Rolling Interminable 6Music Daytime Canon

For those tunes that only a lamacq could love.

1. Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One

2. Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne is Big Leggy

3. Sultans of Ping FC – Where’s Me Jumper

Does anyone like BBC Radio 6Music?

I used to think it was a lot of moody and / or stodgy alternative rock and I rather disdained it.

Then I started listening to it more. I found that it did include a lot of moody or stodgy alternative rock, but also a lot of other music. Today I have heard a lot of hip hop on it. Usually I hear a lot of reggae. I don't like any of these things, but nonetheless it does sometimes play music I like.

To a degree, I have also come to appreciate listening to the presenters.

Keaveney: unbearable
Laverne: likeable but a blatherer and somewhat ridiculous
Radcliffe & Maconie: I used to think this idea was preposterous but I have come round to it for its bathos and familiarity
Lamacq - preposterous
Riley - I don't listen, would not take him seriously - but he does support new acts; maybe some of them are OK?
Coe - seems not very different from a Freaky Trigger programme, eg if Tim Hopkins was on for 3 hours per night. Too much reggae for me but on balance I like the programme.

Weekends: mostly bad in various ways, from what I have heard.

This makes it seem like I think 6music is bad. Yet I still listen to it.

Does anyone else?

I suppose I am thinking: I quite often enjoy it for its preposterousness. Thus this thread with its Sultans of Ping reference above - not that I hear them specifically, but you can genuinely still hear Lamacq play something like The Wonder Stuff - which is like a time capsule effect which I perversely enjoy.

There is a lot of variation between presenters.

This is what I wrote about a year ago, have listened much less + found Tom Ravenscroft is probably better than all of these since then:

I have listened to too much BBC 6 Music recently. Here is my review of BBC 6 Music.

Steve Lamacq / Liz Kershaw - Cannot stand either of these people churning out the same boring old indie bollocks, will not listen at all. No idea what Liz Kershaw in particular is doing on this station.

Shaun Keaveny - A bit better than the above, but very much fitting the description of classic canon + new indie music, always end up tuning out

Mary Anne Hobbes - initially disappointing transition from radio 1, coming round to her now but still find her voice annoying.

Guy Garvey - Like a better version of Steve Lamacq, but ultimately not *that* much better. Everything he enthuses about ends up being a bit meh

Lauren Laverne / Radcliffe & Maconie - Fairly reliable, but still mainly canon + new indie. Basically I like them, so it stays on, It's daytime radio and probably would be silly to expect anything else.

Huey / Craig Charles - Always a let-down, same old selection of funk & soul records everyone has heard a thousand times before

Marc Riley - Always a pleasant surprise, lots of good new music, even if it is entirely indie or indie-ish. Clearly invests a lot of time & passion and it pays off.

Jarvis Cocker / Various others filling in - bit of a risk, but can be be the best things on.

Tom Robinson - Let's assemble music on a theme! But let's pick the most pedestrian choices possible! Why do I always end up listening to this when I hate it so much?

Cerys - I was never a fan of Catatonia, so surprised to say this is maybe the best thing on here. Genuinely left-field, genuinely wonderful discoveries throughout.

Freakzone - Should be my favourite, actually it's usually good but guess I'm a bit burnt out on it right now, he needs to explore in less expected directions

Live Hour - Anyone want to hear Oasis at Knebworth? Yes, apparently so, fucking hell.

Gideon Coe - This looks ok, but never heard it as it starts at 10pm on weeknights, I am not listening to the radio at 10pm

In summary - I want to love this station, but there is way too much rock canon (which I've heard too much already) and "new music" which is just "new indie" - it's like "you can have eclectic taste with old stuff, but now you are middle-aged and the only new stuff you are allowed to like is generic indie-rock." A lot of it seems to be aspiring to be John Peel, forgetting that the best thing about John Peel was that he would throw in some speedcore and thrash metal and never apologise for it, not try to tailor music for an imagined audience of middle-aged former indie kids.

I only ever listen to this when I'm driving the pool cars at work: Journey in the morning, Laverne - good stuff, knowledgeable and a wide range of music. Evenings on the way home, Lamacq: May as well be listening to an Evening Session c1996 - these drives last forever

"Lammo" and his bloody band t-shirts

Camaraderie -- was this on ILX? I could not see many threads about 6music.

