We visited friends on the East coast of the island last weekend. Both Sa Coma and Porto Cristo looked busy and it made a nice change to get away from the South of the island. I said I’d give a plug to Kenna’s Irish Bar in Sa Coma who looked after our breakfast needs whilst watching the other team from North London play. Ben from behind the bar said what are you doing here supporting them, you’re Arsenal! I forget sometimes the power of Radio as he listens to the Breakfast show and i think most people know I’m the red side of North London. We also visited a lovely restaurant called Quince in Porto Cristo which was regularly frequented by Caroline Flack during the filming of Love Island. It’s right on the marina which houses Rafa Nadal’s very impressive boat called Beethoven. 

“Comedy” duo The Krankies have slammed the Government for “not letting them” take their pension. Currently appearing on BBC One’s Real Marigold Hotel, the pair had hoped to take one while still earning.

Wee Jimmy Krankie said: “What bothers me most is we have a good pension fund and we can’t take it because we are still always working!” This is a complete shock to me as I thought he was only 15!

They are so annoyed about the issue they are now considering retiring for good. Well there’s only one thing to say “Fan dabby dozy!”

Always a pleasure to chat with a music legend. Last Sunday at Pirates I met and chatted to Alan White who was the drummer with Oasis from 1995-2004. I’ve met him a few times before as he has a home here on the island. He was part of arguably their best album “What’s the Story Morning Glory” including “Wonderwall” “Roll With it” and he’s the drummer in the pool on the “Don’t look back in anger” video. Alan’s brother Steve is also a drummer who played with Paul Weller and the Style Council. In fact Steve was the youngest musician to play at Live Aid in 1985 when he was just 20. Back to Alan, in Oasis he was known by the phrase “Alan White – He’s alright”. White was also entrusted with the job of being Liam Gallagher’s ‘official’ drinking partner and was also said to be his best friend in the band. Together the pair were known as ‘Bert and Ernie’, named after the Sesame Street-characters. We had a good catch up and I had to ask whether they would ever get back together. He said he doubted it as while Liam wanted to, Noel just isn’t interested. He did say though that if it did ever happen the brothers individually have said that Alan would be on drums, Paul “Bonehead” Arthur’s on keyboards and guitar and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan on bass. I for one would buy a ticket. 

I have to say the UB40 concert in Port Adriano has to be one of the best concerts I’ve been to. Sometimes you forget how many hits a band like them has had. From “Food for Thought” to “Kingston Town” to “Cherry Oh Baby” and the iconic “Red Red Wine” they didn’t disappoint. It was good to bump into so many familiar faces that you don’t see in the summer as we’re all too busy. I’m lucky that I can walk down to the Port although the walk back up the hill is pretty tough. Personally I now prefer it to Puerto Portals and great to see it going from strength to strength. 

Unfortunately the Retro Rewind concert featuring Tony Hadley planned for next Friday has had to be rescheduled into next year but it’s another one to look forward to.

Big day on Sunday if your fans of superstar DJ’s. British born Carl Cox is playing at Son Fusteret in Palma with a massive crowd expected. Likewise Frenchman David Guetta will be playing at BH Mallorca. 

Real Mallorca play their first game back in the Spanish second division on Sunday kick-off at 19.00 against Osasuna. Nearly 10,000 season tickets have been sold so well done to the club for getting to that total let’s hope the team get off to a good start too!

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival and this year runs from August 3rd to August 27th. Every year thousands of performers take to hundreds of stages all over The City to present shows for every taste. From big names in the world of entertainment to unknown artists looking to build their careers, the festival caters for everyone and includes theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children’s shows, musicals, opera, music, spoken word, exhibitions and events.

A list of the best gags from the comedians has come out;

I only go for runs when it’s raining because it feels like you’re sweating way more and no one can see that you’re crying. – Paul Williams

• Show me a man wearing too much camouflage, and I won’t be able to see him. – David McIver

• I told my mother I’ve got this dead bee in my sink: what do I do? “Get a spoon and flush it down the toilet.” Then I said, ‘I’ve done that – now, what about the bee?’ – Mark Watson

• I have a Blur alarm clock so I wake up every morning listening to Park Life,

except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustman. – Jake

Lambert

• When you’re newly married, people always ask you the same question: do

you guys feel different now? And I’m like, “Yes, we feel very poor”. – Felicity

Ward

• My family massively disapprove of my new girlfriend. By family I mean my wife

and two kids. – Aatif Nawaz

• I like to ring libraries, just to shush whoever answers the phone and see how

they like it. – Colin Chadwick

• I remember my first date with my wife. She gave me butterflies, which was an

odd gift. – Scott Bennett

• Why am I still working at my age? I need the money. I’ve discovered money is

the one thing keeping me in touch with my children. – Gyles Brandreth

• I have a fear of loneliness. Am I the only one? – Adele Cliff

• My reasons for learning origami are two-fold. – Ken Cheng

A new series of Cowboy Builders starts soon where in one programme Dom visits Daniel from Tottenham whose new stadium is now twice the original estimate & still nowhere near being finished! – Richie Prior

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

After commenting last week about the island being a littler quieter than usual in August. I ventured out on Saturday, firstly in the daytime to illetas beach which was not only packed but the parking was horrendous. Then in the evening I went to Magalluf where all the cafes and bars along the seafront were rammed along with the bars, shops and restaurants in the new Melia Hotel. Magaluf certainly looks a lot different now than it did a few years ago and hopefully the changes continue. 

One thing that hasn’t changed is the heat, so I was interested to read this report. Having a hot meal in the evening can actually help you stay cool by the sweat you perspire evaporating into the air and cooling the body.

A chilli can also be helpful, with the capsaicin found in the food sending a signal to your brain that your body is overheated – so you will sweat more to cool down. The powerful anti-inflammatory effects of turmeric make a tikka masala curry a good option. 

Watermelon, turmeric and reducing the carbohydrates and protein in your diet are also good ways to beat the heat.

Top 10 tips to help cool you down.

1. Eat spinach

2. Have a bowl of soup

3. Opt for dishes with chilli

4. Eat watermelon

5. Up your turmeric intake

6. Reduce your carbohydrates

7. Cut down on meat

8. Eat onions

9. Consume dishes and drinks which contain mint 

10. Look out for dishes made with coconut milk

If you like me don’t have a clue about how internet broadband speeds work then this might pass you by but the Worldwide broadband speed League has been released. 

Spain surprisingly ranked at number 16, 5 places up from last year. The UK is ranked a lowly 35th down 4 places from last year, putting it in the bottom third of EU countries and below the likes of Madagascar and Bulgaria. 

