We're off home but if you're hanging around scroll down for plenty of festival action from over the weekend from the likes of Nick Cave, Patti Smith, the Arctic Monkeys, Lorde and Eminem.

Plus Ariana Grande's new fella reveals a couple of inky homages, Taylor Swift sends 'love' and 'respect' to LGBT fans and Demi Lovato tweets herself into trouble.

We'll leave you with Sam Smith doing what he does best, being tunefully sad in a field in Swansea last weekend.

See you tomorrow.

Lily Allen's AK-47 rifle necklace has come under fire on Twitter, with Piers Morgan joining in the debate.

Accused by the Daily Mail of glamorising gun violence, Allen tweeted the following...

This provoked GMB presenter and gun safety activist Morgan to engage in a fiery debate with the singer.

Allen then hit back, accusing Morgan of “hacking the phones of dead children” to which Morgan responded:

And so it continued.

Earlier today, Allen was announced as the surprise special guest at Boardmasters surf/music festival in Cornwall in August.

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It's been a busy weekend for festival-goers with Primavera Sound in Spain, Governor's Ball in NYC, and All Points East in London (scroll down for more on that).

If you missed out, throw on some glitter and some hot pants, and tuck into our round up now.

The likes of the Arctic Monkeys (above), Lorde, The National and Bjork were among those topping the bill in Barcelona at the weekend.

The Monkeys headlined, playing a 20 song set list of old indie bangers and new lounge lizard jazz tunes.

The band will play their UK gig in four years on Thursday, raising money for War Child at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Back in BCN, Lorde performed a popular rendition of Frank Ocean's Lost, which has been doing the rounds.

Have a watch...

Friday night was a bit of a 'mare for the festival organisers, after Migos, who were scheduled to perform, missed their flight.

Skepta was announced as the last minute replacement, and then promptly missed his own flight - and his set.

Epic fail!

New York City's Randall's Island played host to the Governor's Ball, headlined by Jack White, Travis Scott and Eminem.

Jack White played a selection of White Stripes, Raconteurs and solo hits.

Travis Scott's set was described by Billboard, external as a "personal rage fest."

And on the final night, Eminem took the opportunity to fuel the Nicki Minaj dating rumours.

Talk about playing it cool.

Watch below.

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It's fair to say that Mancunian miserablist Moz has got a few people's backs up of late, with his comments over racism, Hitler being 'left wing' and aligning himself with extreme right wing of UK politics.

His former bandmate, Marr, however, believes that Morrissey's recent controversial views won't negatively impact the Manchester band's history.

Speaking to Consequence of Sound, Marr said: “I don’t really worry about very much, these days.

"I don’t really think you can change people’s relationship with songs and the songs are what they are”.

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The pair met for the first time in 10 years back in late 2016 and did flirt with the idea of getting the old band back together.

The guitarist went on to tell CoS's Kyle Meredith about how Depeche Mode influenced several of the songs on his forthcoming album, Call the Comet, which is out next week.

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If so could please decipher the message below left by soul-tinged UK indie rockers.

Does it mean their first new music since 2012 album Sweet Heart Sweet Light?

Or are they trapped down a mine shaft maybe?

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The US singer hosted a Twitter Q&A yesterday and was asked by a fan to name the best prank she had ever pulled.

In an apparently now deleted Tweet, Demi responded:

The Sorry Not Sorry star has now said sorry but was at pains to point out that she takes sexual assault seriously, having been a victim of it herself.

She address the topic in her 2013 track Warrior, which you can here below.

Some fans online have labelled the singer a "hypocrite" and suggested that her tweet made light of male victims of sexual assault.

Others, however, believe that Demi has nothing to apologise for.

Rapper Big Narstie's speaking out about mental health in this month's Big Issue, saying he often wants to sit and cry, and urges people to open up about their issues.

Narstie acts as an agony uncle for young people through his alter ego, Uncle Pain, on YouTube and is to release a new album, BDL Bipolar, which addresses his own mental health problems.

"Remember it’s OK to talk to people and let them know you’re not OK," he said.

"Don’t think it’s something you have to keep to yourself to fit in or to be normal. There’s no such thing as normal.”

He goes on to address violence among young people, saying it's a “result of their background” and they have “no way of reaching out”.

“You’ve got to look at it like this: in a simple experiment, if you take one child and leave him in a perfect and comfortable environment, and you leave another child in a destructive and aggressive environment, you’ll see different symptoms,” he said.

"You’re broke, crammed in a tight place and you’ve got no release. You’re giving out all the CVs you can and you’re still not getting anything.

“You’re stressed out and want to vent, but you’re trapped.”

