In Concert - Radio Show, 32 North Street, Leatherhead (2025)

08/12/2024

This evening, on Surrey Hills Community Radio. Now over ten years and counting. For both of us. All In . More Oomph!
Playlist below, to Hear Here: https://www.mixcloud.com/surreyhillsradio/in-concert-08-dec-2024/
First Half Hour:
* Paul Young - Do They Know It’s Christmas? / Come Back and Stay (Live at LiveAid 1985)
* Liam Gallagher - Hello (Live)
* Sugarbabes - Ugly (Live)
* Aztec Camera - Jump (Live)
* Lush - Starlust (Live)
* Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas (Live)
Second Half Hour:
* Moby - Lift Me Up (Live)
* Mika - Grace Kelly (Live)
* McFly - Don’t Stop Me Now (Live)
* Wilco - California Stars (Live)
* The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Live)
* Richard Hawley - Silent Night (Live)
Second Hour:
* Jim Lea - Great Big Family (Live)
* Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams / A Hard Day’s Night (Live)
* Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Live. On: Later…Live)
* 10cc - Across The Universe (Live)
* Beth Nielsen Chapman - Years (Live)
Last Half Hour:
* Rod Stewart - You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) (Live)
* Jaël Acoustic Trio ft. Ensemble Paul Klee - Open Skies (Live)
* Katy Melua - O Holy Night (Live)
* Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Merry Christmas Baby (Live)
* Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Live) (LiveAid Finale Extract)

08/12/2024

Coming up, very shortly….. online, at Surrey Hills Community Radio

03/12/2024

Ooh, Yes Please!

The Cure have announced the release of a new live album, Songs of a Live World: Troxy London MMXXIV, as a companion to the recent release of their 14th studio album, Songs of a Lost World.

Recorded at famed London venue Troxy on November 1st in celebration of the album’s launch, the live performance sees the British rock group play their latest release in full, alongside 23 other songs from their much-loved back catalogue.

The live album, mixed by the band’s frontman Robert Smith, will be released on December 13th and available on physical formats and digital streaming platforms. The performance itself was also captured on film and streamed live on YouTube, where it will remain available for fans to watch.

The band have announced that all profit from sales of the album will be donated to independent charity War Child, which focuses efforts on providing aid to children affected by conflict across the globe.

Songs of a Lost World was the band’s first studio album in 16 years, following their previous effort 4:13 Dream in 2008. The album has been incredibly successful, receiving critical acclaim and becoming their highest charting release since 1992’s Wish, reaching number one in the UK and number four in the US.

In a four-star review, Far Out said of the album: “In Songs Of A Lost World, the exquisite guitar work and meticulously produced rhythmic cadences complement all the unspoken words, revealing a more immersive side to The Cure, where the haunt of a perturbed mind lingers in the subtleties. Ambience is a prominent force in modern music, and here its vagueness is anything but background.”

The Troxy show that was captured for the live release also saw the band perform a five-song medley of tracks from their second album, Seventeen Seconds, with a number of favourites such as ‘In Between Days’, ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Close to You’ between the full album performance and the medley, as well as in the encore.

25/11/2024

Looking forward to seeing them again, next February, for me this time!

Jan/Feb dates for the Trio - we'll have some exclusive (and exciting!) merch available at the dates, but if you can't make it and want to know what's coming (and how to get it), sign up to the MB3 mailing list: https://mikistuff.com/sign-up

Gig tix at: https://mikistuff.com/live

11/11/2024

Is this the least-listened to of my various radio shows? No idea!
But it is my first radio-passion. And this month is the 10th - yes, tenth - Anniversary of the show.
Yesterday’s show even repeated the first two tracks played back in that first show, November 2014. Included in the playlist below, an eclectic mix f’sure; to Hear Here: https://www.mixcloud.com/surreyhillsradio/in-concert-10-nov-2024/
First Half Hour:
1. Katie Melua - Perfect World (Live)
2. Tears For Fears - Mad World (Live)
3. Queen - We Will Rock You (Fast Version - Live)
4. The Proclaimers - On My Way (Live)
5. Altered Images - Another Lost Look (Live)
6. The Wedding Present - Always The Quiet One (Live)
Second Half Hour:
7. Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Live)
8. Neil Sedaka - Medley (Live)
9. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Live)
10. Paolo Nutini - Candy (Live)
11. R.E.M. - These Days (Live
Second Hour:
12. Shed Seven - Getting Better (Live)
13. Beth Nielsen Chapman - Dance With Me Slow (Live)
14. Michael Nesmith - Laugh Kills Lonesome (Live)
15. George Michael - You Have Been Loved (Live)
16. Pet Shop Boys - It’s Alright (Live)
17. K.D. Lang - Simple (Live)
Last Half Hour:
18. Barbra Streisand - Happy Days Are Here Again (Live)
19. 10cc - Shine A Little Light In The Dark (Live)
20. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band ft. Eric Burdon - We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Live)
21. James - Come Home (Live)
22. LCD Soundsystem - Home (Live)
23. Elvis Costello - All You Need Is Love (Live - Short extract!)

