R.E.M. – In Concert at Milton Keynes Stadium – July 30, 1995 – Monster Tour – BBC Radio 1 – And Patrons get perks . . .seriously: Become a Patron! R.E.M. in concert this afternoon. From the 1995 UK Monster Tour, a set from their Milton Keynes Stadium gig and
Elbow – live at Reading Festival 2001 – BBC Radio 1 – Elbow to start off the week. At a concert recorded during the 2001 Reading Festival and preserved for posterity by the BBC. For all the complaints about the current state of affairs in music, the objects of derision
Queens Of The Stone Age – Reading 2000 – BBC 6 Music – Queens Of The Stone Age, in concert at The Reading Festival in 2000 (are you joking? Twenty-six YEARS AGO??). The Palm Desert California band were one of the highlights of a festival that included headliners Oasis
A day of wild contrasts in the world, this February 10th in 1998. Starting with Tblisi, Georgia – Since taking charge of his native Georgia in 1992, Eduard Shevardnadze has cracked down on lawlessness and struggled with a foundering economy all the wh while watching his enemies multiply. The 70-year-old
Works wonders: Become a Patron! Dropping in on the 80s this afternoon with an early concert by Culture Club, fronted by the inimitable Boy George. A further reminder how diverse the 80s were, Culture Club were a successful mashup of New Wave, Pop and Northern Soul, with the extra added
Echo & The Bunnymen – In session for Marc Riley – October 8, 2018 – BBC 6 Music – One of the seminal bands of the Post-Punk/Indie movement of the early 80s, Echo & The Bunnymen are still with us (after a layoff of several years) and still making wonderful
Lightning Seeds – Glastonbury 1998 – BBC Radio 1 – For Friday Jr. Lunch, it’s Lightning Seeds, recorded during their appearance at the 1998 festival. The Lightning Seeds are Liverpool, they formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the band Big in Japan. Originally a studio-based
Crashland – Live at Cardiff University – 2000 – BBC In Concert Series – BBC Crashland to put Tuesday to bed. In concert from Cardiff University and recorded by the venerable BBC in 2000. Only together a relatively short time, they have achieved that somewhat cynical assessment of being Criminally
The White Stripes – In Concert from The London Forum 2001 – BBC Radio 1 – The White Stripes in concert to kick off the week. The Detroit garage/blues/Indie/Punk duo Jack and Meg White were together from 1997 to 2011, released six studio albums, received wide critical acclaim for their
Mary In The Junkyard tonight – recorded live at The Great Wide Open festival in Vlieland on August 31, 2024 and broadcast by VPRO-3VOOR12. As we get further and further away from that hideous period known as “lockdown” during those two years of COVID, hearing bands who got started during
