Our short time together is at an end folks but don't worry, if your'e feeling in need, please scroll down for news of a Pogues musical, a confirmation (sort of) from Liam Payne about the birth of his baby Bear, Radiohead releasing a 'lost' classic, new music from Harry Styles and tributes to Grandaddy's bass player Kevin Garcia, who has died aged 41.

We'll be back with more music news tomorrow including a review of Blondie at the Roundhouse in London - a venue they first played in 1978.

Here's another clip from Later...with Jools (above) showing that, at age 71, Ms Harry still has it.

Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro have released an arty new live performance video for their track Friends and Enemies.

We don't know what's more impressive; the video camera work or the combined ink work on the boys tattooed bodies.

Tough call.

Anyway, it's the sixth single taken from their 2016 album Ellipsis and you can check it out above.

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Okay, time to slow it down a little folks as we all cruise towards the work finish line together on this Wednesday afternoon.

Singing siblings The Staves delivered a beautiful cover of Jackson Browne's These Days for Jo Whiley this afternoon.

Smoothness personified but only after a mild pre-song panic that culminated in Camilla Staveley-Taylor accused by sisters Jessia and Emily of being "naked from the waist down".

Luckily it's only radio.

Here's John Lennon as you haven't seen him.

It's a trailer for a new graphic novel about his final years in New York and its based on a 2010 novel Lennon by David Foeniknos.

It's been described as "true biographical fiction", which, as we all know, means...erm... 

Anyway, the drawings are pretty. 

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Chance the Rapper has cancelled a string of European festival dates due to “scheduling conflicts.”

Oya in Norway, Way Out West in Sweden, HAVEN in Denmark and Pukkelpop in Belgium have all now fallen by the wayside.

There's still chance to catch the Chicago hip hop star at Wireless Festival in London though, as that gig will still go ahead.

Little consolation to the people of Gothenburg that news, but hopefully it eases your worried mind.

A statement sent to Way Out West, reads: “It is with regret that Chance the Rapper has to cancel his upcoming performance at Way Out West and his European festival tour in August.

BBC Radio 1

Brighton's loudest rock 'n' roll duo Royal Blood have been warming up for their appearance at Radio 1's Big Weekend by playing a live gig at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.

Tune in above from about 53 minutes to hear the lads talk DJ MistaJam through their forthcoming album How Did We Get So Dark? and their pre-gig routine, before rocking Maida Vale to it's core.

If you're more of a visual learner then there's also a 360 degree video of them performing that you can play around with until your hearts content.

The Hollywood Reporter

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Michael Buble is to appear at an award ceremony in Ottawa in June where he is due to receive a career tribute.

The crooner's honour will be presented at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards ceremony and comes three weeks after his wife, Luisana Lopilato said their son Noah was doing "well" following his cancer treatment in Los Angeles.

Michael Buble withdrew from hosting duties at the BBC Music Awards, the Brits and the Juno Awards in his native Canada to care for his three-year-old.

"All of Canada wishes the Buble family the very best, and we’re thrilled they will be here to enjoy the 25th anniversary of the awards," said Peter Herrndorf, head of the National Arts Centre.

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Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan will join the likes of Steps, Sir Bryn Terfel, Michael Ball and the BBC Concert Orchestra in performing at the BBC's Proms in the Park in Hyde Park this summer.

Britain's largest outdoor classical music event promises a rousing finale to proms season, culminating in a live big-screen link-up to the Royal Albert Hall for the traditional Last Night sing-along.

Click here for more info.

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OK so you've probably had your lunch by now, so here's something to wash it down with.

Following Kasabian's latest banger yesterday, Sarf-end (that's Southend non-Londoners) rockers Nothing But Thieves are staking a claim to hottest record throne with their track Amsterdam.

In fact it's rightfully theirs, according to MisterJam. And ultimately it's his decision.

The lads popped into the studio to "let the world know what we've been up to."

