Tag: Tim Burgess
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Tim Burgess’ Great Vinyl Adventure
Tim Burgess. You may know him as the lead singer of The Charlatans, readily recognisable from his shock of blond pudding-bowl-shaped hair and singer of some of the best songs of the last twenty-odd years. You may also know Burgess as a prominent contributor to Twitter, or from his own brand of fairtrade coffee (Tim…
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The Charlatans Debut Songs From New Album Modern Nature At Rough Trade East
It’s a good thing that Tim Burgess is such a positive, likeable frontman. His band, The Charlatans has experienced great highs, including three number one hit albums, and – whether by design or chance – was an integral part of two important musical scenes in Madchester and Britpop. Songs like 1995’s “Just When You’re Thinking…
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Bieber Meltdown Latest: He’s Not The First Pop Star This Has Happened To…
Noel Redding, the Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player had a handy quote for anyone who wanted to enter the music business and who asked his advice: “Study law. Buy a gun…” Not a stun gun though, presumably. What with Rhianna allegedly “romping with £5,000 strippers” (I say allegedly – it must be true – I…
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Rock Stars And Their Old Jobs…(Pt 2)
I set a quiz a few days ago asking you to match up rock stars with the old jobs they used to do before they were famous. Some were easier than others, but I enjoyed the comment hoping that Lemmy might have been a hotel bellhop. It might have made his movie even better… So…
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The Rolling Stones In Rice Krispies Advert Shame! (and other breakfast stories)
Rock stars and Breakfast cereals are not the most obvious bedfellows… So what do The Rolling Stones and The Charlatans have in common (aside from having a greater appetite for banned substances than the Bulgarian weightlifting and Tour De France teams combined)? As I re-read The True Adventures of The Rolling Stones recently, there was…
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Tim Burgess of The Charlatans Telling Stories: “I Wanted My Book To Be Like Pulp Fiction…”
Charlatans lead singer Tim Burgess launched his autobiography Telling Stories this week at a special event at St James’ Church in Piccadilly. Reading extracts from his book, Burgess revealed snippets of life on the road with a rock band, which as most of us have long suspected appears to involve long and convoluted attempts to smuggle banned substances…
Every record tells a story 