Matt Everitt
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Cup & Nuzzle Productions | BBC 6 Music
Joined May 2010
Russell Crowe’s wolf in Gladiator was WELLARD? The range of that dog. Remarkable.
In the battle, we see Maximus’ pet wolf. He was played by a Tervuren Belgian Shepherd called Kyte. Kyte also played another famous screen dog – he was Robbie Jackson’s dog Wellard in UK soap, Eastenders, for a few years. 7/43
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Well, that’s the whole @BBC6Music office and studio in tears. @shaunwkeaveny #shaunkeaveny #onions #dontdreamitsover.
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Erm, that’s @TomCruise, Simon Pegg and @GillianA singing Don’t Look Back In Anger by @oasis just before @coldplay come onstage at @glastonbury.
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I interviewed Taylor Hawkins a few times and he was always funny, astute, irreverent and passionate about the music he loved. He also had a pretty finely tuned bullshit detector if truth be told - the grin would be followed by a raised eyebrow if your questions weren't smart. 1/8.
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It's hard to know what to say about @shaunwkeaveny's news today. I knew there would be an outpouring of love for him and what he's done on @BBC6Music, and that's down to how much listeners feel like they really know him personally. Which they really do. 1/.
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Terry Hall was a presence in my life for almost as long as I can remember. Unlike those vast cultural concepts of The Beatles, Bowie or The Stones, he was more like the big brother you looked up to, who occasionally pops home and leaves a record or two for you to obsess over. 1/8.
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The Beatles still have a drummer and a bass player. The Rolling Stones still have two guitarists and a frontman. Just a thought.
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Exciting news about @prince coming up on @BBC6Music with @maryannehobbs soon. As I frequently wang on about, I interviewed him in 2014. He gave me a plectrum. Obviously, this is what I did with it. 💜
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As someone from the #davidbowie estate told me a while ago, “David Robert Jones died on 10 January 2016, but David Bowie lives forever”. Happy Birthday to both of them. #bowie75 #DB75 @DavidBowieReal
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By strange coincidence a hacker just offered me £150,000 not to release 15 hours of unreleased Menswear material.
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Me and @shaunwkeaveny are about to get a train to Salford to take part in @OwainWynEvans’.@BBCBreakfast #Drumathon for #ChildrenInNeed. Exciting. We have, however, discovered upsetting news about Euston station.
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There are many reasons why I love my wife. These include her decision to buy me a label making machine for my birthday. And how her own use of the aforementioned machine is something I always, always forget until I open my laptop during really important meetings with people.
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Happy Birthday to the Emperor of Indie, the Master of the @BBC6Music microphone, the guvnor, @steve_lamacq
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A fox has pooed on my car. Again. Not on the bonnet. The roof. The effort involved makes me think it’s definitely a personal vendetta now.
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Final day of Ken Bruce on @BBCRadio2. I was lucky enough to present the weekly Music News on his show for about ten years. He was without fail, lovely, hilarious, totally pro and made a really hard and skilful job sound totally effortless. He is truly ‘The #Popmaster’. #ThanksKen.
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56 years ago today, @RingoStarrmusic joined @TheBeatles. In 1970 @GeorgeHarrison wrote this song for him. He never recorded it, and the lyrics were only discovered a few years ago. It’s pretty lovely.
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@steve_lamacq @BBClamacqshow @BBC6Music He once told me Aurora was his favourite Foo Fighters song. Explaining that although it wasn't a single or 'big' song, the fans just seemed to find it and it meant something to a lot of them. It's great. RIP Taylor Hawkins you totally beautiful man. 8/8.
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Yes, we had @itspetergabriel on @BBC6Music. Amazing interview, great chap. and yes, me and @shaunwkeaveny got him to sign a sledgehammer. He is a patient man. We are idiots.
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“Rocked to its very core” ladies and gentlemen.
The world of Britpop was rocked to its very core 25 years ago this week with Melody Maker breaking the news that @matteveritt had left @menswearband
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RIP The peerless Charlie Watts. I was lucky enough to interview him a few times and he was as unruffled, deadpan, charming and brilliant as you’d ever wish. To me, the coolest Stone and the hardest swinging drummer in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Just tragic. My experiences working with and interviewing Terry over the years were always a joy. He was a low-key, understated and frequently hilarious hero to me, and I know many, many others.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced. (1/4)
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It’s been nice watching this go right off everywhere. Visit to watch a brand new, world exclusive conversation between Robert Smith and me #songsofalostworld @thecure
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Been interviewing @Damonalbarn for about 15 years now (and loving his music for a lot longer) but this chat we had about @gorillaz for @BBC6Breakfast might be my favourite ever.
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So talented, so influential and just so cool. RIP Ronnie Spector.
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Tabloids slam BBC. Govt pushes BBC cuts. BBC warns cuts means losing shows. Govt forces cuts. BBC loses #GBBO.Tabloids slam BBC.
