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Ok people, that's it for another week of Music News LIVE. We hope you had fun and maybe even learnt something.

Scroll down for plenty of new music from the likes of The Chainsmokers and to hear a haunting new raw vocal take of David Bowie's final ever-track Lazarus.

You'll also find Kanye lost for words for once and all the latest fallout from Beyonce's Country Music Awards performance with the Dixie Chicks.

We're off to stream some new music and old classics - whether Neil Young likes it or not.

When he is not busy being one half of bonkers Australian dance duo Empire of the Sun, Nick Littlemore is busy being one half of bonkers Australian dance duo Pnau.

Littlemore and his musical partner Peter Mayes have released Chameleon, their first single in five years, since 2011's Soft Universes.

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While most of the people in the room seemed to enjoy it, not everyone was impressed by Beyonce's surprise appearance at the Country Music awards.

Some critics on social media were quick to attack the Dixie Chicks for their duet. 

Luckily, Natalie Maines appears to have seen the funny side of the controversy joking that she would not let the backlash ruin "one of the greatest weeks of my life":

The band performed Daddy Lessons with the singer at the awards in Nashville on Wednesday, which provoked a tide of negative comments from conservative viewers on social media and alleged anger from certain corners of room due to Beyonce not being a real country music singer. and the Dixie Chicks' past criticisms of Republican politics.

Natalie joked she simply used the event to fulfill her dream of singing with Queen Bey.

See the double act's performance below.

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Some truly sad news now, Michael Buble has announced that he is putting his career on hold after his son Noah was diagnosed with cancer.

Writing on Facebook, external, he said he was undergoing treatment in the US, adding: "We have always been very vocal about the importance of family and the love we have for our children. 

"Luisana and I have put our careers on hold in order to devote all our time and attention to helping Noah get well."

The singer, whose Live at the BBC show was broadcast on BBC One last night, was due to host the Brit awards in February and the Juno awards in Canada.

There is no word yet on whether he has been replaced.

He said: "We have a long journey in front of us and hope that with the support of family, friends and fans around the world, we will win this battle." 

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is in the new music video from dance duo Sigma.

Birdy contributes the actual singing on the track while Millie lip syncs - though her herself showed off her own vocal talents, external ahead of this year's Emmy awards.

According to the NME, external, the cameo came about after Birdy, a big fan of the Netflix show, asked Millie personally to be involved

Watch below. 

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Louisa Johnson has followed up her performance on Sunday night's The X Factor, external with a new video for her new single So Good.

It was shot in the Californian desert by Emil Nava, who has worked with Calvin Harris, Rihanna and Ed Sheeran.

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Now it seems that either Neil Young has had a change of heart about the merits of streaming music, or else he's just given up fighting it.

The Canadian rocker has re-released all of his classic albums such as Harvest, After The Gold Rush and Rust Never Sleeps, on popular sites like Spotify and Apple Music.

Last year, Young removed his back catalogue from such sites declaring:

The 70-year-old even developed his own high-resolution audio music download service called Pono, which he described in his 2012 autobiography Waging Heavy Peace as "a bid to try and rescue the art form that I've been practicing for the past 50 years."

Well Neil, I guess if you can't beat them, join them.

Keep on streaming in the free world folks.

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Producer Mura Masa has taken over the controls of Radio 1 to play some of his favourite new tracks.

The artist, whose real name is Alex Crossan, came fifth in the BBC's Sound of 2016.

He played tracks from the likes of Adele, Foals, Hudson Mohawke and Frank Ocean.

You can listen below.

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Lin Manuel Miranda, getting his second mention on today's Music News LIVE, has announced a mixtape of songs from his hip hop-inspired, multi Tony award-winning musical Hamilton.

Closer inspection of the track listing reveals a who's who of US music stars including The Roots, Busta Rhymes, Sia, Usher, Regina Spektor, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa and Nas.

Seriously, is there anyone this man doesn't know?...

Its not yet available outside of the US but Lin-Manuel assures us he's trying to sort it out.

#Tryfasterdude.

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Courtney Love has been added to the cast of a new re-telling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The new version, for TV channel Lifetime, is the psychological thriller A Midsummer’s Nightmare.

