That's all we have for today.

We've had all the news from the Classic Brits, Rihanna at a premiere, Paris Jackson on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Noel on stage with a new band and Ryan Adams on the weather.

We'll leave you with a look at Robbie opening the 2018 World Cup in Russia, backed up by the Russian Robbettes (unless you can think of a better name?)

He did appear to make a rude gesture to the camera at one point. Naughty Robbie!

Good luck if you've entered a work sweepstake everyone.

We'll be back tomorrow with loads of new music and the 5 Things We've Learned this Week.

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DJ Fontana, the last surviving member of Elvis Presley's band, has died at the age of 87.

The drummer, whose full name was Dominic Joseph Fontana, played on more than 450 Elvis songs, including Hound Dog (below) and Jailhouse Rock.

He also featured on Elvis's legendary 1968 TV show, which has become known as the '68 Comeback Special.

Fontana died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday night, his son said in a post on Facebook.

"I told everyone that I would keep you posted. My Dad passed away in his sleep at 9:33 tonight," wrote Dave Fontana.

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We saw some singers struggling to connect their brains and feet during Soccer Aid on Sunday night but it seems it also works the other way around.

BBC Sports presenter and former England striker Gary Lineker has been expressing his insecurities over his singing voice.

He told Radio 1's Chris Stark that he used to mime the national anthem when on England duty.

Another former Three Lions international, Frank Lampard, says he did so too and now we feel cheated.

Watch above.

If the current England team are reading, we want you in full voice on Monday before your first match with Tunisia.

Just watch how Robbie Williams does it later on you'll be fine.

The pair have shared their collab on a new track Dance To This.

It's set to appear on the Australian singer-songwriter's upcoming second album Bloom which is out on 31 August.

Speaking to DJ Zane Lowe on Apple's Beats 1, Troye admitted he had been netrvous to ask Ariana.

"I think that she's just the coolest. I basically just texted her the song. I sat on it for a couple of weeks because I'm nervous to ask people for stuff.

"I don't want to ever put anybody in an uncomfortable position where they’re like, 'This song is terrible and I don't want to be a part of it.' So I kind of waited."

Listen above and see if you would have texted him back or not.

London rapper Big Narstie had a crack at the weather on ITV's Good Morning Britain last year (and again this year), now US singer/guitarist Ryan Adams is following him into the meteorological world courtesy of a Denver-based ABC station.

"I think it's partially because of the movie twister that I got into it" jokes Ryan, who has a gig in Colorado tonight.

Check it out above along with the pretty biblical-looking weather in Denver.

Following the earlier announcement of All Saints, the Manics and more performing at this year's Radio 2 event, let's cast our minds back to last summer in Hyde Park.

US country star Shania Twain, resplendent in a multi-coloured sparkly jacket, battled the elements to deliver hits like Man! I Feel Like a Woman, to the rain-drenched but grateful crowd.

Watch above and don't forget to tune into the station tomorrow to find out the name of this year's main headliner.

That's the view of Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac, who was clearly taken aback by the east-London singer's falsetto on her new track, Another Lifetime.

The track, which totally contradicts Will Smith's World Cup song is about meeting the right person but in the wrong lifetime.

Nao said: "Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who is just an amazing person and did nothing wrong, ticked all the boxes but for whatever reason just wasn't right for you in this life at the moment?"

We hear you Nao, we hear you.

Listen above,

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With the start of the World Cup 2018 just hours away, BBC Culture has been taking a look at why the Beautiful Game is so inextricably linked to music.

Writer Arwa Haider says "Football and music summon a combined power that heightens the senses, creates tribal identities, flaunts theatricality and wit (and copious cutting put-downs).

"The football anthem draws heavily from spiritual music, but also co-opts generations of pop tunes.

"It evokes a feeling of heritage, but it travels much further afield."

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England don't kick-off until Monday but here's New Order's 1990 cult classic, featuring a talented young rapper called John Barnes - whatever happened to him?

Londoner Dua Lipa has posted the above picture of the city's tower block lit up in green, alongside the caption: "Forever in our hearts."

Another singer, synonymous with the city is Libertine Pete Doherty, who reminded people of the continuing "real" cost to the local community.

Elsewhere Lily Allen posted a graphic displaying the words "justice for Grenfell" in the many different languages spoken by the residents of the tower block.

And like Dua before her, pop star Mabel posted a picture of the tower too, saying she's: "Sending all my love".

BBC Radio 2

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A host of stars names have been announced to perform in London's Hyde Park on 9 September.

Joining the A-listers above, will be country singer Carrie Underwood, Lenny Kravitz and the Band of Love, plus a headline act is set to be announced on the station tomorrow.

Stay tuned for that one but in the meantime head over to the website for more information.

A year after the Grenfell Tower fire, the names of the 72 people who died as a result have been read out at a memorial service in west London, attended by music stars Stormzy and Adele.

Shortly after the tragedy, stars from around the music world, including the grime star, Robbie Williams and Rita Ora came together to cover Paul Simon's Bridge Over Troubled Water with proceeds from the single helping to aid the families of the victims.

Watch above.

At the Brit Awards in February, Stormzy delivered a sharp attack on the government for their handling of Grenfell, during his closing performance.

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The Scots rap group have confirmed they were asked by the Ruhrtriennale arts festival in Germany to distance themselves from the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycottt, Divestment and Sanctions) as as a condition of appearing on the line up this summer.

The campaign promotes a boycott against Israel.

The festival released a statement on Wednesday, external saying: "The Ruhrtriennale distances itself in all forms from the BDS movement and wishes to have absolutely no connection with the campaign. We have therefore decided to cancel the concert."

Now, the band have released a statement through Artists for Palestine UK saying:"We feel it is a wrong and deeply unfair decision by the festival to take this stance and to also ask us to distance ourselves from our human rights principles in order for the appearance to go ahead.

"Anyone who knows the band and our history will know we oppose all forms of hatred and racial discrimination. Always have.

"We support one of the only peaceful protests a person can take, in the hope to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that allows Palestinian refugees the right to return to a safe homeland, and that allows Israelis and Palestinians of all faiths (and none) to live together in peace."

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The London Symphony Orchestra insists it "champions the work of women composers" after a survey of the 2018-19 seasons of 15 of the world's top orchestras found that fewer than 3% of the pieces to be performed were composed by a woman.

The report by Donne Women in Music and Drama Musica concluded that, of more than 1400 concerts in the coming season, only 76 of them include at least one piece by a female composer.

Now the LSO has said it "believes in complete equality".

Managing Director Kathryn McDowell said: "We opened the current season - and Sir Simon Rattle’s tenure as Music Director - with a fanfare by the British composer Helen Grime, and the LSO gave the world premiere of her new full length work, Woven Space, in April at the Barbican (pictured above).

"We will perform this work on tour in Japan in September and we are enormously proud that Helen is a graduate of the LSO composer development programmes, which have championed women composers since they began 13 years ago.

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Drake has reunited the cast of the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation in a new video for his previously-released single, I'm Upset.

The musician got his first taste of fame on the show, playing Jimmy Brooks, a basketball player who became disabled after he was shot by a classmate.

The star is walking again in the I'm Upset video, external, which is based around a Degrassi high school reunion.

The video's storyline is a little more adult and sees the school's headmaster scoring drugs while former pupils dance in the halls, drink on the bleachers, abuse a photocopier and have a few steamy moments in the locker rooms.

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Regular readers will know by now that we feature a new band every week here on Music News LIVE and today one of our Newbie Tuesday picks, Sam Fender, has released a new music video.

The Geordie rocker is seen strolling through his home city of Newcastle in a cracking retro jumper in the video for Leave Fast.

