News updates for 14 December 2016
Lupe Fiasco quits music after being accused of ant-semitic lyrics
Kanye West discusses 'multicultural issues' with Donald Trump
Lady Gaga takes on Piers Morgan over 'nonsense' claims regarding PTSD & rape
Run- D.M.C. and David Guetta to headline IOW Festival
Image source, ReutersWipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee.
Like Gwen, we're off down Wednesday evening's red carpet. But you don't have to go anywhere, so scroll back for news on A Tribe Called Quest, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Paolo Nutini, Kanye West, the Isle of Wight Festival and much much more.
Plus see Bruno Mars and James Corden get hot and sweaty in a car.
Don't believe me, just watch...
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We told you earlier (scroll down) how she made Radio 4's Woman's Hour Power List, now it's apparent that Beyonce's name is on a lot of your finger-tips.
That's after Google released their 10 most searched songs of the year, with the American pop-star's provocative Formation coming out on top.
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Nostalgia for lost legends was clearly rife this year, as her nearest rival to the title was a song released in 1984. Namely Purple Rain by Prince.
Here's the top ten in full:
1) Beyonce - Formation
2) Prince - Purple Rain
3) Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
4) Desiigner - Panda
5) Drake - One Dance
6) DNCE - Cake by the Ocean
7) Adele - Hello
8) Ruth B - Lost Boy
9) Disturbed - Sound of Silence
10) Mike Posner - I Took a Pill in Ibiza
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Image source, Getty ImagesFans of The Bif are in for a shock on frontman Simon Neil's next record, according to the man himself.
We know what he did last summer...he released the latest Biffy album Ellipsis, but before that he managed to record an electronic track, external under the name ZZC for the Radio 1 re-scoring of the film Drive.
Now the Scotsman has told Kerrang to expect something "dance-y and surprising" on his forthcoming 2017 record. But don't call it a solo album whatever you do.
“I’m reticent to say ‘solo’,” said Neil.
Quote Message“It’s another outlet, I guess. It’s a purely electronic album. I wrote it and made it when I was trying to make ‘Ellipsis’ and I was worried about writing a Biffy song and making it as good as all our other songs.
"That wasn’t working so I had to go away and make some different music.”
He added: “I ended up making this dance record. It’s quite sparse. Some of it’s ambient, some of it’s hilarious. There’s not a guitar on it. It’ll be called ZZC but if you Google ‘ZZC’ it comes up as a Japanese porn site. I really should have checked.”
Don't search for that one at work then maybe. Save it for home time.
We caught up with Simon in the summer and you can read the full interview here.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt was billed as their last album following the death of rapper Phife Dawg but, following the huge critical success of We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. A Tribe Called Quest's Q Tip has suggested it may not be the end.
He was speaking to Annie Mac on Monday night about the album - which Annie has named as one of her top album's of 2016 - when he told her "Stay tuned for any other incarnation, ’cause we don’t intend on stopping.
Quote MessageThat was Phife’s M.O. - 'This time we gotta do it and keep going.' And now he’s left us with the equation of how do we do it, but we’re going to need it, and we’re going to continue.".
A Tribe Called Quest still men on a mission. You can listen to the full interview here.
Image source, GettLegendary New York jazz singer Tony Bennett celebrated his 90th birthday in August and now stars from around the music world have come together to mark the achievement with a special TV show.
The Best Is Yet To Come is set to air on Tuesday on American network NBC and features tributes from the likes of Steve Wonder, Lady Gaga, Michael Buble and more.
Keith Richards even sings the happy birthday song down the line on video.
On the show actor Alec Baldwin jokes: “I know your birthday was a couple of months ago. “But when you’re 90, every day above ground is a call for celebration.”
Stevie Wonder reworks one of his biggest hits to sing “I’m just here because I love you" and Gaga shows off a tattoo on her right arm bearing the name Benedetto, saying: "Mr. Bennett, could you have set the bar a little lower?"
The 30-year-old singer added:
Quote MessageYou’re 90, but you’re younger than me. Thank you for reviving my ability to have drive again.”
In 2014, the pair released Cheek To Cheek, an album of jazz standards.
So if you liked that then you're gonna love next week's show.
All the best Tony.
