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Coldplay, Jake Bugg and Bastille perform for Radio 1’s Live Lounge Christmas Special

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Coldplay, Jake Bugg and Bastille took to Radio 1’s Christmas Special extravaganza earlier today, performing classic Christmas tracks as part of a unique yuletide Live Lounge.

Chris Martin and the rest of his Coldplay band performed Bing Crosby classic White Christmas, along with full-on choir, whilst Jake Bugg performed John Lennon hit Happy Xmas (War Is Over). Meanwhile Bastille did listeners proud by performing a mash-up of as many Christmas tracks as possible in just over three minutes.

Listeners were also treated to a celebritified rendition of Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, aptly renamed Mulled Wines, and led by Radio 1 DJ Greg James and starring Jamie Oliver, Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon), Coldplay and many more. Take a watch below:

Video premiere: Tyga – ‘Wait For A Minute’ ft. Justin Bieber

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After unveiling the audio over a month ago, Tyga has premiered the official visual to new single Wait A Minute, featuring Justin Bieber.

The track, initially meant for Bieber himself, is set to be featured on Tyga’s forthcoming album The Gold Album: The 18th Dynasty, due out at some point next year.

Watch the full video below:

Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar & Pink to perform at Grammy Awards

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Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar and Pink are the first performers to be announced for January’s Grammy Awards.

Daft Punk, who are up for four awards for their latest LP Random Access Memories, will grace their first television performance since the 50th GRAMMY Awards telecast in 2008. Lamar, who has seven nominations, is also set to take the stage.

Imagine Dragons, who are up for Record Of The Year and Best Rock Performance for “Radioactive”, have also been confirmed to perform.

Music’s biggest night will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in the US on CBS Television. Additional performers are set to be announced soon.

Foo Fighters, The Roots & Imagine Dragons confirm Superbowl concerts

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Alcohol brand Budweiser have confirmed the Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons and The Roots will headline the ‘Bud Light Hotel’s’ Superbowl concert in New York City in February.

The Foo Fighters will take to the concert the day prior to the big game, along with the Zac Brown Band, whilst The Roots will start the proceedings on 30th January with a hip-hop night celebrating the best of New York rap. The band will be joined by Busta Rhymes and Run DMC, amongst others.

Imagine Dragons will close the event, just prior to kick-off, supporting Fall Out Boy at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

Following this year’s show-stopping Beyonce performance, Bruno Mars will headline the Superbowl half-time concert in New Jersey.

Arcade Fire confirmed as Glastonbury Festival headliner

Arcade Fire have confirmed their appearance at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, following a tweet regarding their 2014 tour dates.

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Following the announcement, news spread like wildfire online, and was soon after confirmed by the Festival organisers through their Facebook page:

Arcade Fire were heavily rumoured to appear at the festival, and will headline the Friday slot, leaving both the Sunday and the much-coveted Saturday slots to be filled.

The group will be joined by the already-announced Lily Allen and Stanton Warriors and will mark their biggest show yet in support of their latest LP, Reflektor.

The Voice UK set for January 11th return

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The third season of hit BBC TV show The Voice UK is to return on January 11th, the BBC has confirmed.

The show, which sees Ricky Wilson and Kylie Minogue replace Jessie J and Danny O Donoghue will be hosted by JLS star Marvin Humes alongside Big Brother’s Emma Willis, who take the helm from predecessors Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates.

Series two winner Andrea Begley’s debut album failed to ignite fans upon its release earlier this year, so BBC bosses are hoping for stronger competitors for the upcoming third season.

Beyonce’s new album sells its one millionth copy

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**UPDATE** 24th December – Beyonce’s new album has officially sold 1m copies in the US alone, make it earn Platinum status. The album is only the third this year to reach that milestone within its first sales fortnight (after Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories).

Beyonce’s latest self-titled effort has sold its one millionth copy, in less than one week on sale, label Columbia has confirmed.

The label announced that the one millionth sale took place yesterday on iTunes. The album is exclusively available on the online Apple store until tomorrow, when physical copies will be made available.

The album has set records less than one week on sale, and is on course to hit one million downloads in its first seven days – a massive feat considering there was not one ounce of promotion.

Beyonce is set to return to the UK next year as part of a refreshed leg of her Mrs Carter World Tour; tickets are still available here from SeeTickets. Full dates below:

20th February 2014 – SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow
23rd February 2014 – LG Arena, Birmingham
25th February 2014 – Phones 4 U Arena, Manchester
28th February 2014 – London’s O2 Arena
1st March 2014 – London’s O2 Arena
2nd March 2014 – London’s O2 Arena
4th March 2014 – London’s O2 Arena
5th March 2014 – London’s O2 Arena **NEW**
6th March 2014 – London’s O2 Arena **NEW**
8th March 2014 – Dublin, The O2
Monday, March 9 – Dublin, The O2
Wednesday, March 11 – Dublin, The O2

New music: Tiesto – ‘Red Lights’

Following Pete Tong’s official unveiling of the track last month, Tiesto has premiered the studio recording of new single Red Lights.

UK fans will have to wait until February to buy the track, whilst the US will enjoy the release today (a bizarre release strategy considering the world of online is based around immediacy).

Anyhow, take a listen below. Red Lights is taken from Tiesto’s forthcoming new album, due to land some time next year.

New music: Anna Calvi – ‘Fire’

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Anna Calvi has unveiled the B-side to latest single Suddenly, by way of a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Fire.

Suddenly is taken from Calvi’s dark and mysterious album One Breath which we reviewed earlier this year to an impressive response.

The dark and brooding cover, available to listen below, coincides with the announcement that Woman’s Hour and Anna Meredith will be supporting Calvi for her up-coming February UK tour. Check the dates below; and click here to buy tickets direct from Ticketmaster UK.

If you’re yet to be introduced to the world of Anna Calvi, hit the iTunes link to download One Breath too.:

Feb 1 – Ireland: Dublin – Vicar Street (w/Anna Meredith)
Feb 2 – N Ire: Belfast, Empire (w/ Anna Meredith)
Feb 4 – UK: Leeds, Met University (w/Anna Meredith)
Feb 5 – Scot: Glasgow, The Arches (w/Anna Meredith)
Feb 6 – UK: Manchester, Albert Halls (w/Anna Meredith)
Feb 8 – UK: London, Troxy (w/ Woman’s Hour & Anna Meredith)
Feb 10 – UK: Birmingham, Institute (w/Woman’s Hour)
Feb 11 – UK: Brighton, All Saints Church (w/Woman’s Hour)
Feb 12 – UK: Bath, Komedia (w/Woman’s Hour)

New music: Maribou State – ‘Scarlett Groove’

Following on from June’s stunning single Tongue, Maribou State has unveiled the ‘Maribou State mix’ of Scarlett Groove.

Take a listen below and hit the download button to cop it for free: