Weekend Playlist: Hole

Weekend Playlist: Hole

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (29/05/2025) with Songs that reference holes.
This was commemorate National Hole in my bucket day on 30/05.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] Black Holes & Burning Hearts
1. Muse - Supermassive black hole
2. Sugababes - Hole in the head
3. Elvis Presley - Burning Love
4. Passenger - Holes
5. Soundgarden - Black hole sun
6. Beatles - A Day in the life


[Side 2] Soul Holes & Polo Mints
7. ABBA - Hole in your soul
8. Extreme - Hole Hearted
9. Electric Six - Jam it in the hole
10. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
11. Panic! at the Disco - Roaring 20s
12. Texas - Polo mint city

[Bonus]
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Landmarks

Midnight Mixtape: Landmarks

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (27/05/2026) with Songs that reference landmarks following Crystal Palace winning the UEFA Conference League and Crystal Palace being a landmark!

Songs in contention

• Fairport Convention - Fotheringay
• Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
• Vera Lynn - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
• Gerry & Pacemakers - Ferry across the Mersey
• Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
• New Vauderville Band - Winchester Catherdral
• S&G - 59th bridge street song
• Frank Sinatra - Three coins in the fountain
• Barry Manilow - Cocacabana
• Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
• Vera Lynn - White cliffs of Dover
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Sesame Street - Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
• Jay-Z/Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
• HMHB - Dickie Davies Eyes
• Goanna - Solid Rock Ayres Rock
• 10cc - Life is a minestrone
• Human League - Things that dreams are made of
• Wombles - Wombling song
• Laurel & hardy - Trail of lonesome pine
• Clannad - Newgrange
• Sheryl Crow - All I wanna I do
• Bastille - Pompeii
• Saw Doctors - N17
• Prince - Paisley Park
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
• Lighthouse Family - Ocean drive
• Doves - M62
• Runrig - Loch Lomond
• Wings - Mull of Kintyre
• Chris Rea - Steel River
• Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
• Budgie - Pyramids
• Paul Simon - Graceland
• Barry Manilow - London
• Billy Joel - Great wall of China
• Gerry Rafferty - Royal mile
• Spinal Tap - Stonehenge
• Fergie - London Bridge
• Beatles - Penny Lane
• XTC - Statue of Liberty
• Rae Morris - Old Blackpool Tower
• Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysees
• Jackie Leven - Snow in Central Park
• Alan Parsons Project - La Segrada Familia
• Strokes - Machu Pichu
• Antony Szmierek - Great Pyramid of Stockport
• Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
• Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
• Bible - Crystal Palace
• Blur - Under the westway
• 10cc - Wall street shuffle
• Nena - 99 Red Balloons
• Quantum Jump - Lone Ranger

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
2. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
3. Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
4. Clannad - Newgrange
5. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
6. Budgie - Pyramids

[Side 2]
7. Saw Doctors - N17
8. Rae Morris - Old Blackpool Tower
9. Beatles - Penny Lane
10. Paul Simon - Graceland
11. Blur - Under the westway
12. Vera Lynn - White cliffs of Dover
Hidden: Sesame Street - Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before: Budgie, Clannad, Rae Morris, Richard Hawley (1), Saw Doctors (2), Sesame Street, Vera Lynn... (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 10: Beatles (25)
• 4: Peter Gabriel (7)
• 3: Blur (11), Kinks (9)
• 2: Paul Simon (7)
• 1: Alicia Keys (2), Jay Z (1)

Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Helen looking at X/twitter selections (23/05/2026) with Songs that reference luck or being lucky (good & bad).
This is to commemorate National Lucky Penny Day on 23rd May.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Good Luck
1. Ella Fitzgerald - (I've got) beginners luck
2. Frank Sinatra - Lucky be a lady
3. Betty Davis - I'm in luck I might get picked up
4. Dirty Honey - Rolling 7s
5. Lightning Seeds - Lucky you
6. Joan Armatrading - I'm lucky

[Side 2] Bad Luck
7. Albert King - Born under a bad sign
8. Janet Jackson - Black Cat
9. Don Covay - Bad luck
10. Rise against - Broken mirrors
11. Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky girl
12. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

[Bonus]
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I was lucky
Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky
Eels - Your lucky day in Hell

Long list

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Euro Cities

Midnight Mixtape: Euro Cities

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/05/2026) with Songs that reference European Cities on back of Aston Villa winning in the Europa League (with Crystal Palace and Arsenal in other European finals)!

