The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Times UK : Surprise guests are a Bestival tradition, and this year the organisers excelled themselves with Jones and a reconstituted lineup of ska-pop veterans the Specials. Newly reunited with singer Terry Hall, the band played a bouncy and rapturously received greatest hits set. NME : The fancy dress theme 30,000 Freaks Under The Sea worked a treat and despite the mud thousands turned out in full...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
sexy lady gwen stefani has admitted that she has a crush on madness frontman suggsstefani also confessed that she ended up in tears when she discovered that suggs real name graham mcpherson was marriedthe no doubt star even sent the 47yearold tickets to her show at wembley arena last year hoping to meet her idolhowever she was left disappointed when he failed to turn up to her recent concert in london...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
IN my childhood, I was occasionally forced to admit to my mum that the terrible pain in the back of my mouth was the result of trying to 'do a Buster Bloodvessel'.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Bad Manners pop star Buster Bloodvessel still a 'fat b*****d despite slimming down Eighties pop star Buster Bloodvessel still gets called "fat b*****d" at gigs despite losing over half his 32st bulk.Buster, 49, now weighs 14st thanks to a 2004 op to shrink his stomach after medics warned he was obese.But the Bad Manners star, famed for his hit Lip Up Fatty, revealed: "Fans still shout, 'You fat b*****d!'."I...
Dust On The Stylus (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
A&M AM227 1985 Belle and Sebastian. The Selecter. Living In A Box. Tin Machine. Talk Talk. Madness. The list of bands with eponymous songs is an unsurprisingly short one. I suppose Big Country almost got there with In A Big Country. It's a tougher thing to do when you're a solo artist, so kudos to two other nearly-made-its, Julian Cope's Julian H Cope (his middle name's actually David) and Mr Jeays...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Career-Spanning CD and Digital Album Features 21 of the UK Reggae Group's Top Hits, Including 'Red Red Wine,' 'Here I Am (Come and Take Me),' and '(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You' HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 25 years, UB40 has been one of the world's premiere pop-reggae acts, with several international chart-topping singles and global sales totaling more than...
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Madness frontman Suggs and singer-songwriter Sandi Thom are among musicians, singers and street entertainers supporting what is expected to be Britain's biggest busking event.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Madness frontman Suggs and singer-songwriter Sandi Thom are among musicians, singers and street entertainers supporting what is expected to be Britain's biggest busking event.
Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Wetdog Enterprise Reversal Release 21st July Review by Matt Killeen I had high hopes for this. A white label CD with 21 tracks on it has connotations of the Ramones or Napalm Death about it. I'm not too disappointed. It's...
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The full scale ridiculousness of a pasty bloke from Jesus Christ Superstar issuing a clarion call for old style reggae is that this was released in 1976, slap bang in the middle of what is now commonly known as 'the golden age of reggae'. What actually spurred us on to this, thogugh, was seeing a TV advert for something called Massive Reggae , posited as all the irie you need for your summer....
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
“Double Barrel” Dave and Ansell Collins Big Tree Records. A Trojan Record Production. Written and produced by Winton Riley. (1971) One of the earliest recordings to feature renowned drummer Sly Dunbar, who was reportedly 14 when the song was recorded. The single reached #1 on the UK singles chart for two [...]
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Suggs and co turn their 80s ska beat into musical show.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
A match involving Marat Safin is always worth watching. He's liable to moon the crowd, smash several rackets or dominate the world's best...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Day 8 at the Rochester International Jazz Festival was mostly a free floating experience. Ken and I met up and got a sandwich to eat from Java's, which gave us a respite from street meat for a day (although I...
