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Lady Gaga Smash Hits

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What we reckon an X Factor magazine could look like

In a post on his blog, magazine guru (and one-time Smash Hits editor) David Hepworth asks the question "Who wants an official X Factor magazine?". He notes that The X…
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The Newsdump, Feb 10, 2010: from Boyle's cat to NME's Godlike Genius Award not going to Da Brat

Hold onto your hats: » Susan Boyle is living in one place and her pet cat is living in another. (Digital Spy) Amazingly, the cat is now living with ex-Smash Hits…
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The John & Edward single is fantastic

Look, it says so on their website. Did you see them per­form­ing it on the Smash Hits Pollwinners Party last night? You probably did, but if not here it is.  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4nCUBNhQ4Q…
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Back. Back! BACKO ABOUT JACKO!

Combining the Jacko-friendly warmth of mid-80s-era Smash Hits with the rampant com­mer­cial oppor­tunism of late-2000s-era Bauer Media, here's the cover of a special tribute edition of Smash Hits which is…
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Make yourself as sick as a dog for an entire month, with Same Difference

We've got some Same Difference shit to give away. There are thirty big bags of Haribo (pre­sum­ably there's some sort of 'deal' that's been struck, when we were in at…
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The day the music died: farewell, Billiam

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, thoughts turn to those who have been loved and lost. On Remembrance Sunday, and on Armistice Day, we will wear poppies as a small but sig­ni­fic­ant…
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Pet Shop Boys quiz

QUESTION ONE: Is there any better band on the face of the planet than the Pet Shop Boys? ANSWERS QUESTION ONE: No. Here's Neil Tennant in the new issue of Pop magazine…
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The May 2008 triple CD 80s compilation face-off of doom

  Title 'Smash Hits — The 80s'  'Here And Now — The Very Best Of The 80s'  Selling point "I am over the age of 28, I have some sense of 'brand…
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Guess what we all missed last week?

It's two years since the last issue of Smash Hits 'hit the stands'.  It doesn't seem like two years. We wonder how long it took readers to stop missing Smash Hits,…
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9 years, 3 months, 15 days since the last Rihanna album
Outlook for May 11: Sunny spells with a chance of Billie Eilish
Burning Bridges by Sigrid is the biggest song right now
The best popstar is currently Charli XCX and that's that
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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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    The 2023 Popjustice 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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