That's all for Monday's MNL.

Scroll down for Justin Bieber on feeling "disconnected", the inquest into the death of Keith Flint and more on the R. Kelly case.

Plus in happier news, Chance gets hitched, J-Rod get engaged, plus a new Chems video and Stormzy is set for a Big Weekend beside the Teeside.

Sam Fender will be with him, so we'll leave you today with the Geordie rocker sending his Hypersonic Missiles Stateside on his US TV debut this weekend for Jimmy Kimmel.

Laters.

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With the annual song contest just around the corner, the final 41 countries taking part is now complete.

The contest will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, between 14 and 18 May.

Michael Rice will represent the UK with his ballad Bigger Than Us.

However, we like the look of Iceland's Hatari (above), clad in bondage-esque gear and performing what sounds like death metal techno.

Translated into English, the lyrics for Hatari's song read: "Hate will prevail. Happiness comes to an end. For it is an illusion. A treacherous pipe dream."

We haven't been this buzzed by a Eurovision band since Finland's Lordi in 2006.

Newsbeat has been taking a look at the runners and riders.

ICYMI at the back end of last week, here's the video for the Amsterdam indie rockers' new track Daddy Issues.

They described the cinematic effort as their "love letter to classic cinema, but also a cautionary tale."

Adding: "Our culture makes it too easy to fall in love with things which aren't real, and if you're not careful you can end up in a sort of groundhog day cycle of self-induced disappointment. I think the surreal narrative of the video encapsulates that in quite a self aware way."

Pip and co will be performing at the annual South by Southwest industry event this week in Austin, Texas.

Read more: Pip Blom - The rock band with real family 'support'

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The Brighton-based Australian singer-songwriter gave a characteristically eloquent response to a question on his fan platform Red Right Hand Files.

A woman named Sarah asked him if he ever cried during one of his own songs when he played a live show.

Rather than a simple 'yes' or 'no', Nick answered "it is very difficult to be sad on stage," explaining that he is usually "seized by the enormous energy of the crowd, and the power of the music itself, where all memories disappear and the future does not exist."

However, he added that a show at the Manchester Arena, just four months after the devastating terror bombing which killed 22 people, proved an exception.

Cave wrote: "Every now and then, a sudden thought, beyond my control, pierces this state of present-ness - a devastating image or a shocking recollection or an impossible wish - and that holy state of now ruptures and the world comes crashing in, and, well, sometimes you cry."

He added that "there was a feeling of real defiance in the room, of course, but a terrible sadness too.

"I felt an intense common bond with the audience, that became in the end almost overwhelming and which I will never forget.

"To answer your question, Sarah, generally my own songs don’t make me cry, but sometimes I cry all the same. How can we not?"

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The Nottingham-based electro rap duo have been speaking to Politics Live reporter Elizabeth Glinka about mixing politics and music.

The band released their typically politically-driven latest album, Eton Alive, last month.

So Elizabeth challenged Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn to name a politician they actually like...

Gulp.

Watch above.

After promising and ultimately delivering a handful of albums two years ago, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard used 2018 to tour and reflect.

Back in 2017 you may recall how each of KG&TWZ's album titles got progressively more ridiculous from Flying Microtonal Banana to our favourite Gumboot Soup (just in the nick of time, before New Year).

Today, the Aussie prog rockers have announced their return will come on 26 April, in the form of Fishing For Fishies.

Oh we have missed them so.

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A note to binge watch Ricky Gervais' new series, After Life, may have been ringed in your diary this weekend.

It seems it was for rock 'n' roll star Liam Gallagher.

The six-part Netflix series follows lead character Tony as he decides to punish the world around him following the death of his beloved wife.

Ricky has been quoted in the press as saying it's the best thing he's done.

Liam would tend to agree, describing the work as "beautiful."

We wonder what LG he made of Freelove Freeway, external though?

Liam is due a new work of his own out soon, with the follow-up to number one debut solo album, As You Were, on the way.

When it comes he's gonna need a new catchphrase.

Elsewhere, it's been reported Liam's fashion label Pretty Green is considering its future, having called in advisers to review options for the future of the business.

A spokesperson for the brand told the trade journal Drapers, external that it was “not immune to the challenges currently facing the UK high street."

Liam founded the label in 2009 shortly before Oasis split but has had little to do with its running since around 2017.

... by the man himself, earlier (scroll down), Mr and Mrs Chance the Rapper on their happy day.

He has tweeted the pics with the caption: "The Bennetts".

(Chance's real name is Chancelor Bennett, FYI).

He and new wife Kirsten have a daughter, three-year-old Kensli.

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The Australian band - who are effectively the Kevin Parker psych-rock disco experience, have shared a snippet of what they've been up to in the studio.

It's a typically-groovy little number and you can hear it below, coming directly from the Australian's achingly hip (and technologically obsolete) reel-to-reel recorder.

Last album Currents arrived in 2015 but we're still not sure whether its follow-up will be out by the time the band perform on Saturday Night Live in the US later this month.

They'll then go on to headline Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona this summer.

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The Kentucky rock band have shared a dark new track, which sounds a bit like The Strokes, from their forthcoming fifth studio album. Social Cues.

It's due out on 19 April.