No, on Facebook, to nobody in particular.

Re Lamacq: Everything he has ever done seems to be specifically designed to annoy me.

Partly agree with the summary above, but also differ.

**
>>> Shaun Keaveny - A bit better than the above, but very much fitting the description of classic canon + new indie music, always end up tuning out -- BUT YOU DON'T MENTION THAT HE IS A DREADFUL OBNOXIOUS 'PERSONALITY'

>>> Mary Anne Hobbes - initially disappointing transition from radio 1, coming round to her now but still find her voice annoying. -- YES, THE VOICE MAKES IT BASICALLY UNBEARABLE

>>> Lauren Laverne / Radcliffe & Maconie - Fairly reliable, but still mainly canon + new indie. Basically I like them, so it stays on, It's daytime radio and probably would be silly to expect anything else. -- BASICALLY AGREE

>>> Freakzone - Should be my favourite, actually it's usually good but guess I'm a bit burnt out on it right now, he needs to explore in less expected directions -- HAVE NOT REALLY LISTENED - IS PROBABLY TOO PROG / EXPERIMENTAL FOR ME

>>> Gideon Coe - This looks ok, but never heard it as it starts at 10pm on weeknights, I am not listening to the radio at 10pm -- STARTS AT 9PM IN FACT! YOU MIGHT LIKE IT, IS QUITE 'ECLECTIC'

>>> way too much rock canon (which I've heard too much already) and "new music" which is just "new indie" - it's like "you can have eclectic taste with old stuff, but now you are middle-aged and the only new stuff you are allowed to like is generic indie-rock." -- COULD BE SOMETHING IN THIS STATEMENT. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE NEW MUSIC THEY PLAY IS NOT INDIE ROCK BUT EG: KINDS OF ELECTRONIC POP, HIP HOP. I DON'T THINK THE STATION IS QUITE AS INDIE-ROCK AS YOU SUGGEST.
**

(USING CAPITALS BECAUSE CANNOT REMEMBER ILX FORMATTING ETC AND WOULD PROBABLY GET IT WRONG IF I DID LOOK IT UP)

I agree with Dog Latin that Laverne is relatively eclectic. In fact if anything she is too eclectic for me, she plays loads of genres I don't really like.

The LAMMO thing seems to be to be 'beyond a joke' -- like a kind of comedy sketch at this point, rather than something serious to get annoyed by?

Gideon Coe I am fairly sure is the one that is genuinely closer to Peel -- though, as is rightly said, they all tend to appeal spuriously to an idea of Peel.

I suppose the difference is that Peel was responding to a YOUTH AUDIENCE, of as it were 16-year-old Smiths and Wedding Present fans -- those were the people making the Festive Fifty what it was, etc -- whereas Coe's audience must be quite difficult and is never in conflict with him; it's all very harmonious.

I would repeat that Coe seems to me very close to a Tim Hopkins radio programme (Tim Hopkins was a veteran poster on ILX in 2000s), though a bit more indiepop-friendly. In fact he is almost the only indiepop-friendly DJ on radio -- so is genuinely filling a unique niche.

I still keep accidentally tuning in to Tom Robinson's 'Now Playing @6music' on Sundays, it is absolutely the most infuriating thing on the radio.

Lammo just needs to be booted across to radio 2, they can deal with him there.

Is LAMMO, in a way, the new 'Fluff Freeman'?

not 'alf

That Robinson show would be slightly more bearable if he was a half-way competent radio DJ

and what you say, CAAL, about their harping on about Peel is OTM: it's like John Peel but without the dub reggae, happy hardcore, techno etc. i.e. most of the stuff that made Peel interesting in the first place

Xp It's a combination of his incompetence, the listeners lame suggestions and the producer who uses better songs as a bed, which still tricks me every time.

it's also a shame that some of the specialist shows they used to have at evenings & weekends have been done away with, e.g. an Andy Weatherall show on a Saturday night, or Bruce Dickinson doing a metal show. I think at the moment you have Tom Robinson on a Friday evening, party time!

Lammo just needs to be booted across to radio 2, they can deal with him there

They won't let him play his China Drum b-sides over there

tbh if you're listening to Radio 6 on a Friday evening maybe reconsider your life anyway

Disagree with the Pinefox in that the weekend shows are the highlight for me, especially Cerys Matthews who is in a way the closest thing to an heir to John Peel in that she regularly surprises and confounds with what she plays. My taste in music syncs best with Mary Anne Hobbs, but I find her 'hello trees' persona a bit twee sometimes.

