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That's Monday done and dusted.

We shall see you all tomorrow with more Music News LIVE.

Scroll down today's page for news of:

• Travis Scott apologising to transgender model Amanda Lepore
• Tinchy Stryder, Dua Lipa and Peter Hook paying tribute to the late Barry Chuckle
• Demi Lovato thanking God for 'keeping me alive' after suspected drug overdose

Plus:

• Liam Gallagher urging Noel to join their "best family holiday ever"
• Chaos after Britney's big Brighton UK comeback gig and...

• Loads of backstage chat from Wilderness and Visions Festivals with Justice, Nile Rodgers, Idles and more.

We'll leave you with Welsh opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel introducing his new album of duets with a cast of stars including actors Rob Brydon (above) and Dame Emma Thompson, as well as actual singers Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins.

Dreams and Songs is out in September and as you can see (below) Sir Bryn is rather excited.

Kev Geoghegan
Arts and entertainment reporter

Finally today, here is part two of that devilishly difficult predicament, whom to banish and whom to save from the wild.

Fenne Lilly, Ferris and Sylvester and Matt Woods all performed on the main stage as part of a BBC Music Introducing special.

While Billy Lockett has toured with Lana Del Rey.

We'll hear more form them later in the week, until then, here are their thoughts.

Kev Geoghegan
Music News LIVE reporter

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The actor and musician was taking part in the Letters Live, external performance at Wilderness at the weekend.

Speaking to Music News LIVE after the Sunday afternoon show, Jordan - who recently published an article on toxic masculinity, external - said: "I've been doing a lot of work on myself, I've been growing up, I've been making a lot of music and doing some writing and at the moment I'm trying to mould it like a clay pot.

"I'm just trying to get an understanding about what I really love and put it in a platform where people can hear it."

Jordan confirmed his band - which he formed with Harley Alexander-Sule in 2008 "is on ice at the moment".

"We love each other dearly," he added. "We're both doing our own solo stuff in our own time with no pressure."

Letters Live saw actors Olivia Colman and Sir Ben Kingsley, Alexander Armstrong, Louise Brealey, comedians Shappi Khorsandi and Ruby Wax among others, perform letters written throughout history.

Jordan performed a hilarious note written by the late comic actor Rik Mayall to Bob Geldof in which he berates the musician for not allowing him to take part in the recording of Band Aid's Do They Know Its Christmas?.

"With such a distinct character as Rik Mayall, it's difficult to do it justice and I sometimes have tried an imitation doing Letters but with this one, I just went with the tone.

"I thought it was hilarious, it definitely resonated with me. RIP to one of the greats."

Kev Geoghegan
Arts and entertainment reporter

Away from the music on the main stage, there were some special performances across the weekend at Cornbury Park.

Some of the highlights included the festival's "house band" the Wilderness Orchestra with their live performance of Disney classics and the hip hop karaoke.

The latter saw punters take to the stage to channel their inner De La Soul and Beastie Boys.

One-ten year old boy's word perfect rendition of Eminem's The Real Slim Shady will live long in the memory but cannot be repeated on here for obvious reasons.

Brixton-based musician Gaika blended his mix of hip hop, electronic music and trip hop with esteemed dance company Rambert for a powerful piece of performance art.

Check out a few performances including Mahalia, above.

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We know Annie Mac often plays her Hottest Record twice (with a gap for some chat) but is there ever really any call for hearing the same song three times in a row?

New York art rockers Vampire Weekend fans think so and were delighted to see the band kick off their Lollapalooza show in Chicago at the weekend by playing their track A-Punk thrice.

The track is only two and half minutes long but still, that's a bold opening statement.

Big fans of the Inbetweeners will have heard the track a few times lately themselves.

But for those wondering what all these fuss is about, remind yourselves below (below).

We'll let you decide for yourselves how many times you press play.

Kev Geoghegan
Music News LIVE reporter

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The Surrey-born electronic artist, whose latest album Singularity is the highest charting of his career, played the main stage at Wilderness on Saturday.

