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That's your lot for Tuesday, the most derided of all the days.

Scroll back down for news of Blink-182's move into telly sci-fi, a star-studded new Spider-man soundtrack, tour news from Cher and Suede, a Newbie Tuesday who was a bona fide West End star and a new streaming record for Queen (the band, not the Monarch).

We'll leave with more philosophical musings from one of the great minds of our age which begs the question, does that mean mowing is the shaving of God or merely a short back and sides?

We're sure you've all selected your top 10 albums of the year by now.

If not, what are you waiting for?

BBC Radio 6 Music did a few weeks back and She Drew the Gun just scraped in at number 10 with their record Revolution of Mind.

We saw producer James Skelly from The Coral bigging them up a few months back and now you can check out their brand new psychedelic video for Something for the Pain from the album above.

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The Years & Years singer is clearly missing the spotlight following the conclusion of his band's 2018 touring schedule at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Bell at the Weekend.

Luckily, Radio 2's Ken Bruce was happy to have him over for a little pre-festive tinkle on the ivories.

Listen back to the show below, via BBC Sounds.

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No, this isn't our fashion advice, it's early gig news for April next year.

Brett Anderson and co will play tracks from their critically-lauded eighth studio album, The Blue Hour, as well as their usual Britpop-era indie anthems up and down the UK.

Suede, who were documented in a recent Sky Arts documentary entitled The Instatiable Ones, kick off their tour in Newcastle on 15 April and conclude in Cambridge on 28 April.

Check out the full details below.

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Eighteen-year-old North London singer Amelia Monet first caught the attention of her record label with a cover of SZA's Broken Clocks on Instagram live earlier this year.

But her introduction to fame came a decade ago, at the age of eight when she attended a Disney casting call for the West End production of The Lion King - one of London's longest running musicals.

More than 4000 people applied for the role with just four people eventually being selected to play the role of young Nala, the lioness.

Amelia was one off them.

"Being in the Lion King was great for me. It was definitely one of the best experiences of my life and I will never forget it. You just feel so powerful on that stage, I can’t even describe it," she told Wonderland magazine earlier this year, external.

"I had no experience, I never even danced before and I had to learn a song and part of the script," she then told Music News LIVE.

The former child actress's current fanbase began by accident, when a picture posted on her Instagram account racked over 4,000 likes overnight.

Within a year, Amelia had amassed nearly 350,000 followers. Her YouTube account, on which she sings and does make-up tutorials has almost 120,000 subscribers.

To put that in perspective, that's almost three times the seating allocation at Wembley Stadium and goes a way to explain why, during her performance at Capital XTRA’S homegrown event, the audience sang every single song lyric back to her.

Amelia admits to battling nerves while singing live but says the energy of the crowd is usually enough to see her through.

“I’ll be honest, I do very badly, but as soon as I go out there and feel the energy it’s cool,“ she explains.

“I feel their energy and match it and I’m like, 'Oh it’s a breeze now'.”

In fact, if it weren't for her Insta-followers, she says, she might not even have a career.

"I started singing on the Instagram live stream and people were like, 'You need to do a cover'.

“I did SZA's Broken Clocks and my manager Carl saw it and messaged me saying, 'I want you to put out more music'."

Within the week, Amelia was in a studio with (17-year-old fellow YouTuber) EO singing her debut single, Baddest (below).

“Now it feels like this is what I’m meant to do,” she adds.

The single was produced by Dabeatfreakz - who have worked with artists like Mr Eazi, Chris Brown, Ellie Goulding and Usher - and the video has over 10m views.

“I really enjoyed working alongside EO," says Amelia. "At first, I was a little intimidated by the writing process but I’m focused on improvement.

“I’m going to get better, it’s a gradual thing, we did this together and made a masterpiece.”

Since signing with Dabeatfreakz she's been in the studio alongside artists like Deno, AJ, Cadet and Giggs.

“When I’m in the studio, they’re always there and I like it because I can get feedback and learn from their experiences.”

Amelia admits her status as a social media influencer has definitely helped her to get where she is today.

“I have a lot of fan pages who help me push my content - I’m in a group chat with all the fan pages.