Top 10 global broadband speeds in the World 

1. Singapore 
2. Sweden 
3. Denmark 
4. Norway 
5. Romania 
6. Belgium
7. Netherlands 
8. Luxembourg 
9. Hungary 
10. Jersey                       

We talked last week about brands sticking in your memory because of a certain  track or piece of music that goes with the advert. What about brands that have made it into our everyday language and conversations? Things like “When was the last time you hoovered here?”, which is really when was the last time you vacuumed? “Why don’t you Google it?” There are other search engines too!

“Can I have a Bacardi & Coke please?” Why don’t we ask for a white rum and Pepsi? We asked for some others from our listeners who came up with, Kleenex, Marmite, Britvic Orange, Sellotape and Biro. 

The other part of a good brand is its logo and Britain’s favourite logo is Coca-Cola’s, according to a poll.The iconic red and white symbol was first revealed in the late 1800s and has remained largely unchanged ever since.

It’s so popular the logo can commonly found on fashionable clothing items, homeware and other desirables – while vintage items featuring the logo can sell for thousands.

The top 10 logos were;

1. Coca-Cola

2. McDonald’s

3. Mickey Mouse (Disney) 

4. Cadbury

5. Apple

6. Nike

7. Guinness

8. LEGO

9. Michelin

10. PG Tips

A great evening at Port Adriano on Thursday watching The Jackson’s. They’ve not lost their moves or stage presence and the video they did on the big screen showing how they became a Worldwide phenomenon was a great watch. Good to see the port and concert packed and I thought it was a bit cheeky of the people standing on the outside looking in, slow hand clapping as they started a little late! 

Looking forward to UB40 on Tuesday night. 

Love Island still continues to make the headlines. ITV 2’s best ever programme is going Stateside, as CBS have announced they’ve taken the format. Love Island Australia and Germany have been filmed here in Mallorca so will the Americans do the same? It certainly is great publicity for the island.

The league for Real Mallorca starts next Sunday with a home game against Osasuna, kick-off is at 19.00. Returning to Mallorca in an Osasuna shirt is former crowd favourite Brandon. Born in Santanyi to an English Father and Spanish Mother he is a product of the Mallorca youth system. It will be interesting to see the reception he gets. 

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

Blimey it’s hot! Great news if you’re on holiday but if you’re working not so great. Its head down and get through August and look forward to the best month of the season, September. 

Not quite sure about the “Tourist go home”, “Tourism is killing Mallorca” and “tourist saturation” campaigns. Whilst the protests aren’t really welcome I’m not quite sure they are actually a problem at the moment. Everybody I talk to tells me it’s one of the worst seasons for a long time. There’s lots of factors of course affecting this;

The hoteliers overpricing their beds.

The re-emergence of Turkey, Tunisia and Greece.

The World Cup.

The weather in the UK.

The Tourist Tax.

All things which have definitely affected the season. 

The taxi strike on Tuesday probably didn’t help either as everybody arriving at the airport couldn’t get a cab. Not a great advert as you land and can’t get to your resort! 

Just a thought why isn’t the Government promoting what they are spending the Tourist Tax money on? A video on that massive screen as you come through arrivals or pictures on the walls saying last year we raised….and this is what we have spent the money on. Keeping Mallorca the way we all love it for now and for future generations. Get Rafa Nadal to narrate the video as he’s a Worldwide name that everybody knows and loves. Shall I copyright that?

The best advertising campaigns are the ones that stick in your head and you associate a brand or a company with a particular song or piece of music but they are usually the ones that can become annoying too.

Airline Jet2 have responded after an increased number of complaints from passengers with regards to the repeated plays of ‘Hold My Hand’ by Jess Glynne on their flights.

The company have been using the hit single from her massive-selling 2015 album ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ extensively during recent advertising campaigns, and on their flights too.

A Jet2 spokesperson told NME: “Our ‘Hold My Hand’ concept is very popular with customers, and we receive a huge amount of positive feedback about both the advert and the song.”

You can see Jess Glynne on tour in the UK at the following venues;

Saturday August 4 – BEDFORD Bedford Park

Thursday November 15 – GLASGOW SSE Hydro 

Saturday November 17 – MANCHESTER Arena 

Sunday November 18 – BIRMINGHAM Genting Arena 

Tuesday November 20 – LONDON O2

Wednesday November 21 – BRIGHTON Centre

Saturday November 24 – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Metro Radio Arena 

Sunday November 25 – LEEDS first direct Arena

Tuesday November 27 – DUBLIN 3Arena

Thursday November 29 – CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena

Friday November 30 – NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena

I interviewed Tony Hadley last week and it was a pleasure to speak to him. We talked about the Spandau days, the Jungle and his upcoming gig at Son Amar on Friday 24th. I know the guys here at the Bulletin will have a full interview for you next week. 

There are lots of celebrities here on holiday and this past week at Pirates we’ve had from Loose Women, Coleen Nolan and from Saturday Night Takeaway and the 2016 Celebrity Jungle winner Scarlett Moffatt. Both lovely people who were happy to pose for photographs and chat backstage. 

A couple of weeks ago we had the 2016 Love Island winners Cara and Nathan who announced last week in OK Magazine that they’re engaged to be married. A fitting time to do it seeing it was the final last Monday. Without doubt it’s ITV2’s most successful TV programme to date and as I’ve said before a great advert for the island. Let’s see if they return next year. 

Our Radio One Mallorca predictor league for the 2018/19 season is up & running. If you were with us last season then you login as you did before and join our mini league with the code udg98. If you’d like to join us this season then you need to register at http://www.predictor.talksport.com (it takes 2 mins). Once you’ve done that you can join our mini league by using the code udg98. Join Me & The Bookie every Thursday on Breakfast to hear the banter & predictions.

I mentioned last week the cost of the Real Mallorca season tickets and compared them to the Premier League. I’ve managed to find out that Mallorca have the 3rd cheapest price in the most expensive tickets at 255€. The most expensive is Malaga’s at 750€ and the least expensive is Albacete’s at 150€. Also in the cheapest tickets Mallorca rank 9th at 85€ with Rayo Majadahonda the cheapest at just 50€ and Numancia the most expensive at 285€. 

The Football League starts this weekend, the Premier League next weekend and La Liga and La Liga 2 the weekend after. 

My Wife is over the moon as you can imagine!

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

Another busy week with loads going on but it does worry me that my place of birth is struggling a little at the moment. They can apparently neither cope with the cold or the heat so what hope have they got with Brexit? Couldn’t organise a jolly up in a brewery, get my drift? 

