Mark Beaumont

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Mark Beaumont

New SensationsThe Manchester band have worked their way from obscurity to two No 1 albums. As they embark on a stadium tour supporting Robbie Williams, their charismatic frontman talks to Mark Beaumont about coming to terms with his neurodivergence, apologising to Kate Nash, and being the ‘new Morrissey’Through the picture window of an executive box, destiny is calling Thom Rylance.

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Mark Beaumont

Band’s first album in 24 years accomplishes the transition between fan-settling familiarity and creative advancementMark BeaumontDid anybody really think there wouldn’t be an encore? The Britpop-straddling Pulp of His ‘n’ Hers (1994), Different Class (1995) and This is Hardcore (1998) was a phenomenon 15 years in the making, and their bowing out after 2001’s pastoral, Scott Walker-produced seventh album We Love Life felt woefully premature.

5 days ago | msn.com | Mark Beaumont

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5 days ago | msn.com | Mark Beaumont

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

6 days ago | independent.co.uk | Mark Beaumont

‘My dream is to be the best entertainer on the f***ing planet,’ the pop star tells a suitably wowed Edinburgh, and he certainly seems to mean itThirty years and, by his own count, three rehabs after his lad-defining exit from Take That, the question remains: who on earth does Robbie Williams think he is? The award-winning (if not box-office bothering) visionary of simian cinema behind his Better Man biopic? The Hallmark Warhol of his recent, pilloried Radical Honesty art show?