Even if tomorrow doesn't yet know where Paul McCartney's secret Liverpool gig will be.

That's what the former Beatle just told Jarvis Cocker, so heads up - if you're in the area keep and eye/ear out.

Scroll down for more from their LIPA 'casual chat', another British rock 'n' roll legend Sir Elton John on how he tried to help George Michael before his death and Johnny Borrell on the return of Razorlight and making world music on his own.

Plus, stars of the music world wish Demi Lovato well after her suspected drug overdose, this year's Mercury Prize panel is revealed (we'll have the album shortlist tomorrow) and lots of new music videos from the likes of Connie Constance and Arctic Monkeys' pals Mini Mansions.

Until then, turn off your minds, relax and float downstream...

The New Yorker has published a savage take down of the rapper's new Prada shirt that is apparently also beloved of Jurassic Park actor Jeff Goldblum

"It's ugliness is impudent" is now our favorite phrase.

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Macca is in conversation with Jarvis Cocker right now - on Facebook Live - in front of a live audience at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, external

It's one of a number events around the release of his forthcoming album, Egypt Station, which also included a star-studded gig at Abbey Road Studios - as made famous by The Beatles.

He's been talking Jarvis through the recording process for his old band and some of the other artists he admires.

When asked which song he wishes he'd written, Sir Paul said: "There's always a couple that I hear that think...

"I liked Sting's Fields of Gold.

"I thought 'you know what - I should've written that - how dare he?'"

The singer/bassist went on to explain that latterly he's been impressed by Kendrick Lamar and a few years back, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

He's also a fan of a certain contemporary French singer.

"The Christine and the Queens record - I like that.

"It's totally a Michael Jackson rip-off but we don't mind as it's so catchy!"

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Egypt Station is out on 7 September.

LA smooth jammers Mini Mansions have unveiled a new video for their single, Works Every Time.

The theatrical video comes with the announcement that a new EP of the same title will be released on 28 September.

If you're not overly-familiar with the LA rock scene but think some of these guys look/sound familiar anyway then it's probably because singer Tyler Parkford has been touring with the Arctic Monkeys on keyboards, while bassist Zach Dawes also appeared on the Sheffield band's latest album - having previously toured with Alex Turner's summer job band, The Last Shadow Puppets).

Check it above.

Warning: Video contains clown-faced puppets.

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"The UK has got to be part of the world, in some way," points out Johnny Borrell down the phone from a noisy side street in Shepherd's Bush Market.

"Like most things, it depends which end of the telescope you're looking down."

He's referring to his forthcoming new solo album, which will take in West African, South American, Celtic, Basque and British influences.

The first track from the record, My World, Your Life, was dropped back in May on the same day that Johnny also announced a new fourth Razorlight album would also be on the way - their first since 2008's Slipway Fires.

The London singer/songwriter, whose band had hits in the noughties like Golden Touch and America, has been living - off and on - in France for many years now making solo records, since it all went quiet on the band front.

He told Music News LIVE that he's now excited to perform again with his old indie rock 'n' roll outfit, at this weekend's Y Not Festival,, external after having fallen out of love with the genre.

Johnny takes up the tale:

"It got to about 2010-11 and I was trying to make a Razorlight album but to be honest I'd had enough of making rock 'n' roll.

"I'd been on tour for about eight years and I didn't have that passion for that kind of music, so I just took a break and thought 'I'm gonna pick up some other instruments and see what happens'".

Here's what happened most lately:

"From an artistic point of view" he adds, "you're always trying to do something exciting and intoxicating for you."

"Because if it's good for you then it's going to be intoxicating for other people.

The new Razlorlight album is apparently pretty much in the can already, he says, and is a priority over completing his exotic-sounding new solo album, which might be out later this year or early in 2019.

After a much-needed break and a dramatic change of direction, Johnny says he's excited to be going "old school" and recording/performing in front of the Razorlight sign once more.

"I'm excited to plug an electric guitar in again," he beams.

Razorlight will perform at the Y Not Festival, alongside headliners The Libertines, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Jamiroquai.

The Derbyshire festival kicks-off tomorrow and will be hoping for better conditions than last year after it was called off a day early due to heavy rain, wind and mud.

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If you love this news as much as the heart-shaped balloon in the below teaser video for Don't Leave Me Alone, then you'd best check back in with us tomorrow when we'll hopefully have the full thing.

The French DJ said he was "so happy and can't wait", external for the song to come out.

Anne-Marie has been on tour supporting her pal Ed Sheeran this summer and even took a helicopter from the BBC's Biggest Weekend in Swansea over to Manchester for a second show of the day.

How was your summer?

The singer's apparent overdose on Tuesday is a heart-wrenching twist for the 25-year-old and all those who had followed her on her rough journey from Disney star to troubled pop icon.

