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Tag Archives: Lightning Seeds
Missing You – a tribute to Terry Hall and Iain ‘Tempo’ Templeton
“Love, there was so much love, enough to last a hundred years. Laughs, we had so many laughs, how come they turned into tears?” I wasn’t sure it was common knowledge when I got the sad message from Iain ‘Tempo’ … Continue reading
Star treatment – back in touch with Ian Broudie, talking Lightning Seeds
It seems a negative way to start this feature, but other than reaching No.1 in the UK singles chart three times with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner with ‘Three Lions’ (in 1996, 1998, and 2018, for a song seemingly everywhere … Continue reading
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Tagged Adele Emmas, Cloudcuckooland, Echo and the Bunnymen, Emily Smiles, Ian Broudie, James Skelly, Jim Sharrock, Jollification, Lightning Seeds, Liverpool, Marine Research, Martyn Campbell, Pale Fountains, Riley Broudie, See You in the Stars, Terry Hall, The Coral, The Zutons, Three Lions, Wrexham FC
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Small World, but you wouldn’t want to paint it – entering the sonic sphere of Metronomy with Joe Mount
It’s sign of the times that barely a fortnight after Metronomy shared feelgood second single, ‘Things Will Be Fine’, from their forthcoming seventh album, sole ever-present member Joe Mount – newly returned from Paris – had been forced to temporarily … Continue reading
Looking back at 2018. Part two – the second six months
In which WriteWyattUK scans the archives to cull a few choice quotes from the last six months of 2018’s feature/interviews on this site, taking a leaf out of Dr Feelgood’s books, following Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson’s lead, ‘Looking back to see if … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Andy Kershaw, Andy Scott, Bianca Kinane-Ewart, Blancmange, Charlie Reid, Colin Meloy, Cornershop, Dave Hill, David Bowie, Eleanor Friedberger, Fay Fife, Fiery Furnaces, Goat Girl, Gruff Rhys, Hazel O'Connor, Hugh Cornwell, I Am Kloot, Ian Broudie, James, Jim lea, Joe Strummer, John Bramwell, John Peel, John Walters, Lightning Seeds, Lucinda Mellor, Neil Arthur, Neil Cossar, Nick Power, Nina Persson, Phil Odgers, Robert Gordon McHarg III, Rosy Bones, Saul Davies, Slade, Stuart Bailie, Super Furry Animals, Sweet, The Cardigans, The Coral, The Decemberists, The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Proclaimers, The Rezillos, Tjinder Singh, Trouble Songs
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Raindrops splash rainbows – revisiting the Lightning Seeds with Ian Broudie
It’s been a happening summer for Ian Broudie, back in the limelight with the ‘Three Lions’ single amid a number of festival and studio commitments, topping the charts for a third time on the back of a successful England … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football, Music
Tagged Big in Japan, Cloudcuckooland, David Baddiel, Echo and the Bunnymen, Frank Skinner, Ian Broudie, Ian McNabb, James Walsh, Jollification, Lancaster Library, Lightning Seeds, Pale Fountains, Shack, Tales Told, Terry Hall, The Bodines, The Wedding Present, Three Lions
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Walsh reaches Turning Point in stellar career
This week former Starsailor front-man James Walsh returns to his native North-West, showcasing songs from his new album in Liverpool and Manchester. The talented singer/songwriter will be at The Kazimier, Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool, on Monday, December 2, then the following … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballymena, Belfast, chorley, James Walsh, Jon Brookes, Lanchester, Lightning Seeds, Liverpool, PledgeMusic, Starsailor, Suzanne Vega, The Charlatans, Turning Point
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