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It's goodbye from us then and BBC Sound of 2018 champ Sigrid too, who is already excited to meet you all in a few weeks.

She'll have a job getting her furry friend through UK customs mind you.

What is much easier, however, is to read today's Music News LIVE by simply scrolling down to find a rare demo from a teenage Amy Winehouse, a Johnny Cash poem put to music by Chris Cornell and new tracks from Moby and Everything Everything.

Plus Sir Mick Jagger on The Stones return to these shores, 50 Cent's Bitcoin blues, respect for 'inspirational' Stormzy and a newbie Tuesday act who are using indie bangers to exorcise their own demons.

See you tomorrow.

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We're sure he broke a few of your hearts too in the process.

Especially when he set up The Style Council (only joking Paul, Long Hot Summer is a tune).

The Modfather spoke to 6 Music's Matt Everitt over the weekend about his first musical loves and also the first time he knew his old band's days were numbered.

Check out a clip above and listen again to the full programme.

(Even if he does say so himself).

It's called RIZE and it's on in place of the annual music event - formerly know as V - in Chelmsford, Essex this summer.

As well as Liam G, other artists on the bill include fellow headliners Stereophonics, plus James Bay, Rita Ora and Years & Years.

The festival lost its Virgin sponsorship last year and there is no word yet on a replacement for its sister event in Stafforsdshire.

He prides himself on his sartorial style but we think we've seen Liam's look somewhere before...

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The Californian surf punks' veteran bass slapper has been very open about the substance abuse which has affected most of his life.

"I started smoking weed when I was eleven, and then proceeded to snort, shoot, pop, smoke, drop and dragon chase my way through my teens and twenties," he wrote in a piece for Time magazine.

"It was a powerful yearning to be a good father that eventually inspired a sense of self-preservation.

He also takes aim at the prescription drug industry, saying he almost became hooked on painkiller Oxycontin after breaking his arm snowboarding.

"Part of any opioid prescription," he said, "should include follow-up, monitoring and a clear solution and path to rehabilitation if anyone becomes addicted."

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The New Rules singer has shared her support for the families of the victims of the mass shooting at a high school in Florida.

Two weeks ago, a gunman shot dead 17 students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Dua tweeted a link to donations, along with the words; "Take a stand against gun grime."

US President Donald Trump has suggested that arming teachers with guns might be the solution to gun crime.

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The Canadian rapper's latest track God's Plan, which has topped both the US and UK charts for the past five weeks, has now earned him the highest weekly streams tally of his career.

It notched up over 100 million streams in seven days making it only the second song in history top achieve the feat, the other being Baauer's Harlem Shake.

Remember that dance craze in 2013 (below)?

In the UK, Drake is averaging 7m streams a week. By comparison, the UK's most streamed song of all time; Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You, took 10 weeks to reach 100 million streams.

While that make its sound like Drake has bragging rights over Ed, the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry (IFPI) officially named the Brit as the best-selling global recording artist for 2017.

His third studio album, Divide, was classified as multi-platinum in 32 markets.

Keep trying Drizzy (although you're doing great too).

He's more known as a film buff but it seems the BBC's film critic-in-chief is also a massive fan of the Swedish pop idols.

Here's an almost story about an almost meeting, that's worth listening to ahead of the release of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! this summer.

Almost.

His latest album Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt comes out this week and the electronic veteran has shared This Wild Darkness ahead of its release.

He said on Twitter, external: “The world is a baffling place, full of confusion and darkness, and ‘this wild darkness’ is essentially an existential dialog [sic] between me and the gospel choir.

"Me talking about my confusion, the choir answering with longing and hope."

Of which we could all do with a good dose.

The hope. Not so much the "existential dialog".

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There's a "silent storm" inside of Haus frontman Ashley Mulimba's head.

It's a feeling that the north London singer and many people who battle anxiety know all too well but thankfully these days he knows how to steer his mental ship on through to calmer seas.

"One of the first things my therapist told me - when I started seeing one last year - was: 'Even if you don't want to tell me what's going on in your mind, at least go home and write about it'" says Ashley.

"Because that's the first step or at least one way of confronting your demons or your issues."

