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Scroll back down for new music from Hinds, Sade and Mahalia, tour news from Travis, an apology from David Byrne and tributes to the founder of Tower Records who has died aged 92.

Plus new music videos from Wolf Alice and Niall Horan, festival news from Scotland and a Jay/Bey tour mystery.

Finally Lewis Capaldi is today's Newbie Tuesday - the man who dropped a promising career in ice cream for a life in the high risk world of music.

Lets go bowlin'.

Has anyone seen him?

Oh wait there he is. The Irish One D-turned-solo star pulls over safely on the side of the freeway to hang out with a mystery demin-clad lady in the sun in his latest solo music video.

On The Loose is the opening track from his US number one debut solo album Flicker from last year.

Check it above.

It was the record that begged one of the great questions, external of our time for any self-absorbed person with a leaky roof.

Now The Man Who, Travis's Brit-winning album of the year in 2000 will be played in its entirety up and down the land from 10 June.

You can check out the full dates above, but we can't help but think the Scottish band have somewhat overestimated the amount of time it takes to drive from Oxford to Portsmouth.

The same award was won this year by Stormzy's Gang Signs and Prayer and we wonder if he'll still be touring that 18 years from now?

The singer demonstrated her vocal talents earlier with a cracking cover of Fix You (above).

Don't try and hit those high notes at home.

The singer - who is the daughter of Neneh Cherry and producer Cameron Andrew McVey - also sang her own track Fine Line, alongside rapper Not3s, and you'll be able to see you soon in full on the Radio 1 Youtube channel.

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Remember this guy? His name is Martin Shkreli and he's the former pharmaceuticals CEO who earned the nickname “Pharma Bro” for hiking the price of an HIV treatment.

He famously bought the only copy of the Wu-Tang album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2m in 2014 and then threatened to leak it online.

Last year, he was convicted of securities fraud and now a federal court has ruled that he must surrender the album which is in a silver-and-nickel-plated box with 174-page liner notes bound by hand in leather.

His other assets include an unreleased Lil Wayne album.

Don’t expect anyone to be hear them any time soon though as they will both apparently be auctioned to another rich guy with more money than sense.

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Here's some Wu for everyone else...

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Mahalia has dropped a cool new video for her track Proud of Me, which features rapper and part-time Gorillaz member, Little Simz.

The track finds the Leicestershire singer hanging on the street, at home and in the studio, while baring her soul about her musical dreams.

The track is interspersed with interview clips of the singer explaining more about her childhood influences and ambitions.

"I wanted the song to feel universal," she says.

"Because though this song is personal and it's about me and my journey, me picking up my acoustic guitar at 13 and starting to write all these songs...

Job done.

Unfortunately there's a couple of swear words in the video so you'll have to take our word for it or go and find it for yourselves on her YouTube page.

Anyone who followed our Brit Awards coverage will remember that a slightly-sozzled Damon Albarn brought collaborator Little Simz up on stage with his band Gorillaz to collect their award for best British Group.

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As you may have heard by now the rockiest of US rockers are hosting to their own mini in London's Finsbury Park this summer.

Iggy and Josh's band Queens of the Stone Age will be joined on the bill by the likes of 'Mrs Homme' aka Brody Dalle, Run the Jewels, Miles Kane, The Hives and Hinds (scroll down for more from them).

Ahead of the gig on Saturday 30 June, a new film; American Valhalla, which tells the tale of the "emotional escape" behind Iggy and Josh's last album of the same name, will be available on DVD and Blu Ray from this Friday.

Homme said: "When he [Iggy] texted me about recording together, I was just like [Boooom].

"You're in The Stooges and I'm in Queens and those are heavy things."

Watch the trailer above.

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Which is an utter, utter travesty.

Apparently, it was “financially and logistically impossible".

The musical comedy troupe, made up of Brooklyn 99 star Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, explained: "We were asked to write a song for this year’s Oscars …

"For fun we thought we’d share the rough storyboards of what would have been a fully shot, star-studded music video of exorbitant cost."

Below is the splendid result, called Why Not Me?, in which the stars of some of the biggest blockbuster hits of 2017 lament their lack of Oscar nominations.

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The famously reclusive artist has composed an original song for director Ava DuVernay's new movie A Wrinkle In Time.

It's called Flower of the Universe.

Ava tweeted, describing Sade as "a queen and a visionary and we love you”.

The movie, starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling premieres on 9 March.

The soundtrack includes songs by the likes of Sia, Kehlani, DJ Khaled and Demi Lovato.

