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Brandon Block is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 club DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
. Under the name Blockster he has had two hits in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
; You Should Be... (a remix of You Should Be Dancing
You Should Be Dancing

"You Should Be Dancing" was a single by the Bee Gees, from the Children of the World album in 1976. The single hit number one for 1 week on the U.S....
 by the Bee Gees
Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers ? Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to England parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia, where they began their musical careers....
) reached number 3 in the chart in January 1999, and Grooveline reached number 18 in July 1999.

Block is best known for appearing on stage heavily intoxicated at the 2000 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
 after friends suggested for him to enter a musical contest and won best musician of the year, when in fact he had not even been nominated for the award, resulting in a humorous confrontation with award presenter, Ronnie Wood.






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Brandon Block is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 club DJ
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
. Under the name Blockster he has had two hits in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
; You Should Be... (a remix of You Should Be Dancing
You Should Be Dancing

"You Should Be Dancing" was a single by the Bee Gees, from the Children of the World album in 1976. The single hit number one for 1 week on the U.S....
 by the Bee Gees
Bee Gees

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers ? Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb. They were born on the Isle of Man to England parents, lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, United Kingdom and during their childhood years moved to Brisbane, Australia, where they began their musical careers....
) reached number 3 in the chart in January 1999, and Grooveline reached number 18 in July 1999.

Block is best known for appearing on stage heavily intoxicated at the 2000 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
 after friends suggested for him to enter a musical contest and won best musician of the year, when in fact he had not even been nominated for the award, resulting in a humorous confrontation with award presenter, Ronnie Wood.

In 2005 he appeared on the chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring
Heads Up with Richard Herring

Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity Talk show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as one half of comedy duo Lee and Herring, the stars of BBC Two shows Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy....
 to discuss his life, career, anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews.This prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of Religion, Race , cultural and ethnic group biases....
, and his love of poker. In September, 2006 Brandon was on Five
Five (TV)

Five is a television channel that broadcasts in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1997, it is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch....
's reality television
Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors....
 show Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep
Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep

Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep is a reality television show that was broadcast by Five in the United Kingdom.The first series ran nightly with 10 programmes over 2 weeks....
. He formerly (2000-1) presented "Brandon Block's Video Hits" on Rapture TV
Rapture TV

Rapture TV was a previously free-to-air satellite television station operated from the United Kingdom, founded in 1997. Focusing mostly on dance music and extreme sports, it is notable for the amount of times it has "failed" financially only to be relaunched....
, which is occasionally repeated to this day.

Brandon also hosted a show alongside fellow DJ and friend Alex P on MTV Dance, where they toured Ibiza interviewing clubbers from around the island and playing the latest dance videos.

He is currently managed by Mike Angel & Lisa Loud at Angel Artists & Mike Leigh Associates for his TV work.

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