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Lily Allen: calls for 'Rule Britannia' to be banned

submitted by Nick Nov 12th 2019 06:00 pm (www.nme.com)

"Sorry what? Britannia rule the waves… I think we should not read this song anymore."Lily Allen has faced a barrage of criticism after calling for ‘Rule Britannia’ to be banned. The ‘Smile’ singer dissected the lyrics of the traditional anthem, which was first penned in 1740, in a series of posts on her Instagram stories. Taking aim at the track, which originated from a poem by James Thomson, she […]The post Lily Allen calls for 'Rule Britannia' to be banned appeared first on NME.

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Tears for Fears: Listen to Lily Allen’s powerful cover of Tears for Fears ‘Mad World’

submitted by Nick Sep 27th 2018 01:00 pm (www.nme.com)

It's a very very.... Lily AllenLily Allen has recorded her own soulful take on Tears For Fears‘ ‘Mad World’ as part of Spotify’s Singles series. The track, which is available now, sees the singer offering a stripped back version of the track. Characterised by Allen’s haunting vocals, it isn&#...

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Lily Allen: – “Mad World” (Tears For Fears Cover)

submitted by Nick Sep 26th 2018 02:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Tears For Fears' 1983 hit "Mad World" is one of the few songs from the synthpop era that has completely escaped from its original context. A lot of that has to do with the haunted, stripped-down version of "Mad World" that Gary Jules and Michael Andrews recorded for the Donny Darko soundtrack in 2001. (The…

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Lily Allen: reflects on the impact and aftermath of ‘apologising on behalf of the UK’ to Calais refugee camp

submitted by Nick Sep 26th 2018 10:00 am (www.nme.com)

"I can be a moron. But my intentions were straightforward and without any agenda"Lily AllenLily Allen has reflected upon the way in which she she ‘apologised on behalf of the UK’ in 2016 after witnessing the appalling conditions for child refugees in the Calais ‘jungle‘ – and the aftermath of ‘violent threats she rec...

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Lily Allen: ‘I don’t want to be silent. Women have been silenced for millennia’

submitted by Nick Sep 25th 2018 02:00 pm (www.nme.com)

"As a woman, I'm not meant to be an angel or a saint or a martyr or to have faultless encyclopaedic answers all the time"Lily Allen at the Mercury Music Prize 2018Lily Allen has written an emotional response to Twitter trolls attempting to silence her, arguing that she refuses “to be bullied or backed into a corner”. Allen ha...

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Lily Allen: speaks out on past relationship and fight with Mike Skinner

submitted by Nick Sep 24th 2018 06:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Kasabian once broke up a fight between them in 2007Lily Allen and The Streets' Mike Skinner in 2007Lily Allen has addressed a fight she once had with The Streets‘ Mike Skinner in her new memoir, My Thoughts Exactly. Read more: Lily Allen laid bare – the NME Big Read Back in 2007, Allen spoke of a fight she had with Skinner ba...

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