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@empilbeam

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presenter for bbc introducing mixtape on 6 music and bbc introducing in leeds & sheffield / a&r bits for bad vibrations (us/aus/can) / occasional dj

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emily pilbeam
1 month
hey ! some news from me ! from 22nd april i’ll be taking over from @gladtobegay the new host of the @bbcintroducing mixtape on @BBC6Music 🥹 thank you tom robinson, i owe you everything xxxx
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@empilbeam
emily pilbeam
10 months
i just truly believe that a train from leeds to manchester should take thirty minutes and should run every twenty mins
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emily pilbeam
1 year
kinda stressed about money kinda stressed that prices for everything are going up and mainly stressed because no one appears to be doing anything about it ???? is this just how we’re supposed to live ????? with a tub of butter eventually costing £47 ?????
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emily pilbeam
11 months
woke up to this text from my mum re glastonbury next week safe to say we’ll be having different experiences at worthy farm x
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emily pilbeam
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it is actually insane how many grants / internships / funding pots are for people aged 25 and under like do dreams just die when you hit 25
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emily pilbeam
1 year
BIG NEWS! bloody delighted to be on @BBC6Music ALL WEEK on early breakfast in for @chris_hawkins 💕 shocked buzzing excited LOVED the show this morn*, back in from 5am tmrw & my guests r the bloody brill @mhaolmusic
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emily pilbeam
2 years
good to see that the only way to own a home in the UK these days is either by 1 - being from wealth 2 - going on fucking love island
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Shaughna Phillips
2 years
My mortgage has been approved 😭🎉😭🎉😭🎉😭🎉 I could cry, before Love Island I couldn’t even afford to rent on my own, now I’m here, with a mortgage, on my own, before I’m 30. I am so fucking grateful I can’t even put it into words 😭 Okay I’m crying bye x
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emily pilbeam
2 years
glastonbury now costing £340 is unsurprising but also concerning don’t think this is the festival organisers fault, they are just another victim of the current climate, but this doesn’t help the idea that the music industry is increasingly closing itself off to the working class
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emily pilbeam
11 months
u know how taylor swift is re-recording all her albums so she owns all her own music can the remaining smiths re-record all their music w/ rick astley as the singer so i feel less bad giving money to m*rrissey
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emily pilbeam
6 months
"the music industry isn't london centric anymore" na we've all just gotta get a fucking train down once a month if we wanna be considered important enough to be a part of it
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emily pilbeam
2 years
one of my fave stories of glasto so far is my mate russ getting to the john peel stage super early cos he thought harry styles was secret set, got to the front & then realised it was george ezra as he came on stage and then couldnt get out so was forced to watch the whole set
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emily pilbeam
6 years
I really, REALLY did not think I'd catch Football Fever this bad. Currently on the way home from Hull listening to a World Cup Quarter Final Preview podcast. Debating upping my game and becoming a full time football fan.
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emily pilbeam
2 years
a very local radio email that has absolutely made my morning
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emily pilbeam
2 years
apparently pavement ended up at belgrave and the drummer got so pissed he helped clear away glasses at the end of the night quite possibly the nicest story ive ever heard about a band
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emily pilbeam
5 months
in a shocking turn of events i am covering @steve_lamacq on @BBC6Music from 4pm today … well i am covering @huwstephens whose covering steve hehe xxx i am so excited and not at all nervous :) :) :) xxx
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emily pilbeam
2 months
people refusing to accept that being from money puts them at an advantage in life is just plain ignorance at this point yes u can work hard no-one disputes that but having the opportunity to try & fail several times without worrying about financial instability is an advantage
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emily pilbeam
1 year
hello! there are some proposed changes to @bbcintroducing which means my west yorkshire show could be no more... pls if you support our show or we have helped you in any way, pls post a comment on @freshnet 's site <3 it would mean the world to us
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emily pilbeam
3 years
steppin’ into christmas like YA GALS GONNA BE PRESENTING THE @bbcintroducing SHOW ON @BBCR1 🖤 catch me on Radio 1 playing some #bangers on the @bbcintroducing show on 27th Dec & 3rd Jan i am so UNBELIEVABLY excited, an utter dream come true
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emily pilbeam
1 year
which self esteem song is this from
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Scott Bryan
1 year
Just a reminder that you don’t need to send your ex a text message to wish them a Happy Christmas tomorrow.
