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So that's it for today. Time for a quiet evening and a good night's sleep, before the mayhem that is Glastonbury - finally - kicks off tomorrow.

Remember the official advice (scroll down): Don't overdo it.

And watch that head-banging too. That's as according to X Japan drummer Yoshiki (sporting shades, leathers and a neck brace above) "head-banging is no good".

The classical pianist-turned-heavy metal drummer recently had an urgent operation to implant an artificial cervical disc.

A neurosurgeon in Japan reportedly told the 51-year-old he had such severe neck damage that it would have forced a professional rugby player to retire.

"I'm not well. It hurts a lot," said Yoshiki, who will be sticking to the piano in the immediate future.

"I want to be an artist who inspires people by keeping on going and staying alive."

Well said that man.

Scroll down for details of new music from the Foos, a new name for Jay Z and a new headache for Lorde and her pal Taylor.

Until tomorrow.

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Finally, John Legend is going to be out of action for a couple of days after falling ill.

Legend said he needed "a few days to recover and rest my voice" forcing him to postpone immediate tour dates in Maryland and Camden - and prompting an outpouring of love on Twitter.

The All of You singer assured fans that new concert dates will be announced "very soon" and seating will be honoured.

He is due to play New York's Madison Square Gardens next week.

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UNKLE, aka James Lavelle, will release their/his fifth studio album The Road: Part 1 on 18 August.

It's the first full-length offering since 2010's Where Did The Night Fall, and features appearances from Primal Scream's Andrew Innes, The Duke Spirit’s Liela Moss and Mark Lanegan, amongst others.

Lanegan features on latest track Looking For The Rain - and you can watch the hypnotic new video below.

Lavelle said, in a statement: “I hadn’t made a record in a long time and the incarnation of UNKLE had changed on that now, it was me on my own.

"For that reason, I wanted to make a record that I hadn’t been able to before, going back to the roots of where I came from with a foot in modern London.”

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Artist management teams have become "a lot more thorough" around security, in the wake of the terror attack at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester.

Emma Bownes, the programming director for The O2 and the SSE Arena Wembley, says she's noticed a shift,

"Promoters post-Manchester are getting in touch about security measures" she said.

"They've been a lot more thorough in terms of the measures we're putting in place front-of-house but also backstage in the areas that affect the artist."

Read more.

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News just in - Foo Fighters have announced details of their ninth studio album, Concrete and Gold.

The record, which will include new fan favourites Run (video below) and The Sky is a Neighbourhood, will arrive on 15 September.

The band have also announced new tour dates...but sadly, if you aren't going to see them at Glasto on Saturday night, then you're going to need to dig out your passport.

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Frontman Dave Grohl will be on the Annie Mac show on Radio 1 tonight, from 19:00 BST.

The band were forced to cancel their Glasto headline slot two years ago, late on, after Dave fell off the stage in Sweden and broke his leg.

Now Dave, who resumed the tour at the time by performing on a hilarious metal throne, says he is hoping for forgiveness from the Worthy Farm crowd.

"We were supposed to be back a few years ago. Unfortunately I had to call in sick!" he said.

"So for me personally, this is a big make-up date.

"We get to headline Glastonbury, but also I get to do it standing on two legs. It means a lot to me personally - it's part of my recovery."

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Right now here's the quickfire gig news round-up entry.

Ready? Mmmmm go...

The Libertines, external have added some Scottish dates to their current UK tour.

Carl, Pete and the boys now head to Dunfermline, Inverness and Kilmarnock in September and tickets go on sale tomorrow.

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Elsewhere, fresh off the back of what will be their debut Glasto slot, Busted will be headlining London's Royal Albert Hall.

The two-time BRIT Award winners announced the news via Facebook earlier, external and tickets for the gig on 17 October will go on sale on Friday.

Matt Willis (the one in the middle, above) said: "It will be no ordinary Busted gig, we'll have a few surprises in store for our fans to make it a night to remember!"

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Finally another Rock legend on tour is the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame itself.

The Cleveland-based museum has announced plans to create a short-term exhibit in Tokyo, Japan from September, with plans for a permanent presence.

Hall of Fame President and CEO Greg Harris says, "Japan is the second-largest music market in the world, making it the perfect place for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first international expansion."

The museum, which opened in 1995, is dedicated to "the celebration and preservation of rock & roll music".

