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Gary Ryan

Manchester

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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Articles

  • Finn Wolfhard on his post-'Stranger Things' summer: "This is the start of a different chapter"

    2 weeks ago | nme.com | Gary Ryan

    It was the dreaded morning after. Following the joyous celebration of turning 20 in December 2022, Finn Wolfhard had entered the grim Upside Down of the hangover. “I’m not a drinker or a partier but I’d gone out and gotten hammered and I was feeling hang-xiety,” he remembers.

  • “'Dig!' could never be made again”: why the drug-fuelled rock doc is the last of its kind

    1 month ago | nme.com | Gary Ryan

    When Zia McCabe first watched Dig! at Sundance Film Festival in 2004, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, her reaction was relief. “We got off easy,” says The Dandy Warhols keyboardist and percussionist. “They could have made us look so much worse.

  • "I went over to Noel Gallagher at Glastonbury and told him to stop dissing Little Mix"

    1 month ago | nme.com | Gary Ryan

    1Rizzle Kicks guest hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2013 when Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan smashed his mug during the ‘next lines’ round. Which song’s lyric tipped him over the edge? Harley Alexander-Sule: “Was it ‘The Fun Lovin’ Criminal’ by Fun Lovin’ Criminals?”Jordan Stephens: “No, it wasn’t. He got annoyed with the Fun Lovin’ Criminals lyrics, but then I went off-book and asked him about Dr. Dre, which is when he smashed his mug.”WRONG.

  • Bambie Thug: 'Rebel County' renegade

    1 month ago | prsformusic.com | Gary Ryan

    Bambie Thug became Eurovision’s latest breakout star in 2024. Dressed as a horned demon amid a circle of candles containing a pentagram, the pop-disruptor sang Ireland’s entry Doomsday Blue — a blistering exorcism of hyperpop, metal and rock — as 163 million viewers watched on. The performance placed Bambie at sixth on the final leaderboard, earning Ireland its highest Eurovision finish in nearly 25 years.

  • "I’ll never like him. I’ll vote for him, but that’s about it"

    1 month ago | nme.com | Gary Ryan

    John Lydon has spoken to NME about his past controversial championing of Donald Trump, describing him as “one of the most horrible little runts I’ve ever seen,” and clarifying “I’ll never like him.

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Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan @Gary__Ryan
10 Apr 25

“This is the start of a different chapter of my life” Interviewed Finn Wolfhard about his directorial debut, and why finishing Stranger Things “felt like a break-up” for this week’s @NME film cover https://t.co/VNW9ldC8Tn https://t.co/CmysYuIFwx

Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan @Gary__Ryan
28 Mar 25

RT @Dogwoof: "Legendary film is remixed anew for cinemas." Read about the re-release of DIG 'DIG! XX' in @NME ↓ #DIGXX is in cinemas for o…

Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan @Gary__Ryan
24 Mar 25

RT @NME: As #Dig! is remixed anew for cinemas, The Jonestown and @TheDandyWarhols on why it couldn't be made today: "It’s an unfiltered sh…