Who’d be a nepo baby? plus the mystery album that outsold the Beatles

Word In Your Ear · Jan 25, 2026 · 47m

Scanning the baggage carousel of news to see what sets off the alarm, which this week involves … … Springsteen: why is America’s most American American so quiet about his President on home turf? … the Seven Ages of Nepo: in defence of Julian Lennon, Joe Sumner and Brooklyn Beckham … the Robbie Williams story that gets our goat… why do half the UK music venues make no profit? … the onstage ‘act’ that did 104 minutes non-stop… pre-testing EDM singles on the dancefloor … Four Boys in the Wind! What A Night That Day Was! - foreign editions of A Hard Day’s Night … in praise of the Latin Playboys ……