Anywhere but back to Monday morning that is.

The hard part is over now and the week is off to a flyer.

Scroll down for news of Nick Cave's defiant Israel gigs, performances from Eminem, Pink and Niall Horan, plus murderer Charles Manson's lesser known musical connections.

Plus artists queue up to condemn Morrissey, tributes are paid to AC/DC legend Malcolm Young and Germans don't know who Rita Ora is.

Thankfully we all do and we'll leave you today with her performance from Friday's Children In Need.

See you tomorrow when we'll bring you yet another Newbie Tuesday to look/listen out for...the future starts here.

See you tomorrow.

The band have used John Carpenter's horror They Live, external for the basis of the video for Back in the USA (not to be confused with The Beatles' Back in the USSR).

Singer Billie Joe Armstrong goes from a strait-laced black and white suburbanite into tousle-haired rock star after coming into possession of a pair of sunglasses which show the world as it truly is.

Cue headlines about fake news and the president lying to the nation and a zombie-faced Donald Trump lookalike.

Mark Savage
Music reporter, BBC News

Charles Manson, the cult leader of the Manson Family, who directed his followers to commit a string of brutal murders in 1969, was one of the most reviled figures in American culture.

A grifter who'd spent most of his adult life in jail, he orchestrated a killing spree with the intention of sparking a race war.

But his original intention when he arrived in California was to become a musician.

A macabre fascination with his music has persisted ever since.

Marilyn Manson chose his stage name to reflect Charles Manson, while Kasabian are named after a member of the cult.

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Bands like Guns N' Roses, The Lemonheads and Marilyn Manson have covered his songs; while bootleg recordings of his demos, which began circulating during his trial, are now widely available.

The Beach Boys re-worked one of his songs on their 1969 album 20/20 and Neil Young, who met the murderer, was impressed by what he heard.

"He had this kind of music that nobody else was doing," he told rock writer Bill Flanagan., external

"He would sit down with the guitar and start playing and make up stuff, different every time."

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Q) Which lady has the most US number one albums?

A) Beyonce? No. Britney? Nah. Madonna? Wrong again.

It is of course Barbra Streisand...

And the 75-year-old New Yorker has just announced her new album, entitled, The Music…The Mem’ries…the Magic! will be with us on 8 December.

It will feature duets with Jamie Foxx and the late Anthony Newley.

If you can't wait until then, Netflix will premiere a concert film of the same name, from her 2016 tour, from this Wednesday.

Raye has shared the new video for her track Decline.

The 19-year-old, who came third in the BBC's Sound of 2017 poll, sings a sample of Ja Rule and Ashanti's 1999 hit Always on Time.

It's from a project featuring a number of collaborations set for release next year.

The video was apparently shot on location in Cuba though we only have her word for this as it mainly takes place inside a random building.

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Swedish artists including Robyn (above), First Aid Kit and Zara Larsson have added their names to a letter, signed by nearly 2,000 women, saying they have experienced sexual assault and harassment during their career.

The anonymous personal testimonies include allegations of rape and attempted rape, by musicians and music business executives.

“These stories do not describe a few events distributed over many years,” reads the letter.

“These are excerpts from hundreds of testimonies, all of which took place in what we call the music industry. They depict what is going on every day.

“If we report these events [the result] is words speaking against words… we tie our fists into our pockets and rarely mention [these incidents]. Silence culture prevails.

"But we will no longer be silent… We demand zero tolerance against sexual exploitation and violence.

Earlier this year, Bravalla, Sweden's biggest music festival has been cancelled in 2018 following reports of rapes and assaults at the 2016 and 2017 events.

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A businesswomen has been ordered to pay the pop star and the Archdoicese of Los Angeles the money after a judge ruled she had intentionally interfered with the singer's attempts to buy a property that was once a convent.

Katy had attempted to buy the building for $14.5m (£8.6m) to move into and the deal had been approved by the Los Angeles' archbishop.

The Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary have owned the property for more than forty years but it has been uninhabited for several years.

Several of the elderly nuns who still stayed there voiced their objection to the singer, based on a dislike of her image and music. Katy had met with them to assuage their concerns.

Restaurateur Dana Hollister had then stepped in and attempted to buy the property.

Katy and the archdiocese are still working out the terms of the sale and it still needs permission from the Vatican.

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Rock 'n' Roll queen Debbie Harry urged fans to help save the bees (and in turn the planet), in between smashing out post punk/new wave bangers on the last stop of their UK tour at London's Brixton Academy on Friday night.

Debbie, who sported an ethereal white cape bearing the slogan "stop [messing with] the planet", declared; "sometimes there comes at a time in our lives when we have to take some responsibility".

