No Rock And Roll Fun

BITTER MEN OF POP: Anthony Costa, clinging to the disintegrating Blue bandwagon, is really, really pissed off. Why? Because the media ignore "British talent" (i.e. Blue):

"It pisseed me off when we played at the Party In The Park last year," he said at last weekend's TV Moments party. "There were four or five of the best British acts around playing and what made the headlines - Beyonce's ass."

Readers with long memories will recall that amongst the acts were Girls Aloud, Gareth Gates, Blue and the Sugababes - none of whom are really fit to kiss Beyonce's ass, much less force it off the front page. The trouble is, Ant, that while you are all unquestionably British, even British people are going to notice that your suburban-level of singing a bit, dancing a bit talent doesn't quite hold the attention when it's sharing a stage with someone who is actually a proper entertainer. You had a chance to grab those headlines for yourself - you could have played a set so spellbinding and mesmerising the tabloids would have run pictures of you all underheadlines like 'Blue Hat For A Blue Day'. But you instead turned in a humdrum set of so-so performances of second rate songs, so they went with Beyonce's ass instead. Frankly, it's lucky Beyonce was there otherwise the event would probably have been struggling to get a News In Brief slot at the bottom of page fifteen, just below the Faversham Girl Scouts bric-a-brac.

The sad thing is, we don't disagree with your contention that the acts at Party in the Park probably were the best of the British pop scene right now. That's scary.