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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Eurovision 2013: Liveblog

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7.50pm So his name was Reg, then. Fancy that. Status Quo are currently describing their "caper" movie on the National Lottery ...

Eurovision 2013: You'll have been wondering what The Spectator thought

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It must be so hard for the Spectator: do you attack Eurovision because it's Europe, or do you attack Eurovision because it's the BBC...
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Rihanna takes on Philip Green

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There's a confusing court case gathering in the wings as Rihanna sues TopShop over a tshirt with her face on that the Tory sacking advi...

What does a stalled career look like?

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Providing the song which people will ignore as they tramp through discarded popcorn at the end of a Smurf movie sequel. That's what a s...

Brown Bird needs some help

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Dave Lamb (out of Brown Bird, not Come Dine With Me) is dangerously anaemic. Which would be bad, but for a jobbing band in a country without...

Gordon in the morning: Rolling Stones told they're old

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At last. Someone's suggesting that maybe The Rolling Stones glory days are behind them by quite a distance: “I think there’s a point w...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Rajars: Grim figures

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The new bunch of Rajar figures out today are showing there's been a drop in the Radio One breakfast show audience. That, presumably, ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Gordon in the morning: Going off at half-cock

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Bloody hell, this pre-pubic punnage is harder work than going up the Shard by stairs: In other news, how is The Saturdays' attempts to...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Sony Radio Awards 2013: The winners in full

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I think this is the first time Wickes has ever won a Sony Award, isn't it - for a sponsorship thingy with Absolute Radio. And great to...

Gordon in the morning: Robbie Williams is not happy

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1990s pop star Robbie Williams - check your grandma's Wikipedia edits if you don't recognise the name - has finally joined Status Qu...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Gordon in the morning: How does one become an American star?

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As you'll know, JLS have split into a million pieces. And now America is calling. Gordon reports that Aston is getting ready : FORMER...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Nielsen will count plugging your iPhone in as an iTunes visit

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Back in March, writing about the IFPI's response to the EU study finding that unlicenced filesharing might lead to a small rise in sales...

This week just gone

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Nerdy chart: Browsers used by No Rock visitors, this month: 1. Firefox 2. Chrome 3. Safari 4. Internet Explorer 5. Opera 6. In-app Sa...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Carrie Underwood slowly seeping through the week

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May 7th: May 9th: Be worried, Monday Night Football. You're next.

RIAA attempt to embrace Spotify

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The decision by the RIAA to include streaming in gold and platinum certification is interesting, but not for the reasons the RIAA think. ...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Steve Brookstein: Surely candidate for a column in the relaunched Spare Rib

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Steve Brookstein, who you'll remember as a handy punchline from The X Factors (I think he was the one with the dancing dog act), has dec...
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Gordon in the morning: The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate

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Liam Gallagher has got a problem : Liam said: “This tramp kept hassling me at my house. “I know he’s been a problem for other people roun...
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Little Miss

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Daybreak trumpeted the "takeover" of their Twitter feed this morning. Little Mix were coming, and they were going to answer questi...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Spotify stormed: plug-in opens back door

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Although Google have rushed to remove it from the Chrome store, for a while there, you could grab a tool which would allow you to download m...
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Venue Cymru introduces pop quiz to gain entry

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Strange times at Venue Cymru, as Andy Bellis turns up, hands his tickets in, and... doesn't get to see the band. Here's what happe...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Rising damp

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It turns out that ITV's Vicious isn't the most tragic flatshare sitcom currently in progress. There's this one, too : Macaulay ...

Bookmarks: Abba

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There's a great post on Richard Williams' blog about his role in Abba's rise to world domination. It even has a walk-on part fo...

Oversharing

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Sorry, what was that, ContactMusic ? Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey renewed their vows in Disneyland because they like to ''dress up...
Sunday, May 05, 2013

Justin Bieber: A warning from history

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Perhaps leaving people standing around like chumps for two hours is just now a standard part of the Justin Bieber show ?

Embed and breakfast man: Tame Impala

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Yes, Tame Impala. Yes, at Triple J. Yes, covering Outkast:

This week just gone

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The most-read stories from across No Rock this week: 1. The Stone Roses tire of Liam Gallagher 2. Music writers get paid: Uncool 3. Thom...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

Festivals: All yesterday's parties

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A quick note on the passing of the holiday camp iteration of All Tomorrow's Parties, and two perspectives on it. Catriona Gray in the ...

Festivals: Hop off

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The spirits which kicked in to start a die-back on the UK's overloaded festival circuit are back again this year, with not even the pros...

Metalobit: Jeff Hanneman

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Jeff Hanneman, one of the founders of Slayer, has died. CBC has gathered a collection of fellow rockers reactions . Interestingly, most ...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Embed and breakfast man: Pins

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This is Pins, playing yesterday (I think it was yesterday) in the Parr Street Studios for Bidolito :
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