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

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

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. ...

Following the cancellation of her European tour, Shaun Ponsonby listened to Janet Jackson’s discography and began to wonder if she has been a more interesting artis...

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. ...

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...

A former Prince protege, Liv Warfield proves herself as a powerhouse performer in her own right at Future Yard. ...

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. ...

After a downsized 2020 Ball in Tier Three, the House of Suarez comes back big with a Night at the Poseum. ...

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

As Prince's New Power Generation prepare to tour the UK, Alan Parry talks to MacKenzie - the man with the unenviable task of singing The Purple One's songs. ...

From albums released under his own name, to those with protégés and pseudonyms, Shaun Ponsonby rates every Prince album from worst to best....

As Halloween approaches, Shaun Ponsonby takes us through the back catalogue of the master of horror, vaudeville and rock & roll - Alice Cooper....

A major coup in booking some major stars, but Planet Slop wonders if this precedent set by LIMF can feasibly continue. ...

We're meeting each of the LIMF Academy Most Ready artists ahead of their performances at this weekend's festival. First up is the storytelling troubadour Lydiah....

Nile Rodgers and co are to freak out in Sefton Park for a summer party like no other. Shaun Ponsonby tells us why this is such great news....

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...

Shaun Ponsonby continues his community service for that time he swiped a shoehorn from a cobbler by watching this year’s BRIT Awards so you don’t have to. He ...