Haaaaaappy birthday to you!

We're off to help them celebrate their milestone and we'll tell you all about it tomorrow. See you up there if you're going too.

If not, you'll have to accept the music news stories we have left for you below including The Boss and The National paying tribute to Tom Petty, with a Cher musical in the works we take a look at some of the 'jukebox musical' hits and misses and The Killers deliver a special message to the citizens of their hometown Las Vegas.

Comedian-turned-singer Jason Manford also tells us which singers crack him up and there's some top advice from Rae Morris on how to make it in music biz.

We'll leave you with some lovely messages from some music stars who have had a leg up from Introducing down the years.

Ciao for now.

Yep, it's that most special time of the year again.

Whether Taylor Swift realises it or not her fans have kindly compiled this collage of the star alongside some of her furry friends to mark #worldanimalday.

Superstar DJ Armin van Buuren has found some time for his feline companion too today. When he's not busy knocking out banging beats the Dutchman can be found hanging out with his cat Pepper.

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"Are they still serving soup downstairs?"

The Blossoms have finished their soundcheck at the BBC Introducing anniversary show in Brixton, and they're ready to be fed... But not before we grab them for a chat.

The band say they first got in touch with BBC Introducing "almost as soon as we started" in August 2013, sending them an early demo of Blown Rose,, external which later ended up on their debut album.

"They didn't play it," says singer Tom Ogden. "They must have thought we were hopeless."

But they persevered - sending in several songs until, finally, BBC Radio Manchester played Madeliene - which later became a b-side.

"We were buzzing. There was a real excitement around it," Ogden recalls.

They've now scored a number one album and a Mercury Prize nomination... but every so often, someone at BBC Introducing stumbles across one of those early demos.

"I got an email another week," says Ogden. "It said, ‘Someone in the East Midlands has listened to your track – but it doesn’t guarantee you a play!’"

You can hear the Blossom's set on Radio 1 from 19:00 BST tonight. We'll have more backstage gossip for you on tomorrow's Music News Live.

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Do were need to say any more than that?

The Bard of Salford is seems has been taking a break from penning wry observations about modern life to learn how to hit a small ball into a small hole.

He's even getting into the fashion, he tells 6 Music.

"Sensational, fabulous, if you look back to the days of F Scott Fitzgerald, it was he best kit. I'd have used it as casual wear," he says, adding he is a particular fan of British golf star Tony Jacklin (below).

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Earlier, we heard Bruce Springsteen paying tribute to his "long lost brother" Tom Petty.

Now the US rock star has been speaking about his forthcoming album, as well as his Broadway show and living a "relatively normal life" on 500-acre farm, just 10 miles from the town he grew up in, in New Jersey.

Speaking to Variety about the Burt Bacharach-inspired new record, the 68-year-old said: "It’s connected to my solo records writing-wise…but it’s not like them at all. Just different characters living their lives.

“It’s kind of waiting for its moment. Good music doesn’t go away!"

We shall simply wait until it is ready then Bruce.

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Well, we weren't expecting that. Were you?

The singer-songwriter appeared as a special guest of the band, that formed at Leeds University before going on to win the Mercury Prize in 2012 with An Awesome Wave.

They also brought a string section with them too.

You can watch today's set on the BBC Red Button from 19:00pm tonight.

Back to the BBC Introducing gig in south London later tonight.

Earlier we heard from Rae Morris about how she got started with Introducing and now she shares her best and worst career advice and offers her own tips to aspiring musicians.

We think that not handing an esteemed DJ a blank CD (scroll down) should have been top of the list of don'ts...

We have to confess, Love Island passed us by but enough of you watched it that two of its contestants Chris and Kem could actually go top five this week (maybe even number one) with their above... interesting... effort.

According to the Official Charts, Little Bit Leave It by Chris, who finished third and Kem, one half of the winning couple is currently at Number 22 and it could finish inside this week's Top 5.

