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BIG LAUNCH THING!

Llia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:12:00 +0100

Hey guys,

As you may have noticed, things are starting to look a little different. In fact, they look like the previews in our beta testing that we showed you earlier.

Pages may look a little wonky while we ensure things are working and uploading various files that make things look right.

If something looks off, do a refresh (Ctrl and f5) to make sure your browser is using the newest version of the files and we'll hopefully have fixed it by then.

Want £500 quid?

Llia — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:03:00 +0100

The '80s Quiz was going so well that we've decided to extend it by a week and a bit and add a cash prize - £500. Not bad! There's also still Pet Shop Boys tickets left to give away too.

Go and have a play!

We'll be having a newly themed quiz soon after the '80s quiz has ended.:)

Competitions!

Llia — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:33:00 +0100

Hey guys,

We have LOADS of competitions up, especially music ones at the moment!

I put a few up before Easter, there's some brilliant Zoo Sessions coming up (Manics and Paolo Nutini) that we're giving away tickets for, plus U2 goodies, Paul Weller tickets, Spring Awakening tickets...

Go here and look down the right-hand column for music competitions.

Last few Killers tickets

Llia — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:42:00 +0100

Hey guys, just a quick note to say that Hard Rock Calling tickets to see The Killers is almost sold out - I think other ticket sites have run out completely. We have some left though!

Get yourself an Easter pressie and book your Killers tickets now.

Conspiracy theories - what's yours?

Llia — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:40:00 +0100

I know a few of you LOVE your conspiracy theories round here!

This site is ace - basically you tell people your conspiracies and try and get as many believers as possible for the chance to win a trip to Las Vegas.

I know lots of you have extremely active imaginations *ahem* so I reckon you should give it a shot.

http://www.escapefromthesun.com/operahouse_conspiracy/

It's all centred around a band's website, who sound very good. They're called Operahouse and they're well worth checking out. To my ears, they sound a little like if Band of Horses and The Killers made musical babies together. (i.e. - very good.)

Give it a shot, would be lovely if someone from here won the prize or at least found a new band to like. :)

Want to see Franz Ferdinand play a Zoo Session?

Llia — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:25:00 +0100

Follow Absolute Radio on Twitter - we're giving away tickets for the session this afternoon.

http://twitter.com/absoluteradio

If you've had a load of PMs from me. EDITED.

Llia — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:27:00 +0000

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING!

I was trying to PM all the fans of U2 to let them know about the tickets going on-sale tomorrow and something in our system has broke and is sending them out over and over!

Someone is trying to fix it at the moment, but if you "Love" U2 on this site and you're getting a load of PMs from me, I'm so sorry!

*crawls under a rock and hides*

Edited to add:

Right, so I think it's fixed now. Apparently our (new) firewall was making the PM system go into a sending loop when I clicked send. It kept sending... and sending... and sending the same PM.

The duplicates should have been got rid of at our end; as such you may have got an e-mail saying "You Have 5 Private Messages" and then you log in to find you've only got one. (5 is just a random number, everyone got different amounts of them.) We only got rid of the duplicate PMs that I sent about the U2 tickets, no others.

Again, I can only apologise for this. I feel like a right plum!

So... er... anyone getting U2 tickets tomorrow? :D

Teenage Cancer Trust tickets to give away

Llia — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Hey VIPs,

Finally, a bit of sunshine in London, hurrah! Sun puts me in a good mood, so I'm pleased to be able to let you know that I've got tickets to ALL of the Teenage Cancer Trust events to give away.

Competition is here: http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/events/tct_concert/comp.html

The line-up is brilliant; if I was allowed to enter, I wouldn't know which day to request. :)

Although I'd quite like to see VV Brown on the Tuesday, she's one of my favourites at the moment. Stereophonics would be a bit special too.

Oh yes! we may have a new quiz coming soon, so keep your ears to the ground. x

Hard Rock Calling ticket pre-sale on Thurs

Llia — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:22:00 +0000

The second round of Hard Rock Calling pre-sale tickets!

This Thursday from 9am GMT, get your tickets for Saturday 27 June - Neil Young, Fleet Foxes, The Pretenders, Seasick Steve and more will be playing.

Get your tickets 24 hours before anyone else - http://tinyurl.com/caufrk

V Festival tickets - GO GO GO!

Llia — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:23:00 +0000

Headlining will be The Killers and Oasis.

Plus... Razorlight, Snow Patrol, Fatboy Slim, Keane, The Specials, Elbow, James, Lily Allen, The Enemy, Pendulum, The Script, Biffy Clyro and more.

We've got a pretty healthy allocation of tickets this year, so if any of your friends struggle to get tickets, give them our link. :)

Get your tickets here!

Fancy seeing The Script on Friday?

Llia — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:51:00 +0000

We've got another competition up to come and see The Script play an Absolute Radio Zoo Session, enter your name over here. :)

Thanks noflynn!

Llia — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:18:00 +0000

This is a big THANK YOU to noflynn for sending us some choccies! They were very yummy. :D

We haven't tackled the big bar yet but the little ones have all been scoffed!

Mr T videos

Llia — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Hey peeps. We're still excited from Mr T paying us a visit. The videos are up from this morning, they're very funny.:D

Mr T reads a bedtime story

Mr T cuts Richie's hair and reads the weather

Mr T talks about The A-Team

I met Mr T!

Llia — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:29:00 +0000

So as you may have heard, Mr T was in the studio for Breakfast today.

I was grabbed as soon as I got in and told to go to the studio with a camera because Mr T was there. Got the camera and went to the 3rd floor and oh my gosh, it really is Mr T. I was let into the studio and took a few snaps with Mr T and the people in there; Christian, Richie, Vicky, plus Paul who was doing videos and Natalie who works in PR. I think Christian almost missed a link on-air as we were just having so much fun with Mr T! You can see the photos over on the The Breakfast Show section.

Since he was so nice, I got a photo with him too. You can see it here: http://twitpic.com/1q0n6 (Yes, I am grinning like an absolute LOON! I was shaking and so excited!)

He shook everyone's hands and was really charismatic. Exactly like you'd want Mr T to be.

A load of staff congregated outside the studio as he finished off the interview and he posed for photos with everyone before leaving. I think I took about 15 photos of him with random staff members! Quite often when we have celebs in, staff just have a look then walk on by, it's very rare that a celeb will take the time to make sure that everyone has got a photo and is happy.

We even had people peering through the windows of the offices across the street trying to see him and apparently there was a traffic jam in Golden Square as he left.

So yeah, Mr T, big, big thumbs up from me. An absolute legend.

NME Big Gig: Cheap last-minute tickets

Llia — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:59:00 +0000

We're doing a special offer on tickets for the NME Big Gig.

Who: The Cure, Franz Ferdinand, White Lies, Crystal Castles
When: This Thursday
Where: The O2
Timings: http://www.nme.com/news/shockwaves-nme-awards-2008-big-gig/42971

Buy: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1200415F7D1A445E?did=ukvirgoff&brand=theo2

Code: Absolute

Tickets are £20 instead of £30 with the Ticketmaster link above. That's really very cheap for 4 decent bands.

Please forward to friends who may be interested. :)