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Latest podcast episodes about Tony Hadley

Synthetic Dreams Podcast

Today's fascinating episode of Synthetic Dreams features legendary singer, Tony Hadley .Tony, is of course, best known as the lead singer of one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, Spandau Ballet. The band, who formed in Islington, London back in 1979, scored a number of hits. Spandau's debut single, ‘To Cut A Long Story Short', one of the greatest synth-pop anthems of all-time, reached number five in the UK charts and was the first of ten UK top-10 singles for the band, reaching global success with ‘Chant No 1, ‘True; 'Gold' and ‘Through the Barricades' to name a few.We discuss, amongst other things, his Christmas Big Band Tour 2025, the 40th anniversary of Live Aid and his memories from that special day. He also talks about electronic music and his love Kraftwerk and early Ultravox, plus his time hanging out at legendary new romantic club, The Blitz.

Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Britain's Number 1 Vinyl Radio Show - Putting The Needle On The Records From the 60s, 70s, 80s
Episode 339: Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Side A - Special Guest Tony Butler - Big Country - Kindred Spirit - Think Loud 4 Parkinson's

Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Britain's Number 1 Vinyl Radio Show - Putting The Needle On The Records From the 60s, 70s, 80s

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 55:00


The renowned voice of the airwaves, Phil Wilson, famous for his morning show "Phil Wilson In The Morning" on Affinity Radio Newcastle and Affinity Radio Shields, Saturday 7-10am and the syndicated sensation "Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival," engages again in a captivating conversation with Tony Butler of Big Country and now Kindred Spirit with the release of the album Think Loud 4 Parkinsons. Stars have come together to support the charity Cure Parkinson's with an album of brand-new recordings including Leo Sayer, Hank Marvin, The Waterboys, Paul Carrack, Tony Hadley, Pete Townshend, Roger Taylor, Andy Fairweather Low, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke, Ralph McTell, Jools Holland, Mike & The Mechanics & Marcella Detroit. Kindred Spirit's - Think Loud 4 Parkinson's, released on 14th February 2025, sees a plethora of British rock legends team up to help raise awareness and funds for the charity Cure Parkinson's. The album features all new and previously unreleased tracks. About Cure Parkinson's We're here for the cure. Cure Parkinson's is working with urgency to find new treatments to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson's. Our funding and innovation has redefined the field of Parkinson's research, enabling the world's leading researchers to prioritise the next generation of drugs for clinical trials. Together we will conquer Parkinson's. Further information at https://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk Cure Parkinson's is the operating name of The Cure Parkinson's Trust, a registered charity in England and Wales (1111816) and Scotland (SCO44368) and a company limited by guarantee - company number 05539974 (England and Wales). https://www.facebook.com/cureparkinsons/ https://x.com/CureParkinsonsT https://www.instagram.com/cureparkinsons/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22BEygQpXo9wbb6qMZPjtQ Tune in to Phil Wilson Weekly: Affinity Radio Newcastle - Affinity Radio Shields on DAB accross the North East Of England, Smart Speaker and online https://www.affinityradio.uk Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival https://www.vinylrevivalradio.com Celeb TV UK https://www.celebtv.co.uk Follow Phil Wilson: https://www.celebtv.co.uk https://www.vinylrevivalradio.com https://www.radioshields.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/CELEBRITYPHIL https://twitter.com/CelebrityPhil https://www.instagram.com/CelebrityPhil/ Please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/celebrityphil to show your support for this channel. Thank you!

Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Britain's Number 1 Vinyl Radio Show - Putting The Needle On The Records From the 60s, 70s, 80s
Episode 339: Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Side B - Special Guest Tony Butler - Big Country - Kindred Spirit - Think Loud 4 Parkinson's

Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival - Britain's Number 1 Vinyl Radio Show - Putting The Needle On The Records From the 60s, 70s, 80s

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 55:00


The renowned voice of the airwaves, Phil Wilson, famous for his morning show "Phil Wilson In The Morning" on Affinity Radio Newcastle and Affinity Radio Shields, Saturday 7-10am and the syndicated sensation "Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival," engages again in a captivating conversation with Tony Butler of Big Country and now Kindred Spirit with the release of the album Think Loud 4 Parkinsons. Stars have come together to support the charity Cure Parkinson's with an album of brand-new recordings including Leo Sayer, Hank Marvin, The Waterboys, Paul Carrack, Tony Hadley, Pete Townshend, Roger Taylor, Andy Fairweather Low, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke, Ralph McTell, Jools Holland, Mike & The Mechanics & Marcella Detroit. Kindred Spirit's - Think Loud 4 Parkinson's, released on 14th February 2025, sees a plethora of British rock legends team up to help raise awareness and funds for the charity Cure Parkinson's. The album features all new and previously unreleased tracks. About Cure Parkinson's We're here for the cure. Cure Parkinson's is working with urgency to find new treatments to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson's. Our funding and innovation has redefined the field of Parkinson's research, enabling the world's leading researchers to prioritise the next generation of drugs for clinical trials. Together we will conquer Parkinson's. Further information at https://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk Cure Parkinson's is the operating name of The Cure Parkinson's Trust, a registered charity in England and Wales (1111816) and Scotland (SCO44368) and a company limited by guarantee - company number 05539974 (England and Wales). https://www.facebook.com/cureparkinsons/ https://x.com/CureParkinsonsT https://www.instagram.com/cureparkinsons/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22BEygQpXo9wbb6qMZPjtQ Tune in to Phil Wilson Weekly: Affinity Radio Newcastle - Affinity Radio Shields on DAB accross the North East Of England, Smart Speaker and online https://www.affinityradio.uk Phil Wilson's Vinyl Revival https://www.vinylrevivalradio.com Celeb TV UK https://www.celebtv.co.uk Follow Phil Wilson: https://www.celebtv.co.uk https://www.vinylrevivalradio.com https://www.radioshields.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/CELEBRITYPHIL https://twitter.com/CelebrityPhil https://www.instagram.com/CelebrityPhil/ Please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/celebrityphil to show your support for this channel. Thank you!

Brian Carlton: The Spoonman
Tony Hadley returns to Hobart

Brian Carlton: The Spoonman

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 3:29


Former Lead Singer of Spandau Ballet is returning to Hobart for a show at the Odeon Theatre. Tony speaks with Tubes about the 45 year anniversary of Touring, why he keeps making new music and coming back to Tasmania.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonesy & Amanda's JAMcast!

Jonesy & Amanda's JAMcast!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 7:35 Transcription Available


The super talented Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet joins Jonesy & Amanda for an amazing chat!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Percussion Discussion.
Elliott Henshaw - Leo Sayer, Tony Hadley, Tony Christie, West End Shows, Elliott Henshaw Band, Sessions

Percussion Discussion.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 82:04


Joining me today is Elliott Henshaw. Elliott is one of the most in demand drummers in the UK, he has performed with many household names such as Tony Christie, Leo Sayer, Tony Hadley and over 20 West End Shows. Join myself and Elliott as we pick through his amazing career so far, we of course talk about his early days through to his first big gig playing drums for Andy Prior's amazing big band, at this time Andy was a huge name in the UK eventually landing his own TV Show. We talk extensively about working as a pro reading drummer and having to work with Musical Directors and the many things to watch out for. Elliott shares with us the INCREDIBLE story of how he prepared to do a couple of shows as a dep on a major west end show and how he got to play for none other than Phil Collins on a TV show......No pressure eh? This was a fantastic and fascinating conversation to have, i really hope you enjoy it and i would like to thank Elliott for giving his time up so generously. www.elliotthenshaw.com

La Story Nostalgie
Band Aid 40 ans (Episode 5)

La Story Nostalgie

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 3:46


Ce n'est pas parce que c'est le milieu d'une décennie dont on parle beaucoup mais je peux vous dire qu'on a particulièrement aimé vivre les années 1984, 85. Pourquoi ? Parce qu'après le plaisir de la découverte de nouveaux artistiques au début des années 80, toutes ces chanteuses, chanteurs et groupes qui jouent des musiques nouvelles et dont entre parenthèses aucune ne ressemble aux autres, en 1984, au rythme de leurs sorties, beaucoup d'entre eux sont devenus des stars.Et donc les images de la BBC réalisées ce dimanche 25 novembre au matin sont réjouissantes. Même si nous sommes en plein Londres, à Notting Hill, il faut rappeler que dans les années 80, le dimanche, tout est fermé, y compris les pubs. Et donc l'attroupement énorme devant le Sarm Studios ne passe pas inaperçu dans le quartier. Des journalistes, photographes, cameramen, assistent et immortalisent, en effet, l'arrivée de la plus grande concentration de pop stars.Alors bien sûr, on n'est pas à Hollywood où comme on le verra avec We are the world, les stars arrivent en limousine fringuées, coiffées et maquillées façon show bizness. Non, ils ont beau vendre des millions de disques, ces Britanniques sont chez eux, alors Sting arrive à pied, avec son journal sous le bras, les trois chanteuses de Bananarama débarquent d'une Volkswagen, et le reste est à l'avenant. Bien sûr qu'ils sont au courant qu'ils vont être photographiés et filmés pour la presse mais it's sunday morning et on est entre copains. Paul Weller, l'ex-leader de The Jam, aujourd'hui Style Council, est là depuis très tôt. Comme Phil Collins, et pourtant il ne jouera pas de sa batterie avant la soirée. Paul Young discute avec Gary Kemp et Tony Hadley de Spandau Ballet dans un couloir, les Status Quo boivent un café dans la salle de prise de son qui est particulièrement spacieuse. Il faut dire que c'est une ancienne nef d'église qui offre donc toute la place pour les grands ensembles de musiciens et aussi une réverbération naturelle unique. C'est ici qu'ont été enregistré des classiques comme Stairway to Heaven de Led Zeppelin ou We will rock you de Queen. Ah ben oui, la fameuse scène du film Bohemian Rhapsody, et ben c'est là.Le studio a alors changé de main, il appartient désormais à Trevor Horn, l'ex-chanteur des Buggles, devenu un des plus grand producteurs du monde, il vient d'y produire Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Yes, ABC ou encore Grace Jones. Raison pour laquelle, Geldof lui demande d'accueillir gratuitement toutes ces stars du Band Aid pour enregistrer Do they know it's christmas ? Pas de problème mais Trevor n'a rien de libre avant six semaines. Enfin si, un seul jour, le dimanche 25 novembre. Banco ! Geldof accepte le challenge et fait venir tout le monde le jour dit, et vous savez quoi ? Ils ont remis ça plusieurs fois pour les vingt, trente et quarante ans de cette incroyable aventure. La nouvelle version de 2024 est un mashup de toutes les époques, toutes les générations. Même si les temps ont bien changé, l'esprit Band Aid est toujours là, qui aurait cru ça, il y a 40 ans exactement.

