That's it for Tuesday, we'll see you for that humpiest of days Wednesday.

Until then scroll back down for the backlash against the Grammy's general snub of women, from the likes of Katy Perry and Lorde, plus the Biggest Weekend of music in May, tour news from Lionel Richie and an S Club Brit which is back on the market.

Following on from the announcement of his Farewell show in London this summer, we'll leave you with Paul Simon - still crazy after all these years.

If you're reading this in Australia and on the look out for a new guitarist then you could do worse than ask 22-year-old Joey McClennan.

Joey was invited by Foos frontman Dave Grohl to join them onstage in Brisbane, after being spotted in the crowd holding a sign asking to play their track Monkey Wrench with the band.

“Come on kid, get on up here right now,” said Grohl, before politely inquiring; “Are you sure you can play it?”

Joey did not disappoint.

He even got a cooling down courtesy of Dave and a bottle of water.

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BBC Biggest Weekend headliner Noel Gallagher may know how to pull in scores of music fans but he was given a lesson in how to fully strike a football by... well... his own two sons, live on the telly, at the weekend.

The rockstar's lads Sonny and Donovan both hit the target while their dad was left looking a bit silly on Sky footy programme Soccer AM

No pocket money for you this week - but bragging rights for sure.

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Lil Uzi Vert has made a Shetland wool company "proud" after he wore a jumper with its name on.

The US rapper and Grammy nominee performed in a knitted sweater with Jamieson & Smith, Shetland on the front during a gig in Atlanta, Georgia last year.

"It was cool to see an American rapper wearing our company name," says Ella Gordon, who works for J&S.

"We've had people come into the shop, ask all about it and take photos of a similar jumper we have on display."

It's about time he made good and played a gig in the town hall in Lerwick we think...

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Katy Perry has applauded Pink for hitting back at the Grammys president (scroll down) after he said women will simply have to "step up" next year.

Alessia Cara aside, female acts were largely ignored in the main honours stakes.

KP says she's proud of "ALL the women making incredible art", in spite of an "absurd lack of equality".

Fellow singer Charli XCX is a little more forthright in her response to Neil Portnow.

But we think he will get the message all the same.

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After news of Neil Diamond and Elton John bringing their touring life to a close (slowly, in Elton's case), a third megastar has announced his final performance.

While Lionel Richie may be heading to Scarborough Fair, Paul Simon will be Homeward Bound after bidding farewell to UK audiences at Hyde Park on Sunday 15 July.

He'll be joined by special guests James Taylor & His All-Star Band and Bonnie Raitt.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday.

After this gig it could just be the sound of silence from Paul.

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Not that far away actually, in intergalactic terms.

The Royal Albert Hall will host five special screenings of Star Wars: A New Hope with full live orchestral accompaniment for the first time ever in the UK from 16-18 November.

John Williams' famous score will be performed live on stage by the London Symphony Orchestra, who played on the original soundtrack in 1977.

Lucy Noble, Artistic Director at the Royal Albert Hall, said: “During our nine years of pioneering the Films in Concert concept, there’s one movie that’s been requested more than any other, and that’s Star Wars: A New Hope.

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Don't worry if your Millenium Falcon doesn't have the power to make it to London though, as while the LSO will remain in the capital, the concert film will still tour arenas around the country.

Check your local Arena for details.

Star Wars: A New Hope in concert:

28 November - Liverpool Echo Arena

29 November - Bournemouth International Centre

1 December - Manchester Arena

5 December - 3Arena, Dublin

7 December - Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

8 December - First Direct Arena, Leeds

9 December - SEC Centre, Glasgow

Kev Geoghegan
Music News LIVE reporter

"They still think I'm weird, they called me grandpa at school."

Twenty-three-year-old Jalen N'Gonda is something of an anachronism. Raised in Maryland, near Washington DC in the late 90s and surrounded by hip hop loving friends, he found himself picking up a guitar aged 13 and playing classic soul mixed with a bit of British invasion-era rock music.

"My music is soul, R&B, with a bit of rock, very traditional songwriting," explains the softly-spoken young singer.

With vocal shades of Smokey Robinson and Sam Cooke, the singer shares a similar retro space with musical contemporaries like Leon Bridges and Michael Kiwanuka.

Think of a modern edge on a classic sound.

