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News round-up: January 2007

The most controversial Celebrity Big Brother ever sees its musical housemates as the main protagonists, while every defunct band of the past 25 years seems to be getting back together. Well, almost every band…
The voice that warbled “we’ve got to all stick together, good friends there for each other”, shortly before reaching for the stars, is […]

Top 10: Stupid names pop stars give their children

Never mind Jack and Olivia - if you want to give your baby the best rock ‘n’ roll start to life, if not the best start to their teenage school years, name them after a wild cat. Or a US city. ANTHONY COLEMAN counts down the stars who threw out the baby-naming rule book.Forget the interminable Celebrity […]

Singing reality TV stars

As Jo O’Meara skulks back to the slot machines of Romford with a bulk pack of Silk Cut, here’s a list of cash-strapped musicians who found their royalties didn’t pay as well as a week with Anne Diamond or a serving of kangaroo anus.
Peter Andre, singing six-pack, penned Insania classic (I’m A Celebrity, Get Me […]

The shock of the new

By ROB JONES 
We’re only three weeks into 2007 and I’ve read about the biggest thing since the Arctic Monkeys at least a couple of dozen times.
Every January it’s the same. Open a magazine or newspaper with the smallest of musical interest and you’ll see a collage of strange new faces – some with potential star […]

Revolution 78, The Barfly, London, 18 January 2007

You wouldn’t think North London’s Revolution 78 have only been playing together for a few months.
Comprising snappily dressed vocalist Andy Blackburn, brothers David and Dan Gritzman on guitar and drums, and James Laff on punchy bass, the newly formed band unleash a solid and varied set on an appreciative audience. Influenced by the likes of […]