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The Vaccines may have become standard bearers for a slew of British guitar music in the 12 years since they debuted their second album, Come Of Age, but they haven't managed to shaken off their commitment to the folk scene's storytelling traditions. However, Pink Carnations' Pick-Up Full is an album that will debut in 2024.

Can there be anything new to say about the king and queen of excess?Lewis answers with a stonking yes as Lewis' distinctive insight and wit bring the tale-binding, super-charged Hollywood couple who lived life as a spectacle and whose bed-hopping earned Vatican condemnation as 'erotic vagrancy.' Voluptuous Liz and Brooding Burton were two diamond-decked, mink-lined icons of indulgence for those who merged with illusion and reality. Their extravagance was delectable. When Taylor flew to Leningrad, she took 2,800lbs of excess luggage - that's nearly a ton and a half of clothes!She needed 21 suites at a Paris hotel on the Champs-Elysee in order to film in Paris. They simply bought their own jet to go for lunch in Nice one day.

Shane McGowan of the Pogues was admitted to hospital by his ex bandmates Spider Stacy and Terry Woods on Tuesday. Since being diagnosed with viral encephalitis with his pals last year, the king, who has toured the world, has been in intensive care for months. Shane is the Irish Folk band's vocalist, Spider, real name Peter Richard Spider Stacy, played the tin whistle and Terry Woods played the guitar.

Duran Duran Duran's Thank You album, 1995's Thank You, was dubbed the worst LP of all time by music mag Q. And the group admitted that the lamentable album, which demolished songs by Lou Reed, The Temptations, and Elvis Costello, was not commercial suicide, and that, oddly for one of their debuts, it did not even make the Top Ten. Danse Macabre, the company's most recent attempt, is certainly an improvement. It's a Halloween-themed soirée, with a freshness and a sense of fun that was missing on Thank You.

With the end of the critically acclaimed drama Succession's fourth and final season , the reviews are in as the question has been answered: Which of the Murdoch-esque Roy family siblings will prevail? According to the majority of studies, critics were content with the controversial conclusion, which was in adherence to the story about the fractured family.

It's been a long hunt for the elusive "bop" token. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Visit Bop Shop, a hand-picked collection of songs from the MTV News staff. This weekly collection isn't limited by genre and can include anything — it's a look at what's on our minds and what sounds good. We'll keep it fresh with the new music, but we'll also get a few oldies (but not goodies) every once in a while. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open for business.

Mac DeMarco, a young boy from 1990s Toyota Land Cruiser, loaded some guitars and gear and began driving north up the West Coast in 2022. The singer-songwriter, who is best known for putting aside heartfelt observations on love and death behind sluicing guitar lines and a jokester character, spoke to few people about his road trip plans. He barely knew himself. He just kept driving. He took off the highway near Fort Bragg, a small city in Northern California, to take in a magnificent triangular rock jutting up from the gleaming Pacific Ocean like a geological shark fin a few days. He took a photograph of the sewer outlet right across the road from the plaza. That photograph graces the back of Five Easy Hot Dogs, DeMarco's latest instrumental album recorded on his two-month trek from NoCal to his former stomping grounds in Rockaway Beach, Queens. He tells MTV News, "It just represents the beginning of the entire thing." "I was alone on the coast, and I was like, here we go." Let's see what happens."

CRAIG BROWN: One of Queen Elizabeth II's lessons is that no matter how long we live, how many people we meet, or how far we travel, no one will ever know everything. A few years ago, a friend of mine told me a tale about the Queen visiting friends in Norfolk for a quiet dinner. She had never been to their house before. She told her hosts how much she loved the dinner and seeing their families at their house a few weeks later. They didn't have separate dining room and eat all of their meals in the kitchen,' she said. I've certainly never seen that before!'

Nail polish has traditionally been regarded as "feminine" rather than something strictly for women. The number of men wearing nail polish has increased recently, with celebrities like Tyler, the Creator, helping to normalize manicures on men. Keep scrolling to see the most popular celebrities embrace the "menicure." As the beauty debates have expanded, so have those who are actively representing their places in the beauty industry. What began as a specifically exclusive group has expanded to include people from all walks of life, from the rise of acne campaigners to the normalization of traditional face tattoos on television. Nowhere is it more apparent than with the rise of the "menicure."