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It's home time, so we are about to be sent back out into the wild.

Scroll down for tributes to newly-released Meek Mills, from the likes of Jay-Z, plus U2 are going AR, Kanye looks to a very specific point in the future and the Arctic Monkeys opt against the single life.

Seeing as it's #WorldPenguinDay we'll leave you with this heart-warming picture of Donny Osmond (ask your mum).

There'll be more where all that came from tomorrow.*

*no more penguins though

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Last but not least today...

At the tail end of last year, we introduced you to a cracking new US band called Warbly Jets - who were about to step out on stage supporting Liam Gallagher on his US tour.

Their sound has shades of early Primal Scream, The Verve and even a touch of Kasabian.

Now, they've shared their first new music of 2018.

Inhuman Emotion (below) was written, recorded, produced, mixed and released in ten days.

"There's loads of crazy production tricks on this one," said singer Sam Shea told Flaunt magazine., external

"I geek out over that stuff. There's five different drum kits from section to section, the room sound on the drums was a 25 cent mic from a flea market.

"Basically anything I've ever been told not to do I'm doing."

When the results are this lush, then he should probably just go with his gut.

The Dundee singer's confessional new solo single is out on Friday and chronicles his battle with the bottle.

Poor Me was apparently born out therapy sessions after the Scot was admitted to rehab for alcohol addiction.

The former View frontman, who last year supported Liam Gallagher, told Clash magazine; "Every day you get triggers and traumas stuck in your head, and you’re hearing all of these horrible stories.

“You want to hear it, but at the same time you’re thinking, ‘I’m here to help myself but I’ve got to listen to everyone else’s story.’ It’s quite hard to hear, and I was thinking that a lot of these people were worse off than me.”

He added: "It's been a very long time coming this solo thing. It feels great to get it off my chest finally and the lyrics to this track run deep."

Listen above.

Just before Christmas Kyle was fined £1,000 for an air rage incident on a flight from Spain to Scotland.

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Rumours were rife in the press today that Kanye had split with manager Scooter Braun.

(You'd think looking after the rapper would be a full-time gig wouldn't you but Braun also looks after other famous clients including Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber).

Well turns out the rumours are true.

How do we know? Well Kanye just said so a few minutes ago.

My manager has ceased to be, he is an ex-manager.

Who knew the Pythons were such a big influence?

Fresh from performing at the Queen’s 92nd b'day bash and on Sounds Like Friday Night the night before, the Canadian has somehow found time to film and release a new video for his track In My Blood.

No wonder he needed a lie down while they were filming.

Check it out above and get ready to go through four seasons in three and a half minutes.

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A few weeks back The Mac declared their intention to let long-standing member Lindsey Buckingham go his own way.

The band swiftly announced that Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House would take over on guitar duties.

Now in their first interview since the move, drummer and founding member Mick Fleetwood has told US publication The Rolling Stone that the word 'fired' does not sit right with him and the band, claiming it ll came down to scheduling difficulties.

"Words like ‘fired’ are ugly references as far as I’m concerned," he said.

“Not to hedge around, but we arrived at the impasse of hitting a brick wall.

"This was not a happy situation for us in terms of the logistics of a functioning band.

So does that mean he's on gardening leave then?

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If you live up north that is, near Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle, or down south near Oxford, Reading or Bristol.

BBC Music Introducing have kindly gathered four top new acts; Mahalia, Alicai Harley, Ten Tonnes and ONR to take on the road at the end of May, in support of the BBC's Biggest Weekend and The Great Escape festival.

Check out the full gig details above for four very different acts.

Get them before they are too hot.

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The Halifax band have been in the 6 Music live room today telling Lauren Laverne where they plan to take Father John Misty when he visits their hometown.

They have small plans for the big man.

Listen above.

The west Yorkshire trio also performed their tracks Old Stuff New Glass and Sunflower Seeds from their recently-released debut album Silver Dollar Moment.

Listen back to the full session/interview and read our chat with last week's Newbie Tuesday act below, on how they are (quite literally) picking up fans as they go.

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While most of us agree that it's ok to take a picture at a gig, the thought of people watching entire gigs through their phones upsets most fans.

U2 are now actively asking gig-goers to download a new app which will let them have an AR experience at their forthcoming tour (scroll down).

Is is exciting for their fans? Most likely. Is it merely a clever gimmick? Arguably. Will other bands attempt something similar? Undoubtedly.

Here are some of the Irish rockers' other technical innovations and whether or not they have worked for the greater good...

