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Jarvis Cocker has compared the dwindling
appeal of the pop charts to the Brexit vote.
Sheffi eld’s fi nest was talking at the Ivor
Novello awards where Pulp were honoured
with the Outstanding Song Collection prize.
Jarvis said: ”Pulp always wanted to
be a pop group, because the pop charts
used to be interesting. We were drawn
to it because it was popular, not populist.
Populist is a dirty word now. And I‘m going
to say an even more dirty word now; Brexit!
It‘s a horrible word, almost as bad as
Britpop, but not quite as bad.
“We all know there was a referendum
almost a year ago and it was 52 to 48 –
the equivalent of your single going in at
No.19. That’s not a hit, that’s not burning
up the charts, it‘s not the will of the people.”
The singer recently released Room 29
with Chilly Gonzalez.Love spreads for Manchester
A
riana Grande made a defi ant return
to Manchester on 4 June to headline a
special One Love Manchester benefi t
concert at the Old Trafford Cricket
Ground. The 23-year-old pop superstar
arranged the concert to raise funds for the families
who were affected by the terror attack that took
place following her performance on 22 May at the
Manchester Arena.
Tickets for the event, arranged in just a week by
Ariana and her team, were given away for free to
those who were in attendance at the show, where a
suicide bomber killed 22 concert-goers and seriously
injured countless others. The rest of the tickets sold out
within minutes of going on general sale.
The evening began with a minute’s silence
led by Marcus Mumford, of Mumford &
Sons, which was impeccably observed
by the 50,000 fans. What followed was
a festival of music featuring some of the
biggest names in pop including Justin
Bieber, Pharrell Williams, Little Mix, Niall Horan,
Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Robbie Williams
alongside Manchester’s Take That and
Liam Gallagher.
Fighting back tears throughout the three-hour
concert, Ariana played all her hits (on the request
of the mother of Olivia Campbell, who died in the
arena attack aged just 15), before closing with a
deeply moving Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Grande’s One Love Manchester album, now
available on Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal, features
39 songs and all proceeds will benefi t the victims.
To donate in the UK, you can text ‘LOVE’ to 70507
to give £5 or donate online via this dedicated British
Red Cross page: http://www.redcross.org.uk/LOVECP30.News.print.indd 11 09/06/2017 11: