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Thanks for joining us today folks, as we mourned the death of The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint.

Scroll down for lots of moving tributes from the likes of bandmate Liam Howlett, Ian Brown, Kathy Burke, Beverley Knight and many, many more.

Plus elsewhere, Joss Stone plays a gig in Syria, Jerry Lee Lewis suffers a stroke and Stormzy pays an emotional tribute to his friend and "legend" Cadet.

We'll leave you with the inimitable Keith doing what he did best in another thrilling Prodigy music video from the 90s.

More tributes to the late Prodigy frontman now, from 6 Music presenters Maryanne Hobbs and Matt Everitt.

Matt, who played drums in late-90s indie band Menswear, recalls the surreal time he met the "wild crazy-eyed" singer in the middle of The Prodigy's headline set at the Fuji Rock festival around 1999.

"He walked off stage and stood next to me and I was like, 'Alright how are you?'" said Matt.

"'Oh, very well thanks, are you enjoying the show?'"

Unbelievable scenes - listen above.

The Canadian slacker-rock star is playing a show at Dreamland in Margate, Kent this summer.

He's headlining the day-long event on 29 June, as well as co-curating the lineup which will be announced soon.

Dreamland is one of the oldest surviving amusement parks in the UK and Gorillaz have previously played there.

We wonder if he'll pop into The Libertines hotel for a pint?

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Anyone in the UK who listens to 6 Music will be aware of his gravelly tones but the punk rock legend has been tapped to play the voice of Nothing in a new art house film.

Sadly we don't get to hear his take on what not a thing sounds like as the trailer is just a montage of images with a melancholic piano solo.

"Now available in 35 languages," he writes on Twitter.

The rapper is featured in the passenger seat in the latest edition of the popular series.

NBA star Kevin Durrant is the man in the driving seat.

Check out the trailer above, in which the Astroworld star also reveals his fledgling theatrical career.

DJ Simon Mayo hosted a mid-morning show on new digital station, Scala Radio, which broadcast for the first time today.

The former BBC presenter opened his first show by quoting the late Alan Freeman and dedicating a track to "old friend" Jo Whiley.

Whiley co-hosted Radio 2's drivetime slot with Mayo for the last seven months of his eight-year tenure, prompting a backlash from listeners.

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The Grammy-winning rapper, singer and actor has apparently agreed a deal to end his fight with his former label, Glassnote Records, over streaming royalties.

Last year, the label alleged the artist - also known as Donald Glover - was trying to claim 100% of streaming royalties from a streaming service called SoundExchange.

It said it was owed 50%, and that Glover and featured artists and producers were due the remaining half.

In his counterclaim, Glover said Glassnote had underpaid various royalties and charged inappropriate expenses.

Variety now reports that both sides have agreed to drop their suits but other terms were not disclosed.

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Glasto co-organiser Emily Eavis has tweeted on behalf of the festival calling Keith Flint "an incredible frontman" and shared a clip form their 1997 headline set, which followed the release of their landmark LP, Fat of the Land.

Although she doesn't specify what slot they were booked into this year, we have to guess they would have been headlining one of the stages, most likely the Other Stage.

Who would want to go on after The Prodigy?

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You know the guy; lovely baby elephant with the massive ears and cruel nickname.

He's back in Tim Burton’s forthcoming live-action remake of the 1941 Disney classic.

The Canadian band have covered Baby's Mine from the original film soundtrack for the end credits of the new one.

Singer Win Butler explained the movie holds a special place in his heart.

Speaking on The Ringer NBA show, external, Will said: "There is a scene with a locomotive in the original Dumbo that uses an instrument called the Sonovox that my grandpa Alvino Rey made famous in the 1930s.

"Every time I saw the film, I thought it was him. When we were asked to do the song... I immediately got all of my grandfather’s old guitars and wanted to play them."

He added: “My mom plays the harp on the track, my brother the theremin, my wife sings and plays drums, and our son even plays the triangle, as well as the rest of our family in Arcade Fire.

Fellow Arcade Fire singer and wife Regine Chassagne added: “It’s a story we need to tell again.

“A lot has changed since 1941, and we are still on that quest to allow for all people to accept and celebrate who they are on this planet.”

Check out the trailer above.

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The Ivor Novello-winning rapper Dave is "just trying to focus on the positive" reaction to his latest track Black.

The song - a raw and emotional piece about being young, black and British - has divided some audiences since it came out in February.

DJs including Annie Mac have defended it being played on Radio 1, after some people texted in saying it was "racist" against white people.

But the 20-year-old has told Radio 1 Newsbeat a lot of the reaction to the song has "been really positive".

He adds: "If they take to it then they do - if they don't, then it's like that with all of my music.

"I don't necessarily have a massive opinion on that."

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Actress Kathy Burke has added her tribute to the late Prodigy frontman.

