Tom sat down with ABC’s lead singer Martin Fry to discuss following up ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ - adored by fans and critics alike – with a sequel 34 years later, why it was easy to catch a beating as a teenager in the 1970s, and having the opportunity to give Smokey Robinson a copy of ‘When Smokey Sings’ by hand after a chance meeting. 

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Tom interviewed the ground-breaking and incredibly influential Pixies before a great show at the world-famous Troubadour in Los Angeles. They discussed surrealism in music, Joey Santiago walking in on Black Francis spitting at himself in the mirror, what inspired each of them to pursue a career in music, and a heartbroken roommate playing Air Supply’s ‘All Out Of Love’ on repeat.

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Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford of the iconic British band Squeeze talked to Tom in their studio about the humour in their music, how an advert in a local sweetshop window resulted in the two meeting and how Glenn has been influenced by Kate Tempest and Stormzy in recent times. 

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Tom met Russ Giguere of The Association, the ‘60s band known for complex arrangements and beautiful harmonies which many of the younger generation may be familiar with due to the iconic use of their song ‘Windy’ in the hit show Breaking Bad. Russ talked ‘hootenannies’, how they gained the support of the whole Chicago Fire Department, and why he and Larry David had best not sit next to each other on a plane.

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Tom went to Merseyside to meet James Skelly and Nick Power of the English rock band The Coral. They spoke about always trying to do something different, what prompted skinheads to get Beatles haircuts, and spending all their money on “crème brûlée & lobster”. 

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Bobby Elliott, the drummer with the Hollies invited Tom to his home to talk to him about Peter Sellers threatening to karate chop the piano in Abbey Road, why the British Invasion of the USA meant you could practically just walk into a Miles Davis show, and what it has been like to be on the road for 55 years. 

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Tom travelled to Philadelphia to catch up with Airrion Love and Herb Murrell of the Stylistics, who famously had twelve consecutive R&B top ten hits in the early ‘70s. They talked about being their own worst critics, tea with Hennessy, and what it was like touring with the Godfather of Soul. 

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UB40 are one of the most prolific and successful bands of all time, with a career spanning five decades, having recorded over 550 songs, more than 50 of which have spent time in the UK Singles Chart. Tom met with them to talk about where they got their inspiration and the band’s name, the Peaky Blinders, and being able to draw a crowd of 20k as far afield as Samoa.

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Beloved English rock band Keane have recently released a new album ‘Cause and Effect’ after a 6-year hiatus. Tom spoke to Tom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley backstage at the BBC about starting out on the Camden circuit, spending a summer recording in a dilapidated farmhouse in northern France, and why Under the Iron Sea was much darker than Hopes and Fears.

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Sir Cliff Richard has had a No.1 hit in 5 consecutive decades and has recorded over 2 weeks of continuous music. Tom visited him at his home where they spoke about the sad state of the modern music industry, why he doesn’t get recognised in America, and why John Lennon thought he was cool.

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