05/11/2024

Saw them In Southampton a couple months back. They were excellent. But this is much closer! Duly booked!

Sunday 2nd Feb we will be playing at the legendary Guildford Boileroom with amazing support from Population II - this will be the last of our early 2025 gigs, celebrating Independent Venues Week, so catch us while you can!

Tix at: https://www.seetickets.com/event/miki-berenyi-trio/the-boileroom/3182130

clickable links at: mikistuff.com/live and
linktr.ee/mikiberenyi

04/11/2024

Robert Smith says 3 hour shows are about not ‘Short Changing’ fans.

“It primarily stems from a show that I attended in the ‘70s, which is a David Bowie show on the Station to Station tour. A couple of us went up there and it cost a lot of money. In those days, I didn't have any money. We had to get up to town, we bought tickets, we go and have a couple of drinks — the whole thing costs much more than I actually had in my pocket. So I was horrified that — although he was great, he was absolutely fantastic — but I think he played for like an hour and that was it. And I was like, “What just happened?” We spent, like, three or four months talking about this and waiting for it, and then it's over”

PHOTO: Robert Smith of The Cure performs during Riot Fest 2023 at Douglass Park on September 17, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)

16/10/2024

The Cure frontman Robert Smith has hit out against dynamic pricing and the current state of the ticketing industry, which he blames on greed.⁠
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In 2023, during their North American tour, Smith found himself in a dispute with Ticketmaster over the cost of admission to their concerts. The Cure made a portion of tickets for their shows $20, however, fans who purchased these tickets ended up paying more in fees to Ticketmaster than on the concert tickets due to hidden costs.⁠
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The band made a commitment to making sure their shows were affordable to all, and refused to incorporate dynamic pricing, which was recently used on tickets for Oasis’ reunion tour for 2025.⁠
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To coincide with The Cure’s new album, Songs of a Lost World, they are set to play an intimate show at The Troxy in London on November 1st. While tickets for the show could have easily fetched hundreds of pounds, The Cure have capped prices at £50.⁠
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In a new interview with The Times, Smith explained his stance: “I was shocked by how much profit is made. I thought, ‘We don’t need to make all this money.’ My fights with the label have all been about how we can price things lower. The only reason you’d charge more for a gig is if you were worried that it was the last time you would be able to sell a T-shirt.”⁠
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Smith then said that he wants to keep prices at an affordable rate so that fans can afford to see The Cure on many occasions, stating, “If people save on the tickets, they buy beer or merch. There is goodwill, they will come back next time. It is a self-fulfilling good vibe and I don’t understand why more people don’t do it.”⁠
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After Oasis denied being aware dynamic pricing would be used on their tour and subsequently not using it for their international dates, Smith said of the technique: “We didn’t allow dynamic pricing because it’s a scam that would disappear if every artist said, ‘I don’t want that!’ But most artists hide behind management. ‘Oh, we didn’t know,’ they say. They all know. If they say they do not, they’re either f***ing stupid or lying. It’s just driven by greed.”

13/10/2024

This evenings’, this months’, of from to catch-up or (maybe even😳) ListenAgain!
Playlist below, to Hear Here: https://www.mixcloud.com/surreyhillsradio/in-concert-13-oct-2024/
First Half Hour:
1. Moby - Intro (God Moving Over the Face of the Waters) (Live)
2. Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (Live)
3. Slightly Stoopid - Dancing Mood (Live)
4. Belly - Angel (Live)
5. Paul McCartney - Good Day Sunshine (Live)
6. The Rolling Stones - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Live)
Second Half Hour:
7. Holly Johnson - The Power Of Love (Live)
8. Bastille - Happier (Live)
9. Blossoms - The Keeper (Live)
10. U2 - Mysterious Ways (Live)
11. Coldplay - Fix You (Live)
12. Mike Peters - One Guitar (Live)
Second Hour:
13. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (Live)
14. Altered Images - Love To Stay
15. The Faith Brothers - Eventide (Live)
16. Moby - Walk On The Wild Side (Live)
17. Snow Patrol - Run (Live)
18. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (Live)
Last Half Hour:
19. The Cure - Friday I’m In Love (Live)
20. Kasabian - Fire (Live)
21. Elbow - One Day Like This (Live)
22. Pulp - Common People (Live)