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On 3rd August, Keith Boudreau uploaded a video of himself playing bass to Tracey Ullman’s version.

They Don't Know - Kirsty MacColl/Tracey Ullman - Bass guitar accompaniments

Stephen Barstow uploaded his wonderful version of the song, two weeks later.

They Don't Know (1979) - Kirsty MacColl (Cover) // Stephen Barstow

An acoustic guitar cover version was uploaded by Campfire Acoustic Song Lessons. Guitarists can play along to this as the lyrics and chords come up.

THEY DON'T KNOW ~ Kirsty MacColl ~ Tracey Ullman ~ Acoustic Guitar Cover Lesson

From Ruby

Kirstyfest 2025 Information

Kirsty would have turned 66 on 10th October 2025.

Friends, family and fans will gather around her bench in Soho Square at 12pm on Sunday 12th October for a few songs. Afterwards, we will be going to The Spice Of Life for more celebrations that include singing, music, a quiz, food, drinks and lots of fun!

Like the last two years, there will be an auction. It is a polystyrene aeroplane Kirsty gave to Chris Winwood after he went to see her at the Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry on 27th October 2000. As many of you may know, Chris came up with the idea of the bench in Soho Square and organised the first few years of Kirstyfest. To accompany the item, there will be a copy of a piece Chris wrote, detailing the background story. The proceeds from the sale will go to The Music Fund For Cuba.

Places downstairs at The Spice Of Life are limited to 100 people. There is a bar upstairs as well.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

From Ruby

BBC Radio 2 – Your Ultimate 80s Duet Results

The results are in! BBC Radio 2 listeners have been voting for their favourite duets from the 1980s and now it’s revealed that the winning song is ‘Fairytale Of New York’.

Jem Finer, who wrote the classic with Shane MacGowan, said “A huge thank you from us to the Radio 2 listeners for voting A Fairytale Of New York your Ultimate 80s duet. It’s amazing the song’s had such a life, such longevity. It took a long time to come together with about three years of endless revisions before we successfully recorded it with Kirsty MacColl and it became the version you know now. Then it took much good fortune and actually got to be heard by enough people to find its way into the charts and onto enduring popularity. So, thanks to you all, thanks to everyone through the years, thanks for listening.”

The full Top 40 results are also in this article.

Ruby