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The parents of a 10-week-old baby who stole the show as Annie Mac opened the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival have said they will play his moment of techno fame on his wedding day.

Charli XCX and Doechii are due to clash at Glastonbury, as the first stage details have been revealed.In a special episode of Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw‘s podcast Sidetracked, exclusive details of some of the stage breakdowns were shared with listeners.Charli XCX will be headlining the Other Stage on the Saturday night, which is at the same time as when Doechii is headlining the West Holts Stage. “That’s quite a big clash there,” Grimshaw said on the show.“That’s good, though,” Mac replied.

James Blake has called for an end to people “bashing” Coldplay, saying that it’s “not cool anymore” to hate on the band.The artist made the comments during a new episode of the BBC Sounds podcast Sidetracked with Annie and Nick, when he shared his thoughts on the recent post from Chrissie Hynde – explaining what she does and doesn’t deem as “cool”.Weighing in on what he thinks is “uncool”, he said that the negative comments about Coldplay leave him feeling frustrated.“Coldplay bashing has got to stop. It’s not cool anymore! It’s not cool anymore to just be like ‘Coldplay’s not cool.’ Just fuck off,” he said. “There are so many amazing Coldplay songs.

Wilderness Festival has announced the line-up for its 2025 edition – you can check it out below.The event is set to take place at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire between July 31 and August 3. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT next Wednesday (February 5) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.Headlining this year’s instalment will be Basement Jaxx, Supergrass and Wet Leg, who are all followed on the bill by AURORA, Air and Orbital.Other acts to feature on the line-up poster include Jalen Ngonda, Annie Mac, Hinds, Bear’s Den, Mary In The Junkyard, Bootleg Beatles, Die Twice and Mista Trick Collective.Festivalgoers will also be able to enjoy numerous talks and participate in a range of arts including “avant-garde workshops with artists and master craftspeople” as well as “mass participatory high jinx at the hands of an ensemble of weird and wonderful ringleaders”.Additionally, the event has “pioneered the concept of fine dining in a field and remains unparalleled for the scope and ambition of its food programming”.This features a long table banquet and three headline chefs making their Wilderness debut at the intimate lakeside restaurant The Chef’s Table: Andy Beynon, Anna Haugh (Masterchef: The Professionals) and Josh Overington.More names for Wilderness Festival 2025 are due to be announced “soon”.

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has revealed that he does not “stream music on principle” – see what he had to say below.During a new interview on the Sidetracked podcast with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, in which he celebrated the release of the band’s latest LP, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, Smith touched on his listening habits, revealing that he isn’t a fan of streaming.While he doesn’t go into detail on why he doesn’t “stream music on principle and never will”, it’s likely akin to his longstanding issues with ticketing platforms such as Ticketmaster.Instead, besides vinyl, Smith listens to music through a collection of “loads and loads” of iPods that he owns. He explained to Mac and Grimshaw: “I’ve got playlists, iPods.

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has discussed “obsessive fan behaviour” and Chappell Roan‘s sudden rise to fame in a new interview.The frontman commented on the impact of fame during a new interview on the Sidetracked podcast with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, in which he celebrated the release of the band’s latest LP, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.He began discussing his extensive music collection but added it would be “disingenuous” to pretend he’d engaged in this year’s pop phenomenons – Charli XCX‘s ‘Brat’ summer and Chappell Roan’s debut LP ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess‘.Smith said the records aren’t aimed at him, and that “It would be kind of a bit weird if I was like ‘yeah it’s my favourite thing’.” He then added: “I think what they do as artists is really fantastic but I think that probably it would be dishonest if I said it’s what I listen to at home.”However, he went on to say he’d been aware of Roan for a long time, as well as her very sudden ascent to fame in the year since the release of her 2023 debut album.Roan has been vocal about her experiences of fame this year, venting about the normalisation of extreme fan behaviour, including “stalking, talking shit online, [people who] won’t leave you alone [and] yelling at you in public”. She added: “I didn’t know it would feel this bad.”The former NME Cover star also compared fame to “an abusive ex-husband”.

