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There's not many who would have remained on stage in the face of that onslaught. You can say a lot of things about Daphne and Celeste's music but they have bigger balls than most performers.

Celeste reveals: “Rage Against the Machine were on a couple of people after us at Reading. They were waiting in the wings and they were like, ‘We would have left the stage. We don’t know how you guys stood out there’. They were shocked that we stayed on stage.

“Slipknot too! Slipknot were like ‘we would have left!’

“But honestly, what we were most afraid of was that no one would come. That would have been way more embarrassing, if no one had showed up in protest. Because isn’t that like the biggest insult, to pretend that someone isn’t there?

“I feel like maybe we’d feel differently if we’d been hit, but since we didn’t get hit - two times in a row - at Reading or Leeds, it really worked out for us.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/29/daphne-and-celeste-comeback-single-reading_n_6964708.html

BBC Radio Ulster are broadcasting a live concert by Van Morrison today from 2.45pm, to celebrate his 70th Birthday. BBC1 NI will be showing highlights on Friday at 10.45pm

It is part of a full week of Van themed Radio Programmes, which will be available to stream on the BBC website after broadcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1f58ZyVP4rQVFW2Z8V0Vck3/van-morrison-70th-birthday-celebrations

Nice work there from Radio Ulster.

Hello, BBC Four rolls out the repeats this weekend, but it's some of their best recent work, I think. Elsewhere Van Morrison's homecoming Birthday gig gets an airing while RTE2 has an ambitious four and a half hour long Electric Picnic show on Saturday. And then nothing on Sunday. Still, nice to see them trying.


Friday

9.30pm Queen: Days of Our Lives (Part 1)
Part one of two. Documentary telling the story of the extravagant British rock outfit. The band's best-known line-up, consisting of singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass player John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor, formed in 1971 and went on to become one of the world's most popular rock acts - but their career was dogged by controversy and tragedy

10.30pm & 1.30am Queen: Days of Our Lives (Part 2)
The second part of the documentary focuses on the peak of the rock outfit's fortunes, as they broke attendance records at stadium shows across South America. However, the band suffered a blip as internal tensions increased - until their performance at Live Aid and the 1986 Magic tour returned them to world attention, before frontman Freddie Mercury received devastating news

11.30pm & 2.30am The Joy Of The Guitar Riff
Documentary exploring the impact of the guitar riff on popular music over the past 60 years, including a look at how it became the foundation on which rock 'n' roll was built. With stories from Brian May, Dave Davies, Hank Marvin, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, Tony Iommi, Robert Fripp, Johnny Marr and more. Narrated by Lauren Laverne

12.30am The Kinks at the BBC
Archive performances by the band from shows including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test, charting how their sound developed from the 1960s to the 1980s. The programme also features highlights from lead singer Ray Davies' solo career, including clips from Later with Jools Holland and his 2007 concert at the BBC Electric Proms

10.35pm (BBC1 NI) Van Morrison: Up on Cyprus Avenue
Highlights of the singer's unique 70th birthday performance on the thoroughfare he made famous through the iconic album Astral Weeks



Saturday

10.55pm Kate Bush at the BBC
A compilation of the singer's performances at the BBC's studios between 1978 and 1994. Bush appeared on a variety of programmes, including Top of the Pops, Wogan, Ask Aspel, Saturday Night at the Mill and the Leo Sayer Show. Featuring the hits Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Running Up That Hill and Hounds of Love, as well as intriguing and lesser-known material

11.55pm The Kate Bush Story : Running Up That Hill
Documentary exploring the singer-songwriter's career and music from her 1978 debut single Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow with testimony from collaborators, fellow artists inspired by her work and fans. Featuring David Gilmour, the guitarist who discovered Bush, as well as Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Stephen Fry, Outkast's Big Boi and Steve Coogan

12.55am Sounds of The Eighties
Showcasing a selection of musical performances from the BBC archives, including Kool & the Gang, the Pointer Sisters, Grace Jones, Cameo, Bobby Womack, Sade, Alexander O'Neal and Whitney Houston

9pm - 1.30am Electric Picnic 2015 (RTE2)
Eoghan McDermott and Jenny Greene present dedicated coverage of the Stradbally festival in County Laois, with performances from headlining acts on the main stage. Plus, Al Porter and Blathnaid Treacy bring the latest news, artist interviews and festival happenings from the `Picnic' area

1.30am Other Voices: An Irish Affair (RTE2)
Highlights of the music show celebrating new and innovative talent, featuring James Vincent McMorrow, Lisa Hannigan and John Smith, The Frames, Little Green Cars, The Coronas, Mick Flannery, Kodaline, Villagers, The Strypes and more


Sunday

8pm Nina Simone and me with Laura Mvula
The soul singer travels to New York City to explore the songs made famous by Simone that mean the most to her, and trace the late singer's musical roots with the help of those who knew the `High Priestess of Soul'. Laura reveals the influence of Nina's classical training, meets Simone's long-time guitarist Al Shackman and performs with a Harlem gospel choir as she pays tribute to the genius of her musical heroine

10.30pm Van Morrison: Up on Cyprus Avenue
as was on BBC1 on Friday

11.30pm Thin Lizzy: Bad Reputation
A profile of the Irish rock band, including archive footage, interviews with Eric Bell, Brian Downie and the group's first manager. Formed in Dublin in 1969, the group hit a creative and commercial peak in the late 1970s with a line-up including frontman Phil Lynott and guitarists Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, but drugs and alcohol took their toll on the band. Narrated by Philip Glenister



There you go. Sky Arts has a two hour Doc on The Jam on Saturday, and some Sex Pistols stuff on Sunday.

Not much in the way of Movie action this weekend so instead here are the Muppets (who have a new Television series soon!) performing Jungle Boogie.

zorro2566 wrote: »

Watched a fantastic documentary film about The Jam on Sky Arts,brought back great memories of this brilliant band.Weller rules out a reunion though!

I really enjoyed it too. It was nice and long and went into good detail about the band's up and downs. The other two were gobsmacked when Weller quit, reminded me of Bowie killing Ziggy Stardust at his peak.

Martin Freeman (who was one of the contributors) really knows his stuff. Sometimes on these shows you get a lot of celebrities on who add little more than "Oh yeah, they were great. I was a big fan" but he (and others) made interesting comments.

I don't think any more repeats are scheduled at the moment, but I'm sure it will pop up again soon.