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Too early to join ACM winner Brian Kelley (above) for a quick drink? Perhaps, but remember it's always evening somewhere.

Anyway, that about does it for another Music News LIVE.

Just enough time to urge you to scroll back down for news on the Juno awards in Canada and the Academy of Country Music's dig at the Oscars, plus news on the BBC's future at Glastonbury, Beyonce shares some more pregnancy fashion tips and Shaun Ryder discusses The Happy Mondays' big anniversary.

We'll be back with more on Tuesday.

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Who hasn't listened to Angela Lansbury's tear-inducing ballad from Beauty and the Beast and said, "You know what would make this sound better? An electric guitar and 120 bpm".

Well, Disney has been listening to you and released a new album of classic tracks from the House of Mouse re-imagined with power metal vocals and guitars.

Think The Little Mermaid's Under the Sea and It's a Small World from the Disneyland theme park ride.

Metal Disney was a massive hit in Japan last year and the album has now been made available in the US (its also available in the UK peeps).

The band involved, the D-Metal Stars, include Obsession vocalist Mike Vescera and former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Rudy Sarzo.

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If you're hoping that eerily-nice John Legend has skeletons in his closet, then you're in for a disappointment.

The singer was A. Dot's guest on the 1xtra Breakfast show earlier, where he talked about music, fatherhood and his marriage to model, TV presenter and cook Chrissy Teigen.

"I had my fun when I was young, single and free. I'm a married father now, things are different," he said.

"I have not paid anyone off, never been blackmailed."

Unless any of you can tell us different?..

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The Happy Monday's brilliantly titled debut album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) is 30 years young this year.

6 Music have been speaking to singer Shaun Ryder about his plans to mark the event. He says the band are toying with the idea of playing the album in full.

The Happy Mondays have been added to the bill of this year's Nozstock Festival in Herefordshire in July; and tour the UK in November and December this year.

In midtown Manhattan, there’s a school called Born Star where young aspiring entertainers train for hours a day to become Korean pop stars.

BBC World Service reporter Alina Simone went to check it out.

Well not quite (the anniversary is actually on 1 June) but 2017 year is nevertheless the 50th anniversary of the Beatles ' seminal album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Recorded under the guise of an Edwardian marching band, the early concept album has frequently topped "best album ever" lists - although in recent years it's often been eclipsed by the band's Revolver album and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

But what is beyond debate is that the recording process, at Abbey Road studios in north London, heralded some truly groundbreaking techniques which influenced almost every rock album that followed.

BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz has been along to the studio to meet with one of the men who helped make the magic happen...

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The trailer for a documentary about X-Ray Spex’s singer Poly Styrene has just been launched.

The makers of Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, have set up an IndieGoGo campaign, external for the film which depicts the punk legend's struggles with misogyny, racism and mental health issues.

It will be narrated by her daughter, Celeste Bell. 

Poly Styrene was born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said in 1957. She formed her band after watching the Sex Pistols perform on Hastings Pier on her 18th birthday, and released her ska-influenced debut single Oh Bondage Up Yours! , external in 1977.

Billy Bragg called the song a "slap in the face" to the male-dominated punk scene.

"It's always hard for women in rock music but it was particularly hard in the 70s," he said. "I think she cut right through that. The work that she did and the things that she produced always stayed true to that original spirit of punk."

Poly died in 2011 at the age of 53 after a battle with breast cancer. Her documentary is set to arrive in November 2018.

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Well, he did buy the rights, external to the London-based drama series after all...

The British series, which follows the lives of a group of people involved in drug dealing and street gangs, is set to have a "significant role" for the Canadian superstar .

"He loves acting, of course he wanted a part," said Ashley Walters, aka Asher D, who plays Dushane in the series

"He's going to be really hands on and is getting stuck into it," he told the Daily Mirror, external .

Drake acquired the rights to the drama, set on the fictional Summerhouse housing estate in Hackney, external , East London, external , after it was dropped by Channel 4, external .

If you want a taster of his previous acting roles, check out his efforts as a teen actor in Degrassi: The Next Generation, external .

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MGMT have been sending out some tweets which are cryptically low on info but suggestive enough to create a buzz about their long-awaited fourth album.

Its been four years since their self-titled third album. Almost two years ago, they tweeted that they would return in 2016. Well, better late than never we guess.

Here they are from the archive singing Time to Pretend on Later... with Jools.

Can you believe this is 2008 - nearly ten years ago?!

Expectant mum Beyonce shared a few photos on Instagram over the weekend, including a slideshow of shots of her increasingly prominent baby bump (she's got twins in there, after all).

Her daughter Blue Ivy can be seen in one photo, while Jay Z poses with Beyonce in another. The music is, rather aptly, Pop That Thing by the Isley Brothers.

The photos came with no caption (they hardly needed to) and also showed off the sort of jewellery neither you nor I could afford.

Britain's largest single-span suspension bridge has been turned into an art installation as part of Hull's City of Culture celebrations.

Pedestrians walking across its 1.4-mile (2.2km) length can now don headphones to listen to Humber Bridge's own music - the rumblings of traffic, echoes from its internal chambers and the moaning of its cables.

They form part of Opera North's new work Height Of The Reeds, composed by electronic musician Jan Bang.

BBC Breakfast got an exclusive preview of the installation.

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After months of controversy, Bob Dylan finally accepted his 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature at the weekend.

The Swedish Academy said he accepted the gold medal and diploma at a private event at a secret location in Stockholm on Saturday.

It added he was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

He still hasn't delivered the traditional Nobel lecture which is required to pick up the million kronor cheque (£713,000) that comes with the prize.

But he has until 10 June before the cash is left blowin' in the wind..