After a successful World Cup Vladimir Putin must be feeling pretty good right now. Did you notice how long it took though to do the trophy presentation? Putin does the have a reputation of keeping people waiting for a meeting or an event and I’ve compiled a list of who and how long he’s kept them below.

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany: 4hrs 15mins

Viktor Tanukovych, President of Ukraine: 4hrs

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, President of Belarus: 3hrs

Tsakhia Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia: 2hrs

Shimon Peres, President of Israel: 1hr 30mins

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India: 1hr

Pope Francis: 50mins

The Queen: 14mins

Apparently when he met up with Donald Trump the other week they were playing cat and mouse as to who could arrive last. Putin still managed to outdo him by 30 minutes!

I’m still trying to get over my World Cup Withdrawal Symptoms, so If you thought I was scraping the barrel last week with the Hot Dog eating World Championships, I think I’ve surpassed myself. The Bottle Inn in Dorset hosts the annual World Nettle Eating Championships. Competitors are served 2-foot long stalks of stinging nettles from which they pluck and eat the leaves. After an hour the bare stalks are measured and the winner is the competitor with the greatest accumulated length of nettles. The contest began in the late 1980s when two farmers argued over who had the longest stinging nettles in their field and evolved into the World Nettle Eating Championships when one of the farmers promised to eat any nettle which was longer than his. The championship has separate men’s and women’s sections and attracts competitors from as far afield as Canada and Australia. This years winner was Phil Thorne who chomped his way through 104ft of stinging nettes, to beat his personal best of 96ft. The women’s competition ended in a dead heat with both Mel Long and Rachel Woods managing to eat 62ft. Apparently there were lot dock leaves on hand for emergencies! I’ll look out for some more weird and wacky World Championships, just 13 sleeps to go to the start of the Premier League!

‘Now That’s What I Call Music 100’ is on course to become 2018’s biggest-selling album yet, with 105,000 copies sold in its first three days on sale.

The title is currently held by its predecessor, ‘Now 99’, which sold 115,000 in its opening week back in March, according to the Official Charts Company.

‘Now 100’ features the latest hits of the moment plus a selection of popular tracks from the last 35 years, since the first NOW was released in 1983 including Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa‘s ‘One Kiss’ and Post Malone‘s ‘Better Now’ along with UB40’s ‘Red Red Wine’, The Spice Girls’ breakthrough hit ‘Wannabe’, Cher’s ‘Believe’ and Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’.

Robbie Williams is the most featured artist on the popular ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ compilations.

The 100th edition of the series was released last Friday and features Williams’ massive hit ‘Angels’. He’s had a total of 30 tracks featured across the series – the first was ‘Old Before I Die’ from the LP ‘Life thru a Lens’ on 1997’s ‘NOW 37’. 

Now unfortunately I’m old enough to remember the first one, which I think I bought as a double cassette(one for the teenagers).

The artists featured the most times are;

Robbie Williams 30 times

Rihanna 27 times 

Calvin Harris 27 times 

David Guetta 25 times 

Kylie Minogue 24 times 

Girls Aloud 21 times 

Brazil is a country whose football players names roll off your tongue Pele, Jarzinho, Zico, Socrates and Ronaldinho to name but a few. However every now and then they come up with some very strange old school names such as Fred, Malcolm and now Liverpool’s World record new goalkeeper Alisson. The back page headline writers had a good day this week such as “Alisson Wonderland” You can be sure the Kop will come up with a great chant of his name.

I went to renew our season tickets this week for Real Mallorca. Now back in the La Liga 2 they’ll be some tasty games at the Son Moix this season, including Deportivo La Coruña, Malaga and Las Palmas. The fixtures for the new season were launched this week with Mallorca at home to Osasuna the weekend of the 18th and 19th of August. 

If you’re renewing your tickets then the prices are;

Grada Luis Sitjar(behind the goal) Adults: 85€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 60€

Grada Sol Baja (uncovered stand) Adults: 125€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 75€

Tribuna (covered stand) Adults: 210€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 160€

If you want to become a season ticket holder then you can go from the 8th of August and prices are;

Grada Luis Sitjar(behind the goal) Adults: 105€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 65€

Grada Sol Baja (uncovered stand) Adults: 165€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 105€

Tribuna (covered stand) Adults: 255€ Children under 14 & OAP’s 195€

The ticket office opens from 09.30-14.00 and 16.00-19.30; Monday to Friday.

These are the cheapest Season Tickets you can buy for each of the Premier League teams this season.

1.      Arsenal £891.00

2.      Spurs £795.00

3.      Chelsea £750.00

4.      Liverpool £685.00

5.      Newcastle £571.00

6.     Crystal Palace £570.00

7.      Southampton £570.00

8.     Watford £551.00

9.     Bournemouth £550.00

10.   Man Utd £532.00

11.   Brighton £515.00

12.   Wolves £509.00

13.   Everton £485.00

14.   Leicester £395.00

15.   Burnley £390.00

16.   Fulham £349.00

17.   Cardiff £329.00

18.   West Ham £320.00

19.   Man City £310.00

20.   Huddersfield £299.00

So by the look of the above we’re getting a pretty good deal.

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

So I am suffering from what is commonly known as World Cup withdrawal syndrome. I know there are many more of you out there like me who just don’t know what to do with ourselves! I asked the listeners on the radio this week if they had any cures and here’s what they offered.

“Go to the cinema and watch Mama Mia 2”

“Watch all the games on catch up”

“Walsall v Aston Villa friendly match”

“Get another hobby”

Not sure if they’re very helpful to be honest so I’m counting down to the start of the the Premier League, 20 sleeps to go!

Keeping on the football theme and as the Father of two football mad Sons I was alerted to price of Man Utd’s new soccer kit. If you want to buy the whole kit it will set you back a cool £182.85! That’s without having the name of your favourite player on the back. Now I know my boys aren’t Man Utd fans but you can be sure Arsenals won’t be cheaper. My youngest asked me if he could have an Arsenal shirt with either Aubameyang the striker or Leno the goalkeeper and as they charge by letter I’m going for the keeper!                                                                                                           This all might have something to do with the fact that Manchester United have climbed up to second in the rankings of most valuable sports franchises, according to Forbes. The Premier League giants are worth a staggering £3.16billion after recording a 12% growth from last year. Only American football’s Dallas Cowboys are worth more than the Old Trafford club at £3.67bn.                                                         Here is the top ten;

1. Dallas Cowboys, $4.8 billion (NFL)

2. Manchester United, $4.123 billion (football)

3. Real Madrid, $4.09 billion (football)

4. Barcelona, $4.064 billion (football)

5. New York Yankees, $4 billion (baseball)

6. New England Patriots, $3.7 billion (NFL)

7. New York Knicks, $3.6 billion (basketball)

8. Los Angeles Lakers, $3.3 billion (basketball)

8. New York Giants, $3.3 billion (NFL)

10. Golden State Warriors, $3.1 billion (basketball)

10. Washington Redskins, $3.1 billion (NFL)

Desperate to find some sport to watch I found the World Hot Dog eating Championships. Defending champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut chomped down a record 74 franks and buns in 10 minutes to take home his 11th title at the annual Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest. The renowned competitive eater from San Jose, California, took home the coveted Mustard Belt and surpassed the previous mark of 72 dogs and buns, which he downed last year at the same contest. In the Ladies Championships, Miki Sudo downed 37 franks to win her fifth straight title in the women’s competition. I’m really scraping the barrel I know.                                        I loved reading this story this week. A New York-Presbyterian Hospital has released a CPR playlist on their website to help people maintain rhythm while performing CPR. In an effort to help train first responders in hands-only CPR, they released a 40-song playlist whose beats per minute match the number of chest compressions. Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees, the disco hit made popular by the movie Saturday Night Fever, has a rhythm of 103 beats per minute. This is close to the recommended rate of at least 100 chest compressions per 60 seconds that should be delivered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Additionally, doctors say, the song is well known enough to be useful in teaching the general public to effectively perform the lifesaving technique.                                                                                                                The Top 5 were as follows;

1. Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees

2. Cecilia – Simon & Garfunkel

3. Hard To Handle – Black Crows

4. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

5. Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake

Obviously there is a serious side to this and if it helps save lives then it’s worth it. Don’t forget it’s not too long to some of the best concerts to come to Mallorca. Down in Port Adriano on Thursday August 9th is The Jacksons. Formed by the original members, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Marlon Jackson, The Jacksons will present an amazing show that includes all their greatest hits produced with their brother, Michael Jackson. This concert is a unique opportunity to witness the remaking of one of the best pop and Motown super bands in the history of music.

The Jacksons are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their singles and albums have been hits all over the World. Including ” ABC “, ” I Want You Back “,” I’ll Be There “,” Rockin ‘Robin “, ” Can You Feel it”, Blame it on the Boogie” and many more!

Tuesday August 14th in Port Adriano are UB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey an iconic band from the 80’s with memorable songs such as “Red, Red Wine”, “Kingston Town”,  “Cherry Oh Baby” and “Food For Thought”. Not to be missed!

And finally as if that wasn’t enough on Friday 24th August there’s Retro Rewind, in the beautiful setting of Son Amar from 7pm, performing on the main terrace outside, will be Radio One Mallorca DJ ‘ s Des Mitchell & Rad Damon followed by former Capital FM DJ and star of ITV’s Fun House Pat Sharp!

Treat yourself at the food court and bars before the main event inside the theatre where Tony Hadley, former lead singer of Spandau Ballet, will be performing from 10pm. He will be singing some of the classic songs from Spandau Including “Gold”, “True”, “Through the Barricades”, “Communication” and some of his own tracks.

Tickets for all these concerts can be bought at http://www.radioonemallorca.com and don’t leave it to the last minute as there won’t be much left I’m sure.

With 156 sleeps to Christmas John Lewis have teamed up with Quality Street for an ingenious idea. You know when buy a tin like this there’s always some that you don’t like so they are doing a pick and mix of your own tin. You have to choose an minimum of 4 flavours from Fudge, Toffee Penny, Orange Creme, Coconut Eclair, Strawberry Delight, Toffee Finger, The Purple One, Toffee Deluxe, Green Triangle, Honeycomb Crunch, Caramel Swirl, Milk Choc Block. Not quite sure how they’re going to check that you’ve got at least 4 but it’s still a great idea. The tins will cost you £12.00 where a normal mixed tin will only cost £7.50 so it’s a clever marketing ploy. They’ll be available in selected UK stores from late September until December 23rd. 

Personally I’m a Heroes Man myself but I may be tempted. 

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance! 

Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

It’s been a funny week, from the euphoria of beating Sweden last Saturday afternoon and believing it’s definitely coming home to our loss against Croatia on Wednesday evening and to the realisation that we’re actually going home. I’ve nothing but pride for our team as I pretty much wrote off our chances before the tournament but as every game went by my attitude began to change to a situation that I couldn’t see us losing. Coming into the game I thought we’d win but if we got to the final France would maybe have been a step too far. Unfortunately we didn’t get that far as Croatia proved stronger than us. It was thought that they may tire as they’d had 2 consecutive games of extra time and penalties but it was us who looked dead on our feet. Luka Modric said after the game that the British media had underestimated them but I loved the tweet from Gary Neville who said “Heard this over the years time and time again. My opinion is, A journalist, Pundit or Broadcaster never won or lost a football game in history! Modric is a great player . I’m not having he was thinking of the Daily Star front page at 1-0 down.”
I loved the idea of waistcoat Wednesday supporting Gareth and the boys. He has single-handedly helped revive Marks & Spencer as sales of waistcoats have increased by 35%. M&S who have been the official suit supplier to the England national team since 2007, have made replica versions of the suit available to fans at the price of £265, while Southgate’s popular waistcoat costs an additional £65.
I managed to dig out my 13 year old wedding waistcoat which did fit by the way, well unbuttoned but I still got it on! I didn’t watch the 3rd/4th place play-off match yesterday as I didn’t really see the point. Why don’t they just give both teams a bronze medal like they do the boxers at the Olympics. I’m sure all the players would prefer to be at home with their families, going on holiday and getting themselves ready as the Premier League starts in four weeks. Looking forward to the final though and at least we can have a relaxing Sunday watching what will hopefully be a great game of football. France the winners for me 3-1.
Now will Wimbledon clash with the World Cup Final? Well the answer is Yes, the men’s singles final is likely to overlap with the start of the World Cup final on Sunday. The BBC has confirmed that it will begin showing Wimbledon coverage on BBC1 from 1pm(UK time) However, at around 2.55pm(UK time) coverage will switch over to BBC2 for the remainder of the match while BBC1 screens the football showdown between France and Croatia. The World Cup final meanwhile will be live on ITV from 2.55pm(UK time)
Following our donations to our charities from our Radiothon, I received these messages of thanks.
G’day Rich, many, many, many thanks to you and your team, legends!
Brad Robertson
Founder & Owner Ondine
Wow! Thank you so much for supporting our work!
Alice Mason
Fundraising & Outreach Ondine
Hi Richie I know Brad and Alice have already sent a couple of messages, but I thought it might be nice to also let you know how this money will be spent – so you are fully secure in the knowledge it is 100% going to where it is needed the most.
Currently, our fundraised income is going to three big projects:
1) to keep our schools programme going for the next academic year (we have so far engaged with over 1000 students on this island this year alone)
(2) to carry out our Formentor expedition (urgently needed to gather the scientific data required to provide the government with the necessary information to select the optimal location for the next MPA on the island before they do it blindsided)
(3) to initiate our new exciting multimedia work that is aiming to bring the underwater world into the classroom and beyond through live, interactive experiences using of as of yet unseen footage of marine life in the Mediterranean.
So lots of work happening and lots of money needed to support it! Radio One’s contribution will be a huge step in the right direction in helping us achieve our goals.
We also need to say a public thank you – so Alice will make sure we get something up on our social media pages about it soon.
Thanks again to everyone at Radio One Mallorca for all your support!
Holly Dawson
Head of Fundraising and Corporate Relations Ondine
Hi Richie Thank you so much once again, glad to hear your Radiothon went so well. It would be great to see you later on in the year to give you another tour of the hospital.
I have attached some information on where we use our donations. GOSH Charity helps to fund 4 distinct areas at the hospital:
Redevelopment
Last year…
The completion of the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre in 2017 has transformed the hospital. It spans across two connecting wings, which includes the new Premier Inn Clinical Building and the Morgan Stanley Clinical Building, with a total of 240 beds and modern facilities to help give children the best possible outcome.
We’re soon to open vital new accommodation for parents to stay close to the hospital, and the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children – a world-leading new research facility – is due for completion in late 2018.
Research
Last year…
£13.6 million was invested and 77 pioneering research projects supported to help children with complex conditions.
Our new partnership with the children’s medical research charity Sparks will make £2 million available for child health research across the UK in 2017/18. This will be the largest fund in the UK dedicated to child health research, and will benefit children at GOSH, nationally and around the world. The first projects will be funded next year.
“Without the staff working hard to develop these new drugs and treatments, my life would be very different to how it is now.” Joe, GOSH patient
Equipment
Last year…
In 2016/17, the charity funded a fleet of new ultrasound machines that are already benefitting young patients across the hospital. Pregnancy ultrasounds have been a routine part of maternity care in the UK for decades, but this imaging technology has many other important uses at GOSH.
Ultrasound opens a window on our insides, safely and without pain. Clinicians at GOSH use it to help diagnose complex conditions, guide expert hands during surgery, and make sure babies are developing as they should in the womb.
“Thanks to a specialist ultrasound scan at 20 weeks of pregnancy, my son’s heart condition was diagnosed early” Lucy, GOSH mum.
Patient and Family welfare
Last year…
£7.8 million spent on child and family support projects.
Our range of support projects help to provide an enhanced patient and family experience. For example, a dedicated team of 38 charity-funded Play experts interact with more than 160 patients and siblings each day to bring fun into the hospital and help patients come to terms with their illness. GOSH Arts provide creative stimulation and brighten up the hospital community with art and live music. Our Chaplaincy team provide support and advice for parents, and our accommodation services keep families together.
“GOSH Arts was a wonderful breath of fresh air, on a lousy morning of treatment and rain.” GOSH parent.
Jonathan Tebble
Fundraising Executive|Community Fundraising
Thank you so much for this message. You and your team make a great work!
I thank you so much for this help for the animals. All the best to you and your team.
Big Hug( sorry for my bad english)
Helga Feliz Animal Andratx
Once again thank you from everybody at Son Espases especially the intensive care unit for children. The money is being used to fund many different projects to help the children and their parents deal with what are difficult situations in a more relaxed environment.
Jorge Vallejo
Son Espases
Once again thank you for all your help you can see from above that all the money raised really does make a difference.
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

