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Lightning Seeds

December 2023

  • Ian Broudie (right) and his son, Riley, in 2023

    Flashback
    Ian and Riley Broudie look back: ‘My dad expresses his feelings best in his lyrics. If he can’t say something, he hides it in a song’

  • Ian Broudie photographed in his Liverpool studio by Gary Calton for the Observer New Review, November 2023.

    Observer New Review Q&A
    Ian Broudie: ‘Terry Venables liked Three Lions: “It’s a proper key-tapper, Ian,” he said’

June 2023

  • Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N' Roses at Glastonbury 2023

    Glastonbury 2023 review: giggly rap on Friday, Smiths covers on Saturday – and a mystery act that surprised no one

    Arctic Monkeys, Fred Again, Raye, Lana Del Rey and Guns N’ Roses all astounded. And if everyone knew Foo Fighters would turn up, just who might share the stage with Elton John was the stuff of rumours

November 2022

  • From left, David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and Ian Broudie. Jumpers from notjustclothing.co.uk and grooming by Estelle Horder.

    The G2 interview
    ‘It’s a song about losing!’ Skinner, Baddiel and Broudie on 26 years of Three Lions – and bringing it up to date

    As a new version of the England anthem is released to coincide with the World Cup, the trio talk about the glory days, patriotism and why they won’t be going to Qatar

October 2022

  • The Beatles pose for an early group portrait backstage in 1962. Left to right: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

    ‘My teenage hormones were raging!’: stars salute the Beatles’ Love Me Do at 60

    It confused Gene Simmons, inspired Judy Collins and changed one pop star’s mum’s haircut. Here, musicians recall the impact of the Beatles’ debut single

August 2022

  • From left: Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds with comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel in 1998.

    Three Lions anthem could be ‘put to bed’ after Euro 2022 win, says David Baddiel

    Women have reset clock after more than five decades of pain, says comedian who co-wrote 1996 song

March 2022

  • ‘The whole song sounds like people who just love playing’ … Ian Skelly, Paul Duffy, Lee Southall, James Skelly, Nick Power and Bill Ryder-Jones.

    How we made
    ‘It’s maybe about Denise van Outen’ – the Coral on how they made Dreaming of You

    ‘I wrote it at my nan’s house in five minutes. All our hits were done like that’

July 2021

  • Atomic Kitten release Southgate You’re The One – Football’s Coming Home Again to celebrate Euro 2020

    Winning team, winning melodies: Euro 2020 and terrace anthems

  • Fans watching England v Ukraine in Croydon, where Atomic Kitten performed their ode to Gareth Southgate.

    ‘That’s a belter!’ Three Lions and football singalongs storm the charts

June 2021

  • Ian Broudie from the Lightening Seeds (left to right) with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel ahead of France 98, the second outing for Three Lions.

    From New Order to Chris Kamara: England’s best and worst tournament songs

    England football songs have run the gamut of emotions from misty-eyed hope to the musical expression of deep psychological malaise
  • ‘The FA said: “How many footballers do you want to sing on it?’ … David Baddiel, Ian Broudie and Frank Skinner.

    How we made
    How we made Three Lions: David Baddiel and Ian Broudie on England’s Euro 96 anthem

    ‘I heard German fans singing it after they knocked England out. I had to resist throwing a TV out of the window’
  • Illustration about England's Euro 1996 adventure and its wider cultural significance

    Never stopped me dreaming: how Euro 96 illuminated our world

    Twenty-five years ago, when football last came home, the Euros captured the hope and spirit of the time. Is there any chance this year’s tournament can do the same?

March 2020

  • Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds.

    Lightning Seeds review – jubilant Britpop sweeps away years of hurt

    Sage, Gateshead
    Playing greatest hits alongside the whole of hit album Jollification, Ian Broudie moves past the trauma of recent years to arrive at soulful, lysergic pop

July 2018

  • Ian Broudie, Frank Skinner and David Baddiel pictured in 1998.

    Three Lions breaks records to top the UK singles chart for a fourth time

    Campaign to get Green Day’s American Idiot in the charts to mark Donald Trump’s UK visit falls short as single stalls at No 25
  • John Stones and Jesse Lingard celebrate after England’s win over Sweden in Samara, Russia, on 7 July

    No expense spared as England prepares for World Cup semi-final

    From private jets to M&S waistcoats, open mosques to closed supermarkets, football fever grips the nation

  • Ian Broudie from the Lightning Seeds with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel

    'It's coming home': the meaning behind the Three Lions lyrics

    An old football refrain echoes through the streets of England as the 1996 song roars again

March 2016

  • The Clash in 1977, the year they released Garageland.

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs that capture zeitgeist

    Our latest Readers recommend guru gets into the spirit of the age with tunes that take us through the ages and bring us right up to date

June 2014

  • Ian Broudie

    30 minutes with …
    The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie: 'People didn't know what was on the England badge before Three Lions'

    The Lightning Seeds singer on revitalising the Liverpool music scene, Mark E Smith's magic beer-procuring ability – and why he'll never write another football song

April 2014

  • Kendal Calling Festival - Day 1

    The Music of Ian Broudie review – 'bittersweet undercurrents'

    Miles Kane, the Coral's James Skelly and Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch are among those who join Broudie and the RLPO for an emotional celebration of his music, writes Dave Simpson

November 2013

  • Beatles

    The Beatles at the BBC and the miracle of the 60s – video

    To mark the launch of On Air, the second volume of the Beatles' performances at the BBC, Studio 2 at Abbey Road hosted a special event with a panel of experts discussing the legacy of the Fab Four, plus live performances from Ian Broudie and Miles Kane, and Luke Sital-Singh. Watch the highlights here.

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