That's it for today kids.

Scroll down for Shame hitting back at those questioning their right to a government grant, Katy Perry (quite literally) sending an olive branch to Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris's narrow escape.

Plus Mel B contradicts Victoria Beckham over the Spice Girls future and plenty of action from last night's first episode of the new series of Later... with Jools Holland.

We'll leave you with music journalist Natty Kasambala dissecting the controversial new video by Childish Gambino, which tackles police violence, racism and gun crime.

The video does contain scenes of violence but it's sparked a debate that is set to run and run.

See you tomorrow.

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Apparently "Dr Dre is not a medical doctor'".

Who knew? And more importantly, why did Eminem tell him to operate?

Hip-hop star Dr Dre - real name Andre Young - has lost a long-running trademark dispute against a gynaecologist with a similar name.

The case was first lodged in 2015, when Pennsylvania-based gynaecologist Draion M Burch tried to trademark the name Dr Drai.

Dr Dre objected, saying the similarity could cause "confusion", especially as his near-namesake wanted to sell audio books and seminars under the moniker.

But the US trademark office has disagreed and dismissed Dr Dre's case.

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Australia has taken part in the Eurovision song contest since 2015.

But why?

It's a fair question and one that this year's contestant Jessica Mauboy is happy to explain for you all.

Watch above.

We hope she's going to replace that map though as those things don't come cheap.

The final is on BBC One on Saturday from 20:00 BST but you can get the party started early via the BBC Entertainment News Eurovision LIVE page.

Dave 1 and P-Thugg were joined on stage by D.R.A.M on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon when they performed their latest track Must've Been.

It's from their forthcoming album Head Over Heels which is due out on 15 June and follows up their 2014 album White Women.

Check it out above while you enjoy one final brew or the working day.

The band have also shared a new song, Bad Decision, which they have described as "almost like kind of a Talking Heads kind of slow 80s funk bop to like the Funkadelic kind of stuff.”

We kind've like can't wait.

OK it's 'impress' we know, but then the joke doesn't work.

As you may have already gathered today (scroll down for Plan B and Shame) Later... with Jools Holland returned for a 52nd series last night.

FIFTY-SECOND!

Celtic indie rockers Snow Patrol performed the latest single from their forthcoming album, their first in seven years.

Empress will feature on Wildness, which is out at the end of the month and you can check it out above.

Singer Gary Lightbody opened up about his battles with depression and alcohol in the years in between.

As well as Shame (scroll down) another young talented British act, Jade Bird made her UK TV debut with her track Lottery.

We're betting on her to be a success.

And we're also sure the country singer - glad in all white - will have taken it all in her stride given that she's already performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in the US.

Jade will return to the States for her first headline tour at the end of August and then head home to perform across the UK in November.

Head over to the BBC Music YouTube channel now for ruther appearances from last night including R & B act Tower of Power and Bettye Lavette performing a Bob Dylan classic.

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His is one of several voices to be made available for Google Assistant, a virtual assistant available on Android and Google Home devices.

The announcement was made by chief executive Sundar Pichai.

Lest he get too big for his boots, his wife and prolific tweeter Chrissy Teigen was on hand to immediately bring him down to earth

Though our JL was quick to return fire...

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The lead singer of indie band Frightened Rabbit has been reported missing amid concerns for his welfare.

Scott Hutchison, 36, has not been seen since he left the Dakota Hotel in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh at 01:00 on Wednesday.

His family reported him missing and police in the city are appealing for information on his whereabouts.

A message on the band's official Twitter page said he may be "fragile."

Read more.

The band are due to play at Robert Smith's Meltdown Festival in June.

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The most successful duo in UK Music history have told 6 Music they will return to the prestigious opera venue for four more shows in July.

The Boys released their last album, Super, in 2016 and marked the event with a residency there and an ambitious show entitled Inner Sanctum.

As with the original show, the new dates will be choreographed by Lynne Page - who has worked with artists including Kanye West and Ellie Goulding.

Matt Everitt spoke to Neil Tennant about the upcoming project and the new album they are currently making in Berlin.

Listen above.

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The singer-songwriter has teamed up with Mike Lindsay of folk artists Tunng for this pretty experimental, yet mysteriously beautiful piece of music.

According to Stereogum, Late To The Flight is the opening track on LUMP’s forthcoming debut album.

Apparently LUMP is a furry humanoid that appears on the cover of the album (below) which Laura and Mike "look upon it parentally".

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The Canadian comedy actor joined Mac DeMarco and Crowded House's Neil Finn on stage in Los Angeles, where they performed the BBC song from the original Austin Powers movie.

Check out a snippet above

Mike was ahead of his time on this as in 1997, there was only BBC One and BBC Two.

Still waiting for BBC Five, Six and Seven (in TV terms at least).

BBC Heaven might still be far off although we've no real way of knowing.

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This is news that makes us happy men here on Music News LIVE.

Their self-titled debut was one of the most satisfying sounds of 2014, now Jungle have dropped two new tracks from their long-awaited second LP.

Happy Man carries all their usual catchy beats as well as a warning regarding the true external/internal nature of happiness.

Buy yourself a dream, how's it looking?/ Buy yourself a car and a house to live in/ Get yourself a girl, someone different / Buy yourself a dream and it won't mean nothing.

The tune was selected as the Hottest Record in the world by Radio 1's Grimmy (in for Annie Mac) and the band told the DJ they've been testing the new tracks live on the road before finishing them in the studio.

