Gary Ryan
Writer at Freelance
Journalist at New Musical Express (NME)
Journalist, @NME 'Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?' columnist https://t.co/FTFaSjdAo2… ✉ [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
nme.com | Gary Ryan
1In early ZTT adverts for Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which band did you claim you were making “lick the shit” of your shoes? “It’s got to be Duran Duran or Wham!?
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2 weeks ago |
nme.com | Gary Ryan
The first song I remember hearing‘You Are My Sunshine’“My grandma used to sing it to me, but then I also loved Disney films so I might have heard Randy Newman’s ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’ from Toy Story first. I watched Toy Story with my own kids recently. They’re too young to understand it, but it’s colourful and they looked at it dazed.”The first album I ever boughtEminem – ‘The Eminem Show’“When I was seven, I bought it from HMV in Liverpool city centre.
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2 weeks ago |
nme.com | Gary Ryan
Thirty-five years ago, the question of who murdered doomed prom queen Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks was on everybody’s lips. Even Queen Elizabeth II cut short a private audience with a Beatle at Buckingham Palace to avoid missing the cult TV phenomenon. “Paul McCartney told us he had been invited to perform music to celebrate the Queen’s birthday, and she had to rush upstairs to see who killed Laura Palmer,” remembers Mark Frost, who created the show with visionary director David Lynch.
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4 weeks ago |
nme.com | Gary Ryan
1In 2024, you opened Glastonbury’s main stage and also later performed your 2019 collaboration with Coldplay, ‘Arabesque’, during their headline set. Can you name any act who performed in between? “Arrrggh, gosh! OK – skip! [Laughs]”WRONG. Ayra Starr, Cyndi Lauper, Keane, Michael Kiwanuka and Little Simz. 2024 also marked the 40th anniversary of the first time you played Glasto as part of your father, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti’s band, Egypt 80. “I knew Little Simz! She appeared with Coldplay too.
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2 months ago |
nme.com | Gary Ryan
1Over the years, you’ve won two NME Awards. What were they for? “I can’t believe I even won an NME Award. I imagine it wasn’t for my pop lyrics! It must have been for Most Popular Female?”WRONG. In 1998, you scooped the ‘Most Desirable Person’ gong, beating Liam Gallagher.
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RT @Gary__Ryan: Enjoyed chatting with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost for @NME about working with David Lynch, whether the series may cont…
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Enjoyed chatting with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost for @NME about working with David Lynch, whether the series may continue, and the time Queen Elizabeth II rushed out of a private audience with Paul McCartney to discover who killed Laura Palmer https://t.co/9mZF2ktnuR