Mornings with Gareth Parker
Tony Hadley brings ‘Gold' to Perth

Mornings with Gareth Parker

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 16:21


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The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show
Torvill & Dean ‘We never realised what those four minutes would mean to us'

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 44:06


In 1984, Jayne Torvill and Chris Dean became Olympic gold medallists and were shot to international fame with their now iconic 'Boléro' routine. Forty years on, and after almost fifty years as a skating duo, the pair are saying a long goodbye to the rink with their Our Last Dance tour.  Jess sat down with Jayne and Chris to hear about their journey from hire skates in Nottingham to the Olympic rink, the importance of eye contact, what not to say at the dole office, and the secret to their 50-year partnership. Know someone who'd enjoy this episode?  Why not share it with them by tapping the 3 dots above ⬆︎ and passing it on LINKS: Buy tickets to Torvill & Dean: Our Last Dance Fill out our survey for the chance to win a $100 voucher here   If you loved this chat with Jayne and Chris, we think you'll love Jess's conversation with Tony Hadley here If you love what we do, why not follow the show, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify CREDITS:Host: Jessica RoweGuests: Jayne Torvill & Chris DeanExecutive Producer: Nic McClureProducer: Amy KimballAudio Producer: Chris Marsh Digital Content Producer: Zoe Panaretos The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Botica's Bunch
FULL SHOW: Is It Hot In Here?!

Botica's Bunch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 40:03 Transcription Available


It's that time of the year again!... The Annual Perth Firefighters Calendar is out next month, and the guys stop by the studio to tell Clairsy & Lisa all about it.In the Shaw Report, Lisa will tell you why there still has never been a sequel to Dirty Dancing.We open up the phones to ask how much did your pet cost you? Clairsy & Lisa had a chat about the upcoming Perth Cat Video Festival. Former Spandau Ballet lead singer Tony Hadley is coming to town next year! Clairsy & Lisa had a chat with him about why he's never watched back his 1985 Live Aid Performance.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Botica's Bunch
Tony Hadley: There's Nothing Wrong With A Pair Of Tights!

Botica's Bunch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 12:23 Transcription Available


Clairsy & Lisa had a chat to former Spandau Ballet lead frontman Tony Hadley as he prepares to hit the road and come to Perth next February. He also explained to the guys why he's never watched his Live Aid Performance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top 40 Star - La lista adulta contemporánea nº 1 d
Teddy Swims, The Weeknd, Tony Hadley, Richard Elliot - TOP 40 STAR - 28 SEPTIEMBRE 2024 - Parte 1

Top 40 Star - La lista adulta contemporánea nº 1 d

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 82:35


La lista adulta contemporánea de España www.top40star.es www.radio2050.es Primera parte de la edición de TOP 40 STAR de 28 de septiembre de 2024 @top40star

Brooklands Radio Features and Interviews
John Glover 10th September 2024

Brooklands Radio Features and Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 32:26


Baz Richards talks to John Glover the manager of ABC, Tony Hadley and Go West talking about his life as a manager of talent.

Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom
Read a Room - Chloe Styler

Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 61:47


Send us a Text Message.Chloe and I talk about Music, Dating, and more."Yeehaw Pop" artist Chloe Styler brings a Gold Coast glam to the Music City scene. From Australia to Nashville, Chloe now finds herself gently pushing the barriers of country music with her distinct pop-country sound and making waves internationally.2023 was epic for Chloe, having independently released her EP ‘Side B', earning a nomination for ‘Release of the Year' at the Gold Coast Music Awards, playing to a sold-out crowd at her headline EP Launch and showcasing her talents on a global stage. The young star illuminated the Spotlight Stage at the prestigious CMA Fest and appeared at two Sounds Australia showcases in Nashville, including debuting inside the hallowed walls of The Bluebird Café as part of Americana Fest.   Since releasing her first project in 2017, Chloe has delivered multiple alluring singles that have earned her over 270,000 streams across all platforms, nominations at the Queensland Music Awards and Gold Coast Music Awards, and finalist status in the Queensland Music Awards and Gold Coast Music Awards. Chloe has graced festival stages such as Americana Fest (USA), Big Red Bash, CMA Fest (USA), Deni Ute Muster, Falls Festival Byron Bay, Groundwater Country Music Festival, Gympie Music Muster, and more. She has supported Australian country music legends such as Lee Kernaghan, Troy Cassar-Daley, and Fanny Lumsden, as well as international 80's pop icons Tony Hadley (ex-Spandau Ballet) and the Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey at some of the most esteemed venues across Australia.Chloe Styler's music is forward-thinking and unique, and her new music pushes the boundaries that little bit further. This year will see Chloe release a slew of singles recorded at Station West Recording Studios and produced by Grammy-award-winning engineer and producer, Luke Wooten (Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley). These tunes are set to break new and exciting international ground for this quickly rising-country star.Website:****If you would like to contact the show about being a guest please email us at Dauna@bettertopodcast.comThis episode is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0xjiFF38_wIFollow us on Social MediaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/author_d.m.needom/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettertopodcastwithdmneedomHave a question or want to be a guest on the podcast email: dauna@bettertopodcast.comHave a question for our producer Rich Zei contact him at rich.zei@thirdearaudio.comIntro and Outro music compliments of Fast SuziTo see upcoming guests click here: https://www.dmneedom.com/better-topodcast©2024 Better To...Podcast with D. M.NeedomSupport the Show.

Paul Maleary's Ex-Job Downloaded Podcast
Mark Bishop- I was in the Met for 3 days

Paul Maleary's Ex-Job Downloaded Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 84:48


Born in Islington where he was brought up. He went to school with members of band Spandau Ballet and was very friendly with Tony Hadley.Aged 15 he decided to join the cadets but after a lot of medicals the Met Police decided that his eyesight was not up to standard and was unable to join. At 18 the Metropolitan Police wrote to Mark and offered him a job.He accepted the role, and he joined on a Monday and by the Wednesday he left Hendon! He went on to become a telecom engineer he then opened a dance wear shop which subsequently closed.During a shopping trip to Letchworth he saw the recruitment team for Hertfordshire and decided to apply and was accepted. He was sent to Bruche for training which he found particularly difficult. His initial posting was Hatfield, and this is described as not being very nice and is the subject of the books written by Charlie Owen. Mark took on the beat at Codicote where he got to meet Kim Wilde. Upon the closure of the rural beats Mark was posted to Hitchin.Having been posted to Boreham wood Mark decided to apply for the Metropolitan Police and was accepted. He was posted to Islington and his dreams were shattered. It wasn't the force that he had hoped it would be.He returned to Hertfordshire for until 2005 when he applied for and was accepted to British Transport Police and was posted to Kings Cross. During his time he experienced the delights of traveling football fans and people who had jumped in front of a speeding train.Following the Borough Market/London Bridge attack Mark became the spoc for PC Wayne Marques and was disappointed at the reaction of the senior BTP management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill and Frank's Guilt-Free Pleasures
Spandau Ballet: "True"

Bill and Frank's Guilt-Free Pleasures

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 66:00


It's quite true that just hearing those guitar plucks on Spandau Ballet's enduring hit will set you adrift on memory bliss. Don't fight it; instead, join us as we celebrate this song and discuss its history as well as its incredible power. You will get to hear Frank do his best Al Green and Tony Hadley impressions while Bill reads from The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock and Lolita. And there is so much more! However, you will not hear us actually talk about the meaning of Spandau Ballet If you really want to know, it's here. (We just couldn't go there.) Music Video Mixtape The Wedding Singer part where Buscemi Sings You can find us on Instagram, Facebook, and our website. You can email us at BandFGuiltFree@gmail.com, too. Feel free to rate and review us wherever you listen! Here is our Spotify playlist featuring every song we've featured. Our theme music is by the incredibly talented Ian McGlynn.  

Le interviste di Stefania D'Alonzo e Daniele Di Ianni
Tony Hadley il 10 agosto a Francavilla al Mare

Le interviste di Stefania D'Alonzo e Daniele Di Ianni

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 1:50


Tony Hadley il 10 agosto a Francavilla al Mare. Mary Jo e Daniele Di Ianni vi fanno compagnia ogni giorno nel pomeriggio di Radio Delta 1 dalle 15:00 alle 19:00.

In Session With...
...Elliott Henshaw

In Session With...

