That's all for Tuesday folk and congrats, you're all one step closer to the weekend.

Scroll back down for news of the Isle of Wight headliners, new videos from Franz Ferdinand and Kehlani, a potted history of the troubled new Queen biopic and our featured new artist for Newbie Tuesday - Shrewsbury bluesy-folkster Dan Owen.

We'll be back with more music news for you tomorrow so keep your eyes and your ears (but mainly your eyes) peeled.

We'll leave you in the company of the great Brian Blessed and his dramatic reading of IOW headliners Kasabian's Bless This Acid House on Radio X.

We hope he's nabbed a couple of backstage passes.

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Everyone's favourite Canadian middle of the road rockers Nickelback have announced a UK arena tour for 2018.

The band will take in dates, external in Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham London and Nottingham in May.

Tickets available from Friday folks.

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Relax, its just for her latest music video.

She was the star of BBC One's Sounds Like Friday Night a few weeks back, now Demi is the bride-to-be in the new video for her album title track Tell Me You Love Me.

Demi is in love and now she has a rock to prove it from her fiance.

But will the wedding take place at all after a massive pre-nuptial lovers tiff kicks off?...

Head over to Demi's YouTube page to find out as we can't bring it to you sadly here due to the 'passionate' nature of the language involved in the dispute.

Passions were running high in their defence.

The New York rapper would be forgiven for avoiding lifts (make that 'elevators' in American English) after that famous incident, external involving his wife's sister Solange a few years back.

Mr and Mrs Carter were filmed leaving Angelika Film Center & Cafe in the Big Apple last night as they celebrated his 48th.

Looks like he got some additional birthday bling too.

"Hurry up. Come get it" said relaxed looking Jay to photographers before, slipping into a taxi - and by taxi we mean massive private car.

Head over to the TMZ, external website for the video.

Kev Geoghegan
Music News LIVE reporter

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Hailing from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, 25-year-old bluesy folk singer Dan Owen started playing guitar at the age of nine and, at the age of 13, joined his older sister, a singer, in his guitar teacher's folk band, touring the county's pubs.

"It was alright in Shropshire cause you're going off into the hills where no-ones going to tell you off for being in a pub when you're only 13-years-old.

"I wasn't drinking, it was my dad's excuse for going to the pub I think, like, 'the kids have got to go...'"

The pair then performed at open mics as a duo before the elder sibling went to university leaving the fledgling band.

"I thought I'll try singing and I got up in a pub and did an old blues number and people seemed to like it."

Armed with a repertoire of "around 60-70 blues" songs, 16-year-old Dan (or Blues Boy Dan as he became to be known locally) - who was also training to be a carpenter - concentrated on open mic nights and the occasional solo show.

But it was an injury which cut short his apprenticeship: "I was about six months in and loving it and I was walking past a machine and a piece of wood flipped out and hit me in the eye and knackered my left eye, it doesn't work any more, which gave me depth perception problems and double vision.

"When I tried to start again, it was really tough - my head could do it, my eyes could do and my hands could definitely do it but all working together, it wasn't happening."

Carpentry's loss was music gain though, and the young artists channeled his frustration into a piece of wood with six strings in his song Hideaway, external as he explains (below).

He continued performing the pub circuit in rural Shropshire.

"I'd have happily done pub gigs forever because I loved it," he admits.

But some of those early gigs somehow made it on to YouTube and the young singer began being inundated with praise from across the world.

The singer uploaded a song on to BBC Introducing Shropshire in 2015 and found fans in hosts Adam Crowther and Jolon Kemp Walker.

Last week, he was played on rotation on Radio 1 as the Introducing artist of the week.

Dan credits his inspiration to classic blues, obviously but says his musical experience is as much shaped by metal and rock as well as fellow songwriters like Paolo Nutini.

"But my boots are still firmly in the blues," he adds. "I'll go back there one day."

He has spent the summer playing European festivals and recording tracks for his debut album, no mean feat considering he wrote "about 160 tracks for a ten track album".

"Hopefully they're good.

"I can't wait to get it out, it's my first album."

We can't wait to hear it.

Another up-and-coming songwriter Noel Gallagher began writing his future hits in the work office - aka 'the hit hut' - after injury prevented him from working on the building site.

So you're in good company Dan.

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Californian singer Kehlani enjoys a summer's day frollicking with her girlfriend behind a sepia filter in the new video for her track Honey.

It's all very romantic and you can check it above.

We just hope they avoided being stung by any bees with their liberal application of all that sticky honey.

Remember what happened to Macauley Culkin's character in My Girl anyone, external?

How could we forget?

Kehlani last week performed the track live at Billboard’s Women in Music event where she was handed the rule breaker award.