Songs in contention

• Roger Whittaker - Durham Town
• Fall - Edinburgh man
• Bangles - Going down to Liverpool
• Spinners - In Liverpool my home
• Beautiful South - Manchester
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London
• Jean Michel Jarre - London Kid
• London Boys - London Nights
• Clash - London calling
• Queen - Brighton Rock
• ABBA - Super Trouper
• Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men Cats Dogs
• Bobby Darin - Splish splash taking a bath
• M - Pop Music (London...)
• Simple Minds - Belfast Child
• London Grammar - Strong
• Little Jimmy Osmond - Long haired lover from Liverpool
• Ultravox - Vienna
• Billy Joel - Vienna
• Fatboy Slim - You're not from Brighton
• Men at work - Down under
• Bob Dylan - When I paint my masterpiece
• Stranglers - Nice is Nice
• Style Council - Paris match
• Adam & Ants - Young Parisiennes
• Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
• Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
• Rakes - Strasbourg
• Editors - Munich
• Mobiles - Drowning in Berlin
• Beautiful South - Pretenders to the throne
• Dean Martin - Amore
• Peter Sarstadt - Where do you go to my lovely
• Elemeno P - Verona
• ABBA - Money money money
• Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun
• Petula Clark - Sailor
• Max Bygraves - Tulips fron Amsterdam
• Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam
• Beautiful South - Rotterdam
• Joy Division - Warsaw
• Billy Joel - Leningrad
• Supergrass - St Petersburg
• Freddie Mercury & Monserrat Caballe - Barcelona
• They might be giants - Istanbul
• George Ezra - Budapest
• Ed Sheeran - Galway girl
• John McCormack - It's long way to Tipperary
• New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral
• Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude
• Donald Fagan - IGY
• Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
• Danny Kaye - Wonderful Copenhagen
• Stranglers - Goodbye Toulouse
• Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
• ELO - Last train to London
• Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar
• Fontaines DC - I love you
• Berlin - Dancing in Berlin
• Tinie Tempah - Pass out
• Weepies - Riga Girls
• HMHB - All I want for CHristmas is a Dukla Prague Away kit
• Pogues - Fiesta
• Jam - In the city

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Queen - Brighton Rock
2. George Ezra - Budapest
3. Beautiful South - Pretenders to the throne
4. They might be giants - Istanbul
5. Ed Sheeran - Galway girl
6. Weepies - Riga Girls
[Side 2]
7. Pogues - Fiesta
8. Joy Division - Warsaw
9. Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
10. Editors - Munich
11. Stranglers - Nice is Nice
12. Ultravox - Vienna
Hidden: Jam - In the city

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before Editors (1), George Ezra, Joy Division (2), Muse (1), They might be giants (1), Ultravox, Weepies! (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Pogues (12)
• 5: Queen (20)
• 2: Beautiful South (4), Jam (4)
• 1: Ed Sheeran (4), Stranglers (6)

Weekend Playlist: Stress

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Don't Leave

Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top

h2>Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Kate looking at X/twitter selections (09/05/2026) with Songs that reference the rise to the top!
This was inspired by the release of... This was commemorate teams such as Coventry and Kate's Ipswich getting promoted to the Premier League

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Public Image Ltd - Rise
M People - Moving on up
Imagine Dragons - Rise up
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now
Stevie Salas Colorcode - The harder they come
Carpenters - Top of the world

[Side 2]
KC & Sunshine Band - Give it up
Defcee & Parallel Though - Graduation Picture
Blutengel - Unsere Zeit läuft ab (Our time)
Jigsaw - Sky High
Yazz - Only way is up
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard

[Bonus]
Stone Roses - Going down
Dio - Before the fall
Zombies - Time of the season