The permanent collection contains items ranging from musical instruments and song lyrics, to quirky stage props such as Iggy Pop's gloves.

Coming to a city near you, Japanese readers.

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Indeed we were.

Turns out Katy Perry recorded a version of Britney Spears' Passenger - which the Rise singer co-penned with Sia - before gifting the song to Britney, who did it again for the 2013 album Britney Jean.

As you might expect - it's a strikingly different sound.

See for yourself.

Ignore the branding - Katy Perry's version is the first offering below.

And one more time, from Britney!

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Not only is it Brian Wilson's birthday today, but it's also World Refugee Day.

To mark that fact, a host of artists have announced their intention to launch a series of global concerts on 20 September - in association with Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds.

The Give a Home , externalseries will see 1000 artists, including Jessie Ware (above), The National and Kate Tempest, perform over 300 shows in more than 60 countries.

The aim? To help tackle the global refugee crisis, which affects the lives of more than 21 million people worldwide.

Ware said: "It's an honour and a pleasure to be a part of this campaign. I’m really looking forward to being involved, listening to the other artists and most importantly, raising money and awareness for an incredibly important issue.”

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After weeks of promotion, a four-day live stream on YouTube and an attempt to bury the hatchet with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry's Witness has made its debut on top of the US Billboard 200.

In addition to physical sales, Perry's Witness was streamed more than 19 million times in its opening week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Perry is just the second woman to top the album chart this year, after Halsey's Hopeless Fountain Kingdom last week.

God Only Knows what we'd be without you...indeed.

Born on this day in 1942 in Inglewood, California; the man who would go on to launch one of the most important bands of the '60s - and any era.

To mark the fact that Brian Wilson is three quarters of a century not out today, here's his band The Beach Boys with an absolute classic as performed live in 1966.

We bet you can't get through the whole track without attempting the harmonies. It's like eating a donut without licking your lips: impossible.

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Mixmag report that the genre has racked up "whopping sales this past year."

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) released figures from May 2016 to May 2017, showing that physical sales of grime albums increased by 109 per cent.

Wooooof.

Digital sales were also up 51 per cent over last year and grime streams are also on the rise by 138 per cent.

Chances are you probably heard Stormzy's number one album Gangs, Signs & Prayer and maybe even sampled Skepta's Mercury Award-winning record Konnichiwa...

...if you still don't know what any of this means though, let BBC Minute (below) be your guide to how grime has gone from being the soundtrack of urban London life to hitting the mainstream.

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Annie Mac has had "a Haim-shaped hole" in her life of late.

I think we all have deep down.

Luckily the Californian sisters gave the newly-returned Radio 1 DJ a call to discuss their new track and 'hottest record' Little of Your Love.

The girls say the song is their attempt at a 50s piano rock song, but don't worry, it still contains some typically Haim-esque "Guitar-mony."

Word of the day so far...

Listen above.

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Warning! This next post will be long and convoluted - much like a Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar solo.

Okay it's lunch, now get your teeth stuck into this next story...

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, lead singer Johnny Van Zant and the estates of the other band members that were killed in their 1977 plane crash are suing former drummer Artimus Pyle over plans to make a biopic based on the Southern rockers.

The unauthorised film, initially titled Free Bird, was subsequently renamed Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash following a cease-and-desist notice.

In the lawsuit, obtained by the Rolling Stone, external, Lynyrd Skynyrd argued that Pyle "is free to exploit his own personal life story" for the film, but the biopic is in danger of violating "a 1988 consent order" that members - Pyle included - agreed to concerning control of the Lynyrd Skynyrd copyright.

The consent order states, "No such exploitation of life story rights is authorized which purports to be a history of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, as opposed to the life story of the applicable individual."

With us so far?

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Also being sued is the film division of Cleopatra Records. In legal papers, Cleopatra's lawyer has argued that Pyle is no longer assisting with the writing of the film, nor did he direct or produce it.

It added that the coming film won't use the band's music and will begin with an explicit disclaimer stating that neither Lynyrd Skynyrd nor any bandmember had authorised the film.

Their lawyer, Evan Mandel also cites the First Amendment.

"In producing and releasing the film, Cleopatra is exercising its right to make a film about a newsworthy event from the past, a form of constitutionally protected free speech."

An 11 July court date has been scheduled for the lawsuit.

Lynyrd Skynyrd rose to global fame in the 1970s with hits like Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird.

