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The Latest Breaking News from 6 Music

‘Delight’ as Lauren Laverne set to return to BBC work after cancer diagnosis

She has been absent from the studios for around three months.

Evening Standard

Little Simz and Charli XCX named on BBC Radio 6 Music's Artists of the Year list

Little Simz, Charli XCX and CMAT are amongst the 10 acts to have been named on BBC Radio 6 Music's Artists of the Year list for 2024.

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The Cure launch new album with intimate shows

The Cure launched their long-awaited new album with two intimate concerts for the BBC on Wednesday (30.10.24).

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DJ Jamz Supernova: ‘I’d always seen Glastonbury as a kind of debaucherous party’

The broadcaster and record label owner on swapping BBC 1Xtra for 6 Music, overcoming her fear of swimming, and leaving the radio on for her dog

The Guardian - UK

Mark and Lard: ‘We were told no one wants to hear two Mancunians shouting at each other’

Mark Radcliffe and Marc ‘Lard’ Riley were the unlikely lads of 90s radio. Twenty years after their final show, they’re back, touring the UK with tales from the wireless’s wildest ride

The Guardian - UK

Flexible workspace provider inks deal for BBC Wogan House site in London

The Wogan House office building in Fitzrovia that the BBC is exiting and has been used by some of the Radio 2 and 6 Music programme teams, is set to get a revamp and become flexible workspace as part of a property deal agreed.

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Cillian Murphy’s Limited Edition; Short Cuts; Beyond the Bathroom; Crypto Kingpins – review

The actor lets his mind-expanding music do the talking; aural hallucinations are par for the course on one of UK radio’s most important shows; and Candice Brathwaite brings beauty to life

The Guardian - UK

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How Róisín Murphy became the most vilified female celebrity since J.K. Rowling

Cancelled shows, an internet pile-on... but her most successful album yet. Katie Strick asks whether the treatment of the Irish songstress could mark a turning point for cancel culture

Evening Standard

BBC denies that Roisin Murphy was removed from 6 Music line-up over puberty blockers row

Programme celebrating Irish singer has been axed from the schedule, weeks after she became embroiled in a trans row

The Independent UK

Steve Lamacq to step back from BBC Radio 6 Music show

DJ to host drive-time show one day a week instead of five, with Huw Stephens taking over rest of week

The Guardian - UK

Steve Lamacq quitting BBC Radio 6 Music drivetime show after 18 years

Presenter, who has been championing new music for decades, wants to spend more time with his family

The Independent UK

From weird nostalgia to weak formats, 6 Music is having an identity crisis

In trying to shake off the ‘6 Music Dad’ tag and not be thought of as an indie rock hub, the BBC radio station isn’t sure what it wants to be any more

The Guardian - UK

BBC removes Billy Nomates clip on Twitter Glastonbury post after online abuse

The musician, who real named is Tor Maries, asked for the clip posted by Radio 6 Music to be taken down after she took to the Park Stage on Friday.

Evening Standard

How to watch Glastonbury 2023 - catch the best of the festival from anywhere in the world

Never miss a moment with this comprehensive guide to watching Glasto 2023

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The Guardian - UK

Britain is a dying nation in need of new curators

The Tories’ scorched earth policy has wrecked our rivers, our NHS, our freedom of movement. Now even 6 Music is at risk

Manchester Evening News

BBC announces major shake-up of 6 Music evening radio schedule

All the programmes affected will be broadcast from Salford

Manchester Evening News

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival lineup, tickets and all you need to know as it returns to Manchester

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival is returning to Manchester this weekend

Manchester Evening News

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival coming back to Manchester permanently after nine years - who is playing and how to get tickets

Everything you need to know about the hit festival coming back home

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The Independent UK

It might have produced James Bay, but BBC Introducing is still worth saving

Grim rumours are swirling of cuts looming over the BBC’s talent-hunting radio shows. Without them, Mark Beaumont warns, British music will struggle to evolve

Evening Standard

BBC to leave London building named after Sir Terry Wogan in latest cost cutting move

Staff at BBC Children’s and Education and Radio 2 and 6 Music will move to other BBC sites

The Independent UK

BBC to leave some buildings in London and MediaCity Salford amid cost cutting

Staff at BBC Children’s and Education and Radio 2 and 6 Music will move to other BBC sites.

The Guardian - UK

Andy Ferguson of Bicep’s listening diary: ‘I tend to let the algorithm start me off down a little wormhole’

One half of the electronic duo takes us through a weekend’s discoveries, from the Latin American music on Huey Morgan’s 6 Music show to the eclectic soundtracks of Adam Curtis films

Daily Mirror

Craig Charles says he has ‘mixed feelings’ after Radio 2 show axed in schedule shake-up

Craig Charles has spoken out after his BBC Radio 2 show was axed amid a bloodbath which has seen presenters, from Paul O'Grady to Vanessa Feltz, leave the station

Liverpool Echo

Craig Charles gives Coronation Street return verdict as he leaves Radio 2 show

The Liverpool presenter has "mixed feelings" about the loss of his BBC Radio 2 show

The Independent UK

Two flagship BBC radio stations lose listeners since start of year

However, Radio 6 Music, Radio 2 and Radio 3 all either held steady or gained listeners in the same time period.

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