Another Britpop Band Calls It Quits: Supergrass
Just months after Oasis came to their bitter end, you can throw another body on the ole funeral pyre – the boys of Supergrass have announced that the band is splitting after 17 years. Their most famous tracks – "Caught By the Fuzz," "Mansize Rooster," "Lenny," "Pumping On Your Stereo," and, of course, "Alright" – came during the height of Britpop, but they'd still been putting out quality, quirky material in recent years. Their sexy knees-up, "Diamond Hoo Ha Man," was one of my favorite songs of 2008. The band will play farewell gigs in the early summer.
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UK rapper Dizzee Rascal wants Brad Pitt's help to become the first black James Bond.(NME)
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Gordon Ramsay and singer Pixie Lott (a guest on this week's Graham Norton) show off their milk moustaches.(The Sun)
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