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The punk icon has admitted she couldn't finish a particular title by the celebrated American writerPatti Smith says she struggled to finish a particular Mark Twain book.Patti Smith has admitted that reading Mark Twain gave her anxiety and made her throw up. Read more: The best female-fronted punk bands In a new interview with The Guardian, the author and musician was asked a series of literature-related questions in order to promote the release of her new book, Year of the Monkey. Asked […]The post Patti Smith says reading Mark Twain made her throw up appeared first on NME.
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After releasing their heavily anticipated album A Deeper Understanding in 2017, subsequently touring behind it through 2018, and along the way becoming bigger than plausibly expected even following the success of Lost In The Dream, the War On Drugs have kept pretty quiet through 2019. Maybe that means something's on the horizon for 2020? In&...
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"It’s about time I was asked to curate Meltdown darling, don’t you think?!”Grace Jones will curate next year's Meltdown Festival Grace Jones has been announced as the curator for the 2020 Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre. Next year’s festival will run from June 12-21 and will see Jones join an illustrious list of names w...
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A total of 24 songwriters are up for induction into the 2020 classOutKast, R.E.M. and Patti Smith are up for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020. A total of 24 performing and non-performing songwriters were nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The list of nominees was published by Associated Press on November 5. Other nota...
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Morrissey: has signed a bunch of of other artists’ albums – so how does it affect their worth?
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Patti Smith: reveals stunning new photobook – and stands up for youth on-the-march – at Chicago event
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