Scroll down for some shocking reveals from the new Bobby Brown autobiography, plus news of the first ever gig in a volcano, advice on how to start a piece of music, a song about Donald Trump and a legal case for the Foo Fighters.
Tomorrow we'll hear about how The Stone Roses got on with their first night at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
All For One fellas...
Bobby Brown book reveals his first brush with drugs aged 10
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In an extract from his new biography, Bobby Brown reveals that as a child he once made fried chicken with cocaine instead of flour, after it was left lying around by his drug dealer mother.
In Every Little Step, Brown claims he did not realise the reason they had a heavy black metal door on their projects apartment was because of mum Carole's risky venture but thought it was to discourage Jehovah's Witnesses.
According to the singer, one night when both parents were out, a 10-year-old Brown decided to prepare them a home-cooked dinner - but used cocaine by mistake.
Quote Message: So I decided to use the large bag of flour I found in the freezer to make some fried chicken. I got the chicken parts out of the refrigerator and covered a bunch of pieces in the flour. Then I dropped them in a pan of sizzling oil. I was 10. So I didn’t realise the strangely pungent smell emanating from the pan. When the chicken pieces were nice and brown, I figured I was done.
So I decided to use the large bag of flour I found in the freezer to make some fried chicken. I got the chicken parts out of the refrigerator and covered a bunch of pieces in the flour. Then I dropped them in a pan of sizzling oil. I was 10. So I didn’t realise the strangely pungent smell emanating from the pan. When the chicken pieces were nice and brown, I figured I was done.
Quote Message: After I had taken a few bites and feeling weirder with each bite, my mother walked in the door. At first she was smiling at the idea that her little Bobby had made dinner. Then her gaze swept across the kitchen as she got hit with the full brunt of the scene, the smell, the mess, the powder. With horror, she realized what I had done. I fried chicken in her cocaine - a radical new addition to the family’s culinary offerings. Cocaine chicken.
After I had taken a few bites and feeling weirder with each bite, my mother walked in the door. At first she was smiling at the idea that her little Bobby had made dinner. Then her gaze swept across the kitchen as she got hit with the full brunt of the scene, the smell, the mess, the powder. With horror, she realized what I had done. I fried chicken in her cocaine - a radical new addition to the family’s culinary offerings. Cocaine chicken.
The book also features plenty of revelations about Bobby Brown's sex life (including an alleged sexual escapade with a ghost) and his relationship with late ex-wife, Whitney Houston.
Radiohead to hold a global fan event at record shops
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Whether they'll admit it or not, committed Radiohead fans do like to geek out a bit (we're not judging - we've been known to partake ourselves once in a while).
Now the band have come up with the perfect opportunity for enthusiasts around the world to do just that together this very Friday, by holding a fan party called Live from A Moon Shaped Pool.
It's being hosted by record shops and, in true Radiohead style, details are on the sketchy side - although they have revealed their selection of "pre-recorded music" will be "piped through the walls" at participating stores:
There will also be "a very special 2-hour live set of performances from their latest tour".
Further nuggets of information have been put out by various shops taking part, many of which are rounded up in this handy guide on website Wow 24/7.
Deftones singer first to perform inside a volcano
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The awesomely named Chino Moreno, from rockers Deftones, is reportedly set to be the first person to perform to an audience inside an actual real life volcano in Iceland.
Moreno and 20 lucky fans will be lowered 400 feet inside the Thrihnuagigur (wasn't that the name of someone in Lord of the Rings?) volcano.
In fairness, Thrihnuagigur apparently hasn’t erupted in 4,000 years.
The Secret Solstice, which starts on Thursday, will also feature performances from Radiohead, Of Monsters and Men and Roisin Murphy.
Is classical music in the UK still too white?
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That is the question being asked by a documentary broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Chi-chi Nwanoku and members of her Chineke! Orchestra, Europe's first professional Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra have been talking to Joseph Harker about their lives in classical music
What would leaving Europe mean to the music industry?
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With just over a week to go before the UK decides whether to stay in or leave the EU, there have been a lot of figures and stats thrown around from both sides of the argument.
But how would an exit from Europe affect one of the UK's biggest exports - music?
