Robert Smith - The 6 Mix With Mary Anne Hobbs

ROBERT SMITH - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 13.03.26 (320kbs-m4a/134mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th March 2026

The Cure frontman Robert Smith takes over the 6 Mix ahead of his 'Cureation' of this year's Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Elbow, My Bloody Valentine and Mogwai amongst others.

The 6 Mix is the new flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.

Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.

Others who have played mixes for Mary Anne in the past include: Four Tet, SHERELLE, Helena Hauff, Blawan, Goldie, Chloé Robinson, Randall, Pet Shop Boys, Ben UFO, Rainy Miller, EMA, IMOGEN, Richie Culver, and Azu Tiwaline.

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce [Fiction]
MRCY - Wandering Attention [Dead Oceans]
Mogwai - Killing All The Flies [[PIAS] Recordings Catalogue]
Craven Faults - Yard Loup [The Leaf Label]
Annika Kilkenny - Look Mom I Made It [Tinpot]
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life [Columbia]
The Joy Formidable - Austere [Canvasback/ATL]
My Bloody Valentine - Lose My Breath [Rhino/Warner]
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue [EMI (Virgin)]
Garbage - Queer [Almo/Geffen]
Placebo - The Bitter End [Hut Music]
Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth [Dirty Hit]
Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say I Runaway [Ninja Tune]
Nihad Hrustanbegović - Stork Suite: Jazz Ballade [Nihad Hrustanbegovic]
The Cure - Treasure [Polydor]
David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind [Parlophone UK]