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Enjoy the rest of National Pet Day, like Little Mix above.

Scroll down for some abs-olutely fabulously funny news from rapper Luacris, news on the Billboard award nominations and a bizzare war of words between Kate Bush's people and Coachella.

Poodle-oo...erm, we mean Toodle-oo.

A new report commissioned by the London Mayor Sadiq Kan has identified 21 grassroots music venues at risk of closure due to the government's hike in business rates.

A further 18 music venues in the capital are expected to experience 'significant financial challenges'.

In total, the venues, which include the legendary 100 Club in Oxford Street and The Lexington in Islington (where BBC Introducing host a monthly night of new music) account for up to 530 jobs and contribute up to £21.5m to the economy.

Last year was the first time in a decade that the number of venues across in London remained stable.

Mr Khan - who is calling for tax relief for the venues, said: "London’s grassroots music venues are the foundation of the UK’s world-leading music industry, providing a vital talent pipeline for the artists and stars of tomorrow.

"The way in which the business rates are evaluated for London’s grassroots music venues doesn’t make sense – it is completely unfair to bill a business based on the size of its building and not to take its profits into account."

We'll have more reaction to this in tomorrow's Music News LIVE.

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Radio 3's Late Junction has been delving into the roots of German krautrock pioneers Can ahead of their 50th anniversary gig.

Their biographer Rob Young has compiled a mixtape to deconstruct their pioneering sound and you can listen above.

Ja, sehr gut.

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Actress Luisana Lopilato, the wife of singer Michael Buble , says their three-year-old son is doing well, five months after he was diagnosed with cancer .

The Argentine actress spoke about Noah's recovery at a press conference for her latest film in Buenos Aires.

She said: "When things like those that happened to us occur, your take on life changes. It happened to us. Now I value life much more, the now and the today.

"Thank God, my son is well."

She also thanked the public for their support, saying: "I want them to know that they reached us and that it helped us a lot to come through this."

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Nelly Furtado has been speaking to BBC Breakfast about hitting the comeback trail with her new record and her decision to step away from the spotlight.

The new album The Ride is her first new material in three years.

Last year she collaborated with Dev Hynes on the track Hadron Collider from his album Freetown Sound.

Here she explains to presenters Dan Walker and Louise Minchin about her odd jobs during her sabbatical from the music biz, which included taking a playwriting course and working in her daughter's school library, as well as her pal's record shop in Toronto...

She might even have served you?

Remember on Friday when we told you that U2 were to be credited on Kendrick's forthcoming as-yet un-named new album ?

Well that's still true.

The track is called XXX and thanks to the wonder of social media, we now know the US rapper 's record will be called Damn and will also feature Rihanna on a track called Loyalty.

Check out the album artwork above and below, which can be yours from Friday when the record is released.

Ken's gone for his freshest plain white T on the cover and as you can see he does not look happy.

Not one bit.

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Laura Mvula has been talking about her struggle with anxiety and panic attacks.

The singer, who will perform a tribite to Nina Simone at the Wilderness festival this summer (scroll down for more), has been speaking to Woman's Hour on Radio 4 about her battle with anxiety.

She revealed that she was hit by nerves during a performance at one of the UK's biggest music festivals, Glastonbury.

You can hear more on Laura Mvula: Generation Anxiety , in which Laura examines why under-35s are particularly prone to anxiety.

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Chinese-born composer Du Yun has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for her experimental opera exploring the psychology behind human trafficking.

The one-act opera Angel's Bone premiered last year at New York's Prototype festival and depicts a fictional American couple enslaving and victimizing a pair of angels who stumble upon the property.

Du Yun said she thought it was a prank when she heard she'd won.

According to news agency AFP she said: "To win the award with this piece means so much for me.

"Let's keep being part of the dialogue...Let art be that poetic space where we can initiate such conversations."

Du Yun, who was born in China and now lives in the US said, ahead of the premiere, that she wrote the opera partly out of frustration over the lack of understanding about immigration.

