When a bona fide legend tells you to do something, you do it. So when Midge Ure tweeted me and suggested I treat myself to tickets to his Edinburgh gig, I naturally obliged. And I got three artists for the … read more
It’s Record Store Day again! Here are some of the ’80s-related releases you may wish to go vainly searching for (or wait for them to appear on eBay at hugely inflated prices): ALTERED IMAGES – Happy Birthday (2LP) ART OF … read more
Not much to report on the album chart this week, which is just as well as nobody has bothered to update it on the Official Charts website, but the Jesus & Mary Chain enter at 16 with their first album … read more
Obviously a high proportion of viewers watched the Brit Awards on catch-up last week as George Michael’s Ladies & Gentlemen returns to the top ten at number 8, followed by Twenty Five leaping twenty-seven places to 45 and The Final … read more
It’s officially Christmas as The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl embark on their annual climb up the single chart, Fairytale of New York re-entering this week at 66, stealing a march on Wham!’s Last Christmas at 75 and Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry … read more
This week on Off The Chart we go back to September 1983! Steve and Julian play some forgotten hits of the week, three tracks from a featured album and the top five in full. They’ll also be droppin’ the letter … read more
Steve and Julian take on the chart of 16 July 1983, playing some forgotten hits (and at least one that they hadn’t even heard before), three tracks from the week’s featured album (it’s Talking Heads this week) and the whole … read more
New music this month from Pet Shop Boys, Boy George, Sinitta, a-ha and Elton John, plus the usual mix of hits, misses, remixes and forgotten gems. Enjoy! read more
