The Fall / BEAT☆POPS研究会 新歓中庭ライブ 2026 YouTube video by BEATPOPS

Japanese band BEAT*POPS play The Fall.
Two-drummer line up.
Keyboard attacks.

1 Balmy
2 Eat Yourself Fitter
3 The Classical (sublime!)

From Adam Buxton's mailing list. Great response to The Big Midweek audio book:

The Strong Devoted

Riley & Coe - House of All - Live In Session - yippee - BBC Sounds Marc Riley and Gideon Coe come together to play their music loves from every era and genre

ICYMI, HOUSE Of ALL live on Riley & Coe, BBC Radio 6 Music, Monday 13th April 2026.

Wrecked 0:25
Prince Of This World 49:20
Chat with Marc Riley 53:57
Sweet Remembrancer 1:02:38
Rebel Duke 1:06:17

Officially released OTD in 2024, Sixteen Again: How Pete Shelley & Buzzcocks Changed Manchester Music (and me) by Paul Hanley: Read all about it: www.route-online.com/all-books/si...

HOUSE Of ALL Spring tour starts tonight in Stoke. Three gigs over the weekend:

Friday: Artisan Tap, Stoke-On-Trent
Saturday: Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Sunday: Le Pub, Newport

More details: linktr.ee/thefallconti...

Jim Moir with Marc Riley and Steve Hanley in front of his Fall inspired painting 'Carry Bag Man'. Jim will be in conversation at The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival at Band on the Wall, Manchester, on Saturday 6th June. More info: linktr.ee/fallfuturepast

Artist, comedian and long-time fan of The Fall Jim Moir will be in conversation at The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival on Saturday 6th June.

More info: linktr.ee/fallfuturepast

Friday Night Fever: Inside the Cult of Half Man Half Biscuit – The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project There are believed to be more than 2000 books about The Beatles. This is the first about Half Man Half Biscuit – four lads who shook The Wirral if not the wider world.

Some insight from Steve Hill on his book 'Friday Night Fever: Inside the Cult of Half Man Half Biscuit'

The Fall + De Doelen + Rotterdam + April 13 1982 YouTube video by dirtypearl

The Fall live in Rotterdam | 13th April 1982

BBC Radio 6 Music - Riley & Coe, House of All - Live In Session - yippee Marc Riley and Gideon Coe come together to play their music loves from every era and genre

HOUSE Of ALL live in session on BBC Radio 6 Music tonight. Tune in from 9pm.

Mick Middles is the guest on the latest episode of the Oh! Brother podcast. He shares tales of being a Manchester music journalist from Year Zero through the heyday of post-punk, and the experience of writing a book with Mark E Smith.

JOY DIVISION: Riot at Derby Hall YouTube video by Route

One year ago tonight. Mark Hoyle's account of the riot at Derby Hall during the Joy Division set. Filmed at The Met in Bury, the site of Derby Hall.

Our Last Stand book Cover

Paul Coventry's book Our Last Stand represents the heartbeat of Featherstone Rovers, which in turn is the hearbeat of rugby league. Both are under threat. It is vital that they survive. Read all about it | www.route-online.com/blog/post/fe...

The Like the Night event at The CAT Club sold out within two hours. There is a small handful of tickets for the launch event in Manchester on the 60th anniversary of the concert if you wish to join the celebrations. Details here: www.route-online.com/all-books/li...

A special night at The CAT Club celebrating CP Lee, Bob Dylan and the things inbetween. Move quick if you want to join us. Tickets will be gone very soon. Details here: thecatclub.co.uk/product/bob-...

Bob Dylan And The Hawks - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (1966) YouTube video by Peter Sugarman

Bob Dylan And The Hawks | Baby Let Me Follow You Down (1966)

Happy birthday to Stewart Lee, born in Wellington, Shropshire on this day in 1968.

Looking forward to chatting with Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social at this fabulous Literature and Music Festival in Birmingham - where my pop career began in 1982! Hope to see you there 😊🎻🧡

NEW TITLE: Das Gruppe on the Wall by Paul Hanley is a pocket book which tells the story of The Fall at Band on the Wall. Specially commissioned for the Futures and Pasts Festival, it will be launched on the opening night, Friday 5th June. More details here: www.route-online.com/blog/post/fa...

Cleaning Woman by Poppycock YouTube video by Ann-Marie Crowley

A very happy birthday to Una Baines. Here she is in 2013 with Poppycock, rocking 'Cleaning Woman'.

Lord Buckley - The Nazz YouTube video by Michael Jeffers

Lord Buckley | The Nazz

The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival Information Information on the The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival: A Celebration of Fifty Years of The Fall

The Fall Futures and Pasts Festival information page has been updated 👀 It's only two months away. It'll be here before you know it. Don't miss out.

Heath Common & The Lincoln 72s | Still Howling YouTube video by Route TV

NEW ON ROUTE TV: The late, great Bill Byford (Heath Common) at the Still Howling event from 2015 (marking sixty years of Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl'). Playing bass for Heath Common & The Lincoln 72s is Mark Hoyle. It starts with a parady poem recited by the late, great CP Lee.

Here's an interview Andrew Muir did with me. It's old but says a lot about music I grew up with, first hearing Dylan, changing tech & the freelance writer's life, writing unheeding people's opinions, my books and more besides. It's a short scroll down this page: www.michaelgray.net/interviews.h...

Solid Rock - Bob Dylan YouTube video by Natsukashii

Bob Dylan | Solid Rock

Helen O'Hara in conversation with Pete Paphides, Sunday 19th April, 1pm, Literature and Music Festival, Heath Bookshop, Birmingham. Details | www.theheathbookshop.co.uk/all-events/?...

Last chance to see this show. Four nights remaining. Details | markandlard.com

OTD in AD33. After the meal, Jesus had a walk into the garden, where he was kissed on the cheek by Judas. When they came for him, did they know?

New Title: Friday Night Fever: Inside The Cult Of Half Man Half Biscuit by Steve Hill. Signed and numbered advance copies, now open for pre-order: www.route-online.com/all-books/fr...