Tuesday's MNL has run its race and we are out of here.

Scroll down for Nicki Minaj making Stephen Colbert blush, Beyonce and Jay-Z paying respects to Aretha Franklin in her hometown and George Ezra announcing his new UK stadium tour in hil-ar-ious fashion.

Plus N*E*R*D confirm themselves for Reading + Leeds Festival and Newbie Tuesday artist Soph Nathan of Our Girl and The Big Moon talks us through how to juggle being in two top bands.

We'll leave you with a woman after our own hearts, A-Dot from Radio 1Xtra questioning the long-held wisdom of the traditional office whip-round for leavers that you don't really know that well.

About time someone said it.

See you tomorrow.

From one music film to another now...

A director is defying film censors by letting under-15s watch his documentary for free in protest at a 15 rating.

Filmmaker Sean McAllister is angry that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has decided A Northern Soul is unsuitable for under-15s.

In the film, Steve Arnott (pictured below) attempts to balance working in a warehouse with taking his Beats Bus to disadvantaged communities during Hull's year as UK City of Culture in 2017.

The BBFC said it was a 15 because there were too many swear words for a 12A, but McAllister said it had been judged on its "raw depiction of poverty".

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Anyone hoping to catch Pharrell - and generally get up to no good - at Reading + Leeds (other music festivals are available) can now get themselves in the mood by watching the new Iain Morris film, The Festival.

The new comedy movie from the director of The Inbetweeners sees him re-unite with actor Joe Thomas (aka Simon in the Channel 4 series).

The loose premise is that Joe's character Nick has just been dumped by his girlfriend and so his best mate Shane drags him to a three-day music festival to beat the break-up blues.

What could possibly go wrong?

The NME, external enjoyed the "gloriously puerile celebration of mud, piss and music," giving it 4/5.

The Guardian, external give it 3/5 describing it as "mud, drugs and jolly druids from Inbetweeners crew."

The Telegraph, external go for three-stars as well, crediting actor Joe Thomas with making "a long weekend of elaborate misery consistently funny."

It's out in cinemas across the land now. You can watch a trailer online, external but it does come with a language warning.

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No official word from the festival, external themselves yet but the US band have snuck two slots at "Reading Festival" and "Leeds Festival" in the tour dates section of their own website., external

Pharrell and co are planning to play Reading on 25 August and the Northern leg of the bank holiday August festival the following day.

No word on the matter from either the Virginian hip hop collective or the festival so far but it looks pretty legit as it's straddled only by gigs in Paris and Glasgow.

Check that festival schedule folks for an N*E*R*D sized gap.

The event will be headlined by Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar, Kings Of Leon and Panic! At The Disco,

More from 6 Music now where rDJ Mark Radcliffe also spoke to The Pretenders star bout the band’s latest tour and the state of modern backstage catering.

"Everyone has gone vegetarian - it's fantastic," said the singer who boasts another famous vegetarian, Morrissey, among her closest friends.

Neither of them allow meat products to be sold at their own headline gigs and Chrissie says that while festivals can be a different story, she believes that more people are starting to change their eating habits.

"I think we're living through a golden moment and we should appreciate it."

Listen above.

The band continue their tour of Europe this weekend in Coventry and Durham.

BBC 6 Music

Welsh artist Gwenno has been talking 6 Music's Mark Radcliffe through the making of the first ever Cornish language psych-pop album Le Kov.

The singer, who formerly fronted The Pipettes, was raised in Cardiff but was taught Cornish by her dad, poet Tim Saunders.

"It gives your different perspectives on the same thing," she said.

"I think that's what languages - that we all have - can do."

Listen above as she explains it all to Mark in her third language, English.

Also check out performing Tir Ha Mor for Jools Holland a few months back.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

To be in one critically-acclaimed rock n' roll band would, for many music lovers, be a dream come true.

To be in two then - and at the same time - is simply greedy.

While the likes of St Vincent, Dave Grohl, Sheryl Crow and Bernard Sumner all stepped out of the shadows of their former bands in order to take centre stage, Soph Nathan - aka guitar slinger-in-chief with 2017 Mercury-nominated The Big Moon - is moonlighting as a new frontwoman, while managing to keep hold of her day job.

Her musical side project Our Girl, release their debut, Stranger Today - Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephen's current album of the week - on Friday.

Compared to the immediately infectious Britpop-esque charm of The Big Moon's pop rock debut, Love in the Fourth Dimension - written largely by frontwoman Juliette Jackson - Soph's latest offering is a more feedback-drenched slow burner of a rock record.

Think less jumping around and more gazing at shoes, as Soph lets us in to her own private world for the first time.

"I've always been in bands," she explains.

