Alas, all good things must come to an end and that include's today's MNL.

Scroll down for news of Celine Dion and Chance the Rapper distancing themselves from R.Kelly, Rihanna doing the same to her dad regarding his business dealings and some big acts named to perform at next month's Brit Awards.

Plus a new award for BTS, new pirate look for Sam Smith and new music from Jungle, Jade Bird and a whole lot more besides.

We'll leave you with the trippy new video from The Dandy Warhols, for Motor City (above). The track is taken from their 10th studio album, Why You So Crazy, which is out next week.

Shame we're both getting the train home as this one makes us wanna go for a spin, for some reason.

Ta-ra.

Currently spending its 26th week at number one in the UK album charts, it's fair to say that The Greatest Showman has lived up to its billing.

The man himself, actor and singer, Hugh Jackman took "a little break from dancing and singing" to tell new Radio 2 brekky show host Zoe Ball about his upcoming tour, which has been in the works for a while and will see him sing songs from the smash hit movie, as well as Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables and more.

The Man. The Music. The Show will take him to the Manchester Arena on 24 May, before Birmingham's Resorts World Arena on 27 May.

There will also be two dates at London's O2 Arena on 2 and 3 June.

The Aussie star said he's "even more excited than you guys," which we imagine for some of you is frankly impossible.

Listen above.

BBC Radio 1

Radio 1 has the first play of the rising Doncaster singer's latest offering, Loner, tonight at 23:30 GMT (that's way past our bedtime on a school night by the way).

Last we heard from him, our former Newbie Tuesday featured artist - real name Dominic Harrison - was playing through the pain of a broken ankle in a bright pink wheelchair on stage, while on tour in the States.

He released his debut album, 21st Century Liability, last year and you can tune in tonight to hear his new one.

The singer will have something of a swing in his step after his spaghetti western / Bond flavoured new track was named Radio 2's Track of the week.

Now he's released the video for Candlelight, shot in Rome at the historic Cinecitta film studios.

He released his new album, Singing to Strangers, in March and heads out on a UK tour this month.

NME

The Bristolian band, who mix brutal punk guitars with socially conscious lyrics, have been nominated in the breakthrough act category.

They're up against Ella Mai. Jorja Smith - who was also announced as a performer earlier (scroll down), Mabel and Tom Walker.

"It’s a surprise, and something that we won’t take for granted,” frontman Joe Talbot has been telling the NME, external.

“It’s easy to turn your nose up at the drab pop culture that there is at the moment, but I think it’s magic."

Idles released their second album Joy As An Act of Resistance last year and it was named by 6 Music as the best album of the year.

The public can vote for the winner of their category, external which will be announced live on ITV at the award ceremony on 20 February

Joe, however, revealed that he hadn't "paid attention to the Brit Awards since Jarvis Cocker did what he did" - mooning Michael Jackson in 1996 - and that he had "literally never said the words ‘Brit Awards’ until the other day."

Read more: The importance of being Idles - 'You're are safe to be vulnerable'

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Better known for spitting bars, the Chicago rapper has shown his more melodic side with a cover of an Irish rock classic.

Vic has launched a new musical project 93Punx and the first taster of music comes in the form of a version of The Cranberries' Zombie.

The cover arrived on the one-year anniversary of the death of singer Dolores O’Riordan and you can listen below.

The same day her bandmates debuted the first song from their final album, featuring Dolores' vocals, on Radio 2 and confirmed that they will split after its release, saying it "wouldn't feel right" to replace her.

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The feminist punk pioneers will play their first full live gigs since 1997 in Los Angeles and New York this spring.

The shows will take place on 25 April at Hollywood Palladium in LA and 31 May Brooklyn Steel in New York, as well 1 June at Terminal 5, also in The Big Apple.

The band were an integral part of the Riot grrrl underground feminist punk movement in Washington in the early 90s and in autumn last year, their entire discography was released on to streaming services.

In an interview with Tidal, external in September, frontwoman Kathleen Hanna said they decided that, in light of the #MeToo movement and the Trump administration, it was time for their musical message to be made available to younger generations.

She said: “Bikini Kill was a really intense, amazing band to be in and I’m happy that the music is going to be available to more people.

“I hope that for some people, it’s the gateway drug to feminism. I hope they listen to the music and have feelings that they’ve already felt reinforced.”

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Truth & Memory will tell the story of the Welsh band's seminal 1998 number one album, This is My Truth Tell Me Yours.

The record contained classic indie anthems such as If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next and You Stole the Sun from My Heart.

The new film, directed by long-time collaborator Kieran Evans, will feature never-before-seen footage from around the time of the recently re-released record.

It premieres on YouTube at 19:00 GMT tomorrow but you can watch a snippet below.

Last summer, ahead of their 'Wireless set' at the BBC's Biggest Weekend, we spoke to Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield about their latest album, Resistance is Futile and why they feel "confused and bewildered."

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Not our words.

It's a banger really but, I Get No Joy, finds the burgeoning UK country rocker in confessional mood.

It's taken from her forthcoming self-titled debut album, which is out on 19 April and you can taste a sample below.

Jade is starting to really fulfil her promise, having made the BBC Sound of 2018 list.

See who made the class of 2019.

She's also performing in the Brits Week series of gigs around the awards and you can scroll down this page for more info on that.

Billboard magazine

The seven-piece boyband won the Daesang, or grand prize, at the Seoul Music Awards on Tuesday night, for the second year running.

“I sincerely thank ARMY (their fans) all over the world for giving us this Daesang twice, when it’s hard for an artist to receive it even once,” said RM in his acceptance speech.

