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BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend announces 2025 lineup, tickets and prices details

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend announces 2025 lineup, tickets and prices details

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. This is how to get BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend tickets BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend has confirmed the first names for its 2025 alongside details on tickets. The event will head to Liverpool’s Sefton Park across 23-25 May […]

1 year ago

Wham!’s Last Christmas tops festive chart for the second year running

Wham!’s Last Christmas tops festive chart for the second year running

A Keir Starmer protest song also made it into the Top 40. Wham!’s Last Christmas, which was released in 1984, has taken the number one spot in the Christmas Top 40 for the second year in a row. The triumph coincides with the iconic song’s 40th anniversary, and fended off fierce competition from pop singer Gracie […]

1 year ago

Arielle Free’s suspension sparks claims ‘heads will roll’ at BBC over Radio 1 row

Arielle Free’s suspension sparks claims ‘heads will roll’ at BBC over Radio 1 row

Arielle’s replacement has been announced BBC producers have reportedly been asked to explain themselves following the suspension of Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free. Arielle clashed with co-star Charlie Hedges after appearing as a guest on her Dance Anthems show and questioning her taste in music. The Sun reports that show producers have since been asked […]

2 years ago

Radio 1 DJ ‘suspended’ after being told to ‘have respect’ in on-air spat

Radio 1 DJ ‘suspended’ after being told to ‘have respect’ in on-air spat

‘This is so cringe’ BBC Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free has been taken off air after she appeared on fellow presenter Charlie Hedges’ show from Ibiza and questioned her music choices. As Charlie was presenting her Dance Anthems show, Arielle, joined in, sounding a little worse for wear, from the Ibiza Rocks Hotel. “I sound […]

2 years ago

Greg James interview: Caring for the vulnerable and your own mental health

Greg James interview: Caring for the vulnerable and your own mental health

‘Live from self-isolation’ Greg James presents the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast show and, in a time of national crisis that is the COVID-19 outbreak, his medium has taken on a new importance. Millions of people across the United Kingdom have been advised to stay at home, avoid gatherings, and We spoke to him via Skype […]

6 years ago