News updates for Tuesday 3 May 2016
Radiohead reappear on internet to tease fans over new album
Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters and The Who to play desert festival
Busted debut their first new track in 12 years
Super Furry Animals announce new Welsh football anthem for Euro 2016
That's it from us for today, but WHAT a day... scroll down for brand new Radiohead, details of the epic "legends in the desert" festival, news of Busted's first single in 12 years, not to mention updates on Drake, Beyonce, Gregory Porter and George Frederic Handel.
We'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning for more - don't forget to join us.
After teasing us ALL day with stop motion birds tweeting and bizarre-looking toy town rituals (see below), Radiohead have now rewarded us with the full video for new song Burn the Witch - the first from their forthcoming new album.
Enjoy!
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Britney Spears will be honoured with a special Millenium Award at the Billboard Music Awards later this month - an award only previously bestowed on Beyonce and Whitney Houston.
Billboard said, external the award was for "exceptional achievements and influence in the music industry". Britney will also perform a medley of her hits during the awards show in Las Vegas on 22 May. There are rumours she will premiere a new single, too, but that's unconfirmed at the time of writing.
Britney joins previously announced performers Justin Bieber, DNCE, The Go-Go’s, Shawn Mendes, P!nk, Nick Jonas, Tove Lo and Demi Lovato.
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Last week we brought you news of a new album from The Monkees - complete with contributions from Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller - and the band have been sharing some more details about the record.
An excitable Mickey Dolenz spoke to Chris Evans on the Radio 2 Breakfast show this morning, where they discussed unheard tracks they've unearthed from the 1960s and a forthcoming documentary about the band, which is coming to Radio 2 soon.
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Tomorrow night sees the world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein at the Royal Ballet in London.
The score was written by Lowell Lieberman, one of America's most frequently performed and recorded living composers. But, he told BBC Radio 3's In Tune, his job was made more difficult because he was writing in the dark, with no idea of how the ballet would be staged.
"It really was onerous," Lieberman told Sean Rafferty.
Quote MessageHe [Liam] provided me with a scenario which was basically the plot and timings - so he gave five minutes for the pas de deux - but within that I had no idea of the movement or the moment-to-moment action. I had to write the music imagining what would happen. So that was very challenging.
Lowell Lieberman
Luckily, it all came together in the end.
Quote MessageWhen I finally saw the rehearsals with Liam’s choreography, I thought ‘wow’. His choreography really does complete the music.
Lowell Lieberman
You can hear the full interview, as well as an excerpt from the rehearsals, by listening to In Tune on the BBC iPlayer. Lieberman appears about one hour into the show.
Image source, ReutersLate Motorhead legend Lemmy will be honoured with a special one-off performance from the two surviving members of the band at the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards on 13 June.
Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee from Motorhead will be joined by British rock band Saxon to perform the tribute, billed as A Salute to Lemmy. Saxon's Bill Byford revealed why he wanted to be involved:
Quote MessageLemmy was a great friend and he always supported the band, as we did Motorhead, through ups and downs. We were touring with them when he died so to be able to honour him at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods is a great opportunity to say goodbye.
Biff Byford
Lemmy Kilminster died after a short battle with cancer last December.
Alexander Milas, editor in chief of Metal Hammer, told the BBC Lemmy was one of the "most iconic frontmen of all time" and it would be an "emotional night".
Quote MessageThe really sad passing of Lemmy Kilmister, it's left a gaping void in our world. He was larger than life, seemingly immortal and it was just a passing that gave us all real pause. Everyone who's ever enjoyed rock or metal music probably associates it with Lemmy, because he was just the living personification of what it was all about to be rock and roll. It's just going to be a way for us to say goodbye and celebrate the man that he was.
Alexander Milas
Other special guests for the performance are due to be announced.
Could M.I.A.'s next album be her last? If her latest tweets are to be believed, then perhaps, in the US at least.
She's also claimed issues involving her US visa application are preventing her from being able to promote or perform her music in America. Watch this space...
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The much 'rumoured' festival at the Coachella site in October IS on - with organisers confirming The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan will headline the Friday night of Desert Trip, external, with Paul McCartney and Neil Young playing Saturday and Roger Waters and The Who on Sunday.
Billed as a "once-in- a-lifetime concert", the October event will see six of the world’s "most iconic and influential rock and roll artists come together".
Performances will start after sunset with each artist playing a full set. Artists including Roger Waters and Paul McCartney tweeted this video:
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Tickets for the event that will run from 7-9 October in Indio, California go on sale on Monday. Prices start at $200 (£137) per day, rising to $1,599 (£1,097) for a three-day pass for the area near the stage.
Californian soul singer Gregory Porter has been speaking to the BBC about his love for the UK - including playing Glastonbury and getting recognised on the streets.
He says the acceptance from British fans has been "extraordinary".
Quote MessageNow, when I walk the streets of London, cab drivers scream out my name. It's a beautiful thing and it happens a lot.
Gregory Porter
He also talked about his hit collaboration with dance duo Disclosure.
Quote MessageThey didn't try to compartmentalise me and tell me what to sing. They were like 'What would you like to say? How do you want a dance song to feel?'. That's why I put the song in my live set, and on my record, because I like the message of irrepressible love finding its way in a dance song with a heavy backbeat as well as a jazz style.
