Fatboy Slim has closed out the dance-focused opening day of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend with a nostalgia-fuelled headline set. The veteran DJ had thousands of festivalgoers at Sunderland's Herrington Country Park chanting and bouncing along to non-stop hits. He wasted no time in showing the extent of his decades-long discography by teasing his classic track Praise You before sampling Queen's iconic Don't Stop Me Now. The 62-year-old later awarded the crowd's patience by delivering a full run of the club anthem, but it was of course mixed to a host of cleverly intertwined samples. This was a theme throughout the set, with his hit, The Rockafeller Skank, getting an added dash of Eminem's Slim Shady. And if there's one way to get a UK dancefloor going, it's cracking out The Killers' Mr Brightside, and the crowd at the main stage thanked him by chanting back every lyric. He later took a sharp 180-degree turn into an acid house mix up, and "eat, sleep, rave, repeat" could be heard ringing out across the field. Before his set, Fatboy Slim told BBC Newsbeat he was "looking forward to enjoying my songs without any swear words". "I've spent the last week just basically taking my set apart" fo
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Irish musician CMAT has shared her âdeep sadnessâ about being body shamed after a live appearance last weekend. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, has said there is âno reliefâ from how she is…
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Irish musician CMAT has shared her âdeep sadnessâ about being body shamed after a live appearance last weekend. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, has said there is âno reliefâ…
Read original at CNN →Day two of Radio 1's Big Weekend is under way in Sunderland with Swedish pop star Zara Larsson set to headline. The festival, which is the radio station's flagship event, is this year taking place at Herrington Country…
Read original at BBC →Fatboy Slim has closed out the dance-focused opening day of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend with a nostalgia-fuelled headline set. The veteran DJ had thousands of festivalgoers at Sunderland's Herrington Country Park chanting…
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Irish musician CMAT has shared her âdeep sadnessâ about being body shamed after a live appearance last weekend. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, has said there is âno reliefâ from how she is…
View source →Day two of Radio 1's Big Weekend is under way in Sunderland with Swedish pop star Zara Larsson set to headline. The festival, which is the radio station's flagship event, is this year taking place at Herrington Country Park. About 100,000…
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