Popcorn Double Feature – Jimi Hendrix / Billy Bragg
Here we all are again, then. And now it’s time to kiss the sky on your way down the A13 as we present that guitar burning fella, whose middle name isn’t really anything to do with amplifiers, and the...
View ArticlePodcast number 27: The Peel Pod
Hot on the heels of helping DJ at the recent Liverpool bash commemorating what would have been John Peel’s 75th birthday, the wizards have only gone and put together a Peel flavoured pod for you to...
View ArticlePodcast number 41 – an election day special
Welcome to this extra special Trust The Wizards Podcast on the eve of one of the most eagerly anticipated no score-draws in political history. Hell, yeah! In this second of two evenly balanced politics...
View ArticleQ&A with “I Blame Morrissey” author Jamie Jones
All 3 wizards recently read, loved and identified a bit too much with a great new book called “I Blame Morrissey.” The author Jamie Jones is an indie music afficcionado and a Peterborough United...
View ArticleIt was 30 years ago today: U2, The Joshua Tree Tour at Wembley Stadium, 13th...
On 13th June 1987, U2 played Wembley Stadium on The Joshua Tree tour. I was a wide-eyed 16 year old and it was the 4th gig I ever went to. I’ve interviewed some of my mates from West Sussex who were...
View ArticleThe HMV Years: 1988-1992
Thirty years ago this month a naive 17 year old boy from a rural village in Sussex started his first full-time job among the bright lights big city of Guildford! I’d been working Saturdays and school...
View ArticleChorizo’s favourite things of 2019: Part 1 The Gigs
Most years I manage to get to around 20 gigs. This year I’ve more than doubled that ending up on 42, a number that’ll please any Douglas Adams or Mozart fans reading this. Actually it’s even more than...
View Article31 years ago today: Billy Bragg’s unhelpful announcement
Today it is exactly 31 years since I went to “Hootenanny” at the Hammersmith Palais. This was a benefit gig hosted by Janice Long with a line-up that included Difford & Tilbrook, Billy Bragg, Phil...
View ArticlePodcast 121
It’s been a while since we did one of these, but we seem to have remembered how to do it. It’s just talk a load of bollocks and play a load of ace tunes, right? Right. Anyway, this show not only...
View ArticleThe Wedding Present in Leeds
This weekend I am going to see The Wedding Present in Leeds, the city where bandleader David Gedge was born. He actually grew up in Middleton, just north of Manchester on the other side of the...
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