News updates for 30 August 2017
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Tributes to Soul II Soul singer Melissa Bell
Manchester benefit gig to re-open Arena venue sells out
Image source, Getty ImagesThat, as they say, is that.
Thanks for dropping by and when you feel ready, please scroll back down for new music from the likes of Maroon 5 and Dan Auerbach, news on next month's Manchester benefit gig, tributes to Melissa Bell, Taylor Swift's tactics for dealing with touts, plus Ed Sheeran's big shoe giveaway.
We'll be back more music news and a new track from a Mr B Ono of Dublin (above) and his friends tomorrow.
Image source, Getty ImagesLiam G is among the performers taking part in what is being called the "world's largest ever sleep-out event" in Edinburgh/
Sleep in the Park - billed as "a Live Aid for Scottish homelessness" - will be held in West Princes Street Gardens on 9 December.
It is hoped 9,000 people will take part in the sleep out, which will also see Deacon Blue, Amy Macdonald and indie band Frightened Rabbit play unplugged sets.
Comedian Rob Brydon will host the event, while John Cleese will read a bedtime story.
Image source, Getty ImagesEd
"I got given these shoes and they’re the most uncomfortable ******* pair of shoes of I’ve ever worn in my life.
"So much so that … does anyone want them?”
So speaketh Ed 'normal' Sheeran in front of a sold out crowd of more than 15,000 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday night.
After tossing the offending footwear into the crowd, he added: "I regularly get voted worst dressed at things.
"I wear sneakers, jeans and a T-shirt all the time. And looking around, all I see in this room are sneakers, jeans and T-shirts.
"So either they’re right and we’re all badly dressed, or they’re wrong and we’re all actually dressed normal."
So if anyone is heading to see him in Miami tonight, we'll take a size 9 please.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe offending footwear?
Image source, Getty ImagesMaroon 5 have hitched themselves to the rising star that is SZA (above).
They've teamed up for a new duet What Lovers Do, which you can hear below.
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SZA is currently on a US tour of her debut album CTRL while Maroon 5 Adam Levine (above left) is mainly tweeting about his long-held disdain for the MTV VMA awards.
"It's always exciting to see how utterly horrible the VMAs will be. They really delivered so far this year," he said on Twitter.
TV audiences in the US may agree with him - Billboard reports, external that 5.68 million viewers tuned in for this year's event, down from the 6.5 million in 2016 and 9.8 million the year before.
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Looks like things are progressing on the new Queen biopic.
The band's guitarist Brian May has been on set, where they have built a recreation of the Live Aid stage at Wembley Stadium, regarded as one of Queen's finest performances.
We can't wait to see actor Rami Malek strutting his stuff as Freddie Mercury.
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On Tuesday's MNL, we told you about AC/DC singer Brian Johnson joining Muse on stage at the Reading festival for a cover of the legendary rockers' iconic track Back in Black.
Well, for the second time in two days, here's another cover of the song, this time by pianist Peter Bence for Radio 2.
All the reusable things are donated to homeless charities, which we can all agree is good.
The BBC followed one community group that hands the unwanted belongings from more than 90,000 ticket-holders directly to homeless people.
Check out BBC Berkshire's video.
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Image source, Getty Images...is not a headline that we would expect to write. Nevertheless, our Tay Tay has been accused of exploiting her audience for letting them boost their chance of getting tickets to see her by posting about her on social media, watching her new video or buying merch.
She's been working with Ticketmaster in America, saying she is "committed to getting tickets into the hands of fans... not scalpers or bots".
Rou Reynolds from British rockers Enter Shikari has tweeted his disgust over her latest strategy.
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Taylor's new album Reputation is due on 10 November and a tour is expected in 2018.
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With just a few hours until it's released, U2 have shared a snippet of a new track called The Blackout.
It's their first new music since 2014's Songs of Innocence, which saw the group face fierce criticism after it was automatically uploaded onto people's iTunes playlists.
