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Monday, February 22, 2021 This past year has seen all sorts of strange and questionable changes - and this Metallica live performance proves that more than ever. Playing for BlizzCon 2021 in lockdown, the band performed an online set which wowed for many reasons while being broadcast live on Blizzcons YouTube and Twitch channels.  However, the platform Twitch didnt seem to like the copyrighted music being broadcast - so rather than it being taken down it replaced the audio in the ban...

‘So the next day I made a different crisp sandwich to wind him up, and then it was suggested I make one every day all month. ‘So I gave it a hashtag (on the back of Dry January I went for #CrispFebruary).’ He realised he was onto a winner: ‘Almost immediately the sandwiches became a hit on Twitter and started being liked and retweeted and commented on loads,’ says Ben. ‘And it’s all blown up from there!’ ‘It’s going really well and I’m enjoying it immensely. It’s just a ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Groundhog Day is being repeated on Sky Cinema Comedy today for a 24-hour marathon. Groundhog Day is being repeated on Sky Cinema Comedy today for a 24-hour marathon. Groundhog Day is being repeated on Sky Cinema Comedy today for a 24-hour marathon. You get the idea. And what a genius one! Youll be able to watch Bill Murray as the cynical weatherman forced to repeat the same day over and over and over again - 13 times in a row to be precise. The iconic 1993 ro...

No, really, this isnt a prank.  Scientists and researchers have taught the leafy green to send emails, as you might have heard Virgin Radios Tim Cocker talking about. Its all down to the team at MIT in the US, as they argue that plants are constantly taking in information about the world around them, and it was just a case of getting them to transmit that data to us.  Researchers have made it so that when the spinach roots detect the presence of a compound that is often found in explosives l...

Friday, January 29, 2021 Hoobastank: an undoubtedly brilliant band, with an undoubtedly terrible name. Their frontman has shared a TikTok video making fun of their choice of moniker. Virgin Radios Tim Cocker says: "Ive always wondered what names they rejected if Hoobastank was the one they picked! All eyes on Chumbawumba to admit their own failings now." "To be fair, band names are weird...Arctic Monkeys, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day would be awful names if the music wasnt great." Hooba...

Theres nothing more annoying than losing the Sky remote and cutting into precious viewing time. Thankfully, will a little bit of help from her tech-savvy toddler, one woman has found the secret button on her Sky box to help solve a lost-controller crisis. Sophie Liard - otherwise known as "The Folding Lady" on TikTok - told users about her findings via her two-year-old son. She wrote alongside the post: "Did you know this or is it just me?" By pressing the Q on her Sky box her lost remote start...

Thursday, January 28, 2021 You might think it would be fun being the Queen of the United Kingdom, but there are some very ordinary things that the queen has never done.  As featured on Tim Cockers show on Virgin Radio, here are five of the things that Her Majesty has never done.  Never went to school Some of the Royal Family attend some of the best private schools and universities nowadays, but the Queen never went to school. Both the Queen and her sister Princess Margaret were tutored at ...

Monday, January 25, 2021 The Manchester band probably couldnt believe their luck when multi-platinum selling Nickelback picked up their sea shanty cover version of Rockstar on TikTok. Virgin Radios Tim Cocker is a huge supporter of new music and is over the moon for the band, saying: "Lottery Winners are lovely folk... a Manc band sorely under-appreciated” Chad Kroeger and Nickelback shared the duet on their Twitter account, and Lottery Winners have been receiving a lot of attention since. T...