Right you lot. Out. No lock-ins tonight.

If you're after a quick one for the road, scroll down for new music from the likes of Arcade Fire, The Script and Chase and Status, Kesha on her new-found feminism, Radiohead and DMX news plus the 5 things we've learned this week.

Join us at opening time next week when we'll have all the news and gossip from this weekend's Latitude Festival.

Have fun if you're off to Lovebox in London's Victoria Park - or if you fancy a night in, you can keep up to date with everything happening at the Proms, on TV, radio and online.

In the meantime to get you on your way, here are the last bits of new music from OneRepublic and new solo artist Mr Jukes (above).

Have a great weekend.

Donald Trump looked nonplussed at a Bastille Day parade, where a military band played an medley of Daft Punk, external songs - clearly he's no fan of the French dance duo.

The US president is on a state visit to France.

Whist French President Emmanuel Macron smiles in acknowledgment when Get Lucky is played, Trump's expressions range from bored to bewildered.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

There are 40,000 people on site at this year's festival which will be headlined by The 1975, Mumford & Sons and Fleet Foxes.

The 1975 last played here in 2013 on Huw Stephen’s Lake Stage and will tonight play their first ever festival headline slot.

Plenty of fans, like Kelly (below) think that the big stage is exactly where the Manchester band belong nowadays....

Tomorrow night, Mumford & Sons will bring their Gentlemen of the Road show to the main stage.

They've curated an evening of musical fun so expect acoustic guitars, beards, tweed jackets and big sing-alongs. We're also expecting some special guests.

Fleet Foxes top the bill on Sunday with their first UK gig in over five years.

There is a small brewery on site too for them all to enjoy a swift half after the show, as well 121 food stalls.

Finally, if they're feeling brave later on then 9,000 people swan in the lake last year.

That sounds like a challenge...

1) The secrets of a summer smash

We're pretty sure that the warm weather hasn't deserted us quite yet, which is just as well as the sunny skies also give rise to a unique cultural phenomenon: The Summer Song.

Euphoric, frothy and fun - this year's title seems to be Luis Fonsi's Despacito, external which was boosted by Justin Bieber's remix, singing in English and Spanish.

Of course, the 'Summer Song' doesn't have to have any English in it at all - who can forget The Macarena, external?

So what makes a summer smash? Here are six key ingredients.

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2) Psy is no longer the world heavyweight champion of YouTube

Just when we thought that Psy's Gangnam Style would forever reign as the most-watched video on YouTube, the South Korean megahit, external has been toppled from its throne.

Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's heart-wrenching See You Again - from the Furious 7 soundtrack - had (on Tuesday) been streamed 2,895,373,709 times, beating Psy's count of 2,894,426,475 views.

Adding it up, See You Again has been streamed for a total of 21,759 years. If one person was to listen to each of those streams consecutively, they'd have to have started during the glacial peak of the last Ice Age.

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3) Mo Farah finds the Gallaghers confusing

British Olympic gold medallist and knight of the realm Sir Mo Farah stepped into an Oasis shaped puddle of poo when he accidently mixed up the Gallagher brothers on social media.

He was in high spirits at Twickenham at the weekend, where Noel's band had supported U2.

Sir Mo stopped to have his picture taken with Noel, before posting it on Instagram with the caption: "Chilling with my boy liamgallagher U2 concert in Twickenham."

Noel's Brother Liam was quick to seize on it with a well-timed tweet of his own.

Mo has since apologised for the mini-gaffe, external, which has all be taken in good humour.

Former Oasis bandmate Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs even had his own bit of fun, external with it.

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4) Stormzy is now a House (of Commons) hold name

It was an eventful week for grime superstar Stormzy, which started with him being confused with new Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku by an Irish newspaper.

He was subsequently honoured at Oxford University and then had his lyrics quoted directly in Parliament.

New Labour MP for Stormzy's own hometown Croydon Central, Sarah Jones, referenced a line from Big For Your Boots during her maiden speech.

The speech is now historical record and means grime lyrics will now be forever entwined with British politics.

Though the Grime4Corbyn collective questioned if the Honourable Ms Jones has actually listened to the song, external.

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5) Ariana Grande is now a proud Manc

Almost two months on from the terror attack which killed 22 of her fans in Manchester, the city council officially voted to make Ariana Grande an honorary citizen.

The 24-year-old American was praised for returning to the city to stage the One Love Manchester concert less than two weeks after the attack.

On Wednesday, the city council voted in favour of bestowing the honour on the Floridian artist.

