Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 20/09/2026More shouting into the void on Bluesky! @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Gareth BirdLouder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Heads up! Last 5 tickets available! Join Music Video Director @timpopedirector in conversation with @garethbird.bsky.social celebrating Tim’s memoir 'I SHOOT ROCK STARS' Saturday 14th November, 8.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/3krbyyn4 043
Reposted by Gareth BirdUnklerupert @unklerupert.uk · 23/02/2026I see young Harry has been working down the Jam Butty mines in Knotty Ash 2103
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Bowie: The Final Act Enriching, exciting, enthralling and, ultimately, heartbreaking…all over again. 020
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 24/12/2025David Bowie’s Xmas message. As broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music, Boxing Day, 2013. When he’s turning the volume down at the end…Always makes me smile. 🌲bbc.co.ukDavid Bowie's Christmas Message - BBC SoundsAll the way from the U S of A. 010
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Not feeling “Xmassy” yet? Listen to Craig Schulz, son of Charlie Brown creator, Charles M Schultz, talk about ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’, this afternoon on 6 Music. Scroll to 14:02:32 for the best bit of daytime radio this holiday season! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 6 Music - Craig Charles, Celebrating 60 years of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'Craig celebrates one of the most iconic festive records ever: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'. 130
Reposted by Gareth BirdThe Divine Comedy @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social · 19/11/2025The Divine Comedy Live Session on Riley & Coe! Wednesday 3rd December: BBC Radio 6 Music Time: 9-11pm GMT Listen online: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... The show will be available on BBC Sounds after broadcast. #TheDivineComedy #6Music @marcrileydj.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social 0247
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Down the road. If I listen carefully, I can hear the tight trousers. 011
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 17/11/202523 years ago tonight, apparently. Bowie‘s last stand in Manchester. First night of the final tour. Incidentally, I also attended what would end up being the final date of the UK leg, in the Isle of Wight. 060
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Rainy Sunday Afternoon with the new Divine Comedy album. @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social 050
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025If you’re in and around Manchester this weekend, please join us for the annual Louder Than Words Festival! This year, I’ll be chatting with TV & radio’s Stuart Maconie about his latest book, ‘With a Little Help From Their Friends’. Hope to see you there! louderthanwordsfest.com 071
Reposted by Gareth BirdDavid Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 12/11/2025On this day in 1964.. David Bowie's "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Men with Long Hair"davidbowienews.comDavid Bowie’s “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Men with Long Hair” (1964)17 year old David Jones (Bowie) was interviewed on BBC Tonight programme by Cliff Michelmore as the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men! The interview, by… 1313
Reposted by Gareth BirdSteve Pemberton @sjpemberton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Last ever chance to see Reece and I in #InsideNo9 Stage/Fright👻 Hammersmith Apollo Jan 2-6th for the farewell shows🎭 General on sale Thurs 13th Nov 12pm‼️ There will be tears… of laughter❤️ 39719
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Producing an Edwyn Collins session: One of many “pinch-me” moments of 2025. Lucky boy! 050
Reposted by Gareth BirdGideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Anyway.. I thoughts we could be bring back an old favourite for the Christmas Day R and C programme. So, it'll be "Christmas Night With the Stars". That is to say, records in some way referencing stars and other heavenly bodies. They don't have to relate to Xmas. Suggestions here please 41222
Reposted by Gareth BirdLouder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 08/11/2025This time next week! A Saturday with @johnrobb77 @janeyleegrace #debseywykes #JonKing @StuartMaconie @garethbirddj @DJWrong @claregrogan2 #stevediggle #JamesNice #TVSmith #JustinCurrie @SpenwoodBooks @HenryNormalpoet #davebarbarossa @WellerFanPod @TheLovelyEggs You coming? 👍❤️ 031
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Come and watch TV & radio’s Stuart Maconie and myself talk about the Beatles. More specifically, I’ll be quizzing Stu about his new masterful release, ‘With a Little Help From Their Friends’. It’s a lunchtime shindig. Hope you can join us. 031
Reposted by Gareth BirdMarc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Some very important information about two very important men. @markradcliffe.bsky.social @philwilliamsradio.bsky.social @thejase.bsky.social 6639
Reposted by Gareth BirdLouder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 13/10/2025What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me? Or would you go & see Stuart Maconie in conversation with Gareth Bird? The latter! Saturday 15th November, 12.15pm. The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/h2mjv8r8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C58...tinyurl.comWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS: Stuart MaconieWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS: The Beatles changed the world. But who changed theirs? STUART MACONIE in conversation. 022
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Jim Jones All Stars live in session tonight on Riley & Coe. 9pm BST. 🍂 📻 🎸 030
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 12/10/2025He said “Captain” I said WOT? Happy 69th to David Vanian. L-R Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Captain Silly Boll*cks. 030
