Category Archives: Events

Festivals of all Flavours by Tony Moorey

As the dust has settled and the tents dried out, we have a little time to look back at the Isle of Wight Festival before Absolute Radio Live events moves to Hyde Park for Hard Rock Calling. Whilst it is hard to measure the impact that a weekend-long event has on a quarter’s RAJAR, we [...]

The Radio Production Awards – By Paul Sylvester

What comes out of the radio speakers is the most important thing in radio. Sometimes though, you never ‘hear of’ or ‘know of’ the people who really make the shows happen – the ones who toil in the background to craft the programmes and work with the presenters to make the listening experience an enjoyable [...]

Absolute Radio Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 2011

We came, we saw we conquered and we took you there. What a weekend it was! Not even the torrential rain could stop our most successful Isle of Wight Festival to date. 2011 was a special year for the festival celebrating its 10th anniversary in style. Kate Moss had her hen weekend throwing a big [...]

The Isle of Wight Festival – What’s Happening on Absolute Radio by Paul Sylvester

As we speak, we’re checking the tyre pressure, hoovering the sofa cushions and checking oil on the dipstick as we prepare the Absolute Radio campervan for its first outing of the year – it’s Isle of Wight Festival weekend starting Friday. So what can you expect to hear on the radio? On Friday morning we’ll [...]

Re-Live Elbow at St Paul’s Cathedral Crypt

  We’ve just set our exclusive video footage live on our website from our special gig – Absolute Radio Presents Elbow in St Paul’s Cathedral Crypt. You can relive the entire gig for a limited time only in stunning HD quality and hear it in ‘Full HD’ which uses a Fully Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) [...]