Year: 2025

Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month returns on 29 September with performances from some of the world’s biggest artists.

The annual event will air on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12pm in Rickie, Melvin and Charlie’s mid-morning show, with sessions also available on BBC Sounds, BBC iPlayer and YouTube.
This year’s line-up features Olivia Dean, Conan Gray, Myles Smith, mgk, PinkPantheress, The Last Dinner Party, Skye Newman, Reneé Rapp, Lewis Capaldi, Demi Lovato, Wet Leg, Mumford & Sons, Louis Tomlinson and Florence + The Machine.
A new addition is the Radio 1 Anthems Live Lounge, part of the launch of the new Radio 1 Anthems station on DAB+. Robbie Williams will headline the first of these on Friday 10 October.
Lewis Capaldi will also perform a special Live Lounge Late on Monday 20 October, with extra tracks airing later in Jack Saunders’ New Music Show.
Reneé Rapp said: “I love being in the UK and I love when I get to sing songs that aren’t my own, it’s a fun switch up.”
Rickie, Melvin and Charlie said: “Artists stripping things back, surprising us with covers you’d never expect, and creating those unforgettable moments that only the Live Lounge can bring.”
Head of Radio 1 Aled Haydn Jones said: “The magic of the Live Lounge is in its intimacy: stripped-back performances that let fans experience their favourite artists like they’ve never heard them before.”
Live Lounge Month has been a fixture on the station for nearly two decades. Previous performers include Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Noah Kahan, with some sessions drawing tens of millions of views online.

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Bauer Media Group has celebrated its 150th anniversary with a simultaneous staff party across 16 countries, featuring performances from major artists including David Guetta and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
The event, held on 5 September, was part of the company’s 150 Years of Now campaign and connected employees in cities including London, Oslo, Paris, Helsinki, Čadca, Dublin, Stockholm and Brussels.
More than 12,000 employees across Europe were invited to take part, including hundreds from across the UK who gathered at the Roundhouse in Camden, and staff from stations across Ireland attended the Mansion House in Dublin.
Alongside the celebrations, Bauer Media Audio UK marked the milestone year with record listening figures, and handed out awards to its own stations at the Bauer Media Awards held on the same day.
Founded in 1875 in Hamburg, Bauer has grown from a family-run publisher into one of Europe’s largest commercial media companies, operating radio, publishing and out-of-home businesses across multiple markets.

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