Reposted by Gareth BirdDavid Bowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025TONY VISCONTI ON THE RECORDING OF HEATHEN “Made for a real world...” In this snippet Tony Visconti talks about the making of Bowie’s 25th studio album: the Bowie Visconti-produced Heathen. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/TS_7CWAcj8M #ICGEAAlbumFocusHeathen #BowieHeathen #BowieVisconti 1637
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Last night’s Riley & Coe for 6 Music, songwriter and musician, Emma Pollock, played a truly beautiful session for us, and went on to speak with Marc Riley about her recent autism diagnosis. Positivity illuminating. Love my job! ❤️ Full programme here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 040
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Spend the autumn equinox with us. 🍂 Hear The Wedding Present play live to coincide with the newly released '40' (September 19th on Clue Records), a chronological, aural journey of band's album tracks, singles and B-sides. Riley & Coe. 9pm BST. 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @bbc6music.bsky.social 010
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 08/09/2025This. This is how my day began. I mean, after getting out of bed, brushing my teeth etc… One man in a spacesuit, his slide guitar…and a duck. Hear the fruits of Bob Log III in session for Riley & Coe, tonight from 9pm. BBC 6 Music. Message ends. (Quack) 030
Reposted by Gareth BirdLouder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Now here's an event that surely Takes The Biscuit! Join comedian, actor & singer-songwriter #GrahamFellows in celebration of 40 years of #JohnShuttleworth (& more!) Graham is in conversation Fri 14th Nov, 8.45pm @innsideuk #Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/mu7zunst 131
Reposted by Gareth BirdTracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025My brother, 10 years older than me, was a huge Rod Stewart fan when I was a kid, so I asked him if he’d be watching his Glastonbury set this weekend. Turns out he still hasn’t forgiven him for leaving The Faces. I like a proper rock grudge. Respect. 67107270
Reposted by Gareth BirdGideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The most remarkable thing I ever witnessed at Glastonbury was, and always will be, Malcolm Hardee's scrotum. Unforgettable. 7312
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Loved The Ballad of Wallis Island. Full of charm & humour. A much needed distraction from the world. Can’t recall the last time I watched a film twice at the cinema…this might just be one of those times. Bravo, Tom Basden & Tim Key. Carey Mulligan is great too! 040
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 12/06/2025"Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today." - Bob Dylan, Rolling Stone (2006) 000
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Another one of my faves. I mean, how about this for a string of singles? Dance to the Music, Life, Everyday People, Stand!, Hot Fun in the Summertime, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody is a Star, I Want to Take You Higher, Family Affair, Runnin' Away Each. And. Every. Track.bbc.co.ukSly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone, dead aged 82 - BBC NewsThe funk music icon died following a "prolonged battle" with COPD and other underlying health issues, his family said. 040
Reposted by Gareth BirdNonesuch Records @nonesuch.com · 05/06/2025Happy birthday, Laurie Anderson! 36312
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 30/05/2025In discussing ABBA with a pal, I noted I wasn’t all that keen, to which he reminded me that during my one and only meeting with the Thin White Duke, I seemingly lost power of thought, resulting in me quoting an ABBA lyric at him. Thankfully, he chortled. Which, in turn, reminded me of this image… 120
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Happy birthday to the legendary @tomrobinson.com! (Here he is with some more 6M legends!) 🎂🎈🍻 050
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Good morning from Bearded Theory. A very good morning for some, it would appear… 010
Reposted by Gareth BirdJohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights" 1978 This was the first UK #1 sung by a woman who had written the song herself. EMI wanted her to release a different song, but Bush said, no. Saying "I'm the shyest meglomaniac you're ever likely to meet." Her vocals on the songwas completed in a single take. 1434
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Rob Brydon is in conversation with Sparks this weekend. £20 tickets here: ‘An Entirely MAD! Conversation with Rob Brydon & Sparks!’twickets.liveTwicketsTwickets is an ethical ticket resale marketplace, enabling fans to sell spare tickets at no more than face value (plus fees) 010
Reposted by Gareth BirdStereogum @stereogum.com · 22/05/2025Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer,’ one of the greatest albums of all time, was first released on this day in 1997 in Japan (it came out a few weeks later in the UK and in July in the US). 💾 212722
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 18/05/2025A prolific producer. Almost a perfect photograph. 240
Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 18/05/2025He was a funny guy. Intelligent. Creative. Funny. Not many of ‘em ticking all three boxes in pop music at the moment.youtu.beDavid Bowie introduces his own videos - MTV 1993 Part 1/2YouTube video by NafouteVHS 010
Reposted by Gareth BirdPhil @vmphil.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Fifty years ago today, Radio 1 held a "Fun Day" at Mallory Park. This day was seared into the memory of John Peel. He recalled his experience for the Radio 1 Story documentary in 1997. If you have not seen this clip before, please watch to the very end. You will not be disappointed. 1319780
Reposted by Gareth BirdBrian Eno News @dark-shark.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Best wishes to Robert Fripp as he recovers from a heart attack 831529
Reposted by Gareth BirdLouder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Over the moon to be welcoming Stuart Maconie back to Louder Than Words Festival this November. Stuart will be celebrating his latest book & talking all things Beatles Sat 15 Nov, 12.15pm at The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/h2mjv8r8 182
Reposted by Gareth BirdChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 12/05/2025In 30 mins on BBC Two and @bbciplayer.bsky.social 3022127