Listen to the song, external.

We know at least one other person who will be as excited.

Will Drake celebrate by getting another Sade tatt?

Imagine how weird it will be if the two ever meet...on a beach.

The town of Bathgate in West Lothian is famous for being the site of the world's first commercial oil-works, the birthplace of Doctor Who actor David Tennant and the band Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - who featured a pre-fame Shirley Manson, external.

Now it can add singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi to its ranks.

But if music and fame hadn't come calling, it could have been very different for the 21-year-old.

"I would have been homeless, there was a brief period from 16-18 where my fall back was going out to get pissed, that was the only other thing that was going on in my life.

"My dad owns fish shops so I would have been a fishmonger but I was [rubbish] at that, I had one trial shift at an ice cream stall at a shopping centre in Livingston.

"I was there for an hour, my shift was meant to be twelve till four... in my defense, each scoop had to be a certain weight, I was like 'bugger that'."

Still, the ice cream industry's loss was music's gain as Lewis has caught the ears of BBC Music Introducing, which helped put him in the Sound of 2018 longlist.

Lewis' song Bruises (above) is destined to become his signature track.

For his tender years, Lewis boasts a gravel-gargling voice that can be best described as a cross between Joe Cocker, Rag'N' Bone Man and Paolo Nutini ("I had his album constantly on repeat so he's someone who definitely influenced me to start writing songs")

Something, he says, for which his father takes full credit.

"My mum doesn't sing or doing anything like that, my dad always likes to bring up the one time that he was in a school play... he'll say, ''Oh, you got your voice from me you know'. I don't know what he's talking about."

One of three brothers, Lewis began playing guitar at the age of nine, purely as a reaction to his older brother, an electrical engineer and amateur musician being allowed to play

"My big brother was always in bands growing up and when he started playing guitar, it wasn't like, 'Oh my brother's playing guitar, that's amazing'.

"No, it was, 'If he's getting to play the guitar then I'm getting to play, get me lessons, give me a go'."

More than a decade later, the rivalry is still strong.

"I won't say he's a proud older brother 'cause he'll kill me. I know for a fact that he once covered Bruises at an open mic night and part of me thinks he was like, 'No, watch this, I'll sing it better.'"

Lewis' debut EP Bloom was released in October shortly before he joined the aforementioned Rag ’N' Bone Man on his European tour and won a breakthrough prize at the Scottish Music Awards.

He found himself on a plane to New York to work with producer Malay - who produced Frank Ocean's debut album and his follow up Blonde, as well as Lorde's Grammy-nominated Melodrama and Zayn's debut album.

"The song we wrote called Fade, which is my favourite song on the EP, just fell out, it's the only way I can describe it.

We spoke to the singer as he prepared to play his biggest London show to date, at the 1,200 capacity Scala in Kings Cross:

He need not have been so worried, within ten minutes the venue was shaking from the volume of fans singing his songs back to him.

To inspire such devotion off the back of a single EP is pretty impressive.

Lewis is now planning work on his debut album which he wants to record in Los Angeles ("just 'cause it's warm!") and West Lothian as "it would be cool to say we did part of it at home".

"In my head, I feel like I could write one more song, two more songs but my managers keep saying, 'Okay, you realise we need to go and record this now.

Read Newbie Tuesday #16 - Haus: Music is therapy and being 'macho' is not important

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Catherine Marks, newly-crowned UK producer of the year, believes that a new generation of female producers is about to break through.

The Big Moon producer, who was decorated at the recent MPG Awards, said: "Change is happening."

Her prediction comes after several festivals signed up to Keychange's pledge, external to make music festival line-ups a 50/50 gender split by 2022 and after Talking Head David Byrne (scroll down) apologised for his all-male new album.

Now, the women behind the music look set to receive more equal opportunities.

Catherine, who helped all-girl band The Big Moon to a Mercury Prize nomination for their album Love in the 4th Dimension, said: "I think there's a lot of women who started either around the same time as I did or about five years ago who are getting recognised and a lot more are getting involved.

Read more, including Imogen Heap (above) on how new music technology will be a "great leveller" for women too.

It's usually an opportunity for musicians to show off their arty credentials but The Cure's Robert Smith has been given free reign to book his own music festival, judging by the lineup announcement.

The Psychedelic Furs, Placebo, The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers, Deftones, Mogwai, Nine Inch Nails, Kristin Hersh and My Bloody Valentine will all perform at the annual event on London's Southbank.

It coincides with The Cure's celebration of 40 years in the biz and falls between 15-24 June.

