Snow Patrol on Ben Jones’ Monday Night Live
Monday 27th October, 22:00 – midnight

It’s no easy feat to follow up on an album that sold nearly 5million copies worldwide and produced one of the most popular songs of the decade with Chasing Cars but Snow Patrol might just have pulled it off. Judge for yourselves as Ben Jones plays the new album, A Hundred Million Songs, in it’s entirety with commentary from lead singer Gary Lightbody.

Razorlight on Ben Jones’ Monday Night Live
Monday 3rd November, from 11pm

Indie rockers Razorlight are following their four-times platinum 2006 album with the highly anticipated Slipway Fires which Absolute Radio listeners can hear in full from 11pm tonight. The first single release Wire to Wire has already been a massive hit with Absolute Radio listeners and we’re sure the new album is destined to be an Absolute Classic too.

Vampire Weekend on Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Show
Wednesday 5th November, 19:00 – 20:00

The New Yorkers join Geoff Lloyd to talk about their self-titled debut album. The 4-piece mix indie rock with the kind of African rhythms found on Paul Simon’s Graceland, as well as other ‘80s acts like Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel. ‘Vampire Weekend’ is likely to feature highly in many end-of-year polls. The band already landed ‘Best Video’ at the Q Awards for their single ‘A-Punk’, where they were also nominated for Best New Act and Best Album.

Classic Artist Hour on Ben Jones Wednesday Night Live
Wednesday 5th November, from 11pm

Its all about Liverpool this week as the European capital of Culture hosts the MTV awards. So it would be rude not to give you a full hour of the best ever bands from this most musical of cities, from 11pm to midnight.

Stereophonics on Ben Jones’ Monday Night Live
Monday 10th November, 22:00 – midnight

Since their debut album, Word Gets Around, hit the Top 10, Stereophonics have had 5 consecutive albums reach number 1 in the UK charts. Their first compilation, Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics, celebrates some of their greatest songs and on its day of release, Ben Jones chats to man behind the music, Kelly Jones, as we look back on their classic album Performance and Cocktails. Expect a lively trip down memory lane with songs like ‘Bartender And The Thief’, ‘Just Looking’ and ‘Pick A Part That’s New’.

Simple Minds on Ben Jones’ Wednesday Night Live
Wednesday 12th November, 22:00 – midnight

Ben Jones chats to Jim Kerr as we play back 1 hour of classic Simple Minds. It’s 30 years since the band first started out and Ben will be finding out more about the eagerly awaited 16th album which is due for release early next year. Absolute Radio listeners can also win tickets to see the band perform live on their UK Tour.

Nickelback on Ben Jones’ Monday Night Live
Monday 17th November, from 11pm

Chris Martin declared himself a huge fan of Nickelback at the launch of Absolute Radio and 12 years after they released their first album Curb, Nickelback’s popularity shows no sign of waning. Tonight we celebrate the release of their sixth album, Dark Horse, by playing it in full on Ben Jones Monday Night Live from 11pm.

The Fireman: Paul McCartney and Producer Youth.
Geoff Lloyd’s Hometime Show, Tuesday 18th November, 19:00 – 20:00

To mark the release of Sir Paul’s new project Geoff Lloyd will be dedicating this Tuesday’s show to all things Macca.

The Killers on Ben Jones’ Wednesday Night Live
Wednesday 19th November, from 11pm

In celebration of their new album, Day and Age, Absolute Radio will be asking its listeners to vote for the top ten Killers tracks so far. Hear the results – and a few that got away – from 11pm tonight and don’t forget to tune in to the show on Monday when Ben will be playing the new album in full for the first time.

Queen weekend
From 6am Saturday 22nd to 7pm Sunday 23rd of November

They’re one of the biggest rock bands of all time it’s only right that Absolute Radio should dedicate an entire weekend to the musical gods that are Queen. Monday marks the 17th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death so we’ll be paying tribute with anthems, album tracks and live performances throughout the weekend. Listeners will also be able to hear Queen’s classic album A Night at the Opera in full plus there’s the chance to win a very special guitar too.

The Killers on Ben Jones’ Monday Night Live
Monday 24th November, from 11pm

Hear the new Killers album, Day and Age in all its glory from 11pm on Ben Jones Monday Night Live.