Mark Beaumont
@markbeaumont.bsky.social
Rock hack extraordinaire (Independent, Times, Evening Standard, Telegraph, NME, Guardian, Uncut, Classic Rock, etc)
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Mark Beaumont
@markbeaumont.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Publishers in the market for contemporary, literary, music-themed coming-of-age road trip novels with disinformation/metaverse leanings, now is a good time to DM me
Had a view to a chill at Duran Duran's Halloween show in Manchester last night:
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Duran Duran at Halloween review — pure diabolical disco
Fans at Co-op Live in Manchester were hungry like the werewolf for the band’s now annual descent into camp, vamp fun
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November 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Had a view to a chill at Duran Duran's Halloween show in Manchester last night:
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Stopped by Frome to review Stewart Copeland's Have I Said Too Much? tour
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Stewart Copeland — why the Police was ‘a Prada suit made of razor blades’
The drummer brought arena gig energy to the latest stop on his talk’n’roll tour and opened up about Sting, splits and being a spy kid
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October 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Stopped by Frome to review Stewart Copeland's Have I Said Too Much? tour
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www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Had a lovely chat with the adorable Brandi Carlile about Joni, Elton, Donald and the long road back to herself:
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Brandi Carlile: ‘Joni Mitchell will drink you under the table’
The country-rock star is as unguarded and open as she’s ever been on her eighth studio album, ‘Returning to Myself’. She speaks with Mark Beaumont about her ‘wild, magical’ upbringing, her stormy but ...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Had a lovely chat with the adorable Brandi Carlile about Joni, Elton, Donald and the long road back to herself:
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Buried the hatchet with Richard Ashcroft to celebrate his stadium summer with Oasis and his broad-reaching new album, for this week’s Saturday Interview
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Richard Ashcroft: ‘I’ll probably never experience anything like this summer again’
Exclusive: The former Verve frontman has been riding high with his fellow Britpop legends Oasis for their much-celebrated reunion shows. Now with an arena tour and a new solo album of his own, he buri...
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October 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Buried the hatchet with Richard Ashcroft to celebrate his stadium summer with Oasis and his broad-reaching new album, for this week’s Saturday Interview
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Reviewed the fantastic Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs shows at the Union Chapel - so good I’m now in Brighton watching it again
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The Magnetic Fields at Union Chapel: '69 Love Songs over two nights is staggering'
New York cult band The Magnetic Fields play their legendary album 69 Love Songs over two nights at the reverential Union Chapel
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October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reviewed the fantastic Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs shows at the Union Chapel - so good I’m now in Brighton watching it again
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
Lovely chatting to Hale Zero about their rise to fashion party fame, DJing while Venice sank around them and trying to get Michaelangelo’s David to dance
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Hale Zero: ‘Naomi Campbell dancing to our music was crazy’
South London brothers Hale Zero have changed the game for fashion aftershows. Guests no longer pose before a speedy exit — they’re up on the tables losing their minds
www.standard.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Lovely chatting to Hale Zero about their rise to fashion party fame, DJing while Venice sank around them and trying to get Michaelangelo’s David to dance
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
Great to catch up with Biffy Clyro, and chat about coming back from the edge with new album Futique, Starmer vs Farage, Kneecap, Gaza and more
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Biffy Clyro: ‘Every day, we were on the cusp of losing it’
After grappling with tough questions about the band’s future, the tight-knit trio are back with their 10th album, ‘Futique’. They speak with Mark Beaumont about overcoming their ‘existential crisis’, ...
www.independent.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Great to catch up with Biffy Clyro, and chat about coming back from the edge with new album Futique, Starmer vs Farage, Kneecap, Gaza and more
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Chatted Antidepressants, Southbank takeovers, "boring" Starmer and the tension at the heart of society with the mighty Suede
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www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
Suede on Oasis, anti-nostalgia and 'society at breaking point'
Suede are taking over the Southbank Centre this month but with a killer new album out this will be far from a wallowing in the past
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September 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Chatted Antidepressants, Southbank takeovers, "boring" Starmer and the tension at the heart of society with the mighty Suede
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi...
And finally (for the weekend), the remarkable life story of Christopher Owens, as told to Uncut's Tom Pinnock at the third Uncut Q&A
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Christopher Owens: "I didn't know anything about the world"
The former Girls frontman Christopher Owens discusses growing up in the Children Of God cult at Uncut's End Of The Road Q&A
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September 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
And finally (for the weekend), the remarkable life story of Christopher Owens, as told to Uncut's Tom Pinnock at the third Uncut Q&A
www.uncut.co.uk/features/chr...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/chr...
