So it may well be International Cat Day - just ask Morrissey (above), he'll tell you.

But Snoop clearly wants to remind everbody today who the top Dogg still is...

Whichever you prefer, scroll down to see what Beyonce really thinks about Prince and what you yourself think of Rihanna's carnival dress and the futuristic new Gorillaz video.

Also could the gender gap between acts appearing at UK festivals about to be closed?

See you back here at 9am ish tomorrow for more Music News LIVE.

Until then, ahead of the DVD release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, we'll leave you with David Hasselhoff and co (below) enjoying an, ahem, "galactic retro dance party".

It's the future...

BBC Radio 2

Finally today...

If like us you've been enjoying the World Athletics Championships on the BBC then you might be feeling pretty motivated round about now.

Dame Kelly Holmes knows her way around a running track and she's revealed to (rather appropriately) Sporty Spice what song used to help her focus ahead of a big race.

Listen above as the double Olympic champion reveals a rather surprising smooth jam to the Radio 2 presenter.

It's not about the Eye of the Tiger.

BBC Newsbeat

Californian nu metal band Papa Roach have cancelled their remaining three August tour dates because of Jacoby Shaddix's vocal cord surgery.

The singer (above) thanked fans for their "kind words and well wishes".

On their Facebook page (below), the band said: "It is with a heavy heart that we are forced to cancel our upcoming shows in Oregon, Illinois and Alaska this month.

"This is due to the need for Jacoby Shaddix to have immediate vocal cord surgery and rest.

"We know some of you had travel plans and we will return next year to perform for you."

Read more.

BBC Radio 1

...let's put on our classics and have a little dance shall we?

Jessie Ware takes on a White Isle classic during Radio 1's Ibiza residency this weekend.

We reckon a few people will be teary-eyed watching this back on planet work. If you need to get back to Ibiza for longer than the 38 seconds above then check out her full performance at Cafe Mambo here.

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OneRepublic haven't been releasing any singles recently (since October to be precise) and Ryan Tedder says he is very happy about that.

He's told Schon magazine, external that "it's been the most freeing nine months I've had in 10 years because I don't have to do any promo."

As ever, hitmaker Tedder is in demand as a songwriter and producer and has been working with an extensive list of artists, including Paul McCartney who made a big impression.

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There has been a lot of talk lately about the lack of women artists signed up for festivals this year - Ellie Goulding is just one who has hit out at the male-dominated line-ups.

Well today to answer that criticism the boss of Reading and Leeds festival, Melvin Benn, has launched a scheme to get more female and female-led acts on festival line-ups.

ReBalance is a collaboration between Benn's company Festival Republic and the music charity PRS Foundation.

The Leeds-based, three year programme will provide one week’s studio recording time to a core female band, female musician or female solo artist each month.

At the end of each year, Festival Republic will give the successful acts a slot at a Festival Republic or Live Nation Festival.

The project will also offer studio apprenticeships.

A recent report by PRS Foundation showed women make up just 16% of UK songwriters and composers and that there is a lack of women in other roles across the industry.

You can find out more here, external.

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As well as being quite excited about her VMAs performance (below), Miley has posted an image on her website, external containing the words 'Younger Now' written in rope, apparently on the back of a rather cool-looking diamond encrusted blue leather jacket.

Printed underneath is 'New Album 9.29'.

She'll be using US dates, so flip that around and what do you have? 29 September.

Right we're off to crack our next case...

The Hollywood Reporter

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A 3D version of Michael Jackson's legendary Thriller video is to get its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival that takes place between 30 August and 9 September.

The making off documentary that was only ever available to buy on VHS between 1983 and 1990 will also be screened at the festival.

Director John Landis will be at the premiere and he has told The Hollywood Reporter about the labour-intensive restoration process to not just restore but enhance the film.

And he promises viewers will be treated to a shocking surprise that "takes advantage of 3D in a way that’s very effective.”

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Drake recreated the cover of his Views album at his OVO Fest in his hometown Toronto last night.

You could say it was his big night.

It may look like he had a spaceship on stage but it was actually a recreation of the city's famous CN Tower which he told the crowd he struggled to find someone willing to build.

He was joined by friends including French Montana, Migos, Nelly, The Weeknd and surprisingly Tory Lanez - who he had a two year beef with.

Introducing him to the audience he said:

“This guy right here, we had problems with each other and we hadn’t even met each other. I met the man and he’s a great guy.”

Aw sweet!

And he promised the crowd a new album recorded in Toronto.

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Glasto headliner and chart-slayer Ed Sheeran has been confirmed to perform at the MTV VMAs later this month, alongside Lorde, Miley Cyrus and Fifth Harmony.

They'll all join host Katy Perry on stage at the Forum in Inglewood, California on 27 August.

Kendrick Lamar tops the nominations on the night with eight nods at this year's non-gendered awards bash.

The Weeknd and host Katy P herself are up for five each.

Taylor Swift is also nominated - so could this be the night that her and Katy finally bury the hatchet?

We hope so.

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The Canadian has tweeted that he's taking an "extended break from this thing."

If he was in charge of the band's social media, external in the build up to the release of new album Everything Now, then no wonder he needs a rest.

That was an all out post modern attack on the social media senses.

Speak soon Win, have a nice break.

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Taylor Swift has appeared in court in Denver, where she is accusing a radio DJ of groping her during a photo shoot.

The pop star sat next to her lawyers as they began the process of selecting a jury for the trial, where she is expected to testify.

Swift, 27, says that broadcaster David Mueller slipped his hand under her dress while they posed together at one of her concerts in 2013.

