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The 5 Female DJs Owning This Year's Festival Season
Festival season will see us raving and misbehaving with these hot female DJs.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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12 Bands You Don't Want To Miss This Summer
Festival season is in full swing and the line-ups are made of mouth-watering stuff. From Reading and Leeds to Latitude and Isle of Wight, we've handpicked the bands we’re most excited to see.
By Jessica Bridgeman
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Meet The 4 LA Girls That Have Got The Music Industry (And Us) Very Excited
Introducing the white-hot troop of Valley girls whose music is making waves across the pond. These Cali chanteuses have all also collaborated with Brit-boy talent to boot. Think better hair than Hanson and more attitude than Kanye. Here are the westside women blowing up right now.
By Marie Claire
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7 Unexpected Musical Comebacks That We're ALL Over
Bet you didn't expect to hear these guys again any time soon. But we're oh-so-glad that all of this happening...
By Francesca Rice
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5 Reasons Why Chloe Howl Is A Very Cool Addition To The Music Industry
Meet the straight-talking singer-songwriter who's about to shake up the charts...
By Marie Claire
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Meet The World's Coolest Female DJs (And Prepare For Some Serious Career Envy...)
What does it take to become one of the world’s most sought-after DJs? An amazing playlist, of course. No longer a boys-only club, there are plenty of successful females making big noise in the exciting industry. We take a look at the coolest women working behind the decks, dominating the radio stations and providing the soundtracks to some of Hollywood’s swankiest celeb parties. Prepare for total career envy...
By Jessica Bridgeman
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If You Don’t Already Love Foxes, This Is Why You SO Should...
Foxes is the hot new female singer-songwriter everyone’s talking about right now and it’s unsurprising given that, since moving to London at the age of 18, she’s worked with award-winning producer Sam Dixon and Fall Out Boy (to name a few), currently has a single in the top 10, and has already got a Grammy to her name. AND she hasn’t even released her debut album yet?
By Lauren O'Callaghan
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No Boys Allowed At Radio 1 This Weekend
The radio station is celebrating International Women's Day by featuring only female DJs for two full days
By Ali Gray
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Brit Awards 2014: All The After Party Pictures
With the Brit Awards 2014 ceremony over, the music industry's finest headed on to some seriously swanky destinations across London to carry on the revelry. See what they got up to...
By Rebecca Gillam
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London Grammar: 15 Things You Need To Know About The Band Of The Moment
London Grammar sound a bit like Florence + the Machine, The xx and Fleetwood Mac combined. We think they're nothing short of incredible. Come and meet our current musical obsession...
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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8 Justin Timberlake Songs We Just Can't Help But Dance To
In honour of Trousersnake's birthday, here are 8 of his most fabulous toe-tapping, booty-popping tunes. Happy dancing, people. If only our moves were just as smooth as that of the chap in question. Sigh.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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8 Songs You Need To Listen To En Route To A First Date
Wave goodbye to those first date nerves with our ultimate pre-date playlist...
By Marie Claire
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This Is Why People Get So Excited About The Halftime Super Bowl Performance...
As Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers prepare to take to the stage at this year's Super Bowl, we take a look back at some of the most memorable - both intentionally and not so intentionally - halftime performances ever...
By Francesca Rice
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8 Of The Most Achingly Beautiful Joni Mitchell Lyrics
Joni Mitchell is famous for her haunting voice and song-writing skills, but there is more to the Canadian-born singer than her chart-topping music.
By Lauren O'Callaghan
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So THIS Is How You Join Rita Ora's Gang...
They love the 90s street style vibe and are always seen wearing the hottest labels. If you want to tap into Rita Ora and her style tribe (we're talking Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Rihanna), here is a checklist to guide you through.
By Abisoye Odugbesan
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10 Musicians That Will Change Your Year For The Better
Meet the hottest new names in music, including the bands you won't want to miss this year...
By Jessica Bridgeman
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9 Moments That Put Ellie Goulding On The Map
How did the singer from a small town in Herefordshire become one of the biggest performing artists in the world?Ellie, we salute you.
By Francesca Rice
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Beyoncé: 11 Things We've Learnt About Her During The Mrs Carter World Tour 2013
As Mrs Carter winds up the 2013 portion of her epic, nine-month world tour, here's what we've learnt about this amazing lady along the way…
By Marie Claire
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Remember This Video The Next Time Someone Calls It A Beyoncé Booty Shake…
These dance moves seem a little familiar? See where 'twerking' REALLY found its origins...
By Becky Freeth
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Have You Heard Of Lissie? The 7 Reasons Why You Need Her On Your iPod
Lissie drinks tequila from the bottle, refuses to shaves her armpits and sounds awesome. She really is one to watch and here's why...
By Becky Freeth
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Iggy Azalea: The Stuff You Should Know About The Girl Of The Moment
Platinum blonde bombshell and badass rapping sensation Iggy Azalea has been making waves for months thanks to her no-nonsense attitude, penchant for dirty lyrics and provocative videos. Not to mention that butt, so impressive it sparked rumours of implants and padded underwear. Here's everything you need to know about the girl of the moment...
By Francesca Rice
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Sky Ferreira: This Summer's Girl
With her debut album set for release in the coming months and a campaign for Saint Laurent already under her belt, get the lowdown on why Sky Ferreira is the cool girl to watch this summer...
By Fiona Raisbeck
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Glastonbury Festival Totally Sold Out
Final batch of tickets sold out in just over an hour
By Marie Claire
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7 Reasons It's Ok To Like One Direction Over The Age Of 20
As teeny boppers One Direction kick off a stint of sold out shows at London's O2, we discuss why it's perfectly acceptable to be cray cray about the manufactured popsters. We're stepping out of the closet of shame and are ready to embrace 1D.
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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The Nine Best Running Songs Ever
A banging playlist can take a gym workout from a monotonous chore to a fun stress-buster. What we want to know is: which song really gets your blood pumping?
By Suzannah Ramsdale
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Marie Claire Meets Lianne La Havas
Gemma Montgomery, one of the winners of last year's marie claire Inspire & Mentor scheme, takes a wonder down memory lane with the incredibly talented Lianne la Havas and chats about how a reserved choir girl rose to be one of the brightest and most exciting artists to flourish from British soil.
By Marie Claire
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Girl Talk with Kate Nash
We headed to the swanky St Martin Lanes hotel for Kate Nash's album launch party last night.
By Marie Claire