XP I have two small children and therefore no social life to speak of, basically I am their target audience

Gilles Peterson on a Saturday afternoon is a combination of excellent and frustrating, but is one of the better shows, I think. Cerys also good, but she tends to use that awestruck tone that is the 6Music voice (Mary Ann Hobbs, Guy Garvey et al) which is as distinctive as the Radio 4 comedy show voice.

thank you for putting your finger on a thing that makes me grind my teeth

tbh if you're listening to Radio 6 on a Friday evening maybe reconsider your life anyway

― coombespair gaz prices (Noodle Vague), Friday, January 12, 2018 3:09 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is true, but it's also a case of is this the best they can come up with? Rave nostalgia is problematic, I know, but at least play something fun!

It's fair to recall that Peel was not only avant-garde but also suburban / comfortable / familiar -- as in a long-ago ILX thread debate about his Radio 4 programme, Radio Times column, etc. I remember some of his late broadcast work as being rather predictable -- always ready to host a big session with Camera Obscura, etc.

In that particular sense he is closer to eg Gideon Coe or other 6music than one might think.

The thread !!

Home Truths

re: the Radio 6 awestruck voice. One of the first threads I started on ILM was moaning about this exact thing: DJs you love to hate

Right now, LAMMO is starting his programme with 'Teenage Kicks'.

In many ways, it's in the spirit of the late, great John Peel.

lol

He then stated that this week has been 90s WEEK: with the theme: 'records from the 1990s that you never hear on the radio anymore'.

cue Shed 7

They are back!

it's like they never went away

Last time I heard Lammo he was interviewing the Senseless Things for like 4 hours or something. This was a couple of months back

you still suffering from those weird dreams then, DL?

There's a disconnect between what the daytime presenters talk about and what they play, which I find irritating. Like Thundercat winning their presenters' album of the year poll, but before that win I'd never heard any of them play anything off that album ever. And at the moment there's a really simpering indie track that's just a knock-off of Fleetwood Mac on heavy rotation, and they're all going nuts over Shame, who just sound like Hard-Fi, so there's as much annoying playlisting going on as at any other mainstream radio station (obviously). The over-earnest quiet enthusiasm is definitely a house style, too, and I find it a bit sick-in-my-mouth most of the time even if I quite like what;s being enthused about.

And that's the thing, there isn't anywhere else where I can turn the radio on and be confident I'll get a favourable ratio of stuff I like to hear. I doubt I'd have heard Ratio by Floating Points on any other daytime station last year, for instance. Yes, they pander to 90s kids now in their late 30s and 40s by playing The Bluetones or Shed Seven every so often, but there is at least an attempt to broaden horizons too.

I feel like they should be bold and stop having a playlist entirely. The existence of one seems to go against the whole supposed ethos of the station.

I don't like that 'house style', but am unsure if it's really that common. Riley, Radcliffe, Huey Morgan (!), Iggy Pop (?!) don't do it?

I think for me it comes down more to M A Hobbs having a peculiar voice.

I tend to agree about 'playlist' stuff -- why do they need one at all? The repetitiveness of it is tiresome and it usually feels like they're promoting mediocrity; which they're not when they veer off it.

(G Coe doesn't play to any playlist.)

Last night Coe played 'coney island baby' - it sounded like a different version to me, the lead guitar was so elaborate - but perhaps it was just the same old version and it had never shone through so much. It sounded epic. I suppose it was a good use of radio, even though in theory I could have played the song myself.

TBF only LAMMO really plays old Bluetones + Shed Seven records! I think others would be too embarrassed to do that.

Guardian last week said SHAME are the greatest new guitar band. Have not heard but from the report, must be abysmal.

The playlist seems completely arbitrary, all these songs by minor indie bands with no wider impact at all being hammered to death while so much similar stuff gets ignored. I probably enjoyed more indie last year than I did in the last decade but I don't remember hearing Sacred Paws or Hannah Peel or the Weather Station on there at all.

