Looking forward to discussing all things #Manics this Sunday at Neath Arts Festival with @neilcollins1986.bsky.social. www.neathartsfestival.cymru#sun7

Delighted to be returning to Neath Arts Festival to chat with Keith Cameron about his definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure at the Town Hall on Sunday 18 October at 6.30pm. Entry is FREE! www.neathartsfestival.cymru/#sun7

Delighted to share that I’ll be appearing at Green Man Festival on Saturday 22 August! At 1.15pm, I’ll be chatting about how Wales conquered the 90s charts on the Babbling Tongues stage. It’s 30 years since Cool Cymru from Everything Must Go and Fuzzy Logic to Way Beyond Blue and The Big 3!

Anyone selling any spares for the Sex Pistols gig at Cardiff Castle today?

Happy 30th Birthday to The Big 3! Recorded at Rockfield with Pixies producer Al Clay, 60ft Dolls crafted one of the greatest debuts in Welsh music history. Here’s an extract from International Velvet for @nation.cymru celebrating The Big 3 at 30. nation.cymru/culture/60ft...

60ft Dolls' The Big 3 at 30

Neil Collins Mention Newport in the ’90s and a reference to 60ft Dolls is never far away. Now relative cult heroes, they burned brightly for a brief period when it looked like they would not only be t...

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Happy 30th birthday, Fuzzy Logic! The debut LP from Super Furry Animals was released on this day in 1996. Picked it as my favourite Welsh album for the Welsh Music Podcast. For some serious super, furry reminiscing…listen again here! ⬇️ @neilcollins1986.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wel…

Happy 30th Birthday Fuzzy Logic and Everything Must Go! On 20 May 1996, Super Furry Animals and Manic Street Preachers released classic albums on the same day. Here are extracts celebrating their legacies from International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the 90s Charts nation.cymru/culture/the-...

A Design for Life by the Manics is 30 today! A heart-on-sleeve tribute to working class spirit and resilience, it encapsulated everything they had been trying to say since forming in the mid 1980s. Arguably the most important release of their career, it reached No.2 - their biggest hit at the time.

🎧EPISODE 27🎧 Our new episode is with Keys frontman, Matthew Evans. Matt chose The Velvet Underground & Nico, which featured John Cale - arguably the most influential Welsh musician ever. Our showcase song is But I’m Getting Used to It by Simon Love. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

Looking for a Christmas present for a music fan? Look no further than International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the 90s Charts, which relives Cool Cymru when Manics, Catatonia, Stereophonics, Super Furries, Gorky’s and more won over the masses! Signed copies at Armadilo in Wales Millennium Centre.

🎧 EPISODE / PENNOD 26 🎧 In the latest episode of the Welsh Music Podcast, we’re joined by Ash Cooke of Derrero and Pulco. Ash paid tribute to his late friend Dyfrig Evans by choosing Something to Tell Her by Topper as his favourite Welsh album released on Ankst in 1997.

Great to return for a guest lecture at @cardiffuni.bsky.social’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture. Please drop me a message if you would be interested in hosting this lecture on Welsh music history.

The new theme tune of the Welsh Music Podcast is No I in Teams by Keys! youtu.be/QRTKJsewkHw?... Taken from their Welsh Music Prize-nominated 7th album Acid Communism, the single is about the need to regain human connection in the digital age after the rise of conference calls during the pandemic.

🎙️ EPISODE / PENNOD 25 🎙️ We’re back and our first special guest is @aniglass.bsky.social! Ani chatted to us about her brilliant new album Phantasmagoria and her award-winning debut Mirores, as well as the genius of the late, great Geraint Jarman. 🎧 linktr.ee/welshmusicpo...

Had a blast chatting about International Velvet & Cool Cymru at Neath Arts Festival. Great to meet Gruff Rhys, Lord Peter Hain, Joe Dunthorne and Neath artist Neale Howells, who provided the artwork for the Manics’ Know Your Enemy album in 2001. Big thanks to the team for curating a fab festival!

