FR 11 Nov 11: REM; Nile Rodgers; Joseph Calleja




Front Row Weekly show

Summary: REM discuss their feelings about the end of the band, Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja on how wine played a part in his early singing career and the verdict on Michael Sheen on stage as Hamlet. Plus Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex, discusses his third novel, published after a gap of 9 years, Musician Nile Rodgers recalls how being turned away from a club inspired a number one hit, and Lou Reed gives his no-holds-barred assessment of the BBC.