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 107:27


Text the showBefore we get to today's guest, I just want to apologise for my coughing during the chat. I was recovering from some crazy illness when we recorded, so I hope it doesn't take away from what was a wonderful conversation.Elliott is a drummer based in Cheshire.His credits include artists like Tony Hadley, Leo Sayer, The Syd Lawrence Big Band, and Mike Stern.Amongst many other things, we discussed music as an identity, the Buddy Rich memorial scholarship concert, the importance of sight reading, and therapy. As you know, you can now show your support to the podcast by subscribing from as little as $3 a month. At the time of recording, that's about £2.39 a month. Subscription info can be found in the show notes!I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!(Recorded May 6th 2024)Support the Show.Follow me on Instagram - @nategrooveSubscribe to support the show - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2058148/supportAny questions or guest suggestions, please email nwinsessionwith@gmail.comGet 20% off all Safari Pedals plugins. Enter code Session20 at checkout!

Back On The Ball
North and South of the border

Back On The Ball

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 26:45


With Colin away pursuing his new career as Tony Hadley's stand in, this week Fitz and Deano are joined by Torquay and Exeter legend Jim McNichol. Jim talks about moving away from Scotland at 16 and pursuing his career in England. His experiences at Ipswich, Brentford, Exeter and Torquay. Also his Wembley appearance, play off games and legendary relegation stories.

Radiotube Social Village
Radiotube Social Village del 13 aprile 2024

Radiotube Social Village

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024


Francesco De Gregori e Checco Zalone insieme per un disco: “Pastiche”. Nuovo album per Michele Bravi: “Tu cosa vedi quando chiudi gli occhi”. Tony Hadley, già leader degli Spandau Ballet, torna con l’album “The Mood I’m In”. Mauro Repetto porta la storia degli 883 e degli anni ’90 a teatro con lo spettacolo “Mauro Repetto: alla ricerca dell’uomo ragno”.

Prima Pagina
8 aprile Gaza, il cessate il fuoco ; Schlein, stretta sui candidati ; L'eclissi solare; La disperazione di Zelensky. Di Italo Carmignani

Prima Pagina

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 7:54


#Gaza trattativa al #Cairo per il cessate il fuoco mai così vicino ; #Schlein #Pd, dopo le #inchieste stretta sui candidati @AndreaBulleri ; #Eclissi #sole ecco come vederla ; #SpandauBallet intervista al leader #TonyHadley @MattiaMarzi

Summer Camp
Tony Hadley live in studio

Summer Camp

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 18:02


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Disko 80
80er live auf Schalke

Disko 80

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2024 56:30


Folge 65: 80er live auf Schalke-  Wir klären in dieser Folge ein für alle Mal:War das wirklich die größte 80er-Party der Welt?Warum ist Boy George nicht gekommen?Welches Konzert kam am besten an?War es wirklich so verdammt kalt? -  Fun facts, hard facts & Nerd FactsSamantha Fox wollte eigentlich Police Officer werden, war aber mit 155cm zu klein für die Mindestgröße von 163cm. Also wurde sie mit 16 das bekannteste Seite 3 Modell Großbritanniens und mit 20 zur weltbekannten SängerinAuf dem Hit "Nikita" von Elton John hat Nik Kershaw Gitarre gespielt und George Michael die Backing Vocals eingesungen.Paul Young und Tony Hadley (ex-Spandau Ballet) sind seit langer Zeit eng befreundet.Paul Young hat seine Frau beim Dreh für sein Video von "Come back and stay" kennengelernt, sie war die Hauptdarstellerin.Mit mehr als 33 Millionen verkauften Tonträgern ist Sandra die erfolgreichste deutsche Künstlerin.Und hier die Absage von Boy Goerge, "rather lame" wie wir finden: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1098722721403305- Links80er-live: https://www.80er-live.dePodcasts: https://disko80.buzzsprout.comRSS-Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1754816.rssHomepage: http://www.purwienundkowa.comAktuelle CD von Purwien & Kowa: https://ffm.to/puk5Musik von Purwien & Kowa: https://purwienkowa.bandcamp.comBücher von Purwien & Kowa: https://amzn.to/2W9Ftj8Videos von Purwien & Kowa: https://bit.ly/3QVfTbRFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purwienundkowa

Top 40 Star - La lista adulta contemporánea nº 1 d
Tony Hadley, Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Estopa - TOP 40 STAR - 30 MARZO 2024 - Parte 1

Top 40 Star - La lista adulta contemporánea nº 1 d

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 80:46


La lista adulta contemporánea de España www.top40star.es www.radio2050.es Primera parte del repaso a la edición de TOP 40 STAR de 30 de marzo de 2024 #top40star

Boys Of Summer – Der 80er-Podcast
#69: Die 80er live – Alphaville, Holly Johnson, ABC und Co. auf Schalke

Boys Of Summer – Der 80er-Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 48:41


Die 80er-Party im Pott: Erst singen Alex und Eckart bei "Forever Young" mit, dann fragt Holly Johnson: Why is it so arschkalt here?

The Media Coach Radio Show
The Media Coach 22nd March 2024

The Media Coach Radio Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 21:15


Tony Hadley swings; Spain and Colombia in London; A tribute to Steve Harley; Too many eggs; Getting from here to there; Be a go-to media guest; How to be engaged; An interview with David Hyner; Music from Emily Wolfe

The Twin Chat Show with Mase and Gems
S1 Ep41: Maseys Mancave Musing Ep41 9.3.2024

The Twin Chat Show with Mase and Gems

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 63:37


Greetings dear listener. Welcome back to another cracking episode. This week I muse about Sauna conversations, Tony Hadley dreams, Michael Barrymore, York's chocolate and sweet industry and other random "stuff".  Check out the absolutely bonkers Michael Barrymore video here: https://twitter.com/rydersezlesbos/status/1764786709152084289?s=46&t=C2k90gyx-2XcOhFBp5HAcA

The Neil Prendeville Show | Cork's RedFM

We speak to Finance minister Michael McGrath and people across the city following Budget 24, Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley. Tune into the Neil Prendeville Show weekdays from 9am on Cork's Red FM. May contain sensitive content.

Down To Business
Forever Young Festival 2023

Down To Business

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 8:30


This weekend a festival with a difference is taking place at Palmerstown House Estate, Kildare. 'Forever Young Festival' delights in taking us back to the 80's with a lineup including legends such as Squeeze, Bananarama, Erasure, Andy Bell, Tony Hadley, and lots more. But despite the nasty weather, festival founder Sharon Alston is still all smiles. She joins Bobby to chat about what's going on and how she came to start this retro music festival.

Top Flight Time Machine
The Melchester Odyssey - Part 174

Top Flight Time Machine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 36:30


A pull-off, hooligan freckles, Tony Hadley threats, the magic of muscles, and Roy's woes increase with some shocking refereeing. Join the Iron Filings Society: https://www.patreon.com/topflighttimemachine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware

Today's glamorous episode of Electronically Yours features an 80s icon from the massively successful Spandau Ballet, Steve Norman.Growing up as childhood mates in various bands with Gary Kemp, Tony Hadley and John Keble, his multi instrumental talents finally settled on Sax and percussion.After the Spandau split, during the 90's Steve played live at house music events, and collaborated with many artists on songwriting, and performs to this day all around the world.Ladies and gentlemen - this much is true, it's Steve Norman... If you can, please support the Electronically Yours podcast via my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/electronicallyour

History & Factoids about today
June 2nd-National Donut Day, Velveeta, the Beaver, Dana Carvey, Spandau Ballet, Wayne Brady

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 11:24


National donut day. Entertainment from 2016. Pontiacs Rebellion, US President Grover Cleveland married in White House, Velveeta cheese went on saie, Biggest Large Mouth Bass ever caught. Todays birthdays -Johnny Weissmuler, Sally Kellerman, Jerry Mathers, Dennis Haysbert, Dana Carvey, Tony Hadley, Wayne Brady, Zachary Quinto, Nikki Cox. Bo Didley died.

All About 80s Music
The one with our favorite 80s frontmen.

All About 80s Music

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 32:35


Many famous solo artists came out of the 80s, but it was also a fertile time for bands, groups and supergroups that had charismatic uber-talented frontmen and women at their helm. In this episode, we take a look at a number of lead singers that fronted the best bands of the greatest decade and a few big solo artists as well. Artists discussed are: Tony Hadley, Steve Perry, Robert Palmer, Ric Ocasek, Michael Stipe, Martin Fry, Paul Weller, Paul Young, Freddie Mercury, Michael Hutchence, and Bono.Available here and everywhere else you can listen to podcasts.#80smusic #80s #newwave #80smusicpodcast #80smusichitsShow less Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kickabout With Johnny Vaughan
Episode 346 – Grids

The Kickabout With Johnny Vaughan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 33:07


Johnny and Gav take on the second Superbowl Kickabout classic, briefly, before moving on to performance debilitating drugs and Tony Hadley. You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday. Get in touch on kickabout@radiox.co.uk

Top Flight Time Machine
Top Flight Tune Machine - 08/11/1981 Part 2

Top Flight Time Machine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 31:12


The algorithm, aerobics, cream cakes, and Sam's new vice, and getting nutted by Tony Hadley. (Rec: 15/5/22) Join the Iron Filings Society: https://www.patreon.com/topflighttimemachine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz
Cloud Jazz 2316 (Especial Burt Bacharach 2)

Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 59:33


A los 94 años ha fallecido el genial compositor Burt Bacharach. Recogemos algunos de sus temas más emblemáticos y los escuchamos (en una personalísima selección) a cargo de artistas como Kenny G, Bobby Caldwell, Denise Donatelli, Patti Austin & Steve Tyrell, Mario Biondi, Giuseppe Milici, Papik, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Jonathan Butler, Pat Kelley, The Isley Brothers & Santana, Tony Hadley, David Benoit y Till Brönner. Es el segundo especial que dedicamos a este legendario artista. El primero lo puedes escuchar en la edición 1818 de este podcast.

The 80’s Montage
Episode 162: Episode 162: 40 Years Old - The Greatest Hits of 1983..

The 80’s Montage

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 113:42


Welcome to our world of 80's Bangers with 2 crazy Aussies Sammy & Jay..Explicit & unfiltered conversation. APRA & AMCOS REGISTERED Welcome to The 80's Montage! (music, mateys and cool shit from the 80s) Your Hosts Jay Jovi & Sammy HardOn, singers from Australian 80's tribute band Rewind 80'. We take you back to living in the 80's: music, artists, TV commercials and video clips. Episode 162: 40 Years Old - The Greatest Hits of 1983..  It's a ripper! Please rate, review and enjoy! Music licensed by APRA/AMCOS Theme music ©2019 M. Skerman see Facebook for links to videos & songs mentioned in this episode! Email: planet80sproductions@gmail.com Rewind 80's Band: www.rewind80sband.com Facebook: the80smontagepodcast twitter: 80_montage instagram: the80smontage Links from Episode 162: 40 Years Old - The Greatest Hits of 1983..PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO PODOMATIC, SPOTIFY OR ITUNES SO WE KNOW WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM.www,rewind80sband.comwww.rewind80smixtape.com.auNEXT LIVE GIG - MELBOURNE @ SOOKI LOUNGE BELGRAVEFRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2023 Doors open 8pm ( All 80's Music) Sooki Loungesookilounge.com.au1648 BURWOOD HIGHWAY, Belgrave Victoria 3160(03) 9754 7567BUY ME A COFFEE 2023 FUND RAISER https://www.buymeacoffee.com/The80smontagePlease Become a Patreon...Patreon Link With Thanks x https://www.patreon.com/the80smontagepodcast www.the80smontage.comCOME TO A LIVE SHOW WITH REWIND 80's BAND..Links: Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcgStream Eurythmics here: https://eurythmics.lnk.to/PlaylistsSubscribe to Eurythmics' YouTube Channel: https://eurythmics.lnk.to/YouTube Follow Eurythmics:Official website - https://www.eurythmics.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eurythmics/Twitter - https://twitter.com/eurythmicsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/eurythmicsm...WATCH LOVE IS A STRANGER ► https://eurythmics.lnk.to/LoveIsAStra...WATCH THORN IN MY SIDE ► https://eurythmics.lnk.to/ThornInMySi...WATCH HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN ► https://eurythmics.lnk.to/HereComesTh...WATCH THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL ► https://eurythmics.lnk.to/ThereMustBe...#Eurythmics #SweetDreams #SweetDreamsAreMadeOfThisNew Order - Blue Monday on BBC's Top of the Pops - 31.3.1983https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBAVTwUzHUNew Order perform Blue Monday live on BBC's Top of the Pops on the 31st March 1983. Buy the reissued and remastered 12" single as part of Power, Corruption and Lies Definitive Edition now: https://lnk.to/NO-PCLYCStream New Order's greatest hits here ▶https://lnk.to/StreamNewOrderSubscribe here ▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpSc...Watch New Order's other official music videos ▶ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...David Bowie - Let's Dance (Official Video) #LetsDance #DavidBowie #BowieThe official music video for David Bowie - Let's Dance. Taken from Bowie's 'Let's Dance' album released in 1983, which featured the singles 'Let's Dance', 'China Girl', 'Modern Love' and 'Without You'.Subscribe to the David Bowie channel for all the best official music videos, live performances and interviews here - Subscribe now: http://bit.ly/2lO9yQoListen to more from the Album Let's Dance here: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?li...Watch David Bowie's official music videos here: https://lnk.to/DavidBowieOfficialVideosFollow David Bowie:https://www.davidbowie.com/https://www.facebook.com/davidbowie/https://twitter.com/DavidBowieRealhttps://www.instagram.com/davidbowie/Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Official Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_YOfficial Music Video for "Billie Jean" by Michael JacksonListen to more of your favourites by Michael Jackson: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_listenYD"Billie Jean" was the first short film made for 'Thriller,' the biggest-selling album of all time. The short film for this No. 1 single, directed by Steve Barron, made history as the first video by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, and was later ranked by the network as one of the 100 greatest music videos of all time.Subscribe to the official Michael Jackson YouTube Channel: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/subscri...Watch more Michael Jackson videos: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_listen...Follow Michael Jackson: Facebook: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_followFI Twitter: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_followTIInstagram: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_followII Website: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_followWI Spotify: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/_followSIWritten & Composed by Michael JacksonProduced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones ProductionsCo-Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc.From the album Thriller, released November 30, 1982Released as a single January 2, 1983THE SHORT FILMDirector: Steve BarronPrimary Production Location: Los Angeles, CaliforniaMichael Jackson's short film for "Billie Jean" was the first of three short films produced for recordings from Thriller, which continues its reign as the biggest selling album of all time with worldwide sales in excess of 105 million as of June 1, 2016 and in December, 2015 became the first ever album to be awarded triple diamond status by the RIAA for US sales alone. The ""Billie Jean"" single reached No. 1 in 10 countries in the spring of 1983, including seven consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 - becoming the second-highest selling single in America that same year."Billie Jean" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 4, 1983, and Platinum on February 4, 1989. The song won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance - Male, as well as an American Music Award for Favorite Single - Pop/Rock and was also named the Single of the Year on The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll in 1983.The short film featured a paparazzo attempting to photograph Jackson as he danced through an urban landscape. A specially created set featured steps and sidewalk tiles that lit up underneath Michael's feet. It is here that fans first saw some of Michael's best-known dance moves, such as spinning and landing on his toes. Many of Michael's steps and mannerisms in the video would become forever associated with The King of Pop.When the chorus hit.he sprung into this dance that was unlike anything I'd ever seen, director Steve Barron recounted of Jackson's choreography in the video. "It was just extraordinary, instinctive. He pulled it all together and turned it into what we saw.The camera literally steamed up, the eyepiece steamed up, because of my heat from what I was seeing." Barron also recalled the crew breaking into spontaneous applause after Michael finished dancing.The "Billie Jean" short film made history as the first video by a black artist to be played in heavy rotation on MTV, then in its second year. In 1992, the short film was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. MTV ranked "Billie Jean" as the 35th greatest music video of all time in 1999, one of three entries of Jackson's on the chart alongside "Thriller" and "Beat It."#MichaelJackson #BillieJean #ThrillerTHE 80's MONTAGES FLASHBACK AUSSIE COMMERCIAL M&Ms Australian Ad 1980s - Today's  TV Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwZ9mf0FJcoPrince - Little Red Corvette (Official Music Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KpfrJE4zw"Little Red Corvette" from '1999' (1982)☔️ Listen to more Prince here https://lnk.to/PrinceStream Watch all the official Prince videos here http://bit.ly/PrinceVideography Subscribe to the Prince channel and “ring the bell” to turn on notifications http://bit.ly/SubscribeToPrinceFollow Prince:☔️ Website https://prince.com/ Prince Store https://store.prince.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/prince/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prince/ Twitter https://twitter.com/princeExplore the Official Prince Playlists:The Prince Videography http://bit.ly/PrinceVideographyPrince: Live Performances http://bit.ly/PrinceLiveOnYouTubePrince ♡ Music is Medicine https://bit.ly/MusicIsMedicinePrince / MPLS https://bit.ly/PrinceMLPS#PrinceRogersNelson #Prince #Prince4EverBananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ml3nyww80Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video)Listen to “Cruel Summer” - https://Bananarama.lnk.to/CruelSummerGet your vinyl copy of the album "Bananarama" released 1984 - https://Bananarama.lnk.to/AlbumStoreIDFollow BananaramaFacebook https://Bananarama.lnk.to/FacebookInstagram https://Bananarama.lnk.to/InstagramTwitter https://Bananarama.lnk.to/TwitterStore https://Bananarama.lnk.to/StoreLondon RecordsFacebook https://londonrecords.lnk.to/FacebookInstagram https://londonrecords.lnk.to/InstagramTwitter https://londonrecords.lnk.to/TwitterYoutube https://londonrecords.lnk.to/YTSubscribe#Bananarama #CruelSummerNENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY#nenavideos​ #99luftballons​ #99redballoons​ #original​▶︎ https://www.nena.de​▶︎ https://shop.nena.de/​▶︎ Den NENA Youtube Kanal kannst du hier direkt abonnieren: https://nena.lnk.to/yt-sub​▶︎ https://www.instagram.com/nena_official▶︎ https://www.facebook.com/NENAofficial​▶︎ NENA auf Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GoiJyG▶︎ NENA auf Apple Music: https://apple.co/2Zrrc2Y▶︎ NENA auf Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3Bp4m9s ▶︎ NENA auf Deezer: https://deezer.com/artist/2211Spandau Ballet - True (HD Remastered)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8D2yqgQ1UOfficial video of Spandau Ballet performing 'True', the title track from their 1983 third album 'True'. 40 Years - The Greatest Hits out now @ https://lnk.to/SpandauBallet-GH40Spandau Ballet are one of Britain's great iconic bands having sold over 25 million records, scored numerous multi-platinum albums and amassed 23 hit singles across the globe since their humble beginnings as a group of friends with dreams of stardom in the late 1970s. It wasn't long before they became fully-fledged members of the iconic Blitz Club scene and established themselves as one of the super-groups of the 80s. The band's classic line-up features brothers Gary and Martin Kemp on guitars, vocalist Tony Hadley, saxophonist Steve Norman and drummer John Keeble.Spandau Ballet's hits include Gold, True, To Cut A Long Story Short, Through The Barricades and many more.Follow Spandau Ballet: http://www.spandauballet.com/https://www.facebook.com/spandauballet https://twitter.com/spandauballethttps://www.instagram.com/spandauballet/Rewind 80's Mixtape Tour - Planet 80's Productions..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eahw584Bv_0#rewind80sband #rewind80smixtapetour #rewind80s #80s Rewind 80's Mixtape Tour - featuring Rewind 80's Band.Rebel Yell - Billy Idol performed by Rewind 80's Band APRA License Ticket sales - www.rewind80smixtape.com.au Bookings for events samantha@planet80s.com.au#rewind80sband #rewind80smixtapetour #rewind80s #80s Rewind 80's Mixtape Tour - Planet 80's Productions.Rewind 80's Perform - Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush APRA License..Bookings for Rewind 80's Band - samantha@planet80s.com.auTickets for all around Australia www.rewind80smixtape.com.auThanks For Listening!

