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Michael Cragg

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100 Questions with Nicole Scherzinger

This is the sort of thing you have to endure if you're promoting a new single.
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These are pictures taken before and during La Roux's 'gig' in London last night

Last night prolific tunesmith La Roux played her first 'gig' in London for about four years at somewhere called Conway Hall in Holborn. It was, without exag­ger­a­tion, really rather great.…
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I supported Lily Allen at her Shepherds Bush 'gig' in London last night

Last week I got a slightly rambling phone call from your friend and mine Ben Garrett, aka Fryars, aka the man who made the excellent 'Cool Like Me' and other such…
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A chat 'chez' Bright Light Bright Light about twelve of Rod's favourite 12"s

A chat with Bright Light Bright Light about twelve of his favourite 12"s Pop's nicest man Bright Light Bright Light, aka Rod Thomas, has a new EP out this week…
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I went to Barcelona to hear the Shakira album and this is what happened

More often than not album playbacks involve sitting in a fairly hot room in a record label office, usually in west London, with a small group of other journ­al­ists and…
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100 Questions with Sky Ferreira

In which we discover that Sky Ferreira has touched a human brain and thinks of Harry Styles as her boyfriend.
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I went to a Beyoncé concert and here are six things I learned

There aren't many popstars who could get away with touring the world without properly releasing any new material (songs on adverts, films or given away for free with a DVD…
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I went to have a drink with Enrique Iglesias in his hotel and here's what happened

Back in the halcyon days of last October, I received an intriguing email with the following subject line: 'Do you like Japanese food and/or Enrique Iglesias?' The answers to which…
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100 Questions with Charli XCX

Charli XCX has an amazing new single out, which is all well and good, but we wanted to know about the woman behind the many hit singles. Here are 100…
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I went to see Jessie J in concert and here are six things I learned

Is there a more divisive popstar working in the pop 'milieu' than Jessie J? That was a rhet­or­ical question, obviously, because there really isn't. But, I'm not being funny right,…

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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
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    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
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    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
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    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
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