Summary

  • News updates for 1 March 2018

  • Camila Cabello to support Taylor Swift on UK tour?

  • Skepta and Naomi Campbell pose together on new GQ cover

  • Rolling Stone Keith Richards apologises to Sir Mick Jagger over vasectomy comment

  • Warning: Third party content, may contain ads

  1. It's Not Unusualpublished at 15:01 GMT 1 March 2018

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    For us to knock off at this time.

    Scroll down to find out why SZA was 'mad as hell' (clue: something to with her Grammys snub), what Keith Richards is sorry for and which supermodel Skepta has been cosying up to for a new cover shoot.

    Plus look what one US radio station has made us do today regarding Camila Cabello and Taylor Swift.

    Oops.

    See you tomorrow for New Music Friday with Superorganism, The Kills, Andrew WK and more.

    Enjoy the rest of your St David's Day.

    Now - take it away Sir Tom...

  2. Green Man wish you a happy St David's Day with loads of new actspublished at 14:57 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Aussie psych rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have been given top bill alongside Fleet Foxes and The War on Drugs.

    Cate Le Bon, Anna Calvi and Joan As Police Woman have all been added the bill too for the August event at Wales' Brecon Beacons.

    Check out the full lineup above.

  3. Alexis Taylor on his Beautiful Thingpublished at 14:48 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Alexis Taylor talks to Clare Crane about his new solo album Beautiful Thing

    Hot Chip man, musician and producer extraordinaire Alexis Taylor has a new solo album on the way.

    Beautiful Thing will be released on 20 April.

    It’s Alexis's fourth album but the first time he's made a solo album with a producer; namely Tim Goldsworthy from UNKLE.

    He spoke to 6 Music's Clare Crane about the recording process and you can listen above.

    In fact you can listen over and over and over and over and over, if you want.

  4. Camila Cabello to support Taylor Swift this summer?published at 14:15 GMT 1 March 2018

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    You might want to be sat down for this one, pop fans.

    While we can't confirm Taylor will be present at Ed's potential home wedding in Suffolk (scroll down), it does look like she might be joined by a certain US/Cuban pop star at at least one of her big UK gigs this summer.

    US radio station Live 95.5 appears to have accidentally let slip that the Havana star Camila Cabello will provide the support for Swifty's upcoming UK and Ireland tour.

    In a tweet that was later deleted - but not before our eagle-eyed reporter Mark Savage got a screen grab - the station ran a competition to win tickets for Taylor and Camila's joint gig at Wembley Stadium on 22 June.

    CC, who is coming over for her own headline tour in April, has not yet officially been confirmed to open up for Taylor, but don't be surprised if and when she is.

  5. Ed Sheeran is to build a church in his own gardenpublished at 13:55 GMT 1 March 2018

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    It looks like Ed is planning a home wedding.

    The singer has lodged plans to build a private chapel on his Suffolk estate.

    The 27-year-old, who lives near Framlingham, submitted plans to Suffolk Coastal District Council.

    He announced his engagement to girlfriend Cherry Seaborn in January.

    The plans say some of Sheeran's guests have "high profiles" and a "need for discretion" which would not be met at local parish church.

    There is no mention in the plans that he will get married there but according to the government's web pages on 'Places of worship registered for marriage', it says "a premises first has to be recorded as a place of worship before it can be registered for the solemnisation of marriages under the Marriage Act 1949."

    Read more.

  6. Throwback Thursday: Happy birthday Kesha and Biebs!published at 13:30 GMT 1 March 2018

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    #tbt #doubletbt.

    How do you like them apples?

    Kesha has just turned 31 years young and to celebrate, here is her cover of Silence from the Radio 1 Live Lounge in November.

    But that's not all, formerly floppy fringed pop munchkin turned repentant tattooed bad boy Justin Bieber also celebrates his b'day today, turning 24.

    So here is his own cover from two years ago, of Tracey Chapman's Fast Car.

    A somewhat ironic choice for a man once arrested for illegal drag racing in Miami.

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  7. Bob Harris will present his R2 show in his shedpublished at 13:04 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Today's inclement weather may have prevented many people from making it into work but a little thing like snow can't stop the music.

    Due to the bad weather, Radio 2 presenter 'Whispering' Bob is unable to leave his house in Oxfordshire to get to Wogan House.

    So his country show tonight will come from the rather less salubrious shed at the bottom of his garden.

    "I couldn’t let my listeners down, so luckily we’ve been able to work out a way to make sure that Bob Harris Country gets through!,” he said.

    He's on Radio 2 from 1900 GMT.

  8. 'Curiosity' keeps Sting making musicpublished at 12:41 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Sting says his 'curiosity' keeps him making music after more than 40 years

    It also killed the cat however, so be careful.