"I was in a lot of bands when this started but I really wanted to write songs. It was a thing I thought I couldn’t do but I felt like I really wanted to do it.

"Those are the ones that Our Girl started with and then we built on that."

The band, which started four years ago, around the same time as The Moon, sees Soph link up with pals Josh on bass and Lauren on drums, to turn their amps right up and create an atmospheric vibe that is less immediate than her other band but equally rewarding.

"I love both - it just comes naturally," she adds.

"I like making a lot of noise. We make more noise with The Big Moon on stage probably than on record.

"There are similar elements but maybe Our Girl has more heavy bits and also more completely stripped-down bits - not emo but a bit more like that.

"The Big Moon is a bit more fun to listen to and I can jump around a bit more I guess and it's really refreshing playing parts she’s [Jules] made up and playing guitar in a way I wouldn’t have.

"It's incredibly important to me but Our Girl is more like an extension of me - as I write all the songs and guitar parts.

"It’s great having both of those outlets - but they are very different in my head."

The long-awaited record was produced by Bill Ryder-Jones, another guitarist-turned-singer, who left Wirral psych rockers The Coral in 2008, after providing five albums worth of of signature riffs.

Soph takes up the tale of Our Girl's first trip to Merseyside to make some musical magic with Bill.

"Our manager got in touch and told Bill 'there’s this band I think you'll really like' basically.

"We had a day in the studio in West Kirkby near Liverpool, where Bill lives.

"We went for the night, stayed over at his house and recorded the next day.

"So we had a sleepover with Bill – before we knew him (!) which was really fun, worked really well and we liked him."

Obviously no slouch on the old six string herself, was it intimidating showing new guitar parts to the man who dreamt up licks for indie classics like Dreaming of You, external and Pass It On, external?

"We didn’t imagine changing much in the studio, we knew what the songs were going to be like and we knew how to make them sound how we wanted to... we thought.

"But then Bill added a whole other layer. He’s a guitar genius.

"If he’d been different I would’ve been self conscious but he didn’t make me feel like that.

"So it was a great bonus when he played really good stuff on it. Then maybe I was like 'damn it, I can’t do that...'

The guitarist and soon to be published songwriter admits juggling both bands has, at times, been tricky.

"It's difficult sometimes, especially around festival seasons.

"I’ve done a lot of running to get trains for a show with The Big Moon in the afternoon then Our Girl later or whatever."

At last year's Great Escape new music festival, she found herself in a particularly sticky situation with her new band booked for four gigs, just hours after she landed from a gig in Spain with The BM.

"That was the killer last year - I was a bit wonky."

She's declined the offer to take Our Girl on tour with The Big Moon in the past in order to keep the two projects apart, although Big Moon drummer Fearne can sometimes be found driving them around the country.

And while Soph admits further complications could arise down the line with a successful debut album and the return of her other band, she'd rather cross that bridge when she comes to it.

"There's been no major gig clashes yet but I think that’s going to happen - we'll just figure it out.

"The Big Moon are having some down time at the moment because Jules is writing for the second record.

"This record is sort of a long time coming but has slotted in nicely.

"Hopefully they [both bands] can take turns forever.

"I'm just gonna keep doing the best I can with both until… yeah. We’ll see."

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #39: Another Sky - the band whose first gig was in the dark

We say written - there seems to be a lot of pictures.

Justin worked on the project with New York Times best-selling author Sandra Bark.

Hindsight & All the Things I Can't See In Front of Me (great title, JT), is a "collection of anecdotes, reflections, and observations".

It includes "hundreds of candid images from his personal archives that range from his early years to the present day".

According to publisher HarperCollins, Justin "discusses many aspects of his childhood, including his very early love of music".

BBC Radio 2

Railroad man-turned-rock star (if you believe the stories) Seasick Steve has been talking Radio 2's Chris Evans through his new brilliantly-named new album Can U Cook?

One "kind of personal" track nearly didn't make the album though as his wife didn't want him to record it.

"It's hard when you write something really personal, you know?," explained Steve.

One call to master beat-maker Ed Sheeran however apparently changed Mrs Steve's mind.

"They sent it back to me this beat, I went in the studio by myself and played guitar to Ed's beat and then my wife liked it.

"Then she said we could put it on the record."

The album's title track which was written on a "one-string washboard guitar that I hooked a banjo neck on" and you can check out a sample above.

The album is out on 28 September.

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Adele has shared a message of support with her three million Instagram followers for her best friend who's recovering from postpartum psychosis.

Laura Dockrill gave birth to a baby boy, who is Adele's godson, in February this year.

She's since battled against the condition, which can lead to hallucinations and confusion soon after giving birth.

