What is the Great British Singalong and which radio stations are getting involved?

After Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder recently got into a war of words with Nikki Sixx, a perhaps unexpected person has come to the defence of the latter’s band Mötley Crüe – Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard.It all began last month when Vedder said in an interview that he’d worked at a venue in the 1980s where hair metal bands like Mötley Crüe had played, and that he had always “despised” what he saw as a “vacuous” music scene.Sixx then hit back, saying that he was taking Vedder’s comments as a “kind of a compliment”, because Pearl Jam are “one of the most boring bands in history”. This prompted Pearl Jam to tweet a video of one of their audiences apparently having a whale of a time, with the caption “we love our bored fans”.But while Vedder was not, and is still not, a fan of Mötley Crüe in their heyday, it turns out that several of his bandmates were.In a new interview with Revolver’s Fan First podcast, Gossard says: “For sure, Jeff [Ament, bass] and Mike [McCready, guitar] and I loved hard rock, you know, like, [we] went through it all.

DEALSOlivia Rodrigo has reportedly signed a new management deal with Lighthouse Management + Media, having split from Camp Far West Management last month.———————————————-APPOINTMENTSUtopia Music has hired Steve Markland as Vice President for the company’s operations in Nashville. “I’m delighted to join Utopia on its mission towards ‘fair pay for every play’ and ultimately create new income streams for creators”, he says.Concord has announced ten promotions.

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Greg James hailed radio’s power to bring people together in difficult times as he kicked off the BBC’s Great British Singalong.

Listeners to Greg James' Radio 1 Breakfast show were left in tears after a man declared his love for his girlfriend for the first time on air.

BBC radio stations are joining forces this week for a broadcast aimed at getting the whole nation involved in a mass singalong during the coronavirus lockdown. 

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Zoe Ball said she was “reduced to tears” as she joined DJs across Europe in playing You'll Never Walk Alone as a show of unity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The likes of Greg James, Zoe Ball and Lauren Laverne all played the track on their show.

BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 6 Music will be joining their European counterparts in a show of unity against the coronavirus pandemic. 

Zoe Ball finds herself holding back tears as she recalls her 2018 bike ride during an interview with Greg James.

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