Katie Gatt, the singer from UK pink band Personal Best said of a recent shoestring budget European tour: "We have £570 [$830] left over to put towards recording the next album.
"If we had to pay around £100 [$145] each to get into even one country, we would have come home with nothing."
Diplo talks Bieber, pop music and impressing collaborators with emojis
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Diplo says he thought Justin Bieber was "a genius" long before they got together with Skrillex to make Bieber's career-changing track Where Are You Now?
The super-producer stopped by Clara Amfo's Radio 1 studio after DJing at a muddy Parklife in Manchester at the weekend to talk about the state of music - and that Bieber collaboration:
Quote Message: I just thought we needed a song that was going to shock people. There's so much music right now, so many things happening, so many people trying to copy ideas it's important to try and do something that's super 'out there'. If it's good music, it ends up going where it's supposed to go... if the music's great, you can't deny it.
I just thought we needed a song that was going to shock people. There's so much music right now, so many things happening, so many people trying to copy ideas it's important to try and do something that's super 'out there'. If it's good music, it ends up going where it's supposed to go... if the music's great, you can't deny it.
He said making music under three projects - as Diplo, Jack U (with Skrillex) and Major Lazer (with Jillionaire, and Walshy Fire) - stopped him from getting bored.
"How many times has Taylor Swift got to play Shake it Off?" he pondered. "For me I'll just be like, I'll play this other thing."
The serial collaborator also revealed how he wins over new musical friends - with a few well-placed emojis.
"Snapchat has some new emojis that are really working out now," said Diplo. His favourites?
"The little monkeys with the other monkey fixing his hair. And the 'hey, what's up?' giraffe."
Video caption: Clara chats with Diplo about his relentless work ethic and making music that shocks.Clara chats with Diplo about his relentless work ethic and making music that shocks.
Travis join Radio 2's Festival in a Day line-up
Travis have joined Elton John, Madness, Gregory Porter, Andreya Triana and Jamie Lawson on the line-up for Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park event.
A Festival in a Day's happening on Sunday 11 September, the day after Proms in the Park.
Fran Healy spoke to Chris Evans live from Mexico City after a Travis gig and warned him they may be in Mexican wrestling masks when they turn up in Hyde Park:
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Video caption: Fran speaks to Chris live from Mexico City for the latest Festival In A Day announcement.Fran speaks to Chris live from Mexico City for the latest Festival In A Day announcement.
The final act is announced on Radio 2 on Friday morning, with tickets on sale from 8:00 BST that day too.
YouTube responds to criticism over artist payments
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YouTube has responded to growing criticism from artists, including former Motley Crue singer Nikki Sixx and Debbie Harry, over the payments made to artists.
Sixx and members of his band Sixx AM (pictured above) recently wrote to Google boss Larry Page urging him to deal with complaints by musicians.
Quote Message: The voices of the artists are being heard, and we’re working through details with the labels and independent music organisations who directly manage the deals with us.
The voices of the artists are being heard, and we’re working through details with the labels and independent music organisations who directly manage the deals with us.
In a new statement, SIXX AM have responded to that, saying "We are glad to hear that YouTube is listening, but actions speak louder than words.
"Previous meetings have been postponed and emails left unanswered, after YouTube asked us and other artists to postpone our protests in return for a meeting and action on the issues."
The band’s campaign is called Don’t Be Evil, Do The Right Thing using Google’s own mottos to call for YouTube to fairly compensate artists.
Brexit music concert Bpop Live cancelled
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The pro-Brexit gig which was due to take place this weekend in Birmingham with three former members of 80s popsters Bucks Fizz headlining, has now been cancelled.
The event was originally due to feature performances from the likes of Five, Alesha Dixon and Rose Royce but they all pulled out after being made aware of the political nature of the show.
Now organisers have blamed the "spiteful" Electoral Commission for forcing them to cancel the gig - something the commission denies.
Lion Babe have shared a new track Endless Summer - the first from forthcoming mixtape Sun Joint, which is coming out next week ahead of their performance at Glastonbury.
It follows a debut studio album Begin from the New York duo made up of Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman aka Astro Raw, last year.
The 11-track mixtape Sun Joint will be available for download from Tuesday 21 June on their website.
How to start a piece of music...
