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Zane Lowe gets Klaxons, Kasabian to fill in for him

Zane Lowe

Zane Lowe

DJ lines up celebrity stand-ins for Radio 1 show

BBC Radio 1 have rounded up a host of guest presenters to fill holiday-bound Zane Lowe's shoes - including Kasabian and Radiohead.

Each celebrity presenter will co-host the show with resident Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac.

Kicking off with Hadouken! tonight (January 7), the next fortnight will see the likes of Klaxons, Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal take over the airwaves.

The full line-up is as follows:

Hadouken! (January 7)
Jack Penate (8)
Dizzee Rascal (9)
Hard-Fi (10)
Kasabian (14)
Mark Ronson (15)
Klaxons (16)
Radiohead (17)



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Libsfan1 

Jan 8, 2008

Well, even the knuckle-scraping sub-primate chatter of Kasabian has got to be better than Zane Lowe's inane excitement about *everything*.

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