Review
by Project Handbag
The only song we know of which is about dancing in art galleries...»
News
by Project Handbag
Scottish radio Station Beat 106 is holding two free gigs on Sep 20th entitled 'Party In The Dark'.
The gigs take place simultaneously at Edinburgh Corn Exchange and Glasgow Carling Academy. To find out how to get tickets, you'll need to listen to the stati»
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by Project Handbag
Good Charlotte have become this year's Daphne & Celeste by being bottled off the stage at Reading festival.
Earlier today, the band had to cut their set short by 20-minutes as a stream of bottles were thrown at them by the crowd.
After getting so fed up with it and on the count of three, they got the»
News
by Project Handbag
Two big bands have gone and sold a lot of copies of their new albums and thus are sitting pretty at the top of the charts.
'Heavy metal' band Metallica have swooped to the top of the US album chart with their first new release in six years, 'St. Anger'. It has sold the very scarily-large amou»
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by Project Handbag
(WARNING: There is non-music content in this story) Mersey TV and Channel 4 - who've been working together for 21 years - have issued further details of the death of 'Brookside' and the triumph of 'Hollyoaks'.
Depressing grown up's soap opera 'Brookside' is to die at the end of this y»
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by Project Handbag
Big-arsed stroppy diva J-Lo has gone and sacked everybody. Cos she got some bad press for some rubbish movie she was in.
As if giving her publicist his P45 a fortnight ago wasn't enough, she's given her agent the boot, as well as long-term manager Benny Medina.
"Benny is someone who has hel»
News
by Project Handbag
tATu - apparently they are lesbians (first I've heard) - will turn the indie world on its head by releasing 'How Soon Is Now?' as their next single.
Either love it or hate it, their cover of The Smiths classic will be the followup single to »
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by Project Handbag
Boo! In the latest midweek singles chart DiS has to hand, Evanescence are holding the number 1 slot with their slice of corporate rock, 'Bring Me To Life'.
Next highest new entry is Electric Six, whose mighty 'Gay Bar' (GAY BARRR GAY BARRRRRRR) holds out at #5, beating Shania Twain<»
Review
by Project Handbag
This is wrong. All wrong. This is not sexy, not particularly fun or clever. “Their music tastes range from Miles Davis to Bowie, Nico to Kraftwerk, Sly And The Family Stone to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club” harps the press release, which doesn’t explain why this sounds like a song the Dimestars would’ve rej»
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by Project Handbag
Some 'difficult' questions caused S Club's PR woman to drag the band out of a TV interview yesterday.
The group, who play their last ever gig at GAY in London tomorrow, were being interviewed on BBC3's 'Liquid News' by Claudia Winkleman. After being questioned
about the tabloid reports of the band»
In Depth by Project Handbag
Project Handbag: listening to pop music, so you don't have to
Greetings from the world of Records Which Get To Higher In The Charts Than Number 99. Here is a roundup of pop news and reviews, in the first of an irregular new series brought to you by your new best friends, Project Handbag.
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News
by Project Handbag
Here's how the UK singles chart stands midweek.
DiS can safely, er, 'predict' that the mighty Busted will score their first No. 1 single this coming Sunday, with that song about being turned down for a dance. Awww.
They're beating David 'Sneddo' Sneddon, who's at No. 2 with his second s»
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by Project Handbag
The pop world is in mourning after S Club - formerly S Club 7 before the rock kid left - have officially called it a day.
The group announced the split onstage at their London Docklands show. Their final single will be 'Say Goodbye' on May 28th, followed by the inevitable 'Greatest Hits' albu»