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1) Ambitious stage shows

Simply put there are few other bands out there that put on as much of a spectacle during their live shows as U2.

Noel Gallagher recently described them as his favourite live band ever and the former Oasis chief has seen a few gigs in his time.

Their recent anniversary touring of their classic album The Joshua Tree featured an ultra high-definition video screen measuring 200 ft × 45 ft (61 m × 14 m), making it the largest and highest resolution video screen of any concert tour.

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Twenty-five years ago, their Zoo TV Tour (pictured top) was an elaborately staged multimedia event, satirising the media.

They followed it up with their PopMart tour in 1997 (above), which included a 100-foot-tall (30 m) golden yellow arch and a 40-foot-tall (12 m) mirrorball lemon.

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Couldn't get bigger that that?

Think again - their 2009 360° Tour, which featured the band playing stadiums in the round saw the need for a large four-legged structure nicknamed "The Claw".

At 164 feet (50 m) tall, it was the largest stage ever constructed.

There are echoes of U2 in epic live shows now from pop stars like Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, to fellow rockers Muse and Coldplay.

2) Giving music directly to fans (and non fans)

Cut out the middlemen seems to be part of U2's ethos.

But this backfired in 2014 when Bono had to apologise after their Songs of Innocence album was automatically added to the libraries of all iTunes users around the world.

He said the move was a "drop of megalomania, a touch of generosity".

Some users complained that the 11-track Songs of Innocence had been added to their music library without permission and that it was not clear how to delete it.

Apple later released a one-click tool enabling iTunes customers to remove it.

Okay, they messed that one up but the direct-to-fan business model is set to be one of the music industry's game-changers with more young artists looking to bypass labels, shops and publicists to get their music and merch straight into the hands of their fans.

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3) First band to use a ‘Verified Fan’ system to sell all concert tickets

The band were the first to make full use of Ticketmaster’s ‘Verified Fan’ platform on this year's North American Experience + Innocence arena tour.

In an effort to prevent touting, the U2's American fans were asked to sign up to the ticket provider's system before they went on sale in November last year.

The technology was also put in place for pre-sales to members of U2’s fan club.

With the entire industry scrambling to deal with touting on an industrial scale, more bands are taking active steps to work with official sellers to avoid tickets being sold for inflated prices on secondary platforms.

Stars like Adele and Ed Sheeran have partnered with sites such as Twickets.co.uk, which prohibits the resale of tickets at a profit.

The singer and sometime rapper joined Clara in the Live Lounge to perform his latest reggae-infused single Guess Again.

He also picked out a recent Grammy winner - for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - by the US band band Portugal. The Man.

Have a listen above and see if you Feel it Still.

Praise be, let's give thanks etc etc.

Before we stand accused of any more blasphemous proclamations, we'll just get on with showing you the new video from the Scots electro-popsters which feature's singer Lauren wandering through a nasty confrontation between opposing groups of protesters.

We should say this video does come with a bit of a violence warning.

Just remember, no extras were harmed in its making. Probably.

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Are Bono and the lads on to something with their futuristic new live gig app?

Will you truly find what you're looking for through a phone screen?

Or is it just a fad?

Get involved.

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Aside from being rock stars, what do Alex Turner, Liam and Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller all have in common?

Answer: They all walk really slowly.

That's the key to being cool according to Stockport band Blossoms, who release their second album Cool Like You this Friday.

Singer Tom Ogden told BBC Music reporter Mark Savage: "Those are a solid four. And what they all have in common is they walk really slow. They have a powerful walk. They walk slower than your average."

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Blossoms potential new festival banger There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) got the Hottest Record treatment last week and you can listen back below.

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Meek Mill has been released from prison - five months after being sentenced for breaking the terms of his probation.

"While the past five months have been a nightmare, the prayers, visits, calls, letters and rallies have helped me stay positive," he said in a statement.

The 30-year-old was due to serve between two and four years but a court granted him bail due to the "credibility" concerns of a witness.

Just hours after being released the rapper attended a basketball game in his home city of Philadelphia and was given the honour of ringing the ceremonial Liberty Bell which signals the start of the game.

A high profile campaign to free him began with stars like Jay-Z (below), Beyonce and Kevin Hart pledging their support to the rapper.

Meek Mill is signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation management group.

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While many artists - like Jack White - are demanding that you put your phones firmly away for the duration of their performance, U2 are about to request the exact opposite of their fans.

