Boybands & Fandemonium

Boy oh boy(band fan) have we got a guest for you on this episode! Niamh achieved the PLATINUM LEVEL of Fangirl status and only went and married the lead singer! While being Wifey to her My Passion love, she still has a place in her heart for her first love Abz from Five, who honoured her fangirl loyalty with a special gift in November 2025. What better way to wrap Series One of Boybands & Fand...

If you were reading teen magazines in the 90s, like Mizz, Sugar, Bliss, then you will 100% remember adoring our favourite pin up Dan Corsi ! He went on to make our teenybopper dreams come true, being a boyband member with the infamous Northern Line. They may not have been around long, but they certainly made a big impact on the 90s boyband era. Get ready to have your 'Love on the Northern Line...

In the 90s Michelle was your top class, Geordie fangirl with 100% commitment to The One, 911, Backstreet Boys, PJ & Duncan, New Kids on the Block and OTT to name a few. Now in the 2020s she can proudly call herself a friend of the boybands. Michelle joins us to share how that transition from fan to friend took place and what it's been like catching up with the bands for drinks instead of a...

Music Producer, Audio Engineer, Remixer, Academic and Author of 'Pop Music Production’Manufactured Pop and BoyBands of the 1990s', Dr Phil Harding isn't just an expert on the 90s boyband era, he was a creator of it. Working in the industry since he was 16, the list of incredible artists he's worked with is extensive, including boybands from OTT and Worlds Apart, to Take That, Boyzo...

Amelia Slaughter , Radio Presenter & Voiceover Artist, followed in her sisters footsteps and stuck to her Irish roots to become a MEGA Boyzone fan (as well as Westlife, McFly, Busted...and the rest!) Her aura screams absolute hun and her wit will have you laughing along with her boyband escapades, which she regales to us while preparing herself to say goodbye to Boyzone...again! Want to know m...

From 90s boyband mega fan to official boyband member, and then onto the pop band of soaps Hollyoaks, Simon Cole has toured with Westlife, graced the front cover of Smash Hits, presented at T4 on the Beach and if you were lucky enough to have a 2006 Hollyoaks Hunks Calendar, he was your Mr February! Simon is a bundle of joy about all things pop, you won't be able to listen to this one without a...

Back in the 90s, Jemma Williamson travelled long and far by bus on her own to meet Take That... only to arrive and be told the doors were closed. She had a painstaking wait to catch a glimpse of them before they left, a wait that would miraculously turn out to pay dividends over 30 years later. A wait that, in 2026, would see Jemma become the UK's most iconic and internationally renowned boyba...

Tour Managing ’90s Boybands with Ian Beckett: kaos, dreams and hangover cures. Laura and Billy chat with Ian Beckett, a former ’90s Tour Manager for boybands including Ultimate Kaos and Billy’s group The One. Ian explains how TMs take on a multitude of roles from parent to pal, strict headmaster to confidant and everything in between.   He shares how he entered Tour Management via an advert seekin...

From the exciting heady heights of signing a record deal halfway across the world from home, to a devastating heartbreak that occurred just as they were launching, Adelaide’s finest ‘Universal’ join us to share all the laughs and all the lows of their 90s boyband career and beyond. The Philippou brothers, Adam, George and Michael, bring all the energy of their young teens & twenty-something se...

Boybands & Fandemonium is the ULTIMATE Meet & Greet between boybands and fans! Kicking off this new series Billy Worth , former Boyband member and Actor, and Laura B , Radio and Podcast Producer & Presenter and Super Fangirl of boybands, explore the music, mayhem, and memories of the boyband hysteria era from the 90s onwards. Setting the scene and chatting about the highs and lows, pop...

Boybands & Fandemonium is the ULTIMATE meet & greet between boybands and fans. Former boyband member and actor Billy Worth and radio/podcast presenter and lifelong fangirl Laura B dive into the music, mayhem and memories of boyband hysteria from the 90s onwards. Blending behind-the-scenes revelations with fan-fuelled nostalgia, they explore the highs, lows and life after fame. Each episode...