Virtual C90: June 2018
This month’s virtual mixtape includes new music from Rick Astley, Prince, Johnny Marr, Tony Hadley and Nick Lowe, plus the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses and 12″ mixes. Give it a listen on Mixcloud or Spotify! read more
Tag Archives: Human League
Off The Chart: 28 April 1980
We’re going all the way back to this day in 1980 on this week’s Off The Chart! Come with us for two hours of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week’s top albums, a look at … read more
Virtual C90: February 2018
This month’s virtual mixtape brings you new music from Kim Wilde, Simple Minds, Saxon, Alexander O’Neal and lots more, plus the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses and mixes. Enjoy! read more
Off The Chart: 2 December 1984
Back to 1984 for a bit of pre-Christmas frivolity on this week’s Off The Chart! Steve and Julian guide us through some less obvious hits, three tracks from a featured album, a hit from an international chart, a look at … read more
Off The Chart: 4 November 1981
Come back to this very day in 1981 as Steve and Julian excavate the UK singles chart! There’ll be lots of forgotten and half-remembered hits, a look at the day’s events, three tracks from a hit album of the week, … read more
Further Off The Chart Seven
Has it really been a full dexy since the last one? It certainly has! Here we are again with another edition of Further Off The Chart, exclusively for our Patreon backers, in which Steve and Julian round up a dozen … read more
Virtual C90: August 2017
This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from Depeche Mode, Erasure, Marc Almond, The Fall, Motörhead, Belinda Carlisle, Sparks and Nick Heyward, plus a previously unreleased outtake from The Smiths and the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses, mixes and … read more
Human League cancel festival appearance due to illness
Synthpop legends The Human League were forced to pull out of a headline performance at the Lytham Festival last night (4 August) when a member of the band was suddenly taken ill. A statement issued today confirms that “One of … read more
Rewind Scotland, Scone Palace, 22-23 July 2017
It’s Saturday afternoon. A man in a neon T-shirt is offering me and my pal a water pouch full of rum, while Mark King slaps at his bass in the background. I get a strange feeling of déjà vu, and … read more
“A reminder of a world that doesn’t care” – Top of the Pops, 20 August 1981
An unusual choice for Top of the Pops presenter this week as we find ourselves watching the first edition ever to be hosted by an actual scarecrow! Ah no, sorry, false alarm, it’s just Dave Lee Travis in a big … read more
Virtual C90: February 2017
New music this month from Depeche Mode, The Pretenders (featuring Neil Tennant), David Bowie, Marc Almond, Paul Weller and Black Star RIders, plus the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses and mixes. read more
Off The Chart: 14 January 1982
Back to January 1982 on this week’s Off The Chart as Steve and Julian play some of the week’s less remembered hits, plus three tracks from the featured album and the top five singles in full. Who turned up in … read more
