Simon Tyers

Enjoyable fact: the current, Huey-less line-up of Fun Lovin' Criminals contains more members from Leicester than New York. #totp

"Well, I wouldn't know about dying and being gassy, Miss Babs"

McCaskill had apparently been on the radio overnight shift and was stuck in Broadcasting House, though that doesn't explain why he looks like he spent the night standing outside.

That's his Edinburgh Fringe work in progress run.

Big fan of Isle Of Man-Middlesbrough-Derbyshire (so heading south at least, except...)-Cumbernauld.

A road journey from Kettering's Lighthouse Theatre to Leicester's De Montfort Hall. In fairness it *can* be tricky to park around the latter.

Underrated part is how, on a tour of such wild 24 hour swings, this journey requires an extra day.

If only someone had an original composition about them.

YouTube video by ken barlow The Shirehorses - Horny

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bwv... #totp

Hi, 1998, I'm a time traveller from 2025. Yeah, I'd rather not go into a lot of it. But wait until you find out what Billie's doing now! #totp

Slow Club, End Of The Road Festival 2007. She's the one on the right.

Been fun having a quick look through my photos from around this time. Look, here's embryo Self Esteem!

If you see this, post a concert photo you took.

Benny Hill takes a phone call next to Igor from Count Duckula. Maybe Benny thought it was Bob Todd.

#ITV70

YouTube video by wessexstudent Jasper Carrott new insurance claims 2025- Live @victorious_festival 2

This was recorded a month ago, I'd imagine to an audience that weren't alive or aware when he was first doing it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1v...

That Anthony H Loose Talk is on ScreenOcean and is extraordinary. The audience are pissed (in UK and US senses) and heckle everyone, Taylor, Sarler and some loud people attack Wilson over New Order's perceived Nazi imagery, and the programme ends mid-sentence.

First time I heard it was I think its premiere, when Rivron popped into Jonathan Ross' shortlived and much better than Radio 2 Sunday morning Virgin Radio show on the way to the video shoot and brought a copy with him.

Sorry, still thinking about how Vindaloo, video and performance, is full of Max Wall impersonators and they expected the kids to understand that. #totp

Two consecutive songs based on the same second hand hook. #totp

This is not the best representation of Silver Sun, but it is worth wondering what would have happened had the lead track from this covers EP instead been either their Xanadu or their You Made Me Realise. #totp

Meat Pie Sausage Roll is better remembered and that only barely made the top 75. #totp

This was the official England World Cup 1998 single with a personnel that couldn't miss, and it was still the third biggest England World Cup 1998 single. #totp

Always joyous, but this didn't really need the show identifier.
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From what I've seen there was a lot about them in the press at the time, mostly because they ran soul and early rap-based club nights where style journos hung out, so they were clearly expected to be much bigger than they were. Turns out one of them co-wrote the first Curiosity Killed The Cat album.

Anniemal, surely.

The Leicester date on the Pipettes album tour remains the hottest gig I've ever been to. A bit later Gwenno was somehow talked into doing a solo gig (long before her actual solo career) at Firebug.

YouTube video by Paint and Paint Snooker Clydeside Classic 1990 Final

This is at least a section of one of them (it went out in four parts in one night), which as the blurb mentions coincidentally went out at the same time Stephen Hendry was winning the world championship final. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVjr...

There was a Hall-inspired follow-up, Television Interventions for Channel 4 in 1990. sites.dundee.ac.uk/rewind-devel...

There *is* a story about the Bee Gees Outstanding Contribution award, but it's that the producers wanted Jarvis Cocker to present it and Barry refused because he assumed Jarvis was going to humiliate them in the same way he did MJ.

If you STILL haven't voted in this year's Noisebox Anthems poll, you really do need to get on with it because the vote closes today at 2pm sharp! Get over to noiseboxradio.com/an... and pick all your favourite Noiseboxiest tracks, then sit back and listen as we reveal the results over the weekend!

YouTube video by Kat S ALL I NEED TO HEAR - THE 1975 FT. TIM HEALY (NEW YORK CITY - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 11/14/2023)

On his way up to Madison Square Garden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLeC...

Also, GO ON, CALUM SCOTT, DO THIS ONE NEXT, I DARE YOU #totp