19/01/2022
As if this show couldn't get ANY MORE insane!
Steve Lamacq (who presents weekdays, 4pm-7pm on BBC Radio 6 Music) will celebrate Independent Venue Week with a series of special shows between Monday 31st January and Friday 4th February.
Across the week, each programme will celebrate a different independent venue in a UK town or city – PJ Molloys in Dunfermline (Monday 31st January), Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds (Tuesday 1st February), Future Yard in Birkenhead (Wednesday 2nd February), The Louisiana in Bristol (Thursday 3rdFebruary) and The Horn in St. Albans (Friday 4th February).
The shows will also feature live and recorded-live performances in these venues from artists including Franz Ferdinand, Yard Act, Melt Yourself Down, Wet Leg and Bess Atwell.
Thursday 3rd February is the turn of The Louisiana in Bristol, where duo Wet Leg will be playing that night. Steve chats to Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers from the band, as well as Geoff Barrow of Portishead, who will talk listeners through the best of Bristol’s record stores. Bristol-based artist Grove and presenter James Threlfall from BBC Music Introducing in Bristol also take part in this show. Plus, there’ll be performance highlights from Melt Yourself Down at Future Yard in Birkenhead and their supporting artist, MC Nelson.