The New Yorkers - who paused their mid-set performance of new song Fragments to take in the applause of their adoring fans - have been using their suitably-named latest album Pollinator to help raise proceeds for Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, as Debbie explains.

“Basically, my motives for supporting pollinators is survival, survival of us all, survival of the human race”.

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The 72-year-old continued to defy the gods by effortlessly moving around the stage and belting out pitch-perfect new tracks and hits from the likes of seminal 1978 album Parallel Lines.

Chris Stein, who is not far behind Debbie at 67, did the same on guitar.

Arriving on stage to the sound of buzzing and wearing a bee's mask Debbie and the gang launched into One Way or Another and followed it up with their classic cover of The Nerves' Hanging on the Telephone.

The roof nearly came of during Call Me and extended version of Atomic, which saw relatively recent recruit [2010] Tommy Kessler shred the guitar front of stage.

The band then merged Heart of Glass into Donna Summer's I Fee Love, before returning for an encore which finished in glorious style with Dreaming...

Sadly no Sunday Girl but then it was Friday night after all.

While work remains in the fight to the save the bees, swarms of Blondie fans were at least sent away in rapture, with the reminder that...

"Dreaming / Dreaming is free"

BBC Newsbeat

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Singer Khalid has claimed on Twitter that he was sexually assaulted by a fan.

"I go to talk to a fan and she grabs my ass, how (sic) old are we??? Spoke about it because it can happen to anybody!"

The 19-year old from Texas posted the messages hours after performing at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles.

"I love interacting and talking to fans but I also love respecting others so don't disrespect me when I'm being nice," he continued.

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Two weeks ago, we told you about the Country Music Awards which took place in Nashville, Tennessee.

Well, the show finally went out on television on BBC Four on Sunday night and we can bring you a few performances from the night including Pink (above) playing Barbies, from her new album Beautiful Trauma.

And the One Directioner that your mum would be really pleased to see you bring home, Niall Horan, singing I Could Use A Love Song and Seeing Blind, alongside US country star Maren Morris.

Watch the full show now on the iPlayer.

Unlike Elbow, Em isn't taking on tracks from the medley in The Beatles Abbey Road (although that would be awesome).

Instead he's mashed together three of his own hits on US TV show Saturday Night Live.

Watch above as MM - introduced by fellow rap star Chance - performs new track Walk on Water, Stan and Love the Way You Lie.

It's well worth almost nine minutes of your time and we're sure you'll agree that Skylar Grey does a pretty job filling in for Beyonce, Dido AND Rihanna.

No pressure there Sky...

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Musicians and artists have lined up to condemn quotes Morrissey gave to a German newspaper in which he suggested Kevin Spacey had been "attacked unnecessarily" (scroll down).

In a tweet, which we had to edit heavily, Shirley Manson of Garbage accused the former Smiths singer of having "lost the **** plot".

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The singer suggested victims had been driven by opportunism.

"I hate rape... But in many cases, one looks at the circumstances and thinks that the person who is considered a victim is merely disappointed," he said.

Other artists including singer-songwriter Nadine Shah, director and producer Judd Apatow and comedian Matt Lucas also criticised Morrissey's stance.

Image source, Nadina Shah/Twitter

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Despite being unavailable on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, Reputation still became 2017's fastest-selling record by a female artist and went straight to number one on Friday evening.

Tay Tay's third UK number one also notched up the sixth-highest opening week sales of the year to date, according to the Official Chart Company.

Not bad considering she has has yet to give any interviews about the new album over here or make any UK TV appearances.

We're sure those are coming soon...

Taylor's album failed to match the commercial performance of albums by Take That and her pal Ed Sheeran (who happens to appear on album track End Game) though.

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In the singles chart, Camila Cabello topped the rankings for a third week in a row, with Havana staving off a threat from Rita Ora's latest single Anywhere.

Eminem scored his 28th top 10 single with Walk On Water, which features vocals from Beyonce, while Elbow made their first chart appearance since 2012 with their Beatles cover Golden Slumbers, which soundtracks this year's John Lewis Christmas advert.

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Some sad news from the weekend that AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young had died aged 64 after suffering from dementia.

The musician has retired from the band in 2014 after being diagnosed with the disease.

His bandmate, singer Brian Johnson said, "I can't believe he's gone... he never liked the celebrity side of fame, he was too humble for that.

"He was the man who created AC/DC because he said there was no rock and roll out there."

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl wrote on Instagram said he was inspired by the 1980 AC/DC concert movie Let There Be Rock: "That film, a live AC/DC performance from Paris, 1979 is everything that live and roll should be. Sweaty. Loose. Loud.

"A relentless performance from the perfect band. It was the first time I lost control to music. The first time I wanted to be in a band. I didn’t want to play my guitar anymore. I wanted to smash it.