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The moment @shaunwkeaveny did the final Matt Intro. Look at that concentration. @BBC6Breakfast #BreakfastExit
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We did a @BBC6Music First Time and I’d expected Sinead to be forthright and passionate (she was), but I’d never realised how funny she’d be. I hope the tributes reflect that the fierce artist was also a self-deprecating, filthily hilarious joy of a woman.
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So Brian May's tribute felt especially touching - "Taylor, you were family to us. Our friend, our brother, our beloved child. Bless you. We will miss you so bad." 3/8.
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To the chap sitting uncomfortably close to me on the train who has spoken loudly on his phone for an hour and is now DOING A ZOOM CALL WITHOUT HEADPHONES (so we can all hear Gary’s plans for the rebuild) in the nicest and least aggressive possible way, can you please fuck off?.
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And that's why I love him too. There's a lot more to say, but this'll do for now. It's been more fun than you could ever possibly imagine - playing music and making jokes with my best friend every single day. For an actual job. How brilliant is that? And how brilliant he is. 5/.
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I still can't believe I met him, I still can't believe he gave me this, I still can't believe he's gone. #Prince
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I’m going to regret this, but @BBC6Music has set me the challenge of going to EVERY official stage at @glastonbury this year. Starting now and ending on Sunday. There’s 93 to visit. Wish me luck. So let’s start here shall we? @bbcglasto
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I had a nice chat with Dave Grohl, the tasty fruits of which you can hear on @chris_hawkins’s show on @BBC6Music at 2.30pm today. We talk books, lasagne and coping with being, well, Dave Grohl. @foofighters @simonschusterUK @BBCSounds
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This is my point. I've worked with @shaunwkeaveny every day for 13-ish years (20 if you count pre-6 Music) and people who love his show come up to me and ask, "What's he really like?" and I say, "You already know. That person you hear on the radio, that's really Shaun". 2/.
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The whole of my @BBC6Music interview with @MickJagger from @shaunwkeaveny's show (talking lockdown, #DaveGrohl, his autobiography and when he thinks the @RollingStones might be back onstage) is live on @BBCSounds here.
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Oh, urban foxes. How do I love thee?.Let me count the ways,.For climbing on my car to reach the wheelie bin,.At 3am,.And scratching it to buggery,.Hurling discarded poppadom salad,.To the four winds,.You yelling fuckers,.Then shitting on my bonnet. Yes, shitting on my bonnet.
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The drumming masterclass he did with @steve_lamacq for @BBClamacqshow on @BBC6Music is well worth a watch. "Dude, you're a drummer! You can just tell!." 7/8
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IS IT THAT HARD TO LET SOMEONE STEP OFF A TRAIN FIRST BEFORE YOU TRY TO BARGE YOUR WAY ON LIKE A MASSIVE WANKER?.
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Guys, me and the rest of @menswearband are still waiting at Camden tube for you to pick us up.
We had to give a shout out to Brit Pop and Girl Power with our 90s themed bus ✌️ #PlatinumJubileePageant
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He was such a great drummer. He had feel, power, flair, instinct and great taste (something often overlooked with rock drummers - "Am I gonna play much here? Nah"). He was Bonham good, Grohl good, Copeland good, Peart good. All the people he loved. 6/8.
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This photo actually makes me quite emotional. You couldn’t imagine a more gracious, warm, funny and cool chap (who just happens to be the greatest songwriter, lyricist, bassist, singer and, oh yeah, he was in @TheBeatles) Happy Birthday @PaulMcCartney You total dude.
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Been thinking about the @laurenlaverne @spectator Spectator piece. There’s a lot wrong here, but (setting the writer’s unnecessary vitriol aside temporarily), the phrase “She doesn’t press home an advantage with an interviewee” really gets my goat.
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A Nirvana thread: We first saw them live at Edwards No. 8 in Birmingham in Oct 89. We liked them a lot (or what we could see as the venue had a pillar in the middle of the stage). Our hip friends hung out with them and insisted they were going to be massive. We had no idea. 1/20
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His face on the right? That’s my musical career summed up in a single expression, that is. @menswearband
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About to start broadcasting live to the nation with @shaunwkeaveny on @BBC6Music (made an effort with my outfit today).
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Bill Murray did an AMA on Reddit yesterday. Not surprisingly, it's a brilliant read http://t.co/2SAXaPY7XR
http://t.co/ngu9CptWKr.
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Best track of 2018.
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To the chap who just sat right next to me on an otherwise totally deserted train carriage then huffily asked me to move my bag even though we were surrounded by a bountiful, nay endless, vista of vacant seats YOU ARE REALLY HARSHING MY COMMUTE VIBEZ.
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Here we go then. It’s nearly time. #BreakfastExit.
