en-gbhttp://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/vip/profile/nufc1892/news/loved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss nufc1892's music news on the Absolute Radio website http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10358/Long_Blondes_guitarist_uses__bionic_hand__after_stroke.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:23:31 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10358/Long_Blondes_guitarist_uses__bionic_hand__after_stroke.html?pid=588722 The 27-year-old guitarist in popular indie band The Long Blondes hopes to play again despite suffering a stroke, thanks to cutting-edge medical technology. 1 0 The Long Blondes http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10350/Weller_s_style_councillor.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:50:48 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10350/Weller_s_style_councillor.html?pid=588722 Record sleeves by the Modfather's favourite designer have been brought together in a new book about the former Jam frontman. Ian Burrell looks at the career of Simon Halfon, who has also worked with Oasis 1 0 Oasis Paul Weller The Jam The Style Council http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10349/Glasvegas__The_ties_that_bind.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:45:46 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10349/Glasvegas__The_ties_that_bind.html?pid=588722 Glasvegas have been called the best new band in Britain, but despite the meteoric rise in fame that saw them sharing a stage with Oasis, maintaining the connection to the fans who bore them to such heights remains their strongest motivation. 1 0 Glasvegas http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10295/Arctic_Monkeys_fan_makes_pop_videos_for_the_deaf_on_YouTube.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:11:04 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10295/Arctic_Monkeys_fan_makes_pop_videos_for_the_deaf_on_YouTube.html?pid=588722 An Arctic Monkeys fan has become a hit on YouTube after using sign language to make pop videos for the deaf. 14 2 Arctic Monkeys http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10103/Eleanor_Rigby_worked_as_a_maid_on_a_ward_where_she_slowly_grew_old__mystery_solved.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:10:36 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10103/Eleanor_Rigby_worked_as_a_maid_on_a_ward_where_she_slowly_grew_old__mystery_solved.html?pid=588722 Was the song's tragic heroine based on a real person? Andy McSmith reveals a new clue to her identity 10 1 The Beatles http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10102/_Face__of_the_1990s__Nevermind_the_baby_s_exposure.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:08:11 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10102/_Face__of_the_1990s__Nevermind_the_baby_s_exposure.html?pid=588722 Spencer Elden grew up knowing the world had seen him naked. He's never let it faze him, Guy Adams writes 9 0 Nirvana http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10026/Not_fade_away__Mick_Jagger_on_the_trials_of_life_at_65.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:36:44 +0000 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/10026/Not_fade_away__Mick_Jagger_on_the_trials_of_life_at_65.html?pid=588722 It's not very rock'n'roll, but Mick Jagger, the man who brought us 'Sympathy for the Devil', supermodel girlfriends and skin-tight jeans, recently acquired OAP status. So has he mellowed with age? James Mottram finds out 2 0 Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9717/Anti_violence_campaigners__fury_at_singer_Katy_Perry_s_knife_photograph.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:38:09 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9717/Anti_violence_campaigners__fury_at_singer_Katy_Perry_s_knife_photograph.html?pid=588722 Anti-violence campaigners have reacted with outrage to a publicity photograph that shows chart-topping singer Katy Perry posing with a knife. 2 0 Katy Perry http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9694/Kay_s_spoof_TV_song_outsells_real_thing.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:56:47 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9694/Kay_s_spoof_TV_song_outsells_real_thing.html?pid=588722 As a savage satire of television talent shows, Peter Kay's spoof programme Britain's Got The Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice was, at times, so close to the real thing that it was cringe worthy. 6 0 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9483/YouTube_to_sell_music_and_games.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:57:05 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9483/YouTube_to_sell_music_and_games.html?pid=588722 YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said today. 2 0 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9436/Out_of_this_world__The_Aliens.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:48:04 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9436/Out_of_this_world__The_Aliens.html?pid=588722 Refugees from Scotland's Beta Band, The Aliens have turned failure and despair into stirring psychedelic pop. Chris Mugan meets a trio reborn 2 0 Beta Band The Aliens http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9435/Tings_can_only_get_better__Why_sudden_pop_success_has_not_been_easy_on_the_Ting_Tings.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:44:57 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9435/Tings_can_only_get_better__Why_sudden_pop_success_has_not_been_easy_on_the_Ting_Tings.html?pid=588722 Last year, the Ting Tings were just a couple of failed musicians living in an old mill in Salford. Now, on the eve of a sell-out UK tour, the whole world wants a piece of them. No wonder the strain is beginning to tell... 2 0 The Ting Tings http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9042/Talent_to_burn__Friendly_Fires_are_no_flash_in_the_pan.