To celebrate the long-awaited arrival of the third series, NME Radio is teaming up with the best thing on the box to bring you Skins Radio. Every weekday from 7pm to 9pm for two weeks, we're welcoming a special hot new presenter to the schedule - James Theaker. A well-established party-starter, James spun discs at the nationwide Skins parties that saw thousands of kids rage through the night to help launch the last series. His set mixes the best in electro with rock remixes and drum 'n' bass classics galore.

Alongside James is Daniel Kaluuya, better known as Posh Kenneth in the first two series and now part of the Skins writing team. Daniel is renowned for his post-new-rave indie sound machine and joins us for a fortnight of aural thrills.

To help with the celebrations, we've a host of the hottest bands performing live sessions that you can hear on Skins Radio and watch right here on NME.com/skins. Check out the full line-up below. And if that's not enough, E4 and NME Radio are teaming up to host a Skins Radio Party with live sets from Filthy Dukes, Young Fathers, You Love Her Cos She's Dead, Unicorn Kid and Dead Kids. Make sure you get your FREE ticket and we'll see you there.

The new series of Skins takes all the best bits from the first two series - the comedy, the craziness, the debauchery and the heartbreak - and throws them at a completely new bunch of sexy young things. Expect a rawer and grittier but equally as habit-forming series in 2009.

Listen to Skins Radio at NME.COM/Radio, or tune in on Sky 0184, Virgin Media 975 and Freesat 727

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