Robert Smith has opened up about his relationship with The Cure‘s ‘4:13 Dream’, saying that he isn’t a fan of how it turned out.The frontman looked back at the 2008 record during a new interview with Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw, in which he celebrated the release of the band’s latest LP, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.Released last month, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ marked the long-awaited follow-up to ‘4:13 Dream’ and saw The Cure bag their first Number One album in the UK in 32 years.Reflecting on his relationship with ‘4:13 Dream’ nearly 16 years on, Smith revealed that the finished product didn’t match the initial vision he had, partly because he wanted it to be much longer.“If I’m really honest I was trying to make an album in 2008 which was a double album and it was really odd,” he began. “It had all kinds of stuff on it, instrumental stuff – and I was pressured into reducing it all down into a single album… I have never felt happy about it.

FKA Twigs, Beach House, Ezra Collective and more have been announced as new additions to the We Love Green 2025 line-up.The likes of former NME Cover stars Fcukers, Snow Strippers, DJ Koze, Marcel Dettman, Clara Luciani, Lucky Love, Polo & Pan, Avalon Emerson, Sublime, Gesaffelstein, Judeline, Laylow, Maureen, Paul Kalkbrenner, Theodora, Tiakola, YSEULT and Zamdane have been added to the line-up as well, joining the previously announced Charli XCX, Air, Kavinsky, Parcels, Magdalena Bay, HorsegiirL, Spill Tab and more.The French music bash is set to return to the heart of Bois de Vincennes, Paris on June 6 through June 8 2025 following this year’s record-breaking edition which saw over 110,000 people in attendance.Early bird tickets for the 2025 edition of the festival are available for purchase here. Prices start at €159 (£132) for a weekend pass and €64 (£53) for single weekday tickets.This year’s edition saw the likes of Justice, L’Imperatrice, Burna Boy, Paris Texas, OutKast, BADBADNOTGOOD, Four Tet, Kim Gordon, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kenya Grace and SZA perform.In a four-star review of the We Love Green 2024, NME shared: ” We Love Green is so named for its ecological credentials, and after all, this world we love will only remain green if sometimes it rains.

FKA Twigs, Jarvis Cocker, Munroe Bergdorf, Marcel Dettman, Annie Mac, Jayda G, Tony Andrews, Nonotak and No Tags Podcast, with more to be announced.Then, the night programme will feature club shows at HERE @ Outernet and EARTH Hackney, with performances from Erika de Casier, Kojaque and Mechatok.You can see the full line-up below, and sign up to access tickets here.A post shared by AVA Festival (@avafestival)A post shared by AVA Festival (@avafestival)FKA Twigs will feature in a live recording of the Resident Advisor Exchange podcast at the British Library, while Jarvis Cocker is set to deliver a special climate-themed lecture titled “Biophobia” in association with EarthPercent.AVA first ran in 2017 and has previously hosted the likes of Brian Eno, Charli xcx, Laurent Garnier, Bicep, Orbital, Joy Orbison and Irvine Welsh.In other news, FKA Twigs is set to release ‘Eusexua’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s ‘Magdalene’ on January 24 2025 via Young (available for pre-order here).So far, she’s shared three tastes of the record.

Y Not Festival have revealed the first names of their 2025 line-up. Check it out below.The festival returns for its eighteenth year in 2025, set to commence from July 31 to August 3 at Pikehall, Derbyshire.

Charlotte Dawson looked sensational as she proudly cradled her blossoming baby bump at the star-studded Podcast Awards on Thursday night, 26 September. Her glam outing comes days after the reality star, 31, announced she is due to have her first daughter in an emotional gender reveal.

after a fight broke out following the stabbing of his friend Fidel Glasgow, grandson of The Specials’ Neville Staple, in 2018.After serving roughly 21 months in prison, Salieu has been released. Taking to his official Instagram account, the rapper shared a post of himself smiling and posing in front of a building wearing a black beanie, an oversized black t-shirt and a gold teeth grill.

Sam Smith has revealed that they turned down the opportunity to collaborate with Major Lazer on their song ‘Cold Water’.The ‘Unholy’ singer appeared as a guest on BBC Sounds’ Sidetracked with Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac. During the chat, Smith opened up about being offered the track and having to turn the opportunity down. ‘Cold Water’ ultimately went to Justin Bieber and peaked at Number One on the UK Singles Chart and Number Two on the US Billboard Hot 100.“The only time I got sent a song that I heard and then became a well-known song was ‘Cold Water’ by Major Lazer with Justin Bieber,” the singer told Grimshaw and Mac.