Roadie Free Radio
317: Tips for On and Off the Road | Claire Murphy | Girl on the Road SPECIAL

Roadie Free Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 18:44


In our final video of this series Claire Murphy, guitar tech, tour manager, and former musician, leaves us with some great tips for living on & off the road as a touring professional. Based on Claire's book, Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective, Claire lays out a strategy for becoming freelance and leaving your regular job, with real world recommendations of who to contact and resources to use. Her book won't tell you how to become a sound engineer or how to re-string a guitar, but it will tell you how to get that first job on tour where you can put your skills to use or simply learn on the job. While this book isn't intended just for girls, it does address some female specific issues. But it can certainly be applied to ANYONE looking to break into the world of touring. Claire Murphy has worked for bands such as Vance Joy, Elle King, Lord Huron, Babes in Toyland, The Raveonettes, ABC, Go West, Tony Hadley, Therapy? and many many others, playing in venues from bars to arenas, and 80,000 capacity stadiums. She has toured in splitter vans around Europe, flown in for shows in Russia, South America, Australia and Japan, and toured in buses around the USA and Canada. She mentors women trying to break into the live music industry via the organization SoundGirls.org and often welcomes them to come shadow her for a day on tour. Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3d7F8q9 Listen to Claire's episode here: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/podcast-1/2020/3/9/claire-murphy?rq=Claire Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea Roadie Free Radio Podcast Bundle: Code: roadiefreeradio https://one-of-one-productions.myshopify.com/products/the-roadie-free-radio-audio-kit The Following links are affiliate links! Each sale helps our channel out at no additional cost to you. The MAIN Camera: https://amzn.to/3U3kWq8 My VLOG & Streaming camera: https://amzn.to/3nEuIh2 FAVORITE on-camera mic: https://amzn.to/3RVGenQ The VLOG Lens: https://amzn.to/2y4Zrjd The ALL PURPOSE lens: http://amzn.to/2vPGayB My OTHER lens: https://amzn.to/38OVlfb My MAIN PODCAST mic: https://roswellproaudio.com/products/mini-k87 My OTHER podcast mic: https://amzn.to/3nK9oGQ The camera CAGE I use: http://amzn.to/2fWUwI2 My DESKTOP mixer: https://amzn.to/39yiSzZ My AUDIO interface: https://amzn.to/2LRF53W BEST FIELD recorder: http://amzn.to/2wfzCYI My FAVORITE mic stands: http://amzn.to/2xnBn6d Roadie Free Radio Merch: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/merch/ RFR Website: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com

Roadie Free Radio
315: How Tour Money Works| Claire Murphy | Girl on the Road SPECIAL

Roadie Free Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 19:45


Hey Folks! In this week's video we talk to Claire Murphy, guitar tech, tour manager, and former musician, about how money on tour works on what you need to know in order to financially sustain yourself. Based on Claire's book, Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective, Claire lays out a strategy for becoming freelance and leaving your regular job, with real world recommendations of who to contact and resources to use. Her book won't tell you how to become a sound engineer or how to re-string a guitar, but it will tell you how to get that first job on tour where you can put your skills to use or simply learn on the job. While this book isn't intended just for girls, it does address some female specific issues. But it can certainly be applied to ANYONE looking to break into the world of touring. Claire Murphy has worked for bands such as Vance Joy, Elle King, Lord Huron, Babes in Toyland, The Raveonettes, ABC, Go West, Tony Hadley, Therapy? and many many others, playing in venues from bars to arenas, and 80,000 capacity stadiums. She has toured in splitter vans around Europe, flown in for shows in Russia, South America, Australia and Japan, and toured in buses around the USA and Canada. She mentors women trying to break into the live music industry via the organization SoundGirls.org and often welcomes them to come shadow her for a day on tour. Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3d7F8q9 Listen to Claire's episode here: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/podcast-1/2020/3/9/claire-murphy?rq=Claire Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea Roadie Free Radio Podcast Bundle: Code: roadiefreeradio https://one-of-one-productions.myshopify.com/products/the-roadie-free-radio-audio-kit The Following links are affiliate links! Each sale helps our channel out at no additional cost to you. The MAIN Camera: https://amzn.to/3U3kWq8 My VLOG & Streaming camera: https://amzn.to/3nEuIh2 FAVORITE on-camera mic: https://amzn.to/3RVGenQ The VLOG Lens: https://amzn.to/2y4Zrjd The ALL PURPOSE lens: http://amzn.to/2vPGayB My OTHER lens: https://amzn.to/38OVlfb My MAIN PODCAST mic: https://roswellproaudio.com/products/mini-k87 My OTHER podcast mic: https://amzn.to/3nK9oGQ The camera CAGE I use: http://amzn.to/2fWUwI2 My DESKTOP mixer: https://amzn.to/39yiSzZ My AUDIO interface: https://amzn.to/2LRF53W BEST FIELD recorder: http://amzn.to/2wfzCYI My FAVORITE mic stands: http://amzn.to/2xnBn6d Roadie Free Radio Merch: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/merch/ RFR Website: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com

Roadie Free Radio
313: The Different Stages of Touring | Claire Murphy | Girl on the Road SPECIAL

Roadie Free Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 35:24


Welcome Back! In this video we talk to guitar tech Claire Murphy about the different stages of touring. Be sure to watch the other videos in this series! Based on Claire's book, Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective, Claire lays out a strategy for becoming freelance and leaving your regular job, with real world recommendations of who to contact and resources to use. Her book won't tell you how to become a sound engineer or how to re-string a guitar, but it will tell you how to get that first job on tour where you can put your skills to use or simply learn on the job. While this book isn't intended just for girls, it does address some female specific issues. But it can certainly be applied to ANYONE looking to break into the world of touring. Claire Murphy has worked for bands such as Vance Joy, Elle King, Lord Huron, Babes in Toyland, The Raveonettes, ABC, Go West, Tony Hadley, Therapy? and many many others, playing in venues from bars to arenas, and 80,000 capacity stadiums. She has toured in splitter vans around Europe, flown in for shows in Russia, South America, Australia and Japan, and toured in buses around the USA and Canada. She mentors women trying to break into the live music industry via the organization SoundGirls.org and often welcomes them to come shadow her for a day on tour. Buy the book: https://amzn.to/3d7F8q9 Listen to Claire's episode here: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/podcast-1/2020/3/9/claire-murphy?rq=Claire Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roadie-free-radio/id1115332289 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/61e24ZD5A3oBTxO36WHQXq?si=38cac6d09f3f4fea Roadie Free Radio Podcast Bundle: Code: roadiefreeradio https://one-of-one-productions.myshopify.com/products/the-roadie-free-radio-audio-kit The Following links are affiliate links! Each sale helps our channel out at no additional cost to you. The MAIN Camera: https://amzn.to/3U3kWq8 My VLOG & Streaming camera: https://amzn.to/3nEuIh2 FAVORITE on-camera mic: https://amzn.to/3RVGenQ The VLOG Lens: https://amzn.to/2y4Zrjd The ALL PURPOSE lens: http://amzn.to/2vPGayB My OTHER lens: https://amzn.to/38OVlfb My MAIN PODCAST mic: https://roswellproaudio.com/products/mini-k87 My OTHER podcast mic: https://amzn.to/3nK9oGQ The camera CAGE I use: http://amzn.to/2fWUwI2 My DESKTOP mixer: https://amzn.to/39yiSzZ My AUDIO interface: https://amzn.to/2LRF53W BEST FIELD recorder: http://amzn.to/2wfzCYI My FAVORITE mic stands: http://amzn.to/2xnBn6d Roadie Free Radio Merch: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com/merch/ RFR Website: http://www.roadiefreeradio.com

A Breath of Fresh Air
Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, The lady who made camels famous, Maria Muldaur and one of Australia's coolest musicians, Richard Clapton

A Breath of Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 52:00


A Breath of Fresh Air loves the music and the musicians of the 60's 70's and 80's. And, if you're a fan of 80's music, you're likely a huge fan of English new wave band, SPANDAU BALLET. The group was inspired by London's post-punk underground dance scene and became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era. We meet lead singer TONY HADLEY who tells us all about his time with the band, why he left it and we check in with some of his latest music that he's taking on tour. My next guest has been dubbed “The First Lady of Roots Music” for albums that touch on her wide-ranging influences. On her latest excursion, MARIA MULDAUR teamed up with an unknown New Orleans street-band. The singer has had a long and storied career but is known around the world for that one particular song about a camel. You know the one I'm talking about, don't you? We check in with Maria to hear all about how 'Midnight at the Oasis' came to be. You could be pretty surprised to learn the real story! This week's listener's choice finds us chatting with one of Australia's consummate hippies and most beloved musicians, RICHARD CLAPTON. The uber cool Richard joins us to walk us through his long career and regales us with stories of his past and present and his hopes for the future. If you don't know Richard Clapton's music, this interview will shine a lot of light on the man and the songs he's popularised over many years. Do you have an artist you'd like to hear from? Just send me a message sandy@abreathoffreshair.com.au and I'll do my best to get your favourite 60's, 70's or 80's artist onto the show to chat with them. If you like, you'd be welcome to join me to say hi too! Hope you enjoy the show. If you do, perhaps you'd consider subscribing? Or maybe you could share it with some of your friends? You might even like to leave me a review/rating on the platform you're listening to it on. I'd be sooooo grateful! Till next week then, Warm regards Sandy

Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music
How GOOD is Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"?

