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Nile Rodgers and Denise van Outen

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nile Rodgers tells Zoe about his UK festival shows with Chic this summer. Plus Denise van Outen plays Hit, Miss or Maybe.

Three-time Grammy award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nile Rodgers tells Zoe about headlining alongside Chic at his UK festival shows this summer. Plus we hear about the first ever BRITs Viewing Party taking place, hosted by Nile and Chic.

Zoe invites Denise van Outen to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now. She's also telling us about hosting the first ever Waitress London Cast Album Karaoke Night.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, British skier Dave Rydling discusses his best ever finish in the World Championship slalom, a daily Pause For Thought with journalist and editor Remona Aly, and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 18 Feb 2019 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • ABBA

    S.O.S.

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 010.

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Spice Girls

    Stop

    • Spice Girls - Spiceworld.
    • Virgin.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Westlife

    Hello My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • Mark Ronson

    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Ain't It Funny

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Sony.

  • Clean Bandit

    Mama (feat. Ellie Goulding)

    • What Is Love?.
    • Atlantic.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Marshmello & Anne-Marie

    Friends

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Ricky Martin

    She Bangs

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Ten Tonnes

    Better Than Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Donna Summer

    This Time I Know It's For Real

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Dua Lipa

    Swan Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Keith Urban

    Never Comin' Down (CLIP)

    • Graffiti U.
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Bebe Rexha

    Last Hurrah (CLIP)

    • CD Single.
    • Warner Brothers.

  • The Kooks

    Pamela (CLIP)

    • Let's Go Sunshine.

  • The Kooks

    Pamela

    • Let's Go Sunshine.

  • Lizzo

    Juice

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Dido

    Give You Up

    • Still On My Mind.
    • BMG.

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:聽
It鈥檚 my birthday next week... I鈥檓 not excited about it. But I do remember being well excited the day I turned eight, as I was gifted nothing less than She Ra鈥檚 magical winged unicorn. The unicorn came without the princess of power, but still, I was in orbit to have the steed of one of my top three supersheroes. For me, the trinity of girl power lay in She Ra, the thundercat Cheetara and Supergirl.聽
They were all badass blondes, kerpowed the forces of evil, and would never be found halfway inside a sofa eating 12 chocolate biscuits - all things they did not have in common with me. Sometimes, well very often, I look in the mirror and see reflected back - an unimpressive lesser mortal with unbrushed hair who doesn鈥檛 feel very powerful at all. But luckily, a really cool Islamic story tells me that just maybe, power is more in my reach than I think. The story begins with a formidable king and prophet, Sulaiman, otherwise known as Solomon, whose kingdom was glorious and whose army was proper massive.聽
One day, Sulaiman鈥檚 army was marching thunderously towards a valley, but ahead of them was a colony of ants. Sulaiman became aware of one tiny ant whose leaf-carrying life was probably flashing before its eyes at this point. But Sulaiman halted his mighty army so that neither this ant nor the colony came to any harm. Wow, a little ant stopping an entire army. I guess I鈥檝e been so starstruck with my blinging superheroes, I鈥檓 overlooking the power that lies in the smallest things.
And I don鈥檛 just mean insects. I see the power in something as simple as a smile at a downcast stranger 鈥� who knows, it might be the lifeline they need to know someone, anyone cares. I hear it in a word of encouragement from a friend who reassures, 鈥榊ou can do this鈥�, and makes you step closer towards your dreams. 鈥淚f I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way鈥�, said the civil rights activist Martin Luther King. How true that sounds, yet I also believe greatness comes in all shapes and sizes. Whether it鈥檚 a princess of power or the power of a person鈥檚 small deed, I reckon there鈥檚 a superhero in us all.

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  • Mon 18 Feb 2019 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2