Thats it for Monday

Scroll back down for news of a slew of pop stars sickies (only joking Kylie), Joan Jett joins Nirvana on stage, a Ghanian pop star who doesn't want to be another Beyonce, early reviews for Bohemian Rhapsody and great news for fans of David Bowie.

We'll leave you in the company of Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement who made their long-awaited return to HBO at the weekend with a new hour-long comedy special filmed at the London Apollo.

Business hours are over, baby.

"They want you to be like Beyonce or Rihanna."

Ghanaian Afro pop singer Wiyaala Djimba sings in her native Sissala & Waale dialects and English, and her hit Rock My Body won her two awards at the 2014 first edition of the All Africa Music Awards.

She's been speaking to BBC Africa What's New?, external about the secrets behind her success.

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic hinted at a Nirvana reunion last week and on Saturday night, it happened, with Joan Jett taking Kurt Cobain's place at the mic.

Joan previously joined the band in 2014 at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Friday night's show marked just the second time they have performed together since Kurt’s death in 1994.

Dave, Krist and the Foo's Pat Smear ran through six tracks in all. "What else could I say?," tweeted Joan (below).

We thought we had made it through Monday's MNL without mentioning the Yemeister but he went and deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts at the weekend.

It follows his performance on the American comedy show Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago which sparked outrage and amusement in equal measure.

The singer wore a hat with Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" and gave an unscripted, off-air rant in support of the president to the audience.

Here is SNL star, and future Mr Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson with a recap on what happened...

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The Queen biopic, telling the story of one of Britain’s most iconic rock bands has sparked curiosity for even the most casual fans of the band.

Now, some of the lucky few who have already seen the film have been posting their reactions on social media.

The movie centres on lead singer Freddie Mercury's life leading up to Queen’s Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985.

There seems to be round praise for US actor Rami Malek's performance as the flamboyant frontman.

The film premieres at the SSE Arena Wembley in London on 23 December and is scheduled to be released on 28 December.

Guitarist Brian May - who has a producer's credit on the movie - said it has taken 10 years to get right, external.

Miles Kane is the latest pop star to fall foul of pesky health problems and has had to cancel a show in Copenhagen tonight.

It's due to a "severe throat infection" (well, they're going around, just ask Kylie... scroll down).

For any fans who were planning a flight to Denmark to see the singer, check out his performance of the appropriately-titled Cry On my Guitar for the TRNSMT festival above.

A film about David Bowie's formative years is coming to BBC Two in 2019, while BBC Four will broadcast his legendary headline performance at Glastonbury in 2000, later this month.

David Bowie: The First Five Years is the final part of a trilogy of films and follows The Last Five Years in 2017 and Five Years in 2013, all produced and directed by Francis Whately.

The film - which airs 50 years after the release of Space Oddity - explores Bowie before Ziggy.

“I spent all my formative years adopting guises and changing roles," he says in the film. "I wanted to be accepted as David Bowie - a person that you will always watch to see what kind of thing he is doing.”

The film also unearths a report from the BBC Archives, based on the 1965 audition of a band called David Bowie and the Lower Third.

The report described the future megastar as having “no personality” and being “not particularly exciting”.

Check out the drummer Phil Lancaster (above) in a clip from the doc.

The beloved sitcom is making a comeback as a West End musical.

Co-written by Paul Whitehouse - who will also play Grandad and Jim Sullivan, son of the sitcom's creator John, it will open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in February.

Tom Bennett will take on the role of Del Boy and Ryan Hutton will play Rodney 'the plonker'.

The late Chas Hodges, of Chas and Dave fame, helped compose the show's 20 new tunes.

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The US musician kick-starts the streaming service's Black History Is Happening Now campaign to raise awareness of black creators.

Through a series of curated playlists, Spotfy will pay tribute to legacy musicians and the current crop of artists aiming to shape the future.

Janelle (above) said: "“I’ve always been excited and inspired to try to redefine how we’re seen”.

Fans will also be able to explore other playlist celebrating black music such as;

• Black Britain: Windrush, sounds influenced by the Windrush generation
• Black Britain: Soul sisters, representing British singers who provided a platform for the new generation
• Who We Be TALKS, Podcasts discussing insightful topics with successful black influencers

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And believe us, that is a LOT of musical content.

Director general Tony Hall is expected to say the move will mean historic and recent performances are "returned to the public".

They will be available on services such as BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sounds app.

Lord Hall is expected to reveal the plans at the launch of the BBC's year-long classical music project, Our Classical Century on Thursday evening.

