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
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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1 month 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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