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• Jagger's little pill

  Published: August 9, 2007, 8:18 am

  Tags: Compilations, Mick Jagger, New Releases, Solo Careers

  Jagger's somewhat wobbly solo work was that it at least made you grateful for something when the Rolling Stones got back together. Now, he's somehow managed to find a way of determining what was the best of that slew of ill-considered and half-hearted work, as he's sticking out a solo compilation.How high has the bar been set for this

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• More Thurston Moore

  Published: August 16, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Thurston Moore, New Releases, Sonic Youth, Solo Careers

  It's been so long since Thurston Moore's last solo album, you might be forgiven for thinking it never happened. But it did, in 1995. He's finally got round now to doing another: Trees Outside The Academy is due out on Ecstatic Peace this September; there's a tour but you'll have to be American in the US to go to it. Because that's where it is.

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• Dave Gahan goes format crazy

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:38 pm

  Tags: Depeche Mode, New Releases, Dave Gahan, Solo Careers

  Dave Gahan is, according to Side-Line planning a new single. It's going to emerge as a download on August 27th.Then, in October, it will also come out as a seven inch.And a 12" single.Oh, and a CD single.And a Maxi-CD single.And a picture disc 7", too.It's like the glory days of the early 1980s - we wonder if he's thought about releasing the 7"

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• Is Mel C coming to her senses?

  Published: August 26, 2007, 4:07 pm

  Tags: Mel C, Spice Girls, Solo Careers, Reunions

  still wants to be seen as a solo singer and she's told pals she's tired of being ordered around."Things are so tense she hasn't even spoken to Mel B, Victoria, or Geri since June."That must be making for fun rehearsals. There's a slightly more solid piece of evidence that all is not well in the comeback camp: Mel had pledged to put her solo work

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• Go solo, Borrell, pleads the rest of Razorlight

  Published: August 27, 2007, 6:24 am

  Tags: Johnny Borrell, Razorlight, Andy Burrows, Solo Careers

  Johnny Borrell consider a solo career sounds polite:"I really wish he would do a solo record. He's got material coming out of his ears, that guy," Andy told the Daily Star. "He does not stop working. He writes on tour, he writes in his sleep, he writes all the bloody time. There's so much great stuff."He added: "If Johnny did a solo album I'd

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• Rage, but slowly, against the machine

  Published: September 18, 2007, 1:43 pm

  Tags: Zack Delarocha, Rage Against The Machine, Solo Careers

  Zack De La Rocha, out of Rage Against The Machine, has finally finished the solo album he started back in 2000. It would have been finished sooner, but he wasted lots of time railing ceaselessly at the recording equipment.

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• Howard won't stand by himself

  Published: October 5, 2007, 3:34 am

  Tags: Take That, Solo Careers, Howard Donald

  out a Robbie Williams style solo career: I could never do what Rob has done and get up there on stage by myself. I'd be terrified. I'm nervous enough as it is with the other lads around me. The idea of going solo fills me with dread that's why I never really had a solo career when Take That split up."Now, we could have sworn the reason

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• "and The Razorlights" prepare for life as ex-backing band

  Published: October 15, 2007, 3:27 am

  Tags: Johnny Borrell, Razorlight, Lily Allen, Solo Careers

  morning that the inevitable solo Johnny Borrell career has edged nearer this week - we're picture something a bit like the Doomsday Clock, counting down the minutes.Victoria Newton reckons he did a solo set - with a guest slot from Lily Allen, which shows you just how Seaside Special he's heading. The greatest detail, though, was that he

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• Not Simply disbanded

  Published: October 24, 2007, 9:58 pm

  Tags: Splits, Mick Hucknall, Simply Red, Solo Careers

  going to plough on as a solo artist. Which, judging by the way Hucknall ran the ship for the last couple of decades, might represent little more than a change in which part of Woolworths his albums are filed

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• Manson song titles leak

  Published: November 25, 2007, 9:14 am

  Tags: Shirley Manson, Solo Careers, In The Studio

  next Spring's Shirley Manson solo album has appeared on the web: * "Don't Want Anyone To Hurt" * "Don't Want To Pretend" * "Gone Upside" * "Hot Shit" * "Kid Ourselves" * "Lighten Up" * "Little Dough" * "No Regrets" * "Pissholes" * "Pure Genius" * "So Shines A Good Deed" * "Spooky" * "Stop" * "Sweet Old

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• Gavin Rossdale gets his chance

  Published: January 17, 2008, 4:22 pm

  Tags: Bush, Gwen Stefani, New Releases, Gavin Rossdale, Solo Careers

  been busy working on a debut solo album. A source told the Mirror:"Gwen loves London so she doesn't mind staying here while Gav promotes the album. After months looking after their 19-month-old son Kingston it's Gav's turn to go out and bring home the bacon."Normally, "bringing home the bacon" is a term which means "spend some time as the

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• Metro: first with the news

  Published: February 29, 2008, 9:15 am

  Tags: Metro, Cerys Matthews, Solo Careers

  Freesheet Metro reports this morning that Cerys Matthews has 'gone solo'.The paper isn't wrong. Just late. Five years late.

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• Manson: won't grin, album in purgatory

  Published: April 11, 2008, 3:29 am

  Tags: Shirley Manson, Warners, Labels, Solo Careers, In The Studio

  happened to that solo Shirley Manson album, you might be wondering? It turns out that the label aren't letting it out dressed like that:"I've been working on solo material but I don't actually have anything coming out, although I'm working on it. Unfortunately, I'm at a bit of an impasse with my record label."I played some of the stuff to

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• Razorlighter struggles with concept of 'solo'

  Published: May 15, 2008, 8:48 am

  Tags: Johnny Borrell, Razorlight, Andy Burrows, Solo Careers

  Good lord, so much control does Johnny Borrell exert over his minions that even when one breaks out of His Magnificence's shadow to do a solo show, Borrell puts in an appearance. It must be like trying to shake off the unpopular kid in school when we - sorry, they - attached themselves to you.

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• Brett Anderson: The Wilderness Years

  Published: June 11, 2008, 8:41 am

  Tags: Formats, Brett Anderson, Solo Careers, In The Studio

  Brett Anderson has got a new album due later this year, called Wilderness. It's actually going to be available on the torrents far in advance of the official release, though, as everyone who goes to see him play London next month will be given the tracks on a USB drive.Perhaps the title Wilderness has been inspired by the reaction to last year's

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