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The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio station BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Originally hosted by Jo Whiley on her mid-morning radio show and now hosted by Fearne Cotton, it exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format. The 'Live Lounge' itself is also a physical room in the Radio 1 studios, from where some of the performances are broadcast; however, due to its size, many are done from the BBC Maida Vale Studios. Since 2009, Trevor Nelson has hosted Live Lounges on his BBC Radio 1Xtra show.

The songs chosen as cover versions are often a completely different genre to that which the artist usually performs, and offer a new perspective on the original. Jamie Cullum's cover of Pharrell Williams's "Frontin'" led to Cullum being signed to Pharrell's label Star Trak when played to him at a later visit to The Jo Whiley Show, and was added to his 2003 album Twentysomething.

Even More Music Month
In 2014, the Live Lounge hosted an event called Even More Music Month, which features a new artist performing in the Live Lounge every day. Some of the more famous artists participating in this event include 5 Seconds of Summer, Sam Smith (singer), Maroon 5, Ben Howard, and Ella Eyre. The event will be closed out by Ed Sheeran on September 30, 2014. To see a full list of artists featured during Even More Music Month visit the website for the Live Lounge.

Performances and albums

 * For a list of all the covers performed on the Live Lounge, see List of Live Lounge cover versions.

Live Lounge Features
Over the years of Live Lounge, various Radio 1 features have involved this segment, these include:
 * Live Lounge Tour
 * Ultimate Live Lounge
 * Live Lounge of 2010
 * A-Z of the Live Lounge
 * List of Live Lounge cover versions