He was joined on stage by two dancers armed with lighting rods which pulsated to the beat of his music.

Jon's in the middle of massive tour but told Music News LIVE that he's got a special trip planned coinciding with some time off.

"I'm just about to go to Ecuador, going down one of the largest cave networks in the world called Tayos (Cueva de los Tayos) with a team of artists and scientists and we're going to be making art and doing some scientific experiments down there.

"I will be going essentially to experience this place in order that I can come back and write a piece of music inspired by it and then we'll be releasing all this stuff in an effort to protect these caves as part of a Unesco world heritage bid."

He described the trip as "a very, very different prospect" adding it was "beautifully opposite to everything I've been doing live this year".

Jon, whose latest album was inspired by his love of meditations said the new music "is going to be very much an ambient piece, a sort of drone -based piece of some sort".

"There's going to be a lot of things to trigger the imagination down there, not to mention a lot of wildlife.

"There's this type of bird that nests in these caves. It's going to be three weeks with no technology and no travel, no flights, none of the things I've been doing recently."

As part of Music News LIVE's excursion to to the wildlands of Oxfordshire, we though we would ask a few of the artists playing the festival a two-part question.

Who would they banish to the Wilderness as why, and who would they rescue?

Here are the answers from Joy Crookes, Dan Owen and Deliah Montague.

We think Dan misunderstood the first bit...

The Kent punk duo nearly had us all fooled last week when guitarist Laurie revealed drummer Isaac leaving the band to head off and pursue a career in dancing.

It all turned out to be a simple lampoon though as Laurie was found auditioning a host of famous drummers - including the gorilla from the Cadbury's ad - in the video for new single Chokehold.

ICYMI That was one of the 5 Things We Learned Last Week.

Now, following the release of new album Acts of Fear and Love, later this month, they'll head out on a November tour of these shores.

Check out the full details above, safe in the knowledge that when they arrive in a city near you it will indeed be Isaac and not Phil Collins or anyone else on drums.

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Justin Timberlake has defended Pink for cancelling a gig after being spotted relaxing on an Australian beach.

She called off the performance on her Beautiful Trauma tour in Sydney after coming down with a chest infection.

The 38-year-old had been snapped by paparazzi photographers enjoying a day with her family on a beach in Byron.

Speculation followed about why she'd cancelled prompting Pink to respond on Instagram.

Next to the above photo of herself and her daughter, Willow, she wrote: 'I scheduled this tour meticulously, trying to do what was best for my children, while also putting on the best and most physically demanding and beautiful show of my life."

JT then came to her defence, commenting on Pink's post, calling her "the REALEST."

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Read more.

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Music News LIVE reporter

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The funky songwriter and frontman took his band Chic to the countryside over the weekend to headline day two of the Wilderness festival.

They cranked out hit after hit on their setlist, from Nile's early work on songs like Good Times and Everybody Dance to his tracks with Madonna (Like a Virgin), Diane Ross (I'm Coming Out) and David Bowie (Let's Dance).

His songwriting credentials are beyond reproach, which is perhaps why, mid-set, Chic drummer and unofficial hype man Ralph Rolle recounted his various achievements in music.

Backstage, Nile told Music News LIVE he has an idea for a new song "almost every day" an how much he missed Swedish DJ Avicii who took his own life in April at the age of 28.

"Not many of them become songs but some of the ideas are really cool, they wind up either as full compositions or at least part compositions but I just think of music in general and I don't necessarily worry about where it's going until I have a specific job.

"A lot of the time it just stays in my head as a motif."

He added: "I used to do that with Avicii a lot, I'd come into the studio with like 50 ideas, I used to love writing with Tim, he was amazing."

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Nile also hopes to make some difference in the music world with his new honorary position as Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame

"It's one of the coolest things that's ever happened in my life because I want to do something that, after my tenure, it's like, 'OK, we've really made progress in the business'.

"It's always been a place of good opportunity for women but still not quite equal and I want to try and do something that's makes a difference."