BBC Radio 3
Intros count, from Pharrell Williams' count in (which marks the start of almost every song he's ever produced) to The Beatles' I Feel Fine and its single feedback note from John Lennon's A-string (the very first use of feedback on a rock record)...
As a musician, you've got to make sure the intro to your new song or symphony is something special. Handily, Radio 3's Tom Service has explained the different ways composers can make audiences sit up and pay attention:
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Video caption: Tom Service explains how composers make audiences sit up and pay attention.Tom Service explains how composers make audiences sit up and pay attention.
Loudon Wainwright writes new track about Donald Trump
Folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III (father to singers Rufus and Martha and Lucy Wainwright Roche) has written a new track detailing his fears about Donald Trump becoming US president.
It's being featured on the Funny or Die comedy website and he managed to get it out in time for Donald's 70th birthday yesterday.
The Stone Roses to kick off Manchester stadium shows
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Tonight marks the first of four massive homecoming shows for The Stone Roses at Manchester's Etihad Stadium.
Apart from two intimate warm-up shows in Halifax and Carlisle last week, these are their first live shows since August 2013 and will include their two new tracks, All for One and Beautiful Thing, which came out on Friday.
They're being supported by Public Enemy at all four shows at the Manchester City ground, with a further two bands joining them each night. Tonight's line-up includes Blossoms and frontman Tom told 6 Music they are "made up" to be on it:
Quote Message: Me and Joe the drummer, we both went to watch them in 2012 at Heaton Park and both had season tickets for Manchester City for years. When you're supporting one of your favourite bands at your football team's stadium, that is a dream come true.
Me and Joe the drummer, we both went to watch them in 2012 at Heaton Park and both had season tickets for Manchester City for years. When you're supporting one of your favourite bands at your football team's stadium, that is a dream come true.
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Quote Message: They were the first band I got into through my mum and dad's record collection. My mum and dad were at Spike Island, and growing up my dad would always play me their records. They're definitely one of the biggest influences on me. from Tom from Blossoms
They were the first band I got into through my mum and dad's record collection. My mum and dad were at Spike Island, and growing up my dad would always play me their records. They're definitely one of the biggest influences on me.
Buzzcocks and The Coral play on Friday, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbot and Audioweb play Saturday and it's Courteeners and Songhoy Blues on Sunday.
Disclosure release new EP Moog For Love
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Disclosure have released a surprise three-track EP, Moog for Love, which features producer Eats Everything and soul legend Al Green.
It's the duo's first new music since second album Caracal came out last year, and brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence say the EP sees them going "back to the start".
They debuted one of the songs BOSS during their Saturday night headline set at Wild Life festival, which they co-founded with Rudimental.
Guy told Newsbeat the track was put together in a hotel room as they've been writing on the road.
"We wanted to have something out this summer. We're always making music, we obviously haven't had enough time to make a new album.
The Foo Fighters have taken legal action against insurers Lloyd's of London, claiming they are owed money after cancelling four shows in Europe following the Paris terror attacks in November.
The Foos, led by singer Dave Grohl, were due to pay slows in Turin, Paris, Lyon, and Barcelona.
But following the massacre carried out by extremists in November, which left 130 dead, the so-called Islamic State (IS) threatened more attacks in Europe.
The band said their website www.foofighterstours2015.com had been hacked to display an IS flag, an automatic weapon and the threat "be prepared".
The legal action, which was filed in Los Angeles on Monday, is against underwriters Lloyd's and the insurance brokers - Robertson Taylor.
The Foos said they were advised they would be paid for the cancellations in Paris and Lyon but have alleged Robertson Taylor advised Lloyd's against paying for the other two cancelled shows.
Within the same legal action, Grohl and the band are also suing over three shows they were forced to cancel when the singer fell off stage in Hamburg, Germany and broke his leg.
He eventually continued the remainder of the tour on a specially made throne - though they also had to pull out of their Glastonbury headline slot to be replaced by Florence and the Machine .
Funeral set for The Voice star Christina Grimmie
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Funeral services for The Voice and YouTube star Christina Grimmie will be held on Friday near her New Jersey hometown.
