Leave your cares behind...these are the good times.

They are for us at least, as we're off to work on our abs and generally stay out of trouble.

Scroll down for news of the Coachella lineup (look away now Louis T), Prince Harry and Meghan's royal engagement with a young music station, the return of wild man Justin Timberlake, DJ Khaled's New Year diet and a whole lot more.

We'll leave you with a bit of Chic and Nile Rodgers from New Year's Eve on BBC Two and see you back here tomorrow at 09:00 GMT.

Back again (in festival news today).

Finally, a second US music festival option for those of you who aren't going back to Benidorm again this summer to consider.

As well as Coachella (scroll down), rapper Eminem will also headline The Governors Ball in New York City, alongside Jack White, Travis Scott and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

We wonder if President Donald Trump and his mate Kanye might pop along to catch Em?

On second thoughts...

The big question remains - whose name has been redacted on the poster in yellow and why?

Good news for rock fans, US singer Brody Dalle also known as Mrs Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, has posted a new video suggesting her band The Distillers are reforming this year.

She posted the above clip with the message THE DISTILLERS 2018.

There are no more details currently but the band released their last album in 2003 and split up in 2006.

Here is one of the band's best known tracks (below).

Here's some inspirational advice now for all of you struggling to stay true to your NY resolutions already on 3 January.

Grime star JME only made one this year: Not to make them.

He doesn't need a man-made calendar to remind him when to check himself and he doesn't think you do either.

"Remember that everyday is the same day" he said.

"Everyday is your New Years, that's your new day.

Hear more from JME on DJ Melody Kane's 1Xtra show tonight from 23:00 GMT.

The rapper featured on Skepta's 2016 banger That's Not Me.

Skep himself has been sending out some New Year love to the country of his heritage, Nigeria, in the form of this picture below.

The newly-engaged Royal and his bride-to-be are to head to Reprezent Radio, external in Brixton, South London, next Tuesday to learn more about using music and radio for "social impact".

The visit of big Killers fan Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to the youth-based platform - which describes itself as "the sound of young London" - has caused quite a stir in and around the station.

DJ Remi 'The Road Blocker' even took the trouble to frame the official Kensington Palace tweet.

Look...

Let's just hope that Harry has got a few bars of freestyle rapping up his sleeve.

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Louis Tomlinson is not a fan of today's Coachella lineup announcement (scroll down).

"Where are all the bands?" he's asked on Twitter.

"It's a festival?!"

Some fans have pointed out that we could ask the same question about his own band.

Coachella 2019 - 1D fans?

Until that dream becomes a reality again others are quite happy with a bit of Bey.

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The band may have parted ways (we think) for the second time but Ian, John, Mani and Reni made a tidy bundle thanks to their lucrative live shows in 2016 and 2017.

According to documents , externalwinding up their touring company, Second Touring, it shows they made just under £11m from gigs.

At their last show in Glasgow in June last year, singer Ian Brown (pictured above) reportedly told the crowd at Hampden Park Stadium: “Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy that it happened.”

Fun fact: Did you know the history of how the humble lemon became the band's symbol? Let Radio X enlighten you, external.

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In the US charts stakes at least.

The US rapper joins only Ringo's old band and Ashanti (below) in having seen her first three songs land in the top 10 at the same time.

That's after Cardi's breakthrough hit Bodak Yellow returned to the top 10 yesterday putting her in esteemed company.

She's posted a profanity-laced video online of her celebrating, alongside a message of thanks.

"What a great way to start my year," she wrote.

"Thank you Lord. Only you and i know how much i pray to you.

"These last few weeks been too much for me but my Lord always find a way to uplift me."

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Yesterday we brought you Sir Macca's message for his old Beatles mucker, now another former bandmate's widow has forwarded her joy at the drummer receiving his knighhood.

Japanese artist Yoko Ono, who was of course married to John Lennon, said: "It's an honour for everyone in The Beatles family and I love you very much".

Yoko failed to mention whether or not she was a fan of his work on Thomas the Tank Engine but that goes without saying really.

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New albums from Janelle Monae and Grimes, plus Bjork, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift live gigs all the make the list of things we should get excited about over the next 12 months.

Weird that a follow up Chris and Kem, external single isn't in there.

Have a look at what else made the list.

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So The Killers had the official Hottest Record of last year with The Man.

Now, here we go again for another year of new music...

Starting with Hey Heartbreaker from UK/Icelandic punks Dream Wife.

Radio 1 DJ Daniel P Carter loves the "Debbie Harry" vibe of the track from the band - who met at Brighton uni - and you might too.

It's taken from their self-titled debut album which drops on 26 January and you can check it above.

Everybody Wants To Be Famous was Annie Mac's first pick of the new year, after she resumed her duties from Daniel P last night.

But someone should really tell Superorganism that's the name of their new track as there seems to be some confusion.

New Year brain freeze. It happens.

The BBC Sound of 2018 listees told Annie how almost all of the multi-cultural pop experimentalists have now relocated from around the UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, to live under one roof in an East London house share.

Seven of them at least (don't panic, the eighth member is living in a basement around the corner).

The NME declared the band - who shot to public attention performing their ear wormy track Something For Your Mind, external on Jools Holland - to be "The Avalanches for a new generation."

