That - as they say - is that.

Thanks for joining us all week.

Scroll down for news of Jay Z's hip hop honour from Barack Obama and another politician Jeremy Corbyn being added to the Glasto bill, as well as lots and lots of new musical treats from the likes of Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Lorde, Shania and much more. So much more.

(Head over to the Official Charts, external website for more new music suggestions from the likes of Chuck Berry, Royal Blood and Dizzee Rascal).

There's also a roundup of all the action from another epic BBC Music Day.

We're off to make our own kind of music for the weekend and we'll see you back here on Monday morning. Have a good one and try to check out the incredible Japanese Radiohead, as part of our My Hero series ahead of Glasto next week.

Before we go here's a bit of Elbow (above) from the 6 Music live room today.

Tatty bye.

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1) Sir Paul McCartney has a mean left hook

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder can testify to that.

He was left with a bloody nose after the Beatle punched him in the face, while telling a story in a Seattle bar.

It was by accident, mind, and the bassist apologised immediately.

Eddie recalls "tasting a bit of blood" and confesses to being a little sorry when the swelling went down.

Here he is below on SiriusXM in America taking up the amazing tale.

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2) M.I.A could soon become an A.I version of herself

So Gorillaz were way ahead of their time when they launched as an animated band back in 2001.

Now Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A has suggested that her future performances may involve some form of Artificial Intelligence replacing her.

Speaking at the Meltdown Festival, external in London (and fresh from a video chat with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange) the 41-year-old artist/producer said she was currently pre-occupied with "how to be useful" as an artist going forward into the A.I age.

She said: "Artists are at the cusp of embracing A.I. But what is political activism in A.I phase?

"I think, 'Should I make my next video in virtual reality?', instead of me. I find that sexy - new technology. I want to do things in a way that aren't the accepted route."

She added: "I could take the hippy route of singing to people face-to-face... or I could stream my virtual shows to people's bedrooms around the world so you can be at my show wherever you are.

"Because of my political stance I get told 'you'll be punished economically'. We have to make that decision."

Don't change M.I.A.

We love you just the way you are.

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3) The power of music is v.strong

BBC Music Day yesterday demonstrated the power of music to bring us all together, make us feel fantastic and create unforgettable memories nationwide.

Like the kids in Portsmouth breaking the world record for the biggest djembe ensemble (above) or Shaun Ryder (below) / Ozzy Osbourne making local train announcements with a difference in their home cities of Manchester/Birmingham.

"It's coming up, it's coming up, it's...Anchorage?"

All aboard here for our special BBC Music Day live page.

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4) Even Bob Dylan copies other people's homework

Bob Dylan's Nobel prize award speech came in the form of an epic bit of beat prose set to music and was described as "extraordinary".

But like a desperate fresher uni student, did Bob get more than just a little help from literature study website Sparknotes, external?

Seems so.

In describing his literary influences of The Odyssey, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Moby-Dick the legendary singer was accused of "cribbing directly from the site".

Andrea Pitzer from US online magazine website Slate added: "Across the 78 sentences in the lecture that Dylan spends describing Moby-Dick, even a cursory inspection reveals that more than a dozen of them appear to closely resemble lines from the Sparknotes site.

"And most of the key shared phrases in these passages (such as “Ahab’s lust for vengeance” in the above lines) do not appear in the novel Moby-Dick at all."

So the Freeloading Bob Dylan then eh?

Robert please report to the Music News LIVE office immediately. Detention for you boy.

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Finally...

5) Geri's new track is for her old mucker George Michael

Geri Horner, aka Halliwell announced this week that her comback single Angels In Chains is dedicated to her late friend George Michael.

The single, which will also feature Wham! backing singer Shirley Lewis, comes out next Friday; just two days before what would've been George's 54th birthday.

Geri, who named her youngest son in the Freedom singer's honour, said: "When I first heard the sad news of his passing, I was nine months pregnant with my son and I was full of emotions.

"I didn't know quite what to do with my feelings so I put it in a song, which became Angels In Chains."

She added: "This is our way of saying goodbye to our friend and music idol, and I hope George's fans enjoy this as much as we have enjoyed making it."

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The Canadian singer has just released the first taste of her forthcoming album Now, which is due out in September.

Like Ride before her (scroll down) Shania has not released a studio album for a long time. In fact 2002's Up! was the last full length effort.

The first new single finds her in optimistic mood, we're happy to report.

You might well hear her sing this one yourself at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park later this summer.

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Dr. Dre has been doing his bit for arts education in his old hood - donating $10m to help build a performing arts centre at a new school in Compton, Los Angeles.

