Nineties Revival
90s Revival: Friends Reunited? STEPS are back!
It might have been the last thing on your mind, but the biggest music news story of the week is that pop group Steps are getting back together. Claire, Faye, Lisa, H and Lee were assembled in 1997 from thousands who responded to an ad in The Stage. Their debut hit was 5,6,7,8 which just missed out on the top ten. Since then, they’ve sold more than ten million records. They’ve been away for a decade and have reunited after a documentary where they sorted out their differences. The result is a Spring 2012 tour and an ‘Ultimate...
read moreThe Nineties Revival 11.10.11
Popcorn, a fizzy drink and someone really tall sitting in front of you. That *might* sum up a typical cinema experience. Movies can make you laugh, cry or jump out of your seat. Of course it’s not just the great storylines, characters and locations. The soundtracks can also be very memorable. Think Love is All Around which spent 15 weeks at number one in 1994. On the 90s Revival this week, the Tuesday evening show which brings back the decade, we featured a selection of ‘chick flick’ movie soundtracks from the 90s. I’m talking the...
read moreMark’s Got The Nineties ‘Covered’.
Did you miss the 90s Revival this week or didn’t catch the name of a song I played? Don’t worry, because the entire playlist can be found right here on the Gateway 97.8 Blog! We were packed with nineties related news in the September 6th edition. Including details of a new album from Melanie C, a TV come back for the Fast Show and Ab Fab, plus a 20th anniversary movie about Pearl Jam, which is only showing in one Essex cinema. Can you guess which one? Yes, that’s right. Basildon! Music wise, the show featured some 80s in the 90s from...
read moreAlcopops, number ones and teen idols
Throughout 2011, the 90s Revival has been celebrating twenty one years since the decade began by playing EVERY number one single which topped the charts. At the end of last Tuesday’s show, we’d reached the Brit Pop chart battle year of 1995, and we’ve now played only 86 of the 205 number one hits. So there’s quite a few to go yet – and plenty of 90s nostalgia to soak up. On Tuesday 17th May, we wrap up the remainder of 1995 with chart toppers from Shaggy and Simply Red. We then move into 1996, the year Girl Power exploded into our...
read more90s Revival:1st & 8th February 2011
You’re getting two blogs in one this week as I missed out the track listing for the previous show. If you’ve never tuned our way before, the Nineties Revival is broadcast live on a Tuesday evening between 7 and 9, presented by Mark Hardie. The show all about the brilliant music of the decade which you may have forgotten about or simply haven’t heard in ages, and every effort is made to play a broad range of genres too from reggae to psychedelic rock! On Tuesday the 8th of February the 90s Revival revisited the music and memories of...
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