Barnaby Smith
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Barnaby originally hails from Sydney, Australia but has been in Europe for many years. Enjoys obscure folk singers from the 60s, playing guitar in the Wading Birds and rugby league. Writes for a number of publications, the most credible being the Stool Pigeon.
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The now infamous back injury suffered by Bono that ruled U2 out of a headlining appearance at Glastonbury and curtailed their American tour has apparently cost his insurance company £11 million ($17 million).
Brokers Robertson Taylor are settling the bill after the singer hurt his back during rehearsals in May, requiring ...
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John Lydon has launched a stinging attack on Gorillaz, labelling the cartoon band "sh--."
Perhaps in a state of nervy disarray as he prepared to take the stage with Public Image Ltd at Spain's Benicassim festival on July 18, Lydon told NME.com in a video interview that the 'Dare' hitmakers lacked originality and that ...
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In the wake of his third Barclaycard Mercury Prize nomination for his album 'Tongue N Cheek', Dizzee Rascal is convinced he will take this year's gong -- and reckons the esteemed award should be renamed 'The Dizzee'.
Dizzee won the 2003 Mercury Prize with his debut album 'Boy in Da Corner' and was nominated again in 2007 for 'Maths ...
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A clapped-out old upright piano used by the Beatles at Abbey Road studios is expected to fetch £150,000 ($229,000) when it goes to auction next month.
The keyboard, which comes from Studio Three at the legendary north London studio, was used between 1964 and 1980 and was played by the Beatles on 'Paperback Writer,' though the ...
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Location: 49 Shore Street, Anstruther KY10
Website: www.myspace.com/shiptavern
Capacity: 50 to 70
Come to see: Unfortunately, for most people the Ship Tavern is going to be a bit of a hike. Anstruther is a small town that lies on the chilly east coast of Scotland, within the 'council area' of Fife. Now, for many fans of the UK's folk ...
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After months of campaigning by fans and musicians alike, the BBC Trust has announced this morning, July 5, that BBC 6 Music has been given a reprieve. The good news was announced by a joyful Lauren Laverne on her show, reporting the BBC Trust regarded the station as "well-liked" and "highly distinctive", and that the case for closure had not been ...
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John Lennon's solo back catalogue has received the digital remastering treatment to mark what would have been the former Beatle's 70th birthday on Oct. 9 of this year.
The BBC reports that Yoko Ono joined forces with engineers in New York and at Abbey Road Studios in London to remove some instrumentation from eight of Lennon's solo records, ...
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