Music News LIVE: Glastonbury gets going

Another #NewMusicFriday release from Troye Sivan and Alessia Cara on the single Wild.

The original version of the song appeared on Troye’s debut album, Blue Neighbourhood and has had more than 100 million streams worldwide.

The Zutons, who disbanded back in 2009 are back - they have announced a one off gig in memory of their friend - the musician and former Hollyoaks and Brookside actor Kristian Ealey. 

He died in May at the age of 38.

A bit of a blast from the past now and this is what it looked like at Glastonbury in 1972, coincidently the year before the UK joined the European Ecomomic Community...

Another festival gets going tonight in London, Fold Festival is headlined by Chic with Nile Rodgers. 

Nile is keen to let us know is that, unlike Glastonbury you won't be needing your wellies if you go along. 

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Ralph Stanley, the US singer who, with his brother Carter, helped popularise bluegrass music, has died from skin cancer at the age of 89.

Formed in 1946, The Stanley Brothers and their Clinch Mountain Boys enjoyed success with songs like I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow  - featured in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, starring George Clooney

The banjo-playing musician died after "a long... battle with skin cancer", his grandson Nathan wrote on Facebook.

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After a 45 minute delay caused by, what else, mud, the Other Stage has opened  with James. 

Michael Eavis took to the stage to apologise for the delay, telling fans: "Thank you for loving this festival as much as we do. You're the best audience in the world."

As the heavens opened, he then cut a ceremonial red ribbon stretching the length of the stage, allowing James to finally start their set, 50 minutes late. 

You can watch them now

Snooker champ Steve Davis was one of the first acts to play at Glastonbury - yes we really did write that sentence. 

He did a DJ set last night and seems it went down very well. 

New music from Calvin Harris and Dizzee Rascal is out today. 

Hype is their first collaboration since Dizzee featured on Here 2 China on Harris’ 2012 album 18 Months. 

Their first hookup Dance Wiv Me in 2008 gave Dizzee his first number one single.  

Dizzee celebrated the release by paying a visit to Radio 1. 

You can listen again at the Radio 1 website here.

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As most of you will already know, the British public voted yesterday to leave the EU.

While there were no polling booths at Glastonbury, many used postal votes and talk has, this morning, turned to the referendum.

Damon Albarn took to the stage just after 11.00 BST with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians and addressed the result

  And here are a few more voices from on site..  

Quote Message: I was gutted. I work for the NHS. There are no guarantees about what's going to happen if we go out. So it's scary, for the layperson. But we'll survive. We're a tough country. from Heidi from Cambridge

I was gutted. I work for the NHS. There are no guarantees about what's going to happen if we go out. So it's scary, for the layperson. But we'll survive. We're a tough country.

Quote Message: Very, very annoyed and disheartened. The British public seem to have forgotten the point of joining the EU. The aftermath, the fact that the pound's crashed, it shows the repercussions.

Very, very annoyed and disheartened. The British public seem to have forgotten the point of joining the EU. The aftermath, the fact that the pound's crashed, it shows the repercussions.

Quote Message: Most of the people who voted to go out have had 40 years of benefits from the EU. It's just us young people who get screwed over. I'm a bit dejected. And a bit hungover too.

Most of the people who voted to go out have had 40 years of benefits from the EU. It's just us young people who get screwed over. I'm a bit dejected. And a bit hungover too.

Quote Message: I voted leave. I've lived in Europe. I've seen the degradation of their economy. I've seen mass immigration in Germany. The people I know in Germany will be pestering Angela Merkel for their own vote. But I'm not happy. Nothing's going to change. Pensions are going to go down.

I voted leave. I've lived in Europe. I've seen the degradation of their economy. I've seen mass immigration in Germany. The people I know in Germany will be pestering Angela Merkel for their own vote. But I'm not happy. Nothing's going to change. Pensions are going to go down.

The opening of the Other Stage at Glastonbury has been delayed as more woodchip is laid to stop the punters from sinking.

James are waiting in the wings...

