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Scroll back down for Dua Lipa's update on her ear infection, Dr Dre having a big cheque to write, James Bay talking about his musical journey and decide for yourselves if F1 champ Lewis Hamilton has been moonlighting as a singer.

We'll leave you with that time Big Narstie met Big Ed on his big new chat show.

We say meets but the pair are old pals, having previously appeared together on a charity version of Gogglebox.

The grime star's new Channel 4 chat shows starts on Friday night and he regaled the studio audience of that time when Ed drove to his home in Brixton, south London, in his flash motor.

"He's like, 'Bro do you think my car will be all right here?'"

Safe as houses , Ed.

See you tomorrow for New Music Friday.

Fiddy seems to be unrepentant over the social media backlash to his jokey tweet about Brooklyn 99 actor Terry Crews' sexual assualt.

He deleted the original tweet but has since posted another one (above) is which he jokes about "having my sense of humour removed".

Some followers called the rapper's post "disgusting".

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The Compton rapper made the news last month when he stopped a white fan in her tracks - after inviting her to join him onstage - because she repeatedly used the N-word while rapping along, verbatim, to the opening lines to his track m.A.A.d. City.

The fan in question, known as Delaney, was booed by many in the crowd at Hangout Festival in Alabama, after Kendrick told her: "You gotta bleep one single word."

Others, however, felt she might have been dealt with somewhat harshly given the context of the hip hop gig.

Now Ken has been speaking about the topic to Vanity Fair and suggested that white folk will simply have to take this one on the chin.

He said:

Earlier in the year, Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize for music, becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to collect the award.

The 31-year-old told the US publication that to be recognised by top scholars was beyond his wildest dreams.

He added: "It was one of those things I heard about in school, but I never thought I’d be a part of it. I thought, to be recognized in an academic world…whoa, this thing really can take me above and beyond."

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Earlier, we told you how three of the four original members of TSP had got the old band back together last night for the first time in a long time.

Their third studio album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, was viewed by many as perhaps their finest work.

Last night, in LA they dusted of a few classics including one of the album singles Tonight, Tonight.

So for this week's #TBT let's go back to 1995 to a much more simple time and when bass player D'arcy Wretzky was still welcome in the Chicago band.

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The likes of Paul Weller, Mark Ronson, Mick Hucknall and Corinne Bailey Rae joined Jules Buckley's 60-strong orchestra last night to celebrate the life and musical career of birthday boy Quincy Jones.

Quincy, who this week paid tribute to Michael Jackson, who was "like a son to me", on the ninth anniversary of his death.

The night saw a range of acts perform tracks associated with the singer, including Jackson numbers like Smooth Criminal.

The producer himself was involved in a Q & A session in between performances.

BBC DJ Trevor Nelson says he felt "humble" just to be in the same room.

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So how is your summer of live music shaping up?

The Biggest Weekend may have come and gone but there's still plenty of festival scenes to be found, from Dorset to the Inner Hebrides - via the Brecon Beacons (above).

Or maybe even France, Serbia or Japan for the more adventurous out there.

At plenty of music festivals in the UK and abroad, the secret headliner is a spectacular view.

Here are 10 ideas* for events taking place between now and September that you may wish to book some leave for.

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*Other festivals are available.

When they first emerged in 2016, people apparently didn't get didn't get Norwich alt-pop duo Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth's sense of humour.

"They thought everything we did was serious," Jenny tells our music reporter Mark Savage.

"We said a couple of times we were witches in interviews," laughs Rosa. "Just as a joke, but that made it escalate further."

Songs with titles like Eat Shiitake Mushrooms and theatrical live shows, external which saw them screaming in unison and lying prostrate on the stage, didn't help.

The Guardian called them "freaky teenagers", while Vice branded their music "weirdo pop". They were compared to characters from The Shining and The Ring.

"Was it frustrating? Yes," says Rosa. "It felt like everything was a bit 'novelty act'.

"Now we've done a second record, that's starting to change."

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The Merseysider has released a third track from his forthcoming album, Coup De Grace, and it has a real glam rock stomp to it.

Cry on My Guitar almost certainly demands that its singer dons something glittery (and possibly some shoulder pads) and you can check it out below.

