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Chris Hawkins fires up Thursday with the biggest tunes and future classics.

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Music Played

  • Lou Reed

    Vicious

    • RCA.

  • Beck

    Disappearing Act

    • UMG Recordings.

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Only Yazoo: The Best Of.
    • Mute Records.

  • Post Common

    Space/Time

    • Post Common.
    • Brace Yourself Records.

  • Elastica

    Line Up

    • Deceptive Records.

  • This Is Lorelei

    Oh No Now My

    • Matador.

  • Witch Post

    Worry Angel (6 Music Session, 3 March 2026)

  • 54 Ultra

    Tell Me

    • Interscope.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Freddie's Dead

    • Castle Communications.

  • Alewya

    Cairo FM

    • LDN Records.

  • Miss Kittin & Golden Boy

    Rippin Kittin

    • Ladomat 2000.

  • Gurriers

    Nothing Happens Twice

    • PIAS.

  • Ian Prowse

    Stand Your Ground

    • No Names.
    • Learpholl Music, Kitchen Disco Records.
    • 5.

  • George Michael

    A Different Corner

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Supergrass

    Caught By The Fuzz

    • Parlophone.

  • Jamie T

    3310

    • Polydor.

  • New Order

    Vanishing Point

    • Factory.

  • Kelis

    Young Fresh N'New

    • Virgin.

  • Gotts Street Park & Pip Millett

    Flowers

    • Somewhere Between.
    • Play It Again, Sam.

  • Yard Act

    You're Gonna Need A Little Music

    • Island.

  • TTSSFU

    Forever (6 Music Session, 30 Sep 2025)

  • The Rolling Stones

    Tumbling Dice

    • Virgin.

  • Interpol

    Wings On Fire

    • Partisan.

  • Gossip

    Love Long Distance

    • Columbia / Sony Music.

  • Chiedu Oraka

    Cocoa Butter

    • Labelworx.

  • Mykki Blanco

    NYC DOGS

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Underworld

    Dark & Long

    • Junior Boys Own.

Broadcast

  • Thursday05:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music