
Jacqui Swift
Journalist at The Sun
Journalist and Regent’s University lecturer. Married to David, mum to Alex and Barney the dog.
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1 month ago |
thesun.co.uk | Jacqui Swift
THE idea for Billy Nomates’ third album Metalhorse came after a “personal and tumultuous” time in her life. Firstly, Billy Nomates — stage name of Leicester-born, Bristol-based songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Tor Maries — was beginning to tire of the music industry circus. Then, just as she was about to start recording, her beloved dad Peter died from Parkinson’s, a year after diagnosis. Both problems fed into Metalhorse — a concept album of sorts about a dilapidated old funfair.
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2 months ago |
thesun.co.uk | Jacqui Swift
AS Jim Kerr readily admits: “There’s a bit of a moment going on with Simple Minds just now.” We’re chatting in the bar of a central London hotel, along with guitarist Charlie Burchill as the singer enthuses about their stellar live shows. He adds: “It feels like this wave and we are on the top of it.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
thesun.co.uk | Jacqui Swift
MAKING new album Night Life, The Horrors faced serious setbacks – but it only made the band stronger and more excited about what’s yet to come. Talking about the Southend group’s first album in eight years, singer Faris Badwan says: “There’s been a lot of challenges and difficulties, but we’ve come out with something really good, that we are really proud of.”Badwan and bassist Rhys Webb, now the core duo of the band, are chatting in their publicist’s office in North London.
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Feb 27, 2025 |
thesun.co.uk | Andrew Whiteford |Jacqui Swift
PISCES is an album that shows a new side to James Arthur. It comes after a journey of self-growth, following a series of personal struggles for the singer who won The X Factor in 2012. Arthur says: “Coming to a place of acceptance has been powerful for me. It means I’m in a place where I’m in touch with my feelings. “And musically, I’m in a space where I wanted to try some different sorts of sounds.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
thesun.co.uk | Jacqui Swift
THE Human Fear is unmistakably a Franz Ferdinand record – and they make no excuses for that. The Scottish band’s first studio album in seven years still has their distinctive and unique guitar sound. Singer Alex Kapranos says: “It’s good to sound like Franz Ferdinand — it is liberating and I feel comfortable with the identity of the band. “Making this record, I was forced to go back and listen to what we had done before. And it felt good.
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