# Manchester Fuse FM

> Fuse FM is the University of Manchester Students' Union student radio station. It broadcasts student-produced shows spanning music, talk, news, sport and entertainment, and provides hands-on radio and broadcasting experience for students.

Website: https://fusefm.co.uk/
Generated: 2026-08-17 (auto-updates on new content)

## Key pages

- [About Us](https://fusefm.co.uk/about-us/)
- [Articles](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/)
- [Contact Us](https://fusefm.co.uk/contact-us/)
- [Cookie Policy](https://fusefm.co.uk/cookie-policy/)
- [Dev - player](https://fusefm.co.uk/developer-testing-page/)
- [Home](https://fusefm.co.uk/)
- [Our Shows](https://fusefm.co.uk/shows/)
- [Schedule](https://fusefm.co.uk/schedule/)
- [Site Map](https://fusefm.co.uk/site-map/)

## Sections

- [Reviews](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/reviews/) — 57 articles
- [News](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/news/) — 28 articles
- [Interviews](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/interviews/) — 11 articles
- [Events](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/events/) — 9 articles
- [Featured](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/featured/) — 9 articles
- [Music](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/music/) — 7 articles
- [Arts and Culture](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/arts-and-culture/) — 5 articles
- [Podcasts](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/podcasts-2/) — 3 articles
- [Sport](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/sport/) — 3 articles
- [DJ](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/category/dj/) — 2 articles

## Recent articles

- [Push the Tempo ⋆.˚✮ 3 ✮˚.⋆](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/push-the-tempo-%e2%8b%86-%cb%9a%e2%9c%ae-3-%e2%9c%ae%cb%9a-%e2%8b%86/) — 2026-01-29: PUSH THE TEMPO 3  ♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚♬ ﾟ. THIS FRIDAY Our iconic club night is back for a hat-trick! Featuring 3 committee DJs and one fresh
- [˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ Show applications are now closed](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/%cb%9a%cb%96%f0%93%8d%a2%d6%b4%e0%bb%8b%e2%9d%80-show-applications-are-open/) — 2026-01-23: Update: Show applications are now closed for the 2026 spring and summer show cycle! Thank you to everyone that submitted an application - you will hear
- [Fuse FM merch is on SALE NOW٩>ᴗ<)و!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-fm-merch-is-on-sale-now%d9%a9%e1%b4%97%d9%88/) — 2025-10-29: HI EVERYONE! I am so, SO excited to announce that we are now selling FUSE FM MERCH! You can get a FUSE FM lighter, which
- [Push the Tempo goes swimmingly °‧ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/push-the-tempo-goes-swimmingly-%e2%80%a7-%f0%93%86%9d-%f0%93%86%9f-%f0%93%86%9e/) — 2025-10-22: Our first club night of the year was a blast.   Thanks so much to everyone that stopped by, we had so much fun dancing
- [Push The Tempo: Fuse takes XLR](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/push-the-tempo-fuse-takes-xlr/) — 2025-10-16: Good morning fuselings, boy do we have an announcement for you. Tomorrow from 10 PM - 2 AM, Fuse FM are taking over XLR in
- [Fuse FM is back on your airwaves!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-fm-is-back-on-your-airwaves/) — 2025-10-08: Mark your calendars, Fuse FM is BACK IN BUSINESS! Our first broadcast will be on Monday 13th of October, with the wonderful Will Knight, our
- [New Fuse FM committee has been announced!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/new-fuse-fm-committee-has-been-announced/) — 2025-09-12: We are very excited to share that our new committee has been announced and are working hard behind the scenes to get Fuse ready for
- [RobinPresents Wins Best Content Creator!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/robinpresents-wins-best-content-creator/) — 2024-11-26: FuseFM's very own Robin Collins won Best Content Creator for the International Student Broadcasting Championships 2024, being the only European nomination for the award. Robin
- [Live at Alive!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/live-at-alive/) — 2024-06-05: Tune in to all Alive! festival coverage from Thursday 6th June 6pm!
- [Fuse FM: Live in Withington](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-fm-live-in-withington/) — 2024-05-15: Fuse FM: Live in Withington! Friday 31st May, 7-11pm @ Withington Public Hall Institute We’re very excited to be heading to Withington Public Hall for
- [Fuse FM’s Groove Street @ XLR](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-fms-groove-street-xlr/) — 2024-03-25: Back in February, Fuse FM took to Withington's infamous XLR basement for our first club night of 2024: Groove Street. It was a house and
- [BBC 6 Music’s Nathan Shepherd](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/bbc-6-musics-nathan-shepherd/) — 2024-03-22: Our very own Caitlin and Lenny got the chance to Interview Nathan Shepherd on Fuse FM 05.03.24 They talk about working in radio, his connection
- [HIMALAYAS: “It’s about being free, being exciting.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/himalayas-its-about-being-free-being-exciting/) — 2024-03-14: Fuse FM sit down with Joe and Mike from the HIMALAYAS to discuss new music and their upcoming headline tour. With the band's experimental attitude
- [Alive Festival : Solstice](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/alive-festival/) — 2024-03-01: Alive! Festival is back! Join us for 8 hours of live student bands and DJs in the SU on 6th June 2024.  Alive! is a
- [Shed 7: “Sticking to our guns, doing things how we wanted to do it.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/shed-7-sticking-to-our-guns-doing-things-how-we-wanted-to-do-it/) — 2024-02-14: Sejal Dholakia, our Head of Press and Outreach, and Rhianna Patel, Social Secretary, sit down with Shed Seven lead Rick Witter to discuss the band's
- [D3lta: ‘Into the Rabbit Hole’ and more](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/d3lta-into-the-rabbit-hole-and-more/) — 2024-02-13: Our social secretary, Rhi, chats with D3lta on his new EP 'Into The Rabbit Hole'.  
- [Samira: “Stay humble, keep grounded, and know what whatever you want to achieve is going to happen.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/samira-life-after-love-island/) — 2024-02-13: Samira Mighty, from Love Island series 4, talks to Honor Mant about her new EP 'Dancefloors & Drama Vol. 1', the difficulties of navigating an
- [Cruush: “As She Grows” and more](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/cruush-it-was-incredible/) — 2024-02-13: Caitlin Mear, Head of Music at Fuse FM, sat down with Cruush before their headline show at Soup to chat about their time on tour,
- [Fraser T Smith (Future Utopia): “It was just mindblowing.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fraser-t-smith-future-utopia-it-was-just-mindblowing/) — 2024-02-13: Rhianna Patel, our Social Secretary, sits down with Fraser T Smith (Future Utopia) about his music, upcoming shows, and more - all from the back
- [Manchester Orchestra: “We were attempting to do something we hadn’t done before.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/manchester-orchestra-we-were-attempting-to-do-something-we-hadnt-done-before/) — 2024-02-13: Susan O'Flynn, Head of Podcasting, sits down with Manchester Orchestra to discuss new music and sounds. Special thanks to Fuse TV for assistance with filming.
