Summary
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree tells us about the day that boy band Blue were mistakenly booked to play at Versace’s fashion week show instead of his band.
Our Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, explains what is happening in Jerusalem as violence escalates between the Israeli Defence Force and Palestinian militants.
On the day of the Queen’s Speech, Laura tells us what was in and out. And the king of stats, economist Tim Harford, on why numbers can often mean both everything and nothing.
Today’s Newscast was made by Rick Kelsey with producers Danny Wittenberg and Alix Pickles. The Studio Director was Emma Crowe. Dino Sofos is the Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello. Today we are celebrating great cases of mistaken identity |
| 0:10.8 | because it is 15 years since a guy Goma the taxi driver was dragged |
| 0:16.6 | into the studios of the BBC news channel because they thought he was a |
| 0:20.4 | tech expert. So what does this all mean for the industry and the growth of music online? |
| 0:26.0 | Well Guy Kuni is the editor of the technology website News Wireless. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello, good morning to you. |
| 0:32.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:33.0 | Were you surprised by this verdict today? |
| 0:36.0 | I'm very surprised to see this verdict to come on me because I was not expecting that. |
| 0:42.0 | When I came, they told me something, eh? on me because I was not expecting that. |
| 0:43.0 | When I came they told me something else and I'm coming. |
| 0:46.0 | You got an interview life, |
| 0:48.0 | a big surprise anyway. |
| 0:50.0 | And then this week we discovered that 20 years ago, Donatella Versace, the fashion designer, |
| 0:57.0 | booked Blur to perform at Milan Fashion Week. |
| 1:01.0 | But there was a mix- up and she got the boy band Blue by mistake. |
| 1:07.0 | Oh this is really making me laugh and this was revealed in a podcast by Anthony from Blue. |
| 1:14.8 | And we thought, how would that sound musically? who love, who three girls, two boys, not their girls, |
| 1:24.1 | and two girls, not their boys. |
| 1:26.7 | Oh, it should be someone you really love |
| 1:31.8 | for the mothers brought one life for the touch. And just when you thought this item couldn't get any better, it's gonna get any better, it's gonna get even better because we've got Dave Roundtree from Blur. |
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