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News round-up: February 2006

The last of the 2005 awards round off a good 12 months for James Blunt, Green Day, Mariah Carey and Kaiser Chiefs. Jacko’s new releases suggest it really wasn’t his year…
At the Brit Awards, Kaiser Chiefs are treble winners, named Best British Group, Rock Act and Live Act. James Blunt takes home two gongs, […]

Rain Pryor, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, 22 February 2006

Celebrity offspring: there are those we never see or hear about, who are happy to have comparatively unextraordinary jobs and leave their famous folks to bask in the limelight. For the rest bold enough to try carving their own way in the entertainment world, their heritage is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you […]

Smash Hits spirals down the dumper

By ROB JONES 
For kids and teenagers in the 1980s, Smash Hits was as much a part of growing up as Grange Hill, Rubik’s Cubes and getting to know the contents of your pyjama bottoms. Every two weeks, with 50 pence pocket money, you could bike it to the newsagent’s, pick up a copy of Ver […]