NEW year, new The Rider? Not really no. Just more of the same but better. Neil Atkinson hosts and opens the show with an enormous tune from Sophie And The Bon Bons before things settle down back into the usual pattern of everything being content apart from secrets....
THE RIDER sees 2015 out with a bang. Each of Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan, John Gibbons and Adam Melia pick their favourite songs the others have picked from the year. There is a chat about the albums that never came, everyone’s favourite and least...
WHAT more could you want? What more could you hope for? The Rider offers a Christmas Party with panache. 2 songs each from this year. 2 songs from whenever and one Christmas treat. Put The Rider on and fill your boots. What else? Well, we’ve all had a drink, of...
HELLO handsome. Hello gorgeous. The Rider is beginning, just beginning to turn a tinselly eye towards Christmas. There have been trips to Christmas Markets. There have been big nights out. There is even talk of a kitten. Does it get more festive? You want more?...
WE have a guest! Phil from coneysloft.com is in to see us and to tell us exactly what they are up to. Which is transpires is a lot. They have online comics, sessions and loads of lovely clothes. Well done them. Something to think about… The songs are terrific...
MISSY is back. And who doesn’t love her? Well The Rider certainly does, so if you don’t well, questions have got to be asked. Gorgeous songs especially from John Gibbons. Steph Heneghan launches the Missy chat. Adam Melia has his Gig Of The Week. Neil...
THE RIDER team are all back in the same room at the same time. In between 10 great songs there is a memorabilia quiz that you can play along with, news of upcoming attractions to the pictures and Steph turns into her nan. Neil Atkinson, Adam Melia, John Gibbons,...
WHAT do you mean, “in bits”? Well there is the idea of getting over a weekend where Liverpool Music Week’s closing party did some serious damage. Then the idea of having to do the show on separate nights. Then the conversations which had us in...
Doff your cap, ladies and gentlemen, because John Gibbons crosses the rubicon on this week’s Rider. He plays a song longer than ten minutes and the song he plays is an absolute belter. That closes the show because we can’t take any chances but before then...
AWARDS talk from The Rider here. Neil Atkinson, John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia get stuck into the Mercurys, stuck deeper into the Q Awards, get all over how good mini Manchester music venues are and generally have a great time. The songs? 10 of them....
‘The Swiss System’ Or A Super League?: TAW Unwrapped
This week’s ‘TAW Unwrapped’ takes a look at the revised Champions League format, how it played out last season and what to look forward to as the Reds begin their 25/26 European Cup campaign.
Neil Atkinson is joined by Beth Lindop, Adam Melia and Kieran Molyneux.