But one person who won't be happy is grime star Lethal Bizzle.

He's told the pair they "need to have a conversation" after he said they used his phrase 'Leave it', without permission in their single.

"It's the people that made me realise, 'Biz, are you getting a percentage out of this?'," he said.

Speaking on the 1Xtra Breakfast Show today, they said they don't want any "beef" with the rapper.

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Comedian Jason Manford releases his debut album A Different Stage on Friday.

The LP, which features show tunes from the likes of Les Miserables and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will see the Mancunian follow in a long line of entertainers who have, down the years swapped jokes, for songs.

Think Billy Connolly, Tim Minchin, Victoria Wood, Donald Glover and James Corden (below)...the list goes on...

Oh and some bloke called Bradley Walsh who was last year's biggest selling debut artist.

But which singers does Jason think are funny enough to do the reverse?

Find out above. No spoilers please...

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George Ezra tops the bill at tonight's BBC Introducing 10th birthday party at Brixton Academy in London.

The Hertford singer has been telling Radio 2's Chris Evans about how he simply uploaded one song Angry Hill and his first name to the new music service.

Next thing he knew he was getting a telling off for not providing enough info and then put on a train to Glastonbury.

Listen above and scroll down for more from another of the Introducing alumni Rae Morris.

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Ooh, look what you made her do.

Taylor Swift is leading the pack with six nominations for the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards in London.

Canadian singer Shawn Mendes was nominated in five categories while Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran earned four each.

All four go head to head for best artist while Taylor will battle it out with her old friend/foe Katy Perry for best video.

Rag‘n’Bone Man is up for best new artist while former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles and Zayn are head to head for best look (what do you mean that's not a real award?)

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This year's awards will be held at the SSE Arena, Wembley on Sunday 12 November with Rita Ora on hosting duties.

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Country music star Jason Aldean has cancelled a string of concerts after 58 people were shot dead while watching him perform in Las Vegas on Sunday.

The singer has called off three Californian shows that were due to happen this week in Los Angeles, San Diego and Anaheim.

He said getting back on stage in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday 12 October would be "very tough and emotional".

Aldean was playing at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman fired into the crowd. A further 527 were injured.

In the below Ttweet he wrote: "I feel like out of respect for the victims, their families and our fans, it is the right thing to do.

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Well not anymore she ain't.

Her new album Take Me Apart is out on Friday and the 34-year-old Washington DC singer says she "busted her ass" on it.

So no wonder she "feels proud". Prouder still that track two Waitin made it as Annie Mac's hottest record last night and you can check it above.

Speaking of Annie Mac, the DJ recently went in search of answers as to why so many nightclubs in the UK have closed down in recent years. You can find out what she found out in her documentary Who Killed The Night? on the iPlayer now.

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Get tuned into 6 Music now for day three of their special week of live gigs.

So far this week has seen Morrissey on fine and provocative form, followed by an awe-inspiring performance from Mogwai.

Can Alt-J top that?

Still to come are rising British hip hop star Loyle Carner on Thursday and the legendary Robert Planet on Friday.

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Las Vegas' finest indie rock 'n' rollers The Killers have sent out a heartfelt message to the people of their home city in the wake of the mass shooting which left up to 59 people dead.

The band, who recently released fifth studio album Wonderful Wonderful tweeted: "We've got heavy hearts. We love you, Las Vegas."

Brandon Flowers (above) and co last week performed at the AFL 'Aussie rules football' Grand Final in Melbourne, Australia. They'll head back to their native America this month to perform before flying to UK in November.

Fellow US indie kids Foster the People also dropped their biggest hit Pumped Up Kicks from their setlist this week out of respect for the dead.

The band played in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday but, as Spin, external reports, frontman Mark Foster told the audience that "it felt wrong" for them to play their biggest hit which is about about a boy imagining shooting his classmates

He said: "It felt like it would’ve been irreverent, even though that song is about gun violence and stopping that.”