Here’s a shout-out to some of our favourite Welsh albums of the last year that weren’t nominated for the Welsh Music Prize. Support these great artists by buying their music and merch, and attending their gigs!👇🏻

The winner of the Welsh Music Prize will be announced tomorrow (Mon 6 Oct)! Join all 15 brilliant nominees from 6.30pm at the Wales Millennium Centre at the 15th anniversary celebration of the awards. 🎟️🎟️🎟️ £10 bit.ly/48IZ6Sn Check out the previous winners!👇🏻🎧

In 2 weeks, I’ll be chatting at the Neath Arts Festival about Cool Cymru on Saturday 18 October at 4.15pm in Neath Town Hall. The fab 5-day festival (Weds 15-Sun 19 Oct) includes Gruff Rhys, The Eggmen Whoooooo, Dame Siân Phillips, Ray Milland, Lord Peter Hain, Joe Dunthorne and more bit.ly/4mLdeOA

Not long till the Welsh Music Prize! Who will win? Find out at the Wales Millennium Centre from 6.30pm this Monday (6 Oct!) Well done to all 15 brilliant nominees. The evening features live from Gwenno, Panic Shack, Sage Todz and Melin Melyn. 🎟️🎟️🎟️ £10 bit.ly/48IZ6Sn

What will today’s big news be with Super Furry Animals? Live dates? An anniversary album? A full reformation with new music?🙏🏻 I’ll be chatting on BBC Radio Wales at 8.50am ahead of the announcement!

#podcast Jim Auton & I relive our teenage years and discuss the best & worst of music from #1995 including Mcalmont & Butler @radiohead.wastehq.social #bjork #oasis #MassiveAttack #Sleeper #WhippingBoy and more. #boybands #britpop #triphop #90s www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/09/05/p...

PODCAST: Show Me Magic! Golden Retriever 1995 - God Is In The TV

For the latest Golden Retriever, Jim Auton and Bill Cummings discuss the year in music of 1995. They chat the best and worst of the charts. They touch on the

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AUDIO: Author @neilcollins1986.bsky.social @billcummings80.bsky.social & @librarygordon.bsky.social Anderson(Cardiff Library) discuss ‘International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the ’90s Charts’ - @cdflibraries.bsky.social www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/07/31/a...

AUDIO: Author Neil Collins, Bill Cummings And Gordon Anderson(Cardiff Library) Discuss 'International Velvet: How Wales Conquered The '90s Charts' - God Is In The TV

On the 17th of July at Cardiff Library and Hub there was an Open Space panel: featuring Author Neil Collins, writer and podcaster Bill Cummings editor of God

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Happy 1st Birthday to International Velvet!🥳 linktr.ee/neilcollins123 Huge thanks to @calonbooks.bsky.social, @uniwalespress.bsky.social and everyone who has a bought a copy or attended the live events. Please spread the word. Any reviews on Amazon or Goodreads would be much appreciated! Diolch.

Thank you to author @neilcollins1986.bsky.social (pictured right) and special guest @billcummings80.bsky.social for chatting about the pop culture breakthroughs from Wales in the 1990s! Neil’s book ‘International Velvet’ is available now. cardiff.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...

I have been asked by @cdflibraries.bsky.social to be on a panel with @neilcollins1986.bsky.social on 17th July to discuss his new book International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the '90s Charts, and share our stories alongside @librarygordon.bsky.social Tickets are free! 🔗 tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e

The Welsh Music Podcast is back soon and we’re looking for a new theme tune! Please message us with your tune or email welshmusicpodcast@gmail.com We’re also looking for song submissions to showcase artists, so please get in touch with your new music. Pob lwc!

Libraries gave us power… I’ll be chatting all things Wales in the 90s on Thurs 17 July at Cardiff Central Library at 5.45pm with @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social editor @billcummings80.bsky.social and Gordon Anderson. 🎟️🎟️🎟️ FREE! tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e @cdflibraries.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social

Catatonia. Manic Street Preachers. Super Furry Animals.... Author @neilcollins1986.bsky.social joins us on 17th July to discuss International Velvet: How Wales Conquered the '90s Charts, alongside special guest, music writer Bill Cummings. Tickets are free! 🔗 tinyurl.com/yrcxyc5e

Needing a 90s pop fix? Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here! linktr.ee/poprambler

Buzzing to see Oasis in Cardiff tonight - their first gig since 2009 and the first of the world tour! I spoke to BBC Wales about their links with Wales from Rockfield to being managed by Marcus Russell of Ebbw Vale & produced by Caernarfon’s Owen Morris bit.ly/4l6LvYB #oasis