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A chance to listen again to Virgin Radio's Specials. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unknown Host hosts Virgin Radio Specials, a music show with 62 episodes published.
Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunite on Virgin Radio for a one-off special - their first radio show together in nearly 14 years! Buckles and J-Corn dive into new Made Up Jokes, invent a new colour and reminisce about thei
To celebrate the release of the new Amy Winehouse movie, 'Black to Black', you can hear the Story of Amy Winehouse. Archive interviews with Amy from her early years, and of course her incredible music, this is a unique i
The Iconic Kim Wilde is picking her favourite songs of all time with Steve Denyer and telling a story or two. From Touring with David Bowie & Michael Jackson to what it's really like backstage on Top Of The Pops Kim lets
To celebrate Texas's new album, 'The Muscle Shoals Sessions', Front woman Sharleen Spiteri takes us through the history of the iconic studios as well as the stories behind their new album recorded there. Hosted on Acast.
To celebrate International Women’s day, Mutya Buena takes us through her life in music, playing the songs she grew up with to the musicians that continue to inspire her career as a solo artist and in the Sugababes. From
The Kaiser Chiefs have released their eighth studio Album, called 'Easy Eighth Album'. Join frontman and Virgin Radio's very own Ricky Wilson as he chats to bandmate Andrew 'Whitey' White about recording the album and th
Britpop powerhouses, Cast, played a special intimate set at the Top of the Tower. Eddy Temple-Morris relives the gig along with a chat with the bands frontman, John Power, before they went on stage. Hosted on Acast. See
One of the most iconic voices of the 80s, Tony Hadley, joins Steve Denyer and picks his favourite songs, from Bowie to The Boss. Plus he tells stories of being back stage at Live Aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva
Steve chats to multi million selling singer Belinda Carlisle about songs that have influenced and inspired her. Her picks include songs from U2, The Cure and Midnight Oil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more
To celebrate 20 years since Franz Ferdinand released the self titled debut album Eddy Temple Morris chats with singer Alex Kapranos and bass player Bob Hardy about their career, their friendship and the stories behind so
Steve Denyer is joined by actor and comedian Rob Brydon as he picks his favourite songs from Steely Dan, to Sam Fender, and he tells us which artist he is a self confessed superfan of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv
Steve Denyer is joined by one of this country's greatest songwriters Vince Clarke, founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, as he picks his playlist. He talks about his relationship with his two musical partne
Steve Denyer returns with My Playlist, as Ade Edmondson picks his playlist, talks about how the Young Ones managed to persuade Cliff Richard to record with them, his friendship with comedy partner the late Rik Mayall, an
Join Eddy Temple-Morris as he talks to the Texas singer and founder member Sharleen Spiteri about their remarkable career, their ‘Best Of’ album and some of the band's biggest hits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy
Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill formed Simple Minds in 1977, they'd been best friends since 1967 when they met at the playground in a Glasgow housing estate. Nearly 6 decades later they're still best friends and Simple Min
Join Steve Denyer for the first of a regular series called My Playlist, where musicians, actors and comedians talk about the music they love. In this episode Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics picks his favourite songs, ta
Spandau Ballet's album 'True' is 40 years old this year, it was a global hit for them and a number one album in the UK. Gary Kemp, talks to Ben Jones about the album, their lasting legacy of the iconic hits from it and l
Lighthouse Family's 'Ocean Drive' came out in 1995 and nearly 20 years on the band have reissued the album on vinyl. One half of the duo Paul Tucker talks to Steve Denyer about writing and recording the album and revisit
Deacon Blue are one of Scotland's most successful groups. They released their debut album Raintown in 1987 and since then they've sold seven million records including twelve UK top 40 singles, and two number one albums.
Hear Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark perform live at Virgin Radio! Plus, Jayne Middlemiss sits down for a chat with founding members Andy and Paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amy Winehouse
1 appearance on this show
Sharleen Spiteri
Texas
2 appearances on this show
John Power
PhD candidate · University College Dublin
1 appearance on this show
Tony Hadley
Chair and sprints coach
1 appearance on this show
Belinda Carlisle
The Go-Go's
1 appearance on this show
Rob Brydon
1 appearance on this show
Jim Kerr
Founding member and Lead Singer for Simple Minds · Southern Company Gas
1 appearance on this show
Dave Stewart
One Studio
1 appearance on this show
Gary Kemp
Spandau Ballet
1 appearance on this show
Paul Tucker
Sales Director · Moet Hennessy
1 appearance on this show
Ricky Ross
Deacon Blue
1 appearance on this show
Andy
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
1 appearance on this show
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