The Streets

The Streets were a British hip hop and UK Garage project from Birmingham,
England, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has
included myriad other contributors, most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine,
vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy. The
project has released five studio albums: Original Pirate Material ... read more

Annie Mac Mashup 2012-05-18 with Scissor Sisters, The Streets and Drumsound and Bassline Smith

“Scissor Sisters and The Streets provide the mini-mixes. Plus there’s a Special Delivery from Drumsound and Bassline Smith.” Check out other Annie Mac s...
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This week's new live music

Cate Le Bon, On tourShe's Welsh, and plays with him in the 80s-themed pop group Neon Neon. These, however, aren't the only affinities Cate Le Bon has with Gruff Rhys. Far...
Posted 21 April 12.05am — Comment on this

New music: Man Like Me – Squeeze

The new single from these Mike Skinner signings is arch, knowing and a little camp – but completely amazingMan Like Me, aka Johnny Langer and Peter Duffy, are about...
Posted 20 April 4.09pm — Comment on this

Chris Martin - Chris Martin Didn't Like His Voice On The Streets

Chris Martin didnt like the sound of his voice on The Streets Dry Your Eyes The Coldplay front man sung on an early version of the 2004 single but it was never released b...
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Chris Martin 'hated' his duet with The Streets

Mike Skinner reveals label dispute over 'Dry Your Eyes' collaboration
Posted 3 April 5.57am — Comment on this

Shorties (Mike Skinner of The Streets Talks Books, Top Cities with the Best Local Music Scenes, and more)

The Spectator Book Blog talks books with Mike Skinner of The Streets, whose memoir The Story of the Streets is out in the UK. Livability.com lists the top 10 cities with ...
Posted 28 March 4.30pm — Comment on this

The Streets - Mike Skinner's Foul-mouthed Tirade At Aphex Twin

Rapper Mike Skinner has taken aim at dance music star Aphex Twin re-igniting an explosive war-of-words between the British musicians The former The Streets star famously ...
Posted 27 March 12.16pm — Comment on this

The Streets - Mike Skinner Cheated Death On Debut Tour

British rapper Mike Skinner cheated death twice after vomiting in his sleep during his first tour The former The Streets star hit the road following the release of his cr...
Posted 26 March 10.11pm — Comment on this

The Streets - Mike Skinner: 'drug-taking Lover Was Not Rachel Stevens'

British rapper Mike Skinner has finally spoken out about the mystery drug-taking pop star he once romanced - silencing long-running rumours it was squeaky-clean singer Ra...
Posted 26 March 4.16pm — Comment on this

The Story of the Streets: Mike Skinner book reading - video

Exclusive extract of the musician/poet reading from his memoir chronicles the rise of the Birmingham-based UK garage outfit
Posted 23 March 2.00pm — Comment on this

The Streets - Mike Skinner Has No Regrets About Ending The Streets

The Streets star Mike Skinner has no regrets about retiring his hit act insisting he didnt want to end up like ageing rocker Damon Albarn The rapper shot to fame in the U...
Posted 19 March 7.06am — Comment on this

Mike Skinner: 'Damon Albarn needs to stop'

Recently retired frontman Skinner reveals no regrets at Streets split
Posted 19 March 6.24am — Comment on this

Mike Skinner: 'I get withdrawl symptoms if I've not created something for a few days'

The artist formerly known as the Streets on life after rap, the surprise of his rapid rise to fame and why years of sustained drug-taking were really great funUntil recen...
Posted 18 March 8.00pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played The Streets songs in the past year.

  • Dry Your Eyes  295 plays
  • Fit But You Know It  109 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Streets over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 00s 404 plays

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