She posted a message,, external signing off with an emoji of a bee, which is the official symbol of Manchester, saying: "I don't know what to say. Words don't suffice. I'm moved and honoured.

"My heart is very much still there. I love you. Thank you. 🐝"

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Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

As you've seen the humans are having a good time and the BBC Introducing lineup seems sorted.

They've helped to break some acts that you might have heard of down the years (Florence, Catfish, Jake Bugg anyone?).

Now for their latest discovery. Introducing... Dave Hull’s pink sheep.

This fluffy flock are a colourful new addition to this year's festival. They were roaming by the lake when this pic was taken but they could be over at the BBC Music Stage now for all we know.

We're assured that they were given this rather delightful makeover in a completely safe and harmless method.

There are approximately 60 four-month old mix breed sheep making their Latitude debut this year, selected from a cast of 1,000.

We wonder if they had an X Factor style audition?

We shared their Radio 1 Live Lounge performance yesterday and now we have more from Canadian supergroup Arcade Fire.

The synth-heavy Electric Blue is, says the band, "either a gorgeous celebration of longing or a swirling aural hangover cure".

Sounds intriguing.

The music video features the band's Régine Chassagne walking through the streets of New Orleans, post-Mardi Gras.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

As we mentioned earlier, there's so much going on here this weekend that you could easily get lost and have fun without actually seeing any music (but what's the point of that on a music blog eh?)

Aussie singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin has performed already and psychedelic scousers The Coral are about to do the same shortly, followed by Mystery Jets.

This afternoon, over at The Speakeasy, singer Will Young will deliver a lecture on 'The Art of Listening'. At least I think that's what someone said...

There's even a film screening of Alt. Russia introduced by Placebo.

There's so many options but Pamper Street sure sounds nice. Isn't that right ladies...

The BBC Introducing crew are hanging out, deep in the woods.

Here's what's on the menu for them today (below). We assume Be Good is a band rather than a suggestion. Perhaps its both!

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Legendary musician and super-producer Quincy Jones has launched what is being billed as "the world's first" subscription video-on-demand service dedicated to jazz.

It's called Qwest TV and is due to debut sometime in the autumn with early subscribers invited to join a Kickstart campaign.

Quincy said: "At my core, I am a bebopper, and over the course of my 70-year career in music I have witnessed first-hand the power of jazz – and all of its off-spring from the blues and R&B to pop, rock and hip-hop, to tear down walls and bring the world together.

"I believe that a hundred years from now, when people look back at the 20th century, they will view Bird, Miles and Dizzy as our Mozart, Bach, Chopin and Tchaikovsky."

The producer, who worked on Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad albums, is currently embroiled in a bitter royalties dispute, external with the late singer's estate.

BBC Radio 1

Emeli Sande is the guest vocalist on Will Kennard & Saul Milton's latest summer banger Love Me More.

"We've always threatened to do something together and we finally got the right beat, the right vibe," Will and Saul explained when they dropped by Annie's show on Thursday night.

"She makes our life so easy, the quality of her singing is so effortless, it took no time. It was a real honour."

They also announced the details of their new album, Tribe which is due out on 18 August.

Listen above.

Eyebrows were raised at the way Beyonce announced she was expecting twins, so it should come as no surprise the same eyebrows have crept up again at her debut baby picture (above).

She also confirmed the twins were called Sir Carter and Rumi.

Here are some of the best reactions we have seen so far. For the most part they are supportive - but some say the picture is "cold and creepy".

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

Afternoon all.

Fans of all things music, film, art and comedy (and me!) are descending on Henham Park for three days of culture at Latitude Festival.

BBC Music are here too with their very own stage featuring the likes of Placebo, Jack Garratt, Loyle Carner and Fatboy Slim.

No sign of tonight's main headliners The 1975 on site yet.

They're due to play their first ever festival headline slot.

Matty and the boys are probably psyching themselves up in a Suffolk A road service station as we speak. Probably.

I'm off to get my bearings and find some proper wifi.

I've also been told to look out for some very special colourful and furry festival guests. But more on them later...

For now, as you can see lots of people are getting into the festival spirit already.

Sensitive Irish rockers The Script have returned with their new slightly reggaeton song Rain, which they popped into the Radio 1 Breakfast show to play today.

You can check out the video above.

As two of the members - Danny and Mark - were in the Irish boyband Mytown, they were tested on their knowledge of boyband lyrics.

The BBC's Proms season starts tonight, with more than 90 shows between now and mid-September.