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Thousands of Britney Spears fans were stranded in the early hours of Sunday after chaotic scenes around Brighton railway station following the US star's headline performance at the first day of the city's annual LGBTQ celebration

Brighton Pride organisers issued a statement after fans’ “safety was put in jeopardy” following Britney's first UK performance since 2016.

Police requested the station was closed and train services suspended shortly before midnight to help them deal with growing crowds.

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) said the station later "steadily cleared" with the last extra train leaving at 02:15 BST.

Earlier in the night,the US singer draped herself in a rainbow flag and blew kisses at the 57,000 strong crowd while running through a 23 track career-spanning set including Womanizer (above).

Afterwards, she tweeted: "Thank you for a fabulous show...my fabulous fans. I love you all."

We doubt Britney had to get the train back.

Read more.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

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Idles had a pretty busy weekend, making the journey from "magical" Bestival in Dorset across to east London to headline Visions Festival, external on Saturday night.

Last week, the Bristol punks announced their forthcoming album, Joy as an Act of Resistance, would be accompanied by a pop-up art exhibition at HM Electrics Gallery in the capital on 30-31 August.

The likes of Orlando Weeks of The Maccabees, "amazing Bristol painter" Russell Oliver and frontman Joe Talbot's dad have all contributed artistic interpretations of songs on the record.

For Joe, the process was a "scary" but rewarding one.

"In the first album, I put my mum's ashes in it, external as an artistic way of making something very rare as I also put the whole experience of losing her on the record," he explained.

He added: "So as an artistic move forward, I thought it would be great to give our songs, nice and early, to people that we know and trust as artists and friends to interpret the music as they choose into art as an act of vulnerability.

"It was scary, as we like to have complete control over the art and the music as we've worked really hard to be here.

"This was a great exchange and what we got back was something really tender."

All proceeds from the exhibition will go to the UK/Ireland based-charity, Samaritans, external, which provides help for those in emotional distress.

It's a charity close to Joe's heart, so much that it's the name and subject of the band's new single (above).

"Samaritans as a charity - it's the epitome of what we want to achieve... the awareness of how lucky we are with our support network and it's about replacing that for people who don't have it.

"It's saved the lives of two people that I know and its a beautiful thing."

Idles are in session with Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music on Wednesday from 16:00.

The singer apparently hired a private jet last week to take him and his entire family - minus Noel - on a jolly to Magaluf, Spain.

Liam - along with kids Gene, Lennon and newly-acquainted Molly - were pictured enjoying dinner alongside Liam's mum Peggy, girlfriend Debbie and the lesser-known older Gallagher brother Paul.

On Saturday, Liam tweeted he'd enjoyed "the best family holiday ever," urging Noel and his family to "get involved."

What's Spanish for 'as you were?'

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The US rapper dropped his rather ambitious 17-track star-studded inter-galactic third album, Astroworld, on Friday.

The record features Drake, Frank Ocean and Migos rappers Quavo and Takeoff, as well as Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd on a Tame Impala-produced track called Skeletons.

The final album cover (below), however - shot by David La Chapelle - does not feature transgender model Amanda Lepore, who was "curious" to discover, external that she had been removed from the original image as "she just upstaged everyone", according to the US photographer.

Now after having received criticism online for being "transphobic", the rapper has thanked both model and photographer, adding that the image containing Amanda will see the light of day eventually and that "everyone is welcome in Astroworld."

"Growing up I've been taught to accept everyone, not to cast people away but bring them in your home!" wrote the rapper on Twitter.

"I have nothing but respect for the LGBTQ community."

He added:

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"Love you guys and thank you all."

You can read his full statement on his Twitter page but be warned about the language.

As it stands the album is heading for the top five of the UK charts on Friday.

Kev Geoghegan
Music News LIVE reporter

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To the Wilderness Festival, external in Oxfordshire now, where three days of music were brought to a close by Bastille on Sunday night.

Some brilliant artists played over a blisteringly hot weekend, including Kamasi Washington, Mahalia, Canadian dance band Chk Chk Chk and Baxter Dury.

