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Tomorrow's news today

Next week you will probably read the following 'news' stories in The Sun newspaper. 1. Something about Lily Allen recov­er­ing from her big boo-hoo LA depression. 2. Something about Lily…
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If loving the new James Blunt single is wrong…

…we want to be right.
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Rihanna is quite a yeller. Eller, ell(You're fired — Ed)

Here is a video of Rihanna screaming at some people who were fighting at one of her concerts while she was trying to sing a song about domestic violence. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnlNNlF1UE…
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Crime does not payne

The new Candie Payne single 'One More Chance' is really something quite wonderful. The more we listen to it, the more wonderful it becomes. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KihwFsTh6Bo If we were the police…
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'Oh shit'

Best news of 2007: R Kelly's 'Trapped In The Closet' is back back back, picking up at Episode 13.  Here's a recap of episodes one 'through' twelve, and a preview…
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Here is all you need to know about the midweek charts

There is only one event of note in the midweek charts. Robyn 'With Every Heartbeat' [audio:bell.mp3] This single is currently at Number Nine on downloads. It is quite obviously a…
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Oh this just gets better

This is the single sleeve!!! Ooh — Hard-Fi are really fighting the system with this one. It might make more sense if the single's accom­pa­ny­ing video didn't look like this… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doJFoLayt0s …(ie…
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THE WORST RECORD SLEEVE OF ALL TIME

Hard-Fi have gone mental. Richard told The Times: "The sig­ni­fic­ance of album covers is becoming little more than a cen­ti­metre square on an iPod screen. The sleeve used to add another…
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Whole lotta Luv

There are moments in history so earth-shat­ter­ing and of such deep sig­ni­fic­ance that their impact on the col­lect­ive con­scious­ness of the human race is undeni­able. The first Moon landing. The…
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Bright lights and flashing things = entertainment

Call us old fashioned, but these days if we don't see something like this stuck up outside a pop concert… We turn around and walk away. It might as well…

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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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