That's it for this week.

Scroll back down for Chuck D's response to Flavor Flav's legal action, reports that Madonna's moved to Portugal, a Game of Thrones supergroup and new music from Jessie Ware, Mollie King and LCD Soundsystem.

We'll leave you with one last bit of new music from Motorhead's covers album, which is also out today.

Take it away Lemmy.

It's that time of the week again where we go through some of the fun and eyecatching things we have found out in the past five days.

Like Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff making their live UK debut in Blackpool, or the line-up for BBC Introducing's 10th anniversary party.

Let's get started.

1.) (Almost) all the stars turned out for the MTV awards

Rapper Kendrick Lamar was crowned king of this year's Video Music Awards, scooping six of the moon men trophies.

But he was almost upstaged by Lorde, who performed an interpretive dance rather than sing Homemade Dynamite live as she was apparently so ill, she was on a drip backstage.

Taylor Swift failed to attend the ceremony, instead premiering her new music video Look What You Made Me Do, external, which went on to break four streaming records this week.

2.) Giggs has friends in high places... just ask the Reading fans

British grime artist Giggs brought out the big guns at the Reading festival over the weekend, when he invited Canadian rap superstar Drake on stage during his performance.

He guested on Drake's album More Life earlier this year.

That was one of several surprise guests over the weekend which also saw a "secret set" by Queens of the Stone Age at Reading and its sister events in Leeds.

You can still check out some of the best performances from the weekend, including Muse who brought out AC/DC singer Brian Johnson for a surprise rendition of Back in Black.

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3.) Ed Sheeran is generous with footwear he doesn't like...

...and if you're near the stage, you might just end up with either one or maybe even a pair of his trainers.

"I got given these shoes and they’re the most uncomfortable ******* pair of shoes of I’ve ever worn in my life.

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"So much so that … does anyone want them?,” he said flinging his shoes into a sold out crowd at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday night, having worn them to the VMAs on Sunday.

Looks like he's been inspired by his mate Stormzy, external: "They can take my car and my creps /I'll still do the road in my socks".

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4.) U2 are back and sound bigger than ever

Well, they were never going to come back with a ballad were they?

U2 shared a massive slice of stadium rock with their thumping new track The Blackout, which premiered on Wednesday.

The band posted an arty-looking live video on their social media accounts, external, filmed during the a show at Amsterdam's Westerunie venue in July.

Our reporter Mark Savage said hew song "finds the band sounding more vital and forceful than they have since releasing Vertigo way back in 2004".

He added: "Lyrically, though, it’s not as sure-footed as you’d expect. Bono seems to have re-written Paul Simon’s 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover by way of the apocalypse, with clunky lines like: “Democracy is flat on its back, Jack / We had it all, and what we had is not coming back, Zack”.

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5.) You can have your loved ones turned into a vinyl record

You may want to get their blessing first.

"It makes the perfect family record, which can be passed down the generations," says Jason Leach, 46, the founder of north Yorkshire firm And Vinyly (...nice touch), which produces the disc.

John Hobson, a 69-year-old sculptor, says his mother Madge would thoroughly approve of her record.

"I had to weigh out a quantity of the ashes [which had been kept in an urn], and put a large teaspoonful into a number of small plastic bags, one for each disc," he says.

It kind of brings new meaning to Get Into the Groove

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To the sound of flamenco-esye guitars and a Latino beat, Jessie Ware goes for an evening drive with her adulterous lover in the video Selfish Love.

Shot by Tom Beard, who has worked with the likes of Klaxons, Saint Raymond and FKA Twigs, there are surreptitious phones calls, birds being shot, swimming pools and a surprisingly violent ending.

Consider yourselves warned...

He's been sharing pictures of himself in the studio and now Sam has gone one better with this billboard, taken somewhere in London.

The singer messaged fans earlier this week saying he feels "so rejuvenated" and has "so many stories I can't wait to tell you".

The singer has been largely absent from the past 12 months following his win at the Oscars for his song from the Bond film Spectre, external.

"The wait is so nearly over. Something is coming very very very soon," he added.

Next Friday to be exact.

Toni Basil, the choreographer and one-hit-wonder who recorded the worldwide pop hit Mickey, external, is suing several companies, saying they have used the song without permission.

Media giants Disney and Viacom are among the defendants named in her legal action which was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday.

According to court documents, external, Basil - whose real name is Antonia Christina Basilotta - only recently became aware that Mickey had been used in TV shows including South Park and Ru Paul's Drag Race.

She claims the discovery left her "despondent and physically ill".

Last year, a clip of the now 73-year-old dancing went viral.

