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Lostprophets (not really... though I would love to hear them again without feeling sick to my stomach).

I went to the live performance of this - and the orchestral one around 2014 - and they were nothing short of incredible.

They have. The Americans think it's Laid, the Brits think it's Sit Down

He's no Mark Page, like

Yeah the 2009 version is the ultimate version. Hard to say what their best song is, my mind has changed daily for 40 years. Promenade is currently an earworm for me and on today's hifi gear the 2009 remaster sounds tremendous. Overall, With or Without You is probably the winner, especially...

Looks like it was descending way too fast and the pilot didn't/couldn't flare the nose up, so it hit the ground far too hard, almost snapping the fuselage, certainly snapping the landing gear which causes a roll. Amazing that there weren't more fatalities.

He also had a strong southern accent and was a big Crystal Palace supporter. He moved up here with his Mam (presumably because his Dad was a very busy man), and as stated when she passed away he didn't cope with it very well and wore her clothes until he passed away himself. He was quite the...

This is another Brexit 'benefit' - the rights were bought by Eurosport for Europe, where cycling will continue on the channel. The 'rest of the world' - which now includes us (freedom, yay!) - was a separate deal which they were not prepared to pay for then put it on free-to-air, so they have...

1997, bike ride, Castle Eden Walkway - saw it with my own eyes and it left a (big!) paw print. Obviously at the time there were no cameraphones or social media but since then I've seen lots of references to them around that time in that area - and now there's a couple more mentions on this...

....were using the Zwift platform. That number will be a lot smaller now.

I gave myWhoosh a go and although it's basically sportswashing, the fact it's free and does what I need it to do is enough for me. My principles aren't strong enough to stop me from using it. Rouvy is good too, I like the way it's not cartoonified 1990's graphics and there's no ethical dilemma.

Worth every penny and then some.

I thought we were lucky when they played SIRF about 15 years ago, this will be next level as I hear great things about The Globe. Hearing the new album played in there will be sublime... can't wait me, like.

They've been mentioned a couple of times already - testament to how good Derek Forbes is - but Simple Minds: Glittering Prize

"A withering McDonald called this a “political education” issue. That’s dangerously close to saying that Teesiders are too thick to understand the allegations that have been made against Houchen. It must frustrate Labour. They want to campaign on issues of trust and transparency, when many...