The rules are there to be broken after all.

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Katy Perry and the Catholic Church have been awarded almost $10m (£7.5m) in damages after the star's plans to buy a former LA convent ended up in court.

Perry agreed to purchase the hilltop property for $14.5m (£10.8m) in 2015.

But two of the nuns who used to live there objected, and instead sold it to restaurateur Dana Hollister without the approval of the archdiocese.

Last month, a jury found Hollister intentionally interfered with Perry's planned purchase.

Lesson learned: Don't mess with KP.

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In other words they are Always Ascending.

The first of several top new music videos today comes courtesy of the Glasgow art-rockers.

You may have heard their new single on the radio but now you can check out their stylish new video above.

It's the opening title track from FF's forthcoming fifth studio album which is out on 9 February.

Reggie Yates will not host this year's Top of the Pops holiday specials after making "ill-considered remarks" in a podcast interview.

Yates apologised last month for using the phrase "fat Jewish guy" in reference to managers in the music industry.

He has now tweeted to say he has "taken the decision to step down" from hosting the music shows, which were due to air on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.

The presenter added that he apologised "unreservedly to the Jewish community".

In the Halfcast Podcast, hosted by DJ Chuckie Lothian, he had used the phrase while praising artists who chose to remain independently managed, adding: "They're managed by their brethren."

In his latest statement on Twitter, he said his words "reinforced offensive stereotypes" and that the comment was "no reflection on how I truly feel".

The host, who also presents The Insider series for BBC Three, was due to present this year's holiday specials of long-running show Top of the Pops with Fearne Cotton.

A BBC spokesperson said: "We take these issues very seriously and Reggie is in no doubt about the BBC's view of his comments."

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She's got chart hits, she counts 'em: Dua Lipa has beaten Beyonce and Taylor Swift to become Spotify's most-streamed female of 2017 so far in the UK.

The pop star's smash hits include New Rules, external, a musical instruction manual for people tempted to contact their exes, which has been streamed 464 million times worldwide.

She has also scored 453 million streams for the brooding Scared To Be Lonely, external.

Ed Sheeran is the top artist overall, with 6.3 billion global streams.

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His album ÷ was the biggest album of the year, racking up 3.1 billion streams around the world, while Shape of You, external became Spotify's biggest track of all time.

The year has also belonged to Puerto Rican star Luis Fonsi, whose reggaeton-infused smash Despacito, external spearheaded an influx of Latin music in the charts.

Despacito appears twice in Spotify's top five most-streamed songs of the year - once in its original guise and once as a remix, external featuring Justin Bieber.

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Music News LIVE reporter

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The firing of Bryan Singer from the forthcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is the latest speed bump in the history of what is an increasingly troubled movie.

Here's a quick look back at some of the major hurdles the production has faced since its announcement back in 2010.

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Ali G to Freddie M

In 2010, Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen was cast as Freddie Mercury.

Speaking to the BBC, guitarist Brian May said: "We have Sacha Baron Cohen, which will probably be a shock to a lot of people, but he's been talking with us for a long time.

"I think we'll try and keep ourselves out of it as much as we can," May added.

Armed with a script by Peter Morgan, who wrote the Oscar-winning The Queen and with the full backing of the surviving members of the band, it looked like a winner in the making.

But three years later, Cohen was gone, blaming that old classic, "creative differences".

Industry newspaper Variety, external said the actor's manager confirmed the news, saying he clashed with producers over the film's tone.

Speaking to US DJ Howard Stern (below), he claimed the script had Freddie Mercury dying from Aids in the middle of movie.

Shortly afterwards, Paddington and Bond star Ben Whishaw joined the production in the lead role while it was rumored British actor-turned director Dexter Fletcher was also attached to the film.

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Whishaw unsure

In 2014 however, Deadline reported Fletcher too had gone, external over a disagreement with producers on the direction of the film.

Then later that year, in an interview with Time Out, external, Whishaw cast doubt on the film going ahead at all.

He said: "I don’t know what’s happening, it seems to be on a back burner. It was going, then there were problems getting the script working."

In 2015, attempts to get the film back and running were made, bringing in The Theory of Everything screenwriter Anthony McCarten.

Around this time, they also announced a potential name of the film Bohemian Rhapsody, one of the band's greatest hits.

New singer

In 2016, it was announced the director of the Oscar-winning Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer, was in talks to direct and Mr Robot star Rami Malek was attached in the central role of Freddie.

In November, Rami confirmed the news to chat show host Jimmy Kimmel, even trying on a fake moustache to get into character (above) while Bryan Singer posted an iconic picture of the band to confirm his own involvement.