Read Big Narstie's full interview, external.

In the immortal words of Simon Le Bon: "Some people call it a one night stand but we can call it paradise."

Pop band Duran Duran are taking over BBC Four for one night in June, with a pair of newly-filmed documentaries.

The highlight is set to be Duran Duran: A Night In - which sees the band taking a Gogglebox-style trip through the TV, movies and adverts that inspired them.

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know will take an in-depth look at the band's turbulent history.

The documentary will feature previously unseen archive footage and rare demo tapes, as well as the group's memories of the 40 years that have passed since they first formed in 1978 in Birmingham.

Cindy Crawford, Boy George, Mark Ronson, and Nile Rodgers will all feature in the documentary, alongside Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor.

A Night In, meanwhile, will feature footage of Blade Runner, Barbarella, Tomorrow's World, Prince, Roxy Music and even kids' show Roobarb and Custard as the band take a trip down memory lane.

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"Without the BBC, there would be no Duran Duran," said bassist John Taylor, in a statement announcing BBC Four's Boys on Film night.

"Forty years ago this October, the BBC first aired Barbarella. It was while watching that late-night screening of the Jane Fonda sci-fi epic that members of a burgeoning Birmingham post-punk band decided the name of one of the film's characters - Durand Durand - would make for a cool and unusual band name.

"The BBC provided us with a constant stream of the best contemporary music throughout the '70s, just when we were coming of age and finding ourselves as individuals and future artists. Everybody who was anybody went through the doors of Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test, and we were there soaking it all in, so it is with great pleasure we present our curated night of music on BBC Four.

"These documentaries and clips have allowed us to explore the origins of the band through personal experiences and cultural touchstones. Even the savviest fans will find surprises."

Boys on Film - A Night with Duran Duran will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday, 29 June, from 21:00 BST.

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On Friday we told you how - after a star-studded listening party in the Wyoming mountains - Kanye had dropped his new album, Ye.

Well now the critics have had the weekend to digest the new album, which will have been made easier by the fact that it only contains seven tracks.

The NME, external gave it 3/5, saying; "Kanye West’s modestly formed eighth record is a meditation on marriage, mental health, and addiction."

The Guardian, external offered only three stars too, calling it; "self-righteous, soulful and still shocking."

While Pitchfork, external wrote; "Kanye West’s stint in Wyoming created an album born from chaos for chaos’ sake. Though it can be somewhat fascinating, it is undoubtedly a low-point in his career."

Ouch.

As reported in Rolling Stone magazine, external, the rapper himself invited Big Boy TV along to the randomly-located album launch and explained his thought process behind the record, which he overhauled following his controversial slavery comments to TMZ.

"We just sat there and really honed in on the words," he said.

"Also, we know now, it's all headlines... Every bar can be used... I took a bar off the album. It was just too sensitive about that topic and stuff."

He added: "I wanted something with the energy the universe was giving me.

Well some of the reviews might.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z have announced an initiative that means fans can receive free tickets for their OTR II tour in exchange for good deeds.

The BeyGOOD initiative sees the two music giants teaming up with The Prince’s Trust and Global Citizen, to reward fans who volunteer through these organisations for performing acts of kindness and charity.

"Beyonce understands the importance of giving young people who have faced setbacks in life the chance of a brighter future," said The Prince's Trust chief executive, Nick Stace.

As well as the competition for free tickets, an auction has also been launched for the chance to win VIP tickets for most of the upcoming dates on the stars' stadium tour.

The concerts kick off in Cardiff on Wednesday, 6 June, before heading across the UK and Ireland and into mainland Europe.

It is the second time the power couple have hit the road together, following 2014's On The Run Tour - which was launched with a video depicting the couple as bank robbers trying to evade the police (a riff on their joint single '03 Bonnie & Clyde).

It's been a confusing nineteen years for us all.

Now new mum Chrissy Teigen - model, wife of John Legend and general social media legend - has finally taken to Twitter to raise the question we've all been asking ourselves.

What in God's name do the lyrics of Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way really mean?

Confusing, right?

Well, BSB themselves came back to Chrissy later that night, with their explanation.

All clear now? No, us neither! But we'll still be singing it all day.

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Temperatures in east London's Victoria Park soared to near antipodean levels on Sunday for the final gig of the APE, external festival series so it was perhaps fitting that the event closed with a meeting of two Australian musical institutions.

Kylie arrived unannounced to add some glamour to Nick Cave's gloriously gloomy headline set.

She embraced her compatriot before the pair performed their most unlikely of collaborations from 1995, Where The Wild Roses Grow.