The band covered John Lennon’s Love, external instead, urging the crowd to “love each other every day." It is an understandably emotional live crowd though so be warned there may be some bad background language.

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A Cher musical? Believe it, because the story of her life is heading to Broadway next year.

The show will preview in Chicago in spring 2018 before transferring to New York.

"It seems crazy, exciting and bizarre - but that's probably how my life seems to most people," said the legendary diva.

In the UK, a Tina Turner musical is heading to London in 2018.

They will both be massive. Or maybe they won't.

Theatreland is littered with hits and misses when it comes to so-called "jukebox musicals".

For every Jersey Boys, there is a Viva Forever.

Entertainment reporter Emma Saunders has been looking at some of the successes and flops.

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For those not in the know, it's BBC Introducing day, marking 10 years of showcasing the best unsigned, self-signed and emerging musical talent in the UK.

To celebrate, there's a massive gig at Brixton Academy in London later, with appearances from the likes of Blossoms, Declan McKenna, Nao, Slaves and George Ezra (more from George later).

Blackpool born singer-songwriter Rae Morris is also on the line-up.

Her association with BBC Introducing goes back to 2011, when, at the age of just 20, she played at the Reading Festival, external after attracting the attention of a local BBC Radio presenter.

"I remember making some demo CDs and managing to give one to (former Radio 1 DJ) Zane Lowe and realising that there was nothing on it when I got home," she told us.

"That was kind of unfortunate but it worked out in the end. [He probably thought] 'This is really avant garde, just nothing.'

"I don't know whether he listened to it but I was so sad when I got back home."

Read the full interview with Rae.

Ohio indie rockers The National appeared on Later...with Jools last night.

The band, who recently enjoyed a four night residency at London's Hammersmith Apollo, found time backstage to pay a musical tribute to Tom with a stripped back acoustic version of Damaged By Love.

Check it above and watch them performing latest sing Day I Die, external for Jools.

Also in the Maidstone studio last night was Morrissey, who this week courted controversy by questioning the validity of the recent UKIP leadership vote during his 6 Music Live set on Monday.

He performed...sorry, played (Moz doesn't like that word - noting that "seals perform") new single Spent the Day In Bed and you can watch that above too.

Also on the bill were Queens of the Stone Age, external - backed by a string section no less, Jessie Ware, external and 19-year-old American pop/R&B sensation Khalid.

Check him out above playing Young, Dumb & Broke.

We've all played that at some point...

Watch last night's Later again or view the full show on Saturday at 23:00 BST on BBC Two.

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In yesterday's Music News LIVE you couldn't move for tributes flooding in to American rocker Tom Petty, who died aged 66.

Beatles, Stones and Kinks legends, as well as Bob Dylan and Coldplay, all tipped the cap to the former Heartbreaker and Traveling Wilbury.

Now, you can add the name of another US rock great to that list as Bruce Springsteen says he and his band are "devastated and heartbroken".

In a series of tweets, The Boss described Petty as "a great songwriter and performer" and "a long lost brother, external"

You can watch Tom Petty in action with The Heartbreakers at Oxford Polytechnic in 1980 on the iPlayer now, as Rock Goes to College.

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Yeezy's The Life of Pablo album is the first to be certified gold in the UK from streaming alone.

It means the rapper's 2016 record has been listened to more than 100,000 times, according to data from the Official Charts Company.

The album was only released on JAY-Z's Tidal service to start with.

Streaming was first used to make up the UK charts in 2015 with Kanye's gold certification awarded by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

The Life of Pablo entered the Official Albums Chart in May last year at number 30 and has spent 47 weeks in the Top 100.

The rapper cancelled his album tour in November and subsequently spent some time in hospital, before returning to the public eye for a highly-publicized meeting with then-new US President Donald Trump.

Come back with a follow-up record sooner rather than later please Kanye, as Music News LIVE is not quite the same place without you.

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