Listen to Annie Nightingale’s final shows for BBC Radio 1

Radio 1‘s Big Weekend will be held in Luton this year, it has been announced.Stockwood Park will host the annual festival from May 24-26 2024, where over 100,000 music fans are expected to attend.For the first time, this year will see all four stages – Radio 1 Main Stage, Radio 1’s Future Sounds, Radio 1 Dance and BBC Introducing – running across all three days.The festival will showcase around 100 acts, with the full line-up and ticket details set to be announced in the coming months.#BIGWEEKEND NEWS‼️We'll be heading to Luton and taking over Stockwood Park for THREE DAYS on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May.Full lineup and ticket info coming soon. pic.twitter.com/iW2juixeF2— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) January 29, 2024In a statement, Breakfast Show host Greg James said: “Radio 1’s Big Weekend is our favourite time of the year and we love taking it somewhere new every year.

Mr Bungle appear to be teasing their live return to the UK.The Mike Patton-fronted band has not played in the UK since 2000, having performed their last show in Nottingham before splitting up. The band then reunited almost two decades on, but have not played in the UK since.Now, it appears that might be changing.

Former Dancing on Ice presenter Phillip Schofield is "finally ready for a TV comeback”, after he was seen for the first time following the show’s iconic return without him at the helm. Phillip famously stepped down from all of his presenting duties last year, after it was revealed he had engaged in an 'unwise but not illegal' affair with a junior colleague while he was working on ITV flagship daytime show This Morning - and lied about it to production staff. Since stepping down, Phillip has mostly kept a low profile following the abrupt end of such a prolific career, however after he was recently spotted shopping and looking far more relaxed, one body language expert believes the star may now be ready to return to TV in the not too distant future.

Rylan Clark is being replaced on his BBC Radio 2 show by Paddy McGuinness. Rylan will be off for four weeks in February, while Paddy promises to bring an "endless supply of dad jokes" to the Saturday afternoon radio show. This news comes as Rylan has revealed a surprise career change – he'll be performing at Henley Festival in July with stars including Gladys Knight, Sam Ryder, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Tokyo Police Club have announced that they are to break up this year, announcing details of a final hometown farewell gig.The four-piece – David Monks, Graham Wright, Josh Hook and Greg Alsop – formed in Toronto in 2005, releasing debut EP ‘A Lesson In Crime’ the next year.Full-length albums ‘Elephant Shell’ (2008), ‘Champ’ (2010), ‘Forcefield’ (2014) and ‘TPC’ (2018) followed.“It’s time for us to say goodbye!” the band told fans. “This band has meant so much to us for so many years, but all magical things must come to an end.

Adele Roberts is set to take to lace up her skates as one of the 12 celebrity contestants competing in this year's Dancing On Ice. Her debut skate on Sunday, 21 January will be one for the history books, as she'll be the first contestant to skate with a stoma bag, as she's vowed to “reclaim her body” after surviving colon cancer. She was diagnosed in October 2021, before undergoing chemotherapy and having her tumour removed.Three years after her life-altering diagnosis, Adele, who first rose to fame in 2002 as a contestant on Big Brother 3, where she finished in seventh place, said: “I think it’s a privilege to be alive.

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Annie Nightingale on social media.The legendary BBC broadcaster passed away on January 11 after “a short illness”. She was BBC Radio 1’s longest-serving DJ, and first female DJ on the station.Amidst tributes that have come pouring in for the DJ, McCartney has taken to social media to share his own.

So are we just not respecting prenups anymore?? Jeannie Mai is the latest divorcée who’s decided she doesn’t want to go along with the doc she signed ahead of marrying her estranged hubby!

Nikki Haley‘s presidential race is entering the final days before the New Hampshire primary with some celebrity support: Judge Judy Sheindlin.

passed away on January 11 after “a short illness”. She was BBC Radio 1’s longest-serving DJ, and first female DJ on the station.Now, her fellow Radio 1 colleague Nick Grimshaw has opened up to Annie Mac about his favourite story of Annie Nightingale.

Daisy Jones & The Six band were set to perform live shows before the writer’s strike.Keough took to her official Instagram account to share a clip of her and her fellow castmate Sam Claflin – who portrayed the role of Billy Dune in the series – at band practice singing a live version of ‘Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)’ from the show.“In honor of the Emmys, here’s a video of the last time Sammy, the band and I rehearsed together. We were rehearsing to perform live for our lovely Daisy fans and it sadly never happened because of the strike,” began the caption on the post.A post shared by Riley Keough (@rileykeough)She continued: “I have so much love for everyone in this band and on this show.

or , to share her baby bump with the world—but she's been no less creative with how she's showing it off. A week and a half after announcing the birth of her son, Halo, Bailey posted a video reel from her underwater maternity shoot, which was very .This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Bailey went with a very ethereal look for the shoot, which was lit with shades of blue and purple, and dressed in drapey chiffon and metallic fabrics.

Shanola Hampton doesn’t think audiences are really prepared for what’s about to go down in the Found season finale.

Gladiators came back with a bang to British TV screens on Saturday, making light work of ITV‘s The Masked Singer.

The much loved game show, Gladiators has officially made a triumphant return over on BBC One.The tournament based programme kicked off this evening, and welcomed a fresh line-up of contenders who signed themselves up to compete against the 'Gladiators' - a "group of elite athletes and bodybuilders" in a series of speed and strength based events.The original series first launched back in 1992 and ran for eight years on ITV until 2000.Then, it was revived for the second time between 2008 and 2009 on Sky One. Fast forward to 2024, and the BBC has successfully brought back "the ultimate test of speed and strength" with the lovable father and son duo, Bradley and Barney Walsh as hosts.

Annie Nightingale once revealed that she was the first person to interview Paul McCartney after John Lennon‘s death.Nightingale’s death was announced yesterday (January 12) in a statement by her family. She was aged 83.The BBC Radio 1 stalwart championed many generations of musicians and was good friends with The Beatles.In a resurfaced interview on The Beatles podcast I Am The Eggpod from 2018, Nightingale shared that she was working on the music TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test when Lennon was shot and killed in 1980.She went on to say the show lined up a special programme that night to pay tribute to the singer and McCartney surprised her by phoning in during show.“It was frantic because we were trying to find people who would come in and talk about John and they just wouldn’t,” she said.

Queen Elizabeth’s death at the age of 96, and now her final moments are being revealed.The last hours of the longest-reigning British monarch in history were recorded by Sir Edward Young, the private secretary of the queen and her most senior staff member.Young was at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland when Her Majesty died on September 8, 2022, at age 96. He shared what he witnessed in a new biography titled, “Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story.”At the time of her death, she was “very peaceful,” Young notes in the book, according to the Daily Mail.

Annie Nightingale have been remembering a brilliant anecdote involving the broadcasting legend and The Clash’s Joe Strummer.Nightingale’s death was announced earlier today (January 12) in a statement by her family. She was aged 83.The BBC Radio 1 stalwart championed many generations of musicians, including The Clash during their late ‘70s heyday.

Radio 1 legend Annie Nightingale died yesterday at her home in London after a short illness. Described as "a pioneer, trailblazer and an inspiration to many", a statement was released by her family, informing her fans of the tragic news. A statement read: "Annie Nightingale MBE passed away yesterday at her home in London after a short illness.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Pioneering BBC DJ Annie Nightingale — the first (and for 12 years, only) female DJ on the network’s Radio 1 station, whose embrace of multiple genres of music cast a vast influence on the country’s music fans — died Friday after a brief illness, according to The Guardian. She was 83.