Category Archives: Music

Changes to Absolute Classic Rock and Absolute Radio 00s

We’re making some changes to how we broadcast Absolute Classic Rock and Absolute Radio 00s so we can bring you two brand new radio stations, Absolute Radio 60s – the home of the Beatles, Stones and Motown and Absolute Radio 70s – the UK’s Only 70s Radio Station. We’ll still be broadcasting Absolute Classic Rock [...]

Playlist: 10th November

The playlist is out now. The Vaccines – Wetsuit (12/12/11) New track from ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’ – one of the biggest selling debut albums of the year. After a busy summer of festivals, their Nov/Dec tour is nearly sold out. Lenny Kravitz – Push (28/11/11) New single from Lenny’s 9th studio [...]

The World’s First Ever Crowd-Sourced Christmas Single

Cult comedy star and voice of Absolute Radio, Matt Berry – best known for playing idiots in award winning comedy shows such as ‘The I.T. Crowd’  – is set to release the world’s first ever crowd-sourced Christmas song in aid of Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity.  Matt has recorded a demo video of the track [...]

Ronnie Wood Awarded Lifetime Achievement at Radio Festival

Legendary Rolling Stone guitarist and Absolute Radio DJ Ronnie Wood has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Radio Festival. Ronnie, pictured above with his producer Claire Neal from Somethin Else, been taking part in the Festival in Salford which sees the industry’s key players come together for a packed programme of events [...]

Playlist: 2nd November

The playlist is out now. Nickelback move up to B-list on Playlist this week. One addition: Ben Howard – The Fear (28/11/11) The singer-songwriter from Devon made the Top 10 with his debut album ‘Every Kingdom’ last month. Following a sold-out UK tour he’s announced a new show at Shepherd’s Bush in Feb 2012.