Their new single Shameless (below), produced by Alex from Everything Everything (scroll down for more from them too) took so much out of Ashley emotionally, that it "left me in a two-day daze after writing," but not without its rewards.

"It definitely helps in a therapeutic way," he adds.

"People in general are a lot more open-minded and there's not such a stigma around being 'a man' in a band.

Acting macho is one thing but being told to "act more black" is quite another.

Speaking at the tail end of the multi-cultural Tottenham five piece's recent UK tour, their leader recalls growing up as one of the only indie kids in his area.

"I started dressing differently in early secondary school. My parents, coming from Africa, couldn't really understand how to bring me and my sister up in London as teenagers, so we had to discover life ourselves.

"The thing we both thrived off was standing out.

"We lived in a black area and walking down the street people would laugh and ridicule me if I was wearing skinny jeans. At the time it was hurtful but also kind of cool in a way."

He adds: "These days me and [bandmate] Daniel [Hylton] get it all the time where people are like: 'It's so great to see black guys in a guitar band'.

"It's nice of them to say but it shouldn't be the case.

"On tour, we've been dressed in our comfy clothes for soundcheck - puffer jacket and trackie bottoms - and someone's made a comment like; 'Are these guys gonna start rapping now or something?'

"It was an empty room, so we heard it.

Last year saw the release of Haus's EP SWYS and they plan to release a more electronic-sounding debut album before the end of the year. They are also booked for several UK festival performances already.

The EP includes a spoken word tribute to the diversity of their home city, courtesy of poet Cecilia Knapp, at the start of Say What You Say (above).

It's a notion that the band, who have been championed by BBC Music Introducing in London, hope to push further via the inclusive spirit and attitude of their music.

"When we first started we were a guitar band in London, with the grime scene in our environment, but that was still underground.

"It's not really seen as competition: They're doing their thing and we're doing our thing.

"We want to take over the world and sing for humanity's positive future."

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #15 - Geowulf.

The band are just one of may artists who have signed up to new technology-driven music services companies that give songwriters and bands complete ownership of their work.

It means they get a greater share of income generated by their music.

The Liverpudlian band's fourth album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, recently entered the UK chart at number three; a career best.

Drummer Dan Haggis says: We never used to make any money because we were always paying off our advances."

"We'd get about a 20% share of revenues and the label would keep the rest.

"Now we get to keep about 90% of what we earn ...it's such a difference, it just made sense."

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The Swedish sister act are one of the bands playing BBC Music's Biggest Weekend in May.

They released their fourth album Ruins last month, four years after their previous effort Stay Gold.

"It was really important to step outside and say: 'Who am I outside this band and what happens if this band didn't exist any more?," they agreed.

Luckily, none of us have had to find out yet.

Listen to the full interview.

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The Scots singer's calls come after a petition backed by Brits show-stopper Stormzy received enough support to be considered for debate in Parliament.

After spitting out some politically-charged verses in the direction of PM Theresa May, regarding the fire that killed 71 people last summer, the grime star then urged fans to sign a petition, external urging the government to build greater public trust in the inquiry by appointing a more diverse panel.

The petition surged past the 100,000 signatures over the weekend, meaning it is expected to be debated by MPs.

Now Sande, who appeared alongside Stormzy on the Artists For Grenfell charity single, has described the London MC is an "inspiration".

She said: "I thought it was so powerful and I was just so happy that he had said something so important in his moment to shine.

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"I thought that was really admirable and inspiring as well.

"Even though it's almost been a year now, I think it's so important that we don't forget the people that lost their lives at Grenfell and we really fight for justice."

She added: "As long as people are reminded, that's going to happen. I just thought it was amazing what he did.

"You have to remember how many eyes and ears you have [on you].

The rock singer, Distillers frontwoman and Mrs Josh Homme will perform a "very special stripped down" gig at her hubby's band's show at Finsbury Park this summer.

Brody released a debut solo album in 2014 and has announced her band will play a reunion gig this year, though this will be her only solo date of the summer.

Alex Turner's Last Shadow Puppets pal Miles Kane will also support the Queens and Iggy Pop at the event.

Run The Jewels and The Hives are also on the lineup for the 30 June show.

