Annie Mac Biography – Annie Mac Wiki
Annie Mac is an Irish DJ, broadcaster, and writer. She is known as the host of her flagship BBC Radio 1 show, which was formerly hosted by Zane Lowe. She also hosts her own podcast, Changes with Annie Mac, and her debut book, Mother Mother was released in 2021. She attended Wesley College in Dublin, she studied English literature at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a resident of Queen’s Park, London. She is a sports fan supporting North London football team Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Her first BBC Radio 1 programme was broadcast on 29 July 2004. She had been a producer at BBC Radio 1 before this and was heard as a voice for jingles on the station at least as far back as February 2004. Her first live set with the station was at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Dundee in May 2006 as part of the Essential Mix live broadcast. She remarked on air at the time how it was the first time they had trusted her to do a live mix. She was the host of certain programmes on BBC Radio 1 until April 20, 2021. Her main programme, called Radio 1’s Future Sounds, aired from 18:00 to 20:00 on Mondays to Thursdays, playing mainly newly released dance-pop, hip-hop, rock and indie. Additionally, her Friday night dance-based show (Radio 1’s Dance Party) is broadcast between 18:00 to 20:00. She previously hosted BBC Switch with close friend and fellow DJ Nick Grimshaw on Sunday evenings from 19:00 to 21:00 until 21 March 2010. After this date, they moved to 22:00 – midnight with a new show simply called Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac.
A popular feature is the Annie Mac Mini Mix, an opportunity to showcase various DJs’ ability to produce a five-minute mix with other DJs. The Mini mix was also a feature of her previous show on a Thursday night. She was a regular stand-in for Zane Lowe’s show before he left the station. In 2009 she won the Best Female award at the drum and bass awards for her contribution to the promotion of this genre of music. She makes regular appearances as a feature presenter on BBC Two’s The Culture Show, giving her opinions on the latest music offerings. She appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in January 2006 and she co-presented Top of the Pops on 18 June 2006 with Reggie Yates and on 11 July 2006 with Rufus Hound in a T in the Park special. Annie has also filled in for Zane Lowe on his Gonzo show on MTV2. She regularly DJs b2b with Jonny Birchall and Will Phillips at clubs such as Moles Club, Ponana, Zero Zero, The Nest, Second Bridge Nightclub, and Club XL all in Bath, Night Digital in Brighton, and university venues such as Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Aston University. She has also appeared on ITV Comedy, FM, as herself.
On 18 February 2007 BBC Radio 1 launched their first video podcast or vodcast. It featured her on a backstage tour around the Radio 1 buildings. This has since been stopped; however, there is now a podcast of the Mini Mix. She has also presented Other Voices for RTÉ Two. In September 2009, she released her first compilation album, Annie Mac Presents, followed in the subsequent two years Annie Mac Presents 2010 and Annie Mac Presents 2011. In August 2012, she was one of the DJs selected by Channel 4 to hold a live six-hour, televised House Party on Bank Holiday Friday. Since Nick Grimshaw left his daily 22:00 to midnight weekday slot; she had been covering for the slot. It was then taken over by Huw Stephens. She released “Annie Mac Presents 2012” in October 2012; the tracklisting contained some of the songs Mac played on the Channel 4 House Party. Tracks by Knife Party and Steve Aoki headlined the tracklisting.
On 31 December 2012, Annie Mac was one of the DJs selected by Channel 4 to hold a live six-hour, televised New Year’s House Party. Annie Mac dj’d In November 2014, she began hosting Annie Mac Presents on SiriusXM’s BPM in the United States, starting at 21:00. ET. into the New Year on this televised event. On 15 February 2015, it was announced she had taken over Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 evening show airing Monday-Thursdays 19:00 to 21:00. In January 2017, she presented a BBC Three programme called Who Killed the Night investigating the status of British nightclubs following many closures, notably the Fabric closure and re-opening and property developments on sites of former clubs, visiting the site of former Kings Cross club Bagleys/Canvas. The programme featured interviews with the newly appointed night czar Amy Lamé.
On April 20, 2021, she announced that she would be leaving Radio 1 on 30 July of the same year, citing the need to spend more time with her children. She made the emotional announcement live on air during Greg James’ Radio 1 Breakfast Show. She also wrote on Instagram about it. It was also announced that fellow Radio 1 DJ, Clara Amfo, would take over Annie’s Future Sounds show (Mon-Thu 18:00-20:00) from July, while Danny Howard would take over Mac’s Radio 1’s Dance Party show (Fridays 18:00-20:00). She Presents: Lost & Found Festival, is an annual music festival that takes place in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta during May. The festival was started in 2015 and is curated by her, who was named as the Festival Ambassador of Malta in 2018 and was presented the award from Malta’s Minister for Tourism. The four-day event is split between a number of day and night parties at a variety of venues across the island, including Café Del Mar, which hosts the daytime pool parties.
Annie Mac Age
She was born Annie MacManus on July 18, 1978 in Dublin, Ireland.
Annie Mac Husband
She is married to her husband, Toddla T . The couple was married in 2018.
Annie Mac Children
She has two children. She has a son born in May 2013 with her husband, and fellow BBC Radio 1 DJ Toddla T. She gave birth to her second child on 6 January 2017. While on maternity leave her radio show was presented by MistaJam and then she returned to the station on June 12, 2017. Her brother, Davey MacManus, was the lead singer and guitarist in bands The Crocketts and The Crimea.
Annie Mac Net Worth
Annie Mac’s net worth is estimated to be around $8 Million.
Annie Mac Instagram
Her Instagram account is @anniemacmanus.