He added that the band were inspired by their fans: "I’m not sure if you’ll believe me, but BTS is a fan of you too," he said.

Fans of the fans.

The band played two sold out shows at the O2 in London late last year and BBC reporter Sophie Van Brugen's had a chat with them backstage (above).

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The sad song singer has been showing off his new pirate-look following surgery on his right eye, while holidaying in New Zealand.

"Stye with me," he joked on social media; a pun-derfully perfect mashup of his swollen eye condition and one of his hits, Stay with Me.

The doctors may have got rid of the stye Sam, but don't worry we're sure they left the twinkle in.

The London soul funk collective has found some epic groovers for their laid back new track, Casio, from their latest album, For Ever, which came out last year.

The band play a UK tour in February and head of the US in March.

Check it out above and learn some new moves in the process.

The electro-jazzz outfit have shared an atmospheric new single, A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life, featuring Britsh rap veteran Roots Manuva.

He previously worked with them on their 2002 album, Every Day.

The Cinematic Orchestra will release What to Believe? in March.

Collaborations on the album include Moses Sumney, Heidi Vogel and Grey Reverend.

The band will also tour the UK in March and will play a three-night residency at London’s Roundhouse.

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The rapper has contributed to a new article in GQ, asking artists about their approach to sobriety.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, alt stars Jason Isbell and Julien Baker and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh were quizzed about how they quit drink and drugs and the effect it had on their music.

Tyler - whose vast consumption of cocaine, heroin and alcohol in the 1970s earned he and bandmate Joe Perry (pictured together below) the nickname "The Toxic Twins" - said he has been clean for nine years.

"We would do cocaine to go up, quaaludes to come down. We would drink and then snort some coke until we thought we were straight. But that’s not true - you’re just drunk and coked out," he said.

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Coming from a different angle - Vince has spoken about how he's managed to avoid the pitfalls of addiction.

“It's not something that I honestly ever think about,” he told the magazine.

“I just never wanted to. I'm not the kind of person that will do something that I don't want to do.

“They don't expect this from a young black musician my age from where I come from,” he says. “Like, how could you end up being in the ghetto, went through this, went through that, and not experienced drugs, not experienced alcohol?”

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The 'Mute R Kelly' campaign appears to be gathering pace after stars including Celine Dion and Chance the Rapper have pulled their collaborations with the accused US singer from streaming services.

He's currently being investigated by the authorities in connection with a string of sexual abuse claims - which he denies - made in the Lifetime docu-series, Surviving R. Kelly.

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The French-Canadian diva's 1998 duet, I'm Your Angel, which was nominated for a Grammy for best pop collaboration, has been removed from streaming sites, as has Chance's 2015 track, Somewhere in Paradise.

Chance, who participated in the controversial documentary later apologised for having worked with the 52-year-old, saying “making a song with R. Kelly was a mistake.”

The artists join Lady Gaga in pulling collaborations with the accused singer, after she removed her 2013 track, Do What U Want.

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The US singer has posted a rare make-up free selfie online along with a pledge to "love herself" as she naturally is throughout 2019.

The 31-year-old posted the above left pic of herself in all her freckly glory alongside the following caption:

"This year my resolution is to love myself... just as I am, all [messed] up and imperfect and whatever else.

"And to let my freckles liiiiiiiive."

In 2017 Kesha released Rainbow, her first album in five years, following a drawn-out legal battle with her old manager Dr Luke.

With just a month to go before British pop's best and brightest put on their glad rags and get themselves down to London's O2 Arena for the annual music bash, the organisers have announced the first artists to perform.

Drum roll please...

Nominees George Ezra, Jorja Smith and the always excitable Little Mix will take to the stage on 20 February.

"We can't wait to perform," said Jesy (above).

They're up for best British group and best British video for Woman Like Me, alongside their hero Nicki Minaj.

The girlband nearly stole the show in 2017, when they opened proceedings with a powerful rendition of Shout Out to My Ex (below)

The ceremony is once again to be hosted by Jack Whitehall and will be broadcast live on ITV, while we'll be running a special MNL page on the night too.

You bring the snacks.

In the build-up to this year's event, the Brits Week War Child gig lineup has been revealed.

It includes The 1975, Anne-Marie and Bring Me The Horizon, as well Mabel, Idles, AJ Tracey and Jess Glynne.

Check out the full lineup below - if you're able to get to London.

The prize draw is now open and tickets go on sale on Friday.

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Bad Girl Ri Ri has taken father Ronald Fenty to court in the US, accusing him of exploiting her name to further his entertainment business.

Rihanna claims her dad and his business partner have falsely suggested she is connected to their firm, Fenty Entertainment.

Their conduct has misled the public and hurt her Fenty fashion and make-up brand, her legal action claims.

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Rihanna, who was praised for her "inclusive" Savage X Fenty range New York Fashion Week show last year, has asked the court to bar the firm from using the Fenty name for business.

Fenty Entertainment is yet to respond to the BBC's request for comment

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Morning everyone and welcome back to Music News LIVE.

While the political world remains uncertain, one thing we can rely on for sure is that music stars will say and do things of perpetual interest.

Coming up today:

• Rihanna sues her father over the name of his company

• Céline Dion and Chance the Rapper collaborations with R. Kelly are pulled offline
• Sam Smith reveals he's had an eye operation
• And Kesha vows to finally embrace her freckles

Before all that, hark at Adele's latest fancy dress effort, as the late, great star June Carter Cash (above), and we'll get cracking.