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Album: Blondie, Panic of Girls (EMI / Eleven Seven)
Sunday 03 July 2011
Blondie are the most reluctantly retro of bands, their leader a heritage heroine who hates being treated like a museum piece.
Suede - A stylish return for the wild ones
Friday 10 June 2011
Suede's comeback gig last year was supposed to be a one-off. Now they're re-releasing their hits and headlining festivals. Elisa Bray chatted at Brett Anderson's house
Suede, Brixton Academy, London
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Many old shots of Brett Anderson posing coquettishly as a self-regarding dandy have been published in recent weeks, though none can prepare us for the sight of Suede's singer with arms heroically stretched out, encompassing his fans' adulation. And this is during "Breakdown", one of the less memorable tracks from their debut album, which now closes with a punishing coda to replace the original's yearning close.
Culture Club: The Kennedys, Thursdays, History
Thursday 14 April 2011
"You Brits will love the Kennedy story. It has all the pomp, sex, money and power struggles you expect from us colonials. Jackie was our queen, Jack our prince. All very royal in an American way."
Album: The Human League, Credo (Wall of Sound)
Friday 25 March 2011
There's much to enjoy about The Human League's comeback album, not least the way Phil Oakey expands the lexicon of pop to include such outré terms as witless, rancour and hellions, sprinkled among the 11 tracks.
Debbie Harry admits drug addiction
Monday 21 March 2011
Debbie Harry was "absolutely" a drug addict for "a couple of years".
Culture Club: Skins
Monday 31 January 2011
This week's Culture Club is on the new series of E4's controversial teen drama Skins. Do you love it? Do you hate it? How do feel the latest cast members compare with their predecessors? Let us know your thoughts below.
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil to be jailed for DUI
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is to be jailed for drunk driving.
Culture Club: Glee
Monday 17 January 2011
This week's Culture Club focuses on the second series of Glee. Do you love it? Do you hate it? How do you feel it is comparing with the first series? Leave your thoughts on Glee below.
Culture Club: Let Me In
Monday 08 November 2010
This week’s Culture Club focuses on Let Me In - the American remake of acclaimed Swedish vampire movie Let The Right One In.
Suede, Bush Hall, London
Friday 29 October 2010
Band reformations are a depressing lottery. They're rarely done for the purest of reasons: the money from a reunion tour has got to be pretty tempting for people whose creative profitability is years over. Couple that with the fact that pop stars in their 40s are rarely as vigorous as in their 20s, and it's all too easy for a group to lose sight of what it was that made them special in the first place.
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Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria’s rebels
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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