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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Bananarama | History Defined

Goldie, Bananarama and boat trips with the Spice Girls: the hedonistic madness of 90s label London Records

From synthpop to drum’n’bass, the company had a roster of edgy stars – and let them do what they wanted. As a new podcast is launched, artists and staff remember the extreme work environment

The Guardian - UK

A fascinating 80s pop success story: best podcasts of the week

An enthralling history of the record label that stuffed the charts with hits takes in everything from Bananarama to Bronski Beat. Plus, Suzi Ruffell serves up a lovely series of LGBTQIA+ chat and discussion

The Guardian - UK

‘The pope complained about the lyrics!’: the Bluebells and Siobhan Fahey on how they made Young at Heart

‘I had moved down from Glasgow and was sharing a council flat with the girls from Bananarama. We wrote the song after watching the Frank Sinatra film’

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‘The UK media undermines anything Scottish and assimilates it’, says Bobby Bluebell

THE quality, depth, range and sheer emotional power of the best contemporary Scottish songwriting has been under-recognised for years ...

The National (Scotland)

“I became a punk – I hid my Pink Floyd records and I now had an uneasy relationship with the music”: Siobhan Fahey’s lifelong passion for prog is only hinted at in Bananarama’s name

A Frank Zappa show bored her to sleep, but the Shakespeare’s Sister masterming has remained in love with Roxy Music, Hawkwind and Syd Barrett

Louder

Stock Aitken Waterman reveal 40th anniversary celebration plans for first number one single

Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman have revealed how they will mark the 40th anniversary of their first number one single, Dead or Alive's 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' - they'll have a trip to the pub.

BANG Premier

From Madonna to Beyoncé, we uncover the most iconic songs that are actually remakes

Sometimes a cover song becomes so iconic people don't even realise it is a cover to begin with - and these examples are proof

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I just tested the world’s first over-ear, open-ear headphones — here’s what happened

These open-ear headphones are not the future of wireless headphones, but they’re a noteworthy exercise in audio ingenuity that certain brands can learn from.

Tom’s Guide

My London: Sara Dallin from Bananarama on hanging with the Sex Pistols in the 80s

Bananarama singer Sara Dallin kits out her house at Liberty, lives it up at Quo Vadis and wants to turn Hampton Court into a restaurant

Evening Standard

Girl Ray – Prestige album review: squint, and you could be looking at the next Bananarama

The indie trio undergo a pop transformation

Evening Standard

“Without naming names, I have spent time onstage playing music I hate, wishing it was over”: King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief’s Gavin Harrison on being a pro

The eclectic drummer has been the jokey one in some bands and the serious, grown-up one in others - but it all comes down to the same approach

Louder

When Glasgow band took 'Bananarama track' to top of the UK charts

Thirty years ago this week a reissue of a reworked Bananarama album track, that had been released a decade earlier, unexpectedly soared to number one and gave Glasgow band the Bluebells their moment in the sun.

Glasgow Live

Valley Fest 2023 line-up announced with The Kooks, Bananarama, and Scouting For Girls performing

Valley Fest will return to Chew Valley Lake from August 3 to 6

Bristol Post

Valley Fest announces 2023 line-up including Bananarama and the Kooks

And there's some Bristolian headliners too

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Terry Hall obituary

Singer with the Specials whose chart-topping Ghost Town evoked the sense of social collapse gripping Britain at the turn of the 80s

Daily Mirror

Stock Aitken Waterman to reunite for Channel 5 documentary about chart-topping music trio

Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman – known as Stock Aitken Waterman – are set to be the focus of a new docuseries which will explore the pop music producers' success in the industry

The Guardian - UK

Bananarama look back: ‘The dresses were fitted with chicken wire – and totally extraordinary’

Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward reminisce about their Bristol schooldays, being teenage punks, and nights at the Wag Club

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