So my headline last week was “Its Coming Home” and it certainly is in many ways!
Did you like me sit there on Tuesday night and think oh no not penalties again. I’ve lived through Germany in 1990, Germany again in 1996, Argentina in 1998, Portugal in 2004 and 2006 and Italy in 2012. And to top it all off we were on ITV a channel where we’d won only 1 World Cup knockout game and that was against Trinidad & Tobago. In the words of Private Fraser from Dads Army “We were doomed!”(one for the teenagers)or in other words we didn’t stand a chance did we! Even my 2 boys who haven’t gone through the hurt too much were despondent. We’d conceded a last minute equaliser against a team who’d done nothing all game but basically try and cheat their way to a win. Their tails were up too as they’d had the better of extra time and we looked dead on our feet. The one thing I hadn’t counted on was the intense planning the England team had done in the eventuality of a penalty shootout. Gareth Southgate has certainly done his job in meticulously planning how this England team perform in whatever task they are given. He’s certainly changed a lot of people’s opinions and all of a sudden we look a different team. Back to that shootout, my nightmares returned once Jordan Henderson had missed, but luckily the next Colombian hit the bar and then Jordan Pickford made a stunning save. Apart from Henderson all the other spot-kicks were top class and it was left to Eric Dier to score the winner. We’ve never screamed so loud when the ball hit the net, even my Wife joined in as Love Island had been delayed! To get that monkey off our backs was truly amazing, although I did have to watch it again on ITV +1 and then the highlights on BBC1 to be sure.
I talked last week of a record tv audience who watched the England v Panama game well that was beaten again on Tuesday night. A peak of 23.8m an 80% audience share, which was the highest TV share since the Olympic Closing ceremony in 2012.
A 1 minute peak of 24.4m for the Dier penalty, the highest peak for live sport since England v Portugal in Euro 2004 which was 24.7m. I’m sure that will be broken again today at 16.00 our time for Sweden in the quarter finals. I imagine it’s going to be another tough but possibly dull game with few goals. I fancy us to win 2-0 and to reach the dizzy heights of a World Cup semi-final. It’s Coming Home!
Last Monday night I was watching a compelling match between Belgium and Japan. Belgium having come back from 2 goals down to draw 2-2 so I was preparing for extra time. When one of my boys came running out of their bedroom saying Belgium had scored. How was that possible? I said, it’s a corner to Japan and we’re in the last minute. Ten seconds later the ball is in the back of the Japanese net and I realise our tv in the lounge is about 30 seconds behind the one in their bedroom, don’t you hate that! So off to bed I trudged to be greeted by the Wife watching Love Island. Now I talked about it last week being the most successful ITV2 show ever but to be honest I’ve never watched it. Without doubt it’s great publicity for the island but are these people for real? I know a lot of you are hooked by it and it’s harmless of course but one couple is called Jack and Dani, I’m going to leave it there(If you’re not sure phone a Southern friend!)
Congratulations to George Ezra the singer/songwriter who scored his first UK chart number 1 last week. Following up from songs, “Budapest”, “Blame it on me” and “Paradise”, he made it to number 1 with “Shotgun”. I found out this week that he was born in Hertford where I went to school.
Having got to number 1 he may only last one week as a song has hit the download charts with a vengeance this week. Remember I said It’s Coming Home, well Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ Three Lions has reached an all time streaming high this week, according to Spotify.
The music streaming service took to Twitter to announce the song was played over 450,000 times through their platform on the day of England’s victory against Colombia. It is also top of the iTunes store outselling both George Ezra and Clean Bandit.
After passing the halfway point of 2018, the top 20 biggest selling albums of the year so far have been revealed. It should come as no surprise that the runaway success of the soundtrack to ‘The Greatest Showman’ sees it sitting comfortably at the top of the list, but there are also high rankings from new albums from George Ezra, Post Malone and Arctic Monkeys.
As the Official Charts Company reports, ‘The Greatest Showman’ has shifted a massive 931,000 copies across physical and digital combined with streaming equivalent sales. In at the second highest-selling is Ed Sheeran with ‘Divide’, having sold a massive 346,000 in 2018 alone, having also topped 2017’s chart.
The top 20 biggest-selling albums of 2018 so far are
1. ‘THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING’- VARIOUS ARTISTS
2. ‘DIVIDE’ – ED SHEERAN
3. ‘STAYING AT TAMARA’S’ – GEORGE EZRA
4. ‘DUA LIPA’ – DUA LIPA
5. ‘BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS’ – POST MALONE
6. ‘THE THRILL OF IT ALL’ – SAM SMITH
7. ‘HUMAN’ – RAG’N’BONE MAN
8. ‘TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO’ – ARCTIC MONKEYS
9. ‘REVIVAL’ – EMINEM
10. ‘BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA’ – PINK
11. ‘THE ARCHITECT’ – PALOMA FAITH
12. ‘X’ – ED SHEERAN
13. ‘REPUTATION’ – TAYLOR SWIFT
14. ‘GOLDEN’ – KYLIE MINOGUE
15. ‘CAMILA’ – CAMILA CABELLO
16. ‘GLORY DAYS’ – LITTLE MIX
17. ‘CURTAIN CALL – THE HITS’ – EMINEM
18. ‘TIME FLIES – 1994-2009’ – OASIS
19. ‘THE VERY BEST OF’ – FLEETWOOD MAC
20. ‘STONEY’ – POST MALONE
I had a bit of fun last weekend on Facebook when I posted a picture of the family with our passports and asked the question, passports ready but where are we going?
Here are some of the destinations suggested.
UK, Russia, Qatar, Florida, Formentera, Bognor Regis, Cornwall, Scotland and North Yorkshire. It was in fact a wind up as we like I’m sure many others here on the island don’t venture too far out from where we live. Last year we visited friends in Porto Cristo and enjoyed ourselves so much we decided to go back. We always ask our friends what it’s like on “the dark side” and they tell us to bring our passports so we did! I have to say sometimes you need to get out there to appreciate what a beautiful and diverse island we live on. I remember saying all those years ago as a Rep how diverse the island is, I can still recite those words today. “From the mountains of the West, to the bays and beaches of the North, to the caves and coves of the East and the nightlife of the South it really is an island of contrast.
Those of you that know me know I like a crisp or three. So when I read this story I thought about clearing the shelves. Fears are growing the crisp could be the next food to be in short supply as Britain is hit by a produce ‘crisis’.
A leading UK crisp firm says the ‘Beast from the East’ cold spell that struck Britain earlier this year has caused chaos with the country’s potato crops, made worse by the current heatwave.
It comes as a CO2 shortage is wreaking havoc with other foodstuffs, causing stocks of beer, fizzy drinks and even crumpets to run out.
Soft drinks firms, brewers and cider makers cannot operate without carbon dioxide which is used to put the fizz into their products.
Alex Albone, co-founder of Pipers Crisps, said the subzero temperatures in February and March were the cause of the problem and companies face having to import crisps from abroad, although he added Pipers would only do that ‘virtually over my dead body’.
Should I start panic buying?
What a weekend of sport coming up, the World Cup, Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix and remember Its Coming Home!
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