As a little treat for bearing with us through this most complicated of entries here's LS doing what they do best, external...turn it up while you scoff your sarnies.

Headliners Radiohead have already offered some words to the wise for you all (scroll down) - now the festival itself has offered some suggestions.

It's gonna be a hot one apparently, so organizers are saying:

• Stay hydrated
• Protect yourself
• Save water
• Don't overdo it

All good advice but from our experience the latter is easier said than done.

In essence they're saying: Have fun folks, but be safe.

In 2014 the then 19-year-old singer was arrested in Miami on charges of driving his Lamborghini under the influence, with an expired license and resisting arrest.

That's a hat trick right there.

However, a far more mature Justin, now 23, has been reflecting on his foolish younger self it seems.

He'd posted the above prison mug shot pic on social media, alongside the hashtags: '#jailsnotacoolplacetobe, #notfun #neveragain'.

So is Justin growing up finally? We'll Belieb is when we see it.

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Geri Horner, aka Ginger Spice, has been speaking to Radio 2 brekkie show host Chris Evans this morning about the "bittersweet experience" of writing her new track Angels In Chains, about her late friend George Michael.

The former Spice Girl admits that she ditched her fellow 'Spicies' one night in a shameless - and ultimately pointless - attempt to flirt with George.

That didn't work out but the two did go on to become "dear friends".

Listen above.

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Adele has paid an unexpected visit to some of the fire fighters who tackled the Grenfell Tower blaze in West London last week.

Her surprise appearance was documented by fireman Rob Petty at Chelsea fire station.

Writing on Facebook , externalMr Petty posted: "Lovely girl, genuinely grounded, interested and humbled. Beautiful."

Station Manager Ben King added:

"So we opened the door to her and then she took her sunglasses off and said: 'Hi, I'm Adele'. Everyone was so shocked.

"She came in, came up to the mess and had a cup of tea with the watch and then she joined us for the minute's silence."

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...to JAY-Z.

Okay it's hardly Puff Daddy to Diddy via P Diddy, or Prince turning himself into a symbol, is it?

You'd think he'd have other things on his mind, what with his missus Beyonce having twins at the weekend and news of another new arrival in the form of his forthcoming album.

But apparently the re-addition of a hyphen and capping up the letters in his short but incredibly famous name is an important distinction to Shawn Carter (that's his actual real name...but you knew that right?).

So from now on it's JAY-Z. Got it?

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More from the Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas now (scroll down) where DJ Khaled claims his performance was sabotaged.

After a set plagued by sound issues and technical difficulties, Mr K was apparently booed offstage by fans chanting for next DJ, Yellow Claw.

We can't show the footage here as the angry mob were pretty sweary but you can find it on social media.

Talk about a tough crowd.

However the Palestinian/American DJ and hip hop producer - who has worked with everyone from Beyonce to Bieber - has managed to flip things around on social media, posting the above video of fans chanting his name along with a long explanatory rant.

He posted:

And he wasn't finished there...

In a subsequent video post, he added: "Tried to sabotage my sound so many times THEY could not get the sound right on my set and I still stood on stage with no sound and when they got the sound to work they want cut my set short but I still rep for my people, anyone else would walk off stage...

"I knew my California and Vegas fans was in the building .. THEY🚷 DONT WANT US TO WIN SO WE WIN MORE FOR THERE HEAD TOP!!! It's all luv tho .. love is the 🔑.. I forgive them ... love is always the answer !."

Nope, we didn't get what he was trying to say either. There you go peeps.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Ed O'Brien of Radiohead, who of course headline Glastonbury Festival for the third time this Friday, has advised Glasto newbies to "leave your ego and your shades at the gates".

"It's all about humility," the guitarist told Radio 1's Annie Mac. "You're one part of this huge, amazing festival - it's not about you."

He said the band had No Suprises planned for their Friday night slot, which ties in with the release of OKNOTOK, but admitted to being "a little nervous" despite being old timers at the festival.

"We've got the Glastonbury tingles," he said. "It means a lot."

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In other Radiohead news, NME reports, external the case against Live Nation in regards to a stage collapse at a Radiohead show in 2012 has ended in a mistrial - and further delays could mean the case doesn’t make it to court at all.

The band's drum technician Scott Johnson was killed in the incident in Toronto five years ago, while three others were injured.

Live Nation have denied any wrongdoing in the incident, saying, in 2013, that they "did everything possible to ensure the safety of anyone who was on or near the stage".