June 2008 Archives

There has been an invasion at the Glastonbury Festival. Not nu-rave music, flies or even mud. This year it’s been Merseyside bands that have taken over the world’s most famous music gathering. And it’s been all the better for it.

THEY may not be able to hear his cheers of encouragement – what with the 12,000 miles distance between Anfield and New Zealand – but every time the Liverpool team play, Neil Finn is glued to the action...

We take a look at two chart topping albums from this week in different years...

The Wombats have apologised to fans after cancelling their gig in Liverpool tonight.

Liverpool has surged to victory in Arts Council England’s search to find the UK's Most Musical City.
After six weeks of campaigning across ten cities and with thousands of votes cast, the home of The Beatles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and The Zutons secured victory with 49 percent of the public vote.

Thank you for all your fantastic competition entries to see The Wombats - the winners have now been notified.
I'm interviewing the mighty marsupials tomorrow and I'd love to put your questions to them, so if there's anything you've always wanted to know, now's your chance...

Ever had one of those anxiety dreams where you’re in school and everything seems normal until you suddenly realise you’ve forgotten to put on any clothes – and everyone can see you’re naked?
Well that happened to me this week.
Except it was work, not school. And it was real life rather than my over-active imagination.
Well almost.

THE Zutons are an odd band. Not as people – a nicer bunch you couldn’t hope to meet – but if they wanted to be, theirs could be some of the most famous faces in music.
Instead, they reject the whole celebrity scene, preferring to let their music do the talking.

In the next of our series championing great Merseyside songs we have Alan O'Hare from The Trestles waxing lyrical about There She Goes by The La's...

In the next of our series of guest columns on the best Merseyside songs ever written, we have Ian Prowse from Amsterdam championing Echo and the Bunnymen's superb Over The Wall. Read on and let me know what you think...