"My goal is to provide kids with the kind of tools and learning they deserve," he said.

"The performing arts centre will be a place for young people to be creative in a way that will help further their education and positively define their future."

Construction on the state-of-the-art facilities, which includes a 1,4300 seat theatre, is expected to begin by 2020.

He previously pledged all the royalties from his last album, Compton, to fund new a performing arts and entertainment centre in the city.

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George Ezra joined Annie Mac last night to mark his new Hottest Record, Don't Matter Now, which you can hear above.

Its got quite a funky groove to it, its own brass section and a call and response-style chorus.

He also told her the story of taking some time - after touring his last album - to himself in Barcelona (not Budapest strangely) where he rented a room in someone's flat.

"I like that cadaver..."

Probably not what Ed Sheeran intended when his number one hit Shape of You is translated into another language and then translated back into English.

Miley Cyrus make a decent job of the song and Dusty Springfield's Son of A Preacher Man on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon below.

Their epic duet of Ain't No Mountain is also something special.

This one goes out to anyone who remembers the 90s (though if you can remember it you weren't doing it right).

Oxford shoegazers Ride have released their first new album in 21 years.

Weather Diaries is the follow-up to 1996's Tarantula.

Ride guitarist and former Oasis bass man Andy Bell is pretty excited about it below - so much so that he's posted a purple umbrella emoji.

Check out the single All I Want above.

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You know that awkward moment when you're portraying someone's life on stage and then they show up in the theatre?

Nope us neither. But that was the case for the cast of Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on Thursday night when Jackie and Tito Jackson joined the cast on stage.

Motown founder Berry Gordy signed The Jackson Five to his label in 1969 and helped release number 1 hits like I Want You Back and Who’s Lovin’ You.

Pictured above is Raphael Higgins-Humes, who plays the young Michael Jackson with Jackie and Tito. Nervous much wee fella?...

The Jacksons are currently on a UK tour and will play Glastonbury next weekend.

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Simon Cowell has said he intends to record a charity single to help the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

"We hope to confirm a record tomorrow which will raise some money for the many people affected by this tragedy," the pop impresario wrote on Thursday.

Cowell, who lives in the same London borough as the now burnt-out tower, called the blaze "heartbreaking".

It is not yet known which acts will appear on the single or when it will be released.

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Okay so we are truly up and running now with New Music Friday.

Time to tell you about the long-awaited new Lorde album, entitled Melodrama.

The Independent call the record "unconventional pop that still bangs, external", while Variety say the 20-year-old Kiwi is acting her age on the album., external

The NME have put her face on the cover, describing her as "The Chosen One.", external No pressure then.

Tickets are on sale now - as of this morning - for the UK leg of the Melodrama tour, which kicks of in Manchester on 26 September and heads to London, Brighton and Birmingham before reaching its end destination in Glasgow on 2 October.

These seem like Perfect Places for her to perform the new record. Have a sample of it above and check out some of the rather emotional reactions to the release below.

Including Zain's: "You've perfectly encapsulated with it means to be 18 and moving on w your life."

Zain, you yourself are a poet (and now you know it).

Oh and remember the rumours that Lorde was running a secret Instagram account dedicated to onion rings?

Well that turned out to be true.

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Oppostion leader Jeremy Corbyn is to grace Worthy Farm with his prescence at next week's Glastonbury Festival.

The Labour supremo, who has been officially endorsed by the UK grime scene, will address crowds at the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday afternoon before introducing US rap duo Run The Jewels.

The American hip hop act were vocal in their support of Democrat Bernie Sanders during his unsuccessful campaign for the US Presidency last year, while Corbyn himself was forced to cancel his scheduled appearance at the festival last year following the EU referendum.

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis will appear on stage with Corbyn and he told the Guardian newspaper: "We're Corbyn fans, that's the thing.

"He's got something new and precious, and people are excited about it. He really is the hero of the hour."

Wonder if RTJ (below) will let him spit a few bars?

Coldplay are pondering earthly matters and beyond in the new lyric video for the first track of their forthcoming Kaleidoscope EP.

Check out the cool animated video below as Chris Martin sings about "chaos and order" and other existential questions over a groovy bass line.

It's pretty hypnotic stuff from the Devon megastars with a deeply philisophical finish.

Check it below.

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Jake Bugg has been revealed as one of the shirt sponsors for Notts Country football club next season.

He is one of ten corporate sponsiers whose name will be printed in the front of the team's shirts for a month.

The Nottingham-born singer is a lifelong supporter of the league two club

Nott County's operations manager Simon Fotheringham called it "a major coup for us,” adding, "The fact is Jake’s a massive Notts fan and it’s a match made in heaven!”