I never put any radio station on at home but we have 6music on in the office and while there's a 50:50 mix of decent stuff and utter shit, the station as a whole is just insufferably smug and self-congratulatory. This sense of preserving the flame of "underground" and "new music" as defined by tastemakers in their 40s and 50s. At one point there was an ad with one of the Marks going "it's great that 6music still plays underground music because no-one else does", which was admirable for its sheer brass neck if nothing else.

xps I've not really listened to 6music in years so I didn't realise that the Mary Ann-Hobbs awestruck voice had become a house style, I always thought of the 6music house style as being the John Peel-esque wry mildly blokey northerner? I guess you can synthesise the two e.g. Professor Brian Cox

There was a time a couple of years ago when I used to turn on 6Music on a regular basis and I heard some bloody awful song by The Coral every time. It put me off listening to the station entirely. I find it hard to believe that presence on a playlist is not down to payola.

payola feels...unlikely?...on the BBC nowadays. whereas having some people with awful taste picking songs they think other people with awful taste will enthuse about seems more likely

It's also the increasing desperation of people who want British guitar music to come back as that prospect appears more remote than ever.

For the sake of convenience I'm overlooking the sort of rock music that gets played on Radio 1 than these guys wouldn't touch with a bargepole.

I'm honestly baffled what anybody sees in the sound of "British guitar music" post about 1990 but chacun a son gout. it feels like a small minority to get their own national radio station tho.

Hobbs has a maddening habit of using the wrong words too, she said something was "extrapolated" from an album yesterday when I think she meant "extracted"

(I'm clearly revealing the fact I listen to 6Music far too much, as well as being a terrible pedant)

I don't mind the enthusiasm when it's about the music, it's more when it's about 'my wonderful life' doing club shows and meeting "you lot" and "phone me about your awesome weekend" stuff.

You've just reminded me of the 10 worst words in the English language: "Amy Lamé is sitting in for Cerys Matthews this week"

Amusing !!

x-posts. I recall Peel playing the Echo and the Bunnymen version of "People Are Strange" and saying something like "That's a very collectable record. In fact, it's going straight to the second-hand record shop."

Just heard Cerys Matthews on radio. While not so keen on her, I can see how the eclectic roots music - blues, Trinidad folk, Cuban, Irish - is valued by listeners.

Stew's take

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/16/britain-is-a-dying-nation-in-need-of-new-curators

I quite like Lee's article, and it's nice to see public support for some good things, but I don't think his description of 6music or the role of those particular programmes is especially accurate.

cleeve hill represent

Jack Saunders' 'Glasto' presenting outfit was really something
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWHpH10UUAIsSlP.jpg

oh that guy

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Yeah, that's the guy. Completely vile. He's not yet on 6music, to be fair, but as the host of "Radio 1's Indie Show", he'll be heading that way in the end.

Oh shit, I went to that school!

Ok, so you're presenting Glastonbury soon?

(gotta love threads you can find by searching for a single word, as long as you know that word...)

New to the playlist 🔁 Here's what we will be giving a spin this week, with new music from...

👉 @PJHarveyUK
👉 Gabriels
👉 @SaySheShe
👉 @jungle4eva
👉 + MORE

Listen on @bbcsounds: https://t.co/Bg9I3EPwkD pic.twitter.com/irumoO7M48

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) June 19, 2023

Nitin Sawnhey hacking the playlist by working with that one bloke

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0ftp7pt

The Rise and Fall of Britpop

Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq document the rise and fall of Britpop. Celebrating Blur, Oasis, Pulp and more with fresh interviews and unheard personal archive.

yeah, listened to it. it is exactly what you would expect.

christ

Trenchant

This analogy from Steve Lamacq on Blur vs Oasis is 🤯

Listen to The Rise and Fall of Britpop now on @BBCSounds https://t.co/nSVCi3wavk pic.twitter.com/8xn5Kt3Kro

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) July 13, 2023

Thank god for that

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/steve-lamacq-bbc-6-music-quit-b2403761.html

Best news I've read all week (probably). The one current 6 Music show above all others that I absolutely cannot bear listening to.

I wonder how his family feel about it

I like Huw Stephens!

"Today is Steve (Lamacq)'s final daily weekday programme after 20 years on 6 Music."

Only just discovered that 6 Music has been scrobbling to last.fm since 2004. Kind of great to see what their all-time most played tracks are etc.

https://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music

Can also see every bloody instance of them playing Debaser

https://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music/library/music/Pixies/_/Debaser?date_preset=ALL

one woman, no black artists in the top 20 (stevie wonder at 21)

i'm seeing css, pixies, elastica, portishead in the top 10 of "all time", all of which are female fronted. and curtis mayfield at number 4.