Find out above if you've been kept awake at night worrying about it. :) 

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If you find yourself holidaying in the Americas - somewhere near a dark desert highway - then beware.

Because Eagles (the US country rockers, not the animal) are suing a hotel in Mexico that calls itself the Hotel California; after their hit song, external and album.

The LA rock band claim the 11-room hotel, in Todos Santos, "actively encourages" guests to believe it is associated with them in order to sell merchandise.

They claim the hotel plays Eagles songs in the lobby are now seeking an injunction to stop the hotel from using the name, plus damages.

Read more.

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NME

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Frontman Robert Plant has taken a leaf out of Radiohead's book and looks set to drive Led Zep fans wild with curiosity.

He's left a very simple but effective message on his website, external declaring "Any time now..."

The band last played together in 2007 and next year will be their 50th anniversary.

Cue the rumours.

That's all we actually know for now though so we won't continue to ramble on., external

Steven McIntosh
Entertainment Reporter

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Crissie Rhode and Ben Earle have gone from strength to strength since they singed their record deal in 2013.

The duo were the first ever British country act to score a top 10 album, they played a headline slot at Glastonbury last year, and are now taking their sound to the US after signing a record deal with the man who discovered Taylor Swift.

They've been sticking to home soil for the last few weeks, though, with an 11-date UK tour which culminated on Tuesday evening with a show at the London Palladium.

The prolific venue was packed out with country fans, who got to their feet as the duo took to the stage and launched straight in to Nashville Grey Skies.

The energy stayed high for songs like Drive and Jekyll and Hyde, but one of the highlights of the night was actually a cover version - a gorgeous stripped-back rendition of Robbie Williams's Angels. 

Earle explained the band had rehearsed it for a BBC Radio 2 set earlier this year, but were cut short from playing it live on air when Williams, who was appearing on the same show, jokingly stopped them because their version was "too good".

The audience whooped and cheered when Chrissie championed the increasing popularity of country music in the UK, but the noise soon died down as she launched into a beautiful rendition of Daddy's Little Girl, a poignant song about her father who died when she was very young, which she dedicated to her family in the audience.

The encore gave the audience the song they've been waiting for - A Thousand Hallelujahs - and saw the evening end on a high. 

If US audiences are as enthusiastic about the duo as this London crowd was, The Shires will have a very bright future across the Atlantic.

Debbie Harry and the rest of her New York gang swung by the BBC Studios in Kent last night to perform a new track for Jools Holland.

They were there for a Long Time (as well as good time).

The track is taken from their forthcoming album Pollinator and you can check out a clip of their performance below.

Baltimore performance art-rockers Future Islands and British comeback trio London Grammar were also in the building for episode four of series 50 - yes 50 (!) of Later...

The full show will be broadcast on BBC Two on Friday at 23:15 BST.

But seeing as we like you, here's a glimpse of the Future(s) below...

...sounding great but dancing like your dad at a wedding.

Variety

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The late Michael Jackson's teenage daughter Paris will make her film acting debut opposite Brit actor David Oyelowo in a new thriller., external

According to a report in trade magazine Variety, Paris will star in the as-yet-untitled film, which sees David play a mild-mannered US businessman who ends up stranded in Mexico with a price on his head.

Paris will be acting across some heavyweight talent including Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley.

And the edgy 19-year-old will be expected to stretch herself, portraying "an edgy 20-year-old". 

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So we all know what that mysterious poster/video campaign was about now (scroll down if you're the only one who still doesn't).

Turns out it isn't a new Radiohead/REM collab as some of you had conspired about online yesterday.

