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Dance-rock group the Prodigy‘s 1997 single ‘Smack My Bitch Up‘ has been named as the most ‘controversial song ever’ by a new poll conducted by PRS For Music, the group which collects royalties and payments for artists.

There’s more good news for Mumford & Sons today as it has been announced they have received nominations in all but one of the Artist categories for this year’s UK Festival awards.

Start your week right here as Live4ever’s music collection offers you all the weekend chart news, updates of brand new tours recently announced and our pick of the week’s new tracks.

Here you’ll find all the latest news from this week’s UK Indie Album and Singles Charts, as well as Live4ever’s highlights taken from some of our featured tours going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days.

The xx stays on top of this week’s UK Indie Album chart, exactly a year after first entering the charts. Elsewhere, Vampire Weekend’s second record ‘Contra‘ climbs to two and Prodigy’s ‘Invaders Must Die‘ re-enters the top ten. Outside the top ten, Mercury-nominated Villagers have moved up two places and are this week’s no.21.

The xx’s debut record remains on top of the UK Indie Album chart this week for a second consecutive week. Elsewhere, Prodigy’s latest record ‘Invaders Must Die‘ climbs five places to re-enter the top ten, and The Temper Trap’s ‘Conditions‘ is a non-mover at #9. British rapper Example is again at no.1 on this week’s UK Indie Singles chart with his track ‘Kickstarts‘, and M.I.A’s single ‘XXXO‘ remains at #3.

Here you’ll find all the latest news from this week’s UK Indie Album and Singles Charts, as well as Live4ever’s highlights taken from some of our featured tours going on in a major city near you over the next 7 days.

Dance-rockers The Prodigy will headline this year’s Bestival, it was confirmed today.

The group will be last on at the event, which will take place on the Isle of Wight between September 9th and 12th. Prodigy join a list of confirmed eclectic acts that includes Roxy Music, LCD Soundsystem, The Flaming Lips and Dizzee Rascal. BBC DJ Zane Lowe and singer Roux are also set to play DJ sets.

Star of the night Liam Gallagher arrived fashionably late at last night’s launch of the Pretty Green fashion label, no one complained as the clothing line is the Ex Oasis front man’s own creation.

Paparazzi camera flashes galore greeted the many guests and friends invited to the ultra fancy Gore Hotel in Kensington. Among the stars in attendance where boxing champ Ricky Hatton, Gallagher brother Paul, who played resident DJ for the night, the Verve’s Richard Ashcroft accompanied by his beautiful French girlfriend and of course, Liam’s lovely wife Nicole Appleton.

Ex Oasis band members Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Zak Starkey showed their support and rockers from Kasabian and The Prodigy were also on hand to party hard. Obviously missing was Liam’s brother Noel Gallagher who has not been seen with any of the Oasis band members since the band split up back in August of 09.

The Prodigy perform “Breathe” Live at Isle of White Festival 2009