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Canadian singer Feist paid an emotional musical tribute to the late Leonard Cohen - as his final record You Want It Darker was named album of the year at the annual Juno awards, the country's equivalent of the Brits.

She sang Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye during the ceremony on Sunday night, from his 1967 debut album.

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Alessia Cara (above) won best pop album for Know-It-All; while The Tragically Hip, whose singer Gord Downie is suffering from terminal brain cancer , won best band.

Downie was also named songwriter of the year for his solo album, Secret Path.

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Shawn Mendes (above) won the fan's choice award and thanked those fans on Twitter

The ceremony, which was co-hosted by singer Bryan Adams, saw other awards go to the likes of Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Sarah McLachlan, Ruth B for breakthrough artist and Jess Moskaluke, who picked up the award for best country album.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in the audience and shared his apprecation of the artists on social media.

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The BBC has signed a new deal with Glasto to broadcast from the festival for the next five years.

That will include the festival’s 50th anniversary year in 2020 and - in 2022 - the BBC’s own 100th anniversary.

Bob Shennan, BBC Director of Radio and Music said the deal "confirms our ongoing commitment to placing music centre stage on the BBC, and presenting our programmes to a global audience via radio, online, television and BBC Red Button".

Organiser Emily Eavis - who said last week that the festival has signed a new 17 year deal with a neighbouring farm - added the BBC's coverage had "become an integral part of what we do at Glastonbury".

"Together we have created something really special - two decades of historic live broadcast from many of the biggest names in contemporary music."

This year's event - held from 21-25 June -will be headlined by Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran with more named announced last week .

After months of competition, husky-voiced hotel worker Mo Adeniran was crowned the winner of The Voice UK during Saturday's live final.

That's him above, singing his winner's song: Unsteady.

His victory was almost marred by a stage invader - but security rushed the miscreant off stage in a flash. Blink and you'll miss it.

Mo's mentor, Jennifer Hudson, burst into tears as he was crowned the winner. Tom Jones, whose group The Ark came second, was caught on camera saying a sweary version of "goodness gracious" as the result was announced.

Someone has helpfully bleeped out the offending moment for your viewing pleasure.

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21-year-old Mo was born into care and adopted at the age of three, only to be taken away again after it was discovered his adoptive mother was abusive.

He told Daily Star Sunday, external : “Social services stepped in. They saved me. It was a physical thing. She could be very hands on at times. Things happened that weren’t right.”

The singer was then placed back into social services and his turbulent family life led him to go off the rails as a teen. He turned his life around two years ago, after a close friend died of a drug overdose, and auditioned for The Voice with his best friend Max Vickers - who also made it to the semi-finals.

Mo has now won a recording contract with Polydor Records, who immediately tweeted their congratulations.

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The Academy of Country Music held their annual awards in Las Vegas over the weekend - and used the opportunity to mock a fellow awards ceremony.

Announcing the Song of the Year prize, David Copperfield and Nancy O'Dell "revealed" the winner was Emma Stone for La La Land - even holding up the card on camera as proof - in a parody of the Oscars best picture cock-up.

Fortunately, Copperfield used his magic powers to correct the mistake. And with a wave of his hand, the card changed to show the real winner: Thomas Rhett for Die A Happy Man.

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Rhett also won male vocalist of the year, while Miranda Lambert took home trophies for female vocalist and album of the year.

As usual, though, the performances were the highlight. And although we can't show any of them here - we can always enjoy this gif of Nicole Kidman getting her groove on while husband Keith Urban performed.

Florida Georgia Line & Backstreet Boys closed the show with their collaboration God, Your Mama and Me - before segueing into Everybody (Backstreet's Back), with all seven performers recreating the original choreography.

Meanwhile Sam Hunt serenaded his fiancee Hannah Lee Fowler in January with his latest hit Body Like a Back Road.

She looked mortified.

You can see the full winners' list on the official ACM site, external .

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The music world is mourning the loss of electronic instrument pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, who has died aged 87.

The Japanese engineer created many popular drum machines, including the iconic TR-808, which forms the backbone of some of the most iconic dance and hip-hop tracks of the 20th Century.

It appears on Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing, the opening bars of Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody and Afrika Bambaata's Planet Rock.

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Kakehashi was also behind the TR-909 drum machine; and the TB-303 bass synth, whose chunky sounds beef up tracks like Josh Wink's Higher State of Consciousness and Daft Punk's Da Funk.

Twitter was awash with tributes over the weekend. Here's a selection.

If you want to know more about the 808, here's an informative piece the BBC News website ran three years ago.

"I'm proud to announce the cover for my 4th album!" wrote Katy Perry on Instagram this weekend, posting a rather unlikely picture from her home office.

Fans who scrolled down will have seen the message: "Happy April Fools! Been plotting in the same type of sports bra from my IM and laminated calendar since '99. It's all about the long game..."

With Saturday being April Fools' Day, FAKE NEWS was all over the place. Virgin Airlines claimed they were putting puppies on planes to help assist the cabin crew; and the Irish Times claimed Donald Trump was building a high-rise in Dublin .

BBC Three, meanwhile, unveiled a new, high-impact series on Grime. Presented by David Attenborough.

Preposterous though it seemed, one A-lister was taken in by the prank.

The BBC took it all in it's stride...

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Well, it's the beginning of a new month, spring is in the air and we have a shower of goodies for you today.

We'll have news from the Juno awards in Canada, where Alessia Cara and the late Leonard Cohen were among the winners.

Tributes to the man whose drum machine helped created some of the most iconic music of the 20th Century.

Plus some MGMT album news and a look back at the recording of Sgt Pepper, the album long regarded as the Beatles' best (though we secretly prefer Revolver).

It's getting better all the time...