Ed Sheeran - You Need Me x Chase & Status - Let You Go (XFM Winter Wonderland)

Ed Sheeran and Chase & Status last night headlined the first of two XFM Winter Wonderland charity gigs - it wasn't the greatest event I've ever been to, but the line-up was pretty huge and it was nice to see Chase & Status' final show of 2011 blow the roof off a capacity Manchester Apollo. December 15th will see XFM bring there special brand to London's Brixton academy with an indie focussed line-up of The Horrors, Kaiser Chiefs, The Maccabees, Band Of Skulls and We Are Augustines. Not my cup of tea.

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Ed Sheeran - XFM Live Session

Following on from his session for Zane Lowe the other night, Ed Sheeran dropped into the Manchester based XFM studio to perform 5 tracks; including A-Team, UNI, Wake Me Up, Wayfaring Stranger & You Need Me. As Ed said himself, it's refreshing for a radio station to let him perform a small set, rather than squashing him in to a small booth to do just one or two tracks. Below you can hear one of the best performances of You Need Me that he's done, and you can download the entire session HERE. Onwards & upwards.

Goodbye Mike

Forgot to post this the other day. As well all know, Mike Skinner released his last album as The Streets this week, but before signing off he dropped into the XFM studios to do a spectacular little live session to show us that he’s still got it. He did two tracks from the new album and two all-time classics. Below you can hear a monstrous version of Blinded By The Lights and HERE you can download the whole session. Thanks for the music Mike.

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