It's a re-mastered re-issue complete with B sides and added unreleased tunes and the new two-sided tracklist goes a little something like this:

1. AIRBAG
2. PARANOID ANDROID
3. SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN
4. EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM)
5. LET DOWN
6. KARMA POLICE
7. fitter happier
8. ELECTIONEERING
9. CLIMBING UP THE WALLS
10. NO SURPRISES
11. LUCKY
12. THE TOURIST

1. I PROMISE
2. MAN OF WAR
3. LIFT
4. LULL
5. MEETING IN THE AISLE
6. MELATONIN
7. A REMINDER
8. POLYETHYLENE (PARTS 1 & 2)
9. PEARLY
10. PALO ALTO
11. HOW I MADE MY MILLIONS

The appearance of never-before-released tracks such as I Promise, Man of War and Lift - as well as Paranoid Android B Side Polythene - has caused corners of the internet to meltdown since the announcement.

Question is - will buying this new old record make you fitter happier? 

Press Association

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The music of The Pogues is set to play a big part in a new musical by David Simon, the creator of the cult TV series The Wire.

David and his wife, crime novelist Laura Lippman are on the "final script stage" of the project, bandmember Spider Stacy told the Press Association,

Set in an Irish boozer in the New York neighbourhood of Hell's Kitchen, the musical will explore gentrification in the area during the 1990s.

Stacy, who had a small role in Simon's post-Hurricane Katrina drama Treme, said: "David's had various TV projects which have obviously taken precedence because this is a long process."

The band's tin-whistle player is a consultant on the project and added: "It's a bit intimidating. This is the guy who created the Wire."

The Irish band, led by Shane MacGowan, were formed in 1982 and split, for a second time, in 2014.

Kevin Garcia, bassist and a founding member of the US alt-rock band Grandaddy has died at the age of 41, two days after suffering a "massive stroke".

Writing on their official Facebook page, external, Grandaddy said they were “absolutely shattered” by the news.

"We were all able to say goodbye to him and he was surrounded by his closest friends and family here in Modesto.

"He was an actual angel. He navigated life with a grace, a generosity and a kindness that was utterly unique. And contagious. He is loved so deeply by so many."

The band said the stroke, on 1 May, caused "catastrophic" damage to Garcia's brain and shared details of a crowdfunding site, external for his family's costs following his death.

He is survived by his wife Sondra and two children, Jayden and Gavin.

The band played at the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow just a few week prior to Garcia's death and you can watch the highlights of their set below.

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Harry Styles has offered another taster of his hotly-anticipated self-titled debut album.

The acoustic Sweet Creature was premiered on Zane Lowe's show on Apple Music's Beats 1. 

The song was co-written by Harry and Thomas Hull who wrote Calvin Harris and Florence Welch's Sweet Nothing. 

Have a listen below and see what you think, we defy you not to think of a certain Beatles classic, external...

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After having been teased for a week with a series of cryptic posters and video messages, Radiohead fans have now found that all their birthdays and Christmases have come at once.

The band have announced the release of OKNOTOK, external, a special re-issue of their seminal 1997 album OK Computer - to mark it's 20 birthday.

The remastered version of the album will come complete with b-sides and three un-released tracks from that era, titled I Promise, Man of War and Lift (more on that uber fan's favourite to come).

A further plot twist sees the re-issue released on 23 June (ring any bells?)...

...that's the date the band will headline Glastonbury festival.

Album played in full anybody? #justsaying #rumourmill 

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien has told 6 Music's Matt Everitt (below) about the band's great lost 'anthem' Lift , externaland how it was deliberately left off the original album in case its success killed the band.

(It's a constant concern for us when writing this page each day).

Self sabotage of the highest order.

BBC Newsbeat

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We weren't given 100% confirmation yesterday whether reports of 1D's Liam Payne and Cheryl's son's name were true... or just 'Bear'-face lies.

But now it seems that daddy bear has confirmed it in a tweet to a certain outdoor adventurer with the same name.

The couple received thousands of tweets responding to reports their son was called Bear and among them was a comment from survival expert Bear Grylls - whose real name is Edward.

"Great choice! Love & blessings to you guys as you start on the greatest adventure," Edward wrote.

To which the One Direction singer replied: "Thanks man hope he grows with an ounce of your courage!"

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We're glad that's settled...

...we simply couldn't take the Payne of the Cheryl baby name game any longer.