Headlining on the first night of the festival at the 5,000 acre Cornbury Estate were French dance duo Justice, aka Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay.

We spoke to the pair on their wonderfully air-conditioned tour bus where they told us about the pressure of a bill topping set.

"To be honest more often we are sub-headliners so the responsibility is not on our shoulders and its more relaxed but we often close festivals or stages," said Xavier.

"I think the key is the audience because we can do whatever we can but its the audience's response and the atmosphere they create that's the key difference."

His bandmate Gaspard agreed adding, "The thing is that when you're closing, you have to get a good balance of alcohol and energy, you don't know if they will be tired after three days of a festival but most of the time they still have energy so it's cool."

Warning: Video below contains flashing images.

The band drew from their three albums, the most recent being 2016's Woman and put on a spectacular light show for the thousands gathered in front of the main stage.

"There's so many ways to achieve things visually and in a sense it's very minimal because there's no video, no images, just lights but it's light in a sophisticated way," said Xavier.

"It's especially important for acts like us because we're not a band and there's no singer with the charisma of Mick Jagger so there has to be something to see."

And for people who have yet to see Justice live?

"It's difficult to describe in brief. It's... mesmerising maybe?"

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Aphex Twin - aka Richard D. James - appears to have released details of a new EP.

Last week, the Cornish DJ's logo appeared mysteriously in locations around the world, including London, Turin, New York and LA.

It's since appeared again but this time obscuring text across an apparent press release from his label Warp Records.

You can't read much of it but if you squint you can see the words "Collapse EP" mutliple times.

His last record, Syro, came out in 2014.

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US pop singer Demi Lovato has issued her first statement after she was taken to hospital for a suspected drug overdose last month.

In an Instagram post (below) Lovato, 25, wrote: "I have always been transparent about my journey with addiction".

"This illness is not something that disappears or fades with time. It is something I must continue to overcome.".

Lovato has previously spoken about her struggle with addiction, bipolar and eating disorders.

In her statement, the singer thanked her family and medics at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai hospital, saying that "without them I wouldn't be here writing this letter to all of you".

"I want to thank God for keeping me alive and well. To my fans, I am forever grateful for all your love and support."

She said she now needed "time to heal and focus on my sobriety and road to recovery," adding, "I will keep fighting".

Read more.

Stars from around the music world have been paying tribute to Barry Chuckle, one half of the comedy duo the Chuckle Brothers, who has died aged 73 after a short period of ill health.

The entertainer, whose real name was Barry Elliott, starred in ChuckleVision with his brother Paul on the BBC between 1987 and 2009.

Paul said: "I've not just lost my brother, I've lost my theatrical partner of many, many years and my very best friend."

In tribute, Dua Lipa quoted the pair's famous "To me. To You" catchphrase, adding that they had provided "hours spent in laughter".

New Order/Joy Division bassist Peter Hook described Barry as "a great entertainer" as well as "an avid New Order fan".

And Tinchy Stryder commented that the comedian was a "funny, down to earth, super cool, talented, humble legend."

The Ghanaian/UK rapper actually joined forces with the Yorkshire comics four years ago for a track called To Me, To You (Bruv).

Re-live their performance in the Radio 1 Live Lounge above.

Morning all and welcome back to Music News LIVE.

It's been another glorious weekend across most of the UK and we hoped that it would last forever.

Alas, all good things...

Coming up today:

• Singer Demi Lovato speaks out about her suspected drugs overdose for the first time
• Musical tributes to UK entertainer Barry Chuckle, who has died

• Justin Timberlake defends Pink after she cancelled a gig to chill on the beach with her family
• Travis Scott addresses the removal of trans model Amanda Lepore from his Astroworld album cover
• Fans complain after being stranded in Brighton following Britney's Pride show
• Action from the weekend's Wilderness Festival including Nile Rodgers and Justice

Let's start this week with some fan-shot footage of Miss T Swift inviting Canadian rock royalty Mr B Adams on stage in Toronto for a karaoke classic.

Taylor introduced the duet as “one of my favorite songs ever written.”

Try not to sing along (above).