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Last night (6 March) Zane Lowe played his last Radio 1 show, forever saying goodbye to the BBC's hallowed halls.

Before leaving he spent the show going through all of his favourite music, which included The White Stripes’ 'Icky Thump', Kanye West’s 'Gold Digger', Foo Fighters’ 'Times Like These', Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 'Maps', Kendrick Lamar’s 'Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe', Arcade Fire’s 'Keep The Car Running', James Blake’s 'Retrograde', and Disclosure’s 'Latch'.

Listen to the full thing on iPlayer by clicking here.

Many of the musicians who have featured on Zane's show in the past also took the time to tweet their farewells...

.@zanelowe….on behalf of Rock and Roll, Thank You. #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/8RWE4rt74D

— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 5, 2015

We wouldn't have heard @wolfalicemusic without @zanelowe on @BBCR1: https://t.co/WLimK5LXLg. #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/v9sGQgGsDy

— CHVRCHΞS (@CHVRCHES) March 5, 2015

Thanks @zanelowe! #ThanksZane pic.twitter.com/FOb77ebtGP

— Red Hot ChiliPeppers (@ChiliPeppers) March 5, 2015

#thankszane @zanelowe http://t.co/3Xqcd6JSum

— Arctic Monkeys (@ArcticMonkeys) March 5, 2015

Sad that it's @zanelowe last radio 1 show today. He's one of the best guys out there & has discovered/supported so many amazing bands (1/3)

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

When we released total life forever he played the full length Spanish Sahara twice in the same show. That's over 15 minutes. (2/3)

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

Cheers @zanelowe #thanksZane (3/3) pic.twitter.com/Tg7DanFikA

— FOALS (@foals) March 5, 2015

All the best to an early champion of our music and all round good bloke @zanelowe on his last radio 1 show today #ThanksZane

— Δ (alt-J) (@alt_J) March 5, 2015

Couldn't have been more nervous taking over Zane's show last year because I hold it in such high regard and a huge honour. I also always got nervous in his interviews because he's such a legend (and the coolest music nerd I know). He introduced me to some of the best music in the world. A lot of his shows encapsulated my journey through music as a teen from rock and metal all the way to folk. Quite a few times he made me Hottest Record in the World and has supported me from the very beginning, and never cared about what genre my music was supposed to be or if it was "cool" he played it because he dug it. so THANK YOU ZANE will miss ya. X

A photo posted by elliegoulding (@elliegoulding) on Mar 5, 2015 at 7:33am PST

#ThanksZane for announcing all these headliners over the last decade, it's been emotional http://t.co/1eoXOWYycV @zanelowe

— Reading & Leeds Fest (@OfficialRandL) March 5, 2015

Back in September '03, i was sitting in the old Elektra Records office, doing promo for my first album Here Comes The Fuzz. Brian Greenspoon, who worked the international department, handed me the phone while whispering, "This is Zane Lowe. He talks really fast. But don't worry, just try your best to keep up" [translation: "Ronson. Look alive! None of your usual are-you-or-are-you-not-stoned, Sudafed demeanor"]. I remember he did talk really fast. And I also remember being taken aback that he was the first person i had ever spoken to who seemed to get everything about the record–from MOP to Rivers Cuomo. He got where i was coming from, probably cause he came from the same era. We were both unashamed music freaks who grew up in the golden era of hip-hop but also loved guitars. Cut to the end of '05, i don't really have a hell of a lot going on…I got dropped from my label, production gigs have dried up, I'm no longer the go-to DJ in NYC so I've gone to China to take a few club gigs to pay the rent, keep my little label going, etc… I come back drunk to my hotel one night and check my messages…"Hey Mark, it's Zane. People over here are really feeling that Radiohead cover you did. Good work, man, it's a heater". Zane championed that record "Just", and I ended up getting a new record deal to make my second album, Version. March '10, I'm finishing up my third album, I play Zane some songs–some almost finished, others in a rawer state. He hears the first 4 bars of a new track I'm working on and goes, "That's your first fucking single dude". So i go back to NYC and finish "Bang Bang Bang" with MNDR & Q-Tip. Back in 2013, Zane happened to move into the studio upstairs from me near Kings Cross. A year later, I'm playing him some half-finished songs from my fourth album. I play him a dusted out, disco-y cut, and in the middle he goes, "You really need a big, wild guitar solo there". So I do it. And in November, Zane world-premiered the finished "Daffodils" on his show–once again, championing a track of mine, the same way he played "Ooh Wee", "Just", "Bang Bang Bang". And alot of the reason that i probably have a career. so thank you Zane. and thanks for the tunes.

A photo posted by Mark Ronson (@iammarkronson) on Mar 5, 2015 at 6:35am PST