And with Josh Homme having produced several of their albums and Iggy Pop having recruited their drummer for his last tour, we'd like to wage a bet that the Arctic Monkeys will be in attendance, at least.

A demo recorded by a 17-year-old Amy Winehouse has been released by a London producer.

Gil Cang has uploaded a previously unreleased funky R 'n' B track; My Own Way, as sang by Amy, who died in 2011, aged 27.

Check it out above.

Cang, who co-wrote the track, told the Camden New Journal, external

“We’d been writing quite a lot of pop tunes, doing a lot of pop promos with various artists who would come in, many of various, dubious talent.

"Amy came in to see us, opened her mouth and just blew us all away."

The song is a pretty rare find as, as the Guardian reports, external, all of Amy's unfinished demos were destroyed by her label after her death.

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Another sadly recently departed singer, Chris Cornell, returns too in the next video (above) for the Johnny Cash-inspired You Never Knew My Mind.

“I met the man once or twice in my life," said the late Soundgarden frontman, who died last year aged 52.

"He was so gracious and he was such an influence on me as a musician. And he also covered a song that I wrote. Since that time, I’ve felt like he’s maybe one of the bigger presences in my life, in terms of artists that I’m a fan of.”

The track will feature on a new record; Johnny Cash: Forever Words, which sees the legendary country rocker's unknown poems turned into songs.

Johnny's son, John Carter Cash, said of the ballad; "Chris took the two pieces and put them together ... I can't listen to it without it laying me down."

Watch above.

The album is out on 6 April.

Hands up who remembers when 50 Cent suddenly remembered he had around $7m worth of bitcoin sitting around?

Well, now - in recently leaked bankruptcy court papers - he has apparently admitted he has never in his life owned a Bitcoin.

The documents, obtained by US website The Blast, say: "Recent media reports have falsely stated he failed to disclose his haul of Bitcoins to court, but in reality he has never owned, and does not own, a bitcoin account."

Apparently, he was indeed paid with the crypto-currency for his 2014 album Animal Ambition but it was converted to US dollars before it ever reached him.

Fiddy - whose real name is Curtis Jackson - was happy to go along with the press reports (and even posted a few now-deleted tweets) as long as the story "is not irreparably damaging to my image or brand".

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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Baby Chicago shared the spotlight with pouting new mum Kim Kardashian West for the first time last night.

Either she's been genetically spliced with teddy bears or that's a mobile filter over her head.

We'll have to wait and see if Chicago appears alongside her mum and dad Kanye West when they battle it out with the in-laws on US TV show Family Feud.

Kanye won't have time for a rap career at this rate.

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Here's three bits of Manchester indie band Everything Everything news;

1. They have a brand new EP: A Deeper Sea
2. It provided a Hottest Record in the shape of Breadwinner
3. Both are just in time for their biggest UK/Ireland tour to date, which kicks off in Dublin tomorrow night.

That's the hat-trick right there people.

Singer Jonathan Higgs told Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac the lads "had some unfinished business... on the [last] record".

"There's a few more things we wanted to put out there," he added.

"We didn't want to wait until another album and we thought it would be cool to suddenly surprise everyone and chuck something out before we head out on tour."

As well as two new tracks and a remix, the new EP also sees E² take on an absolute Neil Young classic; Don't Let It Bring You Down, in the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

Listen to Jon talking Annie through it all above and check out the new music video below.

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Morning all and thanks for flying with Music News LIVE again today.

Great to have you on board.

Today we'll have news of 50 Cent, who apparently isn't a Bitcoin millionaire after all, Kanye West's wife Kim Kardashian shares the first photo of baby Chicago and Emeli Sande underlines the "fight for justice" regarding the Grenfell Tower fire.

Plus two newly released tracks from two now sadly departed singing stars; Amy Winehouse and Chris Cornell.

But let's kick off today with Sir Michael of Jagger, who spoke to Radio 2's Chris Evans this morning about The Rolling Stones first UK tour in 12 years.

His ears may not be what they once were, but Mick still thinks that time is on his side.

"We haven't played the UK for a long time," he said.

"We played Hyde Park and that was some while ago and Glastonbury and that sort of thing -that was 2013.

"It seems relatively recent to me. To some people it might seem a long time ago and I think it's a good time to come back."

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