They said: "You're playing a song and people are listening and if you go to a middle-eight and its wrong everyone in the audience is just like 'change it!'

"I think it's quite democratic."

Listen above and here's a handy guide to what he's talking about.

A second new track, House in LA, fittingly, is a more chilled affair, with the band indulging in some interpretive dance on top of said house.

It looks like the eerily perfect setting for some cult indie film about youth rebellion that goes horribly wrong.

Check it out above.

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South London punks Shame say they were "honoured" to make their live UK TV debut last night on Later...with Jools Holland.

Like many people this weekend in the UK, singer Charlie Steen went #topsoff for their high octave performance (see above).

Last week, the band came under criticism from The Sun for having taken a government music grant - to help with their US tour - despite having been critical of Prime Minister Theresa May in one of their songs's; Visa Vulture.

Speaking to Music News LIVE just before last night's show, Charlie described the tabloid attack as "disgraceful".

"We got a message from our manager saying 'heads up' The Sun might be slagging you off today," he said.

"We found it hilarious. A lot of this band is based on the underlying element of humour and we don’t like to take things too seriously.

"It was just worthless words."

He added: "Although we definitely have strong opinions on political and social matters, I think we just found it hilarious how they could print something on that matter.

"With that fund, we got £18,000 for our American tour, where we were going to lose £20,000 so we didn’t actually make any profit on it.

"I think there was maybe seven other artists who got a grant and we were very grateful that we got it - it did save our arse.

"But in the grand scheme of things... My mum always says the closest thing creatives have to funding is the dole."

The Department for International Trade told the BBC that since 2014, the government has put £2.6 million into the Music Exports Growth Scheme, external and that the latest round of funding saw them commit £295,000 "to help UK artists achieve success in overseas markets."

Other artists who have received grants include Editors, Dream Wife, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Nina Nesbitt.

Shame will perform at the Belfast leg of the BBC's Biggest Weekend.

More from Eurovision now, where the excitement is building in Lisbon.

Wurst, the 29-year-old artist (above) who won the contest for Austria in 2014 says she still feels the need to prove she's more than a drag act.

"It's easy to say, 'This is just a joke.' You know, the bearded lady? And I feel the need to smash it with every performance just because I want to be clear this is not a joke."

She added: "It's the story of my life and the story of so many people in the LGBTIQ community.

Last month, Conchita revealed she is HIV positive, and has been receiving regular treatment for "several years".

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The Spice Ladies better get their stories straight.

A few weeks ago, Posh told Vogue magazine: "I’m not going on tour. The girls aren’t going on tour.".

Now, speaking on Loose Women, Mel B has poured more petrol on the reunion rumour flames by saying: "It's going to be a bit of everything, if it were me, we'd go on tour immediately.

"Maybe we will soon."

Which puts us pretty much back to where we have been for the past ten years.

If they've decided not to tour again, luckily there is a potential replacement.

The Backstreet Boys went full drag when they dressed as the Girls as they played on a fan cruise at the weekend.

They wrote: "Celebrating all of the girl power that’s kept us going for 25 years."

Frankly, the resemblance is spooky.

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The multi-millionaire Scots DJ and producer Calvin Harris has apparently escaped uninjured from a car crash at the weekend.

According to TMZ, external, Calvin and his girlfriend, Aarika Wolf crashed into another car in Beverly Hills in California on Sunday.

The website said the driver and passenger in the other car were “experiencing pain, and plan on filing a police report”.

In a now deleted tweet which Pop Crave grabbed below, Calvin said "I promised myself I’d never do anything worthy of appearing in TMZ ever again but sadly this was out of my control thankfully everyone is OK.”

It's that time of year that you either love or hate but you can't ignore...

And Ireland will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time since 2013, after making it through the first semi-final in Lisbon.

Israel, Cyprus and Finland - featuring former X Factor semi-finalist Saara Aalto - were among the other nine countries who progressed.

But Greece and Belgium, who had been tipped to qualify for Saturday's main event, failed to make it through.

Check out Israel's Netta and her impersonation of a chicken below and read about seven amazing things from the first semi-final.

A further 18 countries will take part in the second semi-final on Thursday.

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One of the biggest celeb feuds could be coming to a rather lovely poetic end.

Katy Perry has apparently sent Taylor Swift an actual olive branch - a symbol of peace with its origins in the Bible - to mark the start of Tay's Reputation tour.

She shared a video of the package, which included a note to an "old friend" with the words "miscommunications" and "deeply sorry" written on it.

The pair reportedly fell out in a row over backing dancers, the feud inspired Taylor's Bad Blood while Swish Swish was said to be Katy's response.

Check the package below and read more.

Taylor also shared a new picture of her posing with her support artists Camila Cabello and Charli XCX as they prepare for their first gig in Arizona.

She played to a full crowd at the University Of Phoenix Stadium.

Looks like it was a pretty good night then, all things considered.

Plan A was to sit in a sunny park again today.

Plan B is to bring you another day choc full with music news, including Katy Perry and Taylor Swift perhaps burying the hatchet, Ireland progress through to the Eurovision final for the first time in five years and UK funkmasters Jungle return with two new tracks.

Plus we'll have some harsh words from London punk rockers Shame after they were themselves shamed by a tabloid for having received a Government arts grant.

They appeared on last night's Later with Jools, alongside the returning Plan B.

While we get up and running check out his live performance of new track Guess Again from his brand spanking new; Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose.

By there way, there is no Plan C today, so...