Smash Hits - 25 February - 10 March 1987 with Ian Wade

Buy us a coffee and help keep the carousel spinning: Welcome back to The Giddy Carousel of Pop, a podcast about Britain's brightest pop mag, Smash Hits. Fancy that! In this episode, Gav and Si are joined by music journalist and author of '1984: The Year Pop Went Queer' (Nine Eight Books), Ian Wade, for a spin on the carousel back to February 1987 and an issue edited by former Smash Hits staffer Neil Tennant. Along the way, we discuss Boy George, Carly Simon, Mental As Anything, Beastie Boys, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Man 2 Man, Cutting Crew, Freddie Mercury, The Christians, Taffy, The Style Council and a whole lot more. It's an action-packed issue and edition, make no mistake! Read along with us. Like Punk Never Happened: Smash Hits Remembered: And check out the playlists of pretty much all the songs featured in this issue of Ver Hits! Spotify: YouTube: HOSTS: Simon Galloway and Gavin Hogg GUEST: Ian Wade CONTACT DETAILS: Website: BlueSky: Facebook: Instagram: Threads: X:

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This episode was published on Aug 27, 2024.

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