A few months back Miles told MNL that the new LP is his "Adele album" as it centres around a bad breakup.

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Miles, of course, is cousins with James and Ian Skelly from fellow Wirral act The Coral.

They too have released a new track in the form of Eyes Like Pearls

The song will feature on their own new album, Move Through The Dawn - which is out in August - and comes with a shiny robotic video which you can also check out below.

Among the tracks on Christina Aguilera's latest album, Liberation, there is a duet with a mystery singer called XNDA.

Well, according to reports in today's papers, external, the secret identity of pop music's latest protege is none other than the current F1 world champion (below).

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There's been no confirmation yet from Lewis's camp but these things don't stay secret forever.

We can hear an album of covers - Drive My Car by The Beatles, The Car's Drive, erm... Madness's I Like Driving In My Car...

We're out.

Billy Corgan's band played their first proper gig in more than two years at LA's famous Troubadour venue last night.

It was the first time that original members Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin have played together since December 2000.

In front of an intimate 400 capacity crowd, the reunited rockers (minus bassist D'arcy Wretzky) played hits like Tonight, Tonight and 1979, as well as Joy Division's Transmission.

There was also a guest cameo from AFI frontman Davey Havok.

The Pumpkins will embark on their first full US tour in almost two decades next month and have a one-off UK tour date planned in for 16 October at London's Wembley Arena.

Earlier in the month, the Chicago indie rockers released their first track in 18 years to feature founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin.

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The Hollaback singer kicked off her Vegas residency on Wednesday night and threw a RiRi cover into the mix.

Her solo and No Doubt greatest hits set (below) included songs like Sweet Escape, What You Waiting For, Don't Speak and It's My Life.

Prior to the gig at the Zappos Theatre, she tweeted a picture of one of her costume changes (below) and following the show, shared a picture of herself and her country star beau Blake Shelton.

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The drummer has been opening up about his 2001 drug overdose which left him in a coma.

Speaking on Apple Music's radio station Beats 1, Taylor admitted his hedonistic lifestyle was out of control and effected the band's ability to make music.

"Well I was partying a lot," he told DJ Matt Wilkinson

"I wasn’t like a junkie per say but I was partying...There was a year where the partying just got a little too heavy.

"Thank God on some level this guy gave me the wrong line with the wrong thing one night and I woke up going, 'What the [heck] happened?' That was a real changing point for me."

The sticksman went on to add that when singer Dave Grohl joined another band, Queens of the Stone Age, for a brief period that it looked like curtains for the Foos.

"We tried to make [2002 album] One by One and it really looked like the end.

Taylor also appears on episode two of Radio 2's new Rock Show with Johnnie Walker.

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Jimmy B opened up for The Stones recently on what was "absolutely well and truly one of the best days of my life."

We bet.

The singer/guitarist - who came through the BBC Music Introducing ranks - has been telling Radio 2's Chris Evans this morning about his crazy journey from banging his tunes on to the uploader to singing Beast of Burden with Mick, Keef and co.

"It's about the music moving people and affecting people in such a way," he explained.

"But even the people at all the [radio] stations so that they want to play it.

Listen above,

If you fancy a crack at becoming the next James Bay (or perhaps his next producer or manager) then BBC Music Introducing LIVE 18 will be taking over London’s Tobacco Dock from 8-10 November.

The likes of BBC DJs Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne and more will welcome around 15,000 aspiring musicians and professionals from across the UK for several days of music workshops and industry masterclasses.

Oh, and a few sneaky gigs that are TBA.

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Joe Jackson, the father of music legends Michael and Janet Jackson, has died at age 89.

No formal cause of death has been released but he had been in hospital with terminal pancreatic cancer, according to media reports.

It comes just two days after the anniversary of his son Michael Jackson's death nine years ago.

The family patriarch played a large role in the careers of The Jackson 5, as well as Michael and Janet Jackson.

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However, he was accused of driving them with a zeal bordering on abuse, with Michael and others alleging bullying, physical abuse and punishing work schedules.