Their fourth album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, produced The Black Key's Dan Auerbach, won the band a Grammy in 2017.

CTE are playing in the UK in June before returning to the States to tour with Beck.

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A book of the Woodstock singer's handwritten lyrics and watercolour paintings is to go back into print.

One hundred copies of Morning Glory on the Vine were originally gifted to the singer/songwriter's closest friends in 1971 - around the time of her hit album, Blue - but the rare book will now be made available to the public in October.

“For this stunningly beautiful book," it says on her website, external, "Joni hand-wrote an exquisite selection of her own lyrics and poems and illustrated them with more than thirty of her original paintings and watercolours.

"Hand-crafted, signed, and numbered in Los Angeles, the existing copies of this labour of love have rarely been seen in the past half-century.”

No price as yet but we suspect it won't be on the lower end of the scale.

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A US man has claimed to have found a video tape allegedly showing R. Kelly "sexually abusing underage African-American girls."

Gary Dennis told reporters he handed the tape to authorities after discovering it at his house.

R. Kelly was charged last month with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four alleged victims, three of whom were minors.

The R&B artist has denied appearing in the video, and all other charges.

If convicted, he faces three to seven years in prison on each count.

Mr Dennis, a nursing home worker, said he came across the footage whilst sorting through a box of old video tapes.

He played one tape with a recording of a football match after finding it had been labelled "R. Kelly". He expected it to have been recorded over with an old concert.

Instead it contained sexual abuse, he alleges.

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Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

A disowned mutt is trained to drive an F1 car (and pilot a spaceship) in the new video for the dance duo's latest track We've Got To Try from their forthcoming album No Geography.

The Chems also released a remix of the track titled WGTT15000BPM F1 NEEEUM Mix to celebrate the beginning of the new F1 season.

The track was apparently sped up to 15,000 beats per minute to reflect the speeds new F1 cars are capable of reaching.

Which means it's 4-seconds long, external. You may have heard it this weekend if you were listening very very carefully.

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The south London rapper helped soundtrack some of your greasy breakfasts on Saturday, when she appeared on Sky Sports' Soccer AM.

Nads popped into the footy show ahead of her side, Arsenal's 2-0 win over her cousin Stormzy's boys, Manchester United.

She delivered a rendition of her new track, Airplane Mode, which you can check above.

The grime star and former Brits school student released her debut EP, Highly Flammable in 2017, but has kept us hanging on for that debut album ever since.

The newlywed singer has reached out to fans after admitting he has been "struggling".

"Just feeling super disconnected and weird," he wrote on Instagram.

"I always bounce back so I’m not worried just wanted to reach out and ask for your guys to pray for me".

In July 2018, Bieber was featured on the DJ Khaled track No Brainer but it has been more than three years since his last album, Purpose.

Last month the 25-year-old Canadian confessed to Cosmopolitan mag that he and model wife Hailey Baldwin had found married life tough since getting hitched last year and how he previously had a "legitimate problem with sex" that lead to celibacy.

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Keith Flint died as a result of hanging, an inquest has heard.

The musician was found dead at his home in Essex, on 4 March.

His death prompted a huge outpouring of affection for the late singer.

A hearing was told a post-mortem found the 49-year-old's provisional cause of death was hanging, while toxicology reports were awaited.

The band were due to tour the United States in May and had recently been on tour in Australia.

They have cancelled all gigs, including a slot at Glastonbury in June.

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Or maybe AJ-RodLo?

Singer, actress and producer Jennifer Lopez and former US baseball player Alex Rodriguez are engaged.

The couple have been together for two years.

Lopez - who's known for hits like Love Don't Cost A Thing and Jenny From The Block - shared a picture of her engagement ring on Instagram, external.

Former New York Yankee Rodriguez shared the same photo on Twitter, with the words "she said yes".

Congrats all round.

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For decades, Michael Jackson has been called "the King of Pop". He's one of the biggest superstars of all time.

But his legacy has been called into question after a documentary called Leaving Neverland was shown on TV in the US and UK this week.

In the programme, James Safechuck and Wade Robson claim they were abused by the singer when they were children.

Michael Jackson's family has denied the allegations, but the claims have cast a huge cloud over his name.

So has his legacy been tarnished forever?

Plenty of people in the pub this weekend were discussing it and now Newsbeat have been looking at the arguments.

The Swedish singer shared a viral video, shot following her gig in New York City, which shows a bunch of fans performing an impromptu rendition of her song Dancing on My Own whilst cutting some shapes on the platform.

"Feeling the love NYC," the singer tweeted.

Incredible scenes but please mind the gap and remain behind the yellow line if you plan on trying this yourself.

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On Saturday the Chicago rapper reportedly wed his longtime girlfriend Kirsten Corley in Newport Beach, California.

According to E! News, the all-star guestlist included the likes of Kim and Kanye and comedian Dave Chappelle.

Incredibly none of the above appear to have shared any pics yet on social media. The Shade Room, however, did post the below pic of the happy couple - with Chance minus his trademark cap - on Instagram, though Chance later replied to say that better official pics were on the way.

“These photos came from some lames," he wrote, "Wait til u see the official ones."

Many congrats to Mr and Mrs Rapper.

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