The film went into pre-production in July while a replica of the 1985 Live Aid, external set at Wembley Stadium - site of the band's triumphant set before a live global audience of hundreds of millions - was recreated at an airfield in Hertfordshire.

In September, Entertainment Weekly had the exclusive first picture of the star in full costume.

Unreliable

Then, on 1 December, production was suspended so director Singer could deal with "a personal health matter".

Twentieth Century Fox told the BBC work had been temporarily halted "due to the unexpected unavailability" of Singer.

The director's representative said it was "a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family".

The Hollywood Reporter added some fuel to the fire reporting Rami Malek and producers were in conflict with the director, with claims he showed up late to set.

Just a few days later, 20th Century Fox confirmed the director had been fired due to "unreliable behaviour".

Singer has insisted his firing came while he was ill and that the studio was "unwilling to accommodate" him during his illness.

He added: "While, at times, we did have creative differences on set, Rami and I successfully put those differences behind us".

And so closes another chapter on Bohemian Rhapsody's rocky road.

The Killers, Kasabian, Liam Gallagher and Depech Mode will headline the 50th anniversary of the Isle of Wight Festival.

Also on the bill on 21-24 June next year will be The Script, Van Morrison, Blossoms and James Bay.

With a nod to the festival's rock 'n' roll legacy, Leicester lads Kasabian said (in a statement): "We’re hugely honoured to play at the Isle of Wight Festival.

"It’s kind of a big deal Jimi Hendrix played in the 70’s, 50 years on and we’re playing it! That’s pretty phenomenal, thanks for having us back! We promise Friday night will be the one!”

Meanwhile the Vegas band (below) have also announced two big UK stadium gigs for next year, first at Swansea's Liberty Stadium on 23 June and then again at Bolton's Macron Stadium on 13 July.

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Strike a pose...

Cover stars of the iconic fashion mag usually give an interview to go with their image being plastered all over the front but Taylor does things a little differently.

Instead she's written them a poem.

New editor-in-chief Edward Enninful admits he was struck by "her brilliant sense of humour, but also how, for a woman in her twenties, she has an incredible sense of who she is."

He added:

"Taylor is acutely aware of her following and how she communicates with young women, and will never portray a character that would send the wrong message."

Taylor posted the above cover pic herself alongside the message: "It’s been a while since I’ve done a magazine cover. I’m really happy my first one back was with such wonderful people."

So everybody's happy then.

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Adele is urging her fans to lobby the government into building public trust around their enquiry into the Grenfell Fire disaster.

Seventy one victims of the west London flat fire tragedy were formally identified and police have now said they believe the remains of all of those who died have been recovered.

Now, the singer is calling for a balanced, impartial and fair process to be carried out.

The Grammy-winning star, who was pictured helping out in the aftermath of the tragedy in June, tweeted: "It's been almost 6 months now, we must keep on talking about what is still not happening xx."

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Former Britpop rivals and new-found friends Noel Gallagher and Graham Coxon were among a cast of thousands (well... dozens) to perform alongside Damon Albarn's Gorillaz last night.

Fans at the O2 Arena got a whole bundle of early Christmas gifts as a host of artists that featured on the animated band's last album Humanz appeared in the flesh, including Savages singer Jehnny Beth, Shaun Ryder and Vince Staples, as well Gruff Rhys, Mos Def and De La Soul (the list goes on...)

Watch some fan-shot footage of the extended group performing their ode to the power of love, below.

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Bryan Singer, the director of the new Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been fired due to "unreliable behaviour".

Twentieth Century Fox said Bryan Singer was no longer the director of the film with a source telling the BBC it was due to "a pattern of unreliable behaviour on the set".

But, in a new statement, Singer - who directed X-Men and The Usual Suspects - said his firing came while he was ill and that the studio was "unwilling to accommodate" him during his illness.

The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Singer had clashed with lead actor Rami Malek, external and failed to show up for filming on multiple occasions.

But Singer said "While, at times, we did have creative differences on set, Rami and I successfully put those differences behind us and continued to work on the film together."

It's the latest hiccup for a troubled production which we will have a look at shortly.

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Morning all and welcome back to another high-octane edition of Music News LIVE.

Today we'll bring you the latest from the Queen biopic as the director Bryan Singer is sacked.

Cover star Taylor Swift gives British Vogue a poem instead of an interview, an all-star cast join Gorillaz on stage for their gig last night and Dua Lipa is crowned queen of the streams.

Plus the Isle of Wight Festival has a pretty rock 'n' roll lineup in store for its 50th anniversary.

Later on, we'll have another Newbie Tuesday for you to keep your eyes/ears open for as we continue to search for the next Queen (the band, not the monarch).