Don't be sad though, as we'll be back tomorrow for New Music Friday with Beyonce/Ed and a new album from U2.

Scroll down for who won what at the Mobos, a big confession from Jay-Z and some even bigger questions for Ed regarding his proposed move to New Zealand.

Flip-flops simply won't wash down there, mate.

To finish today our #ThrowbackThursday finds us at V Festival in Chelmsford in 2008.

Where you there?

Well, birthday girls Girls Aloud were and they ripped through pop bangers like their first ever song (but not their best though, according to you lot earlier), Sound of the Underground.

Watch above as Cheryl and the team take us "back to the very beginning".

Neither can we.

We're also still reeling from the lack of Love Machine in your best track suggestions below.

Anyway, the girls have been posting their birthday reactions on social media today and luckily Nadine (above) from the band went for a little bit of LM action.

Kimberley gave a simple shout-out to all of the girls-turned-women, declaring herself to be "so proud" of their achievements.

Finally Nicola posted the below pic of her with Kim and Chezza (what will the others say?) alongside the following message:

"Girls day with these two today. It is crazy to think that 15 years ago today we were getting ready for our last live show on TV before the public decided who they wanted to make up Girls Aloud.

"All of our lives completely changed forever. No going back. I’m confident in saying that those early years of the band will always truly be the wildest ride of my life both personally and as a group and no-one other than the 5 of us knows how it felt. Happy 15 years Girls Aloud, our team & the Alouders. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️"

The Alouders? Was that a thing? Well it is now.

All the best, ladies.

Nothing says Christmas more than Guy and the gang with an actual orchestra.

Elbow - who are this year providing the soundtrack for John Lewis's crimbo ad with a cover of The Beatles' Golden Slumbers - will play a special live gig for 6 Music in Salford on 21 December.

You can register for tickets above but only if you promise to bring some festive cheer with you.

BBC Minute has been taking a closer look at the rapper's interview with the NY Times which we mentioned this morning (scroll down).

They've pulled out five points from Jay's betrayal of wife Beyonce's trust, to him being "the only black man in the boardroom" at the New Jersey Nets.

He also opens up about President Donald Trump, his "brother" Kanye West and his mother Gloria Carter, who came out as gay when he was a kid.

Listen above.

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The first proper official Prince merchandise to be released since the singer’s death in April 2016 is available for you to feast your purple-tinted eyes on right nnnnnow.

The Hit N Run clothing line is named after his final two albums and includes a Purple Rain-themed t-shirt, a 1999 hoodie and a Prince symbol baseball cap.

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Useless Magic will be out on 5 July.

This should give Flo plenty of time to look through her phone notes, under her bed and in all her jeans pockets for scribbled moments of inspiration.

Check out the singer explaining her mythical songwriting process - and the title of the book - in the book's preface below.

Earlier we asked you all for your favourite Girls Aloud song, to mark exactly 15 years since the Popstars: The Rivals band were formed.

They went on to do alright for themselves.

You lot have too and you didn't let us down.

Andy (below) got involved but simply couldn't bring himself to single out just one...

He wasn't the only one.

There's so many to choose from and we've had a lot of love coming in for tracks like Untouchable, The Loving Kind, Biology, Long Hot Summer and The Promise.

Seems most of you are too cool though to opt for hits as obvious as Love Machine or Sound of the Underground.

Despite their many top pop tunes and today's great suggestions, one song stands out above the rest as the most popular.

Call the Shots.

Or as Daniel (below) calls it: "The best song of the 21st Century".

The people have spoken.

So, without further ado...

PS. While we're reminiscing about the great music to have come out of the 2002 ITV reality show, spare a thought for the runners-up.

One True Voice anyone?

History is written by the winners, Lizo.

That's according to the good people at Vevo.

Everybody has gone crazy for dancing slowly to Lusi Fonsi's Latino hit this year.

The reggaeton-pop tune featuring Daddy Yankee stormed the charts and reached #1 in 47 countries. It's been watched 4.3 billion times around the world.

That's BILLION, people.

The video channel has also revealed that Little Mix are officially the UK’s most-watched musical act this year.