She has been the subject of two documentaries, the first in 2012 while she was still using drugs and the most recent, released last year.

The pressures of being a teen star, a dysfunctional relationship with her father and bullying all contributed to the issues that have threatened to drag her under at various points in her career, those documentaries revealed.

Watch above.

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Stage sensation Hamilton has already spawned a Grammy-winning, triple-platinum cast recording and an all-star mixtape featuring Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes and others.

You might not know, though, that it's also inspired a musical parody called Spamilton that comes with its own soundtrack album, external attached.

The playful spoof, which uses Lin-Manuel Miranda's songs about one of America's founding fathers to mock both his blockbuster hip-hop musical and musical theatre in general, has now followed its inspiration across the pond.

Its writer-director, Gerard Alessandrini, says Miranda has been "very supportive" and saw the show twice when it played in New York.

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"I vaguely know him, so I knew he had a good sense of humour," he told the BBC after Spamilton's opening night at the Menier Chocolate Factory in south London.

"He hasn’t sued us, so I take that as a good sign."

Miranda, who created Hamilton and played the title character in the original Broadway production, is a character himself in Alessandrini's show, which imagines him as an anxious genius determined to inject life into New York's moribund theatrical scene.

"I am not going to let Broadway rot," he sings in Spamilton's version of Hamilton's rousing My Shot number.

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Alessandrini says he had to learn how to write rap himself in order to emulate Miranda's densely packed, linguistically challenging verses.

"Most of the musicals I write are about 100 pages," he said. "This was double the length because there are so many words."

Five new numbers have been added to Spamilton's latest incarnation, among them a mash-up of Les Miserables and Mamma Mia!

"I’m always game to freshen it up and keep it topical," says Gerard, who has not ruled out adding more gags and numbers over the course of the show's London run.

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There's no footage online yet, so here's a taste of last year's American production.

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Billy McFarland, the man behind the aborted Fyre Festival - a luxury music event in the Bahamas - has been ordered to repay money he conned out of his investors.

The music festival - which had backing from rapper Ja Rule (pictured with McFarland, above) - was axed last April after one of the headliners Blink-182 pulled out. Guests arrived to the VIP resort location to be greeted with tents and prepackaged sandwiches, instead of luxury villas and gourmet meals they had been promised.

McFarland pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud earlier this year and has now settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission to the tune of $27.4m (£20.8m) after he and his colleagues fraudulently spent cash from more than 100 investors.

He is also now facing additional charges over a ticketing scam allegedly committed whilst on bail over the Fyre charges.

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The Watford indie soul singer has released a cool new video to her single Yesterday, which you may have heard on Radio 1 or 6 Music.

It sees Connie - who played her biggest headline gig to date at London's Omera venue last week - going through several stages of an intense relationship, from initial lust to breakup through the misty haze of addiction.

Watch to the end though below for a Trainspotting-esque twist.

Oh we've said too much...

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #29: How Alex Turner helped shape Connie Constance

One for all you football/music fans out there now.

Jose Mourinho's men are on a tour of the States at the moment ahead of the new Premier League season and lots of young players have been giving the opportunity to shine both on and off the pitch.

Young left-back Demetri Mitchell - who spent last season on loan at Scots club Hearts - was the latest to be officially initiated into the first team squad last night.

The challenge: Stand on a chair and belt out a tune of your choice. The 21-year-old went for a bit of sports fan Drake's' Hold On, We're Going Home - and it went down pretty well, as you can see above.

After a slight restart that is, which happens to the best of 'em.

So what you reckon then Drizzy?

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The eccentric Japanese artist's new album, Warzone, is out on 19 October via her son Sean Ono Lennon’s label Chimera Music, external.

The LP will see the singer re-work 13 songs from her back catologue, as well as her widow and former Beatle John Lennon's most famous solo work, Imagine.

“I like to create things in a new way,” she said in a statement.

“Every day things change."

True enough Yoko - that's the only thing that stays the same.

Check out the title-track below.

Warning: Track contains the sounds of gunshots and animals in distress

It's not exactly an easy listen is it?

But then we're guessing that's kind of the point.

Here's John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band with what you could have won.

Warning: Video contains some disturbing imagery.

Black Thought has recorded a track about the Florida teenager, shot dead by a neighbourhood watch volunteer in 2012.

His death prompted nationwide protests and a fierce debate about race relations in the US.

The unarmed black teenager was walking home when he got into an altercation and was shot by George Zimmerman - who was acquitted of second-degree murder in 2013.

The new song Rest in Power will be used in an upcoming documentary series produced by Jay-Z.

It premieres in the US next week and you can check it out above, though it does come with a warning.

