Now another working day is done.

Scroll down for Beyonce interviewing lil sis Solange, Naughty Boy to be on his best behaviour (and form) at BBC's Asian Network Live 2017 and US music stars bid an emotional farewell to President Barack Obama.

Plus is that really the new Trainspotting 2 track-listing?

We'll leave you with another new track-listing for Ed Sheeran's upcoming album. We know this for sure as he wrote it on post-it notes then left it on the fridge all day. Messy man.

He also seems so be covering a Steve Earle classic? Maybe. But Supermarket Flowers. Really? Come on Ed, you're better than that.

Bye bye.

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That's right, Monmouth University in The Boss's home state New Jersey is set to house a range of his personal artifacts at the new Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music.

Springsteen's personal collection of written works, photographs, magazines and more from throughout his career will be held not far from his hometown of Freehold and Asbury Park, where his career began.

Now we know where the legions of loyal Bruce fans will be off to on their next pilgrimage.

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That's right, it's not even New Music Friday but due to the digital nature of today's world BBC Sound of 2017 long-lister Declan McKenna has just dropped a new track online.

He'll be big in Norway (scroll down to understand this joke).

It will feature on his forthcoming debut album and you can hear it now below.

Apparently The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home for some reason. Perhaps they know homework awaits. Or worst still, chores. Maaaaan.

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You can also catch Declan on tour across the land from 16 January, starting with support slots for Cage The Elephant in Dublin, Manchester and London next week.

In case you do go, it's the lad below in the Hawaiian shirt and glitter that you're looking out for.

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The first ever census of the UK's live music scene will be held in March.

Researchers will audit gigs in seven cities, all the way from street performers and choirs to arena shows.

The team aims to discover the challenges facing artists and venues at a time when live music is under pressure.

With 35% of grassroots music venues in London closing their doors in the past eight years and a report by UK Music finding that 50% of Bristol's music venues were affected by development, noise or planning issues, they have their work cut out...

"This census will help give us an accurate snapshot of the scene's health," said Dr Matt Brennan from the University of Edinburgh.

Now, open wide and say '"la, la, laaaaaaaaah..."

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Here's an update for yesterday's story that Prince's music could be set to appear on streaming sites prior to the Grammys next month.

It's a back catalogue which Tidal claims to have the exclusive rights to, so as these things tend to do, it's geting messy.

Tidal and Roc Nation have now apparently filed new legal papers alleging the administrator of Prince's estate did not have the authority to seek a deal with competing streaming services.

NPG Records, by contrast, claims Jay Z's streaming service does not have exclusive rights to the musician's digital catalogue.

Prince's estate took action against Roc Nation last year claiming it violated a 90-day deal to exclusively stream Prince's final album by hosting 15 of the artist's LPs.

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There is just a month until the Grammys, where a special tribute will take place to Prince, who died last year aged 57.

While we still can't get 6 music or 1xtra to pump out of our battered old analogue car radios, music fans in Norway are preparing to make the complete digital changeover.

Pictures like the one above, of a man tuning into an FM station (below), will soon be a thing of the past as the country aims to be completely digital by the end of 2017.

Norway will soon become the first country in the world to shut down their FM signal completely, starting in northern Nordland, with the whole of the country following suit by the end of the year.

The chief executive of Digital Radio UK tells the Today programme that digital-only "is the future" of radio.

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We're still two days away from New Music Friday but we though we would share the latest track from dancehall artist Sean Paul.

It features Dua Lipa on guest vocals.

It's nice change as Sean is normally the invitee. 

Speaking to the BBC last year, the singer - who has worked with Clean Bandit, Sia and Little Mix recently, said: "I work a lot and I got in the habit of doing a lot of songs.

"I feel they're all quality, but some of them don't get known because there's so much music out there."

We're loving Sean's Iron Maiden t-shirt but is he a Number of the Beast or a Run to the Hills man?

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As for Dua, we're still awaiting her debut album and, according to this tweet, we will have to wait even longer...

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The soundtrack to the forthcoming Trainspotting sequel has apparently leaked online.

The leak happened when eagle-eyed users apparently spotted the track-listing on Amazon.

If its true, as it has yet to be confirmed, some of the highlights could include a Prodigy remix of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax, Wolf Alice's track Silk plus an updated version of Underworld's classic Born Slippy.

It will also include three tracks by Edinburgh hip hop group and Mercury Prize-winners Young Fathers.

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So it seems that some of you are still not very happy about Sky's decision to cast a white man; Joseph Fiennes, in the role of Michael Jackson in their new comedy.

Urban Myths hits the screens on 19 January and Sky Arts have now released a first trailer of the fabled road trip that Jackson, Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor took following the 9/11 terror attacks.

Other characters in the Urban Myths series include Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan, Iwan Rheon from Game of Thrones as Adolf Hitler and Rupert Grint as Hitler's friend. It all sounds rather ridiculous.

Fiennes told the Hollywood reporter that he "wrangled" with the decision that saw him cast him as the King of Pop but that his portrayal was not supposed to be a biopic one and was not malicious.

He said: "I was confused and shocked at what might come my way and I knew the sensitivity, especially to Michael's fans and to Michael's family. It doesn't negate who he was."

Make your own mind up below. MC Hammer does not like it one bit but we think fans of Bo Selecta! might enjoy it a little bit more however.

Shamone.

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Beyonce has turned inquisitor grilling her little sister Solange about her latest album A Seat at the Table for Interview magazine.

They're sisters and they are very close so it's not exactly Frost/Nixon. It's not even Ed v David.

