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Why I still love the NME

Posted on October 27, 2011 by John S

The New Musical Express… I first started reading it in 1974-75, aged 15.  I’d been a Sounds fan, rather than NME or Melody Maker, for a while.  It did the Rock – and I was into that, the Metal, Bad … Continue reading →

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So The Stone Roses are back

Posted on October 21, 2011 by John S

Hooray! Years of speculation and denials and now it’s happened.  Just been reading that 220,000 tickets for three Manchester gigs were sold in 68 minutes.  Pretty impressive.  Hope they’ll come down to the Smoke at some point.  Might be hard … Continue reading →

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