The 'Bounce' hitmaker will now join the bill as Duran Duran's frontman, Simon Le Bon, has experienced damage to his vocal chords and the band were forced to pull out of not only the festival, but their other scheduled concerts.

Harris said in a statement, "I can't wait to perform at V Festival - the crowds are always amazing in both Chelmsford and Stafford. It's going to be a lot of fun."

Watch his most recent video for 'Bounce' below:

The 'Blackbird' singer has invited people to submit artwork inspired by his back catalogue and the winning entry will be awarded with $1000 (£625), the chance to exhibit their work in a London art gallery and McCartney merchandise.

He officially opened the contest yesterday, July 6 and it's in association with Talenthouse who are also running a competition for fans of Deadmau5 to redesign his signature mouse head. 

Watch his performance of 'Hey Jude' live at the White House along with some very special guests here:

The track, entitled 'Let Me Down', may feature on the singer's forthcoming album although a representative from RCA decline to comment on whether it will be released as a single or be included on the record's tracklisting. 

This new material is mid-tempo and angst driven with soaring melodies and sassy attitude to boot, and Clarkson is back to doing what she does best.

Check out the song in full here:

The 'Mean' singer scrapped her gig in Louisville, Kentucky over the weekend and has rescheduled it for October 11, and tweeted an apologetic message to her fans:

"Louisville, I so sorry to have to postpone this show to Oct 11. This is my first time having to do this. I'm so, so sorry."

Now, 21-year-old Swift has been forced to postpone gigs in North Carolina and Georgia as she battles bronchitis. A statement from the star reads:

"It breaks my heart to miss out on this weekend's shows with my friends in Charlotte and Atlanta. I would never cancel if I thought I was physically able to perform these shows. I am so sorry to the fans, but I look forward to seeing you when we come back through your towns, which we will do."

Watch Taylor Swift perform 'Run' below:

Redfoo and SkyBlu are the son and grandson of the founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy, so were surrounded by music on a grand scale growing up. The pair told Digital Spy that despite their success so far, their style and sound is very different to their heritage:

"We were like the rappers, the rebels in our family. We'd rap at our family Christmas parties. It was cool, everyone secretly loved it."

"I think he must have inspired us - music is very heavily in our family. We'd have parties where Smokey Robinson would randomly turn up and sing. Ironically we don't sing that much, but we love to sing when given the chance."

Watch their video for 'Champagne Showers' here:

The 'What I've Done' stars have set up a page on the donations website give2gether.com that allows fans to give money to the cause and the first 500 people to raise $500 or more will be given a pair of tickets to attend the show. 

This fundraising initiative will, in turn, allow the fans with the biggest donations access to the private show that is set to take place at an "intimate venue". 

Watch them perform a stunning cover of Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep' from their recent iTunes Festival gig here:

'I'm With You' is set to be released on August 30 and the record's first single, 'The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie' will come out on July 18, and the band explained that they had a special collaborator work with them on the cover. 

A message on the band's official website reads:

"Check out our new album cover – officially revealed! Damien Hirst did it for us and we’re happy to get this out to ya!"

Damien Hirst, the artist best known for his series of works that featured animals preserved in formaldehyde, designed and created the artwork for 'I'm With You' which shows a fly sat on top of a pill.

Watch them perform 'Scar Tissue' here:

The 'Halo' songstress, according to the Official Charts Company, is likely to hold her position as the highest new entry is Beverley Knight's 'Soul UK' at No.6 and the other frontrunners, including Adele's '21' and Take That's 'Progress', have been out for a while now. 

Selena Gomez & The Scene have made an appearance at No.13 with 'When The Sun Goes Down' and Foo Fighters' 'Wasting Light' has climbed 5 places to No.14 following their weekend gigs at the Milton Keynes Bowl recently. 

Watch Beyoncé's July 4 performance of 'Best Thing I Never Had' live from New York City here:

The single features on an advertisement for Lucozade and has gathered significant interest, and as a result has made impressive sales figures.

The Official Charts Company has reported that the track "is outselling the rest of the top 5 combined and is on course to easily surmount 120,000 sales for the week as a whole, on its way to a resounding Number One in Sunday’s Official Singles Chart."

