It was a real privilege to present 6 Music's Music News live from the legendary BBC Maida Vale studios not once but twice this week, in honour of #6MusicLive. New Order brought an amazing week of live music to a close on Friday. You can watch the whole gig here, but here's a taster with True Faith.
They were joined on stage by Elly Jackson, otherwise known as La Roux, who appears on their 10th studio album Music Complete and performed on two tracks at #6MusicLive - Tutti Frutti and People on the High Line.
New Order frontman Bernard Sumner and Elly joined me fresh off stage for the Music News on Radcliffe and Maconie's show - you can listen to the interview below.
Whilst I was a little bit heartbroken to miss The Staves' beautiful session on Wednesday because of other work commitments, I was lucky enough to start the week at Maida Vale, where Bloc Party (Mark 2) debuted some tracks from their forthcoming fifth album Hymns.
You can watch their beautiful performance of This Modern Love above or see the whole thing on the 6 Music website. I spoke to founding members Kele and Russell not long after the set, when they joined me live for Radcliffe and Maconie's Music News. We discussed the new incarnation of the band (featuring new members Justin Harris and Louise Bartle) and that forthcoming new record. You can listen to the interview below.