Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012

 

Our old London borough of Hackney was the place to be this weekend if you love music! All our fave artists were there in one incredible lovefest. Check out our round-up below. It's gonna take a while to go through them all but it's worth it! Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sandé, Rihanna, Florence + The Machine, the list is looooong. Enjoy!

Lana Del Rey

Florence + The Machine

Rihanna & Jay-Z

Emeli Sandé

Rita Ora

Jay-Z & Kanye West

Leona Lewis

Nicki Minaj - Starships

Jack White - Seven Nation Army

Santigold - Disperate Youth

Jessie J

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Florence + The Machine - Spectrum - Video Premiere

After the last dark + brooding videos from Florence + The Machine this is a vitamin injection for sure! Teaming up with iconic David LaChapelle and super hot choreographer John Byrne we get Flo aesthetics plus some fun and sexiness! Spectrum is one of the highlights of the Ceremonial albums for sure so awesome to see it's getting a big release. We're crazy about the art deco references in the video and can't really go wrong with amazing ballet dancers + an illuminated vagina! Vagina light would be the word du jour! Flo seems to really love this - great to see her having fun! Love the clothes and that's a badass layered wig too! Enjoy below!

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Florence + The Machine VS. Calvin Harris - Spectrum (Say My Name) - Premiere

Wow, sounds like Flo wants some heavy airplay on Ibiza this summer! Her regal stomper Spectrum turns into a dance anthem with the help of Calvin Harris for its single release. Rihanna's We Found Love and Cheryl's Call My Name just got a goth baby sister - Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name). Who'd thought? Thoughts on this?

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Florence + The Machine - Never Let Me Go (Blood Orange Remix) - Free Download

We're intrigued, mesmerized in fact by Brooklyn based Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange's remix/re-work of Florence + Machine's Never Let Me Go. Mind you, this is our favourite track off of Ceremonials so it's no mean feat working us up like this. He basically takes all the bombastic moments and flips them inside out revealing the softer, more tender innards. Wow. His added vocals are so endearing and complements Flo's vocie amazingly. It's a lullaby with some Michael Jackson 80's ballad qualities. Truly spectacular. Listen below + free download here! 

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Florence + The Machine - Breath Of Life - Video Premiere

Florence + The Machine knocks it out of the park with Breath Of Life. We love the juxtaposition of the black & white studio footage with the amazing clips from Snow White and the Huntsman. It makes the interest in the film all that higher. We wanna go see it now! Have a look belooow!

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