It sees young lovers whose pursuit of romantic desires are thwarted by terrifying forces and Courtney will play a mysterious woman working with those sinister forces.

Production started on 31 October in Vancouver.

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Biffy Clyro have been announced as one of the headliners of Download 2017 and are"itching" to play .

Bassist James Johnston told Newsbeat: "It's really exiting to be a part of it again.

"I don't know if you ever get used to doing an event like that and going back to Download is a real honour."

The Scottish trio will top the bill at Donington Park with System of a Down and Aerosmith.

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Well it's not very often that Kanye West is lost for words, but that's exactly what happened last night at his latest Saint Pablo Tour show in California.

The outspoken rapper was forced to abandon his gig at the Forum in Inglewood just 45 minutes into the set, before apologising to fans and promising to re-reimburse them before leaving the stage for good.

Kanye said: “Turn the lights up. Show’s over.

"I can’t let you have a show where I can’t perform for you.

Some of Kanye's fans, who had their Thursday night out somewhat curtailed, caught the hip hop star's early exit on camera below.

We recommend honey and lemon Kanye and lots of rest.

OK, time for some music to get you in the mood for the weekend.

This one comes courtesy of American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, with their new track Setting Fires. 

An occupational hazard for a band of that name no doubt.

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You can read the fascinating story of how the band met..

"Our manager's intern introduced us," says Alexander Pall.

"We talked about our passion and interest in dance music and we took a shot."

Luckily for them, their story since has been considerably more interesting.

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Sting is to reopen the Bataclan venue in Paris to mark the anniversary of the terror attack that killed 90 concertgoers at an Eagles of Death Metal gig.

He will perform on 12 November, almost a year to the day after heavily armed gunmen stormed the venue as part of co-ordinated attacks around Paris.

Sting said he wanted to "remember and honour those who lost their lives" and "to celebrate the life and the music that this historic theatre represents".

As was previously announced, Libertines frontman Pete Doherty will play the venue four nights later.

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Earlier this week, we had the before and after shots of Michael Buble's amazing transformation as part of his BBC music special which aired last night on BBC One.

Now, you can watch below as he pranks the British public by disguising himself as South African shop assistant.

Overnight figures show the average audience was 3.2 million for the BBC One show, which is slightly lower than than the 4.5 million who tuned in for the Adele at the BBC show last year. 

You can watch the whole thing now on iPlayer.

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Alessia Cara has released a new video from the soundrack of the new Disney film Moana.

The track, How far I'll Go, was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the award-winning musical Hamilton, which is opening in London soon.

It sees the Canadian singer enjoying a day at the beach and fashioning in impressive rake from driftwood. 

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Robbie Williams has opened his doors to the BBC for the release of his 12th album, The Heavy Entertainment Show. 

The singer is set to receive the BRITs Icon Award next year but it seems his own daughter is a much sterner critic of his music.

Robbie reveals below how Teddy reacted to her dad showing her footage of his record-breaking Knebworth gig.

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Starting with that incredible Bowie news..

A new documentary, about the last five years before David Bowie's death in January, is to include the original vocals which Bowie recorded for Lazarus, his final release, which has never been heard before.

The film, David Bowie: The Last Five Years, will be shown on BBC Two in January 2017 and has been produced and directed by Francis Whately as a follow-up to his Bowie documentary Five Years which was broadcast in 2013. 

Of the unheard recordings,which you can now listen to below, Bowie's producer Tony Visconti said it was the work of a man "at the top of his game".

BBC Four will also broadcast Bowie at the BBC, an archive of the singer's career from his first appearance in 1964 to his death this year.

And actor and musician Martin Kemp will present a documentary on Radio 2, examining the impact of Bowie's song Life On Mars widely regarded as his masterpiece.

Its Friday which means its nearly the weekend!

Lots of new music for you today, which is handy with this being New Music Friday and everything.

We've got Chainsmokers, Robyn, Sigma, Bruno Mars, DNCE, Pnau and new videos from Ahnoni and Alessia Cara. 

Plus the return of Robbie Williams and some exciting David Bowie news.

Before all that, pleas pop over and have a look at Thursday's Music News LIVE for the winners from the Q awards, Meat Loaf answers your questions and Zayn Malik talks about his anxiety.