How time flies.
It’s five years since we did our last Music Stars knockout cup. This time, we thought we would give all the Cowley friends and acquaintances a chance to play along at home. Quite simply, we choose 128 music acts, past and present and draw their names out of a hat where each act goes head to head with another. Steven Neary, as he is in charge, chooses the song each act performs and the favourite song each match proceeds into the next round.
Here is the 2022 First Round draw:
- The Sweet vs Aztec Camera.
- Erasure vs ABBA.
- Savage Garden vs Tears For Fears.
- Blondie vs Marc Almond
- Stevie Wonder vs Madonna.
- Soft Cell vs Keane
- Gary Puckett & The Union Gap vs Alison Moyet
- The Eurythmics vs The Chords
- UB40 vs Dusty Springfield
- 10CC vs The Walker Brothers.
- ABC vs Simon & Garfunkel.
- Sandie Shaw vs The Manic Street Preachers
- Morrisey vs The Human League.
- The Undertones vs The Jam
- Elton John vs Billy Bragg
- George Ezra vs Wet Wet Wet
- David Bowie vs The Animals
- Radiohead vs The Supremes
- The Beautiful South vs Danny Wilson
- Secret Affair vs Blur
- Kylie Minogue vs The Kinks
- Shalimar vs Snow Patrol
- Bryan Ferry vs Madness
- The Four Seasons vs Fatboy Slim
- The Lightning Seeds vs Years & Years
- The Four Tops vs Kirsty McColl
- The Bee Gees vs East 17
- Ultravox vs Squeeze
- Matt Bianco vs Travis
- Donna Summer vs Paul Young
- Robbie Williams vs The Proclaimers
- Oasis vs Blue
- OMD vs Tavares
- Darts vs The Thompson Twins
- The Coral vs The Pet Shop Boys
- Culture Club vs James Blunt
- Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes vs Hue & Cry
- Leo Sayer vs The Stranglers
- The Police vs Level 42
- Queen vs Odyssey
- Lulu vs The Style Council
- Depeche Mode vs The Farm
- The Backstreet Boys vs The Rolling Stones
- KC & The Sunshine Band vs The Love Affair.
- George McCrae vs Talking Heads
- Coldplay vs New Order
- Yazoo vs REM
- U2 vs Kate Bush
- Chic vs Kool & The Gang
- The Tremeloes vs Spandau Ballet
- Dead Or Alive vs Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
- Billy Ocean vs Take That
- Paul Simon vs The Tymes
- The Pretenders vs Amy Winehouse
- One Republic vs Justin Timberlake
- Sparks vs The Smith’s
- The Beatles vs The Black Eyed Peas
- The Killers vs The Verve
- T Rex vs Eminem
- The Small Faces vs The Streets
- Cockney Rebel vs The Mamas & The Papas
- The Chilites vs George Michael
- Fine Young Cannibals vs The Who
- The Housemartins vs M People.
Over to you….,
It may be ages before we announce the first round results. Within the Cowley house, things usually get very contentious with threats of confiscating salt and vinegar Chipsticks if Billy Ocean falls at the first hurdle.