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Lauren Laverne To Take Over BBC 6 Music's Breakfast Show


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Lauren Laverne is set to take over as the presenter of BBC Radio 6 Music’s weekday breakfast show, replacing Shaun Keaveny after more than a decade, in the indie music station’s biggest schedule shake-up in years.

40 year old Laverne, formerly of Britpop-era band Kenickie, currently presents 6 Music’s weekday mid-morning show from 10am to 1pm, as well as Late Night Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 as well as working as an anchor for the BBC’s annual coverage of Glastonbury Festival.

She’s one of the most popular presenters on the station, with her average 1.06 million daily listeners only just behind Keaveny’s average of 1.07 million. Now, however, she’ll be taking his place on the breakfast show from January 2019, with her show starting half an hour later at 7:30am daily.

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BBC Radio 6 Music Hits 2 Million Weekly As 5 Live Goes Backwards


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BBC Radio 6 Music, the station that the corporation tried to axe before a public outcry, hit over 2 million weekly listeners in the final three months of last year. In a landmark moment for digital radio, the station featuring Lauren Laverne, Guy Garvey and Stuart Maconie pulled in 2.1 million listeners, according to Rajar listening figures.

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6Music is the first digital-only station to pass the milestone and achieved the feat just five years after it was saved from closure. Another BBC digital station, Radio 4 Extra, also hit a new high of 1.7 million viewers.

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Mercury Music Prize: Field Music's Odds Plummet As Ceremony Looms


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The winner of this year's Mercury Music Prize will be announced at a ceremony in London tonight, with British indie pop quartet Alt-J the bookies favourite at 6/4. However, an interesting market mover has sent tongues wagging as to the possibility of an outsider scooping the £20,000 prize.

When the nominations were first announced SkyBet had Sunderland rockers Field Music at 14/1 for their fifth album Plumb, though today, just hours before the ceremony, the band's odds have more than halved to 6/1. That puts them third favourites behind Alt J and Richard Hawley and Field Music are now shorter than Jessie Ware's record Devotion, which has been quietly tipped for the prize. Early favourite Plan B has drifted out to 9/1, while Django Django have also drifted to 8/1. Reacting to a wave of support on their Twitter page today, Field Music told followers, "Thanks everyone for all the kind wishes. Whatever happens we're going to have a right laugh and maybe even a few shandies." Late market movers can often suggest information has leaked out, so if Field Music's odds go any shorter, we suggest sticking your money on! Odds aggregating website Oddschecker.com has obviously noted the market move, tweeting, "Field Music are the big mover ahead of tonight's Mercury Award, 10/1 tops and cut across the board."

Lauren Laverne and Nick Grimshaw will host coverage of the Mercury Prize, which begins at 9.45pm tonight on 4Music. 

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Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012: Our Predictions


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As the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize 2012 draws near, we have a look at the shortlist and the likelihood of each act actually walking away with the prize. There’s no such thing as a done deal when it comes to the Mercury Music Prize; the ones that you think are the favourites never seem to walk away the title, the judging panel is very hard to second guess. But hey, that’s not going to stop us giving it a try!

Alt-J: An Awesome Wave

These quirky popsters have crept up on the public throughout 2012, and with their debut album garnering critical acclaim in all corners of the press, they’ve been pegged by many as the favourites to win. A recent survey conducted by Spotify showed that Alt-J’s tracks had been streamed more times that any other nominated artist. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to walk home with the prize though.

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