The 22-year-old singer was shot to death last week as she signed autographs after a show in Orlando, by a gunman who killed himself after being tackled by her brother.
A viewing will be held on Friday at Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, with a memorial service that night.
The singer, who appeared on the US version of The Voice two years ago, lived in Evesham Township, a small community about 20 miles from Philadelphia, before moving to Los Angeles in 2012.
Stars who knew the singer - from Charlie Puth to Selena Gomez and Fifth Harmony - have been paying tribute at their concerts since her death and Justin Bieber has now dedicated his song Purpose to Grimmie.
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The singer gave an emotional performance, during which he nearly broke down ad-libbing "Grimmie, can you hear me?"
Candi Staton: 'I was told disco was the devil's music'
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Florence's cover ain't half bad, but if you haven't raved to Candi Staton's original 1986 version of You Got The Love at some point, well, you haven't lived.
The singer is currently touring the UK and stopped by Steve Wright's Radio 2 Show to discuss her music career and her forthcoming "tell-all" autobiography Young Hearts Run Free (due in October), in which the singer promises "I name names".
She's been singing since she was five years old and says Gospel music helped her find her voice - but she told Wright the transition into disco and later dance music was tough.
"I mentally battled," she said. "In church you were taught that [disco] was the devil's music. You didn't mix it, it was a sin to mix it!"
Listen to the full interview below:
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Video caption: Candi drops in to talk to Steve and the team about her current UK tour.Candi drops in to talk to Steve and the team about her current UK tour.
Staton plays Under the Bridge in London tonight and Bestival in September.
Steve Wright also played host to saxophonist and broadcaster Leo Green - who talked about heading out on tour to play his favourite 1950s songs.
Two Door Cinema Club return with new track
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Two Door Cinema Club have debuted a new track Are We Ready? (Wreck) - the first taste of their forthcoming third album Gameshow due in October, which apparently signals the start of Two Door v2.0.
The Northern Irish band joined Annie Mac in the Radio 1 studio last night, as she'd picked the track for her coveted Hottest Record slot - listen to their interview online and hear the track below:
Frontman Alex Trimble said the track was inspired by his discovery of the German word for being at odds with the world around you - "weltschmertz":
Quote Message: The fact that it was a fully coined term and related to so many people that have existed and do exist made me feel it was okay to not exist on the same level as everyone else, it was okay to be comfortable doing your own thing. Are We Ready? was me not attacking the world around me but outlining why I don’t really get it and why I don’t fit in with it.
The fact that it was a fully coined term and related to so many people that have existed and do exist made me feel it was okay to not exist on the same level as everyone else, it was okay to be comfortable doing your own thing. Are We Ready? was me not attacking the world around me but outlining why I don’t really get it and why I don’t fit in with it.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, this meant Prince and Bowie were the "biggest influences", with Alex calling them both "total pioneers who straddled that line between out-there pop and avant garde craziness”.
Are We Ready? (Wreck) is the first new music since 2013’s Changing Of The Seasons EP and the album - due in October - was recorded in LA with Jacknife Lee.
The band play Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds this summer - and their return seems to be going down well so far:
Kanye West updates his Life of Pablo album... again
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Kanye West considers his seventh album, Life Of Pablo, to be a living, breathing work of art.
So much so that, four months after its release, he is still tinkering with it - updating songs and re-working lyrics on a whim.
Last night, it briefly disappeared from Tidal, with the news it was being "refreshed and redelivered". Hours later, it was back, with a new song as the 20th (and final) track on the album.
Saint Pablo alludes to the star's financial difficulties - earlier this year he claimed his ventures into the fashion industry had left him $53m in debt.
"My wife said I can't say 'no' to nobody," he raps in the opening verse. "At this rate, we gon' both die broke".
Still, he's not heading for bankruptcy just yet. Life Of Pablo was streamed a staggering 250m times in its first 10 days, and became the first (and so far only) album to top the US charts on streams alone.
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Latest PostBring on Thursday...
Now that we are all done for Wednesday.
Scroll down for some shocking reveals from the new Bobby Brown autobiography, plus news of the first ever gig in a volcano, advice on how to start a piece of music, a song about Donald Trump and a legal case for the Foo Fighters.
Tomorrow we'll hear about how The Stone Roses got on with their first night at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
All For One fellas...