“Out of nowhere, I’ll respond and they freak out,” she laughs.

“It’s all about love, there are people who message me regularly with things going on at home like bullying, and I reach out to them because no-one should ever feel isolated.”

With such a high-profile presence, Amelia says she has to learn to take the bad with the good on social media and claims even the trolls are helping push her forward.

"When I get hate I just think, 'I’m going to prove you wrong'.

“I’ve been trolled online by a girl before and I remember seeing her in person and she asked for a photo - she was saying, 'You’re so beautiful' and was like, 'Oh my God, I really love you'."

“It is what it is.”

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While her musical output ranges from pop to Afro Swing, Amelia says her influences include the likes of 2Pac, Biggie, Foxy Brown and Faith Evans.

Perhaps more surprisingly, Canadian crooner Paul Anka is another one of her favourites, a gift from her mum who spotted her daughter's talent at an early age.

The singer may have released one single so far but says it's time for a new generation to shine, adding she hopes to help people through her music.

Read Newbie Tuesday #56: Grace Carter: 'I've always been a pretty deep thinker'

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50 Cent has sent his condolences to the family of a crew member who died while working on his Starz TV show Power.

Pedro Jimenez was reportedly struck by a car, external driven by a colleague while putting down traffic cones on location in Brooklyn, New York.

"My prayers and condolences are with the entire Jimenez family", the rapper wrote on Twitter, alongside a black background.

Filming has been halted out of respect and to give cast and crew time away from the show.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of the members of our Power family," said Starz in a statement.

"Our thoughts are with Mr Jimenez' family as we work to fully understand what has happened."

Read more.

The New York rapper has shared a behind-the-scenes look at the new music video for her track, Money, and it's dripping in finesse, as her pal Bruno might say.

Watch above as Cardi casually dons a headpiece made of luxurious gold watches.

Don't worry about your speakers - it is a silent video.

The track, released in October was Cardi's first new music since her Grammy-nominated debut album, Invasion of Privacy.

Speaking of which, did you see how Cardi found out about her five Grammy nomination last week?

On her way out of a courtroom in Queens, where she attended a mandatory hearing regarding misdemeanor assault charges.

Priceless.

According to the Universal Music group, Queen's 1976 operatic classic has passed Nirvana, and Guns N' Roses to be the most streamed song recorded before the year 2000.

The single and music video has surpassed 1.6 billion streams globally.

Smells Like Teen Spirit holds the second spot with Sweet Child O'Mine in third place.

Universal said they used registered streams on services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer, as well as YouTube views.

The Queen song has been boosted by the new biopic of the same name, which has seen actor Rami Malek nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal as Freddie Mercury.

He is tipped top get an Oscar nod for the role.

In other streaming news, Ed Sheeran's Shape of You is the first track to reach 2bn streams on Spotify.

Our music reporter has put this into a frankly terrifying perspective.

Gulp.

The soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will feature the likes of Post Malone, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne.

Ahead of the film's arrival on Friday, fresh soundtrack details were released listing additional music from Ty Dolla $ign, Jaden Smith and Vince Staples.

It's the first Spider-Man movie to be released following the death of Marvel Comics co-creator Stan Lee.

Check out a sneak preview of the film above courtesy of Malone - who will headline next year's Reading + Leeds festivals - and Rae Sremmurd's Swae Lee.

It was billed as one of the most luxurious music festivals ever to take place and was plugged by supermodels and celebs.

But the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas in 2017 quickly unravelled, as guests who had paid around $10,000 a ticket arrived to what was described as a refugee camp.

The event's founder has since been sentenced to six years in jail for fraud.

Now, you can watch how it all happened on Netflix via its new doc Fyre, which will be shown from January.

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Rapper and singer Ty Dolla $ign could be facing up to 15 years after being arrested and charged with cocaine and cannabis possession.

His hit collaborations include Fifth Harmony's 2016 track, Work From Home.

According to reports in TMZ, external and Pitchfork, he was arrested and detained in September in police officers in Atlanta searched his vehicle.

Dance producer Skrillex and several others were also in the vehicle, but police pressed charges solely against Ty - whose real name is Tyrone Griffin Jr.

