Your Splash Stories hosts Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with the whirlwind that is Frank Turner for his Splash Story.
After disbanding post hardcore band Million Dead in 2005 punk folk rocker Frank Turner is well on the way to performing 3000 shows . He releases his self produced 10th album Undefeated - "a record about survival & defiance with a sense of fun "on May 3 2024. The album was recorded at his home on Mersea Island Essex backed by The Sleeping Souls Released through indie label Xtra Mile Recordings & it draws inspiration from Black Flag,Counting Crows, Descendents, The Pogues, Elvis Costello & Billy Bragg.
Frank made waves following George Thorogood & The Melvins lead by playing 50 states in 50 days in 2022.
In 2024 Frank is attempting the first ever MVT World Record attempt for the most gigs played in different cities in 24hrs!
Every show is in a Music Venue Trust associated grass roots venue and associated with an independent record store.

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Splash Stories caught up with Mel Gaynor just after his opening show at The Water Rats London Kings X - The Splash Club's original venue back in the 90's...��

For background... Mel was Simple Minds Drummer & has played alongside Elton John, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Kirsty MacColl, Orange Juice, Peter Gabriel, The Pretenders, Gary Moore, Jackson Browne, Little Steven, Goldie, Robert Palmer, Joan Armatrading & has sold over 60 million records during his 35-year career.

He talks to Splash Stories about his newly signed label deal with Marquee Records, ..and with Mr Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer .. and his debut solo single Run - the first track off his debut studio album Come With Me.

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Republica are back ! Ben Steadman & Diamond Dave caught up with Saffron on Splash Stories to talk past present and future. Saffron's a real gem and her love for life so infectious. Catch Republica on live dates and festivals in the coming months and Saffron on the Britpop Classical tour live with orchestra
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Splash Stories dived in at the deep end with Katie Puckrik - dancer, performer, broadcaster writer and so much more besides. She danced in the 80's with Royal Ballet Punk Michael Clark, on the Pet Shop Boys tour in '91, hit UK notoriety hosting Channel 4’s The Word in the 1990s , created and hosted the British television talk show Pyjama Party and is now fronting The Lust For Life Album Tour on vocals joining Blondie drummer, Clem Burke, former Sex Pistol and punk pioneer, Glen Matlock on bass; Iggy Pop and David Bowie collaborator, Kevin Armstrong on guitar; Luis Correia, on second guitar and touring member of Heaven 17, Florence Sabeva on keyboards.

The full 2024 tour dates are as follows:

Thur 29 Feb - Arts Centre, Colchester ***SOLD OUT***

Fri 01 Mar – Social, Hull

Sat 02 Mar - St Luke's, Glasgow

Sun 03 Mar – O2 Ritz, Manchester

Tue 05 March – O2 Academy2, Leicester

Wed 06 Mar – O2 Academy2, Birmingham

Thu 07 Mar – O2 Academy2, Sheffi­eld

Fri 08 Mar – O2 Academy2, Liverpool

Sat 09 Mar – O2 Academy Islington, London

The band will again perform the Lust For Life album in full, as well as revisiting songs from across the individual band members’ careers with legendary artists including Blondie, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols. Some of them will be songs the band performed on the last tour but there will be a few surprises thrown in as well.

Ahead of the tour, a live version of Iggy’s ‘Neighbourhood Threat’ from the classic Lust For Life album recorded live at London’s Lexington has been released as a single.

All tickets available via: https://lustforlifetour.com/
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James Atkin shares his Splash Story ...
EMF are number 1 with Hello People featuring Stephen Fry Hello People with its’ indie groove is a call to stand with tolerance against the hate-myths of immigration whilst putting a smile on people's faces.

Why Stephen Fry?
Unbelievable was on his ‘100years of the BBC’ happy mix (along with Dancing Queen and Mrs Robinson) but he was a fan way back before it was a global smash. We met him at an EMF gig at the Astoria in 1992 and he kindly agreed to appear on an EMF song in 1995, reading a dystopian poem about self-destruction on ‘Glass Smash Jack’ from our Cha Cha Cha album. The message of our new song ‘Hello People’ is about tolerance, who better then to verify the facts and emotions about immigration in the face of a flood of hate speech than the most intellectually rigorous and entertaining brain in the world and our very own National Treasure the great Stephen Fry.” - EMF.