All those Mixers out there have watched their music videos a combined 189.6 million times.

Glory Days indeed.

Finally, hedonistic US rockers Guns 'N Roses have been named as UK's hottest gig ticket of the year by Ticketmaster.

Slash, Axl and co's two London stadium shows were voted as the best live event in the UK over the past year, fending off U2's Twickenham gigs in second place.

News to warm the hearts of all you G&R fans out there, in this cold November rain (or snow, delete where applicable).

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When he's not busy trying to get into New Zealand (scroll down for more on this), Ed loves working on a good collab.

And they don't come much bigger than this.

"Got Beyoncé to duet with me on Perfect" Ed casually posted on Instagram earlier.

It's out at midnight and we'll bring it to you in New Music Friday on MNL tomorrow.

Kelly Clarkson is the latest guest in James Corden's passenger seat, belting out a bevy of her best hits - from Since U Been Gone to What Doesn't Kill You.

Clarkson's husband Brandon also comes along for the ride, trying his best not to look mortified as they get wined, dined and serenaded.

Amazing.

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Boy George will appear on the first Gay Times cover since the magazine's newly-appointed editor Josh Rivers was suspended over offensive tweets he posted in the past.

Talking about those old tweets, Mr Rivers told Radio 4 he was "appalled" by what he had written.

"I was stunned" said the 31-year-old.

"I was confused. I spent most of my 20s in a daze, in a blur. I was not sober as much as I probably could have been.

"I was lost, I was angry. I was upset, I was lonely. And I think those tweets are a reflection of someone lashing out at the world around him."

Big Mobo winner Stormzy apologized for homophobic comments he made in the past too, last week.

In the new mag, George opens up about his new Las Vegas residency, Culture Club and how things have changed for him in the 30 years since his first cover appearance for the mag.

"God, well, it’s got better! It’s taken a while, but it’s definitely got better. I feel that life is about growing into who you are," said the 56-year-old.

"You know Quentin Crisp used to say 'you have to push your neurosis around in your body until it can sit somewhere that you can live with it' and I think that’s so true.

He added: "I also work harder, I eat well, I exercise, I’m very conscious of what I do to myself, I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, so my life in that respect has improved. I think in our business, having self-control is such a revelation.

"It’s like 'I didn’t do that, isn’t that amazing!' so I kind of enjoy that feeling of self-control, being in charge and just getting [stuff] done!”

Before the general election in June, Grime For Corbyn , externaldeclared the entire genre to be behind the Labour leader in his bid for Number 10.

Now, after his appearance at Glastonbury earlier this year, music fan Jeremy recorded an impassioned speech for the gathered masses at the First Direct Arena in Leeds last night.

He said: "It's more important than ever that we celebrate black excellence and recognize the achievements of black communities.

It's surely only a matter of time before we see MC Corbsy's first big festival set.

"Hook me up prime minister please!" urged the Shape of You singer, in a recent video message to his fans down under (above).

That was after saying he was "working on" a plan to become an official Kiwi citizen.

Presumably it's down to there being less traffic on the roads out there.

Ed will head to New Zealand in March next year for a series of gigs in Auckland and Dunedin. Ahead of his visit, it seems his message has already got through to the top.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (below) responded to his request with a few "important questions" designed to test his commitment.

"First, do you like pineapple lumps?" she said. "Do you even know what they are?

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She added: "And third, most important question of all. Are you willing to make New Zealand your home?

"Let me know."

Over to you Ed.

Don't tell the PM we told you but there's some help at hand below.

Not that you needed it.

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My oh my, how time flies.

Back in 2002, five unknown young ladies named Cheryl, Nadine, Sarah, Nicola and Kimberley were thrown together on the ITV reality series Popstars: The Rivals, dreaming of fame, fortune and chart success.

The rest, as they say, is history...

Girls Aloud went on to become the UK's biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century, with over 4.3 million singles sales and four million albums sold in the UK alone.

Today marks 15 years to the day that they were formed, so with that in mind we want to know what is your favourite ever GA song?

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Not only did the girls launch their own mega career back in 2002 but they also helped music blogger Peter Robinson along the way too apparently.