Image source, Ed Caraeff / Getty ImagesThe tour that spawned Van Morrison's classic live album It's Too Late To Stop Now... is to be the focus of a major four-disc retrospective.
Titled It's Too Late to Stop Now… Volumes II, III, IV & DVD, the collection boasts three previously unreleased concerts from the tour - recorded in LA, Santa Monica and London, along with a show filmed, but never broadcast, by the BBC.
Interestingly, none of the material on the four disc collection appeared on the original album - which is being re-released separately.
Rolling Stone has an exclusive clip of the opening track, an energetic reading of Come Running from 1970's Moondance album. Listen to it here, external.
Image source, Getty ImagesPearl Jam are to release their collaboration with Beyonce as a limited edition single.
The stars got together last year to perform Bob Marley's Redemption Song at 2015's Global Citizen Festival. The recording will be released via their fan club in June, backed by a rendition of Free's Wishing Well, which the Seattle band recorded back in 1991 - when Beyonce was just 10 years old.
If you can't wait until then (or you're not part of the fan club), here's a video of the song.
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Image source, Globe TheatreRoisin Murphy has just announced she's taking over Shakespeare's Globe for a special, one-off performance.
It'll be the first ever pop concert at the venue, on London's South Bank, as part of the Wonder Women festival, curated by Lauren Laverne.
The show, on 15 August, will feature tracks from Murphy's forthcoming album Take Her Up To Monto, which was written concurrently with last year's Mercury Prize-nominated Hairless Toys.
The singer spoke exclusively to BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt about the record's creation.
Jack Garratt has issued a warning to the man he says stole his guitar from a storage unit in Chicago, where the British singer is currently on tour.
The winner of the BBC's Sound of 2016 used the medium of Twitter to tell the thief, "You better treat her right. She was good to me" - before reassuring fans it was not Margaret, the guitar he had specially made for him and named after his late Grandma.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCanadian star Drake looks set to score the number one single and album in the UK this Friday.
His track One Dance has already topped the chart and broken UK streaming records, and now his new album Views (released last Friday) is set to boot Beyonce off the top. He's currently outselling her album Lemonade by two copies to one, according to the Official Charts Company, external.
The new track from Calvin Harris and Rihanna, This is What You Came For - given its first play live on Radio 1 from Calvin's LA pad on Friday morning - is currently at number two.
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Normally, when you hear that a musician has announced their new album via billboard, it means they've placed an advert in venerable US music magazine Billboard. Not in James Blake's case...
The musician has been plastering the artwork for his third album over walls in Brooklyn and London - then sharing the images on social media.
Called The Colour in Anything, the sleeve has been drawn by Roald Dahl's illustrator of choice, Quentin Blake (no relation).
Last year, the star told Esquire magazine the record would feature collaborations with Kanye West and Bon Iver. He also appears on Beyonce's new album, on a duet called Forward.
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A second (quite cute) stop-motion teaser for Radiohead's next album has been posted on the band's Instagram account.
It follows much excitement after the band deleted their online presence at the weekend before first posting a video of a bird chirping (scroll down the page for that one) and now this second clip - featuring both music AND a woman tied to a tree while some sinister men in masks perform a ritual with swords.
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But what does it mean?! We have no clue. But top marks to Radiohead for making our Tuesday more exciting.
Here's an ambitious plan: The Göttingen International Handel festival wants to stage all 42 of Handel's operas in the space of a fortnight.
The feat will be attempted at the festival's 100th anniversary in 2020 - although not all of the works will be performed as written, with readings and film screenings part of the progamme, director Tobias Wolff told The Salzburger Nachrichten, external newspaper.
"We have already started thinking about funding," he added. "We do not know if we can get it financed, but the vision is there."
Held in the German university town of Göttingen, the festival is one of the highlights of the classical calendar, with a resident orchestra, the FestspielOrchester Göttingen, that's considered to have reached the pinnacle of baroque performance.
So... Busted are back! After announcing their reunion in November last year, the newly reformed band have just unveiled a new "different" new single, telling followers: "We wrote Coming Home just for you - the fans who have been with us since the beginning."
It's certainly a departure from the airbrushed rock of Air Hostess and Year 3000 - with a brooding, mid-tempo groove and a buzzing synth hook.
There's a lyric video over on YouTube, external (we can't embed it here due to the nature of the lyrics).
Image source, YouTubeTen years after their split, Charlie Simpson, James Bourne and Matt Willis will tour the UK later this year and they're all thrilled about the response they've been getting:
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Here are some reactions to the new tune:
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Image source, ReutersIt's not just Radiohead being all cryptic on the internet - Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who and Roger Waters have all been dropping heavy hints about their antics on their social media accounts.
They've posted video teasers hinting at their involvement in the 'rumoured' mega-festival happening at the Coachella grounds in Palm Springs later this year, containing just one mysterious word... "October" - the month the event is set to take place.
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Image source, EPAEurovision fans in the US will be able to watch the grand final live for the first time this year.
Organisers the EBU have announced a deal with Viacom-owned cable network Logo to air the event in Stockholm on 14 May.
Its website describes Eurovision, external as "the biggest, boldest, campiest music competition on earth".
