No Rock And Roll Fun

NOW, THAT'S A SHOCKER: Avon and Somerset police have dropped the porn investigation against [prominent anti-war protester] 3D from Mas...

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF LETTERS: Most of which are offering us the chance to loose weight, but amongst them was this, from Alan of the The Fr...

SOME PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR A SOUTH CAROLINA GIG: We can only assume that was what prompted Evan Dando and his foul mouthed tirade aga...

OBVIOUSLY NEEDED SPACE FOR THE EGO: Despite being reduced to playing Las Vegas – where, lest we forget, Elvis ate, Chandler’s Dad put the B...

BLUE MAN WANTS GREEN MAN: Apparently, the never-quite-rolling Lee Ryan from Blue is now going round telling all and sundry he wants to have...

WANGLERS: Texas born band claims Texas born president makes them ashamed to be from Texas. So how does South Carolina decide it has a moral...

BONO TAKES A STAND: Mr. Bono makes speech praising George Bush a few hours before his ole' chum starts bombing people . Irish Abroad re...

FRIT-WATCH: A semi-regular column of celebs running away from 'war' - further contributions welcome to FrankieSaysWarHideYourself@b...

AND WE THOUGHT JAY ASTON'S SKIRT COMING OFF WAS RACY: Tatu have been chosen to represent Russia at this year's Eurovision song cont...

WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: No cock and roll fun edition Due to last week’s intermittent internet access, there was no Pop Papers - for those...

WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: No cock and roll fun edition Due to last week’s intermittent internet access, there was no Pop Papers - for those...

COUPLES WHO LOVE TOO MUCH: We're sorry to bring this up at lunchtime, but we're alarmed by Catherine Zeta-Jones paying a small fort...

"VINDALOO... VINDALOO. YES, THAT SONG REALLY SPEAKS TO MY SOUL": Can it really be true that Ceefax, rushing to report the death o...

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST OF HEARING WORD: The shit-eating damage limitation effort launched into by the Dixie Chicks seems to be havin...

RIAA THROWS WEIGHT AROUND. AGAIN: Hey, CEO - what are you doing? Fretting over how to keep your company going while shares tank? Planning f...

ROCK RATING: MINUS TWO, AND FALLING: We thought the very idea of Kelly Osbourne flogging Doritos was bad enough, but... really - have you s...

WORSE THAN PARENT'S NIGHT: Being a parent can be great - when you get old and nuts, you have people obliged to look after you; plus, yo...

SARAH NIXEY. PVC TROUSERS. NICE: Justin Fun tripped off down to the Mean Fiddler to see Black Box Recorder. He reported back. It makes us j...

SENSITIVITY TRAINING: While we like nothing better than having a giggle at the expense of Micahel Jackson, we thought it was odd that Comic...

MIRROR, MIRROR, MON DIEU...: Who on earth would care enough about Dollar being voted out of Reborn In The USA to be motivated to send death...

CALLED TO ACCOUNT: The BPI is getting really pissed off with BT, not because you have to pay for directory enquiries from a phone box (wasn...

GERI HALLIWELL RUNS AFTER THE BUS SHOUTING 'LET ME ON': Not only did dannii Minogue make a ham-fisted attempt to clamber onto the T...

HE COULD SILENCE THREE SETS OF PARENTS FOR THAT: More money woes for Michael Jackson, as the court finds against him in the Millennium Eve ...

FAN CLUB FAN CLUB: Phil Scowen caught up with Teenage Fanclub when their not-quite-a-comeback tour made it to Japan... Teenage Fanclub c...

QUITE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST RECORD IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD - BOTH PAST AND FUTURE: Thanks to Martin W for pointing us in the direction ...

THE FIRST RETREAT OF THE WAR: Just when we were starting to warm to the Dixie Chicks, they went and spoiled it - and not only withdrew thei...

CATCH THE 'HEAD. OH, TOO LATE: Radiohead announce first UK tour in six years , sell out tour. Never mind, better luck in 2009...

'OFTEN GRUMPY AND LOOKS LIKE A STRANGE GIRL': Thats how Q TV are describing the impness of pervo that is Brian Molko at the moment....

STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT: Noel Gallagher has rubbished anti-war protests as pointless , and in a wonderful example of shrugging off the h...

WHY FLIER WHEN YOU CAN GET THE NME TO DO YOUR JOB?: NME asks What are the best indie clubs in the UK? ; every provincial promoter opens at ...