1 Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
CSS

2 Spinning Rock Boogie
Hank C. Burnette

3 Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division

4 Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield

5 Waking Up
Elastica

6 Debaser
Pixies

7 A-Punk
Vampire Weekend

8 Time to Pretend
MGMT

9 Kids
MGMT

10 Glory Box
Portishead

Spinning Rock Boogie seems like a bit of an outlier. Is that used on a feature or something?

Apparently Steve Lamacq's play-out tune

https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb6music/NF14107994?thread=7347589

i'm seeing css, pixies, elastica, portishead in the top 10 of "all time", 

I was looking at artists, not artists of top tracks.

I looked at the last four years in case they got more woke - yeah it's a bit better.

changes at 6 Music

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/radio-6-music-daytime-schedule/

Nick and Lauren's new programmes will begin in February, while Mary Anne Hobbs will return later in the spring with a new show

Lauren Laverne joined Nick Grimshaw on the BBC Radio 6 Music Breakfast Show (weekdays 7.30am-10.30am) to announce that she has decided to step down after six years of presenting the programme, and that Nick will be the new presenter of the 6 Music Breakfast Show.

Lauren also announced that she would be returning to mid-mornings, presenting a new weekday programme, which will feature Lauren’s much-loved regular features including Desert Island Disco and People’s Playlist, as well as live sessions. Mary Anne Hobbs will be taking a sabbatical and will return to 6 Music later in the spring with a new show.

Nick and Lauren’s new programmes will begin in February. Nemone will present the Breakfast Show in the interim, from Monday 13 January.

Lauren says: “As listeners will know, I had a really tough 2024 and worried at times that I wouldn’t be able to return to the station I love so much. It has been a huge honour (and so much fun) to host the Breakfast Show for six wonderful years, but it is time to pass the baton on, and to set my alarm a little later. During my recovery I learned all over again about the power of music, the people you surround yourself with and the emotional support and joy radio can provide. I’m so grateful to be able to get back to doing what I love and sharing those things with our brilliant listeners every day.”

Samantha Moy, Head of BBC Radio 6 Music says: “It really is wonderful news that Lauren is feeling better and is ready to return to 6 Music. Like our listeners, we have missed her enormously and we can’t wait to have her back on air.”

Nick says: “I’ve had the greatest four months covering for Lauren and I can’t wait to continue waking you up on 6 Music. I want to say thank you to the listeners who’ve made me feel so welcome over the past few months and to Lauren’s fantastic team who have been imperative in making me so happy on air. 6 Music is a precious place, a station I love, I’m honestly honoured to be asked to work there and can’t wait to continue supplying the best new music from the world’s most interesting artists."

Samantha Moy says: “Since the summertime, Nick has hosted our Breakfast show and it’s been clear how much our listeners have taken him into their homes and hearts. He is one of the finest broadcasters of his generation and we are thrilled that he is going to become the brand new presenter of the 6 Music Breakfast show.”

Mary Anne says: “My agenda has been to change daytime radio at 6 Music. It was David Bowie who taught me that creative life is progression. Once the work is complete... stand at the edge of everything you know and ask a different question. I'd like to thank every artist whose music and ideas have illuminated the show. I'd like to thank my production team, my Queens, Jax Coombes and Zoe Mullord. And of course, I want to send boundless love to my listeners, my family, thank you for sharing your invaluable time with me, it’s been a joy and a privilege to live with you. My daytime show will end in February, and I'll return to 6 Music later this spring with something new... come with me.”

Samantha Moy says: “Mary Anne is the very best of us at 6 Music. As well as a DJ, she is a lover of art, the seeker of unheard sounds, fierce advocate, generous mentor and true friend. Mary Anne is a sheer force of nature, compelled to share her passion for music - in all of its forms - with the world. At 6 Music we are richer for it and we look forward to our wild horse’s return later this year.”

With a reach of 2.7 million listeners (Rajar Q3, 2024), 6 Music is the UK’s biggest digital-only radio station.

It was David Bowie who taught me that creative life is progression.

