Spider Stacy is the guest on the latest Oh! Brother podcast. Much discussion about how The Pogues stumbled on a way of putting new fire into Irish rebel songs and how this insirpired the Irish diaspora. Including the brothers themselves.
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NEW: Delirium | Gorillaz featuring Mark E Smith
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NEW: Iain Matthews: Rhythm Of The West (The Columbia Years 1975-1977), 6CD Box Set, featuring expanded versions of the albums Go For Broke and Hit and Run, plus two live concerts and miscellaneous live recordings. Released 8th May. Pre-orders open: www.cherryred.co.uk/iain-matthew...
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Took a side street today, emerged, looked up and this building was in front of us. Free Trade Hall, Manchester (as was).
25.02.2026 16:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Following eviction from their building, The Leadmill Relocation Fund aims to raise money for a new home.
25.02.2026 10:21 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0First event announcements for The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival. More to follow. Further information here: linktr.ee/fallfuturepast
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Heads up! Heads up!
Take a look at our first announcements for The Fall: Futures & Pasts Weekend.
Celebrating 50yrs of The Fall
5-7 June, Band on the Wall, Manchester.
You coming?
All Info and Tix: linktr.ee/fallfuturepast
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Das Gruppe on the Wall: A monograph by Paul Hanley
Specially commissioned for The Fall Futures and Past Festival, this new monograph tells the story of The Fall at Band on the Wall, an iconic venue in Manchester. It will be first available at the festival on Friday 5th June.
What We Did Instead of Holidays: The Story of Fairport Convention now available in worldwide paperback edition
22.02.2026 15:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Coincidentally, we were speaking with Mark Making today, the man who took photographs of Bob Dylan at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 66. He told us that he went up to Richard at the sound desk after the show, saw the reel to reel, and asked if the recording would be made available.
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We've heard the very sad news that Richard Alderson has passed. Richard was the sound engineer who recorded the bulk of Bob Dylan's 1966 tour. Richard was very kind to us when we published JUDAS. Here's Richard talking about those recordings. Bless him. (He also recorded the Gaslight Tapes.)
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When The Big Midweek was first published, it jockeyed with Viv Albertine's memoir for No.1 spot in the punk charts for months. They battled like prime Coe and Ovett. Twelve years later, great to see them still side by side in the top 10. Quality lasts.
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Our Last Stand book launch. Guests include players from the 1973 Featherstone Rovers Challenge Cup winning team, David Hobbs from the 1983 cup winning team, and members of the Stand Gang who contributed stories to the book.
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Our local beauty spot and bird sanctuary, Fairburn Ings, filmed in 1981. Fryston Colliery, which inadvertently led to the creation of this natural wonderland, is still active at the time and is in shot in the background. The Ings are a nice payback from nature after such plunder.
16.02.2026 17:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A deep dive into Funky Si's memoir You Can Drum But You Can't Hide by four Fall fans. Each one of them seems to have a different version.
15.02.2026 12:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Adam Buxton is the guest on the latest Oh! Brother podcast. He gives a full account of Mark E Smith's appearance on the Adam & Joe show, plus his life in TV, radio and podcasts, much of it soundtracked by The Fall. There's a treat at the end when he asks the brothers about Fall songwriting sessions.
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Buzzcocks Bookclub. If you want a deep dive into this wonderful band, read these two books, lose yourself in the albums and then turn up at Horse + Bamboo, Waterfoot on 19th March to see Steve Diggle chat with Paul Hanley and his brother Steve. Thank us afterwards.
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Oh! Brother Podcast live with Paul and Steve Hanley and special guest Steve Diggle. Quite a night out. Tickets and further info ➡️ www.tickettailor.com/events/later...
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Mark Hoyle hosts an in-conversation with Chris Connelly about his book on Cargo Studios. Almost everyone involved in Manchester music back in the day passed through Cargo. It's free, but you'll need a ticket. Manchester Central Library, Thursday 12th March.
12.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant! Going to get myself a copy of this!
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The publication of Our Last Stand couldn't be more timely. Featherstone Rovers: The Heartbeat of Rugby League.
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Chris Rand of the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project website is the guest this week on Steve's Mix Tapes
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NEW TITLE: Paul Coventry's Our Last Stand. The incredible story of how a gang of retired volunteers dismantled a pair of stands at a derelict football stadium and rebuilt them at the home of their beloved Featherstone Rovers. Now available to order online.
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A celebration of The Fall. Band on the Wall, Manchester. 5th-7th June. #fallfriday
Info and Tix: linktr.ee/fallfuturepast
My morning routine involves emptying the dishwasher, doing the school run and taking the dog for his constitutional, but I always find time for tea and a few passages of
@stephenhanley6.bsky.social's The Big Midweek. So, so good.
Pete Shelley sharing his philosophy with Tony Wilson in Woolworths cafe in 1978. Recorded for the Granada TV documentary 'B’dum B’dum'. Read all about Pete Shelley in Paul Hanley’s book ‘Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me)’
05.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lovely. Thanks Gill
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Hip hip hooray, it's Record Store Day. Are You Are Missing Winner? Here's the full list:
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Clothes Line Saga by Suzzy & Maggie Roche - utterly brilliant cover of this song:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=kk2W...