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emily pilbeam
10 months
also please bin 1st class carriages what an absolute waste of money
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emily pilbeam
1 year
wearing a @TheSquareBall scarf whilst in manchester feels illegal here till sat for le @BBC6Music fest yaaaaaay xxxx
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emily pilbeam
3 years
soppy update about ME but after seven months of pretty intense therapy, my therapist and i have agreed to reduce my sessions... might not feel like much to some but feels like a huge win after a very difficult time x hope everyone is doing okay x look after ya selves hunz x x x
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emily pilbeam
5 months
what a dream !!! lil ol’ me covering the legends that are @steve_lamacq and @huwstephens on @BBC6Music OK ❤️‍🔥 QUEEN ❤️‍🔥 be nice to do that again some time x
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emily pilbeam
4 years
ugh went downstairs in hyde park book club and overheard this exchange uni student one “omg there’s a stage” uni student two “yeah this used to be a music venue” NO 💔💔💔💔💔💔 IT STILL WILL BE 💔💔💔💔💔💔
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emily pilbeam
7 months
please for the love of fuck stop describing yourselves as a post-punk band ! you're an indie-rock band ! and that's FINE !
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emily pilbeam
27 days
an honour to co-host the last hour of now playing on @BBC6Music alongside legend @freshonthenet tonight & still a total honour and dream come true to be taking over from tom on the @bbcintroducing mixtape tom’s last show is tmrw at 4am, my first show is monday 22nd april at 4am x
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emily pilbeam
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LBC
11 months
Man fakes his own death and then turns up to his funeral 'to teach family lessons about staying in touch'
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emily pilbeam
11 months
living for this neil warnock flag at glastonbury
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emily pilbeam
2 years
hey no biggie but i’m in for @Gemma_Bradley_ on the @bbcintroducing show on @BBCR1 this Sunday hehehe very excited to share the track list w/ ya thank ya @PippaaaBrown for the pics n bein a fab producer x
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emily pilbeam
8 months
🚨update regarding my @bbcintroducing in west yorkshire show 🚨
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emily pilbeam
9 months
back djing @thehundred for the northern superchargers at headingley cricket stadium 🏏 woo woo 🥳
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emily pilbeam
1 year
been an absolute dream being on early brekky on @BBC6Music all this week in for @chris_hawkins 💕 who’d have thought getting up so early could be so fun?! big thanks to the @audioalways team for looking after me all week! back on 6 on mon but now off back 2 LEEDS X
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emily pilbeam
4 years
💥 NEW YEAR, NEW SHOW 💥 From Saturday 4th January, I will be the presenter of @BBCIntroWY ! I’ve worked on this show for the past four years and I have been constantly overwhelmed by the incredible talent in our area. I cannot wait to champion this talent further.
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emily pilbeam
3 years
this might be my favourite twitter exchange ever
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emily pilbeam
11 months
do you think he ever gets bored of saying the same fucking shite all the time
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"Is it be being a grumpy old man, or is this shit?" – here's Noel Gallagher telling us his thoughts on modern rock and The 1975. #NoelGallagher #Oasis #CouncilSkies
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emily pilbeam
10 months
my job is just … speech ya girlies back on @BBC6Music in the early hours of the morning in for the wonderful @freshnet w/ your @bbcintroducing mixtape join me from 0400 or catch up on @BBCSounds tmrw x
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emily pilbeam
1 year
stint on @BBC6Music is over ! had an absolute dreaaaaam of a time x now back to sleeping in till 10am xxx
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emily pilbeam
3 years
my stint at @bbcradio1 on the @bbcintroducing show is over for now, thank you so much to everyone who’s listened to the shows and sent in such amazing music in the uploader over the past year 🖤 we couldn’t do it without ya 🖤 listen back to the shows on @BBCSounds now x x x
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emily pilbeam
4 years
Netflix also don't do BBC Introducing🤷‍♀️🤷
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Evan Jones
4 years
Netflix don’t do news & weather. Netflix don’t do radio. Netflix don’t do podcasts. Netflix don’t do Bitesize education. Netflix don’t show live sport or cover national events. Netflix don’t do regional specific content. Netflix don’t make Doctor Who.
