Music News

Johnny Marr appeared on-stage with The Cribs on Saturday night (May 12). The former Smiths guitarist, who left the Wakefield band last year after 4 years, reunited with his former bandmates to perform on two songs at the gig at Manchester’s Academy venue.

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has admitted that the band’s most recent album alienated a lot of people. The 43-year-old star has discussed the band’s unusual 2011 album ‘King Of Limbs’ – revealing great pride in the LP, but also admitting that it perhaps wasn’t an easy listen to their fans.

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The Enemy’s Tom Clarke has branded the government’s decision to tax hot food as a “pisstake”. The frontman was discussing the new VAT increase – where all hot food sold in any shop will have to charge the 20 per cent sales tax – and revealed his dismay at the financial affect that this will have on his sausage roll diet, while also jokily suggesting a possible tax rebate loophole.

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Lily Allen is reported to be looking to get some of her “edge” back. The 27-year-old singer settling down in the countryside to concentrate on motherhood and married life – but reports are suggesting that the ‘Smile’ star is getting a tad bored.

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Arctic Monkeys won’t be trying to recreate the sound of their first two albums. Drummer Matt Helders believes that the Sheffield rockers have evolved since their 2006 debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ and follow-up album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare,’ and have seemingly ruled out attempting to write similar albums.

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