Virgin Radio Specials

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish reunite on Virgin Radio for a one-off special - their first radio show together in nearly 14 years! Buckles and J-Corn dive into new Made Up Jokes, invent a new colour and reminisce about their early days on their cult Channel 4 sketch show, The Adam and Joe show, which Adam has written about in his hilarious new memoir, I Love You, Byeee, out now. The music from the original Virgin Radio broadcast (Sunday 8th June, 2025) has been edited for rights reasons. Adam's tracklist from the original broadcast: YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART LAST NITE - THE STROKES ALL I WANT TO DO IS ROCK - TRAVIS SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS CAROLINE - LAURA MARLING ALL I WANNA DO - SHERYL CROW HALF THE WORLD AWAY - OASIS JUST AN ILLUSION - IMAGINATION UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN / DAVID BOWIE ONLY YOU - YAZOO SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS SONG 2 - BLUR I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU - THE FLAMINGOS ANOTHER PARK ANOTHER SUNDAY - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS TAKE ON ME - A-HA WINDPOWER - THOMAS DOLBY TEMPORARY SECRETARY - PAUL MCCARTNEY ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND SLIGHT RETURN - BLUETONES BETTE DAVIS EYES - KIM CARNES GENO - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS PIZZA TIME - ADAM BUXTON DOLCE VITA - RYAN PARIS WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS ENOLA GAY - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS I'M HENERY THE EIGHTH I AM - HERMAN'S HERMITS THE LAUGHING GNOME - DAVID BOWIE OVERLOAD - SUGABABES ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY - RANDY CRAWFORD Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the release of the new Amy Winehouse movie, 'Black to Black', you can hear the Story of Amy Winehouse. Archive interviews with Amy from her early years, and of course her incredible music, this is a unique insight into one of the greatest singers of the 21st Century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Iconic Kim Wilde is picking her favourite songs of all time with Steve Denyer and telling a story or two. From Touring with David Bowie & Michael Jackson to what it's really like backstage on Top Of The Pops Kim lets us know all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate Texas's new album, 'The Muscle Shoals Sessions', Front woman Sharleen Spiteri takes us through the history of the iconic studios as well as the stories behind their new album recorded there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate International Women’s day, Mutya Buena takes us through her life in music, playing the songs she grew up with to the musicians that continue to inspire her career as a solo artist and in the Sugababes. From Lisa Stansfield to the Spice Girls, Whitney Houston to Destiny’s child… Mutya’s got a story for them all.  Hear about her fateful recording session with George Michael, the song she sang on the Michael Barrymore show and the female artist that just beat her debut single to No.1 in the UK charts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Kaiser Chiefs have released their eighth studio Album, called 'Easy Eighth Album'. Join frontman and Virgin Radio's very own Ricky Wilson as he chats to bandmate Andrew 'Whitey' White about recording the album and the bands history. Hear what it’s like working with Nile Rodgers plus hear the music from the album, along with some old favourites too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britpop powerhouses, Cast, played a special intimate set at the Top of the Tower. Eddy Temple-Morris relives the gig along with a chat with the bands frontman, John Power, before they went on stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the most iconic voices of the 80s, Tony Hadley, joins Steve Denyer and picks his favourite songs, from Bowie to The Boss. Plus he tells stories of being back stage at Live Aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve chats to multi million selling singer Belinda Carlisle about songs that have influenced and inspired her. Her picks include songs from U2, The Cure and Midnight Oil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate 20 years since Franz Ferdinand released the self titled debut album Eddy Temple Morris chats with singer Alex Kapranos and bass player Bob Hardy about their career, their friendship and the stories behind some of their biggest hits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Denyer is joined by actor and comedian Rob Brydon as he picks his favourite songs from Steely Dan, to Sam Fender, and he tells us which artist he is a self confessed superfan of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Denyer is joined by one of this country's greatest songwriters Vince Clarke, founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, as he picks his playlist. He talks about his relationship with his two musical partners, Alison Moyet from Yazoo and Andy Bell from Erasure, and explains why a Little Respect is the Erasure song he's most proud of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Denyer returns with My Playlist, as Ade Edmondson picks his playlist, talks about how the Young Ones managed to persuade Cliff Richard to record with them, his friendship with comedy partner the late Rik Mayall, and his love of 1920’s comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Eddy Temple-Morris as he talks to the Texas singer and founder member Sharleen Spiteri about their remarkable career, their ‘Best Of’ album and some of the band's biggest hits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill formed Simple Minds in 1977, they'd been best friends since 1967 when they met at the playground in a Glasgow housing estate. Nearly 6 decades later they're still best friends and Simple Minds are about to embark on their biggest world tour since 1985. On 22nd of December 2023 'Everything is Possible' a documentary on Simple Minds premiered on the streaming service, Paramount Plus. Eddy Temple Morris talks to Jim and Charlie about the documentary, their music and their extraordinary friendship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Steve Denyer for the first of a regular series called My Playlist, where musicians, actors and comedians talk about the music they love. In this episode Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics picks his favourite songs, talks about the memories they hold and how they influenced his song writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spandau Ballet's album 'True' is 40 years old this year, it was a global hit for them and a number one album in the UK. Gary Kemp, talks to Ben Jones about the album, their lasting legacy of the iconic hits from it and looks back at his remarkable catalogue of music with Spandau Ballet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lighthouse Family's 'Ocean Drive' came out in 1995 and nearly 20 years on the band have reissued the album on vinyl. One half of the duo Paul Tucker talks to Steve Denyer about writing and recording the album and revisits some of his favourite songs from it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deacon Blue are one of Scotland's most successful groups. They released their debut album Raintown in 1987 and since then they've sold seven million records including twelve UK top 40 singles, and two number one albums. After 35 years together as a band they're celebrating with a box set collection of 14 albums 'You can have it all'. Eddy Temple Morris chats to founder members Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh about their career, life and music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hear Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark perform live at Virgin Radio! Plus, Jayne Middlemiss sits down for a chat with founding members Andy and Paul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.