The veteran Irish rockers have released the U2 Experience app to give fans an augmented experience during their UK/Ireland gigs in October and beyond.

Those of you in the venue will be able to hold your phone up in the direction of a 100 ft LED screen behind Bono, The Edge, et al and enjoy an audio visual experience through your phone.

You won't have to talk to your friends, partners or fellow gig-goers at all.

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Apparently if you are not lucky enough to land a ticket for any of their shows you can experience a taster by pointing your phone at their latest album cover.

It's all pretty futuristic stuff and a fairly elaborate way of ensuring you buy either a gig ticket or the album.

Let's hope this latest trick works out better than when they planted previous album Songs of Innocence directly into iTunes users accounts. Bono later apologised for that move, admitting to "a drop of megalomania."

Thank goodness he's got that out of his system.

Watch the band performing (the soon to be suitably-titled) Get Out of Your Own Way for the 2017 MTV EMA Awards below.

For your eyes (not phones) only.

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Camila Cabello might be teasing some new music with her latest over-punctuated tweet (below).

The 21-year-old hasn't specified though...

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

One thing it's probably not, is a cover of the Zedd's hit record The Middle, which he recorded with country star Maren Morris.

Camila was apparently one of a bunch of singers who cut versions of the track which weren't used.

According to the writers, her version of "sounded like it was supposed to be" but her management didn't want the song to overshadow her breakout single Havana.

We think maybe they made the right call there.

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What else could his cryptic "2024" mean?

That is the date of another US election.

Even if current President Donald Trump successfully stands again in the next one in 2020, he would not be able to serve a third term.

Them's the rules.

So who better than his good pal Kanye? (Especially now that Oprah has ruled herself out)

Yesterday we told you how another of Kanye's associates DJ Ebro Darden had claimed that the rapper-turned-philosopher revealed to him that he still loves Donald J, after coming out in support of him following his election in late 2016.

Perhaps they've been plotting it all along.

Either that or the tweet could be the new answer to the question of life, the Universe and everything.

42 is soooo over.

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Often by the time an eagerly-awaited new rock 'n' roll album comes out, you'll already be bored of it as your local commercial indie radio station will have played the first two or three singles to death for months.

No such worries with the new Arctic Monkeys album though peeps as this one is to be released - on 11 May - as a complete body of work.

In their first new interview back, frontman Alex Turner told Mojo mag that there we be no Do I Wanna Know or RU Mine? as was the case with 2013's AM.

But don't blame him for the idea. Blame guitarist Jamie Cook or their record label,

"Jamie was really keen on that idea," Alex said.

"And I guess people at Domino. But it didn’t come from me. I understand it, I think.”

You can read the full interview in Mojo now.

Elsewhere, unlike most of us who have only heard the 42 seconds of music below, Sony/ATV's exec Guy Moot has already listened to Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino in full and believes that Alex "has written another masterpiece".

"There are few releases in the calendar year that I would call an event; when the Monkeys release a record, it’s an event," he told Music Week, external

"It’s an on-going chapter and I think [he's] just written another masterpiece, which solidifies him once more as one of the great UK songwriters.

Sheku Kenneh-Mason is one of a handful of artists who have been announced to play at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.

The Royal couple have chosen a number of choral groups, soloists and musicians to perform at the service on 19 May.

Cellist and BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku is among them, as is Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas.

He tweeted he was "excited and honoured" (below).

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The 18-year-old scored the biggest-selling British debut of the year when his classical album, Inspiration, dropped in late January.

Kensington Palace said the couple had taken "a great deal of interest and care in choosing the music for their service", adding it would include a number of well-known hymns and choral works.

So, they haven't said Ed Sheeran isn't playing? Hmmm.

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We thought nothing could stop the funkmeister general but it seems if you cut him he does bleed... quite a lot in fact.

The Chic guitarist has posted a rather graphic and blood-filled picture and video online of the outcome of his fall in the studio, which led to him being treated in hospital for a broken nose.

Nile wrote: "I have a foldable ice pack and have already stopped the bleeding.

"When I arrived at the hospital the Dr. said, 'I did everything right.' I'm going to be fine even w the broken nose."

We realise that many of you won't have had breakfast yet so we'll spare you the gory video but if you are that way inclined you can find it on his social media accounts.

But you have been warned: It's like a deleted scene from Saving Private Ryan.

Nile and the band are due back over in the UK in June for a number of festival appearances at the likes of the Isle of Weight and Blenheim Palace and bookings like that are not to be sniffed at.

Get well soon Nile.