However, it's an interesting read for fans to understand the siblings' dynamic.

"It is a bit strange," begins big sister. "Because we're sisters and we talk all the time, to be interviewing you. But I'm so happy to interview you because, clearly, I'm your biggest fan and I'm super proud of you."

Aww.

We also learn that their mum Tina was instrumental in their independence as artists.

"I can remember, our mother always taught us to be in control of our voice and our bodies and our work, and she showed us that through her example," says Solange.

"If she conjured up an idea, there was not one element of that idea that she was not going to have her hand in. She was not going to hand that over to someone."

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Now this is what the internet was designed for...

...seemingly apropo of nothing today, Harry Potter fans have been spitting out some rap lyrics to fit in with their favourite movie, using the hashtag #HipHopHarryPotter.

It seems to begin with hip hop suggestions and has since broadened out somewhat but you can check out a selection of them below.

Some of them are Straight Outta Hogwarts.

#sorrynotsorry

All of which provides us with an excellent excuse to remember this moment of sick lyrical flow from Harry himself, aka Daniel Radcliffe rapping Blackalicious' Alphabet Aerobics for Jimmy Fallon.

RAD!

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David Bowie fans took to the streets of his hometown Brixton, London to dance and celebrate his music on the one year anniversary of his death.

Like-minded lovers of the late great musician congregated once more at the mural, created by Australian street artist James Cochran (aka Jimmy C, external) to leave messages, flowers and a bit of their hearts as they sang the night away to a career-spanning play-list.

BBC World's Julia Macfarlane was on the scene in the south of Suffragete City below.

Check out the incredible flute playing on Golden Years towards the end of this video and some of the many other visual tributes around his old stomping ground.

RIP David.

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On Tuesday's MNL, we gave you a short taste of You Me At Six's cover of BBC Sound of 2017 runner-up Rag 'N' Bone Man's song Human.

Now, you can enjoy it in its entirety below. 

You can also watch this performance and their latest single Swear on iPlayer

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The Asian Network's 'biggest night of the year' is back with Naughty Boy and Badshah headlining their main live event at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 25 February.

Also on the bill at BBC Asian Network Live 2017 are the likes of Steel Banglez, Zack Knight, Anirudh, Jasmine Sandlas and tickets are available now.

As if that's not enough to get you going, here's 6 Reasons To Be Excited.

Oh and a playlist to soundtrack that excitement over the coming weeks, featuring all of the above and more.

Make some noise!

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American music stars took to social media to praise US President Barack Obama after he delivered his farewell speech in Chicago.

In an emotional speech, in which he paid tribute to the first lady Michelle Obama, his daughters and Vice-President Joe Biden, he called on the US to defend democracy and implored Americans of all backgrounds to consider things from each other's point of view, saying "we have to pay attention and listen".

His successor, Donald Trump will be sworn into office on 20 January.

President Obama has been a supporter of the arts in his eight years at the top, which seems to have been appreciated judging by some of the responses from the music world below.

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Let Him Entertain You - but only if you're prepared to pay.

It turns out that Robbie Williams' management has been selling tickets to his forthcoming tour on resale sites Get Me In and Seatwave, often for more than face value.

So has Robbie Come Undone? Not really.

There is nothing illegal about what his management are doing. In fact, this practice of selling tickets at a variety of prices is exactly what some people in the music industry want.

It's called dynamic pricing. Airlines and sports events already do it - and Ticketmaster (which owns Get Me In and Seatwave) uses it in the US.

The idea is simple: If tickets aren't selling, the price falls. If demand goes through the roof, they get more expensive. Artists are happy because concerts are more likely to sell out - and, what's more, they get a cut of the money that usually goes to touts. 

Fans, of course, aren't so lucky. When Adele rolls into town, we all know which direction the prices are going to go. Having said that, no promoter is ever going to charge the £25,000 that we saw on secondary sites for her tour last spring.

How fans (and the government) react to Robbie's revelation will dictate how dynamic pricing is rolled out in the coming years. 

Will it be a case of Somethin' Stupid or No Regrets? My money's on the latter.

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Robbie Williams' management team has been found to be placing tickets directly on to resale ticketing websites at higher prices, the Victoria Derbyshire show has found.

Ie:music put tickets for Williams's 2017 tour on Get Me In and Seatwave - in one case for £65 more, before fees, than a similar ticket on Ticketmaster.

The company has previously called on the government to take stronger action against resale sites.

Ie:music has not responded to repeated requests for a statement.

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Former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello says she felt "uncomfortable" with people trying to sexualise the girl group.

The 19-year-old left the former X Factor USA act at the end of last year.

Speaking on Lena Dunham's podcast, external, she said the pressure was difficult to deal with because they were so young.

"Especially with being a girl group, there's been a lot of times where people have tried to sexualise us to just get more attention," she said.

"Unfortunately, sex sells. There's definitely been times where there's stuff that I have not been comfortable with and I've had to put my foot down."

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Morning all.

It's International Thank You Day today apparently and appropriately that's exactly what many fans around the world were doing last night...giving thanks for the music of David Bowie on the one year anniversary of his death.

We'll tell you about an impromptu street party in Brixton, the lineup for BBC's Asian Network Live 2017 is revealed and the music world reacts to US President Barack Obama's outgoing speech.

For now check out yesterday's MNL for the rapid rise of rappers Migo and plans in place for a Carpool Karaoke spin-off. Barbra Streisand and Frank Ocean back Meryl Streep plus Charlotte Church, Moby and Rebecca Ferguson make their feelings clear towards incoming US President Donald Trump.