- [Fuse FM Presents: Groove Street](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-fm-presents-groove-street/) — 2024-02-13: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:00 - 02:00 For Fuse FM's first live event of 2024, we take to the XLR basement in Withington for a funky night
- [S Club: “We were all so hungry for it.”](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/s-club-we-were-all-so-hungry-for-it/) — 2024-02-13: Our Deputy Station Manager, Issy Hatton-Williams, sits down with Jon and Bradley from S Club to chat about their upcoming tour and the changing music
- [A Zoom Call With James Humphrys](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/a-zoom-call-with-james-humphrys/) — 2020-06-18: Written & Interviewed by Maisie Woodford //  Last month, I was able to have a little interview with the incredibly talented Bristol-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer/overall lovely human
- [Review: a little space at HOME Theatre](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-a-little-space-at-home-theatre/) — 2020-02-19: Written by Ciara Ewing A big space. A small space. Your space. Safe. Mind the Gap immersed the audience into a world to escape to
- [Review: Fatoumata at Band on the Wall](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-fatoumata-at-band-on-the-wall/) — 2020-02-18: Written by Ben Read: Playlist Editor Last Friday I was fortunate enough to catch Fatoumata at Band on The Wall in Manchester. The fact that
- [Fuse News is Here!](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/fuse-news-is-here/) — 2020-02-13
- [Review: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-the-strange-tale-of-charlie-chaplin-and-stan-laurel/) — 2020-02-10: Written by Charlie O'Brien... In 1910 a ship set sail for New York. On board were Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. They were travelling with
- [Review: Scouting for Girls at Albert Hall](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-scouting-for-girls-at-albert-hall/) — 2019-12-30: Written by Mia Edwards... The year is 2015. A text appears on my phone. I am embedded in a McBusted-in-bed marathon. The text reads: For your 18th do
- [Review: Roots at HOME Theatre](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-roots-at-home-theatre/) — 2019-12-15: Written by Jo Chitty You would be forgiven for entering a performance of Roots at HOME, having read the necessary leaflet, and yet still having
- [Review: Night Moves and Night and Day Cafe](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-night-moves-and-night-and-day-cafe/) — 2019-12-10: Written by Olivia White The Minneapolis-born Night Moves graced the very ‘on brand’ Manchester’s Night & Day Café. Having only played the ‘Cottonopolis’ once before
- [Review: Black Midi at White Hotel](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-black-midi-at-white-hotel/) — 2019-12-10: Written by Olivia White Where to even begin?  Black Midi continue to strike awe, shock or confusion (sometimes all 3) in the eyes of those
- [Review: Blend x De Rumba Presents Pedro](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-blend-x-de-rumba-presents-pedro/) — 2019-12-05: By Head of Arts and Culture, Saoirse Akhtar-Farren This Saturday evening, Lisbon met Manchester, in a collaboration named ‘Blend x De Rumba’ which certainly brought
- [Review: Plant Fetish at HOME Theatre](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-plant-fetish-at-home-theatre/) — 2019-12-02: Written by Digby Barrowcliff After reading the description of the play by Chanje Kunda, it was rather hard to know exactly what to expect from
- [Review: The Shadow at HOME Theatre](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-the-shadow-at-home-theatre/) — 2019-12-01: Written by Katya Camyab Upon watching “The Shadow,” and knowing that it was solely based on dance, I was anxious as to whether I would
- [Mac DeMarco](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/mac-demarco/) — 2019-11-22: By Edoardo Fusi   Mac DeMarco, the prince of indie rock himself, will be blessing audience members with wavy tunes and a wacky performance in
- [Review: MorMor at YES](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-mormor-at-yes/) — 2019-04-16: Last week in the basement room at YES, MorMor played his first show in Manchester, and proved that he is an artist of breath-taking versatility
- [Review: BangFace Weekender](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/review-bangface-weekender/) — 2019-04-13: When I got off the train at Ainsdale, a small seaside town north of Liverpool, I did not expect to be greeted by German accents.
- [Live Review: Maribou State at the Albert Hall](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/live-review-maribou-state-at-the-albert-hall/) — 2019-03-19: From humble beginnings in Hertfordshire, Maribou State found their musical niche in 2015 with their critically acclaimed debut album Portraits. Now four years later, dance-music
- [Interview: Boyzone’s Keith Duffy](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/interview-boyzones-keith-duffy/) — 2019-03-01: Keith Duffy is a founding member of Boyzone, one of the UK’s most successful bands (his words, not ours) and this week he talks to
- [Interview: The Stranglers](https://fusefm.co.uk/articles/interview-the-stranglers/) — 2019-02-17: The Stranglers frontman Baz Warne discusses the state of rock and roll, his distaste for genres and how to maintain a rebellious image in a

## About

Manchester Fuse FM is part of the Manchester Media Group network (manchestermediagroup.co.uk). Content is created by University of Manchester students.