Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Duran Duran and Paolo Nutini to headline ‘BT London Live’

01May

All four corners of the British Isles will be represented at one of the most eagerly anticipated gigs of the summer: BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration.

 This morning on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show it was announced that Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Duran Duran and Paolo Nutini will all be headlining the Hyde Park concert on 27 July.

Absolute Radio will take you there as we broadcast highlights from the main stage and give away tickets to this incredible event.

Those lucky enough to be there will be able to enjoy the best of the Opening Ceremony as it is broadcast on huge screens in Hyde Park, along with music from some of Britain’s biggest musical acts and Absolute Radio’s Johnny Vaughan will be at the heart of the action.

Johnny is hosting a daily show throughout the games featuring interviews with comedians, presenters and Olympians with laugh out loud features on all the big events, the obscure sports, plus all the day’s talking points on and off the track, all accompanied by exclusive live music performances to celebrate the arrival of the ‘greatest show on earth’.

Tickets for the BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration Concert go on sale to the general public on Friday 4 May at 9.00am priced at £60.00 plus booking fee, and will be available from absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets

Further information will be available here

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Posted by Greg on May 1, 2012

Stick the kettle on, Keane are coming round

25Apr

 

On Thursday 3rd of May one of Britain’s biggest selling acts will be popping in to Absolute Radio for a brew and a catch-up with Christian O’Connell, just days ahead of the release of their latest album ‘Strangeland’.

 

You can get hold of tickets to this exclusive event at absoluteradio.co.uk but if you’re not lucky enough to get your hands on a pair then Christian will be replaying the best bits from the Q&A on his Breakfast Show on Friday 4th of May and the event will be broadcast in full on Absolute Radio at 11pm on Sunday 13th May.

 

It will also be broadcast on Absolute Radio 00s, playing the best of the noughties at 7pm on Thursday 3rd of May and at 10pm on Sunday 13th of May and will be available to watch in full at www.absoluteradio.co.uk.

 

‘Strangeland’ is Keane’s fourth studio album; they have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and begin their sold-out UK tour on Wednesday 23rd of May.

 

Read what others have been saying about this here.

 

This event is the latest in a series of exclusive Q&As which have seen the likes of Coldplay and Elbow visit Absolute Radio’s Golden Square studios to speak to fans.

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Posted by Greg on April 25, 2012

Playlist: 25th April

25Apr

The playlist is out now.

Amy Macdonald – Slow It Down
First track from Amy’s third album ‘Life In A Beautiful Light’ (June 11th). The Scottish singer-songwriter’s debut album made her a international star when ‘This Is The Life’ hit Top 10 in 10 countries. It’s now one of the Top 20 selling albums in the UK by a British female solo artist.

Temper Trap – Need Your Love
Lead single from the Australian band’s second album ‘The Temper Trap’ – out 21st May. It’s the follow-up to debut album ‘Conditions’ which contained the big hit ‘Sweet Disposition’.

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Posted by carrie on April 25, 2012

Digital Radio Boost for Londoners

24Apr

It just got a lot easier to listen to one of Absolute Radio’s digital services in London.

Today saw Olympic gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes scale the BT Tower to switch on one of four new digital radio transmitters. Together they will give a stronger digital signal to over 9 million listeners meaning that Absolute Radio’s digital services are now available to an additional one million Londoners for the first time.

Almost half  (48.3%) of Londoners own a DAB digital radio and over 55% of London listeners listen on a digital platform every week – and there’s good news if you want to listen to Absolute Radio in your car too: the boost in signal strength means that 99% of the London road network within the M25 now enjoys a robust digital radio signal. The latest figures show that listening to digital radio in-car is now more popular than ever and the number of cars fitted with digital radio as standard more than doubled over the past year to nearly a quarter (23%).

This comes just ahead of the Olympics and means even more Londoners will be able to enjoy Absolute Radio’s latest signing Johnny Vaughan. Johnny is hosting a daily show throughout The Games featuring interviews with comedians, presenters and Olympians with laugh out loud features on all the big events, the obscure sports, plus all of the day’s talking points on and off the track. All accompanied by exclusive live music performances to celebrate the arrival of the ‘greatest show on earth’.

To read about what others are saying about this announcement read here.

 

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Posted by Greg on April 24, 2012

New Vacancy: Absolute Radio’s Legal team is recruiting for an Administrator

20Apr

The Role

To provide effective and comprehensive administrative support to the Head of Legal and CFO.

Responsibilities include

• Managing broadcast/online rights for sessions, festivals and concerts:
• negotiating with labels/artist management (drafting/pitching proposals where necessary)
• drafting/amending agreements to reflect agreed rights and, following approval, arranging for agreement executions
• communicating what rights have been granted & the logistics involved (maps, deadlines etc)Liaising with Music team as appropriate

Managing Presenter Agreements:

• Drafting new agreements to incorporate Programming needs
• (Once signed off by Head of Legal) arranging for agreement execution
• Maintaining the DJ term sheet for Programming and Finance/Flagging up relevant notice periods
• Clearing old content for re-use on the station (website takeovers, opportune timing e.g. BRITs, Mercurys, new album releases etc)
• Drafting/amending various agreements for Head of Legal as directed (NDAs, Disclaimers, Sponsorship etc)
• Dealing with general legal enquires (e.g. PRS/PPL listener issues, website T&Cs)
• Maintaining the legal filing cabinet
• Copyright violation – reporting unauthorised Absolute Radio owned content on YouTube
• Coordinating CFO /Legal allocation of invites to sessions/events
• Any ad hoc needs for CFO / Head of Legal (including presentations and reports)
• New licence applications/compliance (PRS/PPL, OFCOM)

Skills, Experience and Knowledge

• Intermediate Microsoft Office
• At least one year’s pervious office experience
• Flexible approach to workloads
• Well organised and able to juggle multiple tasks
• Curious mind
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to see things through
• Good at building and maintaining relationships
• Confident and professional manner.
• Able to articulate and understand different points of view and develop consensus

 

If you would like to be considered please send a full CV to:

Caroline Hinton – Head of HR, Absolute Radio

One Golden Square, London, W1F 9 DJ

Or e-mail: caroline.hinton@absoluteradio.co.uk

Closing Date: 27 April 2012

Absolute Radio is committed to equality of opportunity for all.

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Posted by jonny on April 20, 2012