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Laura Branigan, 1952-2004

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 31 August 2004

LAURA BRANIGAN, who has died of a brain aneurysm aged 47, was a powerful singer with a five-octave range who in an earlier generation would ...

Girls Aloud: How I Became a Girl Aloud

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 17 September 2004

Caroline Sullivan spends a week in the shoes — the very painful shoes — of the UK's number one girl band ...

Avril Lavigne: O Sister, What Art Thou?

Interview by Tim Cooper, The Independent, 11 March 2005

Teenage girls can't resist Avril Lavigne's sulky-teen pose. So Tim Cooper decides to let his daughter interrogate the pop princess. ...

Geri Halliwell: Outer Spice

Profile and Interview by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 8 May 2005

Since Geri Halliwell launched her solo career she's drifted in and out of our orbit. Now she's having another shot at re-entry. She's a woman ...

ABBA: Arrival (Deluxe Edition)

Sleeve notes by Carl Magnus Palm, Polar Music, October 2006

'DANCING QUEEN', 'Fernando', 'Knowing Me, Knowing You' and 'Money, Money, Money' – these four tracks all belong at the top of the list of ABBA's ...

George Michael, Wham!: George Talks: His Frankest Interview Ever

Interview by Steve Pafford, Richard Smith, GAY TIMES, July 2007

ALTHOUGH IT'S probably not what George Michael would like to be remembered for, something happened a year ago that summed him up beautifully. George was ...

Dido: Queen of the Road

Interview by Sheryl Garratt, Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2008

Dido is Britain's most successful female artist ever, yet is releasing only her third album since her 1999 breakthrough. She tells Sheryl Garratt about the ...

2010: a look ahead at the year in pop

Preview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 10 January 2010

The pop climate is becoming like the actual climate. Where you once had distinct seasons now it all happens at once ...

Rihanna: LG Arena, Birmingham

Live Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 10 May 2010

IF 2008 WAS the year in which Rihanna consolidated her status as a global pop phenomenon and 2009 the year that she came back stronger ...

ABBA: A Matter Of Blood, Sweat And Tears: ABBA's Voulez-Vous (Deluxe Edition)

Sleeve notes by Carl Magnus Palm, Polar Music, 31 May 2010

HINDSIGHT IS A wonderful thing. When studying the track list of compilation albums such as ABBA Gold, or perusing chart statistics, it is easy to ...

Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears: Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj: Staples Center, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Evelyn McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2011

Haters Go Home: Britney Dominates L.A. Show ...

ABBA: The Visitors (Deluxe Edition)

Sleeve notes by Carl Magnus Palm, Polar Records, 23 April 2012

The final phase: The making of The Visitors ...

Lorde: New Band Of The Week: Lorde

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 7 June 2013

THIS NZ TEEN is about to make a big splash beyond blog-land. Think Lily meets Lana, only cuter and more cutting. ...

Kylie Minogue: "It's not right if you're a woman who enjoys expressing her sexuality pretending you're not sexual"

Interview by Jude Rogers, New Statesman, 27 March 2014

Jude Rogers talks to the pop princess about gay best friends, life after breast cancer and why she spent New Year alone. ...

Taylor Swift: Apple royalties U-turn: is Taylor Swift the most powerful woman in music?

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 22 June 2015

Viewed as an advocate for artists and a game-changer, almost no other pop star could have made the corporate behemoth roll over. ...

Cilla Black 1943-2015

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 3 August 2015

THE BRITISH POP revolution of the 1960s involved not only male guitar bands, but also several young female singing stars, including Cilla Black, who has ...

Miley Cyrus: Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz

Review by Kate Allen, Fashion Music Style, 2 September 2015

HOW MUCH of a surprise release is this, really? After a disappointingly unremarkable turn as the host of the MTV Video Music Awards – which ...

Adele: Hello again, Adele

Report and Interview by Lisa Verrico, Sunday Times, 25 October 2015

Amid a blaze of publicity, the star delighted her fans with her latest single last week. And, says Lisa Verrico, she may prove to be ...

Rick Astley: Never gonna give him up: How Rick Astley returned from the wilderness

Interview by Paul Sexton, Daily Telegraph, 9 September 2016

OVER COFFEE in a smart London hotel, Rick Astley is explaining his antidote to middle age. "I still play in a band, with a couple of friends. We ...

Justin Bieber: O2, London

Live Review by John Aizlewood, The Evening Standard, 12 October 2016

WHEN JUSTIN BIEBER most recently played the O2 in 2013, he arrived two hours late, broke the hearts of his young audience and was shoddiness ...


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