Ever the showman, Nick then treated the crowd to the classic dad joke suggestion that he should, ahem, Be So Lucky, while thanking Kyles for her contribution.

Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie watched on from the crowd but at a safe distance this time after having inadvertently become part of the show at one of Nick's last London gigs.

Earlier in the day another charming Australian, Courtney Barnett, shone bright one again with a raft of riveting electric guitar vignettes about mundane topics such as walking home, flat hunting and gardening-induced asthma attacks.

This followed her recent blistering Belfast set at the Biggest Weekend show in Belfast.

And the high priestess of punk, Patti Smith, delivered an almost biblical performance/lecture on life and love, including a cover of John Lennon's Mind games ("love is the answer") and a red hot rendition of her classic beat rock 'n' roll poem Land of a Thousand Dances, which merged into her biggest hit Gloria.

"I love playing when it’s still light out", she told the gathered thousands.

"Because I can see everybody."

The 71-year-old began her show with an impassioned recital of Allan Ginsberg's Howl, adapted for the Victoria Park crowd.

"Everything is Holy - London is Holy."

The All Points East festival took place over two separate weekends, with the likes of LCD Soundsystem and Catfish and the Bottlemen having also headlined.

While other festivals have been criticised recently for their lack of female performers, the event in the capital seems to have struck a nice balance, with US glam rocker St Vincent and UK country starlet Jade Bird also on the bill yesterday.

Top marks too to whoever organised the weather.

Phew! Things are moving fast for Ariana Grande and her new boyfriend, Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson.

The couple, who have been dating for three weeks, took things to the next level at the weekend when Pete got not one, but two tattoos in tribute to his new lady, including *gulp* her initials.

Talk about commitment!

Shared on the LA tattoo parlour's social media, one tattoo, hidden behind his ear, is the black bunny ears mask that Grande wore on her Dangerous Woman album cover.

The other is of Grande's initials, 'AG', etched on his thumb.

Social media have been feeling a little nervous about this permanent inkage.

But in the words of Ari herself, they're lovin', they're livin', they're pickin' it up.

We wish them all the best!

Speaking of Ariana, today marks the one year anniversary of the One Love Manchester gig, which the singer rapidly organised in the wake of the attack at her concert which killed 22 people.

Stars like Miley Cyrus, Coldplay and Liam Gallagher all performed at Old Trafford Cricket Ground to honour the dead and raise funds for their families.

Watch Ariana's emotional performance of hit One Last Time above and re-live the event as it happened.

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Entertainment and Arts Reporter, BBC News

The fabulous record shop, venue and art space opened by indie band Frankie & The Heartstrings in their home city of Sunderland five years ago is going from strength to strength.

Pop Recs Ltd has just announced that it's moving into a bigger premises - in the former Binns department store - and that pop songster and friend of the Heartstrings James Bay is to be its new patron.

It's also got a £15,000 National Lottery grant from Arts Council England to help its expansion.

Find out more about the venture by revisiting an article we wrote about the shop soon after it opened in 2013.

Taylor Swift has told fans she is sending 'love' and 'respect' to LGBT people who haven't felt comfortable coming out yet.

She made the passionate speech on stage at Chicago's Soldier Field to mark the start of Pride Month.

She continued the positive message, saying:

"And this is a month where I think we need to celebrate how far we've come, but we also need to acknowledge how far we still have left to go.

"I want to send my love and respect out to everybody who in their journey hasn't yet felt comfortable enough to come out, and may you do that in your own time."

"May we end up in a world where everyone can live and love equally and no one has to be afraid to be vulnerable and say how they feel."

Like a true pro, Taylor concluded her heartfelt speech by segueing smoothly into one of her own new tracks.

"When it comes to feelings and when it comes to love and searching for someone to spend your whole life with, it's all just really really delicate, external."

Fans took to social media to express their support.

Swifties can catch Taylor on her UK tour this month.

With only six months to go until the big day Mariah has given an early gift to her lambs - aka fans - by announcing a festive European tour.

The singer will head to Nottingham, Leeds and London in December and you can check out the full dates above.

It's called the All I Want For Christmas Is You tour which hints at what might be on the setlist.

Imagine if she didn't play it?

Only 204 sleeps until Christmas people...

Morning folks.

While it was hard to top last weekend's Biggest Weekend, we hope you had fun all the same.

Today we'll try to ease you back into the working week with news of some of your favourite artists - and ours - including Taylor Swift's big Pride speech, calls for Drake to end his big beef with Pusha T, and Nick Cave being joined on stage in the UK by another famous Aussie...

While we get up and running, check out some of the most light-hearted moments from the festival and we shall be back to take on Monday together.