Proms

BBC is blasted for plugging ex-drug dealer’s rap track amid Proms row over axing of Rule Brittania 

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BBC is blasted for plugging new drill rap track of ex-county lines crack and heroin dealer Potter Payper on 1Xtra Radio station The rapper, real name Jamel Bousbaa, was served time for pushing class A drugs Daily Duppy track played on Radio 1Xtra just as BBC was to axe popular anthems Tory MP David Morris … Read more

BBC Proms begins with music by black British composer ‘exploring themes of identity’

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The live-music leg of the BBC Proms kicked off with a composition ‘exploring themes of identity’ by a renowned Black British composer.  The world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s five-minute Tuxedo: Vasco ‘de’ Gama opened the programme on BBC Two tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Kendall sat in the audience as her spine-tingling Basquiat-inspired composition … Read more

Finnish conductor of the Proms ‘did NOT axe Rule Britannia’

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A Finnish conductor caught up in a row over the Last Night of the Proms is not responsible for axing Rule Britannia and would never have been ‘arrogant’ enough to suggest it, her friends say.  BBC sources had reportedly claimed Dalia Stasevska, 35, demanded the patriotic anthem, along with Land of Hope and Glory, be pulled … Read more

Save the Last Night of the Proms

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Save the Last Night of the Proms: More than 100,000 sign MailOnline petition urging the BBC to immediately reinstate Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia By Mailonline Published: 00:17 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 00:23 BST, 27 August 2020 100,000 people have signed the MailOnline petition urging the BBC to reverse its … Read more

BBC Proms Row: Labour MP slams Jacob Rees-Mogg in Tweet

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Labour MP calls Tory MPs ‘s***bag racist w******’ and a ‘fat old racists’ after the Jacob Rees Mogg said Brits should not be ‘enslaved to political correctness’ in BBC Proms row Neil Coyle sent the bizarre post late last night in a response to Mr Rees-Mogg  He also replied to Nigel Farage saying only ‘s***lickers’ … Read more

Proms conductor’s husband plays bass in Hitler row rock band

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The husband of the conductor in the Proms row is a guitarist for a heavy metal band that tried to release a song about Adolf Hitler. Dalia Stasevska’s husband, 42-year-old Lauri Porra, plays bass for Stratovarius, who have had three number one albums in their native Finland. The offending 2005 track, which the band had … Read more

Will the BBC now be FORCED to play ‘offensive’ Proms anthem lyrics?

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The British public could force the BBC to play ‘offensive’ lyrics at the heart of the Proms row on Friday after Vera Lynn’s rendition of Land of Hope and Glory topped the charts – and insiders condemn left-wing bosses for ‘walking into a completely unnecessary and absurd row’. The corporation could now be forced to … Read more

BBC director said he didn’t want to turn Proms into a ‘political platform’

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BBC director behind the ‘creative’ decision to censor Rule Britannia at Last Night of the Proms said he didn’t want to turn music festival into a ‘political platform’ David Pickard said he didn’t want to make Proms a ‘political platform’ in 2019 Comment came after remainers hijacked 2018 Proms by handing out EU flags This … Read more

Save the Last Night of the Proms: Sign MailOnline’s petition

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Save the Last Night of the Proms: Sign the MailOnline petition urging the BBC to immediately reinstate Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia By Mailonline Published: 14:44 BST, 25 August 2020 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 25 August 2020 MailOnline is calling on readers to urge the BBC to reverse its censorship of Land … Read more