That's it for today folks.

Scroll down for news of K-Pop megastars BTS talking United Nations, the Grammys and New York, plus showing off their dancing skills on their Jimmy Fallon debut.

Plus Wet Wet Wet recruit a Liberty X singer, Will Smith bungee jumps out of helicopter for his 50th birthday and lots of action and The Coral have a laugh at Richard Ashcroft's expense.

We'll leave you with a bit more (above) from last night's opening episode of the 51st series of Later... with Jools Holland.

Ruddy hell, it's Soft Cell.

The LA rap collective or "boyband" as they prefer to be called, released Iridescence, their fourth album in less than a year and a half on Friday.

The self-produced album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and its penultimate track San Marcos (above) features the London Gospel Community Choir.

Though, as far as we know, the video was shot on the streets of Melbourne.

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The Housemartins and Beautiful South singer is releasing a career-spanning hits album on 16 November.

Modestly titled The Last King Of Pop, it features 23 tracks from throughout his career.

But it's not all about the oldies, as he told Radio 2's Chris Evans, there's a new song 7”Singles, inspired by his local pub's jukebox in Hull.

Listen above.

Dale Barclay, frontman of Glaswegian rock three-piece The Amazing Snakeheads has died, following a battle with brain cancer.

A GoFundMe campaign was launched, external last month to help pay for Dale's treatment, following his diagnosis late last year, at the age of 32.

Geordie rocker Sam Fender (above) leads the tributes, describing Dale as an "earth rattling frontman”.

Benjamin Myers, the first UK author to be signed to Jack White's Third Man Records called Dale "a snarling, charismatic star of the Scottish rock scene."

Amazing Snakeheads were local favourites when they performed at T in the Park in 2014, before announcing their split the following year.

With his first album Coming Home, Leon Bridges went from washing dishes in Texas to playing for President Obama at the White House.

The singer's ability to channel the smooth soul sounds of the 60s earned him comparisons to Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, not to mention multiple Grammy nominations and a sought-after spot on the soundtrack to Big Little Lies.

He recently released his second album Good Thing.

The track Bad Bad News is a response to "people who've told me personally that I couldn't do anything with music," the singer told the BBC's Mark Savage.

Read more.

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The singer was joined by singers including Rit Ora and former BBC Sound of... winner Ray BLK at an event in London, aiming to bring women in the creative industries closer together.,

She hosted a similar Women In Harmony event in Los Angeles.

Bebe hopes they will encourage conversation and collaboration amongst female writers, singers, and producers.

Speaking to the BBC, she said: "I think we need to celebrate each other more. The problem is, is that 84% of songs on the radio are male-dominated. 16% is female.

"So of course women are going to get a little bit weird and act more competitive than normal because there’s no room for us."

A study earlier this year, external showed that in 2017, of 2,767 songwriters credited in a sample of chart hits, 87.7% were male and only 12.3% were female.

"The way we make it better is we make more room for ourselves, and we make it 50/50," said Bebe.

"You throw dinners, you reach out a hand - instead of it being this competitive thing where we’re trying to kill each other".

BBC Newsbeat

You wouldn't normally see Enter Shikari, Everything Everything and All Saints on the same line-up - but they're all playing shows around the UK to promote music therapy.

Nordoff Robbins, the UK's leading music therapy charity, says it isn't a "cure" for medical conditions but it "helps people reach their full potential".

Ahead of the Get Loud shows which take place today, Enter Shikari sat in with 25-year-old Elizabeth Theodorou, who says playing music "is a huge escape" from her autism.

Watch above.

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The band have said sorry after fans complained about failing to get their hands on tickets during the pre-sale for their anniversary shows next year.

Fans were urged to pre-order their best of album, Odyssey, to get a unique code giving them early access to tickets before they go on general sale on Friday.

But some fans reported being unable to complete transactions and being informed the special code had already been used.

In a statement, See Tickets urged fans to "keep trying".

Howard Donald said the crash happened "because we are so mega" whilst bandmate Gary Barlow appeared to criticise See Tickets saying "We’re being told it’s due to high demand.

"You’d think they’d know this by now."

But some users are still not happy, with one tweeting: "Sorry doesn’t really cut it, for the people who had tickets, entered payment details and then were unable to complete the transaction, only to be told they couldn’t use the code again. Shame on you."

You can view the firm's apology below.

Tha Carter V, the much discussed follow-up to 2011's Tha Carter IV, was set for release last week but failed to surface online.

Back in 2016, disgraced US businessman Martin Shkreli claimed he'd bought the rights to the album, which perhaps goes someway to explaining the delay.

Now in a personal message to the fans from his own studio, the rapper has confirmed it will be with us on his birthday later this week.

Wayne's birthday is actually Thursday but let's assume he'll still be up partying at around midnight, as that's when the album will drop, according to his website.

"I heard there was a misunderstanding about the release date of Tha CV," he said.

"I heard y'all got a little mixed up and y'all thought it was going to be released like last week or something.

Watch above.

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The former Maccabees frontman is to perform tracks from The Gritterman; the accompanying album to his debut book of the same name, at three live gigs in December.

Orlando will recreate the album with the backing of a full band and choir and the help of narrator, comedian Paul Whitehouse, at London's Union Chapel on 10/11 December and at Manchester's Albert Hall the following night.

“This year my focus has been on writing a new album, so it will be nice to come back to The Gritterman music," said Orlando.

Tickets go on general sale on Friday and a paperback edition of the book is out on 1 November.

BBC 6 Music

No pun intended.

Joy Division and New Order bass player Peter Hook has announced he is going to revisit the band's back catalogue with the help of the Manchester Camerata Orchestra for a special date at London's Royal Albert Hall on 5 July 2019.

