We're off home.

If you're sticking around scroll down for Rihanna's warning to Trump, BTS becoming one in a billion and Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace gospel film getting it's premiere after 46 years.

Plus a Transatlantic Newbie Tuesday act who were thrown in at the deep end.

We'll leave you with Bastille and Marshmello's cover of Eastside from earlier today, for Live Lounge month.

We've no idea how he got that head through security.

Listen to the end for some bonus Nelly thrown in for good measure.

See you tomorrow with more.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

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Most new bands have to work the local gig scene, then perform in toilets up and down the land before maybe one day getting a shot at the big time.

For most it never actually arrives.

Transatlantic electro-pop duo Weslee, however, didn't get that memo it seems.

Emma DD and Josh Grant from the band, who are usually found buried within recording studios in London or New York/Los Angeles working on other people's tracks, had to quite literally get their act together pretty rapidly after their own band's debut single found its way into the hands of Radio 1's Annie Mac earlier this year.

The DJ asked them to perform at one of her London club nights in February alongside local pop star Jessie Ware and New York band Sunflower Bean and the rest was (fairly recent) history.

"Yeah we were lucky," says Josh.

"I guess someone from Annie Mac’s team had found our first song we put out called Gassed and had been behind that and then they had just basically asked us do we want to support.

"And we thought ‘I guess now we have to figure out how to play live!'"

"Obviously I was very nervous," adds singer Emma.

"Being thrown in, you sort of sink or swim," admits Josh, "and you sort of blackout throughout the whole thing.

"The Jessie Ware thing was so nerve-wracking you don’t really experience any of it, you're sort of like ‘what's going on?'"

Since that fateful night they've been supported by BBC Music Introducing in London and released their debut EP, 9F.

The title references Emma's favourite aisle seat on a plane, which goes to show how much time she's spent in the air over the last year.

The Londoner moved to New York City, initially to study but "just never went to school," as she was so busy writing/producing music.

Kansas-born bandmate Josh, who she met in the studio in NYC - working on tracks with the likes of Chance the Rapper and Izzy Bizu - then made the exact opposite move to London after "meeting a girl."

"I guess I'm a romantic," he jokes, "I just got on a plane and never went home.

"We’ve swapped countries!"

Emma helped him embrace British culture by teaching him about chocolate biscuits and street slang though he's "yet to conquer using that in public."

Since then the two best friends have had to make the most of their precious time together and then work on tracks over the internet.

"We have yet to go ‘hey, here’s a track - write to it’, we like to at least be in the same room to start stuff,” states Josh.

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The next time singer Emma and keyboardist Josh meet will be later this week for a gig in Chicago - only their second ever Stateside gig, following one in Brooklyn.

They'll perform as a five piece, with an additional drummer and two backing singers.

“I can only sing one part at time," declares Emma, "there’s about 50 things going on at once, I can’t do it all man!”

The songwriting duo have about seven new songs they're "happy with" that “might turn into something".

If that something turns out to be special then they might well have to do what most bands do and actually commit to a full tour, rather than simply “sporadic gigs".

Heaven forbid.

“I don’t think either one of us want to get in a van and drive around - maybe we do," contemplates Josh,

"London gigs are fine because we’re here!"

“You’re here!" corrects Emma, down the phone line from California.

So far, aside from their breakout track, they've come up with infectiously catchy pop hooks like Bathwater (above) and Boy Like You (below) which they say comes pretty naturally in Weslee world.

Emma says: "Generally speaking the moment you think too much about it it doesn't work, I freak myself out."

"Emma’s very good at policing me on the overthinking as I tend to get in my head," adds self-confessed Frank Ocean 'fanboy' Josh.

“I grew up around music," Emma goes on, "music is an emotion, it's always changing, it depends on how I feel."

"Yeah, it's crappy outside so I want to listen to some depressing music," says Josh, as winter takes hold of the English capital.

Sun-drenched Emma begs to differ: “Oh my god it’s not crappy outside, it’s so hot here!"

Weslee: A band for all seasons but big occasions only.

Read Newbie Tuesday 51: Being a beatboxing champ won't keep Grace Savage from pop stardom

Once this bird has flown it won't be flying back to the UK.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will be joined by Status Quo for four dates on their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour.

They'll play Glasgow on 26 June, followed by Manchester following night, then on to London's Wembley Arena on 29 June.

It all culminates with a gig at Birmingham's Genting Arena on 30 June.

Tickets go on sale on Friday.

Earlier this year the band's former guitarist Ed King died aged 68.

We don't really do Christmas news in early November.

So we can't really tell you that most of the artists for Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball 2018 at London's O2 Arena have now been announced.

Or that on Saturday 8 December the likes of Anne-Marie and Liam Payne will perform, alongside Ellie Goulding, Olly Murs and Rita Ora.

The following day will see Mabel, Jess Glynne, Years & Years and Clean Bandit take to the stage, as well as Zara Larsson, Jason Derulo and Cheryl (scroll down for more about her new single).

Head over to the Capital website for more info.

But remember, you didn't hear it from us.

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After four years out the music biz, the former Girls Aloud singer is set to return on Friday.

Cheryl's new track, Love Made Me Do - her first since her split from Liam Payne - is a good old fashioned love song and it's been co-written by former bandmate Nicola Roberts.

She said in a statement: “It’s something that anyone who’s been in love will be able to relate to in some way or another.

“It’s catchy and it’s fun. It’s not about one specific person or relationship, it’s more about me being the lover of love that I am. I just love love!”

Can't argue with that.

Cheryl's last album Only Human came in 2014.