Loick Essien is celebrating a new entry at No.2 with 'How We Roll' and has beaten off competition from the past few weeks' frontrunners, namely Example with 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me' and Jason Derulo's 'Don't Wanna Go Home'. 

Watch the video for DJ Fresh's 'Louder' below:

The 'Teenage Dream' singer gave an interview to Entertainment Tonight Canada, where the scent is currently a best seller, and explained that "it's basically me in a bottle":

"It's like the Goldilocks of perfume. It's not too much, it's not too forgettable, it's just right. It's basically me in a bottle. I think a lot of people go up and they go, 'That's definitely Katy Perry. This is definitely Katy Perry's perfume.'"

She also added that she likes to glam up spritzing on the perfume by walking through a mist of it:

"I've heard that you're not supposed to spray directly on the skin. Then it's not so concentrated, because everybody knows sometimes when a woman walks into a room, she can smell like her grandmother."

Watch her launch 'Purr' here:

The Libertines star finished his six-month sentence for cocaine possession early and a message on the Albion Rooms website told fans the news:

"On this bright sunny morning Peter was released from prison and thanks everyone for their valued support whilst inside.” 

The musician's manager, Adrian Hunter, also posted an update on the French Dog Blues message board that read:

"Peter has been released as was reported there hours ago. Long day folks but a happy one. Many good things done. All's good and peace and quiet shall now ensue. A bit of 'bedding in' and reflection is on the cards and so much the better.”

Watch his performance of 'Can't Stand Me Now' from a gig that took place just before his jail term began, here:

Writing on his official blog, the 'Angels' singer revealed that he will pursue his solo career once Take That's Progress tour is over, and that he's more driven than ever:

"I must say I am aware that there is a perception in certain quarters – and I’m enjoying throwing that perception down people’s throats when I jump through the wall in LMEY [Let Me Entertain You]. I’ve never felt more on my game... and it’s thanks in part to the naysayers. They have put a fire in my belly and in turn a smile on my face. I’m blessed to have them."

"When the tickets go on sale for my next tour, I think we’ll see what ‘dwindling’ looks like."

Watch his performance of 'Angels' live from the opening night of the Progress tour here:

Speaking to BBC's Newsbeat, the 22-year-old 'Sunshine' singer explained that despite nearing the end of his own project, he expects the A-list stars of music to begin flooding him once again with requests to produce their material:

"I've been a bit of a hermit in my studio, creating some greatness, some wild stuff. I'm very, very excited about it - it's going to be great".

"I've been producing the new single which is coming out soon, it's called Earthquake."

He also revealed that Ne-Yo has tried to get in touch

"Ne-Yo tried to call my phone through one of my friends. I'm almost at the end of my album and as soon as I'm at the end of it I know they'll all be rushing through the studio door". 

Watch his collaboration with Devlin, on 'Let It Go', below:

The musician held a press conference in London this afternoon and explained that his new project's name is 'Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds' and he will release the first record later this year on October 17. 

He also revealed that he is already working on a second album, which was born from a collaboration with Amorphous Androgynous, that will hit stores in 2012. He also confirmed that he plans to take the new project on tour from October. 

The tracklisting for 'Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds' is as follows:

1. 'Everybody's On The Run'
2. 'Dream On'
3. 'If I Had A Gun'
4. 'The Death Of You And Me'
5. '(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'
6. 'AKA...What A Life!'
7. 'Solider Boys And Jesus Freaks'
8. 'AKA...Broken Arrow'
9. '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'
10. 'Stop The Clocks'

Watch him perform 'Half The World Away' below:

The 'Tik Tok' singer performed in Norway yesterday and veteran rocker Alice Cooper walked out in front of the crowd to sing a rendition of his classic hit, 'School's Out', with her. 

Writing about the exciting collaboration on her official Twitter page this morning, Ke$ha thanked the star for the opportunity to perform with him:

"@RealAliceCooper ur the best. Wish I could see u with maiden tonight!!!! Fuuuuck"

He then replied, "thanks @keshasuxx! Next time our stage, and be sure to bring some bandaids..."

Watch fan-recorded footage of the pair's duet here: