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Diane Canaryb1rd 💛💚
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Norwich City STH, NCFSC helper, dog owner, live music, churches, theatre and history fan
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I Owe You Nothing - Bros

Bros were identical twins Matt and Luke Goss plus a schoolfriend. He eventually left and the brothers continued as a duo before breaking up after releasing their third album.

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Bros - I Owe You Nothing [Top Of The Pops 1988]
YouTube video by BrosVEVO
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January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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All That She Wants - Ace of Base

The band were originally a quartet, with siblings Jonas, Malin (Linn) and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg. It now performs as a duo with Jonas and Ulf.

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Ace of Base - All That She Wants (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ace of Base
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January 27, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Brimful of Asha - Cornershop

Written by Tjinder Singh (lead vocals/guitar), it also features his brother Avtar (vocals/bass guitar). It went to No 1 in 1998 following remix by Norman Cook/Fatboy Slim.

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Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha, Norman Cook Mix (Tjinder Singh) Official Music Video
YouTube video by Cornershop
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January 27, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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What a night at Carrow Road! Pretty sure we would have got stuffed under our previous manager, all credit to Philippe Clement and his rejuvenated players #ncfc
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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@shropshirelad.bsky.social Came across these pics that I took at The Transports performance in Norwich (I got told off for taking the first one 😳)
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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I Got You - Split Enz

Brothers Neil and Tim Finn played together in Split Enz, before later both joined forces in Crowded House.

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Split Enz - I Got You (Official Video)
YouTube video by Split Enz
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January 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Float On - Floaters

Following on from yesterday, James Mitchell left the Detroit Emeralds to form the Floaters with his brother Paul. Float On, co-written by James, was their biggest hit.
I know you'll like this, @bwodotbc.bsky.social !

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Floaters - Float On • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers:
Blondie
Goldfrapp
M People
The Pretenders
Steeleye Span
sussexsedition.bsky.social Andrew Watson @sussexsedition.bsky.social · 5d
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:

The Slits
Mo-dettes
Au Pairs
Everything But The Girl
The Lovely Eggs
paulaflucas.bsky.social Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 5d
five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers:

Elizabeth Fraser
Beth Gibbons
Ricky Lee Jones
Siouxsie Sioux
PJ Harvey
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Feel The Need In Me - Detroit Emeralds

The Emeralds were formed in Arkansas by four brothers, Ivory, Abrim, Cleophus and Raymond Tilmon. Ivory and Abrim later became a trio with James Mitchell, and moved to Detroit. Abrim wrote most of their songs including FTNIM, their biggest hit.
Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me Remasted
YouTube video by Classic Hitnight
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January 23, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Very sad news. I feel privileged to have seen Martin and Eliza perform together and separately several times over the years.
carolannelennie.bsky.social Carol-Anne Lennie @carolannelennie.bsky.social · 5d
A message from Eliza Carthy about her dad, #MartinCarthy
A message from Eliza Carthy- "Dear everyone, A month ago, Martin, at 84, was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimers Disease. While his doctor initially suggested that Dad would and should be able to tour in the Spring, and we were hoping to use the tour to say goodbye0 to Dad's many fans, it now appears that this won't be possible or advisable for his health Dad sends his love and regrets to everyone hoping to see him one more time. Eliza will fulfil these shows, and will try to honour his legacy as much as possible. Our family thanks you for your patience and love."
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Why? - 3T

3T are Tariano (Taj), Taryll and Tito (TJ), the three sons of Tito Jackson. They were mentored by their uncle Michael Jackson and signed to his record label. Why? reached No 2 in the UK charts in 1996.

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3T - Why? (Official Video) ft. Michael Jackson
YouTube video by 3TVEVO
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January 22, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Harvest Moon - Runrig

Runrig was formed in the Isle of Skye in 1963, brothers Calum and Rory MacDonald were the main songwriters from its inception to the band's "retirement" after 45 years in 2018.

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RUNRIG HARVEST MOON
YouTube video by Terje Ramsdal
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January 21, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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A Picture Of You - Joe Brown

Jod and his band The Bruvvers had a No 1 hit with this song in 1961.
His daughter Samantha (Sam) had several hit records in the late 1980s.

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Joe Brown - Picture Of You (The International Pop Proms, 16.04.1976)
YouTube video by Joe Brown
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January 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Fantasy - Earth Wind and Fire

Over the years the band has featured brothers/stepbrother Maurice, Fred and Verdine White.

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Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy 1977 [HQ]
YouTube video by UncoBuff
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January 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Be a love and sign this.

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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Norwich city centre - aerial view. How many medieval churches are within this shot ... including the ruined one? #Norwich #aerial #image #city
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness

Lowestoft's finest, The Darkness was formed in 2000 by brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins.

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The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
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January 18, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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Respectable - Mel and Kim

Sisters Mel and Kim Appleby reached No 2 with Respectable in 1987 and had three other Top 10 hits. Sadly Mel died at the age of 23 in 1990.

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Mel & Kim - Respectable • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Hooverville - The Christians

Brothers Garry, Russell and Roger Christian formed the band with Henry Priestman. Russell left to pursue a solo career and Roger died in 1998. Garry is the only remaining original member.
Link to yesterday is their charity cover of Harvest For The World.
The Christians - Hooverville (They Promised Us The World)
YouTube video by THE CHRISTIANS
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January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Who's That Lady - The Isley Brothers

Originally formed as a gospel group comprising brothers O'Kelly, Rudolph, Ronald and Vernon (until his death in a road accident aged 11), the band was extended by the addition of younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper.
The Isley Brothers Who's That Lady
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January 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Wreckers On The Shore - Mawkin

With brothers David (guitar) and James Delarre (fiddle).
(Mawkin is an East Anglian dialect word for a scarecrow.)

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Wreckers on the Shore - Mawkin (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mawkin
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January 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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So this is what Farage wants to do with his precious Brexit ‘sovereignty’: sell out our NHS to Trump’s America and grub for power in the misery of its collapse.

Such a cynical, malignant politician. Happy to lie to our faces, weaken our rights and break what we value, if it enriches him.
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Fix NHS or extremists Will win, warns Davey By Nina Lloyd, Sophie Wingate and David Lynch Populists and extremists will be the winners if politicians fail the NHS, Sir Ed Davey warned yesterday. The Liberal Democrat leader suggested failing to bring down A&E waits would allow for "disillusionment" to be exploited as he set out his party's plans to give patients a legal right to be seen within 12 hours. Speaking in London's Chartered Accountants' Hall, Davey attacked Labour and the Tories for their record on the NHS. "If we don't show we can change things, if we can't fix this crisis, that's when the populists and the extremists will take advantage," he said. "Not because they can fix it, of course they can't. They're not even interested in fixing it. "But because populists feed off disillusionment, they thrive when people simply don't believe that any government or any party can really make their lives better." He singled out the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (inset), who he claimed "doesn't care about the NHS" and wants to "privatise" the service by replacing it with "an American-style insurance system" Under the proposals, £1.5bn would go towards making 6,000 beds available for care by the end of the year, in an effort to end what Davey called a "deadly corridor crisis" Ministers would have a "statutory" duty to limit the time spent waiting to be admitted in A&E to 12 hours or less, the party added. The party said their plan would be funded by scrapping the Government's pharmaceuticals deal with the US, which could result in the NHS paying billions more for drugs. Davey told Donald Trump to "bring it on" as he faced questions from journalists about the prospect of retaliation if the UK ripped up its trade arrangements with the US.
January 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Thought I'd finish off with this banger!

Baby Don't Change Your Mind - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Members of The Pips over the years have included Gladys' brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins William Guest and Edward Patten, who replaced her sister Brenda and another cousin.
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Baby Don't Change Your Mind • TopPop
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January 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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“It seems unlikely not to have occurred to [Farage] that the reason he is so popular… is that so many people have had enough not just of people like Zahawi, but in this case, people who literally are Zahawi”

Here’s to hoping their piss-taking opportunism does for them both.

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Extract: Farage's one-man band adds a disgraced banjo Tom Peck Political Sketch the sketch writers keep saying we're a one-man band," " said Nigel Farage, 48 hours after some idiot sketch writer in The Times had called Reform UK a one-man band. The sketch writers clearly needed to be taught a lesson but what happened next was surely overkill, when out on to the stage and back into the political big time strode Nadhim Zahawi. How would we describe Reform UK now? What part of the one-man band is the party's newest defector? Is there even such a thing as a discredited mouth organ? A disgraced banjo? There was no time to think about that. First there was a pre-roll video of Zahawi, a stirring montage biography of the kind you used to see on the X Factor judges' houses episode, immediately before a painter and decorator from Croydon murders a Michael Buble cover next to Simon Cowell's swimming pool. "l've gone from councillor to chancellor of the exchequer," Zahawi said, looking beyond the camera and into the middle distance, where a brighter future may theoretically lie. Zahawi is extremely proud of his time as chancellor of the exchequer, which lasted exactly two months and was mainly spent paying his own tax bills to HMRC. "Westminster watchers", , as Zahawi called us, may recall the very first thing he did as chancellor, which was to get hold of a piece of HM Treasury notepaper and use it to write a letter to Boris Johnson, who had appointed him fully 48 hours before, to tell him to resign. "Britain is drinking in the last chance saloon," said Zahawi, over soft string music, "and it really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister." In the questions at the end, someone had the temerity to bring up a social media post, written by Zahawi in 2015, in which he had said of his new best mate: "I would be frightened to live in a country run by you." Zahawi let out a little smile. "If I thought this man next to me had an issue, in any way, with people from my background, I wouldn't be sitting next to him," he said, and then he reached over and placed a loving hand on Nigel's elbow. Smiles can say a lot. This one specifically seemed to be saying, "Come on, guys, if you actually believe a word I say, we're not going to get very far, are we?" Which was just as well, because no one does. As the press conference wore on, Farage did not seem his usual ebullient self. Smiles were forced. Brows were creased. Farage is as canny as they come. It seems unlikely not to have occurred to him that the reason he is so popular, the one reason that towers above all others, is that so many people have had enough not just of people like Zahawi, but in this case, people who literally are Zahawi. Zahawi seemed to think people would be "shocked" to see him defecting to Reform. People were shocked, but not quite for the reasons he thinks. That Zahawi decided to ask Farage out is no surprise at all. What is more surprising is that Farage said yes. The Tory stampede to Reform is now very much in full swing. At some point, Farage will surely have to say no to someone. He must have a limit. It's a remarkable thing to say, but at the moment Farage can't seem to find the bar.
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM