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12/10/2025

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Pirate Radio Waverley Takes to the Air! — and “The Stowaway Girl” Returns… London, October 2025 — The world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, Waverley, will set sail once again — this time as a pirate radio ship for an unforgettable End of Season Party Cruise on Sunday, 12 October. Over ...

10/10/2025

London, October 2025 — The world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, Waverley, will set sail once again — this time as a pirate radio ship for an unforgettable End of Season Party Cruise on Sunday, 12 October.

Pirate Radio Waverley Takes to the Air! — and “The Stowaway Girl” Returns… London, October 2025 — The world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, Waverley, will set sail once again — this time as a pirate radio ship for an unforgettable End of Season Party Cruise on Sunday, 12 October. Over ...

10/10/2025

Considered one of the World’s finest bass guitarists, John Lodge of the Moody Blues has died at the age of 82.
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Considered one of the World’s finest bass guitarists, John Lodge of the Moody Blues has died at the age of 82… OBITUARY by Ian Woolley In an announcement from John’s Family on the Moody Blues and John Lodge page, they posted – It is with the deepest sadness that we have to announce ...

03/10/2025

OCTOBER BOOK OF THE MONTH: Johnnie Walker – Both Sides Now.
Devoted wife Tiggy shares the final chapter of their life together: the slow, painful goodbye to the man she adored. She reflects on the soaring highs of Johnnie’s legendary Radio 2 career, as they navigate the heartbreak, frustration, and strange intimacy of anticipatory grief.

The story of a national treasure we won’t soon forget – by the woman who knew him best -Tiggy Walker… OCTOBER BOOK OF THE MONTH By Ian Woolley “I mention you’ve been smoking. ‘He mustn’t!’ she says, alarmed. ‘There’s so much oxygen in your house he’d explode.’ There is a funn...

01/10/2025

The History of Renaissance with Annie Haslam and Jim McCarty In Conversation & In Concert comes to select US venues in November.

The History of Renaissance with Annie Haslam and Jim McCarty In Conversation & In Concert comes to select US venues in November… Symphonic Rock Pioneers Annie Haslam and Jim McCarty will present the History of Renaissance on November 21st and 22nd at the Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, Illinois (St....

01/10/2025

Officially recognised as the longest theatrical run of a musical immersive theatre production, THE WAR OF THE WORLD sets a Guinness World Record for longest theatrical run.

Officially recognised as the longest theatrical run of a musical immersive theatre production, THE WAR OF THE WORLD sets a Guinness World Record for longest theatrical run… Jeff Wayne’s THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE has officially entered the history books as a Guinness World R...

19/09/2025

The Ultimate Girls Night of, Laughter, Stories, Surprises and Music.

Coleen Nolan Announces UK Tour with Brand-New Live Show ‘This Is Me’… The Ultimate Girls Night of, Laughter, Stories, Surprises and Music Coleen Nolan is hitting the road for a joyous celebration of life, love, and laughter with her brand new live show ‘This Is Me’, touring across the UK i...

18/09/2025

Our bumper issue this month includes Steeleye Span Stranglers, John Illsley, Corinne Drewery, Billie Davis Cliff Richard and Helen Shapiro plus an obituary tribute to editor David Parker. Order your copy now.

13/09/2025

Jam fans remembered in new book -

01/09/2025

Hard on the heels of his sold-out fifteen concerts at The London Palladium, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award-winning music icon Barry Manilow will return to the UK for his Last Last Concerts in Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham, and London.

By Overwhelming Popular Demand! Barry Manilow Announces His Last Arena Concerts in Six UK Cities for June 2026. Hard on the heels of his sold-out fifteen concerts at The London Palladium, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award-winning music icon Barry Manilow will return to the UK for his Last Last Concerts i...

21/08/2025

It’s been some 45 years since the cult movie Quadrophenia premiered at cinemas up and down the country. Putting Brighton on the map, it also launched a lot of new actors and actresses into successful careers. Two of it’s main characters were Phil Daniels and Leslie Ash who both make our August cover of THE BEAT.

So what’s in our bumper-packed August issue of the Beat… It’s been some 45 years since the cult movie Quadrophenia premiered at cinemas up and down the country. Putting Brighton on the map, it also launched a lot of new actors and actresses into successful careers. Two of it’s main character...

20/08/2025

Gary Davies is still pinching himself. His childhood dream of working for BBC Radio not only came true, but it also paved the way for a 40-year career in music.

Gary Davies is still pinching himself. His childhood dream of working for BBC Radio not only came true, but it also paved the way for a 40-year career in music… by Ian Woolley Later on this year, the Radio DJ will be performing his ‘Kick Up The 80’s gigs around various nightclubs in the UK, [....