In May 2015, Jake laced up his boots and played in a charity match at County’s Meadow Lane stadium.

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German composer Hans Zimmer generously pledged to donate the proceeds from his concert at the SSE Arena Wembley on Thursday to the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

"We stand with you London," tweeted, external the man behind such stirring film scores as Gladiator, Man of Steel and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Yet that was not the only memorable moment of the evening, which also saw Zimmer reunite with Trevor Horn for a performance of Video Killed the Radio Star.

Zimmer, who turned 59 this week, played keyboards with The Buggles and can be seen in the video, external for their 1979 hit.

Here's how it sounded on Thursday - complete with Hans rapping - on this fan-shot video.

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M.I.A is back and once again she's lying on the top of a car surrounded by sand.

This mode of travel is quickly becoming her party piece., external

In this new track,she says she's "getting high on reality", while enjoying "life on the planet's university."

On Sunday we saw M.I.A. speak at her personally-curated Meltdown Festival, external about the future for artists in the A.I phase.

Maya will close the festival herself with a performance at London's Southbank Centre on Sunday night.

Check out the video for her new track Finally below.

Montreal's finest played their first ever gig in Northern Ireland this week which looked like a lot of fun.

Today they've released new track Creature Comforts, which outlines the perils of modern life, to a catchy keytar line.

Win Butler yells out how he doesn't know what he wants or if he really wants it. That's how we feel sometimes in the canteen over breakfast.

Check it out above.

The track will feature on their new album Everything Now which is out on 28 July.

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Though neither of them were there in person at the ceremony.

In a video message, the former US President said of the rapper - the first to be given the honour: "I like to think Mr Carter and I understand each other."

"Nobody who met us as younger men would have expected us to be where we are today."

In a speech, delivered by by his music publisher, Jay said the award came after years of rappers being told "you're not songwriters."

"Jay would want you to know that this induction is a signal that your time has come and your time is now."

In another message, U2 singer Bono referred to Jay, external as the "archangel of hip" (we think this quote might be missing a hop - but there you go).

He added: "He reported what he saw and what he felt and he took us with him. Most of us first heard him when we heard 'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)' perfectly juxtaposing the beauty of childhood and the reality he lived in."

The Irish singer quoted Miles Davis's definition of an artist: "It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change."

Jay, who swore he wasn't drunk, then made a rare appearance on Twitter to embark on a rambling list , externalof all the rappers who ever influenced him.

• But who didn't he thank?

His no-show has fulled speculation that his wife Beyonce, who is pregnant with twins, is due to give birth.

Until we get any news, here's some classic Jay from the vaults...

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The singer - one half of Chas & Dave - has taken to social media to confirm that his treatment for cancer of the oesophagus is over.

Writing on Twiter he said: "Doctor wants to see me in three months time. Feel good & ready to gig."

The band are due to support Phil Collins at the British Summer Time festival on 30 June.

Chas (pictured, above right) told the Daily Mirror: "I had five weeks of radiotherapy, five days a week, and saw the doctor on Tuesday and he said he doesn’t want to see me for three months - that’s when you know things are going alright."

The singer was diagnosed with cancer in December after struggling to drink a glass of water.

He said: "They told me to try to get 20 minutes of gentle exercise every day, so I’ve still been playing the piano and going around the allotment every day, and cycling there.

“It’s kept me going, but I haven’t overdone it. I feel fit. There hasn’t been one day I haven’t been able to do that."

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First up, a big up to anyone who took part in BBC Music Day in anyway yesterday.

There was so much going on up and down the country, here's a compilation of some of the best photos; from Boobs and Brass to the djembe ensemble world record, via Texas, Will Young and more.

Once you've perused those, check out our catalogue of the best video and audio content from Music Day too, including Shaun Ryder's treat for travellers on the Manchester Metrolink, a trip around John Peel's house and meet the Guatemalan hip hop feminists.

Finally, here's a stylish 60-second roundup video of yesterday's action (below) demonstrating the power of music.

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Good morning everyone

The summer is here and so are Lorde, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, M.I.A, Shania Twain, Chuck Berry, Royal Blood, Dizzee Rascal and more with new tunes for you to get your ears around this weekend.

Plus Barack Obama inducts the first hip-hop artist into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (who on earth could it be?) and later we'll tell you 5 Things We've Learned This Week...

...because it's cool to know stuff.

For now check out our special BBC Music Day live page from yesterday as we celebrate the power of music and have some fun on the trains with Ozzy, Shaun and co along the way.