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"He came and said, 'Are you going to pay me for that sample?' We said 'Oh, we already paid you', and he went ‘No – you paid somebody else'": Fatboy Slim on The Rockafeller Skank's iconic "funk soul brother" sample

"There was four different samples on it we had to clear, and they all wanted 40% or 50%... we were like, 'You can all have 25%', and there was none left for me"

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"Mick Jagger liked the mix but his management was just like, 'No, not even negotiable'." Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim finally releases fabled Rolling Stones mash-up

Satisfaction Skank is officially available now after getting approval from The Rolling Stones

Louder

“Over countless years I have always dreamed of an official release for this mash up. I can confirm it is thoroughly road tested and fit for purpose”: Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction Skank bootleg is finally released

Track combines Stones classic with Rockerfeller Skank

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The Rolling Stones give blessing to Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction sample after 25 years

The mashup Satisfaction Skank was unofficial for years but band allow Norman Cook to remake it using original stems of their 1965 hit

The Guardian - UK

Fatboy Slim to headline Camp Bestival 2026: ‘Multi-generational raving’

Veteran producer praises festival for offering music and entertainment for all ages

The Independent UK

My London: Sara Cox

As Sara Cox completes her heroic ultra marathon for Children in Need, we revisit the time she walked us through her version of London in 2012

Evening Standard

Celebrity Traitors' Alan Carr admits Paloma Faith is 'not happy' with him - but he has a plan to make amends

Faith, 44, previously revealed she felt ‘humiliated and embarrassed’ being the first celebrity to leave The Traitors

Evening Standard

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'It degenerated into every other wedding...' Fatboy Slim recalls wild antics and 'full on snog' at Brazil striker Ronaldo's nuptials

Norman Cook - aka Fatboy Slim - has recalled DJing at former Brazil striker Ronaldo's 2005 wedding in Paris, France, and says it "degenerated into every other wedding" once the drinks began to flow at the reception.

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Norman Cook planned to become a firefighter before Fatboy Slim success

Norman Cook was going to quit the music business at the start of the '90s before reinventing himself as big beats DJ Fatboy Slim and achieving huge chart success.

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Zoe Ball reveals TV star broke his nose at her wild wedding to Fatboy Slim

BBC Radio 2 host revealed that wedding guest had an accident after jumping into swimming pool

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim ‘closer now than when married’, says her dad Johnny

It comes nearly a decade after the presenter and DJ confirmed their separation in 2016

Evening Standard

Zoe Ball spotted with mystery man at Glastonbury - and he looks just like ex Norman Cook

The broadcaster and ex-wife of DJ Fatboy Slim looked ‘blissfully happy’ with new man

Evening Standard

Becky Hill to sing national anthem at 2025 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The 31-year-old singer will perform God Save The King before the F1 race gets under way on July 6.

Evening Standard

Zoe Ball shares new health struggle after returning to Radio 2

The broadcaster, 54, gave an update during her Saturday afternoon show

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‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture

He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson remember a pivotal figure

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“I can’t remember the juicy bits and the other juicy bits I can’t have published while my children and my parents are still alive”: Fatboy Slim teases new coffee table book that isn’t an autobiography

Instead it tells the story of his career through objects

Evening Standard

Fatboy Slim unveils exciting new career move amid ex-wife Zoe Ball’s surprising beach café job

The British DJ, 61, is celebrating four decades in the music industry

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“I think that’s one of the reasons why we got into the feud”: Fatboy Slim on why he crossed swords with Moby

Plus he reveals he was school friends with Keir Starmer

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Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’

The electronic producer and DJ Norman Cook talks about learning the violin with Keir Starmer, his love for his label maker and crossing swords with Moby

Evening Standard

Zoe Ball’s daughter makes rare public appearance with dad Norman Cook at F1 75 Live amid radio return

The 14-year-old stepped out with her DJ father at the star-studded event which saw Gordon Ramsay and Geri Halliwell also in attendance

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball ‘working in local café’ after quitting BBC Radio 2 breakfast show

Ball’s shifts arrive two months after stepping down from Breakfast Show

Evening Standard

Zoe Ball 'working at beach cafe' with ex-husband Fatboy Slim after quitting BBC Radio 2

Ball, who earned almost £1 million a year at the BBC, left her radio show in December after six years

The Independent UK

Fatboy Slim shares sad admission after difficult 2024

DJ and producer has been through a tough 2024

The Independent UK

Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim’s son shares sad news as hard year for family continues

‘She was an amazing woman,’ Woody Cook said after second loved one dies in 2024

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“They would be my get-out-of-jail records”: Fatboy Slim names the songs he’d play if he “really had to rescue a dancefloor”

In the midst of party season, Norman Cook has been offering his advice on how to smash your Christmas and New Year’s Eve DJ sets

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