Recent articles by Johnny Dee

Can't take my eyes off you: notes on the death of Andy Williams

First Post Thu 27 Sep, AT 10:01

As the American crooner dies at 84, one song will live on - at wedding receptions and on the terraces

Google

Google Music launched in US but it's hardly a revolution

Point of View Fri 18 Nov, AT 08:10

An opportunity to change how we download music has been squandered in this iTunes copycat launch

Halloween – the mischievous lark that got out of hand

Point of View Fri 28 Oct, AT 16:47

Crime up, homeowners afraid – it was never like this when Elliot and ET went trick-or-treating

Simon Cowell Gary Barlow

Ratings down, but Barlow has improved The X Factor

Point of View Tue 11 Oct, AT 12:51

The ‘massive twist’ may be a mistake, but The X Factor without Simon Cowell is better than ever

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey a cert – but does the Mercury really count?

News Wed 20 Jul, AT 15:00

Johnny Dee: The Mercury celebrates an album a dozen people quite like

Gordon Brown

SuBo the musical: can it really be true?

News Fri 17 Jun, AT 15:17

Johnny Dee: ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ star is the subject of a musical - proving once and for all, Britain’s Gone Mad

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga: Is her ladyship at risk of becoming a bore?

News Fri 20 May, AT 08:16

The world’s most powerful celebrity (says Forbes) appears to be losing her radical edge

Kate Bush

Kate Bush: it takes talent to avoid celebrity circus

News Fri 13 May, AT 09:16

Johnny Dee: Anti-celebrity Kate sneaks back into the limelight with her first album in six years

Cheryl Cole

US will respect Cheryl Cole because she’s a winner

News Fri 6 May, AT 12:57

Johnny Dee on the news that ‘our Cheryl’ is to be a judge on the American version of The X Factor

Simon Cowell

The X Factor UK: no need to mourn Simon Cowell

News Thu 21 Apr, AT 10:22

The show will better without the high- trousered Priest of Pop

The Sweet Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops: turning back time is no solution

News Fri 1 Apr, AT 09:53

The BBC should be making a new show, to mark the current boom in pop music, says Johnny Dee

Gwyneth Paltrow

Paltrow the pop star: it’s not just harmless fun

News Fri 11 Mar, AT 07:39

Johnny Dee: Glee and X Factor are destroying the hopes of talented singers and musicians

Justin Bieber's new haircut

Dull musicians have helped kill the music press

News Fri 4 Mar, AT 10:39

Johnny Dee: It’s time the NME and other music mags were given away free

Bono

U2, Coldplay - TV dictates the Glastonbury line-up

News Fri 25 Feb, AT 07:48

Johnny Dee: Champers and supermodels have changed the face of Glastonbury, but it still beats other festivals

Take That at the Brit Awards 2011

Take That win best British group at colourless Brits

News Wed 16 Feb, AT 07:19

Johnny Dee: 'Their dancers looked like the cast of Glee re-enacting the kettling of students in Trafalgar Square'

Jessie J

How to stop illegal music downloads? Charge 1p

News Wed 2 Feb, AT 07:23

Record labels are to sell music as soon as it’s released on radio. Genius! Now how about charging a sensible price?

Miranda Hart

BBC sitcoms: forget class, just make them funny

News Wed 26 Jan, AT 07:29

Johnny Dee on the new BBC1 chief's misguided quest for 'blue collar' humour

Florence and the Machine

Rock’s not dead, it’s just gone underground

News Tue 11 Jan, AT 16:08

Paul Gambaccini is wrong: rock music is alive and well, argues Johnny Dee

Bono

It’s time Bono came to the aid of his own country

News Fri 3 Dec, AT 07:25

Johnny Dee: Ireland needs its rich to pay their taxes. That means U2, Bono...

Wagner campaign aims to spoil Cowell’s game

News Fri 29 Oct, AT 13:42

Johnny Dee: It’s Rage Against the Machine mark 2 – but this time it mustn’t be allowed to work

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