A spokesman for the artist said: "Ty maintains his innocence and there is no indication to the contrary."

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Singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, who quit the Californian college rock band in 2015 to focus on UFO research, is making a TV series based on his graphic novel Strange Times, according to Variety., external

Strange Times apparently follows “five dirty teenage skateboarders who solve paranormal mysteries while being chased by Deep State government agents."

Kind of like The Famous Five but with fewer lashings and lashing of ginger beer.

In a press release, Tom DeLonge said, “My love for all things paranormal and skateboarding are sometimes only superseded by my love for offensive humour.

“This series combines them all into one.”

The series, in development by TBS. does not currently have a premiere date.

But it's out there...

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Tom Green and Daisy Maskell have been announced as the new hosts of the Kiss breakfast show.

It follows the departure of Rickie, Melvin and Charlie, who announced last month they would be leaving the station to join Radio 1 to replace Charlie Sloth.

Tom, 24, is the current host of the 7-11pm evening show on Kiss, while 4Music presenter Daisy, 21, is a newcomer to the station.

The pair will host their first show on Wednesday 2 January.

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The Grammy-nominated singer will join Oscar-winner Julianne Moore in a new biopic of American feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem.

Janelle has been cast as Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the civil rights activist who co-founded Ms. Magazine with Steinem in 1972.

The Glorias: A Life on the Road is being made by renowned theatre director Julie Taymor.

Janelle - who starred in Hidden Figures - will also soon be seen on the big screen opposite Steve Carell in Welcome to Marwen.

Yesterday we told you how the Dirty Computer singer will head to the UK next summer to perform in London and Manchester.

In one of our favourite bits of music news trivia today, online searches for the word ‘capitulate’ apparently increased massively after the star released her dystopian new track, We Appreciate Power.

What will it take to make you capitulate?, she sings.

As Dazed reports, external, since the song’s release searches for ‘what does capitulate mean’ went up 500% and ‘define capitulate’ by 200%.

These searches were mostly conducted in Grimes' native Canada and the USA.

The Oxford Dictionary defines capitulate as to "cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield."

Knowledge is power, people.

Watch Grimes performing the track live for Jimmy Fallon on US TV last night.

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The rapper's record, Championships, has gone straight to the top of the Billboard chart.

Championships sold 229,000 total copies, including 42,000 traditional album sales, in its first week.

It's the Philadelphia star's second number one album, following 2015’s Dreams Worth More Than Money, and also his first since his release from prison

Meek was jailed in November 2017 for breaking probation - but was released five months later.

Music stars including Beyonce, Jay-Z and comedian Kevin Hart - campaigned for him to be freed.

In October Mill wrote a letter to his younger self saying: "In 2018, black lives won't matter much more than they do in 2006."

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The 1975's new one, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, proved a hit too, debuting at number four.

It goes without saying their eagerly-awaited third album went to #1 in the UK on Friday evening.

Their previous record, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, went to number one on both sides of the Atlantic.

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FYI, that's not our opinion.

The 72-year-old US singer expressed her own anxieties about her new world tour in excellent emoji form.

"Don't we think I'm just a little too..." she wrote, with an accompanying granny face, knitting needles and thick woolly socks..

Don't worry Cher, Mick Jagger is 75 and the Stones are still going strong.

The tour brings her to the UK for five dates in October and tickets go on sale on Friday.

It's her first UK tour in 14 years.

The singer, who this year released an entire album of Abba covers, said in a statement: “I’m very excited to bring this show to the UK.

"It was the first country to embrace Sonny & Cher, and it's where we created and had our first success with Believe.

"It’s really my second home.”

She should have friends to call upon then in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Leeds then next year

Morning all.

What are the chances? You're here, we're here too, so let's do Music News LIVE all over again - shall we?

Coming up:

• A US rapper returns from prison to score a #1 album

• All-star cast prepared for new Spider Man soundtrack
• Cher confirms huge 2019 tour
• A new Grimes song causes a spike in online searches for the word 'capitulate'
• Plus a Newbie Tuesday artist who has gone from Lion King to Afroswing

For starters, let's have a bit of this year's best new artist at the Grammys, Alessia Cara, performing a TLC medley for US radio.