That's all we have today but scroll down for a contrite Stormzy saying sorry for homophobic tweets he sent out several years ago, tributes to David Cassidy, beef between Nick Cave and and Roger Waters, Nelly's all-male Saudi gig, a session from Sigrid and Bjork's full 6 Music interview.

Plus news of how/where Nile Rodgers and Chic will be spending New Year.

We'll leave with a musical tribute to the actor Rodney Bewes who has died aged 79, courtesy of the other Likely Lads, aka Carl and Pete aka The Libertines.

Take it away fellas...

What a lovely clean tongue that is - that person must brush and floss regularly.

This is how Pharrell Williams decided to alert us to the fact that his band's eponymous fifth album will be out on 15 December.

News that's bound to put a big smile on most of our faces.

The record will feature Lemon; their scorching hot collab with Rihanna.

BBC Culture
BBC Culture

It may be hard to imagine now but once upon a time, artists like Queen, The Who, David Bowie and Led Zeppelin had to audition to be played on the BBC.

Some like Led Zep passed with flying colours, but others did not, as BBC Culture discovered.

T Rex were described as "crap... and pretentious crap at that", Queen referred to as a "lightish progressive band" and Bowie (above) as an "Amateur sounding vocalist who sings wrong notes and out of tune.”

Wonder what they all ended up doing?

BBC Newsbeat

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John Legend and his model/.presenter wife Chrissy Teigen have announced they are expecting their second child.

"Very excited to not have to hide this any more," Teigen wrote on Snapchat, while posing in a dress highlighting her bump.

The pair, who've been married since 2013, already have a daughter - one-year-old Luna.

In fact it was Luna who broke the news really...

German police have recovered more than 100 items stolen from paperback writer John Lennon's estate, including three diaries.

The diaries were put on display at Berlin police headquarters with other items including a tape recording of a Beatles concert, two pairs of glasses, sheet music and a cigarette case.

Police said a 58-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

Clearly a jealous guy.

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The items were stolen in New York in 2006 from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, who identified the objects from photos she was shown at the German consulate in New York, German media reported.

Detectives said much of the haul was confiscated from an auction house in Berlin in July, sparking an investigation to find the rest of the stolen items.

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Fresh off the heels of their spectacular Radio 2 in Concert gig last month, Nile Rodgers and Chic will be playing this year's New Year’s Eve (or Hogmanay to the laddies and lassies north of the border) special on BBC One.

They're following in the footsteps of Gary Barlow, Queen + Adam Lambert, Bryan Adams and Robbie Williams.

The live concert will be broadcast before and after the fireworks display on the River Thames.

Nile said the gig "is a great way to end our 40th year in a spectacular fashion and kick off a new year that will start with the release of the first new Chic music in years."

The King of Sweden might want to tune in for this one...

1Xtra

Jeremiah Asiamah, Melody Kane, Kenny Allstar and Snoochie Shy have all been snapped up to enjoy residencies on the digital station.

Jeremiah - who has made regular appearances on 1Xtra over the past year with Toddla T, Charlie Sloth, Sian Anderson and more will host a weekly show from 23:00-01:00 GMT from next Wednesday.

Melody Kane joins in the new year, while Kenny Allstar will also host his own monthly residency from 10 January.

Completing the new line-up is DJ, model and presenter, Snoochie Shy, who brings her stylish vibes to the studio from 17 January.

Snoochie (above) says: “I'm so excited to get started with my 1Xtra residency!

"I can't believe that my mad self has been given a show! It's a great station and more than anything I’m super happy to be able to play the music I love from the UK on BBC 1Xtra!

Kenny Allstar says: “Being on 1Xtra has always been a childhood dream of mine and I’m truly gassed to finally get the opportunity to broadcast to the nation and begin what I’m sure will be a sick journey with 1Xtra.”

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South London grime superstar Stormzy has posted a full and frank apology for sending admittedly "homophobic" messages on social media.

The tweets, which were sent between 2011 and 2014 and have since been deleted, re-surfaced online this week.

Today, the 24-year-old has said sorry for the "unacceptable and disgusting" messages sent by his younger self out of "ignorance", which has now been "unlearned".

He concludes by apologising to everyone he's offended including the LGBTQ community.

Read the lengthy apology in full below.

The Great British Bake Off host will play the shock rocker, better known to his friends as musician Vince Furnier, in the new series of Urban Myths to be broadcast on the satellite channel.

In another episode, comedian Jack Whitehall will play the late glam rocker Marc Bolan, opposite Luke Treadaway as David Bowie, as the pair meet pre-fame in their shared manager’s office.

The series, hit the headines earlier this year when Jospeh Fiennes, a white actor was cast as Michael Jackson.

The episode was axed before it was broadcast with his daughter Paris saying, despite not having seen it, that Fiennes’ portrayal of her father “honestly made me want to vomit”.

Noel Fielding has rock 'n' roll experience having previously played the role of Vlad the Impaler (above) in the video for Kasabian's track of the same name.

If you've seen the Leicester rockers perform live in the last few years then chances are you saw Vlad live in the flesh too...

The Hollywood Reporter

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The legal action is over continued use of the band's name.

In papers filed by Fagen, he says an agreement signed by the band in 1972 says that in the event of any members' death or his quitting the band, his share goes to the remaining members.

But around seven years ago, Donald and Walter - who died in September - were the only signatories.

Now Walter's widow has apparently demanded 50 percent ownership of Steely Dan.