"now here's Supergrass"

sucks because i like Lauren a lot more than nick, both in presenting style and music choices, and I never listen mid-morning as am at work

Ditto on Lauren >> Nick, but for me a mid-morning Lauren will work better, and I've not been enjoying Mary Anne much recently: I commend her for eschewing the comfortable, but I don't want that level of discomfort before lunch either!

I like/love MAH's music choices but cannot deal with her breathless awe at any time of the day or night.

I'm more a John Peel radio program listener. 6 radio scope is pretty narrow in my opinion.

Not that I listen much but weekend shows > weekdays

So, some reflections on the changes at 6 Music:

I am predicting Mary Anne Hobbs will get a new slot, 11pm - 1am Monday - Thursdays

4 Nights a week, to shake up late night music radio in the UK.

The Show will focus on New Releases & Emerging Artists with Mary Anne's unique twist.

Music policy will be very diverse, rock, electronic, art pop, modern classical, hardcore rock, metal, techno and house, dub, reggae, hip hop, darkwave, afrobeats, uk bass, grime, jungle etc

There will guest mix dj slots to end the show.

There will be interviews with artists, bands and djs.

One show each week there would be 1 hour slots where djs, music writers with specialist knowledge will co present with mary anne hobbs where they would recommend new tracks.

listener recommendations would also be encouraged to create a listener community based show.

An ideal name from the New Show is "Night Time" with Mary Anne Hobbs, in honour of Killing Joke. Honour the Fire.

I will always rep for MAH for breathlessly describing me as a “young Bristol producer” after playing one of my tunes, despite being in my early 30s at the time and having recently sprouted my first grey hairs. Looking forward to what she does next.

from Mary Anne Hobbs bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/maryannehobbs.bsky.social/post/3lfchhzj4222h

bbc6 is good again

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0026kbh

6 Music's Forever Dark
6 Music takes you to the dark side with a playlist featuring the finest goth, electronic and dark pop tracks around.

that said, those episodes are part of the 80s, 90s, 00s thing they did in January and i don't know if it'll be ongoing. and if so they should concentrate on the 80s. i like that the tracks aren't all classic Goth (ed rush anyone?) but it could be a lot wider than it is (my usual 6 music criticism)

Ezra Collective, Mogwai and Kae Tempest to headline the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2025
https://radiotoday.co.uk/2025/02/ezra-collective-mogwai-and-kae-tempest-to-headline-the-bbc-radio-6-music-festival-2025/

BBC Radio 6 Music announces spring and summer programming
BBC Radio 6 Music reveals a range of upcoming programmes coming to the station this month and beyond
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-radio-6-music-announces-spring-and-summer-programming

only 2 hours per week for Mary Anne Hobbs !

Early June sees the return of Mary Anne Hobbs to 6 Music, who will present a brand new show on Sundays, 6-8pm, from 8th June. Mary Anne’s new programme will be home to a borderless world of music, featuring open conversation with some of the world’s most fascinating artists. Features will include Directors Cut – an invitation to musicians to create a specially extended version of an album track, exclusively for Mary Anne, and End of Days – in which artists select a piece of music for future generations.

Tom Ravenscroft leaves 6 Music

Tom Ravenscroft, who presents New Music Fix Daily with Deb Grant (Mondays – Thursdays, 7-9pm) and The Ravers Hour (Fridays, 11pm-12am) has made the decision to leave 6 Music at the end of May, as he moves on to a new chapter of his life. Tom’s final New Music Fix Daily show will be Thursday 29th May, and his final edition of The Ravers Hour will be Friday 30th May.

Tom says: “Argh man, this is a sad moment. It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to depart 6 Music but pastures new beckon. It’s been a blast, I’ve met so many wonderful people as a result of this job and will be forever grateful. Thanks to all the crew on New Music Fix Daily and Deb for the past two years in Salford, I think we did some cool stuff. Lots of love to the listeners and everyone who has ever sent me music. I will miss it all. Forever yours. Tom.”

Nathan Shepherd

Joining Deb Grant to present New Music Fix Daily from Monday 2nd June (7-9pm) is Nathan Shepherd.

I’ve been interviewed for 6Music about my book, by Craig Charles - it’s been pencilled in for next Wednesday afternoon. I have to say, he was absolutely lovely to talk to - we had a lot of fun doing it.

Tom Ravenscroft leaves 6 Music

Oh, thank fuck.

Aww fab. Will listen in xp