Blossoms covering Post Malone...

Well, no-one saw that one coming did they? We certainly didn't.

Wonder if Tom Ogden and the boys will be heading off to get some equally impressive facial tats done this afternoon to mark their performance for Live Lounge month.

While we head off home, check out a snippet of their rendition of the US rapper/singer's track, Better Now, above and the full version will be up on the Radio 1 YouTube channel asap.

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Plus scroll down for news of Lily Allen allegedly attacking an actress with her lips, Stormzy potentially headlining Glastonbury and Lady Gaga visiting a California disaster shelter.

See you tomorrow for New Music Friday and 5 Things We Learned This Week.

The Tyneside singer-songwriter has shared the arty new visuals for his track, That Sound, and it features a succession of very angry people apparently challenging the viewer to a square go.

Check it out above if you're not easily threatened and enjoy a mix of U2 and Twin Atlantic.

Earlier this month Sam spoke to the BBC about why his thinks Ed Sheeran "is beige" and why, despite his age, he refuses to be classed as a millennial.

They've just been nominated for a prestigious music prize but Northern Irish indie outfit Brand New Friend have been telling the BBC's Mark Savage how their debut, Seatbelts For Aeroplanes, was just a demo until the label thought it was so good they released it.

The band has been named on a 12-strong list for the Northern Ireland Music Prize.

"We're probably the only band on the shortlist who have an album that was never meant to be an album," says singer Taylor Johnson.

"It's a collection of 13 demos that we made by ourselves, on a nothing budget. Then we got signed and the record label loved it and wanted to put it out."

Read more and check out the full shortlist for the Northern Ireland Music Prize below.

• And So I Watch You From Afar - The Endless Shimmering
• Ash - Islands
• Bicep - Bicep
• Brand New Friend - Seatbelts For Aeroplanes
• Ciaran Lavery - Sweet Decay
• Girls Names - Stains On Silence
• Hannah Peel - Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia
• Malojian - Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home
• Robocobra Quartet - Plays Hard To Get
• Ryan Vail - Distorted Shadows
• Snow Patrol - Wildness
• The Wood Burning Savages - Stability

The winner will be announced later tonight.

That's C for Christmas BTW.

He's just shared a new claymation video for his bluesy take on the festive classic White Christmas.

It's about a guitar-obsessed little boy who dreams of becoming a musician and asks Santa to help his dream come true.

Only 39 sleeps to go...

This poster has appeared in an Oxfam charity shop in Streatham, south London, and according to the Independent, the shop owner says it's legit.

It's not been confirmed through the official channels yet but Emily Eavis gave a massive clue last week during a Q&A at BBC Music Introducing LIVE when she said a "great British artist" would headline.

"This to me is going to be a moment. And he can become the enormous person that he is, do you know what I mean?," she said.

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Oxfam are one of the festival's official partners and if it is true Stormzy would be the first British rapper to headline the Worthy Farm event.

in 2008 Jay-Z became the first hip hop star from anywhere to top the bill, followed only by Kanye in 2015.

More on that one when we get it...

Here's some early reaction to the (maybe) news.

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The chart-topping artist has ended a business venture with Topshop boss Sir Philip Green by buying him out of Ivy Park, the gymwear label they founded together.

The pair launched Ivy Park two years ago.

The buyout comes weeks after Sir Philip was named as having taken legal action to prevent publication of allegations of sexual harassment of staff.

Sir Philip says he "categorically and wholly" denies the allegations.

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The Charlatans frontman has combined with online music/football logo designers Bands FC to produce the programme for this weekend's non-league match between Gary Neville's Salford City and Aldershot Town.

The programme (below), imitates the cover of the Salford-born singer's band's 1997 album Tellin' Stories.

Nick Fraser of Bands F.C said: “Salford City and Tim Burgess have both been supportive from the start so we’re excited to be working with them both on Saturday.”

Listen back to our chat with Bands FC about the ongoing mashup project, which is raising money for charity.

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Singer-songwriter Ethan Barnett has been telling Music News LIVE about being the younger sibling to one of the biggest names in UK music.

Ethan, who records under the name Ten Tonnes, is supporting big bro George Ezra at his SSE Arena gig at Wembley later.

Speaking to us ahead of his set on the BBC Introducing stage at the Biggest Weekend in Coventry this summer, he insisted it's never been anything other than brotherly love between the artists.

