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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Eurovision: the road to disaster begins here
So this is the plan next year's Eurovision: the BBC are taking the UK entry seriously, even if nobody else will. 2009's United Kingdom Eurovision entry will be picked at…
A venue called @venue for Avenue
Avenue had their media showcase last Thursday in London, at a venue called @venue. The Avenue logo was on the floor. And on the bar. Here are some people enjoying ('tolerating') our…
That's all very well but what about the next Girls Aloud album?
We always thought it would be Nadine who'd be responsible for Girls Aloud's demise but maybe we can start throwing wild and unfounded accusations at Cheryl, who'll be spending the…
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,…
The late Modern
Whatever happened to the very good electronic popular music combo The Modern? Well, they don't exist any more, and have changed their name to Matinee Club, for a start. But…
This is just getting ridiculous
Popworld - the television programme — has been axed. This means that in the last couple of years we have lost Top Of The Pops, CD:UK (which is now NOT being…
Something kinda Mu
Precisely twenty years ago TODAY, Bill Drummond invented the second-greatest male pop duo of all time: The KLF (also known as The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, The Timelords and…
We're off…
Right. It is Christmas and we, like everyone in the country, are fucking off today for a week or so. Quite deservedly too, you will agree, considering what an amazing…
The Popjustice A‑Z of 2006
2006 seems to have gone on for YEARS. We have had to put up with Sandi Thom, the Top of the Pops debacle and fools like Razorlight doing doing their utmost…