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Australian singer Grace arrived here at Glastonbury late last night, having flown straight from the US. 

"I'm still kind of waking up," she confessed, after playing a stunning acoustic set on Chris Evans show.

Having previously played festivals in Australia and the US (she guested with G-Easy at a "dry and dusty" Coachella earlier this year), she was unprepared for the carnage here at Worthy Farm.

"I did not get the memo at all!" she laughed. "There is a lot of mud."

"So I gotta go out and buy some rain boots and a jacket and then I'm gonna rock out."

The singer plays at the Pussy Parlure stage tonight, previewing tracks from her debut album FMAS, which is out next week - then she's staying around to soak up the atmosphere.

"I’m really excited to see Adele. I’ve never seen her live before, so I’m very excited for that one. But I got to go and pick out my rain boots first."

She's not wrong... These trainers are going to get RUINED.

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We told you yesterday how, seven months after it's release, Adele's record-busting 25 was being made available on Spotify.

When it was released in November, it could only be bought physically or downloaded.

Now other streaming services have joined in and you can also find it on Apple Music and Tidal.

Just in time for her headline slot at Glastonbury this weekend. 

 Which is handy....

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Squeeze frontman Chris Difford tells me he arrived at Glastonbury last Sunday, days before the gates opened to the public.

"I’ve been wandering about in my wellingtons trying to stay upright, and watching the festival come together," he says. 

Getting the stages ready in the driving rain was "an incredible feat," he adds. "There were a lot of logistical problems... But I love this festival. I love being here. I love the people who work here."

Squeeze play the Pyramid Stage tomorrow - their first appearance at Glastonbury since 1998.

Chris promises "a fantastic set full of interesting songs delivered thoughtfully by a band who have never been better."

"For Squeeze, it’s a momentous moment, but not as momentous as today's events," he adds, referencing today's vote to Leave the European Union. 

"Everyone I know is shocked, and not in a good way."

Fall Out Boy have unleashed their new theme song for the revamped all-female Ghostbusters.

The updated version of the original Ray Parker Jr song features Missy Elliot.

But... the reaction has not been super positive - well that's one way to put it.  

What do you think?

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Led Zeppelin have won their court case over who wrote the opening chords to Stairway to Heaven. 

They had been accused of plagiarising the riff from Spirit's 1967 song Taurus but a jury in LA has found it "was not intrinsically similar" to Stairway's opening.

The case was brought on behalf of Spirit's late guitarist, Randy Wolfe.

Both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page had given evidence in the trial and they both hugged their lawyers when the verdict was read out. 

They said in a statement they were grateful for "putting to rest questions about the origins of `Stairway to Heaven' and confirming what we have known for 45 years."

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The skies are clear above Glastonbury this morning - but heavy rain is forecast for this afternoon. 

The music doesn't start on the main stages until 11:00 but bands are already playing in the Radio 2 tent for Chris Evans' breakfast show. 

That's Squeeze in the picture above, warming up for their set (Chris Difford is reading his lyrics from an iPad!); while Reef will be playing, with backing vocals from the NHS Choir. 

Tune in to Radio 2 now to hear the results. 

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The Glastonbury Festival gets under way in earnest later, with 90s indie legends James launching events on the Other stage.

The 135,000 fans on site can also catch awesomely pre-hipster bearded rockers ZZ Top, Disclosure and Foals.

It's still pretty muddy after torrential rain at the start of the week, but a dry day on Thursday has made conditions more tolerable.

Blur's Damon Albarn is the first act on the Pyramid Stage, playing a set with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians.

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It's the start of the biggest music and arts festival of its kind in the world as 135,000 people will wake up at Glastonbury. We'll have updates for you throughout the morning before we hand over to the weekend's official Glastonbury Live page. 

We also have the verdict on the Led Zeppelin copyright trial plus good news for people who have't heard the Adele album yet. 

And you can have a look at Thursday's Music News LIVE for new videos from Beyonce and Bastille.   

Let's begin...