"I know its quite boring to say it but it has always been good between us, we've always shown each other whatever we've been working on and got notes off each other.

"It's an advantage because if people know George, it means they might listen to my music, so it's a good thing."

Ahead of tonight's show, he's shared the upbeat new single, Better Than Me, which you can hear below.

In fact, Ethan insist that when it comes to his own music, George tends to stay out of it.

"He's good at letting me do my thing.

"He's like 'I'm here for you but I don't want to tell you what to do'. So, he's good at letting me enjoy it and do it my own way."

And the fringe benefits (apart form being asked on tour as a support artist) include getting to hear a number one album before anyone else.

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"I got to hear the new record (Staying At Tamara's) last year when it was being made, which is always fun because it felt like being let in on a little secret."

While the siblings are yet to work together on an official capacity, Ethan reveals they did have a creative burst following a session at the boozer

"We got back from the pub one night, very, very drunk and started writing a song. Nothing came of it but it was fun at the time.

"Everyone else in the house was asleep so we were trying to be quiet."

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The rapper/actor/celebrity cook will be honoured later this month by Jimmy Kimmel, as Variety reports.

The US TV chat show host will present Snoop with the Walk's 2651st star live on the show on 19 November.

Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, said: “Snoop Dogg is one of those people who can do anything.

"He raps, he acts, he hosts a television show, he cooks, and helps community kids with his philanthropic work.

Snoop, who featured on the last Gorillaz album, follows crooner Michael Buble on to the celebrated street.

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Little Mix have posed naked with offensive words written all over their bodies to promote their new single Strip.

Words likes "slutty", "ugly" and "talentless" are scrawled across their strategically covered bodies.

In a post on Instagram, the band said Strip was "all about standing proud".

They said it was written to "encourage and empower people to be who they are".

The lyrics include: Jiggle all this weight, yeah you know I love all of this / Finally love me naked / Sexiest when I'm confident.

"We're talking about stuff we've wanted to speak about for ages," Jesy says.

"We've all suffered from body confidence and negative comments, and up until now we didn't really have a song we felt addressed everything we needed to."

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As well as being a great punchline to a joke, external about the origin of your mum's snazzy new cardigan, Thank You, Next, has also reportedly become the fastest song in Spotify history to surpass 100 million streams.

That's according to the singer herself, above.

The surprise single was dropped on 3 November and sees Ariana thank her exes, including comedian Pete Davidson and late rapper Mac Miller.

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The Stockport indie band will be the latest to perform for Radio 1's Live Lounge Month.

After parking their bikes outside the BBC, they headed into the studios and inadvertently recruited a sixth member, in the form of documentarian extraordinaire, Louis Theroux.

He fits in well, don't you think? Maybe they'll give him a tambourine or something.

Tune in today from Midday to find out.

The lads follow Scots pop rocker Lewis Capaldi, who yesterday smashed out a cover of Shallow, from Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper's hit soundtrack to A Star is Born.

Lewis nabbed it first before Zara Larsson had chance to sing it, meaning the Swede had to go for her second choice earlier in the week.

Watch how the Brexit-like song choice negotiations unfolded below.

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Tiffany Calver has been named as the new host of The Rap Show on Radio 1 and 1Xtra.

The 24-year-old - who stars in the new year (5 January) is the first woman to host the show, previously fronted by Charlie Sloth and Tim Westwood.

Tiffany opened for Bey and Jay's On The Run tour in the UK earlier this year and also DJ's for grime star, Fredo.

“I’m honoured to be taking over the slot that has pretty much soundtracked my life," she said.

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Two days ago Lorde accused Kanye of ripping off her "floating box" design which she used on her Melodrama tour and he then used at a festival performance at the weekend.

Now, the British stage designer who worked with Lorde on her tour has come out in defence of the rapper, suggesting the concept is not new.

Celebrated designer and artist Es Devlin, who has worked with the likes of Beyonce, U2 and Adele, posted a picture from an English National Opera production of Carmen 2007 with a similar staging.

"The idea of a floating glass box of course is not in any way new and the geometry precedes all of us," she wrote on Instagram.

"I did not design the recent Kids See Ghosts performance : I worked with Lorde on the design for her Coachella performance : I admire both and see no imitation at work here.

