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Sir Bob's Big Boomtown News!

Sir Bob Geldof, the self-styled Mount Rushmore of rock 'n' roll, calls in with a big Boomtown Rats announcement.

Chris, Lynn, Vassos and Mo Stu welcome listeners to a new week! On today's show, Sir Bob Geldof - the self-styled Mount Rushmore of rock 'n' roll - calls in with a big Boomtown Rats announcement.

In Kids for a Fanfare, we find out how Gaerod Moore enjoyed camping with the cubs.

Kerry Shaw, from the Hadrian's Wall Trust, talks rare Roman ruins as today's Mystery Guest.

And the Top Tenuous scales shaky new heights with two topics, BIG walls and...knickers!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.
  • Leanne Mitchell

    Pride

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • The Primitives

    Crash

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.
  • Simply Red

    Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Coldplay

    Yellow

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • The Beatles

    Please Mister Postman

    • With The Beatles.
    • Parlophone.
    • 7.
  • The Beatles

    Act Naturally

    • Help!.
    • Parlophone.
    • 8.
  • The Wanted

    Walks Like Rihanna

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • James Brown

    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Fun Boy Three

    Our Lips Are Sealed

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Semisonic

    Chemistry

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Robin Thicke

    Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.
  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

    Jackson

    • The Man In Black.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.
  • Amy Macdonald

    This Is The Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • The Boomtown Rats

    The Boomtown Rats

  • Elton John

    Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Michael Bubl茅

    Close Your Eyes

    • To Be Loved.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.
  • Keane

    Silenced By The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Steve Miller Band

    Abracadabra

    • The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
    • Arcade Records.
  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Yazoo

    Situation

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • The Communards

    You Are My World '87 (Remix)

    • Heartbeats (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
    • 6.
  • Barry White

    Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • The Stone Roses

    Waterfall

    • (CD Single).
    • Silvertone.
    • 8.
  • Tom Odell

    Another Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcast

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