"People talk about the immigrants and have this idea that this is bad, we don't want them in, 'why don't they just get legal,' or build a wall."

"If we are given the opportunity to make profit, then maybe we are not so different from each other.

Previous winners of the award include the leading American composers Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, John Adams and Steve Reich as well as jazz great Wynton Marsalis.

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The Beastie Boys may well have fought for your right to party but did they ever climb Everest for it?

DJ Paul Oakenfold has.

He's broadcast the 'highest party on earth' live from the base camp of Mount Everest (after a 10-day trek) earlier today.

You can check out the set 17,600 feet high on his Facebook page., external

The show is part of SoundTrek, external , a series of parties in unusual locations and Paul said the project is "taking music to some of the most remote and technically challenging parts of the planet, raising money for charities along the way".

You're gonna have one helluva come down after this gig.

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That is according to a fascinating behind-the-scenes look, external at one of the world's most glam music festivals in California.

The New Yorker, has spoken to Paul Tollect, the CEO of the company that organises the annual event.

In between some amazing anecdotes about how he managed to get the Rolling Stones (a 40 yard air-conditioned running track for Mick Jagger), insider info on fees ("between three and five million dollars") and the "tented acre" backstage for artists' family and friends, there is an interesting claim about Ms Bush - who, in 2014 played 22 sold-out shows in London after a three decade live break.

In addition to curating the festival lineup, Tollett books all the acts himself and even negotiates offers with agents.

According to Marc Geiger of the artists' agency William Morris: "I’ll say, ‘Kate Bush!’ And he’ll go, ‘No!,’ and we’ll talk through it. I’ll say, ‘She’s never played here, and she just did thirty shows in the U.K. for the first time since the late seventies. You gotta do it! Have to!’

‘No! No one is going to understand it."

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However, Kate's spokeswomen has now fired back, saying "It was never Kate's intention to play any more shows than she did in London.

"The show was conceived for a very specific type of venue. No discussions were ever had with Kate about playing any festival, including Coachella."

The moral here is: You can't turn down what you were never offered in the first place.

We have nothing more than a picture but they do say that it paints a thousand words.

Sam Smith and Timbaland together. In the studio. Making sweet music.

It will have to suffice until we actually hear something more.

The producer added: "It was a pleasure working this man @samsmithworld, external#puretalent, external#goodvibes, external#makingmemories, external and #timeless, external#music, external 🔥🔥🔥🔥"

Sam hasn't released any new music since 2015's Oscar-winning The Writing's On The Wall from the Bond film Spectre.

How do you follow that?

Billboard magazine

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The movie soundtracks of Alan Silvestri are among some of the most well-known in cinema history.

His work has spanned across films like Forrest Gump, external , the Back to the Future, external trilogy and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Now, the composer is to receive an outstanding career achievement from the BMI - a rights management company - on 10 May in Los Angeles.

The BMI called him a "brilliant, deeply sensitive and diverse composer," adding, "his keen cinematic sensibility, empathetic nature, and passion make him one of the most coveted and revered film composers in the world."

Previous reciptpients of the icon award include David Newman, Alan Menken, external and John Williams, external .

Silvestri is currently working on the score for the next two Avengers movies.

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OK here's a track to drift away with while you enjoy your lunch,

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete played a couple of epic psychedelic tunes for 6 Music DJ Marc Riley last night; The Sound Of All Things and What's Holding You.

Check them out below, but please put down any heavy machinery first.

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Everybody else, keep moving.

Louis Tomlinson may have to wait a year to find out if he'll be charged over an alleged attack on a photographer.

The 25-year-old singer was arrested and bailed after the confrontation at Los Angeles International Airport on 3 March.

He was travelling with his girlfriend, Eleanor Calder, at the time.

The case was due to be heard on 29 March, but prosecutors say it could now take much longer.

"No decision has yet been reached in that matter. It is still under review," said a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.