"Soul was always my favourite growing up. Before I got into music at 11, I just knew songs that were out at the time, I liked Biggie and Tupac and I didn't go out out my way to listen to music but then I fell in love with music when I discovered rock and roll from the 50s and 60s which made me an outsider.

"I'd get made fun of, for listening to it. They still think I'm weird, they called me grandpa at school."

Perhaps is isn't strange then that Jalen, whose first performance was a local talent show aged 14, would eventually gravitate towards the Beatles own rock 'n' roll city to study at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.

"The decision to go to Liverpool was a joint decision between me and my dad. I wanted to go to New York City and it was tough to get into an American university but there was something about England and I've always liked the Beatles, really all the British invasion bands like the Animals and the Stones and the Zombies, so that's what pushed me.

Jalen admits it was something of a culture shock when he first arrived in the North-West, by way of Ireland.

"I landed in Dublin first and I was surrounded by Irish people and I'd never seen that many white people in one place in my life.

"I had dreadlocks as well so I probably shocked them too."

He may have traveled halfway around the world to study in the hometown of the Fab Four but it turns out that the world of academia was not for Jalen, who admits to regularly skipping classes to play gigs instead.

"I still did OK because the whole point was to get out there," he adds almost defensively. "But I spent more time in Liverpool than Lipa."

Jalen has had some support from BBC Music Introducing in Merseyside since uploading some music in 2016 and has found a champion in the shape of Jo Whiley but insists he is taking it all in his stride.

"I didn't intend to do all this solo stuff at first, I intended to play some jazz piano and do a little writing for other people."

With all this talking of writing, can he remember his first ever song?

"I remember the early songs I wrote, around 15 or 16. The earliest one I remember writing was called Hey Lady Lifeguard.

"It was about the local lifeguard at our neighbourhood pool who was very fit, it was probably a terrible song."

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #11: Dream Wife - Looking out for their 'Bad Bitches'

Well it's both really, sort of.

The London singer is apparently a massive fan of the country star, who celebrated her 72nd birthday a week and half ago.

"The effortless queen of song, Dolly Parton! We love you! We wish We could possess an ounce of your ability," she wrote on Twitter earlier.

"You were the hero of our night! A hero of my life. I'll always love you x"

Total costume commitment from Adele there - from the long red nails to the fake boobs.

The sun is shining outside (well it's still bloody freezing) but that's enough for us to get into a bit of Chromeo for Tuesday.

Here is Dave 1 and P-Thugg's latest effort from their forthcoming fifth album Head Over Heels.

If this doesn't get your head nodding then you are dead inside.

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It's shaping up to be a 'rate good' summer for fans of the Sheffield rockers.

The Monkeys have all been busy either having kids, touring with Iggy, external or swanning around in cream suits, external on their musical gap years.

But now they are back and with their sixth album on the way soon (TBC), Alex and the gang have announced a number of European festival dates including TRNSMT in Glasgow and Firefly Festival in Dover.

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Now news of a Scarborough gig, like Lionel, just yet.

Paul from S Club 7 has learned a valuable lesson - if it sounds too good to be true, then it's too good to be true.

Sadly the £66,000 bid for his best newcomer Brit award has fallen through but he would like everyone to know that it is still available.

"I am gutted that the winning bidder was total time waster. He Just wanted to wreck my sale," he gamely admitted.

So it's back up for offer again - that's the good news.

The bad news is that bids are up to £61,000 so we THINK that someone MIGHT be trying it on again...

So Scarborough really is the place to be these days, it seems.

Lionel Richie (pictured here with big Grammy winner Mr B.Mars) must have been reading Music News LIVE recently when told you that Britney Spears would play the seaside town... As now he's booked a gig there too.

Lionel will also play in places like Lincoln, Chesterfield, Shrewsbury and Leigh on his newly-announced tour, which kicks off in Northampton on 1 June.

Oh what a feeling, when you're dancing on't ceiling.

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Boom boom.

The late night chat show host (above) has addressed the politicisation of Sunday night's Grammys and in particular, stars like Camila Cabello and rapper Logic (below) speaking out about US immigration.

Be warned; Logic used President Trump's own term of affection for certain countries...

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We hope you enjoyed our coverage of 'music's biggest night'; The Grammys on Sunday night.

