Pete Chambers Archives - The Coventry Observer

4^th Jun, 2026

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NEWS 9^th Aug, 2024

MUSIC MATTERS: Eclectic mix suits Sonrisa so well

NEWS 2^nd Jul, 2024

Coventry music museum celebrates 10th anniversary

NEWS 18^th Jun, 2024

Coventry Music Museum's Pete Chambers has been nominated for award

NEWS 15^th Jun, 2024

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry's Pete wins Visit Britain Award

NEWS 27^th Mar, 2024

Coventry's Music Museum founder wins tourism superstar award

NEWS 5^th Oct, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- ‘Hard working’ Coventry singer Ruth Kelly scoops top award

NEWS 1^st Jun, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Why vinyl is the answer for music

NEWS 24^th May, 2023

2-Tone to be celebrated at Coventry's Godiva Festival

NEWS 23^rd Mar, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Winter’s return hits right notes

NEWS 16^th Mar, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Two days of love for our Terry

NEWS 9^th Mar, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Paying tribute to Nigel Mulvey

NEWS 16^th Feb, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Whizzy raps up 1million streams

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- The Session tickets selling fast

NEWS 2^nd Feb, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Go one step beyond on our 2-Tone trail

NEWS 26^th Jan, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Lots of love for support project

NEWS 19^th Jan, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Going dance crazy for tribute acts

NEWS 5^th Jan, 2023

MUSIC MATTERS- Happy birthday Bob Jackson

NEWS 15^th Dec, 2022

MUSIC MATTERS- Stephen Madden, Here and Gone

NEWS 1^st Dec, 2022

MUSIC MATTERS- Duo have seen the must-see sights

21^st Jan, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Sometimessean's 'mesmerising' The Drifter and Nigel Meffen has a bite at a new novel

Music Matters - Hoping the Empire strikes back for Coventry's live scene

NEWS 24^th May, 2020

Music Matters by Pete Chambers: Idle Noise and lockdown anthem for music museum

11^th Nov, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Dave Willetts Foundation

14^th Sep, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Uplift Weekender; Autopilot, and Coventry TV

24^th Aug, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Farewell Doc Mustard, and All The Car's A Stage

NEWS 10^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Music museum birthday, Hazel O'Connor and Cockney Rejects

NEWS 30^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS EXCLUSIVE: Review of The Specials' new album celebrating 40 years of 2-Tone

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Selling Coventry music to the world

NEWS 13^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Original Rude Boy, The Exhibition

20^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: City of Music festival

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: 2017 awards

NEWS 16^th Dec, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: From ghost town to host town

NEWS 25^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 18^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Rushmore and Dirty Stop-outs

NEWS 12^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Pete recalls 'Lanch' gigs on getting his honorary doctorate

NEWS 4^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 29^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Rosetta Fire making waves, The Peas and Go Primitive

NEWS 14^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Vince Hill swings by for birthday celebrations

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: City of Culture.. 'We can do this!'

NEWS 30^th Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Hymns for Robots and label launch night

NEWS 23^rd Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Museum launches label

18^th Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS column by Pete Chambers: 'Special to be honoured by PM'

NEWS 18^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: Column by Pete Chambers: The Original Rude Boy plays on

12^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS Column by Pete Chambers BEM: More great bands with Cov connections

NEWS 7^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Kids go free this month at Coventry Music Museum

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 20^th Jul, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: The Specials' Horace Panter re-united with loved and lost 'Ghost Town' bass

23^rd May, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: Loaded for a Decade. Column by Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 17^th Mar, 2017

Music Matters column by Pete Chambers: Were you of an impressionable age in 1980s?

NEWS 1^st Feb, 2017

Exhibition of The Enemy on show at Coventry Music Museum

NEWS 28^th Nov, 2016

Road to be named after Coventry music 'pioneer' Delia Derbyshire