The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny

From Supergrass to solo, singer-songwriter Gaz Coombes steers us through the musical moments that shaped his sound, from his early childhood in San …

From writing for Steven Spielberg, to directing ghosts for Netflix, and broadcasting with his mate Adam Buxton (Stephen!), Joe Cornish knows a thing or two about creating something fantastical. So, he’s perfectly at …

Alongside his festival choices, Joe Lycett breaks down what it was really like to pretend to the world that he would shred ten-thousand pounds unless …

Turns out Rag’n’Bone Man – aka Rory Graham – is just as likely to be serving bacon baps at his kids’ rugby club, as he is headlining arenas. He’s also a dab hand at making pasties and killer pop choruses, as he shares a …

From forming The Smiths, to working with The The, Pet Shop Boys, Modest Mouse, Electronic, The Cribs, not to mention his solo work, sure, Johnny Marr …

Good people attract more good people, as Johnny delves into how Eddie Vedder, Alicia Keys and Chrissie Hynde have all helped shape his life over the years. From seminal band break-ups to musical reinventions and …

The British winter can be cold and oh-so-very wet so who wouldn’t rather be dreaming of a fantasy festival somewhere beautiful and warm, where all …

They had us at ‘cocktails with Elton’, and ‘tofu pig’. A packed-out Listening Post tent at Suffolk’s Latitude Festival saw Shaun welcome Tom Findlay …

In this first ever Line-Up *live* with an audience at the Glastonbury festival 2022, a can or two of lager may have been supped at the Crow’s Nest stage... Still, Bafta winning kids TV presenters Dick and Dom, share …

Interpol frontman Paul Banks gets to celebrate Shaun's special birthday (by design, not mere coincidence obvs) as he digs deep into his saxophone …

On Shaun's 50th birthday, it's business as usual, so here's a bite of the S3 finale coming next week!

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Kasabian singer-songwriter Serge talks to Shaun about the transitions the band has undergone and how it feels to move from the side to front of stage. Fuelled by margaritas and Mexican food, do not underestimate Serge’s …

Foals are one of the ultimate festival bands, so frontman Yannis brings all that field experience to play here. Including how music saved his life as …

Multi-talented singer-songwriter, producer, guitarist Steven Wilson, also of Porcupine Tree fame, breaks the Line-Up format in spectacular fashion …

You may know him best as an actor, but John Simm is also a fine musician, just ask Echo & The Bunnymen or New Order. John shares his early guitar-playing ambitions from gigging with his dad, to switching gears to …

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, is a force of nature bringing her favourite musicians to the North Anston pit top for her fantasy festival. There’s talk of her art practise featuring Chris Martin’s T-shirts …

Music came long before acting for Paddy Considine, rivalling siblings for records, losing himself in songs & transforming a friend with a nose …

Radiohead guitarist Ed discusses his diplomatic ‘mum’ role in the iconic Oxfordshire band, wrestling with imposter syndrome while also expanding his …

Kae Tempest’s imagination runs beautifully wild, putting unexpected performers together for their time travelling festival. Two of the greatest …

Kiefer Sutherland gives good anecdote. From the motorcycle dreaming that got him through years of filming 24, to the near-miss with the cat that belonged to Robert Downey Jr and Sarah Jessica Parker. And musing that …

It’s that laugh that gets you every time, as Ricky Gervais deliberates his music greats and reminisces about that one time David Bowie serenaded him in New York. There’s a Central Park reunion, arguably Oxfordshire’s …

A good mood is hard to write effectively into a song, but George Ezra has that knack which he happily shares along with his dream festival. Prepare …

Unexpected sums up Natasha Bedingfield’s Lit Festival where an Icelandic superstar shares a stage with Slim Shady, and everyone’s encouraged to share their feelings as well as their music. Natasha reveals what she …

Felix Navidad! As he shall now be known… The former Maccabee, now Tailender, eschews cricket for an all-out music extravaganza divulging personal …

There’s a meeting of minds between Andrew Garfield and Shaun Keaveny that truth be told, we hadn’t seen coming, but very much appreciate. So prepare …

Actor Maxine Peake takes us on a magical mystery tour of the North West (England), fuelled by crumpets, barm cakes with added pie, and music spanning the globe and genres. There’s a goddess of stage and screen, Greek …

With just 3 words - pizza for breakfast – we were already sold on singer-songwriter Nadine Shah’s fantasy festival, but then came her music choices. …

Tim Burgess replaces any earlier chemical highs with musical highs at Tim Fest, where post-punk mingles with soul and a cosmic American sound. Up at …

Gregory Porter takes us back to his days in Brooklyn, cooking with his brother and playing chess with future Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman. The singer-songwriter’s festival performers include a pop-rock survivor, an …

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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie invites us into his musical brain to discover the sounds that make him tick at his dreamlike festival in the Scottish …

Hip-hop’s first billionaire features at Keith Urban’s Wellies fest, alongside an LA neighbour, who happens to be a legendary singer, and he picks one of the best things to ever come out of Wilmslow. Not gonna lie, …

A forest glade is where we find Declan McKenna for his fantasy festival, steeped in 1970s funk. All that glitters is pure musical gold here, as …

What’s in a name? A lot as it turns out, as the artist formerly known as Shappi casts quite the magical spell at her dream festival. There’s talk of how a recent ADHD diagnosis has proved a positive game-changer, her …

Who hasn’t dressed up as a penguin at a festival? DJ Carl Cox reminisces about the perils of holding a cider when you’ve got flippers and meet one of …

If Doctor Who could choose their favourite bands… We won’t even go there, but there’s much excitement at Jodie Whittaker’s dream festival, where …

Revelations about the late, great purple one, the impact of a hula-hooping goddess, and the joy of a battered sausage all converge on Joy Crookes’ …

Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons’ singer-songwriter, welcomes a clash of the egos as he lays out the five acts for his dream festival. One of rap’s …

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