Mueller sued first, saying that Swift's allegation cost him his job.

Swift countersued one month later, describing the groping incident as "completely intentional".

Here is a brief rundown of the claims and counter-claims.

A sneak peak at what's in store from Kylie's new music now.

DJ Fresh has tweeted a picture of Ms Minogue in the studio with him and Karen Poole (formerly of Alisha's Attic and has written for Kylie before) and Dutch DJ's and producers TV Noise.

They all look pretty pleased with themselves so we'll take that as a good sign.

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So how do you think Will Young would cut it as a weatherman?

If that's one of those questions that has been bothering you well wonder no more because we can show you.

The singer was on Sky News earlier to talk about his new LGBT podcast "and then I got to do the weather!!" he tweeted excitedly.

Here are his efforts...

Pitchfork

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The former Smiths, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse, Cribs (need we go on?) guitar maestro appears on Live In Prague.

Recorded on the German film composer's recent tour, it includes music from the movies Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar and more.

While Johnny may have been one half of the great Smiths song-writing team, here he finds himself as merely one part of a 72-piece band.

You can check it out from 3 November.

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Last year, Hans spoke to the BBC's Rebecca Jones from the Today programme and explained his reasons for getting the Mancunian guitar god involved.

He said: "I'm a very poor but enthusiastic guitarist. If I put the guitar on I'm sort of fine. It's like you can hide behind that. If you ask me to go and play the piano or actually speak to people in public it's just terrifying."

He added: "We're not playing exactly the way you heard in the film because I'm not a fool I've got a really great band with me. I've got Johnny Marr on guitar, I've got Mike Einziger (Incubus) on guitar, I have Richard Harvey (Gryphon) on assorted panpipes, I've got Lebo M who I did Lion King with and I think something happens with these extraordinary musicians. It's not just me and a dodgy piano."

Fun fact: Did you know that Hans actually appeared on synth duties in the Buggles video for Video Killed the Radio Star’, which was the first ever video played on MTV in 1979?

Well you do now.

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Now from a trippy video to some equally trippy new musical artwork...

Fifth Harmony have had massive worldwide success after forming on X Factor USA in 2012.

Work From Home racked up more than a billion hits - one more time: a billion - on YouTube, the band released two well-received albums and they seemed to have the world at their feet.

But then, five became four.

Camila Cabello left the group in December and has since gone on to have considerable success as a solo artist.

Her debut solo single Crying In The Club has been lingering around the top 20 for several weeks, and she released two new songs on Friday which are rapidly climbing the charts.

So, where does that leave 5H?

They're powering on as a four-piece, but their most recent single Down hasn't quite caught fire as much as some of their previous work.

So the band will be hoping to recapture the music industry's attention with their new self-titled album - which is released later this month.

Just make sure you have a pair of 3D glasses handy when looking at the album cover, which they revealed on Twitter last night.

Rolling Stone magazine

Now this video looks every bit as much fun as partying with Rihanna in the Caribbean.

The trippy new video for Strobelite, taken from Gorillaz recent album Humanz sees animated heroes Noodles, 2D and co hit the dancefloor of a rather futuristic-looking club while emerging singer Peven Everett performs.

Rolling Stone reports that the video also contains "blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos" from Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn and album guests like Savages' Jehnny Beth and De La Soul's Posdnuos.

See if you can spot them all.

Billboard magazine

Bad Gal Riri aka Rihanna has posted her rather colourful and dazzling outfit from the Crop Over Festival in her native Barbados, on Instagram.

Over to Billboard for a more vivid description of what is going on above here, sartorially-speaking...

They write: "The Barbadian singer's pout is curtained by a vibrant teal wig, with rhinestones adorning her forehead. With her crystal lingerie and bright feathers glistening in the light of her phone camera, the singer proved once again that she is the undisputed queen of festival looks."

Can't argue with that.

The US publication also spoke to the designers, external of the outfit, Destiney Bleu, external, the owner of DBleudazzled, who have previously made outfits for the likes of Beyonce, Shania Twain and Lady Gaga and she views snagging Riri as the final piece of her fashion puzzle.

She said: "We pretty much accomplished bedazzling everyone, the only one left was Rihanna."

Well it's certainly bedazzled us and many of you lot online too, including Pharrell Williams.

Check out Rihanna in full carnival mode below, singing along to her own recent UK #1 single Wild Thoughts.

Bit of a bus man's holiday that really isn't it?

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Entertainment Weekly

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It's been revealed that a new book of photographs of Prince by his friend Afshin Shahidi will have a special foreward written by none other than Beyonce, explaining what he means to her.

Shahidi was Prince's photographer for 10 years and friend for 20.

His book will have many photos that have not been seen before as he was the only photographer allowed into Prince's private parties.

Entertainment Weekly have a sneak peak of the book here, external.

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Yesterday we brought you Liam Gallagher jamming new track Eh La with some newfound banjo-wielding friends in an Irish bar in Montreal.

Is this the new track that is apparently "coming this week"? Stay tuned.

If so we do hope that the expert-banjo playing is on the final record.

The 44-year-old rock 'n' roll star has tweeted that we can expect new music this week ahead of the release of his debut solo album As You Were which arrives in October.

In an interview with GQ, external Liam also confirmed that will not be appearing on Carpool Karaoke anytime soon. Let's just saw he's not a fan of host James Corden and leave it at that, shall we.

The ex Oasis frontman also sat down with Radio X's Chris Moyles at the weekend and told him all about his passion for running, over a glass of water in a pub. You can find it over on their website, as long as you don't mind a lot of pub-based language.