I am very happy to announce that we raised €14,855.00 from our Radiothon. Meaning that we will be able to donate €3,719.62 to each of our four charities. Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, Asociación Ondine, Son Espases Intensive Care unit for Children and Feliz Animal Andratx. Massive thanks to everybody who contributed and helped us reach our total. Thank You!
No mention of the weather last week but I have to come back to it this week. After weeks of complaining about the weather being so bad, we’re now saying it’s too hot!
We asked our listeners on the radio their top tips on sleeping in the heat and as always they didn’t let us down.
“Freeze a big bottle of water and put it in front of any room fan for a cold nights sleep.”
“Cold shower before bed, dry off a bit with a sarong and lie on the damp sarong.”
“Run cold water over your ankles and feet just before bed time. Cools down body temperature.”
“I just bought a mat for my dog that with weight it cools down. Thinking of buying one for me and putting under the bottom sheet, up until now I have a water spray bottle with a fan”
“Fill hot water bottle with icy cold water & hug!!!”
“Don’t sleep naked! Makes it worse when you sweat. Wear a cotton nightshirt and wet it first.”
“Get drunk first then just pass out. I’ve seen people asleep on the street and they look happy enough!”
I’m sure one of these will help you out there.
England have made it into the last 16 of the World Cup on possibly the easier side of the draw. Columbia await in the last 16 and if they get through that it’s Sweden or Switzerland, get through that and it’s a possible meeting with Spain in the semi-finals. I think we are getting ahead of ourselves a bit, beat what’s in front of you first and then look to the next game. There’s some great conspiracy theories going around and this one caught my eye.
2010, Pep Guardiola won the Spanish league and Spain won the World Cup.
2014, Pep Guardiola won the German league and Germany won the World Cup.
2018, Pep Guardiola won the English league and IT’S COMING HOME!
England fans supped 33 million pints in a £150m day-long bender after watching boss Gareth Southgate’s heroes’ record-breaking 6-1 walloping of Panama in the searing 35C heat in Russia. The combination of a Sunday lunchtime kick-off, hot weather and a big win saw pub beer gardens packed and at-home barbecues across Britain throughout the day. Experts reckoned 15m pints were necked in pubs and bar takings were expected to top £85m. Another 18m pints were downed at house parties across the country at a cost of £20m. Fans spent another £20m on match food. I’m sure it was a similar story in bars and cafes across the island. We were in BCM Square and the habit of fans throwing beer in the air every time there was a goal must have brought a smile to the owners faces as England kept scoring.
An England fan is so convinced England will win the World Cup he got a tattoo of the feat 21 days before the final. Jamie Richardson’s belly inking shows the Fifa trophy and reads “England 2018 World Cup Winners”.
He got it on Monday after the Three Lions’ 6-1 rout of Panama.
Leeds Utd fan Jamie told mates in the pub: “I’m going to be the first person to have an England World Cup winners tattoo.” He added: “I know people may think I am an idiot but I don’t care.” I’m saying nothing!
The record-breaking 6-1 victory over Panama at the World Cup on Sunday drew an 82.9% peak share of the television audience to BBC One.
The match attracted a peak television audience of 14.1m people as England secured a place in the last 16 with their biggest win at a World Cup.
There were 2.8m requests (3.05m with on-demand) to stream the match on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. In terms of comparing the peak share, it was 89% for the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, while England’s game against Wales at Euro 2016 achieved 73% in the United Kingdom and 79% in Wales. The Royal Wedding in May achieved a 70% peak share.
Talking of tv audiences, Love Island pulled in a record-breaking 3.4m viewers when Zara and Eyal were dumped. The ratings means it’s ITV2’s most watched programme ever. Overall, the hour-long show scored three million viewers, and an audience share of 15.8%. Regardless of whether you like the show or not it’s great publicity for the island.
Actually I’m off to the North East of the island this weekend so if I don’t come back, I’m in the villa!
Enjoy Your Weekend!
I present the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear me on the radio then you’ll find me working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again i may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email me at rprior@globobalear.com

Last Weekend we took a trip back to the UK. Oh no not another Ryanair rant I hear you say. Well no we flew Easyjet this time with no problems, seats together and we didn’t pay for the privilege! We stayed in a lovey hotel called The Swan in Bedford. It’s run by a former Mallorca resident Malcolm Wyse who used to run Reads in Santa Maria. It’s a beautiful hotel on the banks of the Great Ouse river and I thoroughly recommend it if you’re in the area. We were back to see our families who in truth we don’t see often enough but it was great to catch up with everybody. We also had tickets to see Ed Sheeran at Wembley Stadium. We had tried in vain last year to get tickets to see him in Barcelona or Madrid so when this came up we couldn’t resist it. Luckily enough we had hospitality as part of our ticket so that made it even more special. Now the new Wembley has had a lot of bad press with its transport links and that it’s not like the old one. But I for one can only sing it’s praises. We got in and out on the train without too much hassle and especially on the way out it was very well organised with stewards stopping you at specific intervals to stop too much queuing. I found all the staff very friendly and helpful and I thought the free bar we had would be a bun fight but it was very orderly and you could get a drink whenever you wanted. My only gripe £8.00 for a bowl of nachos??
The concert was amazing. I saw Ed Sheeran at Mallorca Rocks in 2012 in front of around 2,000 people. Here he was 6 years later playing 4 sellout gigs at Wembley Stadium in front of 80,000 each night, an incredible story. You also have to take into account like at Mallorca Rocks it’s just him and his guitar. No band, no dancers, no special effects just him singing solidly for 1 hour and three quarters. He started in the early evening sunset and finished in the dark of night with the whole stadium being lit up by the lights on people’s mobile phones. By all accounts he is one of the most generous and down to earth people you’ll ever meet on the music scene which in an industry full of divas is so refreshing to hear.
So far this year I’ve seen The Stereophonics, Queen and Adam Lambert and Ed Sheeran. Now I’m looking forward to all the concerts coming here in the Summer.
Perhaps the most famous of all family super bands, The Jacksons will celebrate their 50th anniversary on stage at the Port Adriano Music Festival on Thursday August 9th.
Formed by the original members, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Marlon Jackson, The Jacksons will present an amazing show that includes all their greatest hits produced with their brother, Michael Jackson.
This concert is a unique opportunity to witness the remaking of one of the best pop and Motown super bands in the history of music.
The Jacksons are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and their singles and albums have been hits all over the World. Including ” ABC “, ” I Want You Back “,” I’ll Be There “,” Rockin ‘Robin “, ” Can You Feel it”, Blame it on the Boogie” and many more!
On Tuesday the 14th of August also in Port Adriano is your chance to see UB40.
This multiracial group of working-class friends from Birmingham would have never imagined, back in 1978, that they would become the most successful reggae band in the World. Their band name was inspired by the name of the forms for unemployment benefit that its eight members used to fill in every week. UB40 have sold seventy million albums in almost four decades of a music career with around fifty songs on the UK’s greatest hits lists.
Their own versions of “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t help falling from love” are among the most popular songs of the 80s and thanks to them, millions of people around the world have become familiar with Jamaican music.
Ever since the original founding members of UB40 Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey rejoined three years ago, they have been touring around the world with concerts in North and South America, South Africa, Dubai and the Uk. Expect to hear such classics as “Kingston Town”, “Cherry Oh Baby”, “Rat in my Kitchen”, Higher Ground” and many more!
On Friday 24th August, in the beautiful setting of Son Amar from 7pm, performing on the main terrace outside, will be Radio One Mallorca DJ ‘ s Des Mitchell & Rad Damon followed by former Capital FM DJ and star of ITV’s Fun House Pat Sharp!
Treat yourself at the food court and bars before the main event inside the theatre where Tony Hadley, former lead singer of Spandau Ballet, will be performing from 10pm. He will be singing some of the classic songs from Spandau Including “Gold”, “True”, “Through the Barricades”, “Communication” and some of his own tracks.
In what is a true mixture of music this year you can also see one of the greatest Tenors in the World, José Carreras in Port Adriano on Saturday July 21st. Along with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti he was part of the Three Tenors Concerts during the 90’s and early 2000’s. Their version of “Nessum Dorma” brings goosebumps every time I see it.
Far removed from Opera you can go to Son Fusteret on Sunday August 19th and see DJ Carl Cox. A musical ambassador since he was in short trousers, a professional DJ since his early teens, a veteran of acid house and a champion of techno – you name it, Carl’s been there and done it, never losing sight of his passion of playing music. He has performed at numerous clubs and events worldwide and has served as a monthly DJ for BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix. He also hosted a residency known as ‘Music is Revolution’ every summer season at the world renowned nightclub, Space Ibiza, from 2001 to 2016.
All these tickets can be bought at http://www.radioonemallorca.com
Apart from these events BH Hotels have a great line-up of some of the World’s top DJ’s too featuring, David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix and Axwell and Ingrosso. Also now that BCM has reopened I’m sure there’s more to come. Please go to http://www.bhmallorca.com or http://www.bcmplanetdance.com for more details.
Why would you not want to come to Mallorca this Summer?
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
Feel free to email him at rprior@globobalear.com

