The Rihanna performance was recorded about an hour before it went out probably for obvious reasons. You can get waterproof microphones and it did sound live so I'd be surprised if it wasn't.
Is it me or does the theme have a hit on the old news at ten theme in it?
And the previous 'yellow' ITV theme too. I really like it, very clean and modern. It looks better by not being so dark and grey like the previous look, and indeed as many other news programmes are. It may be an unpopular opinion but I'll be glad to see the back of the bongs, this could just be what ITV News needs to move forward.
The titles look a bit mid-noughties regional news but considering how much of an improvement the rest is, that doesn't seem an issue.