NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Big Star on 18 April 2022. Big Star has been played over 60 times on NTS, first on 23 November 2014. Big Star's music has been featured on 45 episodes.

Big Star was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton (1950 – 2010), Chris Bell (1951 – 1978), Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel (1951 - 2010). The group broke up in 1974. By the 1980s, they were recognised as one of rock music's classic groups. After the death of Chris Bell in 1978 and the deaths of both Alex…