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Image source, Getty ImagesNow for the longlist (and we do mean long) of songs which could be in the running for best original song at next year's Oscars.
Pink's Just Like Fire from Alice Through the Looking Glass is in there, as is Justin Timberlake's Golden Globe-nominated Can’t Stop The Feeling from Trolls and Pharrell Williams' Runnin' from Hidden Figures.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are also listed for their efforts on Leonardo DiCaprio's climate change documentary Before the Flood (below).
We don't half love a good soundtrack. You can head over to Variety to check out the full list, external.
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Shaun Keaveny has revealed that his 6 Music Breakfast Show on 23 December will be co-hosted by model Kate Moss.
The Moss joins The Keaves for the final hour, nicknamed the Kate Moss Hour, from 0900 to 1000 on Friday 23 December.
Kate popped into the studio on Tuesday to record the show with some hand-picked records and regaled Shaun with tales of dancing with James Brown and watching Led Zeppelin with Paul McCartney.
What a life.
Image source, Getty ImagesLoves a bit of headgear does our Bruno. Loves it.
And he gets to try on a fair few in the car with James Corden. One in particular makes him look the spitting image of a certain chain-smoking, big-haired rock guitarist, who's currently in the middle of a hugely lucrative reunion tour.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe former manager of legendary New York punk club CBGB has sold the place's old front awning at an auction, 10 years after finding it in a rubbish bin.
Drew Bushong flogged the awning that hung above the bar between 1988 and the early 2000s for $30,000 (almost £24,000) at Sotheby's.
Image source, Getty ImagesCBGB was made famous by the likes of Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads and the rest of the New York punk scene in the 1970 and 80s.
Radio 2's Simon Mayo chatted to musical maestros Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum last night about Jamie's new Billy Joel documentary.
But as you can hear, the subject matter soon made the quite natural leap from journalistic interview techniques to underwear.
Simon chats to Jools and Jamie about Billy Joel but the subject turns to underwear!
BBC Newsbeat
Artists including BBC Sound of 2017 contenders Jorja Smith, AJ Tracey and Stefflon Don have been named by 1Xtra on its Hot for 2017 list.
The young artists were all chosen by the station's DJs and staff and all ten names on the list are homegrown UK talent.
Nine of the 10 acts are also signed to independent record labels.
But who is your favourite?
It's been a while since we heard from Lorde, save for her emotional turning 20, and she was a surprise guest at a gig in New York.
The Ally Coalition Talent Show is a benefit show in support of young, homeless LGBT people and the event raised more than $100,00 for the charity.
Lorde did a stripped back cover of Swedish pop star Robyn's Hang With Me, external.
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While Chvrches opted for a cover of Katy Perry's Firework, external. What do you reckon Chvrches fans?
All for charideee we suppose, so fair play.
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Image source, Getty ImagesTV talk show host Piers Morgan is trying all his best tricks to land an exclusive interview with Lady Gaga on the subject of her post traumatic stress disorder and rape.
Gaga revealed last week that she had suffered with PTSD after being raped aged 19, but Morgan described the claim as "vain-glorious nonsense" and promotional, adding that the disorder happens to soldiers, not pop-stars.
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Gaga's since hit back, telling Morgan that PTSD is "not just a military disorder", and she appears to have possibly talked herself into agreeing to an interview on the subject in the process.
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Is Gaga for real or has Piers fallen hook line and sinker for her online Poker Face?
Look out for that one over the coming months.
Image source, PAPaisley indie rockers Lemonhaze and Glasgow rock band Crystal have been picked out of a nationwide search to find new Scottish bands to support Paolo Nutini at Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations.
Organisers of the Hog the Stage competition received more than 400 submissions and a shortlist of eight was reviewed by a panel of judges including Paolo Nutini.
Crystal will open the Night Afore Concert on 30 December with The Vegan Leather, Frightened Rabbit and Paolo Nutini.
Lemonhaze will play the following night with Lightning Seeds and Paolo Nutini.
Here's a wee taster of the bands
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Image source, Getty ImagesLupe Fiasco has told fans he is quitting music after he was accused of ant-semitism in a new set of lyrics.
