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It’s the final episode of the year from the Rockonteurs and this week Guy and Gary bid season’s greetings to Rufus Wainwright.
Rufus chats about his career, his influences, and his family which includes a brilliant story about his father being baby sat by Judy Garland!
He also talks about his incredibly ambitious new project ‘Dream Requiem’ which is out on January 17th – and is narrated by Meryl Streep.
Find out more here: https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/dream-requiem-rufus-wainwright
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome the brilliant Kevin Godley to the podcast.
Kevin joins Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt to talk about his wonderful work with Godley and Crème, 10cc and his career as one of the great music video directors.
Godley and Crème release their definitive boxset in February called ‘Parts of the Process’ – it’s a stunning 11CD set featuring all of the studio albums, non-album tracks, 7” versions and extended mixes.
Find out more here: https://godleyandcreme.lnk.to/complete
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This week we welcome David Gray to the Rockonteurs podcast. David releases his 13th album in January. He will also embark on a huge world tour next year too that plays shows at the London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall. A third night has just been added for the Palladium on May 10th. Tickets and info at www.davidgray.com
Chances are you had a copy of ‘White Ladder’ when it came out as it was one of the best-selling British albums of recent decades, full of beautiful hits that have stood the test of time and it paved the way for countless singer songwriters to follow, like Hozier, Ed Sheeran, and many more. This is a fascinating listen between fellow songwriters as he and Gary discuss the craft of writing great lyrics, and Guy digs into his influences and musical heroes.
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This week we welcome Alison Moyet to the show. It’s only taken us 3 years to get her on, but it is well worth the wait. Alison has some incredible stories of her career in music, hanging out at school with members of Depeche Mode and The Cure and starting out in Yazoo with Vince Clarke. She continues to enjoy a wonderful solo career: her new album ‘Key’ is out now and next year she embarks on a huge world tour. You also can’t miss her incredible stories about how she got to Live Aid and who with, plusworking with Lamont Dozier.
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome Elvis Costello to the podcast. Elvis chats to Guy and Gary about the new ‘King of America’ boxset and some of the superb tracks off that album like ‘America Without Tears’. Elvis also talks about his well established and highly productive relationship with producer T-Bone Burnett, meeting Johnny Cash and how his father got an autographed photo of Duke Ellington.
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome the wonderful Steve Jones to the podcast. Another Pistol and a genuine ‘Guitar Hero! Fresh from some amazing shows with Glen, Cookie, and Frank Carter – Steve talks to Guy and Gary about how those shows came together and hints at more down the line!
Plus, we get some incredible tales of life at the forefront of punk and even how Jonesy ended up putting a jamming session together with Bob Dylan. That sound you hear is Gary fan boying all over Steve!
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome Pete Townshend and Rachel Fuller to the podcast to discuss their new musical and literary collaboration, The Seeker. Authored and composed by Rachel with additional music and lyrics by Pete, it brings to life the Hesse novel Siddhartha in a brand new and beautiful way. You can see it live in London at a one-off show on November 6th at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane. Tickets at www.theseekermusic.com
Plus, Pete shares some incredible and never before heard stories about his life, his music and his journey.
You can also watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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Guy is on his way to LA on tour with David Gilmour and Gary is enjoying a little break this week, so we’ve compiled a few of our favourite ‘Legendary’ guests for a special ‘Best Of’ this week.
With the new Bruce Springsteen film ‘Road Diary’ coming out this week on Disney +, we hear from his right-hand man Steven Van Zandt. Plus, newly inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Frampton talks to Guy and Gary about his incredible live album ‘Frampton Comes Alive’. Also, on the podcast this week, it’s Alice Cooper and one of our most popular episodes ever with Mick Fleetwood.
You can also watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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This week on the podcast we welcome the mighty Norman Cook to Rockonteurs. Norman is a multi-talented artist, producer, and world-famous DJ who started out as a bass player in the Housemartins. In this fascinating conversation with Guy and Gary he discusses how a certain Spandau Ballet were a huge catalyst in his early love of music and how that career evolved from being in a band to becoming the biggest DJ in the world. We dive into the world of DJ’ing, music videos and beach parties! Norman is a Grammy Award, 9 x MTV Video Music Award, Brit, and Tony Award winning artist. He’s also just the biggest music fan, as you’ll hear.
His new track Role Model is out now, and you can watch the video here: Role Model
You can also watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome Matt Johnson to the podcast. Matt grew up in a pub that played host to the Faces, The Kinks and even David Essex. Matt started ‘The The’ in 1979 and as part of the band worked with a wonderful rotating cast of fellow artists such as Johnny Marr, Gail Ann Dorsey, and Sinèad O’Connor to name but a few.
Matt’s new album ‘Ensoulment’ is out now on Cineola / earMusic.
The The are currently touring North America.
Find out more at www.thethe.com/
You can also watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel. Matt's episode is COMING SOON!
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This week on the podcast we thank Steven Wilson for hooking us up with Stephen Morris of New Order.