Bruno Mars certainly will have, as he featured heavily having swept the board winning six awards, including best song, record and album.

Alessia Cara had a great night too, winning best new artist (scroll down for more from her) but many have been left wondering why the singer was the only female to walk away with a major award.

Especially on a night that saw many wear white roses in support of the Time's Up and Me Too campaigns, which fight against sexual abuse and harassment.

This led to the hashtag #GrammysSoMale trending online, in a similar vain to #OscarsSoWhite a few years back.

Recording Academy president Neil Portnow was asked about it by Variety magazine, external and he essentially suggested that the ladies need to (wo)man up.

“It has to begin with… women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level..." he said.

Pink however does not agree that women need to "step up".

In a hand-written note to the Academy she points out "women have been stepping up since the beginning of time".

Read her note in full above.

Meanwhile, Lorde appears to have taken a dig at the Grammys too.

The Kiwi star - pictured below with future US Presidential candidate (according to Kendrick Lamar) Jay Z - was the only artist listed in the album of the year category not to be invited to perform solo.

The singer apparently turned down the chance to play a part in a Tom Petty tribute medley instead and has sent a gentle reminder to the powers that be of her abilities to "murder a stage."

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As we point out earlier, the 21-year-old singer - whose debut album was released in 2015 - was a controversial winner of the best new artist award.

While we're not ones to criticise her music, it is arguable 2017 was a bigger year for fellow nominees Khlaid and SZA.

That said, some of the criticism she has been getting prompted her to write an Instgram mesage to the haters out there.

"I will not let everything I’ve worked for be diminished by people taking offence to my accomplishments and feeling the need to tell me how much I suck.

"Here’s something fun! I’ve been thinking I suck since I was old enough to know what sucking meant. I’ve beat u to it. And that’s why this means a lot to me. despite my 183625 insecurities, I’ve been shown that what I’ve created is worth something."

Her full post is below and we should point out there are a couple of swear words in there.

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Apparently the flow of gases and other meteorological phenomena loom large in their new album Marble Skies which came out earlier this month.

Speaking to Lauren Laverne, the band said the inspiration for the title came following a show at Lollapalooza in the US.

Oh, and one of their tracks was originally called Hoover.

But that would have sucked.

You can listen to the full session now.

The band have also just share a brand new video for their track Surface to Air, which you can watch below.

If he makes it out of the woods OK that is.

The R&B singer-turned-grizzled frontiersman is set to perform at this year's event in February, joining the likes of Rita Ora, Foo Fighters, Rag’n’Bone Man, Jorja Smith, Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith.

It could be the first time a Brits dressing room rider includes a nosebag and a salt lick.

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The self-declared cosmic pop rocker will play the Scottish leg of the BBC's Biggest Weekend at the end of May.

Noel is off to Perth to perform at Scone Castle on Saturday 26 May.

Noel joked with Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans that he thought he'd been booked to play Down Under.

The Manchester City fan is also a bit concerned about the date of his gig as it may clash with a certain football fixture.

Listen above.

The biggest of secrets is out.

BBC Music has today announced some of the massive names to perform at four locations across four UK nations for four radio stations on ONE Biggest Weekend at the end of May.

Radio 1 fans will be treated to Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift in Swansea, while Noel Gallagher heads up Radio 2's coverage in Perth and 6 Music boast Beck, Courtney Barnett and Manic Street Preachers for their big gig in Belfast.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy will be sent to Coventry to perform for Radio 3.

Ed Sheeran said: “So excited to be part of The Biggest Weekend this summer! I’ve always loved performing at Big Weekend with Radio 1 and this year it’s going to be even bigger. Bring it on Swansea!”

Manic Street Preachers added: “The Biggest Weekend is in Belfast, which is good in itself. We’ve played there a lot over the years, we did one of the greatest gigs ever there back in The Limelight in 1990. And then we’ve had subsequently just lots of great gigs there, just amazing ones. It is good to spread 6 Music’s message far and wide.”

Check out the full lineup above, which will have more names added to it over the coming weeks and months.

Read more and watch our handy guide to applying for tickets above.

We'll hear from some of the key players throughout today but in the meantime here's 10 reasons to get excited.

Some of these lot below will probably have already applied, so best foot forward people...