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Season seven of the massive TV series may have finished, but thanks to this behind-the-scenes video, we have some sweet, sweet music to ease us into the next two years (aaargh!!) without our GOT fix.

So take it away, Jorah Mormont, Beric Dondarrion, Tormund Gianstbane and Sandor Clegane - aka BoyzThrone (#thankyouverymuch).

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More new music now and LCD Soundsystem are back with American Dream, their first new album since 2010.

They split up in 2010 with a show at Madison Square Garden in New York and a subsequent film, Shut Up And Play The Hits.

But working with David Bowie, prior to his death, convinced frontman James Murphy to get the band back together.

He's been speaking to 6 Music's Matt Everitt about their comeback.

Check out one of the new songs tonite below.

Perhaps getting in some practice ahead of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing?

Mollie King of The Saturdays has struck out on her own with her debut solo single Hair Down.

She has worked with pop uber-producer Brian Higgins aka Xenomania on the track.

"He totally gets pop," Mollie said. "And I think we’ve collaboratively come up with some amazing records that the fans are going to love hopefully as much as I do!"

Check out the South African shot video above - no word on an album yet though.

Drake has followed the example set by the likes of Beyonce and donated $200,000 (£155,000) to the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

At least 39 people have died in the storm and its aftermath. East of Houston, floodwaters are still rising.

Texas authorities say the state might need more than $125bn in emergency funds.

“To the resilient people of Houston and the entire state of Texas," said the Canadian rapper, "I would like to send you all of our love and all of our prayers.”

He called the men and women assisting in aide and relief efforts "truly heroic".

Meanwhile, Beyonce's BeyGOOD Foundation is also working to help people affected by the storm in her hometown while her sister Solange has also announced plans to help victims with a benefit show on 28 September in Boston.

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If you're on Twitter, we're Sorry (...apologies) to have you tell you, the chances are now pretty good that Justin Bieber probably has more followers than you.

Not far shy of 100 million in fact.

The singer has become the second person to reach that milestone following Katy Perry, who is still three million ahead of him.

Barack Obama, Taylor Swift and Rihanna make up the rest of the top five.

To celebrate, Bieber has been given his own emoji with the hashtag #100millionbeliebers.

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Madonna has apparently bought a house near the capital Libson after her adopted son David Banda won a place at the Benfica football team youth academy.

A local magazine Visão - which means Vision in Portuguese - reported the singer has bought a house in Sintra, a small -town 17 miles away from the capital.

David Banda is one of four children that Madonna, 59, has adopted from Malawi.

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It's New Music Friday peeps.

British singer Charli XCX has been celebrated for her latest music video for her hit song Boys, which sees lots of famous men fulfilling the "eye-candy" sexualised roles which are very often played by women.

Last month she also shared a behind-the-scenes making of the promo and now she has shared an acoustic version of the song which you can hear below.

Trust Dave the gang to get people up and out of the house.

The Foo Fighters kicked off Radio 1's Live Lounge month, which will feature a live session every day to celebrate 50 years of the station's existence.

Of course, we have to make allowances for the fact they the Foos were playing live from LA so it was technically at the tail end of their Thursday night.

A delighted Dave was also reunited with the fan who stripped naked during the band's headline set at Glastonbury

The month-long Radio 1 celebration will also see the like of The Killers, The xx, Miley Cyrus and Coldplay performing exclusive sets.

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Public Enemy rapper Chuck D has taken to social media following yesterday's story that Flavor Flav is suing his bandmate and management over what he claims are unpaid royalties.

Flav's lawyers claim he has written at least 50 of the iconic rap band's tracks.

Chuck D took to Twitter, external to address the issue, in a series of tweets.

Flav - real name William Drayton - claims that the pair had an understanding to split profits equally for Public Enemy's music, merchandising and performances.

Chuck D also seemed to suggest it was his work, rather than Flav's, external, which kept the band going, adding: "When it's all said and done I gotta pick him up and dust him off."

"Miss a deadline, things move. Don't release album, there WON'T be touring #spoiled."

Chuck also suggested the band could not perform at a benefit gig for Houston, because Flav refused, leaving him "to head to Houston with Prophets of Rage" - his other band which includes members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden.

The rapper also offered an olive branch to his bandmate blaming his management for the legal action.

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We mean Friday of course but for fans of Foo Fighters, there's much to celebrate as the band have opened Radio 1's Live Lounge month.

We also have new music from LCD Soundsytem, Jessie Ware, Hurts and Mollie King of The Saturdays.

Public Enemy's Chuck D responds to Flavor Flav's legal action, Sam Smith tells fans the wait is almost over for new music plus news of a Game of Thrones "supergroup".

And, of course, our weekly feature, 5 Things We've Learned.