The rapper released a freestyle earlier in the week which included the lines: "Artists gettin’ robbed for their publishing/By dirty Jewish execs who think that it’s alms from the covenant".
He was tweeted, external by Jonathan Greenblatt from the Anti-Defamation League and asked "why promote hurtful #antiSemitic stereotypes?"
In a series of tweets, Lupe defended the lyrics, saying "I didn't called them dirty becuz they were Jewish I called them dirty becuz their horrible... human beings".
Lupe was due to release three albums before the end of this year but announced in October that the plans were off, though he was expected to release new music next year.
However, in light of the row, he now appears to have changed his mind.
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Image source, Getty ImagesControversial rapper Kanye West has clarified the reason for his trip to see US President-Elect Donald Trump at his New York home yesterday.
Only last month the Gold Digger star told a California crowd that he did not vote in the election but if he had he would have voted Trump.
This was during a lengthy rant at a curtailed gig in Sacremento, shortly before he pulled the rest of his tour in order to spend some time in hospital in LA where he was treated for exhaustion.
Image source, Getty ImagesBut it seems that Kanye is now rested and ready to talk politics once again.
He's tweeted that the meeting at Trump Tower was to "discuss multicultural issues", including "bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums and violence" in his hometown Chicago.
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He added that he wanted to have "a direct line of communication with our future President" in order to affect change, and it seems he certainly has that alright. For now at least.
Trump told the gathered press that the pair had been "friends for a long time" and were together on the day simply to discuss "life."
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He then posted an additional mysterious tweet that simply said #2024.
Is that the date we can expect Kanye to attempt to take over from Trump as the man in the Oval Office? Well, if Arnie can govern California, then why not?
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Yesterday it had been thought that the hip hop star was visiting Mr Trump to discuss potentially performing at his inauguration ceremony, after a host of stars including John Legend ruled themselves out.
Other big names from the music industry such as Beyonce, Jay Z, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Katy Perry were all public supporters of Trump's democrat rival Hillary Clinton.
Perhaps we'll see Kanye rapping the constitution yet? After all, "no one man, should have all that power..."
It's only fitting really, she's sold out stadiums across the world, she was one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013 and 2014, and in 2016 she was shortlisted as their Person of the Year.
And she's just been nominated for nine Grammys.
Now, Beyoncé has made the Woman's Hour Power List alongside the likes of Margaret Thatcher, Barbara Castle and, somewhat oddly, fictional character Bridget Jones.
Watch below to find out why she made the list.
Beyonce profile
In other Beyoncé news, she and her sister Solange have been nominated at the 48th NAACP Image Awards, external.
Image source, Getty ImagesBeyoncé has seven nominations while Solange has five, and both Chance the Rapper and Kendrick picked up four apiece
The Isle of Wight has announced that David Guetta and hip hop legends Run-D.M.C. will co-headline its Main Stage on Friday 9 June.
The unlikely double act join previously announced headliners Arcade Fire and Rod Stewart.
Joseph Simmons aka Rev Run said: “We absolutely love playing in the UK, it’s always such a great reception. You guys rock!
"To be given the chance to play such an iconic UK festival is huge and we’re really looking forward to it!"
How is this going to work then? The New Yorkers' original DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered in his studio in 2002. So is David Guetta behind the decks on some classics?
It's not the first time the rappers have collaborated on a dance remix of one of their songs...
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Image source, ReutersTributes have been paid to singer Robin Thicke's father Alan Thicke, the actor, talk show host and composer who has died aged 69.
The Growing Pains actor, who wrote the theme tune to the sitcom Different Strokes, external, died of a heart attack yesterday.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, , externalthe Canadian suffered the attack while playing hockey with one of his sons.
Here's some of the tributes from the world of music and show business, starting with singer John Legend.
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Image source, Getty ImagesDid we dream it overnight? Or did Kanye West and Donald Trump actually come out as friends yesterday? We're still not sure.
Hang on, it must be true though...as it's in yesterday's Music News LIVE! Along with Gaga praising "inspiring" Madge, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks heading to Hyde Park and all the results and best bits from the BBC Music Awards.
Today we'll tell you what Kanye said about the meeting and find out where Beyonce is on the Women's Hour Power list, plus much, much more.
