From a biography of Aboriginal band No Fixed Address to the last word on Barbra Streisand, this year’s crop of music-themed books has something for everybody.
Music by Kathy McCabe, National music writer 12th Dec 2020 12:47 PM
Premium Content Beloved Australian band Mental as Anything could end up Christmas chart kings in the UK with one of their biggest 80s hits. The resurgence of their 1985 pop classic
Live It Up began in October thanks to a group of diehard fans of Scottish football team Glasgow Rangers. A video of Rangers fans plastering stickers celebrating their win over rivals Celtic all over town was soundtracked by Live It Up and subsequently went viral with more than 350,000 views on Twitter. As the Mentals band members gathered last weekend to share memories in tribute of Greedy Smith on the first anniversary of his passing, the song was suddenly propelled to No. 1 on the UK iTunes chart.