A short while ago, Sam told us how he "can't hack the sesh" and so behaves himself in order to protect his voice while he's on tour but we're not sure that we believe him.

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Noel joined the new band, which comprises of members of Gorillaz, Klaxons and one or two other talented types, on stage in London.

Check them out above singing a song that the former Oasis chief wrote, according to Radio X's Gordon Smart.

Gorillaz mastermind and Noel's former Britpop rival (and new BFF Damon Albarn) was in the house to cast an eye/ear over them.

We imagine Noel's brother Liam will be totally digging this new band.

Oh wait...

After a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame bearing the name Michael Jackson was defaced with red spray paint, the daughter of the late pop star Paris took it upon herself to go and clean it herself.

The star was not celebrating her father but was dedicated to a London-born radio host who shared his famous name.

The 20-year-old shared a picture on her Instagram account showing her on her hands and knees scrubbing red paint from the star.

She wrote: "A name is a name and I couldn't just hear about it and not go see it for myself."

One Twitter user said: "Your actions today brought me genuine tears of pride of your bravery and strength, anger of the disrespectful idiots that would dare deface anything to do with such an icon."

Paris was just 11 when Michael Jackson died from an overdose of propofol.

In other Jackson news, an honorary street naming in Detroit was cancelled this week.

Michael Jackson Avenue was supposed to be officially unveiled on Friday but members of the Jackson 5 - who are due to play a concert in the city this weekend - apparently queried why the entire group wasn't being honoured.

Under the city's rules, street names can only be granted to individuals rather than groups or organisations.

Awkward.

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The Barbadian singer plays Nine Ball, a computer hacker who takes control of CCTV cameras, in the latest instalment of the heist film series and she made sure all eyes were on her at the premiere of the film in London's Leicester Square.

Ri Ri wore a golden dress that revealed a new piece of ink work, just below her collar bone, which reads; "Never a failure, Always a lesson."

The filmmakers will be hoping that's not an early review.

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In fact when it comes to tattoos, you really have to hand it to her.

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Fashion magazine Vogue, external described Rihanna's display as a red carpet beauty win.

And who are we to argue?

In other Ri Ri news,Scots electro pop rocker and spelling convention rebels Chvrches have released a version of her track Stay, for Spotify.

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His smile suggests it was a pretty big night for the teenage cellist, who also got to meet Chic legend Nile Rodgers.

Sheku followed his performance at the royal wedding in May by winning two prizes at this year's awards.

The 19-year-old won male artist of the year and the critics' choice award.

The ceremony returned to the Royal Albert Hall after a five-year hiatus.

Other winners included Britain's Got Talent winner Tokio Myers (pictured below), who won the breakthrough award, while Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andrea Bocelli received accolades for their services to the industry.

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Dame Vera Lynn, 101, said she was "thrilled" to receive a lifetime achievement award, which her daughter accepted on her behalf.

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe also won group of the year and their LP Together Again was voted album of the year.

Which is why they melted them down and forged this one massive award which they will share on alternate weekends...

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Read more: Classical music 'should learn from hip hop'.

It's finally here people. We know you've been unable to sleep last night in anticipation.

That's right, it's Thursday's Music News LIVE.

Coming up today:

• Drake shares a new video and goes back to Degrassi Junior High
• Rihanna hangs out at the Ocean's 8 premiere
• The Classic Brits have been handed out
• An honorary street naming in Detroit for King of Pop Michael Jackson has been cancelled
• A hottest record from Nao.
• Robbie Williams will party like a Russian when as he opens the 2018 football World Cup in Moscow.

To get us in the mood, let's kick-off today will the tournament's official track, Live it Up, courtesy of Nicky Jam, featuring big Will Smith and Era Istrefi (eyes peeled for a hard-partying England heart-breaking Brazilian footballing legend too).

The track, which was produced by Diplo, goes:

One life / Live it up 'cos you've got one life / One life/ Live it up 'cos you don't get it twice.

No room for re-incarnation then?