Mick and the PhatMan Talking Music

Play Episode Play 41 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 60:39


We look at Elton John's “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (1973) one of the most important and influential albums of the modern rock period.  An album with serious lyrics, tight ensemble playing from the band, and cover art as good as it gets, this album marks a high point for Elton John.  In his career of over 50 years, he may have matched, but never bettered, this album. We also look at the 80's, which get a bit of a bum rap from many people for “manufactured bands and music”. This is perhaps unfair, with a lot of great music, Live Aid, the Berlin Wall coming down and the arty New Romantic style following a direct line from punk right at the start of the decade! Spandau Ballet, along with ABC, Visage, Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls, Boy George / Culture Club were at the vanguard of a style that owed a lot to the simplification and availability of keyboards/synthesisers.  Simple songs, no virtuoso playing but heaps of fun. From the burbling keyboards of “To Cut a Long Story Short” through to the blue-eyed soul of “True” and “Gold”, they provided a glamorous soundtrack for a new decade that still stands up today. Jeff's Rant urges everyone to get involved in bitcoin before becomes so worthless no one will want to buy it!!References:  Gus Dudgeon, Elton John, Nigel Olsson, Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, “Candle in the Wind”, Paul Buckmaster, 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die”, Robert Dimery, double albums, Spandau Ballet, New Romantics, Blitz, Bowie, Pierrot costume, Rick Wakeman, Tony Hadley, Journeys to Glory, “Soul Boys of the Western World”, “True”, “The Wedding Singer”, Steve Buscemi Spandau BalletYellow Brick RoadTrade DogecoinBored Ape Yacht Club

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show
Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley ‘It led me to quit the band'

The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 31:31


Eighties icon Tony Hadley is one of pops greatest vocalists. He fronted Spandau Ballet; one of the biggest bands of the 1980s and sold over 25 million albums. Tony's unmistakable voice was the soundtrack to our teenage years, and now as a solo artist he's touring the world playing the bands famous anthems. In this episode Tony opens up about his rise to fame in the heady days of the 80's and the promise he made his grandma after seeing the casualties of cocaine. Tony reveals why Spandau Ballet disintegrated leading him to reluctantly quit, and why he's never taken the adulation too seriously. If you love the 80's you'll love this chat, especially when Tony recalls getting plastered with Freddie Mercury before jumping on stage to perform with Queen, and having Princess Diana as a fan. If you'd like to catch Tony performing all your Spandau Ballet favourites on his 40th anniversary tour, you can buy tickets here For more big conversations like this follow The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show podcast so you never miss an episode. The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today. Show Credits:Host: Jessica RoweExecutive Producer: Nic McClureAudio Producer: Nicola SitchDigital Content Producer: Amy Code See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top Flight Time Machine
A Nice Bit Of Tiramisu In The Fridge

Top Flight Time Machine

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 41:02


Seeing The Eagles, Glyn Johns again, Tony Hadley's career advice, and a cosmos triumvirate. Join the Iron Filings Society: https://www.patreon.com/topflighttimemachine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eyewitness History
"My Heart Went In My Mouth"; Queen's Keyboardist Gives His Live-Aid Experience

Eyewitness History

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 30:22


Spike Edney has numerous links to Queen, to the extent that he was often described as the fifth member. Born on 11 December 1951, he has worked with Ben E King, Edwin Starr, The Boomtown Rats, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, Beautiful South, Gary Barlow, Peter Green, Joe Cocker, 10CC, and countless more.Spike's connections with Queen began in 1984, when he appeared on the European leg of 'The Works' tour, providing additional guitar and keyboards. From then onwards he appeared at almost every show until Queen stopped touring in 1986, appearing on the 'Live In Rio', 'Live In Budapest' and 'Live At Wembley' videos, as well as the 'Live At Wembley 1986' and 'Live Magic' albums. He also appeared on Queen's 1986 studio album, 'A Kind Of Magic'.Spike can be seen playing keyboards Queen's historic 1985 Live Aid performance at Wembley StadiumSpike performed with Queen at Freddie's tribute concert, held at Wembley Stadium in April 1992, and also appears on the video and DVD of the concert. Later in 1992, Spike joined Brian in The Brian May Band, to perform extensively throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australasia. The Brian May Band released a live album and video in 1994 of a concert at The Brixton Academy in 1993.In 1994, Spike formed the SAS Band (Spike's All-Star Band), with Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Jamie Moses and Chris Thompson, although the band has evolved over time to include a wide range of musicians. The SAS Band released their debut album in 1997 and played many concerts, many for charity, with a large variety of guest vocalists, including Paul Young, Leo Sayer, Arthur Brown, Tony Hadley, Roy Wood, Fish, Kiki Dee, Bob Geldof, Marti Pellow, Roger Taylor and Brian May.In 1997, Spike appeared with Queen and Elton John in Paris, whilst in 1998, he returned to The Brian May Band for an extensive tour of Europe, Japan, and Australasia. After that, Spike worked with numerous other artists and arranged other concerts for the SAS Band, including a live album and video called 'The Show', in 2000.Spike has continued working with Queen on numerous projects, including the 'We Will Rock You' musical in London, and has performed with Queen at virtually every show since 1984.Find out more about Spike at https://www.sasband.com/index.phpSource: http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/index.htm?/miscellaneous/biography/spike-edney.htm

Revenge of the 80s Radio - Hour 2
Ep 718, Hour 2 - with Lily Gonzalez

Revenge of the 80s Radio - Hour 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 54:11


In the early days of Revenge of the 80s Radio, I used to cover and review concerts somewhat regularly. During one at Jones Beach in 2009 which featured several artists of the 80s, I met backstage a rather talented percussionist, Lily Gonzalez, who was playing with ABC at the time. Since, she has worked with several classic alternative acts, most recently (and currently) with Tony Hadley. Lily has a new album out titled Sink or Swim; she will be our guest on this episode of Revenge of the 80s Radio.Lily talks about how she became one of the classic alternative community's most in-demand percussionists and her recent work with Hadley. We also discuss some of the tracks on her album, Lily's own funky-jazzy combo sound and writing two of the songs featured on Sink or Swim with Nik Kershaw including the single "I Like You Better When You're Gone."We also play music from The Divine Horsemen, Opus, Laibach and more classic alternative artists.

Your Brain on Facts
We Can't Have Nice Things - Radio Contests (ep. 193)

