The first, in January and February 1986, featured Bragg, Weller's band The Style Council, The Communards, Junior Giscombe, Lorna Gee and Jerry Dammers, and picked up guest appearances from Madness, Heaven 17, Bananarama, Prefab Sprout, Elvis Costello, Gary Kemp, Tom Robinson, Sade, The Beat, Lloyd Cole, The Blow Monkeys and The Smiths along the way.

To complete the tour dates, the band hired Prefab Sprout drummer Neil Conti to fill in.

* Paddy McAloon ( born 1957 ), English singer, songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout

The English pop group Prefab Sprout included the song " Moondog " on their album Jordan: The Comeback released in 1990.

* " Moondog " by Prefab Sprout on Jordan: The Comeback ( 1990 )

The label, now operating in a similar sphere to that of rival Sanctuary, signed a number of acts, such as The Alarm MMVI, The Stranglers and Prefab Sprout.

Named after the movie, Citizen Kane, the trio recorded for the indie record label, Kitchenware, that was also home to Prefab Sprout.

Notable former students include Paul Addison, Tony Brindle-Wills, comedians Kenny Everett, Tom O ' Connor and Johnny Vegas, the libel lawyer George Carman, pop musician Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout, the editor of the Jerusalem Bible and British Member of Parliament John Battle.

* Prefab Sprout has a song on the album From Langley Park to Memphis called " The Golden Calf ".

Prefab Sprout are an English pop rock band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, England who rose to fame during the 1980s.

Prefab Sprout had minimal chart success in the United States.

Their greatest hits, A Life of Surprises-The Best of Prefab Sprout, gave them their biggest US hit, " If You Don't Love Me ", which spent several weeks in the Top 10 on the dance chart.

Prefab Sprout released Andromeda Heights in the UK in 1997 and embarked on a short UK tour in 2000.

* The 1980s pop band Prefab Sprout were based around Witton Gilbert.

* Swoon ( Prefab Sprout album ), the debut album by Prefab Sprout

In 1988 the group Prefab Sprout released the album From Langley Park to Memphis.

" If You Don't Love Me ", a cover of the Prefab Sprout song, was written by Paddy MacAloon and produced by Steve Anderson.

She listed Kate Bush, Doctor Who, Prefab Sprout, Lloyd Cole, Belle & Sebastian, Kirsty MacColl and The Smiths among her many influences.

Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout supplied five original songs to the two series, all of them recorded by Jimmy Nail.

* Panelkapcsolat / The Prefab People ( 1982 )

With the follow-up single, " Prefab Heart " also appearing in November, combined with the band's distinctive image, they gained increasing attention with their music videos featured on the influential national ABC TV pop show Countdown from early 1980.

Prefab Sprout's first album of new material since 2001, Let's Change the World with Music, was released on 7 September 2009.

* In 1985, British rock group Prefab Sprout's album, Steve McQueen, included the song " Faron Young " with the refrain, " You give me Faron Young four in the morning / Forgive me Faron Young four in the morning ..."

The 1980 piece Szabadgyalog ( The Outsider ) and the following year's Panelkapcsolat ( The Prefab People ) continued in much the same vein with smaller changes in style.

( At the Los Angeles Coliseum show on 21 June, tribute was paid to the original " Prefab Four " with a guest appearance by Davy Jones of The Monkees to perform his signature song, " Daydream Believer ".

The Rutles ( The Prefab Four ) are a band known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles.

*" Prefab Tunnel Conquers A Tough River ", March 1959, Popular Mechanics detailed article on what was then the Deas Island Tunnel

In August 1965, the Prefab Four played a sell-out concert at New York's Ché Stadium ( named for famed Cuban guerilla leader Che Stadium ), arriving a day early in order to get away before the audience arrived.

Prefab techniques became popular after World War II.

The ' Prefab ' estates lasted until the early 1990's when the residents were transferred to local authority housing.

The extensive housebuilding continued before and after the Second World War through extensions to the Bournville Model Village and several estates of temporary Prefab housing in West Heath, although new house provision has slowed down to a much less dramatic rate since the 1970s.

On 1994's Prefab Wreckage, When slowly started moving from the more abstract soundtracks of the earlier albums and towards a more song-oriented sound.