Adele says her story is "intimate and heartbreaking," adding, "Mamas should talk about how you're feeling because in some cases it could save yours or someone else's life".

The NHS describes, external postpartum psychosis as a "serious mental illness that should be treated as a medical emergency" and advises seeing a GP immediately if you think you, or someone you know, may have developed symptoms.

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Nicki is doing the rounds to promote her new album Queen, which landed on Friday - a week early.

The US rapper did not hold back on one controversial-yet-playful new album track, Barbie Dreams, on which she lists a number of big name rappers that she would not, ahem, "get with", as US TV show presenter Stephen Colbert so chastely puts it.

Colbert has quick to notice, however, that his name was not on the banned list.

Watch above as Nicki responds with a freestyle rap that would almost make your computer screen (and the presenter) blush.

We'll leave it to the 35-year-old Trinidadian rapper to explain (above).

Nicki - whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj - also has a fiery new desert-based video out for her new track, Ganja Burns, which you can find online now but it does come with a language warning.

"We've got 13 songs, nine sets, one-take and zero pressure," declares the British chat show host ahead of the impressive five minute performance on The Late, Late Show.

Highlights include a Madonna style Vogue-ing Corden, a cover of the Foo Fighter' Learn to Fly, Gaga's, Just Dance and Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby on sight of the iceberg, which sank the ship.

And of course Celine's classic from the movie gets an airing.

Watch above.

BBC 6 Music

The nineties Scots indie band have been reflecting on their life and career as they re-issue five of their Creation Records albums on vinyl.

The wax versions of Bandwagonesque, Thirteen, Grand Prix, Song From Northern Britain and Howdy! are available now and cover the period between 1991-2000.

Norman Blake spoke to 6 Music's Matt Everitt about that golden era for the band, which also coincided with meeting his wife, Krista at a recording studio and touring with Radiohead on their OK Computer tour.

"There's my life right there!," he said.

"The band's been together for 30 years now, that's all of my adult life."

Listen above.

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The Essex singer and "Britain's cheekiest chappy" will both perform at the Music 4 Mental Health show at London's Roundhouse on 18 November.

The gig's been organised by the mental health campaign #IAMWHOLE and more names are due to be announced.

In a statement Anne-Marie said: “It’s so important that we all speak up on mental health. The conversation and support around it is, thankfully, growing and this fundraiser will help grow that even more."

She released her top three album, Speak Your Mind, earlier this year and told us at the time: "I've always been the type of person to speak my mind about everything,

"It just made sense as lot of songs on the album are about stuff I've wanted to speak about for a while."

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... as it were.

George Ezra has announced a major UK stadium tour for 2019.

"We're going to be visiting a lot of places we love to play in," he says before jokingly reaching for a notebook to find out exactly which cities he's referring to.

It's comedy gold folks.

His newest album Staying at Tamara's topped the charts in March and he then played at the BBC's Biggest Weekend in Swansea this summer

Thanks to the magic of recording, you can watch it back below.

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Bey and Jay dedicated their gig last night to the Queen of Soul in her hometown of Detroit, according to the Detroit News., external

Reports emerged yesterday Aretha is "seriously ill".

“This show is dedicated to Aretha Franklin,” said Beyonce, to a crowd including fellow US star Drake.

“We love you and thank you.”.

Friends and family are reportedly at her side, as support flooded in online from friends and fellow artists.

The 76-year-old cancelled planned concerts earlier this year due to health concerns and was ordered by doctors to rest for two months.

Last year, she indicated her plans to retire from touring following the release of a new album.

Separately, celebrity website TMZ has also reported that a "long-time friend was told a week ago 'prepare yourself, she's dying.'"

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Morning all.

We hope you all had a pleasant night's sleep.

Coming up on Music News LIVE today:

• Beyonce and Jay-Z dedicate their Detroit gig to Aretha Franklin

• Adele's support for friend's postpartum psychosis recovery
• A Newbie Tuesday artist that's juggling two rock 'n' roll bands
• Nicki Minaj freestyle raps on US TV chat show

Speaking of Nicki, let's get going today with the new [BLEEP] track they've all been [BLEEP] talking about; Barbie Dreams from her [BLEEP] new album Queen.

It was the [BLEEP] Hottest Record on [BLEEP] Radio 1 last night and as such there's a skillfully-done radio-friendly edit of the track above with plenty of [BLEEP].

We all love beefs and disses, as DJ Annie Mac agrees.

On the track "she disses all the biggest names in rap music in a really hilarious and clever way."

Drake is in there, so too is DJ Khaled, 50 Cent, and plenty more.

Listen out for the big names and see if you can catch them all.