With so much to choose from, our music reporter Mark Savage has been having a look at some of the essentials.

Igor Levit - who will open the proceedings tonight with Beethoven's groundbreaking third piano concerto later - reckons: "Chocolate is the essential ingredient.

"If my white tie is here and chocolate is with me, all is fine."

Britains first orchestra made up of musicians from black and Asian minoriy backgrounds will perform, with stars including Nicola Benedetti, Jarvis Cocker, Jools Holland and Tom Jones also appearing on the line-up.

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NME

Radiohead, those whimsical scamps that they are, have hidden a secret message on the end of the cassette that comes inside their box set for their OK Computer anniversary release - OKNOTOK.

One clever fan discovered the message by feeding the two minutes of bleeps and beeps into an old ZX Spectrum and uploaded the result into YouTube.

You can check out below exactly what happened and check out their performance above from last weekend's TRNSMT festival..

BBC Radio 1

We teased a short clip yesterday but now you can watch Arcade Fire's full performance in Radio 1's Live Lounge.

The Canadian band performed their latest joyous single Everything Now and an awesome cover of Lorde's Green Light.

"It's been an intense 30 seconds," said singer Win Butler, of the band's rehearsal, "but we feel extremely prepared and professional."

Watch it above.

And some good news for Arcade fans - we'll have another new song and video from them a bit later.

Rolling Stone magazine

A hotpot of legal troubles involving her former producer have kept Kesha out of the limelight for the past few years.

But just a week after sharing her comeback song Praying, above, she has shared another new track called Woman.

Sadly, we can't embed it here due to the frank language in its chorus, but you can head over to YouTube and find it for yourselves.

The 30-year-old singer has also written a powerful piece for Rolling Stone magazine, explaining the song, recorded with the Dap-Kings.

"I have always been a feminist, but for much of my life I felt like a little girl trying to figure things out," she writes.

"In the past few years, I have felt like a woman more than ever. I just feel the strength and awesomeness and power of being female."

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DMX is in trouble with the law again.

The 46-year-old rapper is accused of "engaging in a multi-year scheme” to withhold $1.7m (£1.3m) in taxes from his earnings made between 2002 and 2005.

DMX - whose real name is Earl Simmons - handed himself over to the authorities and is due to appear in court later.

The charges state he "went out of his way to evade taxes, including by avoiding personal bank accounts, setting up accounts in other’s names and paying personal expenses largely in cash".

According to the Inland Revenue Service, DMX claimed his earnings were “unknown” in 2011 and 2012 and said he made just $10,000 (£7,700) in 2013.

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BBC Radio 2

The Killers made a triumphant live return to the UK last week at British Summer Time and recently share their brilliant track The Man.

Now Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci from the band have spoken to Jo Whiley about their early days, and how seeing David Bowie in the audience convinced Brandon to sparkle up his keyboard with jewels.

They also shared the truth about their pre-gig ritual - 'The Cuddle'

Clue: It pretty much does what's on the tin...

Colin Paterson
Entertainment Correspondent, BBC Radio 5 live

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His band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts may be no more, but actor-cum-singer Russell Crowe is playing two UK dates next month.

The Oscar winner has a new musical project called Indoor Garden Party, who are on at London’s Union Chapel on 28 September, and at City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds the following day.

Russ opted for Leeds as he has a “deep connection and love of Yorkshire” and has supported Leeds United since his childhood. He also has a new friend who was born in the county – Ed Sheeran.

"He was touring in Australia and he knows Ronan Keating and Ronan is a mate of mine. And he was looking for a place to clear his head for the night. So he came and stayed at my farm," Russell explained.

It turns out that Ed even performed for him.

"I’ve got a little bar where we hang out on the farm. He’s put on a show there a couple of times. It’s more of an English pub. It’s called The Blind Rabbit."

Ed Sheeran has of course just headlined Glastonbury, where Johnny Depp and Kiefer Sutherland performed this year.

But Russell is non-plussed by the idea that perhaps he should be the next Hollywood A-lister to play Worthy farm. "Ah, we’ll see," is all he offered.

And what a picture to start the day. Beyonce has shared the first pic of Sir and Rumi, the latest heirs to the Carter-Knowles fortune.

As Twitter has proven, everybody has an opinion so we'll take a look at what people are saying.

Plus we'll look ahead to the first night of this year's Proms season, we have new music from the likes of Arcade Fire, Chase and Status and The Script, plus we'll be backstage on the first day of this weekend's Latitude Festival.

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