Your Brain on Facts

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 33:48


It's the return of our ocassional series, We Can't Have Nice Things.  This week, we look at radio contest and promotions that went badly wrong, often at the draft stage.  Free nude wedding anyone? 1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross at yourbrainonfacts.com/merch 02:45 Radio Luxembourg's Ice Block Challenge 06:02 Bait & switch 10:12 Rules are rules 17:36 Review and news 20:40 No accounting for taste 22:15 Library of Chaos 27:27 Good, better, breast 30:08  Playing matchmaker  Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, Bobby Richards . Canadian radio station AMP Radio in Calgary, caused a lot of buzz with a promotion called “Bank it or Burn it” which asked listeners to vote whether they should #BANK C$5,000 and give it away to a listener, or #BURN the money, literally. With 54% of the votes, the option to #BURN emerged victorious, and AMP Radio burned C$5,000 and put it on YouTube.   A YouTube video was posted of the station's morning show hosts throwing the bills into an incinerator.  AMP Radio defended their actions noting that businesses can easily spend C$5,000 on marketing in a week, and that their promotion has garnered a lot of talk, but at what price?  While this promotion received a lot of attention, the vast majority of it came from outraged Calgarians claiming that they would no longer be listening to station. However, that hasn't stopped AMP Radio from continuing the promotion.  The second phase is currently underway, and this time C$10,000 is at stake.   Radio stunts, and their shifty cousins, radio hoaxes, have been with us since the early days of broadcasting as a favorite marketing tool to gain listeners and advertising sponsors. Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds," caused widespread panic among listeners, who actually believed Martians were invading.  The fallout can range from disappointment to embarassment to property damage, crimes against the person, and even deaths.  You probably recall the incident in California in 2007 where a contest called Hold Your Wee for a Wii, where contestants had to drink a large volume of water and the last person to go to the bathroom would win a video game console, resulted in a woman's death from acute water intoxication.  New Yorkers are unlikely to forget the day "shock jocks" Opie and Anthony finally went too far with a contest that encouraged people to have sex in public, with one couple opting to have their dalience in St. Patrick's Cathedral.     Today's topic was voted on by our patrons, including our newest member Paul D and Pigeon and our All that and Brain Too supporters, David N and EmicationLikely, who just got a bonus mini dealing specifically with radio pranks while I struggle, and struggle it is, to confine this episode to promotions and contests.  The pranks go way, way worse.  Patrons get early, ad-free episodes, but you can also get a glimpse of next week's show and what it's like hanging out in the booth with me by following my tiktok; I've start live-streaming *some of the recording process.     There's nothing new under the sun and that applies to radio contests as much as anything else in life.  Take Radio Luxembourg's and the ice block expedition of 1958.  The challenge: to transport three metric tonnes of ice from the arctic circle to the equator, without the benefit of any form of refrigeration.  The prize was set at 100,000 francs per kilo of ice that made it to its destination as a solid, or about a million bucks per tonne in today's money.  Radio Luxembourg felt they could put their money where their mouth is since who could transport ice that far without refrigeration?  The contest drew fewer hopefuls than your average ‘say the phrase that pays' call-in, but the Norwegian company Glassvatt took them up on it.  A company that produced fiberglass insulation, incidentally, and is still in business today.     Ice was cut out of the Svartisen glacier in 200kg blocks, flown to the nearest town, and melted together into a single 3,050kg block of ice.  It was then wrapped in the company's signature glass wool and placed in an iron container on a truck donated by the Scania company and fueled with with gas donated by Shell.  This was an opportunity for publicity for everyone involved, not just the radio station.  Together with a film crew and a van full of equipment, they  expedition set off from the Norwegian city of Mo i Rana on February 22, 1959, stopping in Oslo to pick up over 600 lbs/300kg of medicine to schlep along to a hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, because when else was so much cold storage going to be going that way?   They made stops in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, which was the comparatively easy bit, then on to Algeria, Niger, and finally Gabon.  That's when the going got tough.  Not a lot of paved roads across the desert, plus Algeria was in the midst of a civil war for independence from France.  Getting stuck in the sand was a frequent occurrence that cost them hours of digging-out time in the 120degF/50C heat, and their supply of water ironically rather limited.   It took a month a day, but they did it!  And the giant block of ice had only lost about 11% of its weight to melting, so even if Radio Luxemborg didn't pro-rate for partial tons, Glassvatt was still looking to collect about $2mil.  Except.  Radio Luxembourg had withdrawn the offer.  When an insulation company stepped up to their ‘move ice without refrigeration' challenge, Radio Luxembourg got cold feet, npi.  The cancellation wasn't the jerk move it sounds like; they actually called it off before the Glassvatt truck even set out.  Glassvatt decided to continue anyway, because even without the prize, it still seemed like good publicity.     That's really the name of the game, the whole reason radio stations do these things.  It's the aural equivalent of butts in seats.  You've got to entice the public to listen to your station over all their other options.  They can be cheaply run, these contests.  Folks my age probably won a bumper sticker, which costs the station very little, or some concert tickets, which often cost the station nothing since they come from the promoter.  But a constant need for contests means you've got to keep them interesting while not blowing through the promotions budget.  This leads some DJs to get creative and not in a good way.  Oh and a word about DJ.  My mom really wants me to refer to radio DJs as “on-air radio personalities” such as when I reference her background in FM radio in NY and FL in the 70's, because these days “DJ” means Skrillex types, but I can't be asked, so for today, they're all DJs.   In 2005, a Bakersfield, CA station announced they were giving away a Hummer to the person who could correctly guess the number of miles that two Hummers the station had had supposedly driven around the town during the course of a week.  The answer was 103.9, the same as the radio station's frequency, which one Shannon Castillo cleverly guessed.  She must have been on cloud 9 to have won herself a $60k vehicle, which if I were her I would sell because it would cost $60k in gas, so you can imagine her disappointment when she went to collect her prize and was handed a remote control car.  Castillo hired an attorney, and I don't blame her, who pointed out that the station had indicated that the vehicle had 22” rims, so either they were claiming it was a real vehicle or that was one jacked-up RC car.  Castillo sued the station for $60k, but as if often the case, lot of news outlets carry the initial story about the lawsuit, but nobody cared to report how it came out.  That's my research bug-bear.  Well, one of them.   A similar but 166% worse frustration was felt by that same year by Norreasha Gill, a KY woman who was the to the lucky tenth caller in a contest to win “100 grand.”  This was going to be life-changing!  She told her kids how they could finally buy a home of their own and have financial stability, so she probably saw red when she turned up at the station to collect her prize, only to be handed a 100 Grand candy bar.  I like caramel, rice crispies, and chocolate as much as the next person, probably more than a lot of next persons, but I totally agree with Gill suing the radio station for 100,000 actual dollars.   Pulling the wool over peoples' eyes is not only mean-spirited; it can also land businesses into all manner of trouble.  You can't say “it was just a joke” and go about your business.  A FL Hooters, not a radio station, I grant you, learned that lesson in 2001 when they held a contest among their waitstaff for most drinks sold, with the prize being a Toyota.  The winner was blindfolded and led out into the parking lot to discover her Toyota was a toy Yoda, a foot-tall figure of the puppet from Star Wars.  She quit and sued the owners of the franchise, settling out of court a year later.   Radio stations operate under the auspices of the Federal Communication Commission, and they have some pretty firm opinions about what shenanigans you can get up to if you want to do it on the broadcast airwaves.  The rules require a radio station fully and accurately disclose the material terms, aka the relevant details of the contest, which cannot be deceptive, misleading, or patently false, and then to follow through with those terms.  If you're talking about a contest on the air, you have to give the material terms on the air.  It's not good enough to say “we're giving away a hundred grand, see the website for more info” and on the website, admit that it's a candy bar, no siree.  No claiming it was just a joke if you made it out to be a legit contest.     The FCC fined a Kansaa station $4,000 for failing to announce all material terms of a contest, even though it was on the website, and for failure to comply with the terms for their Santa's Sack contest.  Listeners were to call in and guess what was in Santa's Sack and you'd win what was in the sack plus a teddy bear; seems simple enough.  A listener who guessed the sack held $1,000 was told she was wrong, but the next day, she heard someone else guess $1k and that person was proclaimed the winner.  The first caller complained to the station and when that went nowhere, filed a complaint with the FCC.  With the feds breathing down their necks –don't forget, the FCC isn't just about issuing fines, they can yank your broadcast license– the radio station claimed it was an innocent mix-up among the staff, some of whom included the value of the $10 teddy bear and some didn't, and that the rules were on their website.  The radio station then sent a check for $1,000 to the complainant, meaning they were out $5k over a $10 teddy bear and for want of a memo.     The FCC issued KDKA in Pennsylvania with a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, a scary-sounding document that says “Look what you did!  I should take away your license for that.”  On Thanksgiving day 2007, a DJ, I assumed bored or annoyed at having to work a holiday, said that he'd give away $1,000,000 to the thirteenth caller and he'd do it once an hour.  A listener called and was told he was the thirteenth caller and was then placed on hold for 43 minutes before being put through to the DJ and immediately hung up on.  The station claimed that the on-air contest rules did not apply here because listeners should have realized it was a joke.  The FCC disagreed, since the DJ never said anything to indicate he wasn't serious, at one point saying it was “the real deal,” and he announced the “contest” *several times during his 3-hour show.  After finding that the on-air contest rules applied, the FCC smited them–smote?-- for the tag team of failure to announce the material terms *and failure to comply with said terms, i.e. pony up the dough, and fined the station $6,000.   An LA station got their own Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and $6k fine after they held a contest online with a drawing for tickets to the musical Les Miserables.  Their web site said the contest would run from 3:50 pm on May 29 to 8:50 pm on June 2.  A listener complained to the FCC after the station awarded the prize to three people at only 3:00.  Yer man must really have wanted to see Les Mis.  The radio station responded that the on-air contest rules didn't apply to its contest because the contest was exclusively online.  The FCC disagreed.  The rules apply to "all contests conducted by the licensee and broadcast to the public" and since the radio station had announced the contest several times on-air and told listeners who entered the contest to stay tuned, it was an on-air contest.   You don't necessarily need the FCC in your stable to hold a radio station's feet to the fire.  Just ask the folks at Singapore's Gold 905 after their big-money game “The Celebrity Name Drop.”  They made a montage of 14 celebrity voices, edited so that each celebrity said one word of “Gold 9-0-5, the station that sounds good, and makes you feel good.”  I couldn't find a clip of it, but if you do, hit up the soc meds or post it in soc.   To win $10,000, the caller had to correctly identify each voice in order.  It took a skilled ear, as well as listening out for other people's right and wrong guesses.  Muhammad Shalehan thought he had it after a month of puzzling and repeatedly trying to get through the phone lines, but when he read his list of names, the DJ said he got one wrong.  A few weeks later, Gold905 declared they had their winner, one Jerome Tan, and that was a wrap.     Except.  Listeners jumped on the station's FB page, pointing out that Shalehan had given the right answer more than two weeks earlier.  Mediacorp, the station;s parent company, said that Shalehan's attempt was invalidated because he failed to pronounce the string of celebrity names accurately, specifically that of Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.  So Muhammad went to the mountain or in this case, the internet, whereby Shelahan was able to locate Hadley's management and ask if they could help.  He then got a video from Hadley himself, confirming that, while Muhammad Shalehan has a “slight accent,” he had, in fact, “pronounced my name absolutely correctly.”   Armed now with some pretty bitchin' evidence, Shalehan went back to the station again.  After viewing Hadley's video, Mediacorp …. still refused to pay out. [sfx]  But they offered to make a “goodwill gesture” of $5,000.  By then, the online community, a barely-controlled and badly-tempered beast on the best of days, was having none of it, making for some long work-days for the PR department.  Finally, Mediacorp relented and paid Muhammad Shalehan the full $10k.     MIDROLL  don't forget ad sting   If these stories haven't made you face-palm and ask “what were they thinking,” I'd bet my mortgage one of these will.  Strap in, kids.  The tragic Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest wasn't the first or only radio station promotion to involve urine.   In 1999, KOMP 92.3-FM of Las Vegas DJ Greg McFarlane was trying to think up a novel approach to give away some Mötley Crüe tickets.  His first idea was to have contestants re-enact the Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape live on-air, fully clothes of course; wouldn't want to be in bad taste.  Idea number 2: make contestants drink their own urine.  Y'all 1999.  What was the value in seeing Motley Crue in 1999?  That cheese had been moldy for years.  Three die-hard fans actually came into the studio, then lost their nerve when confronted with the fact that McFarlane was in no way kidding.  Then, in McFarlane's own words, “The fourth guy walks in, pushes everyone out of the way and throws it down like it was Pepsi.”  So concert tickets for guy #4 and an empty cardboard box to McFarlane, to gather his personal effects because he's just been sacked.   Hey, remind me to check my stats and see how many people jumped ship in the last 60 seconds.  For those still with me, we go now to a library in Ft Worth, TX, where the staff suddenly found themselves terrorized by crowds of people ransacking the stacks.  Unbeknownst to them, a KYNG DJ thought it would be a keen idea to announce that he had hidden $100 in $5 and $10 bills between pages of books in the library's fiction section.  Even adjusted for inflation, that's just under $200 to try to outcompete hundreds of other people for.   "People started climbing the bookshelves; they started climbing on each other, and books became airborne," library spokeswoman Marsha Anderson said, adding that 3k books had been thrown on the floor and some ended up ripped and with broken spines.  Count the books on your nearest bookcase or shelf.  How many of those would need to get to 3k?  That's a lot of damage!   Do I need to say that the library has an amount of heads-up from the radio station and that amount was none, or did you just assume because what librarian would agree to that?  More than 500 people stampeded through the Fort Worth Central Library looking for the money.  There was money in the library – the station claimed it was $100 and that was the only amount it was ever said to be, whereas a number of people in the money-mob thought it was as high as $10k.  A KYNG spokesman said the DJ was only trying to boost public interest in the library by giving away about $100, and they had no idea where people got the $10k idea.  That was after the fact of course.  In the moment, it was the librarians who had to handle the situation...because they couldn't get ahold of anyone at the radio station.  They told the crowd the only thing that could possibly make them stop looking – that someone already found the money and had just left.     Sometimes it's not judgment that's wobbly; it's taste, subjective as that may be.  BRMB in Birmingham, England ran a contest where they would pay for the winner's wedding, which as anyone less clever than my hillbilly butt getting married in my own yard both times can tell you can really run into money.  There was, of course, a catch.  The station reserved one creative right for the wedding that the station paid for.  This wedding had to be conducted au naturale.  In the buff.  Nude.  At a minimum, the happy couple had to be in all their glory; don't know if there was a maximum.  The lucky couple, who won by listener vote, had been together for eleven years, attributing their long engagement to the cost of the wedding.  Again, back yard, it's free.  The station paid all the expenses and the bride and groom held up their end…as it were, though the bride had her veil and the groom used a top hat as a fig leaf.   Your other why-is-this-so-expensive life event would come just after the end of your life, your funeral.  It costs as much as a decent used car and you don't even get to enjoy it.  Half of that would be handled if you won the contest offered by Radio Galaxy in Germany – they'd pay for your funeral, provided your funeral cost less than 3000 Euro and a modest one could.  Listeners sent in their own epitaphs, that being the words on their tombstone, like how Winston Churchill's says “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”  But you can't have a party without a party-pooper and the radio station was hit was a lawsuit from the Association of German Undertakers.  Also in Germany, station RTL 89.0 wanted to give away a Mini Cooper, but couldn't apparently be asked to put a lot of effort, or forethought, into it.  They just said, pull off the most amazing stunt.  Because that's safe.  Whatever the other entries were paled in comparison to the stunt submitted by the eventual winner – he would have the word mini tattooed on … how to put this delicately?... onto an appendage which most gentlemen would find distressing to have labeled “mini.”  The winner, Andreas Muller, went through with it, live on air with the female host looking on.  Can you imagine if the station refused to give him the car though?   That kind of personal touch would have been right up the alley of the folks at WDVE 102.5 in Pittsburgh.  Every year, for the festive holiday season, they hold a "Breast Christmas Ever."  Yep, they foot the bill for breast enhancement surgery.  To the surprise of no one, the event has come under fire from both feminist groups and health care advocates, who should like us to remember a boob job is surgery and surgery carries risk.  But sometimes, even the tackiest contest isn't as bad as it seems - there's always a silver lining if we look for it.  A Calgary station did a similar give-away and the winner, by popular vote, was a 19 year old trans-female listener who was quotes as saying having breast implants would mean she wouldn't "have to face so much bigotry on a daily basis."   Ottawa radio station Hot 89.9 looked at all that and said Hold My Molson's.  They put on a “Win a baby!” contest.  Specifically, they would pay for up to three rounds of in-vitro fertility treatment up to $35,000.  The contest drew criticism like jellowjackets at a cook-out, but it wasn't without redemption – it brought attention to the issue of IVF funding in Ontario just before voters head to the polls to vote if the provincial government should be required to pay it like other health care.   Said Beverly Hanck, executive director of the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada, “The station is clearly, clearly capitalizing on vulnerable patients that are desperate to have a family.”  The fact that couples have to turn to a radio contest at all points to a “sad state of affairs” in Ontario, she added.   Morning show host Jeff Mauler said the contest was intended to appeal to the station's 24 to 54 year old demographic, but that it has opened up a dialogue about an issue that is “more common than you think.”  “Anyone who complains is lucky enough to have kids or doesn't want kids,” Mauler said. “Anyone in the struggle doesn't slam the contest.” Common enough that more than 400 couples applied for the contest, which they launched on Labor Day.  Because of course they did.   If babies aren't your thing, how about a full-grown human woman?  Edmonton's the Bear FM also poked the bear with their contest to win a Russian bride.  The Bear partnered with an on-line matchmaking service that connects Russian women with foreign husbands.  Problem the first: eww.  Problem the close second: it's not uncommon for women you can meet through such services being exploited.  Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk found the contest so offensive, he pulled his ministry's advertising from the station.  The prize included a free two-week trip to Russia, and $500 spending money.     New Zealand radio station The Rock FM sponsored their own contest in which the winner would be flown to the Ukraine to pick a bride from an agency, originally called “Win a Wife.”  When people complained, they changed it to “Win A Trip To Beautiful Ukraine For 12 Nights And Meet Eastern European Hot Lady Who Maybe One Day You Marry.”  Well, does what it says on the tin.  This is the same station that, when they needed a contest for Valentine's Day 2012, crab-walked around love and instead offered to cover all the costs of one lucky couple's divorce.  Asterisk, you had to drop the Big D bombshell on them live on the air.  Who says romance is dead?  No one who's watching OFMD on a binge loop for the last 9 days…not that I know anyone like that.  It's just a hypothetical.  An offly specific hypothetical   If you're thinking to yourself, it can't get worse than that, you haven't been paying attention.  Again in Canada (it's always the quiet ones), a Halifax radio station q104 put on a foreign bride contest.  The contest, which would send the winner to Prague, closed on March 8, International Women's Day.  The program director JC Douglad said firmly that there was no sexual connotatioin to the contest.  The men are promised dates with women in the Czech Republic, but they station made no warranty, express or implied, as to how those dates will go.  Okay, sure, but you've kind of undermined your position by calling it the "Male is in the Czech," didntcha?   And that's…AMP Radio defended their actions noting that businesses can easily spend C$5,000 on marketing in a week, and that their promotion has garnered a lot of talk, so it was kind of the same thing.  While a lot of Calgarians vowed to stop listening, then went on to do it again, this time with $10,000. this podcast remember thanks  