Stephen is often regarded as the original drum machine and in this episode chats to Guy and Gary about being the last member to join Joy Division, the evolution to New Order and his battle with primitive technology to make some of the early New Order albums.
New Order’s ‘Brotherhood’ album is being re-released in November – newly remastered and with a set of bonus features and extra 12” singles. Find out more at www.neworder.com
Listen to Season 2 of Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order – the podcast here:
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You can also watch some of our latest episodes on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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This week on Rockonteurs we welcome singer, songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan to the podcast. Gilbert (real name Ray) has been making music since the early 1970s and has enjoyed some huge hits here and in the US with tracks like ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’, ‘Clair’ and ‘Get Down’. He is incredibly prolific and never stops writing, recording and touring. His new album ‘Songbook’ is out now and is a beautiful collection of newly recorded versions of his own catalogue.
You can also watch the entire interview on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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Click here for ‘Songbook’ from Gilbert O’Sullivan https://gilbertosullivan.lnk.to/SongbookPR
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This week on Rockonteurs we take a fascinating look behind the business of music.
Music merchandise is a multi-million-dollar empire, and everyone has their favourite band T-shirt, but where did it start and how does it impact the bands and artist estates that it benefits. Norman Perry runs one of the most successful music merchandise companies Perryscope and he protects the image and merchandise rights for artists like Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Genesis, Tom Petty, David Bowie, and Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets to name but a few.
Norman has worked with so many of the greatest artists of all time and in this episode, he shares tales of a life behind the scenes working with the great and godlike and how he helps to keep the fan connection alive for so many of our favourite acts.
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This week on the podcast, we welcome Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook to the show. Paul is a fabulous raconteur, and he has some incredible stories from a moment in music history when one band and one album created a music genre that changed everything. He chats to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt about his journey, his influences, and how the Sex Pistols exploded onto the scene. With tales of life on the road with the Pistols, that infamous Grundy TV appearance that was never meant to happen, and how it all came crashing down for the band while on tour in the US, this is a must listen. Plus, Paul talks about the new line up of the band with Frank Carter that has been enjoying some incredible reviews, the upcoming live dates and how there might be more to come from the Sex Pistols.
We’ll be sure to stick the video with Paul up on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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Click here for more on Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols Live Dates
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Rockonteurs Returns. This is the one we have all been waiting for. We are delighted to welcome our friend David Gilmour to the podcast. Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt join David onboard his beautiful studio ‘Astoria’ on the banks of the river Thames for a fascinating conversation about the history of the studio, and the brand-new David Gilmour album ‘Luck and Strange’ which is out now, and of course Guy plays on this record again.
This is David’s first and only podcast and so we are delighted he could join us. You can also watch the entire interview on our Rockonteurs YouTube channel.
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Click here for ‘Luck and Strange’ https://davidgilmour.lnk.to/LuckandStrange
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This week Gary and Guy are in Italy as their European tour with ‘Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ continues and they are playing some stunning venues. They share tales of a special sightseeing trip to Charlie Chaplin’s house, and we hear how the tour is going….are they even still on speaking terms? This week we share some clips from some of our favourite artists like Tim Burgess, Serge from Kasabian, Sharleen Spiteri and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
We’ll be back with a brand-new episode very soon!
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This week Gary and Guy are in Munich as their European tour with ‘Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ continues. They share tales of their jaunt round Germany and seeing as they are touring with one of the greatest drummers of all time, we thought we’d revisit some of those iconic guests such as Mick Fleetwood, Stewart Copeland, Kenney Jones and the guv’nor, Nick Mason!
We’ll be back with a brand-new episode very soon!
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This week Gary and Guy continue their tour around Europe with ‘Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets’ and share some of the tales from a life on the road and how touring has changed for them both over the years. Guy shares a hilarious story of how we was nearly lost in the desert!
Plus, we dive into the archive and enjoy some of our favourite guests from the 80s. These include Curt Smith from Tears for Fears, Jim Kerr from Simple Minds, Rick Astley, and Suggs. We’ll be back with a brand-new episode with a HUGE guest very soon.
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Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt continue their UK tour this week with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – but found time to spend even more time together to record a special episode where they chat about working with some of the best producers in the industry. It’s a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes recording process for bands like Pink Floyd and Spandau Ballet and the most amazing story about Michael Jackson that you have to hear to believe!
Plus, we dive into the Rockonteurs archive to listen to some of those producers whose names are as big as the artists they work with. We hear from Steve Lillywhite, Bob Ezrin, Hugh Padgham and Trevor Horn in a ‘Best of the Producers’ episode.
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Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt continue to tour the UK this week with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – so here is a ‘Best Of’ episode that features some of our favourite guests who are also on tour this year. Get tickets from the artists website. On the show we hear from Neil Finn from Crowded House – who play the Isle of Wight Festival this summer and have a brilliant new album out called Gravity Stairs. Brian Johnson from AC/DC remains one of our all-time most popular episodes – and the band are touring around European stadiums this summer. We also hear from our pal Nick Mason, from Steven Van Zandt on his life with Bruce Springsteen and our friend Simon Le Bon who will be headlining Latitude Festival this summer with Duran Duran.
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