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Something from the Cellar: 90s Pop Icons

Grab your glitter and coordinate some oh-so extravagant dance moves for today’s Cellar-dwelling spectacular, as we look back at perhaps the definitive era for UK pop music.


We look back over some chats pop royalty as Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Steps all reminisce about the glory years. Between them they bring surprise stadium appearances, tales about the beginnings of boy band royalty and taking regular flight on Britney Spears’ private jet… Yep!


You can listen to these episodes in full here: Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Steps.


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