BBC Newsbeat

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An album of what appeared to be unreleased Ariana Grande songs had nothing to do with the singer herself, Newsbeat understands.

Fans had been speculating whether she secretly released a whole album under a different identity.

Someone going by the name of Zandhr put the collection, called Nobody Does It Better, on several streaming services.

But a source close to the singer has told Newsbeat the album "was not affiliated with her" in any way.

After several users started debating online whether the 10 tracks were Ariana singing or not, the songs became unavailable.

The tracks included Cadillac and Champagne, which were thought to be versions of Ariana's previously unreleased songs.

Read more.

Following in the footsteps of Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande, the Manc Rock 'n' Roll Star has made his new pet a social media sensation.

Sid was introduced to the online world at the weekend with the above pic.

Now it seems that less than a week in to their relationship the 46-year-old Su-pur-sonic star is having trouble keeping up.

He tweeted to say the tabby cat, lovingly nicknamed 'RSID', is "running me ragged".

The former Oasis frontman is also yet to reveal the inspiration behind the cat's name, but it could well be a nod to the late Sex Pistols rocker Sid Vicious.

So with Ed's cats Calippo and Dorito and Ariana's pig Piggie Smalls already doing well on their respective Instagram pages, as well as Iggy Pop's Parrot Biggy, it's only a matter of time before Sid gets one of his own too.

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The boyband have become the first Korean act to hit one billion streams on Apple Music, Billboard has confirmed., external

The six-piece from South Korea, who recently performed in both the UK and US on their Love Yourself world tour, have surpassed other K-Pop bands like Psy in achieving the feat.

It's been quite a year for the lads who have had two US #1 albums and spoken at the UN, as well as breaking countless chart records.

The BBC's Sophie Van Brugen caught up with the band and their "army of fans" at London's O2 Arena last month.

The seminal UK dance duo have been announced to headline the first Friday of All Points East next summer.

The 10 day east London event returns in 2019, with The Chems headlining the first night on 24 May.

They'll be supported by the likes of Hot Chip, Primal Scream and Spiritualized, as well as Little Dragon, Danny Brown, Little Simz and Ibibio Sound Machine.

Tickets are available on Friday, with more names yet to be announced for the festival which runs until 2 June.

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US rapper Mac Miller died as a result of an accidental overdose involving cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol, a coroner has concluded.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner coroner confirmed the star's cause of death, external on Monday.

The 26-year-old, who rose to fame after topping US charts with his debut album in 2011, was found dead at his California home in September.

Ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande called Mac - real name Malcolm - "an angel" in a new song entitled Thank U, Next.

She was among many stars and fans to pay tribute to the performer following his death.

Chance the Rapper, SZA and Miguel were among the artists to perform at a tribute concert at the weekend.

Read more.

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It seems Rihanna is not the only one with US politics on the brain today.

UK new romantics Duran Duran have released a new video - to an old track - which finds them worrying about the plight of both birds and humans in transit to America.

The provocative new visuals have been released to mark the 30th anniversary of their song The Edge of America, taken from 1988 album Big Thing.

“More than a billion birds die crashing with windows and aircrafts in the U.S. every year," the video begins.

“More than 110 million people have been apprehended, returned or deported from the U.S. border since 1988.”

Watch below and think on.

A long-awaited Aretha Franklin documentary will premiere in New York City - 46 years after being filmed.

Amazing Grace was shot by director Sydney Pollack in 1972, but it spent decades in an unedited form.

Years of legal complications followed, and now it will finally debut at the DOC NYC festival on 12 November, with the support of the singer's estate.

The Queen of Soul - known for hits like Respect and Think - died of cancer in August, aged 76 and was given a star-studded send off.

The film was only finished in 2011 because of technical problems, After that, Franklin and her lawyers blocked the film's release repeatedly, once suing producer Alan Elliot for using her likeness without her permission.

Legal clearance finally came after the singer's death, when her family members were open to seeing the film.

Check out a trailer of Amazing Grace over at Vimeo., external

Read more.

Rolling Stone magazine

Ri Ri is the latest star to officially tell the US President to stop using her music at his political rallies.

The Barbadian singer is threatening legal action after her 2008 track, Don’t Stop the Music, was played at Trump's Chattanooga rally.

Rihanna - aka Ms. Fenty - had her team send an official letter to the White House, which has been obtained by Rolling Stone magazine.

It reads: “It has come to our attention that President Trump has utilized [Rihanna’s] musical compositions and master recordings, including her hit track Don’t Stop the Music, in connection with a number of political events held across the United States.

“As you are or should be aware, Ms. Fenty has not provided her consent to Mr. Trump to use her music. Such use is therefore improper.

Like Taylor Swift and many other music stars Rihanna has publicly come out in support of a Democratic Party candidate in today's US Mid-Term elections.

On Sunday, Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker tweeted, external that the crowd were "loving it" when the song in question came on at Trump's Republican rally in Tennessee.

Rihanna responded, external saying: “Not for much longer…me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up philip!”

The 30-year-old joins the likes of The Rolling Stones, Pharrell Williams, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and the Prince estate in warning Trump over the use of their music.

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Morning all and welcome back to Music News LIVE.

It's going to be tough to top yesterday's Spice Girl tour news but we're gonna give it a go at least.

Coming up today:

• Rihanna sends cease-and-desist letter to Donald Trump
• First look at the long-awaited Aretha Franklin gig film trailer
• Duran Duran get political in new migration-themed music video
• Cause of Mac Miller's death confirmed as overdose
• BTS break a streaming record

Let's begin with young Adele's reaction to the Spicies news.

"HA! This is how I feel right now! I AM READY ✌," she wrote.

We're ready too, so let's begin.