BBC News presenter Ros Atkins, who previously hummed the beats as a drum 'n' bass DJ, prepares to spin some tunes at the legendary Stonebridge stage of Glastonbury this summer. Atkins aims to add an exclusive touch of drum 'n' bass to the iconic music festival's dance stage, joining a stellar line-up that includes Batu B2B Bradley Zero, Sally C, Daphni, Groove Armada, and fellow BBC face Annie Mac. "It's frankly incomprehensible that I'm tweeting this," he shared on his Twitter (X) last month, stepping in a new light: "but here's the line-up for Stonebridge at Glastonbury and, to my great excitement and astonishment, I'm on it.
" Taking to Twitter once again on Monday morning, Atkins further elaborated on how he ended up on the line-up for one of the world's biggest festivals. "THREAD 1/15: As I may have mentioned a couple of times, in an unlikely development, I'm going to be doing a drum and bass set @Glastonbury ," he began with his first tweet. "And, not at all unreasonably, quite a few people have asked me variations on ‘how did that happen?!’ Well, there's a bit of a story here.
" He continued: "In 2022, I was asked about my (very) amateur DJing days in an interview. Soon after, I got an email from Matt Tasker @BBC6Music asking if I’d like to do a set. At the time, I wrote this thread about it all which got shared a lot more than I expected.
2022 saw Atkins diving into his past life as a drum 'n' bass DJ before shifting his gears to BBC News, now serving as Risk and .
