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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 9h

Can you claim compensation for physical and mental trauma after being subjected to almost two hours of Ed Sheeran’s music on a loud, large and tinny speaker at a child’s birthday party?

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 9h

I do have a headache from two hours of it… Galway Girl was particularly traumatic.

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow afternoon,I’ll be co-hosting an author and live music session at The Betsey Trotwood, in London:we’ll be talking crime fiction and country music with Mark Billingham,and Michael Weston King will be playing a live set.It’s going to be murderous fun!Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/673238

What The Night Brings

Mark Underwood & Sean Hannam in conversation with Mark Billingham about his new book, 'What the Night Brings'. Plus live music from Michael Weston King

wegottickets.com

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 11h

Help - I’m with the kids at a seven-year-old’s birthday party and a large ‘party speaker’ is blasting out non-stop Ed Sheeran.

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow afternoon,I’ll be co-hosting an author and live music session at The Betsey Trotwood, in London:we’ll be talking crime fiction and country music with Mark Billingham,and Michael Weston King will be playing a live set.It’s going to be murderous fun!Tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/673238

What The Night Brings

Mark Underwood & Sean Hannam in conversation with Mark Billingham about his new book, 'What the Night Brings'. Plus live music from Michael Weston King

wegottickets.com

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 3d

Latest from me: the era of the £100+ gig ticket spells cultural disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone Can Play Guitar Man. #radiobread

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

I seem to remember Shark Boy supporting… It was a good gig - the only time I saw Suede with Bernard in the lineup. So glad I did.

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

I got the Gallaghers’ autographs backstage at TJ’s and my mate nabbed the set list…

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

Ahh - brilliant. I lived in Treforest while studying - ‘92 to ‘95. I saw Oasis at TJ’s in Newport, James - supported by Radiohead - at Newport Centre. Saw Suede in Newport too, and Oasis at Cardiff Astoria and the university…

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Countrymile @countrymile.bsky.social · 6d

I was at that Blackwood gig. No backstage pass but I did grab a poster off the wall! Both bands were on fire that night!

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

Brilliant! It was a great gig. I was at university in South Wales - saw lots of good bands there in the ‘90s…

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

Wish I could’ve made the Leeds show but sadly I had other commitments… and it was too far away from home.

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

He had a maroon one on…

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Iain McDermott @poprambler.bsky.social · Aug 31

@nickheyward.com 90s albums are being reissued in October on Edsel records with vinyl copies for the first time. Nick is a special guest on Back to Now & talks about how he fell back in love with music to create some of his finest work. A wonderful guest!

🎧 Listen here: linktr.ee/poprambler

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

Access All Areas for Gene: Feb 19 1995, Blackwood Miners’ Institute and October 4, 2025 at Hammersmith Apollo. Thirty years between gigs ! I was ‘fighting fit’ when I was 21… 😉 #gene

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 6d

Such a brilliant and emotional night watching Gene at Hammersmith Apollo. It was an epic evening and a fantastic two-hour set. Lovely to have ‘em back and fighting fit and able! 💥

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 8d

I was listening to this recently - it’s great…

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Nick Heyward @nickheyward.com · 11d

Rehearsing for my @unionchapeluk.bsky.social show next Monday 6th. Carry on loving 🫡

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 8d

Big thanks to Demon Music for sending me these three new @nickheyward.com ‘90s vinyl reissues - I genuinely loved these albums when they first came out: I have them on CD. Looking forward to listening to them, seeing Nick on Monday at the Union Chapel and interviewing him again soon! #nickheyward

Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 9d

If the woman I’m married to did an impersonation of Paul Simon’s musical partner, would it be a case of wife imitating Art?

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 10d

Big thanks to Demon Music and English Heritage for the invite to the unveiling of Marc Bolan’s Blue Plaque at his former home, in Maida Vale, yesterday.Special guests included Rick Wakeman, Bobby Gillespie, Rat Scabies and Captain Sensible, who all spoke about Marc. It was a lovely event. #marcbolan

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 11d

Peak jangly indie icons status achieved…

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 13d

Sunhouse on a Sunday night… Originally released in ‘98 on Independiente Records, Crazy On The Weekend was a Top 10 Album Of The Year in Mojo and Top 15 in Uncut. It’s a cult classic - a dark and honest, indie-folk-rock masterpiece: the troubled genius that was Gavin Clark. #nowplaying #sunhouse

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Sean Hannam @seanhannam.bsky.social · 13d

Never seen that Nancy solo album before… and I’m a big fan.

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