"Thank you, Malcolm for the songs, and the feel, and the cool, and the years of losing control to your rock and roll."

Guns 'N Roses also made a live musical tribute to Malcolm...

Queen's Brian May added, external: "Feeling very sad about Malcolm Young. Without a doubt one of Rock's greatest ever rhythm guitarists, and also pivotal writer, creator, icon.

"Condolences to his family and his friends. What a loss to the world. God Bless."

Awkward.

The British star appeared on the show during the blind auditions (above) performing her own hit single Your Song.

Presumably it was designed as a bit of a prank. However, things went a little south when the judges failed to recognise her when their chairs swiveled around.

What's your name? asked one (in German). After Rita initially played along, saying she was a "26 year old aspiring musician from London," she was told her performance sounded like the original song.

Even after she introduced herself as Rita Ora, one judge asked, external: "You're kidding us? Are you some kind of double?"

Rita then sort of compounded things when she went on to talk about having been on the panel in the UK version of the show.

To her credit, Rota took it all on the chin.

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No stranger to a controversial view or ten, Morrissey has voiced his support for disgraced actor Kevin Spacey.

Spacey, along with producer Harvey Weinstein and other men in Hollywood have been accused of serial sexual harassment.

Now, Morrissey has told German news site Spiegel Online, external: “It doesn’t quite ring true to me, and it seems to me like he’s been unnecessarily attacked."

Speaking about Spacey's accuser, who was 14 at the time of the alleged 1986 incident, Morrissey, went on: “You have to wonder where the boy’s parents were.

“You have to assume that the boy had an inkling of what might possibly happen.

"I was always aware of where things could go, and if you’re in somebody’s bedroom, you have to be aware of where it could lead to.’"

In the interview Moz also appeared to accuse the victims of other cases of acting out of opportunism.

He added: "You also must wonder if people know exactly what’s happening, and they go along with it, but then when it’s happened, they find that they’re either really embarrassed or they didn’t really like it, so then they go reverse it and say, ‘I was ambushed, I was taken by surprise, I was dragged into the room.’

"I hate to be that cynical because I hate rape and I hate attack and I hate sexual situations that’s forced on a person against their will, but in many many situations you look at the circumstances and you think that the person who is called the victim is merely disappointed.”

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Nick Caves has accused Roger Waters of “censoring musicians”, while performing the first of two gigs in Tel Aviv with his band the Bad Seeds.

The former Pink Floyd star is part of UK Artists for Palestine, external who wrote to Nick and his band to ask them to respect their cultural boycott against Israel.

They previously called on Radiohead to cancel a show in Tel Aviv this summer.

However, at a press conference, attended by The Times of Israel, external, Nick referenced the letter, saying artists "have to go through a sort of public humiliation from Roger Waters and co.“

Cave, who said he "loves Israel" and described his decision as "a principled stand", added: “After a lot of thought and consideration, I rang up my people and said, ‘We’re doing a European tour and Israel.’

Watch Nick below.

The Aussie singer also spoke of how his current tour shows are also designed to have a "truly profound emotional impact" on the audience.

Listen below.

Linkin Park dedicated their American Music Awards on Sunday night to their late lead singer Chester Bennington.

Guitarist Mike Shinoda said the award for favourite artist - alternative rock - was dedicated to "his memory, his talent, his sense of humour, to his joy".

Chester, 41, was found dead of a suicide at his home in California in July.

"All of you tonight, whether you're a fan or an artist, I want you to take a moment to appreciate what you've got and make Chester proud," Mike added.

Also at the awards, Diana Ross was presented with a lifetime achievement gong.

Appearing on stage with Motown founder Berry Gordy and her children and grandchildren, the 73-year-old said: "This is all about love.

"This says it all, this is my family and I'm sending love out to all of you, our global family. I feel so humbled by this."

Bruno Mars was the night's big winner picking up seven awards, including artist and video of the year.

Check out a snippet of Selena Gomez on the night performing her track Wolves alongside international man of mystery DJ Marshmello.

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Morning all and welcome back to another week of Music News LIVE.

Today we'll bring you Morrissey's typically controversial views on the Hollywood sexual harassment scandal and Nick Cave makes a "principled stand" by performing in Israel.

There were wins for Diana Ross, Bruno Mars and Niall Horan at the American Music Awards, where Selena Gomez also returned to the stage.

Rock musicians pay tribute to AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young, Anohni claims her most recent show was her last, Eminen performed for Saturday Night Live and Debbie Harry was buzzing as Blondie brought their UK tour to an end in style.

Plus Rita Ora's cameo on The Voice in Germany backfires when the judges appear not to recognise her.

For now check out the five things we learned last week and we'll get this show on the road.