#903 Holding out for a hero

This week on The Bugcast: three departures, a lot of theatre, crazy politics, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music. Songs played The Fierce and the Dead – Shake Hands and Exit – from London, UK – source Sean Ferree – Hourglass – from Bloomington, IN – source Radioontheshelf – Private Investigator (feat. Admiral Bob) – from Earth – source Lele Rambelli – Sempre un Uomo – from Italy – source Jeris – Sing A Song (feat. Songboy3) – from New Mexico – source Livio Amato – The Exact Opposite Of You – from Italy – source Zep Hurme – Dance In The Rain (feat. Snowflake) – from Finland – source Strange Pink – My Friend And You – from Hull, UK – source Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking Topics BBC News: Tributes to singer Bonnie Tyler, who has died at the age of 75 BBC News: Police launch murder investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death BBC News: Longest-serving Archers star Patricia Greene dies aged 95 CCJam: episode 75: Dr Groove Gang Wikipedia: Bat Out of Hell: The Musical Wikipedia: Ride the Cyclone Arty props brief for Beauty & The Beast Wikipedia: Cabaret (musical) London Pride Chris from Canada in London, but our London! Wikipedia: Dungeon Crawler Carl Wikipedia: 2026 Clacton by-election – Farage, a Bin, a Fox, and a Monster Raving Looney? Upcoming events TuxJam Half-cut on Saturday 1 August in Manchester, UK – details to follow Announcements Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed. The next show will be episode 904 which will be streamed live on Friday 17 July 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (BST, UTC+1). Join us during the week on our Telegram group chat – click here to join (you’ll need a Telegram account) Special thanks go to Our supporters! The artists for allowing us to play their music. Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show. Internet Archive for hosting the media files Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server The Bugcast is a proud founder member of the Other Side Podcast Network