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emily pilbeam
10 months
pls bands / artists put ur location in ur social media bios ! pls pls pls ! and a contact email ! pls pls pls !
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emily pilbeam
29 days
cute lil trip to maida vale for a q&a with @gladtobegay for the @bbcintroducing away day i’ll be on tom robinson’s now playing show on @BBC6Music on sunday too ! X
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emily pilbeam
2 years
i dont know why EITHER but i've been asked to be on bloomin' @steve_lamacq 's roundtable on @BBC6Music tomorrow and i am very excited and very nervous and very honoured and you should probably tune in from 6pm <3
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emily pilbeam
1 year
excited to play 'the rat' by the walkmen on repeat during my set for the indie forever night at the @BBC6Music festival xxx
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emily pilbeam
4 years
I don't know any Northerner, or anyone that has been on these trains, who will shed a tear over this.
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BBC North West
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Prepare to shed a tear... @northernassist retire first of their 102 "Pacer" trains with most to go before the end of the year. The infamous units, featuring bus seats, were brought in by British Rail as a temporary fix in the 1980s but stayed on the tracks for more than 30 yrs.
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emily pilbeam
3 years
ya gal’s BACK
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emily pilbeam
3 years
i find it interesting that men always question a woman’s motivation for working in the music industry instead of accepting that it’s for a love of music and nothing else
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emily pilbeam
27 days
will be co-hosting the now playing show on @BBC6Music with tom robinson from 7pm !! it’s a bbc introducing special !!
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emily pilbeam
3 years
NO NOT THE ROVER, THE ROVER’S GOLDEN @YardActBand
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emily pilbeam
1 year
pls artists uploading to @bbcintroducing put some notes on the tracks when you upload pls i BEG
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emily pilbeam
4 years
GUESS WHO’S IN THE RADIO TIMES THIS WEEK: it’s ya gal 💁🏻‍♀️ talkin’ bout how much i love radio, fun times in lockdown & how i cope with anxiety by listenin’ to @scott_mills and @Chris_Stark , ringing my grandma and my love for gene hunt x
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emily pilbeam
5 months
as we edge closer to the new year, can i ask all artists that upload to @bbcintroducing to update their bio x like maybe update your age that you put in five years ago / album release dates / gig dates / email addresses etc idk could be useful for you could be useful for me ?
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emily pilbeam
6 years
I can FINALLY announce that from 20/08 I'll be starting my own show on @BBCLeeds 💥 It's part of the Monday Night Mixtape w/ @FaisalVOB & @SanchezPayne . My hour will bring you the best up and coming music from across the world, with a heavy local focus.
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emily pilbeam
6 months
very lovely (and nerve-wracking) to be asked to do a piece on grassroots music venues for politics north ! grateful to @Englishteac_her and @Nath_Brudenell for chatting to me all about the importance of grassroots music venues ❤️‍🔥 thanks 4 havin me @iredalepolitics !
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emily pilbeam
1 month
this girlie is excited to do a whole radio show about kurt cobain today ! and on bloody @BBC6Music too ! live from 4pm (yes when i was aged between 15 - 17 i loved nirvana and tumblr what dyou expect)
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emily pilbeam
15 days
i love my job soooo much but sometimes i listen to so much new music that by the end of the week im left like what even is music really like REALLY
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emily pilbeam
1 month
ya girlie is back on @BBC6Music next tuesday till friday in for the one and only @huwstephens ✨ DRIVE TIME BABY ✨ listen to me from 4pm tues 2nd april - fri 5th ! live from cardiff ! eeeeeeeeeek !!