Bobby Brown book reveals his first brush with drugs aged 10
In an extract from his new biography, Bobby Brown reveals that as a child he once made fried chicken with cocaine instead of flour, after it was left lying around by his drug dealer mother.
In Every Little Step, Brown claims he did not realise the reason they had a heavy black metal door on their projects apartment was because of mum Carole's risky venture but thought it was to discourage Jehovah's Witnesses.
According to the singer, one night when both parents were out, a 10-year-old Brown decided to prepare them a home-cooked dinner - but used cocaine by mistake.
The book also features plenty of revelations about Bobby Brown's sex life (including an alleged sexual escapade with a ghost) and his relationship with late ex-wife, Whitney Houston.
Radiohead to hold a global fan event at record shops
Whether they'll admit it or not, committed Radiohead fans do like to geek out a bit (we're not judging - we've been known to partake ourselves once in a while).
Now the band have come up with the perfect opportunity for enthusiasts around the world to do just that together this very Friday, by holding a fan party called Live from A Moon Shaped Pool.
It's being hosted by record shops and, in true Radiohead style, details are on the sketchy side - although they have revealed their selection of "pre-recorded music" will be "piped through the walls" at participating stores:
There will also be "a very special 2-hour live set of performances from their latest tour".
Further nuggets of information have been put out by various shops taking part, many of which are rounded up in this handy guide on website Wow 24/7.
Deftones singer first to perform inside a volcano
The awesomely named Chino Moreno, from rockers Deftones, is reportedly set to be the first person to perform to an audience inside an actual real life volcano in Iceland.
This gig is to coincide with the Summer Solstice Festival in Reykjavík.
Moreno and 20 lucky fans will be lowered 400 feet inside the Thrihnuagigur (wasn't that the name of someone in Lord of the Rings?) volcano.
In fairness, Thrihnuagigur apparently hasn’t erupted in 4,000 years.
The Secret Solstice, which starts on Thursday, will also feature performances from Radiohead, Of Monsters and Men and Roisin Murphy.
Is classical music in the UK still too white?
That is the question being asked by a documentary broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Chi-chi Nwanoku and members of her Chineke! Orchestra, Europe's first professional Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra have been talking to Joseph Harker about their lives in classical music
Listen here
What would leaving Europe mean to the music industry?
Pitchfork
With just over a week to go before the UK decides whether to stay in or leave the EU, there have been a lot of figures and stats thrown around from both sides of the argument.
But how would an exit from Europe affect one of the UK's biggest exports - music?
Katie Gatt, the singer from UK pink band Personal Best said of a recent shoestring budget European tour: "We have £570 [$830] left over to put towards recording the next album.
"If we had to pay around £100 [$145] each to get into even one country, we would have come home with nothing."
Read more.
Diplo talks Bieber, pop music and impressing collaborators with emojis
Diplo says he thought Justin Bieber was "a genius" long before they got together with Skrillex to make Bieber's career-changing track Where Are You Now?
The super-producer stopped by Clara Amfo's Radio 1 studio after DJing at a muddy Parklife in Manchester at the weekend to talk about the state of music - and that Bieber collaboration:
He said making music under three projects - as Diplo, Jack U (with Skrillex) and Major Lazer (with Jillionaire, and Walshy Fire) - stopped him from getting bored.
"How many times has Taylor Swift got to play Shake it Off?" he pondered. "For me I'll just be like, I'll play this other thing."
The serial collaborator also revealed how he wins over new musical friends - with a few well-placed emojis.
"Snapchat has some new emojis that are really working out now," said Diplo. His favourites?
"The little monkeys with the other monkey fixing his hair. And the 'hey, what's up?' giraffe."
Listen to Clara's interview to hear more:
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Travis join Radio 2's Festival in a Day line-up
Travis have joined Elton John, Madness, Gregory Porter, Andreya Triana and Jamie Lawson on the line-up for Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park event.
A Festival in a Day's happening on Sunday 11 September, the day after Proms in the Park.
Fran Healy spoke to Chris Evans live from Mexico City after a Travis gig and warned him they may be in Mexican wrestling masks when they turn up in Hyde Park:
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The final act is announced on Radio 2 on Friday morning, with tickets on sale from 8:00 BST that day too.