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Double whammy for all you fans of the Manchester pop rockers out there.

Heather Baron-Gracie and Ciara Doran from the band revealed to Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac last night that their long-awaited debut album, My Mind Makes Noises, will be released on Friday 14 September.

They also let her/us all hear album opener, Eighteen, and you can check it out above.

It wasn't all fun and games making the record though by the sound of it.

Heather said: "It was just hard being in the same place for so long. we're so used to travelling so much and doing different things all the time. that going to same place for the same amount of hours a day just became really sort of depressing."

We believe that's called a job, others are available.

"It's really exciting at the same time obviously," she hastened to add.

Good save - just.

Heather went on to declare the band hoped to "crack America", shortly after the LP release.

Pale Waves finished fifth in the BBC's Sound of 2018 list.

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Sir Elton said he tried to help George Michael with addiction issues prior to his death in 2016.

George died of natural causes aged 53 but his death was linked with previous battle with alcohol and substance abuse.

"You can't help people who don't want to help themselves, I've learnt that as an addict and I'm 28 years clean and sober," Sir Elton told Channel 4 news.

"When people told me when I was using, that I was doing the wrong thing I would get so angry and tell them to go away, or stronger language than that."

Sir Elton has been raising awareness of a new global campaign MenStar to encourage young men to undergo testing for HIV.

Sit Elton and George famously recorded a version of Don't Let The Sun Go Down in 1991.

"I understand George's... When I said a couple of things and he did a whole page interview in Heat magazine saying I should shut up, I understood what his reaction is.

"It took me 16 years to say it."

Watch above from about 13 minutes in.

The judges for this year's Mercury Prize have been announced and it's pretty much the same panel as last year's judges who awarded the prize to Sampha.

Jamie Cullum, Marcus Mumford and Mistajam all return.

One notable absence is singer Jessie Ware, who may have missed out as she released her latest album, Glasshouse, during this year's eligibility period.

She's been replaced by journalist Danielle Perry.

Check out the list above.

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The singer launched her own social networking app last year, which provides fans with the opportunity to interact with one another while getting regular Taylor updates.

But now a computer consultancy company is taking legal action against her claiming it registered the name SwiftLife in 2007 - ten years before Taylor.

Taylor hasn't commented but business-owner Patrick Benot, the man reported to be taking legal action over trademark infringement has retweeted several reports.

He claims Taylor and her team took the name and brand without any form of consultation.

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He "just wanted to be one of The Strokes", as new skinhead Alex Turner confessed in the opening line of the Arctics latest album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino.

Now he's lived the dream by performing the title-track from the New York City band's seminal indie album Is This It? in their hometown.

Check out some fan-shot footage above of the gig at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium.

"Since we couldn't think of a tennis song," joked Alex.

"We're gonna try this..."

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A few summers back, Alex was filmed dancing/singing along in the crowd at the US band's big London's Hyde Park gig, alongside pal and fellow rock star Miles Kane.

There's a swear word in the track in question, Barely Legal, though so we can't bring it you here but you can find it easily online if you don't mind that and somehow need further proof of Al's dedication to Julian Casablancas' outfit.

Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Cardi B and Lily Allen are among those sending "love and prayers" to US pop singer Demi Lovato after she was admitted to hospital in Los Angeles following a suspected drug overdose.

LA police reportedly responded on Tuesday to a medical emergency in the Hollywood Hills, where Lovato lives. TMZ reports the 25-year-old was found unconscious and treated at the scene with Naloxone, an anti-overdose medicine.

The Sorry Not Sorry singer was in a stable condition, US media reported.

Her spokesperson told the BBC: "Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support.

"Some of the information being reported is incorrect and they respectfully ask for privacy."

Lovato has struggled with substance abuse for years, and was feared to have relapsed in recent weeks. Earlier in the year she released a song called Sober (below), chronicling her battle with alcohol and substance abuse.

Lady Gaga urged fans to "wrap our arms of love around Demi", adding "I'm so happy you're alive."

Lily Allen described the 25-year-old singer as a "poor beautiful soul" and Ariana Grande sent a simple "love you", as did Cardi B.

Kehlani added that; "addiction isn't simple nor easy" but encouraged Demi to "beat this as you did before."

Bruno Mars sent his love too and you can check out some of the many famous well-wishers below.

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Morning guys and welcome back to Music News LIVE.

Coming up today:

• Stars offer support to Demi Lovato after suspected drug overdose

• Pale Waves announce debut album details
• Reports Taylor Swift is being sued for her SwiftLife app
• Arctic Monkeys cover The Strokes
• Yoko Ono announces a new album

Let's start with a bit of Demi closing Sounds Like Friday Night for the BBC back in November.