Check out their new track above plus the BBC Music playlist of the Hottest Records from 2017.

Find out if Superorganism finish top of the class of 2018 by tuning into Clara Amfo's Radio 1 show on Friday 12 January.

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The music streaming service is being hit with a legal action which wants damages of $150,000 per song for more than 10,000 tracks.

California-based Wixen Music Publishing represents artists that include Janis Joplin, The Black Keys (pictured above) and Tom Petty.

Spotify has been trying to settle a similar civil case brought by songwriters which is on course to being resolved in December.

But a group that included Wixen has objected to the terms of the $43m settlement, which they argued could yield less than $4 per song.

Read more.

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One of the most influential American record producers of the 1960s and 70s, Rick Hall, has died of cancer at the age of 85.

He founded the FAME studio, creating the soulful "Muscle Shoals" sound with some of the biggest R&B stars of the era, including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Etta James and Aretha Franklin.

Artists including The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker and Lynard Skynard also laid down tracks at the famous studio.

Later, he also promoted country and pop artists like Tom Jones, Paul Anka and the Osmonds.

Muscle Shoals was the subject of a 2013 documentary., external

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...and most of them were by Ed Sheeran.

UK music fans streamed more music than ever before in 2017 - an astonishing total of 68.1 billion songs.

That's the equivalent of everyone in the country playing 1,036 tracks, or almost three continuous days of music, on sites like Apple Music and Spotify.

Most of those songs were apparently by Ed Sheeran - who had four of the Top 10 biggest-selling singles of the year.

2017 also saw the likes of Dua Lipa, Stormzy, Harry Styles and J Hus achieve the 100,000 sales milestone.

Trade body the BPI says streaming now accounts for more than half (50.4%) of all music consumption in the UK.

Read more.

Most-streamed artists of 2017

1) Ed Sheeran

2) Drake

3) Little Mix

4) Eminem

5) The Weeknd

6) Calvin Harris

7) Coldplay

8) Kendrick Lamar

9) Stormzy

10) Post Malone

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For goodness sake man! Just tell us...

Frank Ocean continues his vague messages about whether he will follow up his magnificent Blond album with another LP in 2018.

He posted the above cryptic pic on his Tumblr page - if you have trouble reading the man's baseball cap, it reads: "IF YOU LIKED 2017, YOU’LL LOVE…2018."

He also added a cryptic caption that reads “new 18-99.”

If you know what that means then do please let us know at @BBCMusic.

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Justin Timberlake has ditched the dancefloor to get back to nature on his first album in five years.

Man of the Woods is set for release on 2 February, ahead of his return to the Superbowl stage a few days later.

Watch the preview below which involves campfires, mountains and the wild west.

"This album is really inspired by my son, my wife, my family, but more so than any other album I've ever written, where I'm from - it's personal," says JT.

We should point that Justin is in fact from Memphis, no the wild west.

His actress wife Jessica Biel is spotted in the preview sporting a cowgirl hat and N*E*R*D star Pharrell even pops up at the end to confirm that one of the tracks will be "a smash" and he's generally right about these things.

The album will be Justin's first full-length musical effort since 2013's two part record The 20/20 Experience.

We look forward to seeing Justin arrive on the Superbowl pitch on 4 February on horseback with a wild beard.

As well as modern life in the city, the singer/actor has also had enough of sexual harassment in the work place and took the time this week to urge us all to speak up against it.

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The Californian music festival has announced its 2018 lineup and Queen Bey will be making a comeback.

She pulled out of her headline slot in 2017 while she was pregnant with twins Rumi and Sir Carter.

Eminem and The Weeknd will also join her as headline acts, while St Vincent, Haim and Cardi B will perform too.

A pregnant Beyonce last performed at the 2017 Grammy Awards in February last year and was reduced to tears when Adele dedicated her awards to her.

We don't know if you bothered with New Year resolutions this year but one man DJ Khaled is aiming to shed some serious pounds.

The US superstar producer - with friends in high places (Drake, Rihanna etc) - has been snapped up by Weight Watchers as their latest high profile member.

Apparently he'll "freestyle his way to his goals."

So far, so good as he's "down 20 pounds and ready for more."

Vegan soup. Check. Lentils. Check.

Just someone get the lad a calculator.

We can just hear him now, rapping across the recording studio canteen.

"DJ Khaled - please pass the salad".

Khaled has nearly four million followers on Twitter and nearly 9 million on Instagram and the announcement has already helped Weight Watchers share price rise by eight percent.

Check out his rise to fame below.

Last we heard from him, he was stuck up a tree just before Christmas aftercrashing his jet skion the way to his pal Diddy's house.

Don't you just hate it when that happens?

Good luck anyway to the man and anyone attempting to lose weight this year, Oprah has your back...

Morning all.

We're three days into 2018 and normal service is starting to resume itself once again.

Not for Justin Timberlake however - he's gone into the wild on his new album. We'll bring you a preview of that today plus the Coachella lineup is revealed and a formerly pregnant superstar who had to pull out of last year's festival is back (clue: She had her Bey-bies).

Plus UK music fans streamed more music than ever before in 2017 and a US music producer becomes the new face of Weight Watchers (clue: He shouts his own name over EVERY single track on his album).

Plus, Frank Ocean has dropped another album hint for 2018. Apparently, you're going to love it.