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:17:43 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/9042/Talent_to_burn__Friendly_Fires_are_no_flash_in_the_pan.html?pid=588722 Their math-rock-infused pop has won high praise from the music press. 5 0 Friendly Fires http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8448/Lenny_Henry__Michael_Jackson_and_me.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:08:00 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8448/Lenny_Henry__Michael_Jackson_and_me.html?pid=588722 The self-styled King of Pop turns 50 tomorrow. Lenny Henry offers a personal birthday greeting. 4 0 Michael Jackson http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8390/Stop_mocking_Madonna.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:04:46 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8390/Stop_mocking_Madonna.html?pid=588722 The pop star begins her British tour tonight. It's fashionable to knock her but, says Carola Long, her music, her fashions and her style helped an entire generation of women to grow up 4 0 Madonna http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8140/Madonna__mistress_of_metamorphosis.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:10:39 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/8140/Madonna__mistress_of_metamorphosis.html?pid=588722 In uncertain times for the music industry, the most protean of pop stars holds her own. As she turns 50, William Langley wonders how the material girl will cope as woman of a certain age . 5 0 Madonna http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7856/Amy_Winehouse_in_hospital_after__quot_reaction_to_medication_quot_.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:52:19 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7856/Amy_Winehouse_in_hospital_after__quot_reaction_to_medication_quot_.html?pid=588722 Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was admitted to hospital after she "suffered a reaction to medication". 7 0 Amy Winehouse http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7511/Kabbalah_is_only_thing_saving_Madonna_s_marriage__says_brother.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:57:54 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7511/Kabbalah_is_only_thing_saving_Madonna_s_marriage__says_brother.html?pid=588722 Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie are treated as the "uncrowned king and queen" of Kabbalah, the mystical form of Judaism, and their shared faith is largely what has kept their marriage together until now. 9 0 Madonna http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7494/The_return_of_disco.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:06:52 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7494/The_return_of_disco.html?pid=588722 Dust off your medallions, sequins and mirror ball, disco is staging a comeback. By Marcus O'Dair 3 0 Gloria Gaynor John Travolta Kylie Minogue Mika Ottawan Scissor Sisters Sister Sledge The Village People http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7493/Heaven_knows_our_music_s_miserable_now.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:55:37 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7493/Heaven_knows_our_music_s_miserable_now.html?pid=588722 What with the miserable summer weather and seemingly endless threats of economic meltdown, people could be forgiven for feeling a little down in the dumps. 5 0 Amy Winehouse Coldplay David Bowie Genesis Jimmy Cliff Muse Outkast Pink Floyd The Beach Boys The Beatles The Smiths The Verve http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7490/Stevie_Wonder__Blind_faith.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:49:19 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7490/Stevie_Wonder__Blind_faith.html?pid=588722 Who knows how far the singer's relationship with Barack Obama will go? 4 0 Stevie Wonder http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7352/Paul_Heaton__angry_man_who_sings_like_a_bird.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:44:27 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7352/Paul_Heaton__angry_man_who_sings_like_a_bird.html?pid=588722 After two decades of hits with the Housemartins and the Beautiful South, Paul Heaton releases his first solo album next week. But, he tells Neil McCormick, he'd rather not be famous 13 1 Paul Heaton The Beautiful South The Housemartins http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7351/Sharleen_Spiteri__hit_single.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:32:12 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7351/Sharleen_Spiteri__hit_single.html?pid=588722 After two decades fronting the hugely successful Texas, Sharleen Spiteri has gone solo. This time it is personal, she tells Sheryl Garratt 5 0 Sharleen Spiteri Texas http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7321/Highway_to_Hell_among_most_requested_funeral_songs.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:09:19 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7321/Highway_to_Hell_among_most_requested_funeral_songs.html?pid=588722 A song by the heavy metal band AC/DC is becoming one of the most requested funeral tunes in their home country of Australia. 14 5 AC/DC Frank Sinatra Led Zeppelin Louis Armstrong Queen http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7319/Donna_Summer__Justifying_her_comeback.html?pid=588722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:34:06 +0100 nufc1892 http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/music/news/story/7319/Donna_Summer__Justifying_her_comeback.html?pid=588722 She made the dancefloors of the Seventies shake with her disco hits. Now Donna Summer is back. She tells Charlotte Cripps why her past makes her cringe 10 0 Donna Summer Pink