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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Rihanna - Where Have You Been - Live @ American Idol

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was on fire last night performing Where Have You Been on American Idol. Her vocals were right on point and the crotch tapping too - plus the background vocals did not overpower her one bit. Tight dancing too! Top marks from us! Watch below! 

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Rihanna - Live @ Saturday Night Live

Ms Robyn Rihanna Fenty rocked the house in New York at SNL last night performing Birthday Cake - Talk That Talk and Where Have You Been. This was her third visit in just a few years! Personally we could've done without the first two and the electric guitars... But the WHYB choreography is a corker. Sexy! Watch below!

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Rihanna - Where Have You Been - Video Premiere

Rihanna is a busy bee as always! She just moments ago premiered the video to Where Have You Been - the 5th single off her 6th studio album Talk That Talk! We're getting flashes of early Janet Jackson in the dance sequences, nice! Plus some One Thousand and One Nights vibes, super nice! Great so see RiRi bust those moves and the Calvin Harris beats n' production so suits her. This was a standout track for us way back in November, when we first mentioned it. D.a.n.c.e! 

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Drake Feat. Rihanna - Take Care - Video Premiere

Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx's I'll Take Care Of You (a cover of Bobby Bland's original from 1959) is one of the most beautiful and sad songs we have ever heard. The vocals, the guitar riff! Drake and Rihanna's version is amazing too, and we're thrilled that Yoann Lemoine, aka Woodkid is the man behind the video. He's done the brilliant last two videos for Lana Del Rey, and we're in love with his imagery and use of symbolic creatures. That bull! Have a look! Thoughts?

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