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Royal Blood criticised after belittling unenthusiastic crowd at Big Weekend

The two-piece outfit expressed their feelings on the Radio 1 stage over the weekend after their set left festival-goers unmoved

Evening Standard

Royal Blood slammed for demanding 'pathetic' Big Weekend crowd clap before walking off

A rock band has been branded 'cringe' after they walked off the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend stage holding two fingers up and branded the crowd 'pathetic'

Daily Mirror

‘I didn’t think it was annoying enough’: how Spitting Image made The Chicken Song

‘It’s a piss-take of Agadoo by Black Lace, one of those mindless summer hits. Someone said “Hold a chicken in the air” and I went “Stick a deckchair up your nose”. We finished it in four minutes’

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Denise Welch comes out of 'hiding' to see son Matty Healy perform with The 1975

Denise Welch came out of hiding to support son Matty and his 1975 bandmates at Radio 1's Big Weekend

Chronicle Live

Ryan Tubridy turns 50: Facts you didn't know from famous family and guilty pleasure to secret hobby

Here are 50 facts about Ryan Tubridy and some things you may not know about him ahead of his big birthday

Irish Mirror

BBC’s share of radio listening falls to lowest point since 2021, figures show

The figure has been above 50% only once since the reporting of radio listening figures resumed in the summer of 2021.

The Independent UK

Vernon Kay on Radio 2 review – not even a ‘warring’ Holly and Phil can hold the new man back

Taking up the hallowed slot filled by Ken Bruce for 31 years, Kay was incredibly nervous, very touching – and placated the haters despite two embarrassing slips

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Annie Mac looks back: ‘I was wild, feral and very comfortable in a tree’

The radio broadcaster and novelist on growing up in a large family in Dublin and swapping DJing for writing

The Guardian - UK

Late Late Show contender Brendan O’Connor suffers blow after listeners tune out of radio show

His RTE Radio 1 Saturday show figures dropped 11,000 to 327,000 while his Sunday show was down 10,000 to 319,000 according to latest Joint National Listenership Ratings

Dublin Live

Rihanna faced toilet troubles during Radio 1 visit, say Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw

Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw have opened up about the BBC station’s glory days and say its HQ used to be in some fairly rundown digs which had a single toilet

Daily Mirror

‘It’s just me... and eight million listeners’: Vernon Kay gets ready for radio’s top job

As he takes the mic of the biggest job in radio, the presenter talks about working-class pride, advice from Bruce Forsyth – and the one item that’s still on his achievement wish list…

The Guardian - UK

Colin Murray on Anne Robinson Countdown feud and landing host job full-time

“I was so down when we recorded the first episodes of series 87"

Belfast Live

Colin Murray lifts lid on Anne Robinson Countdown feud and show's massive change

When Nick Hewer quit the words and numbers show, and Anne Robinson was drafted in as his replacement, Colin’s hopes of hosting were dashed

Daily Mirror

Adele Roberts becomes fastest woman to run London Marathon with stoma bag

Radio 1 DJ sets record less than 12 months after stopping chemotherapy for bowel cancer

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The Independent UK

Greg James says he was hit by a bus and told to ‘shut up’ by the driver

‘He swooped in so quickly he hit my head. He actually hit my head,’ radio host recalled of the incident

Evening Standard

DJ Tim Westwood interviewed twice under caution by police over alleged sexual offences

The 65-year-old DJ and radio presenter has ‘strongly’ denied any wrongdoing

The Independent UK

DJ Tim Westwood interviewed under caution by police on sexual misconduct claims

The 65-year-old has ‘strongly’ denied any wrongdoing.

Evening Standard

Greg James reveals he was once hit in the head by a bus and told to ‘shut up’ by the driver

The Radio 1 DJ also opened up about suffering with moments of ‘self-doubt’ when he is ‘tired and stressed’

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When does Vernon Kay start on BBC Radio 2?

Listeners want to know when Vernon Kay will start on BBC Radio 2, having replaced Ken Bruce as the new mid-morning presenter in 2023.

Dublin Live

RTE bosses have 'no contingency plan' for Claire Byrne radio show amid Late Late Show speculation

Claire is the frontrunner to take over from Ryan Tubridy when he steps down as host of the long running chat show next month

Irish Mirror

RTE not making 'emergency plans' for Claire Byrne radio show amid Late Late speculation

Claire is the frontrunner to take over from Ryan Tubridy when he steps down from the host of the Friday night chat show on May 26

Daily Mirror

Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts gives cancer update after Celebrity Bake Off appearance

The Radio 1 star was diagnosed with stage two bowel cancer in 2021 before undergoing treatment and eventually being given the all-clear

Wales Online

Great Celebrity Bake Off: Adele Roberts shares health update after being 'delirious' while filming Channel 4 series

Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts is joined in the Great Celebrity Bake Off - Stand Up To Cancer 2023 tent by actor David Morrissey, comedian Lucy Beaumont and diver Tom Daley

Irish Mirror

RTE to axe one of its longest-running radio stations - as it's costing too much to run

RTE's long wave 252 service for Radio 1 - highly popular with radio fans in the UK - will wrap up on Friday, April 14

Daily Mirror

Fury at Radio One as female singers 'too old for listeners' fight for airplay

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