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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I see your ‘Tonight’ and I raise you a ‘St. Pepper’s’. Let me tell you, that…is frustration personified.

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Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Heads 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

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Unklerupert @unklerupert.uk · 23/02/2026

I see young Harry has been working down the Jam Butty mines in Knotty Ash

Bare chested tattooed man wearing tight pink shorts held up by white bracers and wearing a tall black hat.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Bowie: The Final Act Enriching, exciting, enthralling and, ultimately, heartbreaking…all over again.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

David 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. 🌲

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David Bowie's Christmas Message - BBC Sounds

All the way from the U S of A.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Make that 1:02:22 on your actual BBC Sounds!

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Not 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...

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BBC 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'.

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The Divine Comedy @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The 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

On Wednesday 3rd December The Divine Comedy will be live in session on the Riley and Coe show. Tune in from 9pm GMT on BBC Radio 6 Music or listen online with the link in our post. The show will be available on BBC Sounds after broadcast. To listen online you will need to sign in but it is quick and free to create an account. Please check availability for your region.
Photograph of Neil Hannon reading a newspaper in a cafe by Kevin Westenberg.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Down the road. If I listen carefully, I can hear the tight trousers.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

23 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.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Rainy Sunday Afternoon with the new Divine Comedy album. @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

They really do come in all shapes and sizes, don’t they? Ahem.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

If 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

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Steve Pemberton @sjpemberton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Last 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❤️

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Producing an Edwyn Collins session: One of many “pinch-me” moments of 2025. Lucky boy!

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Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Anyway.. 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

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

May I get the ball rolling? What about The Church - Under the Milky Way.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Come 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.

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Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Some very important information about two very important men. @markradcliffe.bsky.social @philwilliamsradio.bsky.social @thejase.bsky.social

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Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

What 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...

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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS: Stuart Maconie

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIENDS: The Beatles changed the world. But who changed theirs? STUART MACONIE in conversation.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Jim Jones All Stars live in session tonight on Riley & Coe. 9pm BST. 🍂 📻 🎸

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

He said “Captain” I said WOT? Happy 69th to David Vanian. L-R Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, Captain Silly Boll*cks.

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David Bowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

TONY 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

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Last 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/...

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Spend 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

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This. 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)

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Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Now 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

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Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My 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.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Love these two. They brighten up a confusing world. ❤️ As for Tebay, fish ‘n’ chips overlooking the duck pond is the one. 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆

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Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The most remarkable thing I ever witnessed at Glastonbury was, and always will be, Malcolm Hardee's scrotum. Unforgettable.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

My favourite niche post of the week.

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Loved 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!

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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)

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Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Another 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.

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Sly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone, dead aged 82 - BBC News

The funk music icon died following a "prolonged battle" with COPD and other underlying health issues, his family said.

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Nonesuch Records @nonesuch.com · 05/06/2025

Happy birthday, Laurie Anderson!

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