Dead Men Talk
S4E07 - 'Standing In The Doorway of Tomorrow' with acoustic singer-songwriter duo Sound Of The Sirens

Dead Men Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 69:39


Chris bags another of his bucket-list guests as he welcomes Exeter-based acoustic singer-songwriting duo, Sound Of the Sirens! Abbe Martin & Hannah Wood met at Timepiece nightclub in Exeter, where they were both working at the time, but did they ever imagine what the future would hold for them? They share their incredible story of how and when their music journey started, how a twist of fate at a cider-and-cheese festival in Somerset then led to them garnering the attention of legendary DJ and TV presenter Chris Evans, leading to TV and festival appearances and even on to supporting none other than Rick Astley! Abbe and Hannah also discuss their new album 'Damage Control' (to be released on 8th April) and UK tour, which will also see them support Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley on a few dates of his upcoming 40th-anniversary tour. You can pre-order your copy of 'Damage Control' now via the Sound Of The Sirens store: https://sots.tmstor.es/ To keep up-to-date with Abbe & Hannah's latest news, be sure to follow them on social media also: Facebook: @SoundoftheSirens Instagram: @sound_of_the_sirens Twitter: @soundofthesirens Website: www.soundofthesirens.net To keep up-to-date with all of Chris' news and info, follow or contact him on his social media pages as below: Facebook: @DMTPodNet Twitter: @TetreaultBlay Instagram: @dmtpodnet Email: deadmenstalespublishing@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deadmentalk/message

That 80s Show SA - The Podcast
That 80s Show meets Katrina from Katrina and The Waves.

That 80s Show SA - The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 45:26


Put on your flips flops, this week That 80s Show is walking on sunshine. Katrina from Katrina and The Waves joins us in the virtual reality podcast studio in the sky to talk about her career, from the formation of the band right through to today. Hear how the band got its start, the movies that featured ''Walking on Sunshine'', Kim Wilde, Tony Hadley and a South African swimming pool and so much more. Earlier this year Katrina released her new album Hearts, Loves & Baby's through her own label and you can find it on your preferred streaming platform or check out the video for Drive here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4_FFv5hLc Keep up to date with Katrina on www.katrinasweb.com Facebook: @katrinasweb Twitter: @KatrinasWeb. Title Track by Orange Groove Studio @OrangeGrooveAdmin on Facebook.

The Graham Norton Radio Show Podcast with Waitrose
Judy Craymer, Mark Billingham and Tony Hadley

The Graham Norton Radio Show Podcast with Waitrose

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 58:13


Welcome back! It's week twenty-six of The Graham Norton Radio Show with Waitrose. Graham and trusty accomplice Maria McErlane help with your dilemmas in Graham's Guide. This week's guests include: Theatre producer Judy Craymer gives us all the insight on Mamma Mia the Musical Actor and novelist Mark Billingham discusses his brand new thriller, Rabbit Hole. Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley celebrates his 40th anniversary upcoming tour.Graham will be back on your radio for The Graham Norton Radio Show with Waitrose on Saturday and Sunday from 9.30am on Virgin Radio UK.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear all the highlights every week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.