But, this was Blackwood’s international day – with the boys that had taken the town’s name around the world coming home. It was a trip down memory lane and in the lead-up to the BBC Radio 2 homecoming gig, they showed DJ and host Jo Whiley around their old haunts.
The Manic Street Preachers are brought home to Blackwood by BBC Radio 2 Some are no longer there - Dorothy’s Café, Pizza House and their favourite record shops. Cwmfelinfach Miners’ Institute is another James Dean Bradfield paid tribute to, lamenting “they pulled it down”. This is where they recorded first single,
UK Producer Steve Brown (Wham, Freddie Mercury) Has Died
UK producer Steve Brown has died. At this stage a Cause of Death has not been revealed.
Steve Brown produced Wham ‘Young Guns’, ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Club Tropicana’, Freddie Mercury ‘The Great Pretender’, The Cult’s ‘She Sells Sanctuary’, and for Australia The Angels ‘Howling’ album and the Boom Crash Opera hits ‘Great Wall’ and ‘Hands Up In the Air’.
Brown has worked with ABC, Alison Moyet, Elton John and Manic Street Preachers.
In a statement The Cult announced, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of legendary producer Steve Brown he was hugely influential in The Cult’s evolution and shall forever been entwined in our DNA our deepest condolences to Steve’s family our hearts are with you “.