Rules including copyright too, presumably.

Check it out a picture from the Carmen production below.

The Mercury-nominated grime star, external has been unveiled as the UK ambassador for the annual week celebrating independent music venues across the country.

Almost 190 venues - 45 of which are making their debut - have already signed up to take part in the event which runs from 28 January to 3 February.

Artists so far confirmed to take part include Billy Bragg, The Duke Spirit's Liela Moss, rockers Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs and Dutch indie band Pip Blom.

The Canadian singer is found daydreaming about her future happiness beside the record player in her bedroom in the new lyric video for Not Today.

Someday I won’t be afraid of my head / Someday I will not be chained to my bed

Someday I’ll forget the day he left / But surely not today.

The track set to feature on her second LP, The Pains of Growing, which is out at the end of the month.

The 22-year-old won best new artist at this year's Grammys, which caused a bit of a stir as her debut, Know-It-All had arrived three years prior to the awards.

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The former American Idol judge was the shock winner, beating bookies' favourite Chis Stapleton to the award.

"I am shocked beyond shocked," said the tearful Kiwi musician, to a crowd including his wife, actress Nicole Kidman.

"I feel very grateful that I get to do what I do. God bless country music."

Check out a bit of his emotional speech below

For his part Stapleton - who duetted with Justin Timberlake on his most recent album - was the night's big winner, bringing home male vocalist of the year, single and song of the year for Broken Halos, external.

Performer on the night Carrie Underwood was named female vocalist of the year while the album of the year went to Kacey Musgraves (pictured below).

Musgraves has found a new country pop sound which has seen her played on Radio 1.

She recently told Newsbeat:: "When someone asks me 'what kind of music do you play?', I hesitate to say country music sometimes, even though I'm really proud to be a country artist."

Well, it worked for Taylor Swift.

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Other winners at the event held in Nashville, Tennessee included Luke Combs, who won new artist of the year, while music video of the year went to Thomas Rhett for Marry Me.

We'll wrap up this roundup with a snippet of Kelsea Ballerini's performance (below).

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The US actress has responded to claims made by the UK singer in her recent autobiography about the two of them sharing a kiss during a night out in NYC.

In My Thoughts Exactly, Lily wrote: "For my New York shows, Zoë Kravitz and her band Lolawolf supported me, so I got to know Zoë a bit. We became friends... Zoë and I went out partying and ended up kissing."

Now, while promoting the new Fantastic Beasts film on Andy Cohen’s show, Kravitz was asked by a caller and the host about the alleged embrace and initially responded with a rather dismissive: “Who’s Lily Allen?”

“If by kissing she means, like, attacking then yes, she kissed me,” she added.

“She attacked me.”

She went on to explain that her version of events were very different from Allen's in print and that the book had made it look "like I wanted it."

She signed off with one final dig at the 2018 Mercury Prize-nominated singer, after Cohen asked her if she had read the book.

“I don’t think anybody read the book," came the reply.

Zoe's co-star Eddie Redmayne appears to be more of a fan of Lily's, describing her as "the voice of a generation."

There's no comment from Lily on the video.

Watch above.

The Star is Born singer/actress was one of the many music stars who had to evacuate their California homes last week due to the wildfires that have so killed at least 56 people.

Now, in self-proclaimed "act of kindness" she's paid a visit to a disaster shelter.

Wearing a Malibu cap, Gaga posted a video online, saying: “I’m on my way now to a shelter in California to be with people who have evacuated their homes.

“It’s one of my acts of kindness for today and I encourage you to do the same. Be kind.”

She was pictured by a fan, external delivering coffee, pizza and gift cards to those affected by the fires down at one of the Red Cross emergency shelters.

The likes of Neil Young, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke also saw their homes gutted by the blaze, while Tame Impala's Kevin Parker lost his recording studio.

Morning all and welcome back to MNL.

Coming up on today's feed...

• Lady Gaga brings supplies to California disaster shelter
• A top actress says Lily Allen “attacked” her with a kiss

• Ariana Grande’s new track breaks a streaming record
• Tim Burgess helps to design a football matchday programme
• New music videos from the likes of Alessia Cara and much more besides.

While it's fairly relaxed on this page, Muse have been applying some real Pressure to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, to promote their new album Simulation Theory.

Watch above.