Saída de Zane Lowe da BBC 1 causa comoção em dezenas de bandas

Nos últimos doze anos, o DJ neozelandês Zane Lowe foi um norte para quem busca se informar sobre novas bandas na Inglaterra. Seu programa semanal na rádio BBC 1 era um dos mais ouvidos dessa emissora que detém um dos maiores índices de audiência em todo país.

Como DJ, Lowe se apresentou em festivais como o Glastonbury e Coachella acompanhando bandas como The Prodigy e Kasabian. E como radialista, ele apresentava toda semana entrevistas únicas, live sessions com artistas como o Foo Fighters e tocava as músicas desconhecidas que, em pouco tempo, estourariam no mundo todo. Tudo isso com um estilo radiofônico ímpar, que incluía mixagens ao vivo e cantaroladas sobre as músicas que tocava. Nesse tempo todo, Lowe contribuiu muito para o lançamento de bandas como Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Bombay Cicycle Club, Ed Sheeran e vários outros… E, ontem, aconteceu seu último programa (ouça aqui). A última música que ele tocou foi “A Song For The Dead”, do Queens of The Stone Age.

Zane está saindo da BBC 1 para ir morar nos Estados Unidos e trabalhar na Apple. Não foi divulgada a função que ele irá exercer na empresa.

Sua partida causou um certo luto sobre dezenas de músicos que se sentiram obrigados a prestar homenagens ao DJ e locutor. Dentre eles, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, Alt-J, Adele, Chemical Brothers e CHVRCHES. Veja abaixo:

Thanks @zanelowe! #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/FOb77ebtGP

— Red Hot ChiliPeppers (@ChiliPeppers) March 5, 2015

#thankszane @zanelowe http://t.co/3Xqcd6JSum

— Arctic Monkeys (@ArcticMonkeys) March 5, 2015

Thanks Zane Lowe! #ThanksZane

— Metallica (@Metallica) March 5, 2015

'Thinking of you.' #thankszane pic.twitter.com/PrrejizUB0

— U2 (@U2) March 5, 2015

.@zanelowe love you like a brother. Thanks for all the good times & great music #ThanksZane

— QOTSA (@qotsa) March 5, 2015

.@zanelowe….on behalf of Rock and Roll, Thank You. #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/8RWE4rt74D

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 5, 2015

.@zanelowe Thanks for all the wonderful support through the years and best of luck on this new adventure #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/A5C8HkQIms

— Beck (@beck) March 5, 2015

"Heard you found a job. Thanks for making ours easy. Never stop the party, @ZaneLowe. #ThanksZane http://t.co/yPxkEzpnty

— The Killers (@thekillers) March 5, 2015

Zane your heart is bigger than rocky balboa's x @zanelowe #ThanksZane @BBCR1

— KasabianHQ (@KasabianHQ) March 5, 2015

#thankszane @zanelowe now nobody is going to play us on @BBCR1

— Royal Blood (@royalblooduk) March 5, 2015

All the best to an early champion of our music and all round good bloke @zanelowe on his last radio 1 show today #ThanksZane

— ? (alt-J) (@alt_J) March 5, 2015

.@zanelowe Thanks for all the support over the years and for persevering through those early interviews. #ThanksZane

— Bombay Bicycle Club (@BombayBicycle) March 5, 2015

@zanelowe Big love to you brother.The airwaves will not be the same without you.You'll always be part of the Biffy family.#ThanksZane

— Biffy Clyro (@BiffyClyro) March 5, 2015

Sad that it's @zanelowe last radio 1 show today. He's one of the best guys out there & has discovered/supported so many amazing bands (1/3)

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

When we released total life forever he played the full length Spanish Sahara twice in the same show. That's over 15 minutes. (2/3)

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

Cheers @zanelowe #thanksZane (3/3) pic.twitter.com/Tg7DanFikA

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

Zane Lowe's last show on radio 1 today. I wouldn't be where I am without him and his support, good luck with everything man, and thank you x

— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) March 5, 2015

Couldn't have been more nervous taking over Zane's show last year because I hold it in such high regard and a huge honour. I also always got nervous in his interviews because he's such a legend (and the coolest music nerd I know). He introduced me to some of the best music in the world. A lot of his shows encapsulated my journey through music as a teen from rock and metal all the way to folk. Quite a few times he made me Hottest Record in the World and has supported me from the very beginning, and never cared about what genre my music was supposed to be or if it was "cool" he played it because he dug it. so THANK YOU ZANE will miss ya. X

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Hearing the incredible @benhowardmusic I Forget Where We Were reminds me of @zanelowe, heard it there 1st #ThanksZane http://t.co/bKMYUkCYpP

— London Grammar (@londongrammar) March 5, 2015

Shout out Zane Lowe for taking that chance and playing us on the radio. Good luck for the future #ThanksZane

— JAWS (@JAWSJAWSJAWSSS) March 5, 2015

// F I R S T P L A Y E V E R // @zanelowe @BBCR1 L O V E #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/7SD9SYkQ7Z

— The 1975 (@the1975) March 5, 2015

@zanelowe The first person to play The Enemy on @BBCR1. All the best! #thankszane

— The Enemy (@theenemyband) March 5, 2015

We wouldn't have heard @wolfalicemusic without @zanelowe on @BBCR1: https://t.co/WLimK5LXLg. #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/v9sGQgGsDy

— CHVRCH?S (@CHVRCHES) March 5, 2015