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Ol' Donie wrote: »

I've an Epi Les Paul Classic. My favourite electric by miles.

Was browsing amongst the Gretches in a shop earlier...to be fair none of em looked great.

You a lefty Welshie? Like Jimi, Kurt and Paulie? Good company!

There's a very good Beatles tribute act that plays around Dublin ... If their 'Paul' wasn't right handed they would be ace. But it just looks all wrong.

I'm not a leftie, but I'm a big fan of their work.

Hello, It's mainly Eurovision and Eurovision 'friendly' programming this weekend on the BBC and other channels but if you keep reading until the end you will find Meat Loaf, Heavy Metal Britannia and live concerts by Muse and Foo Fighters.

There was a programme called "Eurovision a Go Go" in the eighties which was like a Rock version of Eurovision. Ray Cokes presented and it was broadcast on RTE, Channel 4 and across the continent. Here is The Alarm representing the UK, or possibly Wales.




They should try The Alarm in the real thing, wouldn't do any worse than their other recent entrants. Anyway ....


Thursday


BBC4 7.30pm & Midnight Top of The Pops 1980
Tommy Vance presents an edition first broadcast May 1, 1980. Includes performances by the Chords, Whitesnake, Jimmy Ruffin, Saxon, the Beat, Kate Bush and Dexys Midnight Runners


RTE2/BBC3 8pm Eurovision Semi Final 2
Away Goals count double.


Friday


BBC4 7.30pm Sounds of The Eighties
Showcasing a selection of musical performances from the BBC archives, featuring Echo and the Bunnymen, Michael Stipe, the Smiths, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Cure, Lone Justice and the Pixies

BBC4 9pm & 1am Eurovision at 60
Documentary looking at the song contest since its launch in 1956 up to the present day. The programme reveals how the annual event has blossomed from involving just seven countries to garnering some 195 million viewers across the continent. Hosts and competitors tell the behind-the-scenes story of Eurovision - widely regarded as the greatest and most eccentric song contest on Earth

BBC4 10.30pm & 2.30am Abba at the BBC
A collection of memorable performances by the group. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were thrust into the limelight in 1974 when Waterloo triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, marking the start of their rise to fame. Various outings were captured by BBC cameras over the next few years and several are featured here alongside their Top of the Pops debut, archive interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage. There is also a chance to see the foursome on a 1982 edition of Noel Edmonds' Late, Late Breakfast Show, which was Abba's last televised appearance in the UK

BBC4 11.30pm The Joy of Easy Listening
Documentary charting the history of the genre, from its emergence in the 1950s to its heyday in the 60s, through its survival in the subsequent two decades and revival in the 90s. The programme explores the people behind the songs and the mark they have left on modern life. Featuring interviews with Engelbert Humperdinck, Richard Carpenter and Jimmy Webb

RTE2 11.20pm Conchita - Unstoppable
Profile of 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst, revealing how the Austrian pop recording artist and bearded drag queen is `living the dream'

RTE2 12.20am Eurovision's Greatest Hits
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC hosts a showcase concert from the Apollo in Hammersmith, London, featuring some of the most memorable performers from the competition's history. Past winners taking the stage include reigning champion Conchita Wurst, the UK's Brotherhood of Man with their 1976 hit Save Your Kisses for Me, Finland's hard-rock band Lordi, Israel's Dana International and Ireland's Johnny Logan, the only person to have won three times - twice as a singer and once as a songwriter. There will also be an appearance from arguably the most popular interval act of all time - Riverdance. Presented by Graham Norton and Sweden's Petra Mede


Saturday

BBC4 11pm Queen: Days of Our Lives (part 2)
The second part of the documentary focuses on the peak of the rock outfit's fortunes, as they broke attendance records at stadium shows across South America. However, the band suffered a blip as internal tensions increased - until their performance at Live Aid and the 1986 Magic tour returned them to world attention, before frontman Freddie Mercury received devastating news

BBC4 Midnight Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Documentary about the new romantic band who ruled the charts during the 1980s with hits including Girls on Film, Hungry Like the Wolf, Rio and Save a Prayer. The band's image, relationships and lifestyles are examined, as the programme follows their climb to superstardom before they fell out of the public's favour. Featuring interviews with band members John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon as well as contributions by Debbie Harry and Lou Reed

BBC1 & RTE1 8pm Eurovision Song Contest Final
You Know Yourself

RTE1 12.05am Ireland and the Eurovision - The Good, the Bad and the Mad
Angela Scanlon peeks behind the sequins and power ballads to celebrate the golden anniversary of the first Irish entry into the Eurovision Song Contest with singer Butch Moore

BBC3 Radio 1's Big Weekend
7pm Hozier & 5 Seconds of Summer
8pm The Vaccines and Jess Glynn
9pm Florence & The Machine and Rudimental
9.55pm Muse


Sunday

11pm Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
A profile of the rock star's life and music, reflecting on the music that propelled him to fame and charting his journey from an overweight, bullied child to his larger-than-life persona and icon status. Featuring an interview and performance by the singer, as well as backstage footage from a Las Vegas concert. The film also revisits the Dallas of Meat Loaf's early years and includes insights from high school friends who reveal where the unusual moniker really came from

Midnight Heavy Metal Britannia
Documentary tracing the genre's emergence in the late 1960s, pioneered by bands including Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, who were based in the industrialised Midlands. This classic form of metal was challenged by punk in the late 1970s, before a new wave of groups such as Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon reinvigorated the style. Featuring contributions by singers Ian Gillan, Glenn Tipton, Lemmy, Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford, guitarist Tony Iommi and keyboard player Jon Lord. Narrated by Nigel Planer

BBC3 Radio 1's Big Weekend
7pm Olly Murs and James Bay
8pm Rita Ora and Imagine Dragon
9pm Taylor Swift and George Ezra
9.55pm Foo Fighters



Sky Arts has Sex Pistols programmes on Friday Night and Carole King, The Beach Boys and Jimi Hendrix on Saturday.

And Eurovision's never been the same without without Lordi!

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ola! Bienvenue! etc.

helo