Celebrating five decades since The Jackson 5 burst onto the scene, Shaun Ponsonby uses Planet Slop's Glorified Jukebox to navigate the musical evolution of The Jacksons....

One of the world’s biggest superstars comes to Blackpool. Shaun Ponsonby takes in the first ever Livewire Festival, starring the one and only Will Smith....

With numerous generations of his family missing out on various incarnations of The Jacksons for decades, Shaun Ponsonby finally dances, shouts and shakes his body down to...

As The Jacksons prepare to head to Blackpool without their much missed leader, Shaun Ponsonby considers the best of the rest of the iconic family. ...

Longtime fan Shaun Ponsonby takes a deep dive into why, 30 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen remain champions. Spoiler: It's not just the movie. ...

With Sheffield's finest celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dare, Shaun Ponsonby revisits the back catalogue of this pioneering group....

Excited to see a Motown legend in an intimate space, Paul Robert Mullen can't help but feel deflated with the reality. ...

Moving out of the city, Planet Slop continues Pride Week with a look at the life and career of Jackie Shane - the pioneering transgender soul singer. ...

After Channel 4’s devastating Leaving Neverland, Michael Jackson fan Shaun Ponsonby has been forced to face some uncomfortable truths, and wonders how Jackson’...

In the late 1980s, a new sound emerged that finally found common ground between hip hop and R&B, and brought soul music back to the streets. This is the rise and fall...

As Janet Jackson drops her new single Made For Now, Shaun Ponsonby looks at the back catalogue of a genuinely daring, influential and underappreciated artist. ...

Ahead of DJ Jazzy Jeff’s appearance at LIMF, Shaun Ponsonby recalls interviewing the man himself and re-considers The Fresh Prince’s place in rap history....

Planet Slop commemorate our first birthday with a celebration of some of the greatest hip pop rock & soul ever made....

He arrived as a perfect pop star with a multi-platinum debut album, so what happened? Shaun Ponsonby looks at the rise and fall of the artist formerly known as Terence Tr...

Despite his disdain for New Years Eve, Paul Riley finds himself dancing with everybody else during Fiesta Bombarda’s triumphant end of year bash. ...

With two new albums on the way, the soul legend talks to Mark Johnstone about living in Manchester, getting out of his comfort zone and 30 years of his classic album Hear...

Taking a trip to New Orleans, albeit via Manchester, Owen Mullen finds a pure love of music at Gorilla. ...

As Justin Timberlake returns to headline the Superbowl halftime show, Shaun Ponsonby looks back at the American media’s appalling display following his 2004 appeara...

Ahead of a celebration of The Hit Factory as part of Blackpool's Livewire Festival, Banjo re-assesses the much maligned 80s pop trio, and chats to one of their biggest st...

An obviously unsuitable venue, a clear lack of organisation and a promoter whose shows have appeared on Rip-Off Britain. Why was Hope and Glory given permission to go ahe...