This week on Listener Land, we’re overflowing with chaos, controversy, and cracking trivia — from the jaw-dropping Led Zeppelin Legacy Tour announcement, to Prince’s estate cancelling his Netflix documentary, and the baffling truth that David Bowie helped train dolphins (yes, really).

Also in this episode:

🎸 Alice Cooper’s original lineup returns after 50 years

🥁 Faces are back with 11 tracks and Rod Stewart can’t make the tour

🎤 Freddie Mercury’s sister drops £3 million on sentimental memorabilia

🎧 Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen wrote his new single… in a dream

🐀 Gregory Porter used to shovel dead rats before making it big

🇨🇺 And Ry Cooder gets fined $100,000 for recording with Cuban musicians

Plus: the Olympic art event you never knew about, Derek “Fish” opens a chip shop, and Simple Minds almost backed Iggy Pop by mistake. Pure brilliance.

🧠 Music history, banter, myths, and WTFs — that’s Listener Land.

00:00 – Intro & dodgy cake metaphors

01:00 – Prince Netflix doc blocked by his estate

02:30 – Led Zeppelin’s “Legacy” Tour – real or rumour?

05:30 – Kenny Jones confirms new Faces album in 2026

08:00 – Alice Cooper reunites the 1973 band

10:00 – Freddie Mercury’s sister buys back £3M of memorabilia

12:30 – Velvet Underground & Grateful Dead were both called “The Warlocks”?

14:00 – Wham! was the first Western pop band to play China

16:00 – Sammy Hagar’s song from a dream (feat. ghost of Eddie Van Halen?)

18:00 – Paul McCartney & Keith Richards also wrote hits in their sleep

21:00 – Ry Cooder fined $100K for recording Cuban music

23:00 – Bowie & Iggy Pop bump into Simple Minds in Wales

26:00 – David Bowie’s voice used to train dolphins (not a joke)

28:30 – Gregory Porter loves Skegness & once shoveled dead rats

31:00 – Derek “Fish” quits music to open a chip shop in the Shetlands

33:00 – Olympic art competitions?! (Yes, really)

34:30 – Nazi design, poetry medals, and the “Pantheon of Muses”

35:00 – Outro: strange trivia, stranger truths

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This week on Listener Land, we go full spectrum — from Metallica’s so-called “free” Apple Vision Pro concert (that’ll cost you £3,500) to Kanye West dragging Puff Daddy and his own daughter into controversy, it’s a wild ride.We also get into:🎤 A newly discovered Beatles audition tape🎸 Why Cher won’t play by charity rules👓 The history of musicians wearing glasses (yep, we go there)🪩 Our guilty pleasure songs — prepare for Cliff Richard, Beautiful South and even The Carpenters🎧 A heated debate on tech vs fans🎶 And yes, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood are back in the studio togetherIt’s the usual mix of nostalgia, nonsense, rants and revelations, all from your favourite Yorkshire-based music nerds.🎧 Listen, laugh, and share. New episodes every week!⸻⏱️ Timestamps00:00 – Welcome to Listener Land: baroque chairs & charity gigs01:30 – Cher ignores the rules at Beacon Theatre03:00 – Best rock vocalists & why Malcolm MacDonald deserves more love06:30 – The great “glasses in music” debate (Costello, Lennon, Bono, etc.)11:00 – Kanye’s new track feat. Puff Daddy… and his daughter?!13:00 – Kim Kardashian’s legal response15:00 – Ricky Gervais, George Michael & the ‘gay points’ fridge story18:30 – Beatles’ lost Decca audition tape found in Vancouver20:00 – Kiss guitarist John 5 opens ultra-exclusive KISS museum22:00 – Metallica x Apple Vision rant – is it really free?28:00 – VR gigs, elitism in tech, and the future of live shows33:00 – Guilty pleasure songs: Carpenters, Cliff, and more36:00 – You Can’t Handcuff The Wind — and other forgotten gems39:00 – Fleetwood Mac connections & Buckingham/Fleetwood’s reunion42:00 – End ramble: tech predictions & emotional jukebox picks#ListenerLand #Metallica #AppleVisionPro #KanyeWest #PuffDaddy #Beatles #MusicPodcast #FleetwoodMac #KissBand #MusicNostalgia #PodcastClips #GuiltyPleasures #RickyGervais #georgemichael

In this episode of Listener Land, we unravel some of the most unexpected stories in music—from the surprisingly dark meaning behind the Macarena, to the madness of Amazon’s new AI song generator and Ed Sheeran hinting at a death metal phase (!).We also dig into: • Forgotten gems from Evanescence • Who should play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a biopic • Why Will Smith’s new album makes a cheeky nod to The Slap • Whether legacy bands are stuck in nostalgia loops • And what it means when your heartbeat syncs with Annie Lennox…Expect punchy takes, left field facts, and the usual mix of nostalgia, rants, and ridiculousness.🎧 Like what you hear? Tap subscribe and share it with the musically curious.00:00 – Intro & chaotic ease-in01:00 – Evanescence rabbit hole & ‘Vertigo’ t-shirt epiphany04:00 – Tina Turner on a Friday drive (yes, really)06:00 – Live acts & moody stage personas09:00 – The Macarena is actually about cheating?!12:00 – The cancelled Kim Wilde biopic + Sister Rosetta Tharpe news16:00 – Lizzo controversies & casting chaos17:30 – Ed Sheeran teases a metal album (seriously)20:00 – Are legacy bands creatively stuck or smartly nostalgic?28:00 – Music syncing with your heartbeat – true story30:00 – Amazon’s AI song generator & why the industry’s panicking32:00 – Spotify vs Apple vs Amazon (streaming showdown)33:30 – Wrap-up & wisdom#ListenerLand #MusicPodcast #AIMusic #EdSheeran #MacarenaFacts #WillSmith #Evanescence #MusicTrivia #PodcastClips #SpotifyTalk