However, the Brexit deal did not include continued protection against roaming charges, and we are in a position where a family going away together this summer may find that two members enjoy free calls and data while away but the other two are paying perhaps £2.29 a day. In 2017, mobile networks in EU countries were banned from charging customers extra to use their phones in other member countries, with the right to make calls, send texts and, most importantly, use data allowances anywhere in Europe – as if at home – one of the most popular pieces of European legislation in the UK. Have you checked whether you will be hit by roaming charges on holiday? Photograph: imageBROKER/Alamy The popular Tesco Mobile announced it was bringing back European roaming charges, but not for 2023, meaning its customers are OK for this year at least. O2, Virgin Media, Giffgaff and a host of other small providers are all to be praised after they (so far) resisted the temptation to impose European roaming fees.
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Its PAYG customers pay £7 for eight days, plus the standard charges.
UK Vodafone contract customers travelling elsewhere in Europe pay £2.25 a day, £10 for eight days or £15 for 15, depending on what they sign up to. Three and Sky charge a flat £2 a day, adding £28 to a two-week trip. It is £2.50 a day for pay-as-you-go (PAYG) customers or £10 for seven days, plus the standard charges they pay at home. I wanted people to try to digest the sound I'm trying to bring and learn about me a little more.EE, Vodafone, Three, Sky and Talkmobile are among those that have reintroduced them.ĮE, the UK’s second-biggest provider, is charging contract customers £2.29 a day, or £15 a month, to use existing data and calls plans as if they were at home. "It wasn't like I was trying to come out with this next, big single. "I just wanted to show people my depth," Lewis says. He released his four-song Bills EP last week, keeping his throwback sound while dipping into garage funk on the smitten Real Thing, and groovy, rhythmic pop on Mama, written for his mother. While many stations initially jumped on it to use in their fittingly named "Pay Your Bills" contests, "the song just kind of took off on its own beyond just a promotional tie-in."Īlthough out-of-the-gate success could spook any newcomer, Lewis isn't worried about becoming a one-hit wonder. "Everyone thought right away this was a sound that wasn't really on pop radio at the moment: something upbeat, kind of a novelty, but just a really fun song," says Sharon Dastur, iHeartMedia's senior vice president of programming integration. Instead, the song has primarily ruled the airwaves, where it got an early push from radio giants such as Sirius XM and iHeartRadio, the latter of which introduced programmers to Bills at a music summit early this year. But unlike other novelty songs this decade - CeeLo Green's Forget You, Psy's Gangnam Style or Ylvis' The Fox ( What Does the Fox Say?),for instance - it's not anchored by a viral music video ( Bills' video has racked up only 7 million views on YouTube since February). "The song kind of wrote itself," and uses his original demo vocals.īills was released as a single in February on Dr. We were all just throwing it against the wall," Lewis, 27, says. "I literally just started scatting the melody to the first verse and throwing words in there. Sample lyrics: "All these bills piled up on my desk/they looking like a mountain/all your little kids go 'round/like you hear their stomachs growlin'.'' The tune incorporates elements of hip-hop and soul, with a ragtag, jazz sound. Renting a house in the Los Angeles hills, the two holed up and cranked out five or six songs - one of which was Bills, co-written with Jacob Kasher (Kesha's We R Who We R), and inspired by Lewis' recent move to L.A. But it wasn't until he hit the studio with producer Ricky Reed (Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty) that he tried flying solo. Known by the combo of his nickname "LunchMoney" and last name, Gamal Lewis has spent the past couple years co-writing tunes for Jessie J ( Burnin' Up), Fifth Harmony ( Bo$$) and Juicy J ( Scholarship), and popped up as a featured artist on Nicki Minaj's Trini Dem Girls in December. 27 on USA TODAY's Top 40 airplay chart, with nearly 15 million Spotify streams and 188,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His bouncy, soulful ode to the everyday grind is at No. "There's that beautiful thing called rent that comes every first of the month, so I've got that coming up," says the Miami-born singer, whose single Bills is making it rain on pop radio. LunchMoney Lewis has 2015's first novelty hit, but he's still got bills he's gotta pay.
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