{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62b0e1a9b2f6a80012978692/68ab5670982c36846e2db569?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E62 How Do You Steal A Rock Band? With Steve McLean","description":"<p>Location: St James Square, Edinburgh</p><p>Guest: Steve McLean</p><p><br></p><p>Here's another episode I recorded at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe - with the brilliant and very Scottish Steve McLean. Steve does comedy shows about music, runs the excellent awards called West End New Act of The Year, and has a new book out called Stealing Deep Purple, which you should go and buy <a href=\"https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2025/07/16/stealing-deep-purple/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2025/07/16/stealing-deep-purple/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Steve is also involved with The Free Fringe, helping new performers get into the Edinburgh Fringe.</p><p><br></p><p>AND Steve is doing a show about this very story at Edinburgh this year o go and see it! Every day at 1600 <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/withstevemclean/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/withstevemclean/</a></p><p><br></p><p>As always GRAZIE to Lucia Scazzocchio, Luke Jones (do listen to his brilliant podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://southgirlproductionmusic.com/category/podcast-production/</a>), Rosie Wilby (<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/?hl=en</a>) and Mae-Li Evans for encouragement, production support and advice. There would be no podcast without these people. THANKS GUYS.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Park Date is about mixing the silly with the serious so do listen out for the original comedy we're slotting in between and after the interviews (which are hopefully pretty funny themselves).&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Do review, subscribe and like. Namecheck as many trees as possible in your reviews and make them as surreal as possible - I have a very nice prize to give out to the writer of the funniest review.</p>","author_name":"Christopher Beanland"}