Watch the Hello People (featuring Stephen Fry) video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVlMG585qNc

The Hello People video features is a celebration: It features the faces of EMF’s fans. EMF asked the fans to send in selfies of themselves and their families and cut them into a reel which they project onto the band’s performance of the song. "It’s great to see how people come in all shapes, sizes, colours and cultures, it feels great to welcome them all into the video as EMF welcome people of all shapes, sizes, colours and cultures into our country.”

EMF hit the road starting in January 2024 ...Unbelievable? ... You betcha
The Beauty and The Chaos UK Tour 2024 promises “songs, energy, lasers, community, excitement, and a feeling like we will all live forever. https://www.seetickets.com/tour/emf
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Hello People is the first single taken from their forthcoming album ‘The Beauty and The Chaos’, released on January 19th

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Showman and hard rocking CJ Wildheart wears his heart on his sleeve . He talked to Splash Stories about writing SPLiT whilst on the move and loving the freedom of being in control. He talks punk rock roots and doing it for yourself. Track 1 Kick Down The Walls is a rally call to the youthful energy that sets the tone for what's to come . CJ is undoubtably a loveable rogue with a fire in his soul - he's even created his own hot sauce https://cjdevilspit.com/ that reflects his Guyanese and Seychellois roots. Grab a bottle whilst you can and spice up your Christmas festivities.
Digital available on Bandcamp: https://cjwildheart.bandcamp.com/
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Hifi Sean lead singer of Soup Dragons shared so many telling tales with Ben Steadman and Diamond Dave we will have to revisit more of them at a later date.
The Soup Dragons, had a worldwide top 5 hit with the track “I’m Free” in 1990 & play their first live shows in 30 years with the original line-up.

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DATES ARE:

Wed 1st Nov - Newcastle Boiler Shop

THE SOUP DRAGONS

NEW DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE: LOVE IS LOVE/NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET –Soup Dragons first new single in over 3 decades

LOVE IS LOVE A highly autobiographical lyric from singer Sean Dickson: “I wrote it really quickly-it`s about how my 18 year old self would react to knowing that I had grown up gradually realising I was a gay man. As a song subject, it`s actually a pretty mind-blowing concept!”

NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET hits the ground running like a hi-nrg mind-melting psychedelic-punk rock soundtrack celebrating their working in tandem with Music Declares Emergency, the climate emergency pressure group supported by Jarvis Cocker, Billie Eilish and Foals.

The single will be released digitally and on

Green vinyl - A side: Love is Love / AA-side: No Music On A Dead Planet

Pink vinyl - A side: No Music On A Dead Planet / AA side: Love is Love

Soup Dragons (Ft. Fred Schneider) Lyrics

- No Music On A Dead Planet

Hey you pick up the trash

And pick up a guitar and be your own star

Don’t be stupid don’t be dumb

Be a super hero and save the World.

No Music On A Dead Planet

For tonight we are going to be 18 again

Get to work and don’t be a jerk

Respect your mother universe

Be a super hero and save the World

No Music On A Dead Planet

The Soup Dragons - Love Is Love

Never thought I’d be the one to say

Never thought I would out that way

But it is the way I stay

I never fall in.

Never thought of the aftermath

To take that walk down the chosen path

So I could breathe at last

Cause I had fallen in.

Love Is Love

No matter who the other , no matter what the colour of love

Is love Is love

Taken time to recognise myself

Taken time to reset all my health

I could kiss and tel

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Terrorvision are amongst Yorkshire's finest bands ...We are talking bands like : Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, Pulp, Gang of Four, Pigeon Detectives, Human League, Bring Me The Horizon, Soft Cell,Def Leppard to name a few. Splash Stories celebrates 30 years of Terrorvision who are back on the road with some wonderful live shows across the UK. Splash Stories talked to Tony Wright about life, music and well Terrorvision history ..A great chat he's a true gent and straight as a die ...tells it like it is... like it was and more...Check out Terrorvision who are famed for smash hits including 'Tequila', 'Perseverance' and 'What’s the Matter?'
Tour dates : https://www.songkick.com/artists/314518-terrorvision
Perseverance : https://youtu.be/tCadmiEfntQ?si=splqjz_Bnffwv60r
Alice What's the Matter : https://youtu.be/VOOcJobuZTc?si=2ocX6zMydtAsotEZ
Tequila - 0f course : https://youtu.be/8hLQCA2h8kA?si=7_HfuruL5fFUnMdF

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