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Music

Helen Stuart

Example (or Elliot Gleave as his parents call him - he took his moniker from his initials…get it?) has had a wildly successful year, with Won’t Go Quietly and Kickstarts both hanging around the charts for weeks on end.

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SINGLE: McFly – Party Girl

In 2006 Mcfly’s girl had five colours in her hair, and now in 2010 the girl is at a party. Who is this girl? All we know is, she should back away from our boys.

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SINGLE: Ezcapade - When The Beat Drops

Expectations were high when we gave this disk a spin. New pop band Ezcapade are releasing their debut single when The Beat Drops on 30 August, and were formed with the help of producers Love To Infinity who have worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue and Madonna.

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SINGLE: Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

When we first heard that the future Mrs Brand (as everyone and their lapdog now calls her) was going to follow up her summer hit California Gurls with a track called Teenage Dream, we had our reservations. How much musical loveliness can one really gain from tales of soggy bedding and awkward mornings? Then we realised she’s not singing about that kind of dream – oh no, she’s strutting about like a lovesick schoolgirl who still believes in her own Prince Charming.

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FESTIVAL: Yes Way

Forget Lovebox, Sunday at London’s tragically hip Upset the Rhythm weekender is Yes Way Gay Day! Unofficially, of course. There are more homos here than you can shake a stick of Funny Girls Blackpool rock at. And even some of the straights are indulging in more than their fair share of kink, as we are soon to discover…

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SINGLE: Laura Steel - Feedback

We've a few qualms about the latest unsigned pop artist on the block. Laura Steel's image is a bit severe and outdated, and there's a SLIGHT air of smuttiness about her that we'd hate to see amplified if she finds mainstream success.

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