Sorry but I’m sorry but I’m not buying it. In the world of couples ‘Lost In Showbiz’, Katy Perry and Russell Brand had to be top of the list.
With Blur set to receive the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brits later this month, it's a good time to reflect on their finest moments. You can watch a compilation of our faves via this here video. Plus, after the jump, NME writers pick their personal top tracks - and below that, so do lots of NME.COM users (you can read their comments by mousing over the faces).
Another fantastic live music haven, The Talking Heads in Southampton, has closed down. Artists from Everything Everything to Rob Da Bank and Camera Obscura have graced its stage, but dwindling attendances have seen its doors shut.
With Valentine’s Day looming expensively on the horizon it seems as good a time as any to remind ourselves that the secret to any successful relationship is compromise. For without compromise, where would we be? Sat alone in yesterday’s pants, subsisting on execrable microwave meals that would probably taste better on their way out than on their way in, and, once a miserable year, singing “happy birthday to meee...” through a viscous curtain of snot and tears, that’s where. Wherever possible, it’s clearly best to avoid this.
For a band fronted by a guy that sings faster than a flock of fans running to Shoreditch to catch a possible glimpse of Kanye, it might be a challenge for another musician to try to remix them. But for the equally fast-lipped Everything Everything, it's a piece of cake.
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