Kathy wrote: "He did what all music stars are meant to do; he frightened your mums and dads."

Former Oasis guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs urged the late star to "burn bright up there."

Read more touching tributes below from the likes of fellow dance act The Chemical Brothers, Ian Brown and Kasabian - who toured with The Prodigy - as well as Sleaford Mods and DJ Annie Nightingale.

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Last week, Liverpool was announced as the venue for this year's 6 Music Festival.

Now US rockers Kings of Leon have been announced as the headliners of a one off festival in the city's Sefton Park on 30 August.

Joining them on the bill at Fusion Presents will be local heroes Echo and the Bunnymen and Circa Waves, along with Franz Ferdinand and Sam Fender.

Good look to the Nashville band understanding that collection of strong Northern/Scots accents.

In what looks like a pretty diversionary tactic, the estate of the late singer posted a live concert film on to YouTube, during the US premiere of the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary last night.

The HBO doc alleges Jackson sexually abused boys - which his family have constantly denied.

It's probably no coincidence that the alternative Live In Bucharest film offering, posted 20 minutes in, was exactly the same length as part one of the film and available for a "limited time" only.

The plot thickens, as Variety points out, because a second concert film, Live at Wembley Stadium, is set to air at the same time as the second part of Leaving Neverland on Monday night.

It focuses on Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck, who allege that they were subjected to repeated sexual abuse by Jackson.

Jackson's family are suing HBO for $100m (£75m).

It is showing in the UK on Channel 4 this week.

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More now on the death of Prodigy frontman Keith Flint.

Duncan Dick, the editor of long-running dance magazine Mixmag has told 5 live's Emma Barnett he was a one off.

"When Firestarter came out in the 90s electronic and dance music tended to be faceless producers and DJs and this was someone who brought a punk personality and huge energy to what was a faceless genre.

"It shifted the dialogue and changed how we thought about things."

As for the track's legendarily scary video, which showed the frontman lurking in a disused London underground tunnel, Dick added:

"It's easy to forget the moral panic, this figure with crazy hair bashing through walls in this incredible video.

"People thought it was the end of civilisation."

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The Prod's founding member Liam Howlett has paid tribute to his late bandmate Keith Flint who has died, aged 49.

Writing on Instagram, external (warning, language could offend), Howlett said: "The news is true, I can’t believe I’m saying this but our brother Keith took his own life over the weekend."

He added he is "shell shocked... angry, confused and heart broken...

"r.i.p brother Liam"

A cause of Flint's death has yet to be conformed by police but it is not being treated as suspicious.

A further tweet on the band's official website called the frontman "a true pioneer, innovator and legend."

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Fleetwood Mac star Stevie has been opening up about her friendship with him in a new Rolling Stone interview.

"I feel like Prince is with me…When I’m nervous, I’ll talk to Prince," she said.

"In my solo act, when I do Moonlight, I wear this white wolfy coat - I put this coat on and I try to transform into a Dire Wolf from Game of Thrones. And before I go on, I always say, 'walk with me, Prince.'"

She went on to describe her and the late singer as being "strange friends,"

“We always had that crazy respect for each other," Stevie added.

"I feel that connection is still there, maybe more now than before he died - with Tom [Petty] and with Prince.”

Prince died in 2016 and was followed a year later by Petty.

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The first public gig by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is being celebrated, 50 year on.

Ono was booked as part of a jazz performance at Cambridge University's Lady Mitchell Hall on 2 March 1969 and Lennon came along as "her band".

A plaque which reads "Yoko Ono John Lennon Cambridge 1969" has been unveiled to mark the event.

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Following the sad news that Keith Flint of The Prodigy has died, tributes have been flooding in from around the music world.

Singer Beverley Knight said she was "heartbroken", adding that "we have lost a titan."

Jade Bird gave thanks for his "extraordinary" talents.

While BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley described Keith as both "a sweetheart" and an "iconic frontman."

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Some rather shocking breaking news for you now as Keith Flint, the much-loved frontman of dance veterans The Prodigy, has been found dead in his home in Essex aged 49.

The Prod marked their seventh number one album with No Tourists in November, but reached the height of their fame during the 90s with hell-raising hits such as Firestarter (below), Breathe and Smack My Bitch Up.

Keith performed what would be his final gig with the band a month ago in Auckland, New Zealand.

They are due to tour the US in May.

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Tributs have bene paid to Janice Freeman, a former contestant on The Voice in the US, who died unexpectedly at the weekend.

Freeman passed away following "an extreme case of pneumonia" her family said.

Cyrus, who was judge on the show and mentored the singer, posted a photo of a rainbow on her Instagram story with "Thank you @janicefreeman ... for everything. This represents you perfectly."

Fellow judge Jennifer Hudson wrote "the voice of hers we got to hear and the bit of life we got to watch her live was a blessing and inspiration to us all!"

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