Category: Show Diary
It's not unexpected but BBC Radio 1 have banished Rihanna's latest song from the playlist refusing to play it during the daytime.
Based on the name of single - S&M - you might have a good idea what the song will be about, and the video and lyrics does nothing to detract from that belief:
"Sticks and stones, may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me."
MTV have considered a re-edit, most of Southern Asia have banned it completely and BBC Radio 1 bosses won't add it to the pla [...]
Chris and Scott’s awkward London-bus attempt at the Home and Away theme ended in silence, but a passenger on a later bus finally joined in. [...]
If somebody started singing on the bus would you join in? That was the aim of this week's social experiment for Scott Mills and his mate Chris.
They took two London buses and tried belting out the Home & Away theme tune.
You can hear the results of the experiment here on Unofficial Mills. [...]
He's a bit like a work experience boy at the moment filling in here and there with the jobs that need doing, but BBC Radio 1 have finally given Matt Edmondson his own show!
As part of the changes to the station today Huw Stephens will be leaving the new music show that he presents between 9pm and 10pm on a Wednesday night, freeing up a space for Matt.
His show promises to be "new and exciting" and will start in April 2011.
Matt is no stranger to presenting shows at BBC Radio 1 having fi [...]
Jo Whiley has quit BBC Radio 1 after 17 years at the station to take up a new role on BBC Radio 2.
The former morning show presenter, who currently presents the weekend show between 1pm and 4pm, will start a new Radio 2 show between 8pm and 9.30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4th April 2011.
She will also continue to present Radio 2's "In Concert" show on Thursday evenings.
Jo joined BBC Radio 1 in Spring 1993 and became a co-presenter of The Evening Session with Steve Lamac [...]
A decision on the future of the BBC Asian Network could be made within the next month.
The future of the service has looked doubtful since this time last year when the BBC director general Mark Thompson earmarked it and BBC Radio 6 Music for closure.
However, although 6 Music was spared, the BBC Trust weren't so kind to the Asian Network. They suggested closure of the service and that the BBC looked to new ways to meet the needs of the station's audience.
Now campaigners on Facebook and [...]
Scott unveiled a Mumford-and-Sons-meets-Bruce-Springsteen guess at Lady Gaga’s unreleased Born This Way, built only from the lyrics she had posted online. [...]
The Electric Proms series has given us such treats as Elton John teaming up with Plan B and an exclusive Robbie Williams night with a special string and horn section. Dizzee Rascal performed with an orchestra for 1Xtra, whileOasis performed with the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
However, despite all of these musical treats, the BBC has decided after five years enough is enough.
Bob Shennan, Radio 2 controller, said it was being axed for "efficency savings".
He said: "In the current climat [...]
We'll be seeing a lot more of cheeky chappy Huw Stephens' face this year - he's been given the job of presenting a new music show for Channel 4.
Topman CTRL MX promises to take us on a "musical voyage" of the hottest new acts in the music world.
In the first episode Huw will join Inbetweeners' starJames Buckley who has enlisted the help of Miles Kane, The Vaccines and States of Emotion.
Speaking about the new show, Huw Stephens said: "There’s not a lot of live music on TV at the moment [...]
Beccy proposed labelling the show’s podcast Explicit purely to win more downloads, while Nicki Minaj and Innuendo Bingo featured in the weekly catch-up. [...]