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The South Korean boyband arrived in London on Sunday night ahead of a two night run at the O2.

The lads - who just had a number one album in the US - made history at the weekend as the first ever Korean act to headline a US stadium, playing to 40,000 fans at New York's Citi Field (below).

The stadium was built as a replacement for and adjacent to Shea Stadium where The Beatles famously kicked off their 1965 US tour.

Image source, Big Hit Entertainment

BTS will also perform on BBC's The Graham Norton Show on Friday night.

Image source, press handout

The Mercury-nominee and protest punk legend were at London's Waterloo station earlier to launch an exhibition commemorating 70 years of album artwork.

It's all part of the run-up to the UK's first National Album Day, this Saturday.

The covers on display were chosen by a panel of experts including Nov, who said: "I love art myself so when I heard about it, it was right up my street."

The selected covers include albums by Grace Jones, Stevie Wonder, The Sex Pistols and The Strokes.

Bragg added: "I think there's three facets to pop music - the music, the lyrics, and the look and image - the album cover.

"For those of us who weren't glamorous, who aren't pretty, who can't dance, the album cover was an opportunity to put across a real important vibe, it is something that should be given more attention than it is."

The public exhibition will launch at London’s Waterloo Station before travelling to Manchester Piccadilly and Glasgow Central Station.

The public will be invited to select 3 pieces of art from the 70 selected albums and can cast their votes at www.ArtVinyl.com, external.

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So how did you all get on then?

Organiser Emily Eavis tweeted to say a record number of people tried to buy tickets as sales began at 09:00 BST on Sunday.

At precisely 09:36, Emily confirmed the festival - which took a break in 2018 - had sold out, and she was "blown away" by the demand.

About 200,000 people will attend the festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, in June.

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The solo star was interviewed over what police have called "an incident consistent with assault" at a London venue.

Police said they had been made aware of footage, published by the Sun, which appeared to show the former Oasis singer out his hands on the throat of his girlfriend Debbie Gwyther.

Both denied any assault took place on social media.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed a man was questioned on 25 September.

A spokeswoman said: "Officers are aware of footage of an incident consistent with assault believed to have taken place in August 2018 at a licensed venue in Chiltern Street, Marylebone.

"No specific allegations have been received at this time."

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Separately of course, though we reckon that would be one festival lineup worth watching.

Kylie announced she was cancelling two shows in Belfast and Dublin over the weekend due to a throat infection.

She was due to play Belfast tonight and is heading to mainland Europe next month.

Ozzy meanwhile, tweeted the best picture of the day below after pulling a show in California while recovering from hand surgery.

He captioned his picture, “Feeling better after surgery. Ice cream helps.”

Loving that his nail varnish remains unblemished.

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Finally, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (above) has gone one better and scrapped her entire tour.

The new, reported in Variety, was confirmed to Pitchfork, external with promoters Live Nation blaming "unforeseen circumstances.”

“The choice was out of my hands and not my call to make,” said Iggy on Twitter.

The singer, whose duet with Freddie Mercury became the signature song of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, died at the weekend aged 85.

Caballé had been suffering from health complaints for some time and was admitted to hospital in Barcelona last month, according to news agency Efe.

Her career spanned 50 years.

She had stints with the Basel Opera and Bremen Opera before her international breakthrough in 1965 in Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Caballé went on to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and Vienna State Opera, appearing opposite the likes of Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.

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The normally politically neutral star has endorsed two Democrats for the upcoming US mid-term elections on social media.

The 28-year-old also attacked a Republican candidate's voting record.

In what could be seen as a dig at Donald Trump's presidency, Taylor said events in "the past two years" have meant she's no longer reluctant to share her views.

The singer told her 112m Instagram followers: "I always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve."

"I believe in the fight for LGBT rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is wrong."

Endorsing candidates Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper, she added opponent Marsha Blackburn's voting record "appalls and terrifies me".

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Morning all and welcome back to another week of the latest music news the world has to offer.

Here's just a few headlines to get started with...

• Taylor Swift has broken political silence to come out swinging in favour of the Democrats
• Nirvana reunited on stage in California.
• Liam Gallagher has been interviewed by police under caution
• Bad news for Kylie, Iggy Azalia and Ozzy Osbourne fans as gigs are cancelled
• The first reviews of Bohemian Rhapsody are out
• And Only Fools and Horses is to get a musical makeover.

We'll start with a new tribute to the late rocker Chris Cornell as a statue of the Soundgarden singer is unveiled in his native Seattle at the weekend.

Chris took his own life last year at the age of 52.

The statue is on view a the Museum of Pop Culture.