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Category: On This Day

Travel back through music, comics, magazines, film and television with Verso’s stories about notable events and releases from this day in history.

8 Nov 2025

Tiger and Speed – Nov 8th 1980

Revisiting Tiger and Speed from 8 November 1980—Billy’s Boots, Skid Solo, Death Wish, Hot-Shot Hamish and plenty of nostalgic comic-book mayhem.

30 Oct 2025

Released on 30 October 1995, Pulp’s Different Class turned Jarvis Cocker into an icon and remains my most-played album of all time.

29 Oct 2025

Released in October 1990, Choke found The Beautiful South pairing sweet melodies with sour truths—and delivered their only UK number-one single.