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Now that we’re into the second half of Pride month, I feel like I’ve heard the same ten songs wherever I go. The go-to tracks ...

He was born in Glasgow (Scotland) in 1961 and still personifies that "Smalltown Boy" he sang with Bronski Beat in 1984. Raised in the working-class district of Ruchill, he went through a tough ...

That includes humans and parrots, which are able to spontaneously keep a beat. “What Ronan is doing, I would say, really looks indistinguishable from what humans were pretty good at doing,” Dr ...

Bronski Beat’s Jimmy Somerville has vowed to remove ‘Smalltown Boy’ from an upcoming film by “anti-Trans” group LGB Alliance. Since its release in 1984, the track has been regarded as a ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of The Age Of Consent, the landmark debut album from British synth-pop trio Bronski Beat, initially made up of musicians Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski, and ...

Forty years on from its 1984 release, Bronski Beat’s new wave hit Smalltown Boy has transcended generations to become an LGBTQ anthem for young and old alike. Narrowly spared the censor’s axe in a ...

Bronski Beat were the ‘first real gay group in the history of pop’ and their repertoire, lyrics, sound and press coverage raised awareness, challenged discrimination, raised funds for strikers, ...

Bronski Beat's label London Records knew they had a surefire hit on their hands as soon as they turned to the UK capital's iconic LGBTQ club Heaven, famous for its long-running G-A-Y night, to ...

Bronski Beat's label London Records knew they had a surefire hit on their hands as soon as they turned to the UK capital's iconic LGBTQ club Heaven, famous for its long-running G-A-Y night, to ...

Bronski Beat’s version of the Gershwins’ ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ is similarly muted at the start: it opens with the beguiling, twisting sounds of Richard Coles’ clarinet, like a serpent winding its ...

The cover is described, by Bronski Beat’s own Jimmy Somerville, as “a beautiful echo coming back after travelling a long and eventful distance.” Check it out below.