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News round-up: April 2007

Sugababe Amelle Berrabah proves less sweet than she looks, Keith Richards admits he literally rolls his own, and Britain isn’t tiring of Arctic Monkeys just yet…
Newest Sugababe Amelle Berrabah may have been spending too much time with Walk This Way collaborator Cheryl Tweedy of late after finding herself caught up in a fracas in a […]

Osbourne to be wild… but not funny

By ROB JONES
Sharon Osbourne: part wrap-you-in-a-blanket mumsy dame who advertises bingo on TV; part bile-breathing witch from the dark side who would scratch off your face at the gentlest of swipes at “the family”. I’ll be choosing my next 500 words carefully in case I end up on her wish list alongside Josh Homme, on […]

Songs to put a spell on you

Y.M.C.A., P.Y.T., F.L.M. Pop stars have been keeping things short for years. Here are 20 other song titles made up entirely of abbreviations, most of which wouldn’t have got past the censors if left in longhand. Funny how The Fall Of Troy haven’t made it big yet.
A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Sex), Korn
B.F.D. (Big […]

Jamaican rhythm is a mystery

By ROB JONES
I’m writing from the veranda of a brightly coloured cottage, four paces from the too-hot-for-bare-feet sand of the longest stretch of beach in Jamaica. It’s at least 32 degrees, my bottle of Red Stripe has beads of ice-cold sweat racing down it, and a six-inch kamikaze lizard has just flung itself from the […]