    The bass slapping and lute-picking pop star is about to release a new album with reggae star Shaggy and is in the UK to launch his new musical The Last Ship.

    Speaking to BBC Breakfast earlier, he explained what drives him to continue writing songs and how he hooked up to make sweet, sweet music with his Jamaican bezzie.

    "Every time he starts to sing, the energy come up," he said.

  9. Diplo and Mark Ronson to headline Bestivalpublished at 12:18 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Dipson? Or perhaps Ronplo?

    Neither unfortunately, the pair have been announced to perform at this summer's event under the banner Silk City.

    It’s apparently named after the Philadelphia diner where Diplo got his start as a DJ.

    Silk City will be playing their first live performance in June at the Governors Ball, alongside the likes of Jack White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Eminem and N*E*R*D.

    Last year, Diplo has said he and Ronson were working on a new disco album.

  10. Oh Sees' John Dwyer: I'm a pig for control when it comes to my artpublished at 11:57 GMT 1 March 2018

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    John Dwyer: 'Oink Oink'

    The US west coast psych rockers arrive in Manchester today for the first of two big Castlemania, external gigs - so we hope they've checked the weather forecast.

    The band have brought a load of their Castle Face Records label mates, including Flat Worms and Male Gaze, along for the mini-festival at the city's Albert Hall tonight and again at The Troxy in London tomorrow.

    Visionary frontman John Dwyer has gained quite a reputation down the years for ignoring perceived music industry wisdom and playing by his own rules.

    From changing the band's name at will - from Orinoka Crash Suite to Oh Sees, via OCS, Thee Oh Sees and more - to churning out an apparently never-ending stream of (often vinyl only) studio albums - 19 in 20 years - the singer/guitarist evidently trusts his own artistic convictions over anybody in a suit.

    "[Creative control] is really important, that’s why I have my own label," he told Music News LIVE.

    "If there’s one thing I can say about myself, it’s that I pretty much do what I want in terms of art and releases.

    Oh SeesImage source, Getty Images
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    When people get upset that we’ve changed our name too many times, I’d rather that they just not listen to our band. Who cares! It’s a stupid thing to be upset about in this day and age with so much other stuff going on.

    "I've had a lot of good experiences with labels.

    "But it really came down to... I’m just a pig for control, especially when it comes to my art and more specifically I wanted to own everything for the band.

    "Like if we get a song in a movie, then the band would get paid both sides of the royalties - very simple business.

    "Starting a label was a huge boon to my art making and I would never go back."

    John, who admits he's had to re-learn all the old Oh Sees material ahead of this week's gigs, as the band have been buried away working on new material and a live release, external, believes smaller record companies, like his own, are beginning to take the power back from the major labels.

    "I think labels are realising that they don’t reign that power over people anymore.

    "They seem to be giving bands more leeway because of the environment with the internet, people can do whatever they want.

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    I remember hearing back in the day ‘this song is not going on the record’... I can’t even imagine someone saying that to me now - that would be a catalyst for an awesome conversation!

    Assuming John overcame his "perceptual deep fear of forgetting my passport" in order to swap the California cool for the English snow, the scene is set for two loud nights of rock 'n' roll mayhem.

    And the self-confessed PG Tips enthusiast, who kicks of a European tour in June, promises to bring the noise to the rest of the UK soon.

    "We’ve never really been over with so many buddies at once - so that'll be cool.

    "We’ve been trying to play the UK more but now I'm getting more hate mail from Scotland and Ireland so I’ve gotta get my ass back over there.

    "I don’t wanna piss those guys off – they can drink!"

    Read More: Oh Sees - Literally making jailhouse rock

  11. Chvrches enlist National service on new trackpublished at 11:37 GMT 1 March 2018

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    My Enemy is taken from the Scots electro-pop band's forthcoming third album; Love Is Dead, and features the unmistakable baritone vocal stylings of The National's Matt Berninger.

    "I think he could sing me the phonebook and I'd be totally fine with it - because he's such a storyteller," said singer Lauren Mayberry to Beats 1.

    "It was the most efficient rock 'n' roll transaction".

    Check out the track above and Lauren's thoughts on the collab in full below.

    Love Is Dead is out on 25 May.

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    Matt B: 'Mr Aaron Aardvark...is on 0121...'

  12. Donald Glover says he 'feels like Jesus'published at 11:11 GMT 1 March 2018

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    The Golden globe and Emmy-winning writer, actor, producer, director and musician - under the name Childish Gambino - has said he feels like "the chosen one" in a new interview.

    In a wide-ranging chat, external with the New Yorker, ostensibly about series two of his groundbreaking series Atlanta, Glover said of his relationships with other people: "People accept me now because I have power, but they still think, 'Oh, he thinks he’s the golden flower of the black community, thinks he’s so different'.

