Music journalist & author of Bye Bye Baby (one of the five best books on music, as chosen by Greil Marcus) and the Sunday Times bestseller Taylor: Era by Era.
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If you order the audiobook of my best-selling unauthorised biography, Taylor: Era by Era, by November 5, you'll get 60% off.
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I'm on the new episode of the Hellish podcast! Listen if you'd like to know the five songs I'll meet in Hell, or you just feel like hearing the voices of Hell's receptionist and teaboy (Daniel Whelan and Alex Gale, to give them their offstage names.)
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Read all the time...disco occasionally! My Harry Styles book, which is out today, delves into every single one of his solo songs, and 25 1D ones, too. If you're a Harry fan, or just know one (they're everywhere), this is a nice little autumn treat. #harrystyles
Thanks to @anniezaleski for the "Read all the time..." line. You rock, kid.
Behold my new tome: Harry Styles - The Stories Behind the Songs. It's out October 8, and dives into every track on all his solo albums, plus a big chunk of 1D material. It also weighs a ton - bringing them upstairs ticked today's "do some exercise" box.
While writing this, a while ago, I kind of thought it would never be used, because I assumed Dolly would go on forever.
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Oh, no, Dolly Parton has died. She was one of the world's true forces for good. Terrible, terrible news.
Vicki Wickham was one of pop culture's most storied backroom girls. You name it, she probably did it. She died on Saturday, and I wrote this.
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Did you know Jarvis Cocker is one of this year's Booker Prize judges? I didn't. But I can't think of another pop star who could do the job as well as Jarvis. So it's another entry in his increasingly wondrous CV.
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Fans of Harry Styles - that'll be most people I know - I have a Harry book coming out in October, and right now, if you pre-order from Waterstone's by tomorrow, you'll get 25% off.
I've got a Harry Styles book coming out in October,and if you're in the US, and you're a Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Member, get 25% off if you order a copy before June 26. If you're a Premium Member, you'll get an extra 10% off print books.
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Neil Sedaka - an absolute giant of American pop songwriting. I wrote this obituary, which I hope does him justice. theguardian.com/music/2026/m…
Taylor: Era by Era: The Unauthorized Biography
Pop gazelles, this is for you: Get 50% off the audiobook if you buy this beautiful best-seller before March 12. Happy Valetine's Day!
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I hadn't heard Northern Lites by Super Furry Animals in at least 25 years, when it suddenly popped up on the radio the other day, as eccentric and mad as it was in 1999, when "Cool Cymru" was a thing. Listen to it and feel better.
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Swifties, this best-selling unauthorised biography of @taylorswift13 , written by me, is now 50% off. Indulge, it's Friday 😍
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Swifties, there's somewhere you need to be on Friday Oct 10: at Waterstones in Piccadilly where three Swift authors are convening to talk about the new LP and more. Join Kat McKenna (Look What You Made Me Do), Satu Hameenaho-Fox (Into the Taylorverse)and me (Era by Era). Join us!
I'm not sure this has ever been remarked on, but the intro to Madonna's Lucky Star
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is more or less identical to the intro to Wheels's on Fire by Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll.
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