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emily pilbeam
10 months
v happy to be back on @BBC6Music rn asking for ur favourite duets on #np6music join meeeee
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emily pilbeam
19 days
woo 🥳 my @bbcintroducing mixtape on @BBC6Music launched overnight 🥳 listen back on @BBCSounds if you missed it xxx
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emily pilbeam
3 years
BOB MORTIMER HAS BEEN VACCINATED
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emily pilbeam
1 year
a @cmatbaby , @MrNishKumar , @YardActBand and phil jupitus walk into a bar… what happens? a cover of chumbawumba tubthumping obviously
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emily pilbeam
3 years
off to my first PROPER gig tonight since march 13th 2020 i feel the same levels of excitement as i did when i was a giddy teenager. stuck on both @fontainesdublin records to get myself pumped. only dif is i did a lat flow test to make sure im all good #ReviveLive #TakeATest
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emily pilbeam
9 months
SURPRISE ✨ im currently on @BBC6Music covering for the one and only @steve_lamacq ✨ who’d have bloody thought it eh?! it’s all day carnival so come join me xoxoxo
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emily pilbeam
5 months
hello ⚠️ bands / artists / mc's / dj's based in south & west yorkshire let me know what ur plans are for releases / gigs in 2024 - me and the introducing team are sorting our schedule for next year for interviews / sessions &want to know what ur up to!! lmk in the comments x
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emily pilbeam
3 years
TODAY IS THE DAY 🔥 catch the Best of @bbcintroducing 2020 with me on @BBCR1 from 11pm tonight 🔥 I cannot wait for you to hear the tunes ya gal be spinning 🎧
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emily pilbeam
3 years
loving being back dj’ing, NOT loving men (and yes it is always men) coming up to me at the decks complaining about my dj set because im not playing what they want, thanks for the confidence boost lads x appreciate it x
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emily pilbeam
2 years
lame post alert 🚨 after two yrs in therapy my therapist & i have decided it’s time for me to give the ol’ life a go on my own ! i feel pretty weird & emotional but in a good way ! no idea y im posting but if ur in therapy, stick at it ! it is hard but so rewarding xxx
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emily pilbeam
3 years
there are no such things as indie bands anymore. just made in chelsea bands or fifa bands.
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emily pilbeam
5 years
RIDICULOUSLY excited to announce that I'm going to be co-hosting a @OfficialRandL @bbcintroducing special on @BBCR1 with my very good pal @AbbieAbbiemac 🔥 I cannot wait! Tune in on Sunday night from 11pm ➡️
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emily pilbeam
3 years
every so often i get completely overwhelmed by my love for the city of leeds, the people ive met, the experiences ive had, the community spirit that is still felt despite the lockdown. i love it here, even despite it not being the full chaotic leeds it usually is. 🖤
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emily pilbeam
4 years
VERY excited to announce that as of 4th July @bbcintrowy is BACK BABY 💫 After three months off air, we’re gonna be back on @BBCLeeds every Saturday 8-10pm with the BEST new music from the West Yorkshire region. SO excited to get back to supporting our artists. WE GOT YOU! 🎈
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emily pilbeam
3 years
listening to @huwstephens last show on @BBCR1 tonight. the man that introduced me to @pabh and essentially what my life is now. wouldn’t be where i am without either of that lot. utterly mental that im going to be doing the @bbcintroducing show on R1 for the next fortnight.
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emily pilbeam
2 years
a personal gripe / plea to labels, managers, pr's etc... pls stop sacking off your local introducing show when your artists get bigger we all work rly hard to support w/ very little resources & its q disappointing when we get looked over when the artists get to the next level
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emily pilbeam
3 years
found it incredibly overwhelming on twitter the past 24 hours; reliving past experiences, fears, what ifs... i don’t have much to add, except, if a woman friend of yours asks you to walk them somewhere when it’s dark bc they’re anxious. do it. don’t question. don’t laugh. do it.
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emily pilbeam
6 months
suuuuurpise !!! gonna be on the telly on sunday talking about grassroots music venues xxx
@iredalepolitics
Tim Iredale
6 months
Politics North returns Sunday from 10am on BBC One #bbcpn With guests ⁦ @melanie_onn ⁩ ⁦ @JulianSturdy ⁩ ⁦ @empilbeam ⁩ Talking cabinet reshuffle, Labour’s position on Israel-Gaza, Steel jobs plus calls for support for live music venues 🎶
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emily pilbeam
6 months
how about YOU come to a city outside of london that isn't manchester for a gig for once eh
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emily pilbeam
1 month
she back on @BBC6Music from 4pm and it’s roundtable day ! stoked to be joined by @msmirandasawyer @BessAtwell and karla from @SPRINTSmusic xxxx
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Scott Bryan
1 year
The BBC has still not announced who will be announcing our points at Eurovision. Who would you pick?