YouTube responds to criticism over artist payments
YouTube has responded to growing criticism from artists, including former Motley Crue singer Nikki Sixx and Debbie Harry, over the payments made to artists.
Sixx and members of his band Sixx AM (pictured above) recently wrote to Google boss Larry Page urging him to deal with complaints by musicians.
YouTube has now said:
In a new statement, SIXX AM have responded to that, saying "We are glad to hear that YouTube is listening, but actions speak louder than words.
"Previous meetings have been postponed and emails left unanswered, after YouTube asked us and other artists to postpone our protests in return for a meeting and action on the issues."
The band’s campaign is called Don’t Be Evil, Do The Right Thing using Google’s own mottos to call for YouTube to fairly compensate artists.
Brexit music concert Bpop Live cancelled
BBC Newsbeat
The pro-Brexit gig which was due to take place this weekend in Birmingham with three former members of 80s popsters Bucks Fizz headlining, has now been cancelled.
The event was originally due to feature performances from the likes of Five, Alesha Dixon and Rose Royce but they all pulled out after being made aware of the political nature of the show.
Now organisers have blamed the "spiteful" Electoral Commission for forcing them to cancel the gig - something the commission denies.
Read more
Lion Babe share new track Endless Summer
Lion Babe have shared a new track Endless Summer - the first from forthcoming mixtape Sun Joint, which is coming out next week ahead of their performance at Glastonbury.
It follows a debut studio album Begin from the New York duo made up of Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman aka Astro Raw, last year.
The 11-track mixtape Sun Joint will be available for download from Tuesday 21 June on their website.
How to start a piece of music...
BBC Radio 3
Intros count, from Pharrell Williams' count in (which marks the start of almost every song he's ever produced) to The Beatles' I Feel Fine and its single feedback note from John Lennon's A-string (the very first use of feedback on a rock record)...
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As a musician, you've got to make sure the intro to your new song or symphony is something special. Handily, Radio 3's Tom Service has explained the different ways composers can make audiences sit up and pay attention:
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Loudon Wainwright writes new track about Donald Trump
Folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III (father to singers Rufus and Martha and Lucy Wainwright Roche) has written a new track detailing his fears about Donald Trump becoming US president.
It's being featured on the Funny or Die comedy website and he managed to get it out in time for Donald's 70th birthday yesterday.
Erm... our card is in the post.
The Stone Roses to kick off Manchester stadium shows
Tonight marks the first of four massive homecoming shows for The Stone Roses at Manchester's Etihad Stadium.
Apart from two intimate warm-up shows in Halifax and Carlisle last week, these are their first live shows since August 2013 and will include their two new tracks, All for One and Beautiful Thing, which came out on Friday.
They're being supported by Public Enemy at all four shows at the Manchester City ground, with a further two bands joining them each night. Tonight's line-up includes Blossoms and frontman Tom told 6 Music they are "made up" to be on it:
Buzzcocks and The Coral play on Friday, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbot and Audioweb play Saturday and it's Courteeners and Songhoy Blues on Sunday.
Disclosure release new EP Moog For Love
Disclosure have released a surprise three-track EP, Moog for Love, which features producer Eats Everything and soul legend Al Green.
It's the duo's first new music since second album Caracal came out last year, and brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence say the EP sees them going "back to the start".
They debuted one of the songs BOSS during their Saturday night headline set at Wild Life festival, which they co-founded with Rudimental.
Guy told Newsbeat the track was put together in a hotel room as they've been writing on the road.
"We wanted to have something out this summer. We're always making music, we obviously haven't had enough time to make a new album.
"This is a clubby EP, it's back to the start."
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Foo Fighters sue over cancelled European gigs
The Foo Fighters have taken legal action against insurers Lloyd's of London, claiming they are owed money after cancelling four shows in Europe following the Paris terror attacks in November.
The Foos, led by singer Dave Grohl, were due to pay slows in Turin, Paris, Lyon, and Barcelona.
But following the massacre carried out by extremists in November, which left 130 dead, the so-called Islamic State (IS) threatened more attacks in Europe.