More on that when we have it.

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US rapper Ludacris has been subjected to a little online teasing after the video for his latest track Vitamin D appeared online.

The track which features Ty Dolla $ign sees the rapper bemoan the effects of plastic surgery, particularly on women's bodies.

Sadly, we can't embed the video here due to some x-rated lyrics. But rather than the language being controversial, it's the rapper's slightly dodgy-looking CGI six-pack that people have picked up on...

The video is obviously quite tongue in cheek and luckily, Luda is seeing the funny side to the row as well...

Cheaper than a monthly gym membership we suppose.

Billboard magazine

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We think so anyway. It's hard to keep score anymore.

The queen and first lady of pop will go head-to-head for the top gong at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas next month.

The Londoner stole the show at the Grammys, winning five awards to Beyonce's two , but admitted on stage that she thought her American counterpart was more deserving of the best album gong for her critically-lauded visual record Lemonade.

US website Billboard have pitched the two against each other once again in the categories of top artist and best female artist.

Here's what the shortlist for top artist looks like:

• Adele
• Beyonce
• Justin Bieber
• The Chainsmokers
• Drake
• Ariana Grande
• Shawn Mendes
• Rihanna
• Twenty One Pilots
• The Weeknd

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Meanwhile Drake (above) and The Chainsmokers ( who look set for a debut number one album in the States this week , external ) have earned a record 22 nominations each, followed closely by Twenty One Pilots who have 17 and Rihanna has 14.

Other British nominees include Zayn Malik, Coldplay, Calvin Harris and Radiohead who are up for top rock album for A Moon Shaped Pool.

Meanwhile, Prince has earned three posthumous nominations including top soundtrack for Purple Rain.

See the full list of nominees here., external

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We told you yesterday how Frank Ocean had dropped a new track featuring Jay Z and Tyler The Creator.

Well, last night Biking was deemed as officially 'wheelie' good (sorry) by Radio 1's Mistajam who has declared it as his hottest record in the world right now.

And we can now bring you the radio edit (minus all the badbadnotgood words) of the track here this morning.

Think you can handle that?

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Brit and Mercury-nominated Laura Mvula will join the Evergreen Will Young in paying tribute to late soul and jazz singer Nina Simone at this year's Wilderness Festival, external.

The Wilderness Orchestra will present A Sunday of Nina Simone to celebrate the life and work of "one of the most influential musicians in history" at the Oxfordshire event on 6 August.

Also performing will be Honeyfeet’s Rioghnach Connolly, The Ronnie Scott’s Club Trio and Paul Robinson, Nina Simone’s own drummer for two decades.

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A note on the festival website says: "In honour of the musicians who have inspired us and brought untold joy, every year we pay tribute to one of the greats.

"Last year it was David Bowie’s A Space Oddity that raised the hairs on necks and brought tears to eyes. This year, we are paying tribute to Nina Simone."

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The song Photograph that is, off his 2014 album x (Multiply).

Ed has struck a deal to end a $20m (£13.8m) copyright infringement legal claim over the track.

Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington sued the singer last June, claiming his hit ballad here...

...had a similar structure to their song, Amazing, which was released by former X Factor winner Matt Cardle in 2012.

That one went like this...

Hmmm. What do you think?

A lawyer for the Mr Leonard and Mr Harrington confirmed to the BBC the claim had now been settled.

The songwriters had claimed the chorus of the two songs shared 39 identical notes, with similarities "instantly recognisable to the ordinary observer".

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Morning all.

Monday's out the way and we're all feeling infinitely fitter, happier and stronger this morning. Right?

Today on Music News LIVE, we'll have news of a major US festival dismissing the idea of booking the lady above (probably why the lion is so mad) and Frank Ocean's second release of the year, this time featuring Jay Z, is the world's hottest record.

Plus Ed Sheeran settles a £13.8m copyright infringement claim over his track Photograph.

OK, let's go.