This is the face of a man who has spent 11 years and *mumbles* days getting up at 5am, who knows he has one more “sleep” until his final Breakfast show. 📻 Join Shaun for #BreakfastExit this Friday from 7-10am or listen again on BBC Sounds.
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For those of you that asked (none of you) here's @shaunwkeaveny doing The Hits Of Sting vs Yoda @BBC6Breakfast
http://t.co/duOV0ftWcn.
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Hello Covid, my old friend.Come to fcuk with me again.My temperature is upward creeping.And there's no fcuking chance of sleeping.Now I'm bed-bound, and feeling like the pits,. with the squits.Back in the midst of Covid.
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“Don’t let your wife near the Dymo S0717930 Omega Home Embossing Label Maker,” they said. “Why not?” I said. My phone:
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He seemed to have endless enthusiasm for playing and making music, and was such a fanboy; the best chat we ever had was about how Queen's Roger Taylor positioned his toms and Oriental China cymbals (if you want to geek out, Taylor placed his in an identical way - that's love) 2/8.
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Happy Birthday @DollyParton Classic songwritin’, charity money raisin’, film actin’, television show producin’, autoharp playin’, theme park ownin’, stage musical writin’, media empire runnin’, Covid 19 curin’ total legend. #dollyparton
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Quick non-music tweet. Our little girl is a week old and due to @KingstonHospNHS neonatal unit, she’s home. We can’t thank them enough for their care and kindness. They’re reliant on charity to help other babies, so please donate to @borntoosoonkh by texting Born14 £5 to 70070.
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Yes, you are corect. This is @Manics doing a cover of Borderline by @Madonna at the 320 capacity @ClwbIforBach in Cardiff as part of the @BBC6Music festival. #6MusicFestival
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I know @BBC6Music will be paying tribute tonight and tomorrow, but here's the episode of The First Time we did together in 2013.
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I loved @tompetty Pioneer, sublime songwriter, classic American rock n roller, fighter for musician's rights, stoner, Willbury, total dude.
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He was also a pretty damn good singer. Cold Day In The Sun is brilliant. 4/8.
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Lots of love for Bowie on his birthday, so I thought I'd indulge myself with a thread about an occasionally overlooked aspect of his work: how much HE loved musicians. Sounds obvious, but for someone regarded as this 'lone' star, he was all about the people he worked with. 1/18.
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Somehow me and @shaunwkeaveny have found ourselves in the middle of a room full of actual musicians. @OwainWynEvans.@BBCBreakfast #Drumathon #ChildrenInNeed
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Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. .
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For complex reasons that I won’t go into now, I just googled “Bryan Ferry duvet”. It’s only 8.40am and the day has peaked already.
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I interviewed Toots Hibbert back in 2018. I remember him being a lovely gent who carried his well deserved legendary status with just the right mix of pride, grace and humility. Proper legend. His First Time show is being repeated on @BBC6Music 1pm Sunday #RIPToots @tootsmaytals
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Outside @RollingStones Exhibitionism show at @saatchi_gallery Report tomo on @BBC6Music @BBC6Breakfast #Stonesism
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Then people ask, "So there's no script?" to which the answer is, "Seriously? You think someone wrote that bobbins? No, what you hear is the real Shaun. And that's why he's so special and so loved. 4/.
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"What?" People ask, "Is he that funny, that daft, that exasperated, that quick-witted, that grumpy and that lovely in real life?" and I always say, "Yes. He really is". 3/.
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“Feed a cold, starve a fever, have a huge homemade lasagne and half a bottle of red wine during a mild chest infection.” That’s right, yes?.
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In this hot weather, while you’re possibly off on your holidays, never forget that @DavidBowieReal looked better in swimwear that you ever will.
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View from the drumstool. @shaunwkeaveny @drummerwhitey @OwainWynEvans.@BBCBreakfast #Drumathon #ChildrenInNeed
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Here we go then. 6.30pm tonight. Stretching the definition of both ‘celebrity’ and ‘mind’, but doing it in support of @WarChildUK, who are totally great. #celebritymastermind (highlighter pen, author’s own)
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Very special First Time at 1pm on @bbc6music today, musician, actor, comedian, one half of Flight of The Conchords, actual Academy Award winner, friend of @TheMuppets (possibly enemy of Morrissey) and the Rhymenoceros himself, Bret McKenzie. @bret_rospective @fotc
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"Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips."
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After it broke Lennon took it to a remote Scottish island so his favourite Welsh fridge engineer could fix it… ZANUSSI IN THE SKYE WHICH DAI MENDS.
I’ve just found out that John Lennon’s fridge is up for auction (with surprisingly detailed provenance it would appear). I’m guessing… IT’S WHERE HE KEPT HIS COLD TURKEY.
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I’d like to start sharing a music-related thing to do each day. A song, documentary, interview, podcast, book, photo or anything worth checking out (if perhaps, you’re stuck at home). Open invitation, obvs. I’d like some recommendations too. #housemusic.
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