James Hall

My ⁦@Telegraph⁩ tribute to @rodstewart as he turns 80, on how he set the career template for George Michael, Robbie Williams and Harry Styles. We’ll be seeing a lot more of Rod the Mod this yr. Thnx to Pete Townshend & @davidhepworth⁩ for words. https://t.co/2Yn7rJhfuw

RT @AnspachHobday: Nice to reflect upon how Diageo's drought may have set the stage for many stouts and porters from @SIBANational brewerie…

As the Keir Starmer-bashing parody of Mud's 1974 hit Lonely This Christmas rockets up the charts, I spoke to Mud's Rob Davis about the song's 50th anniversary, Prince, Keir, and Davis's 2nd chapter writing Kylie's biggest hit. Xmas chart out at 5.30pm... https://t.co/rAeQKl9DM1

RT @theLDNstandard: In today's issue, James Hall speaks to the Australian duo Confidence Man ahead of their upcoming south London gig #fron…

As new doc about The Beatles’ arrival in US in 1964 lands on Disney+, I had a look at the band’s broader relationship with USA, including the “more popular than Jesus” furore that erupted just two years later. It changed everything. @thebeatles @telegraph https://t.co/zTi3xRmhwa

RT @neil_mccormick: Album reviews at the @Telegraph include the good Father by @JamesFHall and Wicked by @poppieplatt. Scroll down for my v…

I wrote a tribute to Quincy Jones for the Standard. From Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles and Jacko to The Italian Job and In Cold Blood... A dizzying polymath with a seven-decade career. We won't see his like again. @EveningStandard https://t.co/NlaMPTTLmD

Interviewed Pete Townshend for the Standard. He has opened “The Townshend Studio” in his old University - a room of vintage synths on which he recorded Baba O’Riley, Tommy etc. We talked about the crisis in arts education, plans for The Who, Oasis & more. https://t.co/CNphn8npFG

When a comeback album becomes a posthumous one. I spoke to Slash, Don Was and others about MC5’s first new album for 53 years - the riotous Heavy Lifting - and the death of Wayne Kramer in the run-up to its release. ⁦@Telegraph⁩ ⁦@MC5alive⁩ https://t.co/XF0AkUIyQp

The big-budget music video is back thanks to Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX. I took a deep dive into the topic for @telegraph, chatting with label bosses, current directors, and legends Kevin Godley and Billie Jean and Take on Me director Steve Barron. https://t.co/p0401HBCgR

Marie Curie this week released list of most popular songs people listen to in their dying moments (I Will Always Love You, Simply The Best etc). Here's a list of alternative songs for your dying moments. Hundreds of readers added their own suggestions... https://t.co/j6XEvqqTDG

Charli XCX's Brat and Brat#2 album sleeves – design classics, so-bad-they're-good, or plain bad? The debate rages. But here are 12 brilliant albums with plain terrible covers. Can you think of others? @telegraph https://t.co/cpSsTTJM2U

Here's my Telegraph review of new Paul Heaton album. It's got a fun 'night in an old-school boozer' vibe: joy, despair, jukebox, Silk Cuts, Scampi Fries and pint after pint. He's riding high - about to tour arenas with a headline stadium gig next summer. https://t.co/ew4DSnRl3A

RT @MorrisseyMerc: In a new Telegraph article, Morrissey tells James Hall: “Every major label in London has refused Bonfire of Teenagers wh…

Morrissey breaks his years-long newspaper silence with exclusive @telegraph interview with me. On why he believes he’s being “gagged”, and why his Bonfire of Teenagers album hasn’t come out. ⁦⁦He didn’t hold back. Online now and in paper tomorrow. https://t.co/mrfRdR7hsa

And @oasis announce two new Wembley shows for next September to try to make amends. Tickets will be sold via a "Staggered Invitation-only Ballot Process". Sounds like a Kasabian album title.

Oasis address dynamic pricing fiasco: nothing do to with us, Guv. "It needs to be made clear that @oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management, and at no time had any awareness that dynamic pricing was going to be used," they say.