Tag: BBC

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" with BBC orchestra

Watch: Noel Gallagher covers Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” with BBC orchestra

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds stopped by Maida Vale Studios this past week to play a three-song set for the BBC Radio 2 Piano Room series.

New Order's 'Power, Corruption & Lies' to receive 'definitive' 5-disc box set reissue

New Order’s ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ to receive ‘definitive’ 5-disc box set reissue

Rhino Records this fall will release what’s being billed as the “definitive edition” of New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies, reissuing the 1983 album in a five-disc, multi-format box set that will include 13 previously unreleased tracks from the group’s writing sessions and BBC appearances. Full details right here.

New Order to release 'The John Peel Session 1982' EP on vinyl for Record Store Day

New Order to release ‘The John Peel Session 1982’ EP on vinyl for Record Store Day

New Order will release a new vinyl pressing of the group’s 1982 studio session with legendary BBC broadcaster John Peel on Record Store Day this year, complete with what is being advertised as a new sleeve created by the band’s longtime graphic designer Peter Saville. Full details right here.

Watch: Morrissey debuts new songs, covers The Pretenders in 55-minute set for BBC

Watch: Morrissey debuts new songs, covers The Pretenders in 55-minute set for BBC

Last week Morrissey helped the BBC kick off its 6 Music Live week, a series of live-on-the-air performances at the British broadcaster’s Maida Vale studios that also featured Mogwai, alt-J, Loyle Carner and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. Watch Morrissey’s full 55-minute set here.

Morrissey to perform live BBC radio session ahead of 'Low in High-School' release

Morrissey to perform live BBC radio session ahead of ‘Low in High-School’ release

The BBC has announced that Morrissey will kick off its 6 Music Live week in October, a series of live-on-the-air performances at the British broadcaster’s Maida Vale studios that also will feature Mogwai, alt-J, Loyle Carner and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant.

Petition launched to convince BBC to air new XTC documentary 'This Is Pop'

Petition launched to convince BBC to air new XTC documentary ‘This Is Pop’

An XTC fan in the U.K. has launched a petition to convince the BBC to air a new documentary about the band called “This Is Pop” following reports the British television broadcaster has passed on showing Special Treats Productions’ film. By Saturday, the petition had collected more than 1,600 digital signatures.

Watch the BBC’s ‘The Clash: New Year’s Day ′77’ — featuring unseen live footage

On New Year’s Day, the UK’s BBC Four aired a new 75-minute documentary called “The Clash: New Year’s Day ’77” put together by filmmaker Julien Temple and built around his own, previously unseen footage of the of the band performing on Jan. 1, 1977, at the Roxy club.