U Takeover London: Archive

Goodbye, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu.

Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you! It has been an incredible three months but U Takeover has now come to an end and this blog will no longer be updated. Sad times. We have all truly LOVED every second of it and hope that you too, have enjoyed joining us on our journey. We know it’s hard to say goodbye, so for those of you who need a little something to combat your U Takeover withdrawal...

Oct 6th

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It’s all over: The journey.

Sep 27th

Wow. Today was exciting, emosh, EPIC. Did you hear... →

Sep 26th

“U Takeover begins in t minus 90 MINUTES! Y’all know what to do -...”

Sep 26th

Sep 23rd

Later Live....with Jools Holland: You take us... →

Sep 22nd

This is the plan. 5 days and counting.

Sep 21st

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Part five: Question time.

Sep 17th

“U TAKEOVER in t minus NINE days! I bet you’re excited.”

Sep 17th

Sep 16th

Sep 12th

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Part 4: Verbatim.

Sep 12th

Sep 11th

Today we made a mock show in the Radio 1 studio....

Sep 11th

Sep 10th

“Today, Ben has a royal appointment. Watch this space.”

Sep 10th

Sep 9th

“Overstanding is the key”

– Speech Debelle - Mercury Music Prize Winner, 2009

Sep 9th

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Hot Property: Y’all know that Ben has been backin’ it for fellow south Londoner Speech Debelle for a while now….well, last night my girl became the first female act in seven years to take home the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Chatting to Lauren Laverne after her win Speech said “I don’t really get emotional, but I’m emotional!”. The whole of the...

Sep 9th

Sep 7th

Sep 6th

X Factorer Of The Week: Jade Fubara - you're gonna... →

Sep 5th

Did you see Gemma Cairney on The Weakest Link this... →

Sep 5th

STOP PRESS: Large thighs are good for the heart!... →

Sep 4th

Let's get political.

So, unless you have been residing on the rings of Saturn over the past 24 hours you will know that yesterday GORDON BROWN - our Prime Minister, came to the 1Xtra Towers. Gordon took a few hours out of running our country to hang out with the U Takeover crew and answer our questions[http://tinyurl.com/mae5hn]. As he was getting mic’ed up, he looked out into the room and said “now who...

Sep 4th

Sep 3rd

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Part three: Presenting and producing.

Sep 3rd

“Bristol and Manchester are inna London town. Know what that means? Something BIG...”

Sep 3rd

Sep 2nd

“We takeover: T minus 24 days. I’ll ask again….are you ready?”

Sep 2nd

Aug 31st

“Random carnival trivia: an estimated 30 million sequins are used in the costumes...”

Aug 31st

Aug 30th

Time is the enemy.

This week the LDN crew met up at 1Xtra Towers once again for the penultimate session before it all begins. And it was time for a recap as we brought together the skills and knowledge from every session thus far. So, in two groups with an elected producer for each we set about our task of the session, which, this week was to produce 30 minutes of pre-recorded daytime radio. Presenters? Check....

Aug 30th

“Does anyone else watch The River Cottage Treatment on More4? All I gotta say...”

Aug 30th

X Factorer Of The Week: Jamie Archer - his sex is... →

Aug 30th