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Career Killers: “Twelve Months, Eleven Days” by Gary Barlow
by Victor Liby Victor LiGary Barlow was supposed to be the next George Michael. Compared to Robbie Williams, he might as well have been Andrew Ridgeley. What happened?
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Career Killers: “Take My Breath Away,” by Berlin
by Victor Liby Victor LiHow an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.
How #Pogback turned into #Pogbye. At least he made plenty of #Pogbank along the way.
Woohoo! Happy to report that Nixon in New York has hit 500 libraries
He might not have been the most important musically or on stage, but Depeche Mode will miss Andrew Fletcher. R.I.P. Fletch.