How Coldplay made the Xyloband

It's Coming Home

It's 1996. Oasis are playing Knebworth. The Tories are on their way out. And England are hosting the Euros, their first major tournament since 1966. And at the intersection of brilliant british music, hope for the future and a passion for the game is a song written by a Liverpool fan and two football-obsessed comedians. This is the story of how it got made and why it has stuck around. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Gwyneth Paltrow introduces Eminem to Dido

In 1998, a Bronx producer recorded a voice off his television during a Gwyneth Paltrow film advert. Two years later, that recording became the backbone of one of the most celebrated songs in hip-hop history and made a British singer one of the biggest artists on the planet. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nil Point - The UK Eurovision Story

This is the story of how Britain went from genuine Eurovision contender to continent-wide punchline across the space of a decade. From nil points in Latvia, a throat infection in Kyiv, and a rapper Athens . Featuring Blue, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bonnie Tyler, and the ray of sunshine who gave us back our dignity in 2022, Sam Ryder. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Ricky Wilson Jump

It's May 2006. Ricky Wilson leaves a Hard-Fi gig early to watch a film on telly, crosses a road in Leeds, and gets hit by a car. It's probably his frontman instincts that save him. This is a story about a shy kid from West Yorkshire who taught himself to keep moving when the adrenaline hits. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How Coldplay made the Xyloband

In 2005, Jason Regler was sitting alone in a dark room watching Coldplay on TV when a single lyric gave him an idea. Six years later, that idea made 80,000 Coldplay fans a part of the show and a part of live music history. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.