Last year, Hooky reached an undisclosed settlement with New Order bringing to an end a long legal feud over his use of various New Order and Joy Division songs with his band The Light.

Speaking to the 6 Music's Clare Crane, he said: "We've managed to take Joy Division right round the world, rightly where they should've been.

"Right where Ian Curtis wanted them to be, appreciated all round the world.

"This is just another way of getting appreciation for one of my favourite bands."

Listen above.

BBC Music

BBC Music Day is just two days away,

To mark the day, pop princess Kylie has recorded special messages which will be played out at major train stations throughout the day and you can hear her dulcet tones above.

There's a strong female presence this year with Lisa Stansfield (below) and Rowetta performing on Manchester's Metrolink Tram and singers Gabrielle, Nina Nesbitt and songwriter Chelcee Grimes part of an all-female line up performing for Busk in London.

You can keep up to date with everything on Friday at the BBC Music Day site and we'll have a few updates throughout the day too.

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The family of Chas Hodges have released a statement confirming the musician died of pneumonia.

Chas - one half of the musical duo Chas and Dave - died at the weekend aged 74.

The duo's Twitter account said he recently received treatment for oesophageal cancer but died peacefully in his sleep in the early hours.

His wife Joan and his family have said his cancer was "under control" and the late singer wanted "to bring comfort and hope to people suffering with cancer."

Vulture

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Lord Lloyd Webber is working with British director Tom Hooper on his big screen adaptation of Cats, which starts filming in November.

R&B diva Jennifer Hudson is starring as Grizabella while Taylor's role is - as yet - undecided.

“She’s going to play one or other of the Macavity girls,” he told Vulture, external.

"Tom Hooper thought it was a really good idea, and of course, she loves cats."

He admitted he had not yet met Tay Tay in person.

The film is due out in time for Christmas 2019.

The Bristol band ripped open the 51st series of Later... with Jools Holland with a memorable performance of their track Danny Nedelko.

As is tradition on the show, Idles were given their own corner to perform. However that memo clearly didn't get to Joe, Mark and Lee from the band, who ventured well out of it in true punk style.

At one point guitarist Mark made his way over to Jools' trusty old piano and the host looked a little confused at first before joining in the chaos.

Watch above and read more about their new album.

Jess Glynne also made her first appearance on the show but she was far better behaved, performing her track All I Am, below.

Also on the show, Soft Cell also revisited their classic Say Hello and Wave Goodybe.

You can watch in full on BBC Two on Saturday night from 23:00 BST and see further performances from the likes of grime producer-turned-singer-songwriter Hak Baker, the Mark Ronson-championed King Princess and folk legend Ralph McTell.

The chirpy Essex song and dance man announced his latest single Moves earlier and it features Long Beach's finest as a guest vocalist.

Olly teased a clip of the song but we have yet to hear how Snoop figures into it.

The song was co-written by Ed Sheeran and is used in the forthcoming Johnny English Strikes Again movie, starring Rowan Atkinson.

Interesting fact, Snoop was once banned from entering the UK.

Now, he makes songs with former X Factor contestants and presents cooking shows with Martha Stewart.

Nick Power from The Wirral band has posted the above video of him spoofing The Verve singer's message to social media users who suggested a packet of drugs fell out of his sock during a TV appearance on Soccer AM at the weekend.

In the original video (below) Ashcroft - who completely denies the claims - told "a couple of trolls on Twitter" they were "on thin ice" and that in The Verve he was "known as Colombo", before signing off with a rather menacing "peace".

Check out The Coral's response above.

Read more: The Coral - 'We lead each other astray'

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Director Cameron Crowe is bringing his 2000 rock 'n roll movie Almost Famous to the stage.

The film, starring Kate Hudson and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman was a fictional retelling of Crowe’s own experience writing for Rolling Stone as a teenager in the 1970s.

It won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.

“I remember the first day of filming Almost Famous,” he told his old magazine.

“We were standing in downtown San Diego, shooting a scene with Phillip Seymour Hoffman on the very same street where I’d first met Lester Bangs.

"It felt surreal. It felt like a miracle... the current miracle is that the feeling is coming alive again.”

The Jerry Maguire filmmaker has apparently been developing the musical for the past couple of years and teased it on his Twitter feed.

“It doesn’t even feel like work. It feels like a new adventure, a natural progression but still true to the question that started it all. ‘What do you love about music?’."

No word yet on casting or where the show will open.

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After original frontman Marti Pellow parted ways with his old band last year, they have now found his replacement in the form of former Liberty X singer Kevin Simm (above).

Writing on Twitter, external, Kev said he is "really excited for the opportunity and to open up a new chapter in my career".

He added: "I grew up listening to the Wet’s and ‘Goodnight Girl’ was in my set list when I started off doing the pubs and clubs 20 years ago!

"I became obviously a huge admirer of Marti Pellow and his amazing voice and have huge respect for the past of the band and what they achieved. The jury will be out, I know!"

Here's a reminder of Kev's vocal talents in his former band below.

Wet Wet Wet still have the joint third longest-running number one single in the UK with 1994's Love Is All Around, which topped the charts for 15 weeks.

They're on par with Drake's One Dance, and one behind Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It for You.

No-one is yet to beat Frankie Laine's 18 week record for 1953 hit I Believe.

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Postponed - not cancelled, people.

The singer - whose real/actor name is Donald Glover - has been forced to set back some of the dates on his This is America tour after a suspected foot injury caused him to curtail his gig in Dallas at the weekend.

As Pitchfork reports, his business partner Fam Rothstein confirmed the news on Twitter after The Forum venue in Inglewood, California announced his upcoming gig was postponed.

Fam claimed CG would be "back before the year's out."

Glover said earlier in the year this tour would be his last.