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Someday, Melanie... :)
Details for two Scottish dates for the band EXTC. Text reads: EXTC. XTC'S Terry Chambers & Friends This Is Pop Greatest Hits tour Satu 14 Mar THE Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh Sun 14 Mar Stereo Glasgow.
Promo poster for EXTC English leg of their tour. Text reads: EXTC XTC's Terry Chambers & Friends This Is Pop Greatest Hits Tour 20 Feb Colchester, Arts Centre 27 Feb Gillingham, Glassbox Theatre 06 Mar Bedford, Esquires 07 Mar Birmingham, The Crossing 13 Mar Newcastle, The Cluny 27 Mar Cambridge, Junction 28 Mar Stroud, Subscription Rooms 30 Apr Liverpool, The Cavern 01 May Manchester, Band On The Wall 15 May Southampton, The 1865 16 May London, 229 12 Jun Nottingham, Metronome 13 Jun Bristol, Thekla
Details for the upcoming EXTC gigs (I'll be at the Edinburgh gig). Anyone else going to see - or have already seen - Terry Chambers and his band on this tour? #XTC
A promo card for the 2026 XTC Listening Parties. Text reads: XTC Listening Party. The following Wednesdays @ 9pm (UK time) 28 Jan White Music 25 Feb Go 2 25 Mar Drums and Wires 29 Apr Black Seat 27 May English Settlement 24 Jun Mummer 29 Jul The Big Express 12 Aug 25 O'Clock (Dukes) 26 Aug Skylarking 16 Sep Psonic Psunspot (Dukes) 30 Sep Oranges and Lemons 28 Oct Nonsuch 25 Nov Apple Venus 30 Dec Wasp Star Follow @xtclisteningparty Press Play / Drop the needle / Start streaming then post along on Bluesky!
For the folk who have recently joined us, here's a complete list of the listening parties for 2026. Hope you can make some of them! #XTCmusic
Illustrations of the 1979 line-up of the band XTC.
Now we're in March, aka Drums and Wires month, the banner has been updated. #HelloDave #XTCmusic
Hope you can make it (or one of the remaining 12 parties this year)!
Details for the next XTC Listening Party on Wed 25 March at 9pm (GMT) for the Drums and Wires album. Lists the tracklisting, and the album cover. It's all framed by red, white, and blue jagged edges, copying part of the album cover design.
My track-by-track musings on XTC's 1989 album, Oranges and Lemons, on its 37th anniversary. #MusicSky #XTC
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Cover of XTC's 1989 album, Oranges and Lemons. Inspired by artists Heinz Edelmann and based on a poster by Milton Glaser.
Circa 1965 pop poster by artist Milton Glaser. Was the inspiration for XTC's Oranges and Lemons album cover.
ORANGES AND LEMONS, XTC's 1989 album turns 37 today! The album cover design was based on a pop poster by Milton Glaser. What's your favourite tracks off the album? #XTCmusic
44 years old today and still a hell of a bop. #XTCmusic
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Front cover of XTC's single, Ball And Chain. Features a black/white photo of an old building with the band's name in blue, next to the song's title.
The back sleeves of XTC's single, Ball and Chain. Features information about the single, including the B-sides - Punch And Judy and Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass. Includes a b/w photo of the band.
The Colin Moulding-penned, BALL AND CHAIN, was released on this day in 1982! #XTCmusic
Well, if you can manage next month's, then we'll say no more about it.
He is, isn't he. And it's great seeing him play songs he wasn't originally part of.
Anytime, Mark!
Lovely Dave Gregory is his official title, lol. Are you going to see EXTC when they play Scotland next month?
You mean make us extremely jealous, lol. Though I did meet Dave Gregory last year and saw EXTC in my hometown. But that will never beat seeing the band in their prime.
My pleasure, Kenny. Any excuse to play XTC and chat with fellow fans.
Yeah, I gather it's not the most popular of their albums but there's definitely some gems in there. Cheers for joining in, Kenny!
Cheers Ben!
Was really good to have a reason to play "Go 2" again. Its probably my least played by #XTCMusic for me but its got some absolute stormers on it. Looking forward to some drums and possibly even wires next month. Thanks @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social for organising it.
Tony Parsons being a Tony Parsons.
But did you like it, Tony? #XTCMusic
Illustration of a face using bold primary colours.
Thanks once again to everyone who joined in tonight's listen-along! It's all change next month, as it's goodbye to Barry and hello to Dave when we listen along to DRUMS AND WIRES! Next month's party will start at the usual time (9 PM GMT) on Wednesday 25 March! #XTCmusic
And talking of music videos, I'd love for all their videos to be remastered somehow and maybe feature on a DVD with the This Is Pop documentary and maybe some updated interviews. #XTCmusic
ARE YOU RECEIVING ME? To bring the listen-along to a close, the bonus track on the album reissue. This was also released as a single, reaching no.86 in the UK. Not everyone will have the album with this track, so here's the music video the band filmed for it. www.youtube.com/watc... #XTCmusic
I've been making a proper effort to listen to new bands in the past year. Which included a little known band called... XTC!
You can feel the evolving of Colin's songwriting on this album, so his work on the next album is a natural progression from Go 2. #XTCmusic
Black and white image of XTC bassist and songwriter, Colin Moulding, onstage playing bass. Circa 1978.
I AM THE AUDIENCE The penultimate track of tonight's party comes courtesy of Colin. Another track to get the Dub treatment ('Clap Clap Clap'). #XTCmusic
Super Tuff could easily have been a song that would’ve sounded not out of place on Magazine’s Secondhand Daylight
