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Friday, April 01, 2016

Beatlesobit: Fred Arnold

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Really, this is just a plug for an article over at The Arkansas Times , recording the death of Fred Arnold. The story starts as an everyday ...

The tide wasn't as strong as Jay-Z was told

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Oh, poor Jay-Z. He's currently threatening to sue the people who sold him Tidal, as it turns out that he might not have been buying quit...

Bieberwatch (or, rather, Bieberlisten)

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As promoted by Popbitch, there's a handy new site which keeps track of whether Capital FM is playing Justin Bieber :
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Mariah Carey marks a new point

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Today, we put down our small-dog-in-a-handbag and call on our hat attendant to raise our bejewelled hat to Mariah Carey, who has managed to ...

Chris Brown hasn't reminded us for a while how charming he is

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Who knew it was possible to make a young woman's attempted suicide worse? Chris Brown has managed it, though : Since Kehlani made the p...

Shirley Manson's starting point facing closure

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After decades of neglect by the council, and (possibly made-up) figures of a million quids' worth of repairs, Inch Community Centre in E...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

What do they know of Brit-pop, who only Britpop know?

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Radio X - the radio station that used to be known as XFM - has polled its listeners to find the best song ever. We wish they hadn't : ...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

Chvrches supporting Rape Crisis fundraising

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Lauren Mayberry is supporting a fundraising campaign by Rape Crisis in Glasgow . It's worth your support - not because of the endorsemen...

Ticket fraud is growing

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Hey, guess what? As buying tickets for big events becomes ever more a process of sitting staring at the messages servers make when they'...

Where is JB from JLS now?

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You have to love Jonathan Benjamin Gill out of JLS. He's a huge traditionalist, it turns out, as - like so many pop stars of the 60s and...

It's a shit business, say Queensryche

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Oh, you think you have it tough, in your job with no security and such a weak pension scheme you're still going to have to turn up to pu...

Mariah Carey stays solid. Just from a distance.

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Mariah Carey was supposed to play Brussels last night. Faced with the opportunity to carry on as normal, she, erm, chose not to : I love my...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

This week just gone

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Five years ago - what people put in their faces: 1. Billy Corgan tried a joke; people fact check joke 2. Tatu don't understand why pe...
Sunday, March 20, 2016

This week just gone

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Most-read March 2015 stories: 1. NME slaps a Noel cover on again 2. Conor McNicholas: where is he now? 3. The music industry's menta...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Did Madonna "humiliate" a fan? Erm...

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The Madonna tour of Australia isn't going well - she's been turning up late and - as a sympathetic post on Boy Culture admits - has...

We live in a post-genre world, maybe

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Peter Robinson's bit in yesterday's Guardian suggesting we live in a world where genres are meaningless was in interesting read : L...

The Avalanche falls: How Record Store Day closed a shop

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Edinburgh record store Avalanche is closing up - and, ironically, it's partly the success of Record Store Day that is to blame. In a ...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Cameron gets briefing on Rita Ora to make him look in touch

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What's worse than a politician who shoehorns in references to pop culture to try and "connect" with the "electorate"...
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Losing your virginity at 59

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Your gig virginity, that is - this is a clip from this week's You And Yours:

This week just gone

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So far this year… the most-read 2016 stories: 1. Liveblog: Brits 2016 2. James Blunt tries to be queer positive 3. Beyonce confuses the ...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Daily Star deliberately misreports the Viola Beach crash

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Friday morning, and an unequivocal front page from the Daily Star about the accident which killed the band Viola Beach: It was, says the St...
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Progobit: Keith Emerson

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Keith Emerson, the one who wasn't Lake or Palmer, has died . Oddly, Mark Ronson was also out the blocks to pay tribute (this time with...
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Producerobit: George Martin

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There's been a great deal written about George Martin over the last couple of days - I can't recall an occasion previously when a re...
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Who wrote on Bryan Adam's guitar?

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Bryan Adams is cross, because when he picked up his guitar after arriving in Egypt, it has been defaced : Airport customs graffiti on my 19...
Monday, March 07, 2016

We've had lots of letters

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An email pings into our inbox with this unlikely claim Let's just leave aside the question of how something can be a resurgence if it...
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Twittergem: Zayn Malik

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He's right, you know: Zayn Malik's album track list looks like the 'Who's Online' section of MSN Messenger in 2003. pic...
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Sunday, March 06, 2016

This week just gone

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Mother's day special: Most popular mother searches: 1. "I'm a bitch, I'm a mother" lyrics 2. Bloody Motherfucking a...
Saturday, March 05, 2016

I'm not sure, but I think Footloose just turned into Buttloose and happened

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Big Freedia had been going to play Mississippi, until the state realised her show involved twerking, and didn't know what twerking was, ...

Countryobit: Joey Feek

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Joey Feek, the "Joey" in Joey + Rory, has died . She's been unwell for some time, and her decline has been recorded by Rory,...

It's not like anyone ever liked Staind, is it?

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Aaron Lewis, who must take most of the blame for the work of Staind, has chosen his favourite from the US Presidential hopefuls. In his prim...
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