Joe Jackson later admitted that he had whipped Michael, but denied it could be categorised as a beating. "I whipped him with a switch and a belt. I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick," he told the BBC's Louis Theroux in 2003.

His daughter Latoya said: "You gave us strength, you made us one of the most famous families in the world. I am extremely appreciative of that."

In an emotional Instagram post, external, granddaughter Paris Jackson said: "You are the first true Jackson. the legend that started it all."

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Thousands of XXXTentacion fans queued for hours to pay their respects to the murdered rapper at a memorial service held in the US state of Florida.

The 20-year-old rising star, who was shot dead outside a motorcycle dealership last week, was laid out in an open casket surrounded by black roses at the Florida Panther's Stadium.

Video clips and songs were played to the crowds as they entered the venue, where fellow rappers Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty were in attendance.

XXXTentacion is believed to have been the victim of an armed robbery.

His track Sad has leapt to the top of the US Billboard chart since his death.

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The rapper and fellow music mogul/business partner Jimmy Iovine have been ordered to pay $25.2m (£19.2m) to a former partner in their headphone company, Beats.

Steven Lamar claimed credit for the idea of creating a brand of celebrity-endorsed headphones.

He took the idea to Dre and Iovine in 2006 and the first Beats headphones were released two years later, based on a design by Robert Brunner.

The parties later fell out, and Lamar sued over unpaid royalties in 2016.

At the centre of their dispute was a 2007 settlement, in which Dre and Iovine agreed to pay Lamar 4% of the base price of every headphone they sold.

Only one model, Beats Studio, was specified but Lamar argued the design had been carried over to a dozen different models, and sought $130m (£99m) in royalties.

A jury in Los Angeles decided that three pairs of headphones - the Studio 2 Remastered, the Studio 2 Wireless and the Studio 3 - had design similarities; and ordered that Dre and Iovine should pay Lamar $25,247,350.

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Poor Dua left the stage in tears on Tuesday night, three songs into her gig in Denver, due to a "quite painful ear infection, external".

You can watch the heart-breaking video above.

She's since tweeted an update to thank fans for their well wishes and says she's "still upset" about letting them down but is thankfully "on the mend".

The 22-year-old says she hopes to "be back to myself very soon."

On the off chance that you were at the curtailed Colorado show, it will apparently be rescheduled.

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The Wireless Festival in London is hosting an all-female stage next month following criticism over the lack of women in the original line-up.

When the first 37 artists were announced in January - only three were women - Mabel (pictured above), Cardi B and Lisa Mercedez.

Cardi has since pulled out for obvious reasons (which if you don't know, scroll down dear reader).

Now more than 25 female artists will appear on an alternative stage.

"Shame it's a response to something negative, but it's 100% positive and progressive," says DJ Emerald, who is one of the acts performing.

Bad Gyal, Paigey Cakey and Barely Legal are among some of the other confirmed artists.

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The pregnant New York rapper has thanked friends and family for attending her baby shower.

Cardi posted the above pic of her and hubby (as it turned out this week) Offset from rap outfit Migos giving her and the unborn bairn a protective squeeze.

The theme for the shindig was 'Bardi Shower: A Bronx Fairytale' - referring to Cardi's own hood.

"Thank you everybody for coming," wrote Cardi.

"I really appreciated with all my heart and will never forget ya !!

Assuming, like us, you weren't invited to the do in Offset's native Atlanta, Georgia you can at least see his cameo appearance in the Donald Glover TV show of the same name now on the BBC iPlayer.

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Morning all.

If, like Childish Gambino and DJ Khaled, you're still in your PJs (only joking guys, looking slick) then it's time to get up and get at 'em.

Some music news lines to look out for later

• Cardi B throws a big baby shower
• XXXTentacion's funeral and memorial is held

• Dua Lipa updates fans after stopping a gig after three songs
• Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins recalls his 2001 overdose
• Reaction to the death of Joe Jackson - the father of Michael and Janet
• Wireless Festival is to have an all-female stage

First up today though Mr Gambino - aka actor Donald Glover has made a "public service announcement" video for the Time's Up movement.

Its purpose is to create a better understanding of "workplace rules of engagement" but it's also pretty funny too.

Take heed below.