Lil Wayne and Wiley not dead
Lil Wayne and Wiley were falsely reported dead in a hoax website styled as a BBC News story, with Wiley and his manager confirming he is fine.…
Tim Westwood
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The Winehouse awards
Amy Winehouse won Best UK Female at the MOBO Awards and Best Female Performer at the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both held in London on the same night.…
Mystic Tim predicts no more Tupac albums
Radio 1's Tim Westwood says no more Tupac Shakur albums will be released, as the vaults have run out, in comments to The Mirror.…
Plan B on Westwood, and fucking the police
Plan B has defended his 'Fuck the police' lyric after Radio 1's Tim Westwood criticised him for performing it on the hip hop show.…
Radio 1 plan DJ tour
Radio 1 will run an In New Music We Trust DJ tour from 29 October featuring Pete Tong, Gilles Peterson and Tim Westwood, with a Zane Lowe tour to follow.…
Dizzee Rascal scoops award at Peoples Choice Music Awards
Dizzee Rascal won Best Underground Music Video at the UK's Peoples Choice Music Awards in London, where he co-hosted with Mike Skinner.…
Radio 1 to rejig evenings
Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt plans a shake-up of the evening schedule, with specialist shows at risk, though Zane Lowe's slot is set to double.…
50 Cent storms MOBOs
50 Cent won all three awards he was nominated for at the MOBOs, including best album, best single and best hip hop act.…
Sony Awards nominations announced
Nominations have been announced for the Sony Awards, with a contest for best entertainment presenter featuring Ricky Gervais, Christian O'Connell, Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry.…
Love Music Hate Racism stages festival in Burnley
The Anti Nazi League's Love Music Hate Racism campaign will hold a music carnival in Burnley on 27 April, featuring Basement Jaxx, Elbow and Misty In Roots.…
MTV doc on MCing contests
MTV Base will broadcast 'Survival of the Fittest' on 31 January, a documentary on hip hop MCing battles featuring Tim Westwood and Jay-Z.…
Westwood and Radcliffe become People Of Today
Tim Westwood and Mark and Lard join the latest edition of Debretts' People Of Today, while Dave Lee Travis and Noel Edmonds are dropped.…