Keep it to yourselves but after my moan last week about the weather it look like Summer is finally here. Loads of great feedback on last weeks column and it sounds like we’re not the only holiday destination with a weather problem. Mind you I had plenty of U.K. people telling me how wonderful the summer has been so far over there.
I talked last week about the World Cup which started on Thursday and down at the Pirates theatre they’re going to be showing all the England games on a giant 14 metre screen. The matches are;
Monday 18th of June England v Tunisia, kick-off 20.00, doors open 19.00.
Sunday 24th of June England v Panama, kick-off 14.00, doors open 13.00.
Thursday 28th of June England v Belgium, kick-off 20.00, doors open 19.00.
It’s an air conditioned theatre with table service, food and drinks service, a live DJ building up the atmosphere before the game. It should be really busy so get there early, first come first served! My kids can’t wait.
Returning home one day last week I recognised a guy running along the road near my house. I took a second glance and my suspicions were true it was Arsenal centre half Shkodran Mustafi. I drove back down the road and stopped him to ask for a photo which he was happy to do. Mind you when I asked, aren’t you in the German squad for the World Cup? He frowned and bid me auf wiedersehen. I should have pointed out, no wonder as he’d had an absolute mare of a season defensively for Arsenal.
It’s been a busy week since we last spoke. We took the kids to see the new Jurassic World movie. I’m a fan of the previous films but I thought this one was a little too far fetched, if a film about dinosaurs could get any more far fetched.
The next day we flew off to Barcelona to see Queen and Adam Lambert. I’ve loved Queen ever since they played Live Aid in 1985 and stole the show. Firstly we went to our favourite Tapas bar, Cervecería Catalana. The food and service is great and believe me you’d be hard pushed to find a better place. Back to the concert which was surprisingly not full, about two thirds I say. Now you are never going to replace Freddie Mercury but by keeping the great sound of lead guitar with Brian May and the drumming of Roger Taylor the magic is still there. Adam Lambert plays it cool and has an amazing voice range which compliments all the iconic songs. The holograms of Freddie singing are a lovely touch too and all in all we had a great time.
My flying friends, Ryanair proceeded to once again to stitch us up on our seating. It was the old middle seat chestnut and miles apart from each other. Then to top it all they had the front to send me a mail 24 hours before our flight saying “it’s not too late to upgrade your seats!” and attached a picture pointing to an aisle or window seat!I’ve since checked in with both Vueling and Easyjet and both gave me seats together, without having to pay for the privilege.
The people of Sheffield have Britain’s smelliest feet, according to a new “Footsie Index”(Sorry!). Nearly a quarter of the city’s residents are afflicted by the problem, while one in five people in Leicester and Nottingham also suffers.In Leeds about 17% admit they face the same problem.
Researchers who looked into the nation’s foot hygiene found that 1 in 10 people suffers constantly from smelly feet. They also found that three-quarters of those have had someone remark on the odour.
The study, by Odor-Eaters(who else), suggests that for 20% the condition has an adverse effect on their love life, while 19% say work has been made difficult by the problem. One in five is genuinely paranoid about his or her foot odour and 63% say the hot weather makes their problem even worse.
The study also revealed more than a quarter of us know someone in the workplace whose feet smell. Spraying perfume or deodorant in our footwear, throwing trainers in the washing machine and leaving shoes outdoors overnight are just some of the measures we take to freshen up our shoes. But 43% of the 2,000 adults polled have had to throw out their footwear because the smell was so bad.
Podiatrist Michael Harrison-Blount said: “We all suffer from smelly feet from time to time, especially in summer but it can be a real problem if you’re suffering all the time and people are making comments.
“A combination approach of reducing the activity of the sweat glands and disinfection of the skin and footwear gives the best results when trying to reduce sweaty, smelly feet. A good home foot health regime is important.”
A decisive 87% of those polled thought men were more likely to suffer than women.
The top 10 Cities of smelly feet are;
1. Sheffield
2. Leicester
3. Nottingham
4. Leeds
5. Newcastle
6. Birmingham
7. Belfast
8. Plymouth
9. London
10. Cambridge
The first couple to have wed after meeting on a Club 18-30 holiday are celebrating their 45th anniversary. Hilary Sugden was just 18 when she paid £40 for a week in the sun with the holiday club in 1973, which later became infamous for its ‘sun, sea, sand and sex’ image.
During her stay here in Mallorca she met and fell in love with Club 18-30 rep John Bond, 22, and was persuaded to take a job as the holiday firm’s first ever female rep.
The couple, from Watford, Hertfordhire, wed just nine months later in what is believed to be the first Club 18-30 marriage. Since embarking on their whirlwind romance, the couple have revisited the place where they met more than 10 times.
Now grandparents, Hilary, 64, and John, 68, are planning the celebrations for their 45th wedding anniversary next year and put their happiness down to the holiday firm.
They insist the iconic travel brand at risk of closure due to waning popularity with millennials was the reason they found love.
Hilary said: ‘We would never have met or shared our lives together without Club 18- 30 and its organised activities. ‘It will always be special to us. It gave us many years of enjoyment throughout the 70s and early 80s.
Congratulations to Real Mallorca who became the Champions of Champions last Weekend by beating Rayo Majadahonda 3-1 on aggregate. Thoughts turn now to next season and can they do the impossible of promotion to La Liga?
Finally tomorrow is Fathers Day, so I wish all my fellow Dads a great day.
Enjoy Your Weekend!
Richie presents the Radio One Mallorca Breakfast show Monday to Friday 07.30-11.00am on 93.8fm in Mallorca, online at http://www.radioonemallorca.com on mobile through their free App for IPhone, Android, The Tunein Radio App and on the Spanish TDT TV service. If you can’t hear him on the radio then you’ll find him working at Pirates Adventure the islands number one night out and every now and again he may make an understudy appearance!
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