Fagen also says the Becker estate currently operates the band's website and refuses to relinquish or share control of it.

He's asked for upward of $1m in damages and is asking the court to rule the original contract is valid and declare him the sole owner of the Steely Dan name and all musical rights associated with it.

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American R&B star SZA has uploaded a new video of her performing a stripped-down version of Go Gina, from her debut album CTRL, in a beautiful woodland passage.

The 27-year-old is getting back to nature with just a bass player and a magic mirror for company, amidst the forest greenery.

What else do you need?

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Queens of the Stone Age will join forces with their old pal Iggy Pop and more for a mega outdoor gig in London next summer.

Run the Jewels, The Hives and more acts will come together at Finsbury Park on 30 June.

At least if Queens frontman Josh Homme wants to poison his lungs with cigarette smoke he will be outside and therefore free to do so .

Tickets are available from Friday 1 December.

BBC Radio 1

West London singer Isaac Gracie's new track Terrified was crowned Hottest Record by Annie Mac last night.

Isaac, who has drawn comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Ryan Adams, told the Radio 1 DJ that the heartfelt ballad is an "ode to being terrified".

Annie calls it "brutually honest".

We call it a belter. Listen for yourself above.

We had a chat with Isaac at the Wilderness festival during the summer (below).

Anyone remotely familiar with the work of the hard-partying lothario US rapper will understand that this is a most unlikely of matches.

The conservative Arab state has been known to ban artists from singing about sex, drugs and alcohol.

Nelly has, in his time, been known to sing about the joys of all three. In fairness he raps about very little else...

As Time magazine, external reports, the 43-year-old will support Bedouin folk singer Cheb Khaled of Algeria at the gig on December 14, with tickets being made available to men only for up to $120 (£90).

Nelly pleased guilty to possession of marijuana in the States in 2015.

Smuggling drugs is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

The Grammy-winning rapper was also briefly arrested in October after a woman accused him of rape on his tour bus, though the charges were dropped soon after.

He'll follow in the footsteps of US country singer Toby Keith, who performed a concert for the Saudi King, during Donald Trump's visit in May (see above).

Keith told The Atlantic, external he was under strict orders not to perform any of his more racy numbers about womanizing, drinking and drug-taking.

“There were only four or five things that I could play that were famous,” he said.

If Keith's country ballads are deemed too racy then what on earth Nelly with have left in his setlist after inspection is anyone's guess.

Basically you can draw a line right through any of his popular hits.

Nelly sings the show tunes perhaps? Or a few Michael Buble covers?

We'd pay £90 to see that for sure.

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BBC 6 Music

You can now listen in full to Lauren Laverne's interview with the wonderfully mysterious artist on 6 Music, about her forthcoming new album Utopia.

Well, that's if she doesn't change its name first.

"Quite often I have working titles and then always like 5 minutes before a deadline, my brain will implode, smoke will come out and the real title will come. It hasn't happened yet but I have all my friends helping me and I have about 1,000 titles now."

Two days to go Bjork. two days...

BBC Radio 2

The 21-year-old Norwegian singer was a guest on Jo Whiley's show on Radio 2 on Tuesday night.

Along with an acoustic version of her summer of 2017 smash hit Don't Kill My Vibe, she also did a stripped back cover of Jessie Ware's Alone which you can hear above.,

"I've been listening to the song on repeat," Sigrid told Jo.

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has ripped into Nick Cave over his "arrogant unconcern" and "implacable indifference" towards UK Artists for Palestine's cultural boycott of Israel.

Nick and his band the Bad Seeds ignored pleas from the likes of Roger, Brian Eno and filmmaker Ken Loach in performing two gigs in the Israeli capital on Sunday and Monday night.

In a pre-gig press conference, Cave said his decision to go ahead with the concerts was about "making a principled stand".

Now, artists including Waters and Eno have hit back.

The Floyd bassist opened his response with; "I read Nick Cave’s press conference statements with a mixture of sorrow, rage and disbelief.

"Nick thinks this is about censorship of his music?

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Eno asserted his belief that while Cave "has every right to come to his own conclusions...this has nothing to do with ‘silencing’ artists'."

Adding that he finds the singer's charges "rather grating when used in a context where a few million people are permanently and grotesquely silenced."

Director Loach, who directed films like I, Daniel Blake, Kes and Looking For Eric, said the situation is quite clear.

“Nick Cave has a choice, either to stand with the oppressed Palestinians or the Israeli state which denies them their human rights. He chooses to stand with the oppressor.”

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Music stars have paid warm tributes to US actor and singer David Cassidy who has died aged 67.

Cassidy found fame in The Partridge Family - a 1970s sitcom about a mother and her five children forming a rock and roll band - before going on to become a 1970s teen pop idol with hits such as I Think I Love You.

"David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long," a family statement said.

Harry Connick Jr said "he was always so kind to me", while British star Marc Almond called him an "underrated singer".

Morning all.

Today on MNL we'll have reaction to the sad news that seventies pop idol David Cassidy (above) has died aged 67.

Roger Waters responds in no uncertain terms to Nick Cave over his stance on the Bad Seeds recent Israel gigs, plus a new album of unreleased INXS songs surfaces 20 years on from singer Michael Hutchence's death.

We'll have a new video from SZA, Sigrid in session for Radio 2, a hottest record from Issaac Gracie too.

Plus, Bjork's full 6 Music interview is now available, John Lennon's missing diaries are found and rapper Nelly is to play in Saudi Arabia to an all-male audience.