Tag: London 0 Hull 4

Fatboy Slim: 'The Housemartins will only get back together if The Smiths reform'

Fatboy Slim: ‘The Housemartins will only get back together if The Smiths reform’

When The Housemartins split in 1988, the band vowed never to reunite. That remains as true, according to bassist Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, who this morning told a BBC radio interviewer that it would take an equally unlikely reunion of The Smiths to spur his bandmates into action.

Expanded reissue of The Housemartins' 'London 0 Hull 4' due out next month

Expanded reissue of The Housemartins’ ‘London 0 Hull 4’ due out next month

One of those acts better known for its progeny — Fatboy Slim and The Beautiful South — than its own output, the self-professed “fourth-best band […]