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emily pilbeam
11 months
find me someone that had more fun at lizzo than my 11 yr old sister
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emily pilbeam
1 year
if u liked me on @BBC6Music this week, u might like me on @BBCLeeds too ! from 8pm it’s all abt bbc introducing in West Yorkshire live session @DoloresForever TOTW @drellaband hottest ticket @larissamusicuk new tunes @weareaskies @theblacklagoons @emmelineemme & more !
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emily pilbeam
3 years
was partyin at a weddin last night. bc im poor & didn’t want to pay £200 for a train ticket to leeds, i’ve had to wake up at 6am, walk 2 miles to the train station & will have to get 3 diff trains home. so what im saying lads, if i can get home, the football can also come home.
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emily pilbeam
3 years
happy 24th* bday to meeeeeeeeee *this is a second lockdown birthday so i will consider myself still 22 years of age
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emily pilbeam
3 years
why am i ready for bed at 10.05pm im 23 i should be at the pub persuading people to stay out longer, getting ready to book a taxi from brude to belgrave to get a slice and a pint and then heading to call lane COME ON
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emily pilbeam
2 months
having a lovely time on @huwstephens show on @BBC6Music with @amylame come and join in !
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emily pilbeam
21 days
going to hyde park sainsburys at approx 4:25 was maybe the worst decision ive ever made
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emily pilbeam
8 months
at the #MercuryPrize who let me in ???
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emily pilbeam
3 years
i think school of rock might be the greatest film of all time ????
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emily pilbeam
3 years
my housemate @a_whince made this and is forcing me to wear it
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emily pilbeam
7 months
if u enjoyed me on @BBC6Music & like new music, join me on @bbcintroducing in west yorkshire from 8pm live session from @p1xiecola hottest ticket @grngrdns more live music from @liveatleedsfest ft @chalk_band @youthsectorband @Jessicawinterr & more
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emily pilbeam
1 month
back on @BBC6Music from 4pm with loadsa good tunes and i’ll be joined by JUSTICE ! woo 🎉
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emily pilbeam
2 months
27 tomorrow. spending my last day of 26 hanging out my arse, laid on the sofa surrounded by boxes of chinese takeaway whilst watching bridget jones. pleased to confirm im turning into my mother x
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emily pilbeam
3 years
i am going to sound a thousand years old but i actually like being able to hear my mates speak when i’m at the pub pls turn the music down i just want to enjoy a cold pint and a nice conversation where im not shouting in my friends ear
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emily pilbeam
7 months
1: a rare, sincere post from me ! for the past six years ive been working in the background on the @bbcintroducing in humberside show in production. it’s been a constant in my life, and a constant is hard to come by in the music industry to say the bloody LEAST !
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emily pilbeam
3 years
hello i'm presenting evenings on @BBCLeeds for the rest of january and me and producer @LouisReynolds_1 wanna shine a spotlight on some independent businesses that are running as a takeaway service / online deliveries etc lmk if u are pls @HPBCLeeds @LeedsIndieFood @leeds
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emily pilbeam
9 months
so devastated that @alanraw will no longer be a part of bbc introducing… i first started working with intro back in 2016 on his show & he taught me so much alan told me from the get go it’s “about the artists and not us, we’re just fans” something that has stuck ever since x
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Alan Raw FRSA
9 months
Following on from Tom Robinson's blog post on Friday, the news is now out. BBC Introducing on Radio Humberside will have its last show in October. From then on, the show will be merged with Radio York's Introducing show and presented from York.
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emily pilbeam
2 years
a side note, SO many tour posters / gig posters now are just crap why are you not putting venues on ur posters ! why are you not making it clear when the gig is ! pls i want to come but i cannae see any information
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emily pilbeam
1 year
for one final time i am tweeting: please stop queuing single file at a bar i am going to go mad
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