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**Sidetracked with Annie and Nick**

For music and pop culture lovers looking for an authentic and light-hearted take on the week in music… with broadcasters and music fanatics Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw.

Latest Episodes:

A Guide to Glastonbury Jun 26, 2025

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Annie and Nick discuss their hopes and predictions for Glastonbury 2025.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Sidetracked by Glastonbury: Loyle Carner Jun 23, 2025

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In the last of a series of Glastonbury specials, Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw sit down with Loyle Carner to discuss headlining the Other Stages – ten years after he first performed at the festival on the BBC Introducing Stage. What is it about Glastonbury that makes it a truly special place for both artists and festivalgoers, and how does he feel about using his set to make a political statement?

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 07970082700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Sabrina Carpenter, Madonna’s Unexpected Relative and Remembering Brian Wilson & Sly Stone Jun 19, 2025

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Sabrina Carpenter has divided the internet this week with the artwork for her new album, Man’s Best Friend - but is it radical or regressive? Elsewhere, despite a famously rocky relationship with the Catholic Church and three ex-communications, it turns out that Madonna is related to the new Pope. Plus, Ticketmaster are in trouble again, Nick’s found a way to make DJ’ing easier and remembering the genius of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Sidetracked by Glastonbury: Emily Eavis Jun 16, 2025

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As part of our series of Glastonbury specials, Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw sit down with Emily Eavis to discuss this year's festival - from site changes and secret sets, to the cheesemongers weather forecast. Plus, what it's really like planning a festival like Glastonbury in 2025 and why the power of community is the thread that holds it all together.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Fantasy Festivals, Camping Essentials and Teeth from Turkey Jun 12, 2025

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From camping essentials to Portaloo regrets, Annie and Nick talk all things festival season in this Q&A special. Plus, dream festival line-ups, battery powered coffee machines and does anyone actually know where the Piano Bar is at Glastonbury?

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Sidetracked by Glastonbury: Sir Rod Stewart Jun 09, 2025

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In the first of a series of Glastonbury specials, Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw sit down with Sir Rod Stewart to discuss the legends slot. When will he decide his set list, how does he look after his voice before a big show and who does he think Glastonbury should book for the slot in 2027?

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16 WhatsApp 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

Iggy Pop's Cheeseboard, Music Ownership (Taylor's Version), and Jacob Alon on Folk Music Jun 05, 2025

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Can Sidetracked ever top being endorsed by Jacob Alon’s therapist? Annie and Nick are joined by the self-described "cheeky folk" artist to talk about their debut album. Elsewhere, Nick shares what it's like to be backstage with Iggy Pop, and Annie praises Taylor Swift for reclaiming her music from Scooter Braun. Plus, Annie and Nick swap notes on the Scissor Sisters O2 gig, analyse Bono ruffling Elon Musk’s feathers, and advise on how to turn a festival into a hen do. SONGS HAIM - Take Me Back Wet Leg - CPR Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover Obongjayar - Holy Mountain ALBUMS Jacob Alon - In Limerence OTHER Pan Amsterdam: https://panamsterdam.bandcamp.com/ Biggy Pop: https://www.instagram.com/biggypop/?hl=en

Sidetracked with HAIM May 29, 2025

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Nick is joined by Alana, Danielle and Este Haim to discuss their weeks in music. HAIM are the first all-female rock band to be nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, they’ve collaborated with everyone from Taylor Swift to Stevie Nicks, and next month they’ll release their fourth studio album “I Quit”.

As they tick off their first festival of the season, the sisters look back on Glastonbury’s gone by and the lengths (and step count) Alana has gone to for a crush. Elsewhere, things get nostalgic as they share stories of prom night and sneaking out the house – but what songs instantly transport them back to adolescence? Plus, the lies they told their parents, a Kate Moss inspired cameo by Addison Rae and the first time they met Nick.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

SONGS

HAIM - Relationships

Addison Rae - Headphones On

HAIM - Blood On The Street

The White Stripes - I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

Addison Rae - Aquamarine

Architecture In Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind

Architecture In Helsinki - It’s 5!

HAIM - Take Me Back

Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better

The Strokes - Is This It

Tim Deluxe, Sam Obernik - It Just Won’t Do

Cheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do

ALBUMS

Jamie xx - In Colour

FILMS

That Thing You Do

The Mastermind

OTHER

Radio Three Unwind

Playlist - Fatboy Slim Brighton Beach 2002

Lorde’s Water Bottle, PTA Raves and The Return of Wolf Alice May 22, 2025

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After a legal dispute almost forced some of London’s biggest day festivals to cancel days before taking place, Annie and Nick consider the impact this could have on future urban festival planning and how spaces could be better protected for the sake of local residents. Elsewhere, as Lorde opens up in a new interview with the Rolling Stone and hints at her most truthful music yet, it prompts the question - is she at her creative peak? Plus, the countdown is on as Glastonbury releases a new site map for this year’s festival, the Frank Ocean rumour mill is spinning once again and what happens at a PTA rave.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

SONGS

Robert Burns – Auld Lang Syne

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom

Lola Young – One Thing

Little Simz – Young

Sleater-Kinney – Get Up

Arca - Sola

Arca – Puta

Tyler Ballgame – Help Me Out

Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved

ALBUMS

Ezra Furman – Goodbye Small Head

Lorde – Solar Power

Serving Kant, London’s Lost Venues and The Beauty of Birdsong May 15, 2025

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It’s one of the oldest and most beautiful forms of music – but why is listening to birdsong so good for us? From the ethereal melodies of a Nightingale to the bass-heavy coos of a Pigeon, Annie and Nick break down the science behind the sounds and why we should all spend more time outdoors. Elsewhere, as the V&A announce a new exhibition showcasing London’s lost music venues, Annie and Nick unearth some lost memories of nights spent in Bungalow 8. Plus, Charli XCX has changed the cover of ‘brat’ and no one can figure out why, the Maltese entry for Eurovision is trying to serve but is being told not to and how Nick ended up on a plane with Busta Rhymes.

Get in touch with Annie and Nick! If you’re over 16, WhatsApp on 079700 82700 or email sidetracked@bbc.co.uk

SONGS

CMAT – Take A Sexy Picture

Stevie Wonder – Evil

Olive – You're Not Alone

Miriana Conte – Serving

Charli XCX – Apple

Aphex Twin – Formula

Josh Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness

Beatrice Harrison – Danny Boy (BBC Radio Session, 1924)

ALBUMS

Emma-Jean Thackray – Weirdo