    "But I am, though!

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    I feel like Jesus. I do feel chosen. My struggle is to use my humanity to create a classic work - but I don’t know if humanity is worth it, or if we’re going to make it. I don’t know if there’s much time left.

    Musicians comparing themselves with Jesus always goes well...

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    An extract from a documentary about the time John Lennon said The Beatles were 'Bigger than Jesus'.

    Donald, or CG, is among this summer's headliners at the Lovebox festival in London.

  13. SZA was 'mad as hell' following Grammys snubpublished at 10:52 GMT 1 March 2018

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    The R&B singer, whose album CTRL made the top five of most music critics' end of year list for 2017, was nominated in five categories at the awards in January.

    She did not pick up a single award in the end, perhaps the most contentious being the Grammy for best new artist - which went to Alessia Cara.

    Cara's debut album Know-It-All was released in 2015, something which did not go unnoticed by fans who took to social media to voice their displeasure..

    "I never looked at the Internet [after the Grammys]. I never looked at anything anyone ever said after that online - not once," she told GQ, external.

    "The only time I ever heard about it was in person, when someone walked up to me and was like, 'You were robbed' or whatever... I was like, 'I feel you.'"

    Alessia CaraImage source, Getty Images

    The backlash caused poor Alessia Cara to write a message on Instagram, external saying: "I was nominated and won and I am not going to be upset about something I’ve wanted since I was a kid, not to mention have worked really hard for."

    SZA, however, did go on to add that she is a big fan of the Canadian pop singer, saying "her voice is like water, it’s like milk, I think it’s gorgeous. It has so much dimension, and she deserves every accolade that she gets."

    The Normal Girl singer, who took her mum and gran on a girls' family outing to the awards, will now join Childish Gambino (scroll down for more from him) at this year's Lovebox.

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    The SZA family

  14. Tony Hadley appeared on an ITV sitcom... and fans are loving itpublished at 10:37 GMT 1 March 2018

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    The former Spandau Ballet frontman brought a little sunshine into the lives of Benidorm fans, freezing in the grips of the Beast from the East.

    The singer stole the show as the wedding singer at Joyce and Monty’s shambolic island wedding.

    Check him out above as he exits a toilet cubicle with the classic line: "I'd leave it a few minute if I were you, luv".

    Fans on Twitter were more than happy (below).

    Hadley's former band announced late last year that he was no longer a member.

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  15. Spotify shares to start trading publiclypublished at 10:10 GMT 1 March 2018

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    The world's biggest music streaming service, has filed paperwork to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

    But if you're thinking about trying to buy enough for a controlling interest in Spotify - bosses are valuing it at more than $23bn (£16.7bn).

    That's despite the Swedish company - founded by Daniel Ek (above) - losing more than $1.2bn in 2017.

    Spotify, which launched its streaming service in 2008, is now active in 61 countries, boasting 159 million monthly active users and 71 million paid subscribers.

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  16. Skepta and Naomi everybody...published at 09:42 GMT 1 March 2018

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    The semi-naked grime star features alongside the equally semi-naked supermodel on the new cover of the quarterly men's mag GQ.

    Last month, Naomi, 47, was on hand to present another grime star, J Hus, with best album at the NME Awards.

    She also apparently mistook Manchester goth pop rockers Pale Waves for children on the night too.

    Now she's back to the day job on the front of the magazine - which is out today - getting cosy with the 35-year-old rapper.

    Good one for the Skepta family album.

    Read more.

  17. Keef apologises to Sir Mick over vasectomy commentpublished at 09:21 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Well, it's one of Keith Richards favourite talking points; his singer's crown jewels, but the guitarist has officially apologised to his bandmate for suggesting that he should get a vasectomy

    On the subject of Jagger’s eighth child, which he had last year aged 73, Keef told The Wall Street Journal, external: “Mick’s a randy old [so and so]…It’s time for the snip - you can’t be a father at that age. Those poor kids!”

    Now, ahead of The Stones newly announced first big UK tour in 12 years, Keef has taken back the comments.

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    The rocker caused a stormed back in 2010 when he questioned the size of Sir Mick's manhood in his autobiography Life.

    Come on now Keef, it's not big and it's not clever.

  18. Hello Sunshinepublished at 09:02 GMT 1 March 2018

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    Morning all and welcome back to Music News LIVE.

    Today we'll aim to cut through the big chill with the hottest music news stories of the day including Keith Richards' official apology to his old bandmate Sir Mick Jagger, Skepta and supermodel Naomi Campbell get up close and personal for the new cover of GQ and Chvrches team up with The National's frontman on a new track.

    Plus Bestival names two headlining DJs and later we'll dig into the archive for a #ThrowbackThursday.

    Seeing as it's St David's Day here's a bit of Cardiff's finest to get March started.