The announcement suggests that the sound is darker and closer to Prefab Wreckage than to recent releases.

Tarr's early works ; Family Nest, The Outsider, and The Prefab People ; are also available on DVD in the USA, courtesy of Facets.

The word " Prefab " is not an industry term like modular home, manufactured home, panelized home, or site-built home.

Also in the United States, 64 Zoo Lane debuted on August 27 on the new season of The Good Night Show on PBS Kids Sprout, showing at 6: 45 PM and 12: 45 AM eastern.

Monahan is the voice of Driver Dan in the children's show Driver Dan's Story Train, which debuted on Sprout on November 1, 2010.

On May 26, 2010 Disney-ABC Television Group announced the launch of a new 24-hour preschool-targeted digital cable and satellite channel called Disney Junior, which made its debut on March 23, 2012 ; the Disney Junior channel ( which is commercial-free, like parent network Disney Channel but unlike SOAPnet, which it replaced, and Disney XD ) will compete with other preschooler-skewing cable channels such as Nick Jr., qubo and PBS Kids Sprout.

The original homes built by the Burrows and Sprout families still exist along Center Street and are easy to identify based upon their square shape with low pitched roof often with a widow's peak or lookout.

At this time, the always-fluid Guided by Voices lineup coalesced around the core of Pollard, guitarists Tobin Sprout and Mitch Mitchell ( not to be confused with Jimi Hendrix's drummer ), bassist Greg Demos, and drummer Kevin Fennell.

However, the strain of heavy touring would ultimately lead to the demise of the " classic lineup ", with Sprout deciding to retire from the road in order to focus on raising his first child, his painting, and his solo musical career.

Sprout and Pollard marked the occasion by releasing simultaneous solo albums on the same day in 1996: Sprout's Carnival Boy and Pollard's Not in My Airforce, with each making a guest appearance on the other's album.

Butt-head would sometimes treat her with some degree of respect, following her advice in " Sprout " and chuckling " Daria's cool!

PBS Kids Sprout, a US cable network HIT co-owns with NBCUniversal, PBS, and Sesame Workshop, was not included in the deal, and that stake was retained by Apax.

Harry does lead an impromptu revolt, but only himself, Luna and Professors McGonagall, Sprout, Flitwick and Slughorn take part in it, with Harry and Luna taking out the Carrows, and the professors ( rallied by McGonagall and Harry ) driving off Snape.

A self taught musician, Sprout played with and was a major collaborator to the Dayton, OH band Guided By Voices.

In 2001, Sprout rejoined with Robert Pollard ( of Guided by Voices ) to form Airport 5, independently releasing numerous singles and 2 full length albums, Tower in the Fountain of Sparks and in 2002, Life Starts Here.

In July 2010, Robert Pollard announced that the " Classic Lineup " of Guided By Voices would reunite for a U. S. tour, with a lineup featuring Pollard, Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, and Greg Demos.

, LazyTown Extra has not been broadcast in the United States but is coming to PBS Kids Sprout this fall along with LazyTown.

As a reuslt of this attempt, Elvis becomes a key player in the struggle against the Antichrist, allying himself with Rex Mundi and Barry the Time Sprout, faking his death in an attempt to track down the Antichrist and prevent the wars.

Play with Me Sesame moved to PBS Kids Sprout as of September 10, 2007, however, Sprout showed 26 new episodes, and all 52 episodes of both season 1 and season 2.

The third and final season was produced solely by Sesame Workshop for PBS Kids Sprout in 2007 ( although it did mention Nick-Digital in the credits ) with 26 episodes.

Today, just before dropping down into the valley heading south on U. S. Route 169 an enormous wooden sign of the Jolly Green Giant, along with Sprout, is visible with the caption " Welcome to the valley ".

PBS Kids Sprout got its first ident on September 26, 2005, which consists of a green flower with the words " PBS Kids " written on it and the word " sprout " under it in children's handwriting accompanied by hand-drawn animation.

There is a side story to the game involving Captain Sprout and his battle with his arch-nemesis.

She can also be seen on the TV series Play with Me Sesame, which airs on PBS Kids Sprout.