped The Cover Art For ‘thank u, next’ And We’re In Love

  24-01-2019 12:36
  February 8th cannot come soon enough.
  
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• Marnie Simpson Is Fuming On 'Rant' About Her Private Part Piercings And Lip Filler Removal

  24-01-2019 12:22
  The former Geordie Shore lass silenced the trolls.
  
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• Watch Sam Fender’s Hauntingly Beautiful MTV PUSH Live Performance Of ‘Dead Boys’

  24-01-2019 12:00
  Sam Fender's powerful performance brought tears to our eyes...
  
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• Watch Jade Bird Perform Her Blazing Tune ‘Love Has All Been Done Before’ At MTV PUSH Live At Tape London

  24-01-2019 12:00
  If you're not obsessed with her after watching this performance we don't know you...
  
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• Watch Glowie Perform Her Body Posi Bop ‘Body’ AT MTV PUSH Live At Tape London

  24-01-2019 12:00
  We can't stop thinking about this hypnotising performance of her latest single...
  
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• Bella Hadid’s Mum Denies Claims The Model Has Ever Used Botox And Fillers

  24-01-2019 11:43
  She's not here for the constant rumours
  
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• Did Kylie Jenner Just Confirm She’s Married Travis Scott?

  24-01-2019 11:17
  There's a lot of speculation that these two have tied the knot
  
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