The band split in 2013 but Pete, like the rest of us, will never forget them...

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Bill Martin has been on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning telling Chris Evans and the gang tales from his book, Celebration: Songwriter to the Stars.

He's helped write number one hits for the likes of the Bay City Rollers, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard and even a historic Eurovision Song Contest winner for the UK with Puppet On A String.

Whisper it in Glasgow but Bill even penned Back Home for the 1966 World Cup-winning England team. Yikes.

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Despite all that success it surely doesn't get better than writing for the king of rock 'n' roll himself as he did when helping Elvis to one of his many US #1s with My Boy, external.

He said his biggest regret was turning down the chance to meet the great man in Vegas just before he died, in favour of sunbathing in Beverley Hill.

Oh that and changing his real name from Wylie MacPherson under pressure from the Tin Pan Alley execs.

Listen above.

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The lead singer indie rock band Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock, has been sued for $865,000 (£642,000) over a traffic accident last year.

City employee Cassidy Kane says she suffered a herniated spine when Brock's SUV crashed into her pick-up truck.

He told officers he had fallen asleep at the wheel.

Police said they did not notice any signs of drug or alcohol impairment, and cited the singer for careless driving. He has since paid a $435 fine.

Kane says the injury continues to cause her pain and numbness in her extremities and she may need surgery, a court heard.

The singer's publicist declined to comment.

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Kanya King famously remortgaged her house to launch the Mobo Awards in 1996. The ceremony was designed as an antidote to the Brits, recognising the achievements of artists in genres including gospel, jazz, R&B, soul, reggae and hip-hop.

Now, though, music of black origin is the predominant force in the charts. Sampha won the Mercury Prize, Stormzy's got a number one album and Boy Better Know headlined the Other Stage at Glastonbury.

Naughty Boy acknowledged the movement at last night's ceremony when he presented the best song prize to J Hus's Did You See.

“I’m not going to call it urban," he said. "This is mainstream, it’s pop.”

Time Magazine has named Katy Perry's four-day livestream - in which she lived in a Big Brother-style house, eating, sleeping, practicing Yoga and talking to an online audience - as one of the top 10 TV programmes of 2017, external.

The list, which was topped by Pamela Aldon's comedy-drama Better Things, singled out Perry's experimental broadcast for reflecting, sometimes unintentionally, the sense of anxiety and unease many Americans felt at the start of the Trump presidency.

"The singer, a Clinton campaign surrogate in 2016, seemed throughout the stream to be downcast and in an unnameable sort of pain, less interested in the music she was putting out than in opportunities to discuss concepts like privilege or her own history of cultural appropriation," wrote TV critic Daniel D'Addario.

"Perry’s prolix, at times inarticulate, days-long examination of her own motives and actions was a strange choice for a would-be world-conquering diva, but it made for television perfect for a moment at which so many are trying to find a new narrative frame to understand the world."

Perry acknowledged the accolade on Instagram, writing: "Thanks for acknowledging this pop star social experiment".

You can watch highlights of the broadcast at the top of this post.

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Between them, these guys are behind "some of the biggest pop songs in the last decade", as Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac points out above.

She's not wrong... just ask Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears and/or Daft Punk - to name but three.

Now N*E*R*D have their own star-studded new album on the way in time for Christmas.

Last night they dropped the latest cut from that album (out on 15 December) in the form of 1000, which features Atlanta rapper Future.

Check it above and see if you think Pharrell and co will get as lucky this time around.

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It wasn't a good year for women at the Mobos. Despite nominations for Cardi B, Jessie Ware, Solange, SZA, Little Simz, Nadia Rose and Ray BLK, all but one of the prizes went to male artists.

But even Stormzy couldn't win best female - so Stefflon Don had to represent an entire gender when she took to the stage.

"I literally just came from the toilet,” she announced as she picked up her prize.

“It’s been a good year for me, it’s been massive and you guys know I’m all about women’s empowerment.”

The singer, who was nominated for the Brits Critics' Choice award yesterday, also performed her top 10 single Hurtin' Me at the Mobo ceremony.