American band, Carte Blanche have done very good cover versions of ‘Mambo De La Luna’ and ‘England 2 Columbia 0’.

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Matthew Stead uploaded a tutorial of the fan favourite, ‘Still Life’ on what would have been her 65th Birthday yesterday.

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Happy 65th Heavenly Birthday Kirsty!

Here’s Dr Langbein’s brilliant cover of ‘Soho Square’.

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Blake McGrow has uploaded a rare behind the scenes video of The Wonder Stuff and Kirsty filming ‘Welcome To The Cheap Seats’. It also includes interviews with Kirsty and The Wonder Stuff frontman, Miles Hunt. Some of the footage was used for the MTV 19.01.92 video, which I shared from the Terry Hurley collection. However, there are parts of the video which the majority of you, including me haven’t seen before.

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The Boxed Set will now be on at 8:40pm tonight followed by Kirsty MacColl At The BBC at 9:30pm.

On BBC Radio 2 at 8pm tonight, Gary Davies will feature a Kirsty Mastermix on Sounds Of The 80s.

The Mastermix starts at 20.02 into the programme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023gsj

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SonistheFatherofMan uploaded a rockier cover of the classic last week.

Here’s Male Order Brides’ rendition live at The Rivoli in Toronto, Canada on 27th April.

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Unfortunately, Kirsty’s brother Hamish passed away on 25th this week. My heart goes out to his friends and family during this difficult time. I was lucky to meet him at Kirstyfest in 2015 and have correspondence.

Hamish wrote this wonderful song with Kirsty that was included on ‘Electric Landlady’.

RIP Hamish.

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In 2018, American duo The Westside Digs covered ‘They Don’t Know’ at Fine Vines in Nevada.

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Great news! On 5th October, BBC Two will show two Kirsty programmes to celebrate what would have been her 65th Birthday that month.

8:40pm – Kirsty MacColl At The BBC – This is a new programme featuring performances from the archives, highlighting her wit and intelligence.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023s35

9:40pm – The Boxed Set – Kirsty’s last television concert in Glasgow filmed in March 2000. It’s the first time BBC has broadcast this in 23 years!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023s37

As always, they will be available on the iPlayer after they have been broadcast.

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Arch McCall has done a version of ‘Chip Shop’ with him on guitar and singing “Uh huh huh”. His friend Janet is on lead vocals.

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