Confidence Man played an early afternoon set on The Other Stage today (June 28), pulling in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend so far.The Australian band were fourth on stage, following performances from Annie Mac, Headie One and The Snuts. Bombay Bicycle Club will play next, alongside sets from Anne-Marie, D-Block Europe and Other Stage headliners IDLES.After opening with DJ Seinfield collaboration ‘Now U Do’, the dance-pop sensations played a selection of material from their 2018 debut ‘Confident Music for Confident People’ and 2022 follow-up ‘Tilt’.

A a 10 week old baby stole the show as Annie Mac opened the Other Stage at Glastonbury Festival. Baby Finlay was met with cheers as he appeared on the big screen multiple times. Irish DJ Annie, 45, opened Worthy Farm’s second biggest stage with an hour-long set of dance hits from 11.30am on Friday, 28 June.

Glastonbury Festival co-organiser Emily Eavis has responded to calls for a ticket ballot system, saying there has been “a discussion”.Eavis was speaking to Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw on a special edition of their Sidetracked podcast when she was asked how she planned to tackle the increasing demand for tickets.The final batch of tickets for this year’s festival sold out in 20 minutes in April. A limited amount of coach/ticket packages were snapped up in 18 minutes three days prior.Eavis had revealed earlier that the event had seen its “highest percentage of ticket balances paid ever”.

The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Strokes. The event will run from 3pm until 8pm. You can buy your tickets here.“We’ve been getting into day clubbing over recent months and really enjoying it,” said Beaumont in a press release.

BBC has announced its coverage plans for Glastonbury Festival 2024 – you can find all the details below.This legendary Worthy Farm event will take place between June 26-30, with Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA due to headline the Pyramid Stage. Other confirmed acts include Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, The National, Avril Lavigne, The Last Dinner Party, Jungle, Justice, Bloc Party, Fontaines D.C., Yard Act, Arlo Parks and Gossip.Today (May 30), the BBC – Glasto’s exclusive broadcast partner – has shared details of its “longest celebration of the festival yet” across TV, BBC iPlayer, radio and BBC Sounds.Fans who weren’t lucky enough to bag a ticket for Glasto ’24 will be able to enjoy “over 90 hours of live performances from the five main stages on BBC iPlayer, extensive coverage on TV [and] 90 hours of radio broadcasts live from the festival”.Viewers can access live-streams of The Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and The Park stages in Ultra High Definition.Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley and Lauren Laverne will present the main TV coverage this year.

Radio 2 DJ Scott Mills has received a special surprise from his co-host, Rylan Clark, ahead of his wedding to fiancé Sam Vaughan. On Friday, 24 May, Rylan Clark revealed that he had organised a surprise for Scott, prior to him getting married, as Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac could be heard delivering a special message. Annie said: "Oh my goodness, you're about to get married," as Nick chimed in: "Oh my god, congratulations.

Glastonbury Festival has announced the 2024 line-up for The Park, including two brand-new venues. Find all the details below.The legendary Worthy Farm event is due to return next month, boasting headline sets from Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA, as well as the likes of Shania Twain, LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz and The National.Following the initial wave of acts being confirmed in March, organisers have been drip-feeding separate posters for the festival’s many areas and stages – including Left Field, Woodsies, The Glade, the Acoustic Stage, Silver Hayes and The Common.Today (May 15) Glastonbury has revealed another list of names for The Park, which will be headlined by Fontaines D.C., Peggy Gou and London Grammar – all of whom were announced previously.The new additions for the stage are Johnny Flynn, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Lynks, Moonchild Sanelly, Kara Jackson, Lime Garden, Problem Patterns, and Voice For Soprano performed by Bishi.They’ll join artists such as King Krule, Orbital, Ghetts, Aurora, Dexys, This Is The Kit, The Breeders, Mount Kimble and Barry Can’t Swim in the area.It has also been announced that The Park’s much-loved Stonebridge Bar will feature DJ sets from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Annie Mac, Groove Armada, Idris Elba, Rudimental (B2B Todd Edwards), Fleetmac Wood and many more.A post shared by Glastonbury Festival (@glastofest)Additionally, The Park has introduced two new venues for 2024: The Wishing Well and Scissors.

Glastonbury‘s 2024 line-up and headliners.The Glastonbury organiser hinted at the forthcoming line-up at the Women in Music conference held at Oxford University today (March 7). The festival will return to Worthy Farm between June 26 and 30 this year.Though the line-up has been kept under tight wraps, Eavis reportedly told panel-goers that they should expect a list of names next week – and teased two female headliners to top the bill.