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The pop power couple announced via Bey's Facebook that an 'On the Run 2' show would take place on 30 July at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field.

The post was subsequently deleted but one keen-eyed fan got a screen grab, as Pitchfork, external points out.

Well played Brandon.

It would be the firs time the married couple have toured together since 2014’s On the Run tour.

Jay and Bey have lived out their - at times - troublesome relationship in public by revealing intimate details about his adultery in their respective albums 4;44 and Lemonade.

We hope the removal of the date is merely technical and has nothing to do with Becky with the good hair.

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Sadboy is taken from the Camden grunge folk band's 2017 second album Visions of a Life and sees singer Ellie Rowsell enjoy a spot of hedonism at a fiendishly good party before it all starts to go wrong.

Check it above.

The Alice are off on a US tour this month, which includes a string of support slots with Queen of the Stone Age.

When they return to the UK, they'll play two dates alongside QOTSA's good pals Foo Fighters in June.

If they didn't already know how to rock 'n' roll, one imagines they will if they survive all of that lot.

Yesterday, she was looking back on Oscars of years gone by and her "best date ever" with Michael Jackson.

But it seems Madonna is also very much in the present, having partied hard with America's new queen of controversy Cardi B and the Migos lads.

"Love this girl so much," she tweeted, with three lovehearts.

That's a whole lot of love right there.

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Madrid garage rockers Hinds are from one of the hottest cities in Europe and now they have a Hottest Record too.

The Club is the second single taken from their forthcoming second album I Don't Run which is out on 6 April.

Carlotta and Ana from the band told Radio 1's Annie Mac all about how they "fell in love with the sensation" of rock 'n' roll and how they initially had to beg their friend Ade to play bass.

On the new record, singer/guitarist Ana said: "It sounds different because we are different".

Listen above.

Having washed her hands of her previous band Fifth Harmony, new solo album star Camila Cabello may just have stumbled upon her next one.

The Havana singer celebrated turning 21 in the kitchen of her family house, wearing PJs and a tiara, holding a load of balloons and looking at a massive cake.

However, the real stars of the video above were her 'extra lol' parents.

Now at least we know where she gets her singing talent from (probably skips a generation).

All the best CC.

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The Talking Heads star has issued a heartfelt official apology for only working with male musicians on his new album American Utopia.

David recently thanked his new collaborators, including Brian Eno, Dev Hynes, Sampha and Jack Penate, by posting an article and a playlist of their music.

This led some to point out what was missing from the general picture...

The Psycho Killer singer, who - to be fair - did previously play in Talking Heads with bass player Tina Weymouth, agrees that by excluding any female artists from his long list of collaborators that he is being part of the problem, in an industry that is now fighting for equality.

“I’d like to thank those of you who wrote for calling attention to this - this matters a lot to me.

“This lack of representation is something that is problematic and wide spread in our industry. I regret not hiring and collaborating with women for this album - it’s ridiculous, it’s not who I am and it certainly doesn’t match how I’ve worked in the past.

“I never thought of myself as being ‘one of those guys,’ but I guess to some extent I am. Your responses serve as a corrective. Thank you."

Others have defended David, saying that given his track record for supporting female artists, he has no reason to apologise.

David also opened up to the The Guardian, external about how he is "able to talk in a social group now – not retreat into a corner" and also revealed five reasons why he is cheerful these days.

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The music enterpreneur died at the wekend, reports the New York Times.

The high school drop out founded the chain of music stores in 1960 in Sacramento, California with a borrowed $5,000.

He added a second shop and a third, in San Francisco in 1968 and eventually grew to 200 stores in 15 countries, with sales of music, videos and books topping $1 billion a year.

Solomon once told Billboard: "Our favorite regular was Elton John. He probably was the best customer we ever had. He was in one of our stores every week, literally, wherever he was - in L.A., in Atlanta when he lived in Atlanta, and in New York."

But the chain fell victim to piracy and growing competition from mass discounters.

In 2004, the chain's debt was estimated to be between $80m and $100m and two years later it filed for bankruptcy.

Actor and director Colin Hanks, below, called him an "absolute legend"

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The legendary band, now fronted by former American Idol singer Adam Lambert, will top the bill at the Glasgow Green event, external on Friday 6 July.

Queen will join Sterophonics, Liam Gallagher and Arctic Monkeys on the male-heavy lineup for the festival which takes place over two weekends this summer.

Tickets go on sale this Friday.

Last year's inaugural TRNSMT played host to the likes of Radiohead, Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, and London Grammar.