After having chained together odd jobs and spent several months hitchhiking around Europe, he settled in Hull where the Housemartins were born in the early 1980s. In just two albums, the band ...

For more on the album, Owen made us a list of eight songs that influenced it, including ’80s UK groups The Housemartins and The Style Council, Hüsker Dü, The Sundays, SZA, and more.

“This is a photo of The Housemartins on the set of the TV soap Brookside. It was taken in the late 80s. That’s me on the far right with, from left: Norman Cook (better known as Fatboy Slim ...

The 2024 edition of Glastonbury festival is underway on Worthy Farm and among Friday’s performers was Paul Heaton of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South who was playing the Pyramid Stage.

Taking time out from some Irish tour dates, The Housemartins are on the Saturday morning programme 'Borderline'. Formed in 1984, Hull band The Housemartins are guitarist Stan Cullimore ...

IF you remember The Housemartins, those ’80s purveyors of irresistibly perky pop tunes with a social conscience, then you will also recall the Hull foursome’s feverish pursuit of the sorts of ...

Fatboy Slim has said that The Housemartins would only reform if The Smiths do, after responding to a fan question during an AMA. Fatboy Slim – aka Norman Cook – played bass guitar in the 1980s ...

David Cameron has been spurned by another of his musical heroes after praising the work of The Housemartins in the House of Commons. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron hailed ...

There were some magical moments looking back at the history of The Housemartins and later The Beautiful South. Happy Hour, from the mid-1980s, still sounds as fresh and pulsating as ever while A ...