The band said their website www.foofighterstours2015.com had been hacked to display an IS flag, an automatic weapon and the threat "be prepared".
The legal action, which was filed in Los Angeles on Monday, is against underwriters Lloyd's and the insurance brokers - Robertson Taylor.
The Foos said they were advised they would be paid for the cancellations in Paris and Lyon but have alleged Robertson Taylor advised Lloyd's against paying for the other two cancelled shows.
Within the same legal action, Grohl and the band are also suing over three shows they were forced to cancel when the singer fell off stage in Hamburg, Germany and broke his leg.
He eventually continued the remainder of the tour on a specially made throne - though they also had to pull out of their Glastonbury headline slot to be replaced by Florence and the Machine .
Funeral set for The Voice star Christina Grimmie
Funeral services for The Voice and YouTube star Christina Grimmie will be held on Friday near her New Jersey hometown.
The 22-year-old singer was shot to death last week as she signed autographs after a show in Orlando, by a gunman who killed himself after being tackled by her brother.
A viewing will be held on Friday at Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, with a memorial service that night.
The singer, who appeared on the US version of The Voice two years ago, lived in Evesham Township, a small community about 20 miles from Philadelphia, before moving to Los Angeles in 2012.
Stars who knew the singer - from Charlie Puth to Selena Gomez and Fifth Harmony - have been paying tribute at their concerts since her death and Justin Bieber has now dedicated his song Purpose to Grimmie.
The singer gave an emotional performance, during which he nearly broke down ad-libbing "Grimmie, can you hear me?"
Read more
Candi Staton: 'I was told disco was the devil's music'
Florence's cover ain't half bad, but if you haven't raved to Candi Staton's original 1986 version of You Got The Love at some point, well, you haven't lived.
The singer is currently touring the UK and stopped by Steve Wright's Radio 2 Show to discuss her music career and her forthcoming "tell-all" autobiography Young Hearts Run Free (due in October), in which the singer promises "I name names".
She's been singing since she was five years old and says Gospel music helped her find her voice - but she told Wright the transition into disco and later dance music was tough.
"I mentally battled," she said. "In church you were taught that [disco] was the devil's music. You didn't mix it, it was a sin to mix it!"
Listen to the full interview below:
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Staton plays Under the Bridge in London tonight and Bestival in September.
Steve Wright also played host to saxophonist and broadcaster Leo Green - who talked about heading out on tour to play his favourite 1950s songs.
Two Door Cinema Club return with new track
Two Door Cinema Club have debuted a new track Are We Ready? (Wreck) - the first taste of their forthcoming third album Gameshow due in October, which apparently signals the start of Two Door v2.0.
The Northern Irish band joined Annie Mac in the Radio 1 studio last night, as she'd picked the track for her coveted Hottest Record slot - listen to their interview online and hear the track below:
Frontman Alex Trimble said the track was inspired by his discovery of the German word for being at odds with the world around you - "weltschmertz":
Somewhat unsurprisingly, this meant Prince and Bowie were the "biggest influences", with Alex calling them both "total pioneers who straddled that line between out-there pop and avant garde craziness”.
Are We Ready? (Wreck) is the first new music since 2013’s Changing Of The Seasons EP and the album - due in October - was recorded in LA with Jacknife Lee.
The band play Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds this summer - and their return seems to be going down well so far:
Kanye West updates his Life of Pablo album... again
Kanye West considers his seventh album, Life Of Pablo, to be a living, breathing work of art.
So much so that, four months after its release, he is still tinkering with it - updating songs and re-working lyrics on a whim.
Last night, it briefly disappeared from Tidal, with the news it was being "refreshed and redelivered". Hours later, it was back, with a new song as the 20th (and final) track on the album.
Saint Pablo alludes to the star's financial difficulties - earlier this year he claimed his ventures into the fashion industry had left him $53m in debt.
"My wife said I can't say 'no' to nobody," he raps in the opening verse. "At this rate, we gon' both die broke".
Still, he's not heading for bankruptcy just yet. Life Of Pablo was streamed a staggering 250m times in its first 10 days, and became the first (and so far only) album to top the US charts on streams alone.
His recently-announced US tour should help balance the books, too.
You can hear the new song on Tidal and Apple Music.