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Wednesday 21st November 2012 | Osh
DJ Calvin Harris has vented his anger on Twitter at BBC Newsbeat for apparently miss-quoting him in a broadcast.
Last night Calvin Harris took to Twitter in response to a Newsbeat broadcast and article published on the BBC’s website discussing the debate ‘Do superstar DJs just press ‘go’ on their live shows’. In regards to the subject the We Found Love DJ was quoted as saying:
“I think it’s not a problem,”
“In the club you want to hear a produced piece of music, you want to hear the bass, you want to hear it as good as it can sound.
“I used to perform with a band putting all sorts of work into a live show and I can tell you that the reaction was worse than it is when I’m DJing.”
In both the article and broadcast, it comes across as though Harris is condoning pre-recorded sets. The DJ is currently in the US with Tinie Tempah filming the video Drinking From The Bottle the latest single from his album 18 Month:
But after catching wind of the broadcast, he took to twitter to unleash his rage.
Here’s what the DJ had to say:
@CalvinHarris Find the audio where i say “it’s ok to pre-record a DJ set” it doesn’t fucking exist, and i don’t know ANY DJ that actually does that
@CalvinHarris Fucking raging with this Newsbeat guy. I can remember the interview and his stupid fucking question is it ok for DJs to play records
@CalvinHarris Then he’ll change his question in the edit to is it ok to PRERECORD a DJ set and use my answer to a DIFFERENT QUESTION?!
@CalvinHarris Changing my answer and questioning my integrity to suit your shit report @BBCNewsbeat
@CalvinHarris I remember this guy from @BBCNewsbeat who did the interview, he actually apologised beforehand for being unprepared + knew nothing
@CalvinHarris Then he’ll make ME look bad because HE’S shite, and play in on the biggest national radio station in the UK?! Right ok @BBCNewsbeat
@CalvinHarris I would LOVE them to release the FULL AUDIO from the interview with HIS QUESTIONS included for some fucking context @BBCNewsbeat
@CalvinHarris release the audio @BBCNewsbeat and we will see exactly what was said, instead of stitching me up because u needed a bad guy in your “report”
@CalvingHarris No i won’t fucking calm down! When i’ve got shitloads of messages slating me for something i didn’t say @BBCNewsbeat
@CalvingHarris Fact is @BBCNewsbeat pre recorded my answers to a different set of questions. The guy wasn’t even wearing a mic
@CalvinHarris Ok that’s me done. Needed to respond because I had so many messages calling me out on some things that they had made up.
@CalvinHarris Looking into taking action on @BBCNewsbeat for that libellous broadcast
Saying that he’s angry was probably a bit of an understatement! Looks like the BBC has shot themselves in the foot with this one and heat over the “push the button row” is bound to be turned up a notch.
We still love you Calvin! Check him out in action with his number one single Sweet Nothing ft Florence Welch below:
By Rebecca Mason
