The Ready For The Weekend Podcast

Friday, 11 September 2026

9 minutes

For the final day of Victorious Festival 2026, I sat down with local star Mackenzie. After winning the Road To Victorious competition the year before, she made her debut on the Main Stage earlier that day and performed all of her fan's favourite tracks. In this episode, she and I speak all things festivals and life on the road. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Friday, 11 September 2026

4 minutes

On the second day of Victorious Festival 2026, I spoke with the legendary Lottery Winners backstage ahead of their set on the Main Stage later that day. After a busy festival season and supporting Robbie Williams, Thom, Katie and I spoke about their busy summer and the potential release of album number 5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Friday, 11 September 2026

7 minutes

On the Friday of Victorious, joined the legendary Hard-Fi backstage to talk all things music and festivals. Having made their festival comeback there after 15 years a couple of years prior, we caught up ahead of their set on the Castle Stage later that day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Friday, 3 July 2026

12 minutes

At the Isle of Wight festival 2026, I joined all-female group XO ahead of their performance on the River Stage later that day. After a huge couple of years from the group, they have announced their debut album "Need To Know" and go on a UK tour later this year.This marks their first ever festival performance and a huge milestone for the group. With a number of new singles and songs from the album being debuted later that day during their set, we catch up backstage about tour, the new music and what is, for some of them, their first festival ever! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

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Friday, 3 July 2026

9 minutes

For this episode, I am joined by Apollo Junction at the Isle of Wight Festival 2026. They join me backstage in the artist area to discuss the 10 year lead up to their headline set on the River Stage that night. After 6 previous appearances at the festival, including the Main Stage and Big Top Stage, this marks their first headline slot at the festival.Later this summer, they are supporting Richard Ashcroft on his string of summer shows, across the full length of the UK and just made their 2nd number 1 album in the Independent Breakers Charts. I cover all of this with them, as well as how th...

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Friday, 26 June 2026

24 minutes

In this episode, I am joined by singer AU/RA. Having previously been the voice behind many of your favourite dance tracks, with the likes of Jax Jones, Alan Walker and more, she releases her debut album "Heartcore", out today. Her alternative approach to pop and fantasy themes lead to an interesting and creative sound.She has spent time recently touring the album and debuting a number of the tracks live for the first time. In this episode, we discuss this as well as many of the ideas behind her music and how tour life is for her. We expolre how music can become an outlet, as well as some fu...

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Friday, 24 April 2026

15 minutes

On this episode, I am joined by the legendary Akon. It comes on the day he releases his first full length album since 2008, BEAUTIFUL DAY, with 15 brand new tracks on it. He is currently on the Nights Like This tour alongside Ne-Yo, with 67 dates across the UK, Europe and the U.S.He is responsible for some of the biggest names in music, such as T-Pain, Lady Gaga, French Montana, Wizkid and P-Square, and is now championing a number of new artists on his new album with collaborations. We go over new music, his live dates, his work in philanthropy and Africa and his world record as selling the...

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Tuesday, 25 November 2025

12 minutes

In this episode, I am joined by pop and soul musician Jerub. With his UK and Europe tour underway and a brand new ep that recently came out, there are lots of exciting things for his fans to look out for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Friday, 31 October 2025

12 minutes

Shortly before she plays The Lower Third and Brixton Academy in London, Mia Wray joins me to talk all things new music and touring across the UK at the moment. In the new year, she will support Ed Sheeran on the Australian/New Zealand leg of his brand new Loop tour along with lots of new and upcoming music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Wednesday, 2 July 2025

30 minutes

Your first episode for the new Pure FM podcast is out now. I am joined by GRACEY where we talk about loads of her career highlights and upcoming ep out on July 10th.From being Brit nominated to working with huge artists on huge songs, her career has got a lot of interesting stories. We also have a general yap about all sorts going on at the moment such as festival season, surprising fans and a healthy game of train roulette. Her brand new ep ‘Ladybug’ comes out July 10th with the first single ‘Gimmicks’ out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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