The song comes from their new album Songs of Experience, which is due out on 6 September alongside a new single called You’re the Best Thing About Me.
Keep an eye out for it on your phone.*
*Just joking Bono. x
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Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran have made good use of the fact they were both in Los Angeles at the same time by recording an acoustic duet of her new track You Song.
Which was written by Ed.
The video was shot backstage at The Staples Center during Ed’s recent tour.
Watch the "one take wonders" above.
Image source, Getty ImagesTeenage star Shawn Mendes has performed the first MTV Unplugged gig since since the music TV network revived the series.
The 19-year-old Canadian singer, who was just one year old when the final Unplugged gig was performed by The Corrs in 1999, played an acoustic set at the Ace Hotel theatre in Los Angeles.
The original show spawned platinum-selling records by the likes of Nirvana and Eric Clapton.
Fans surrendered mobile phones at the door to prevent the recording of Shawn's gig leaking ahead of its airing on television.
However, some footage appears to have made its way on to social media.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe love a video with a good narrative here at MNL, and luckily Dan Auerbach of Black Keys fame has provided us with just that in the promo for his new solo song Stand By My Girl.
The song is taken from his latest solo album, Waiting on a Song, which was released in June.
Watch the video below.
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Image source, ReutersNow a quick revisit to a story we first reported yesterday.
Turns out the figures reported by YouTube and Spotify for Taylor Swift's first day of streaming for Look What You Made me Do are even higher than their initial estimates.
In newly-released consolidated figures, the star has broken four major streaming records, beating the likes of Adele and Ed Sheeran.
The new track was played a total of 10,129,087 times on Spotify last Friday, the day of its release - more than any other song has achieved in a single day.
The video, external also broke YouTube's one-day streaming record with 43.2 million views in 24 hours, smashing the record set by Psy.
In the meantime, Digital Spy have also picked out 15 of the best bits, external from the video that you may or may not have missed.
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Melissa Bell, who sang on Soul II Soul tracks Wish and Be A Man has died at the age of 53.
The London-born singer had been suffering from kidney failure brought on by diabetes.
The group's frontman Jazzie B called her "part of the Soul II Soul family".
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The singer's daughter, X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, announced the news on Twitter, saying "we will never forget her unconditional love, support, charisma, strength and courage".
Burke is due to take part in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing and said she would continue, adding that her mum "was over the moon" when she signed up.
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Image source, getBack to Russell Kane now - he is down to host the We Are Manchester benefit concert, which will reopen Manchester Arena.
Russ will be joined by headliner Noel Gallagher (above) and his High Flying Birds, with other stars including The Courteeners, Blossoms, grime star Bugzy Malone, Foo Fighters' best mate Rick Astley and Pixie Lott at the event on on 9 September.
The last tickets went on sale at 0900 BST today but have already sold out.
All profits will go to the Manchester Memorial Fund.
The venue has been closed since the terror attack on 22 May, which killed 22 people.
Image source, ReutersDon't worry Katy, there's plenty of time to find yourself somewhere comfy to watch, unless of course you're planning on being there?
Next year's Brit awards will be held on 21 February 2018 at The 02 in London for the eighth time.
Last year’s event was watched on ITV by an audience of 8.5 million and saw performances from the likes of Katy, Ed Sheeran and Little Mix, while David Bowie won two posthumous awards.
Not sure anything will top this though...
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Image source, Getty ImagesMorning all, here's a happy face to get you started on hump day.
Why, it's none other than smiley comic Russell Kane, who has landed a big gig alongside Noel Gallagher in Manchester, which we'll tell you all about shortly.
We'll also have a look at the mixed fortunes for MTV as Shawn Mendes performs the first revived Unplugged show while the VMAs see another drop in US television viewers.
Plus new music from Dan Auerbach, Maroon 5 and Khalid.
All ready? Good, Lets get started...
