Just two weeks until I discuss my Manic Street Preachers book with the brilliant @willhodgkinson.bsky.social at London’s Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. www.tickettailor.com/events/insti...

I did give him a copy of Street Level Superstar though

Dave O'Grady@davegildedalm.bsky.social · last yr.

This excellent @willhodgkinson.bsky.social #Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net piece in The Sunday Times @thetimes.com and not a single mention of Laurence….

RIP the great Sly Stone. Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’ www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...

Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’

The musician has penned a memoir while housebound and wired up to an oxygen tank, he tells Will Hodgkinson

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Budgie speaks! On the Banshees, the Creatures, the shadow of his mother’s death and his crazy life with Siouxsie Sioux in a crumbling pile in France. www.thetimes.com/article/d995...

My wild life with Siouxsie Sioux

Budgie, the drummer with the Banshees, has written a memoir about his great love affair with the band’s lead singer — and how it fell apart

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A month to go South London: Lawrence, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social & @sian-superman.bsky.social Street-level Superstar, The Ivy House Nunhead 🎟️ tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...

street-level superstar: An evening with LAWRENCE Tickets | From £13.75 | 19 Jun @ The Ivy House, London | DICE

The Rock 'n' Roll Book Club present - An evening with the street-level superstar himself: Lawrence (Felt/Denim/Mozart Estate). street-level superstar: a yea...

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Spoke with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, one of the only bands of over 50 years’ standing still making great records, like the forthcoming and appropriately titled MAD! www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...

Sparks: ‘We can’t understand why other brother acts have so much trouble’

Ron and Russell Mael talk about 50 years in the music industry — from subsisting on food stamps to dancing with Cate Blanchett

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“Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves: The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times

Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves

The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance

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street-level superstar: An evening with LAWRENCE Tickets | From £13.75 | 19 Jun @ The Ivy House, London | DICE

The Rock 'n' Roll Book Club present - An evening with the street-level superstar himself: Lawrence (Felt/Denim/Mozart Estate). street-level superstar: a yea...

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South London folks. We’re heading to the Ivy House Nunhead with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Lawrence and @sian-superman.bsky.social 19 June - join us. tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...

street-level superstar: An evening with LAWRENCE Tickets | From £13.75 | 19 Jun @ The Ivy House, London | DICE

The Rock 'n' Roll Book Club present - An evening with the street-level superstar himself: Lawrence (Felt/Denim/Mozart Estate). street-level superstar: a yea...

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A New Kind of Wilderness is one of the most moving docs I have seen in years - a tale of grief, alternative living and the challenge of holding onto your ideals. And the Payne family’s choice to go off grid chimed with my own odd, albeit more suburban childhood. www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...

Our family lived off-grid in the forest — then Mum died

A new documentary follows a British couple and their four children as they deal with grief, loss and home-schooling. Will Hodgkinson meets them now

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My Dad - a very cool man in his eighth decade - is taking a cruise around the Mediterranean. His holiday reading companion is ‘Street Level Superstar’ by @willhodgkinson.bsky.social. I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress

Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time @willhodgkinson.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...

Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time

A book about Lawrence — lead singer of the bands Denim and Felt — by the Times pop and rock critic Will Hodgkinson has won a prestigious award

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Well this is lovely. A huge and deserved congrats to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social - and Lawrence - for winning the Penderyn Book of the Year prize. And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books

Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence has won the 2025 Penderyn Prize. Thanks to everyone who has helped on the crazy journey, with extra special thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for all he has done.

The mighty Tom Sheehan talks to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social about photographing Oasis. ‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...

‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis

The music photographer captured the rise and fall of the Gallagher brothers’ band over a wild decade

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“It ended up being the ruin of the band, the nail in the coffin.” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social

Remembering the Sex Pistols-Induced Anarchy in 1970s America

Ahead of their reunion, the British punk band recalls the madness of their U.S. tour—drugs, cowboys, and all.

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Yes it is in the possession of the Scottish artist Jim Lambie - who promises to wheel it out next time Mozart Estate do a Glasgow gig

@denzilladeblanc.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you know where the head is now Will? Is it on display somewhere. I'm absolutely loving the book. I'm in the midst of a Lawrence obsession now though (partially your fault)

Will Hodgkinson: “Diría que, más que querer ser una estrella famosa del pop, Lawrence prefiere representar ese papel” José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.

Will Hodgkinson: manual de sabotaje (con Lawrence)

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The real story of Charli xcx’s Brat, from its producer and co-mastermind A.G. Cook www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...

From Brat to the Brits: meet Charli XCX’s secret weapon

A. G. Cook has worked with the singer since they met at a party a decade ago — now he’s been been crowned producer of the year

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. @willhodgkinson.bsky.social dedicó doce meses de su vida a desvelar el enigma tras la máscara de Lawrence (Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart y Mozart Estate). El resultado de semejante hazaña es el libro “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”. José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.

Will Hodgkinson: manual de sabotaje (con Lawrence)

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Just heard the news about Roberta Flack. So many nights spent listening to this masterpiece.

Happy Release Day for @brookecombe.bsky.social “Dancing At The Edge Of The World” produced by @jamesskelly.bsky.social Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended music.apple.com/us/album/dan... #MusicSky 🎧

Dancing At The Edge Of The World by Brooke Combe on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 11 Songs

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Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.

Spoke to Noel G, Shaun Ryder, Bez and Zak Starkey about their new group Mantra of the Cosmos. Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’ Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’ www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...

Mantra of the Cosmos: the secrets of Bez’s supergroup

Noel Gallagher, Ringo’s son, and the Happy Mondays have joined forces in a supergroup, with music that combines Dylan, Dali ‘and a bit of cosmic jibber-jabber’

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Great news and well done to everyone on the list. Happy to be in such good company.

Pete Selby@peteselby.bsky.social · 2y ago

The 2025 Penderyn Prize has been announced. Honoured and delighted to have three Nine Eight books in contention. Huge love and congrats to @nigetassell.bsky.social @annadoble.bsky.social and @willhodgkinson.bsky.social You’ll forgive me if I also roll my eyes out of my head at this point

Well that was wonderful. Thanks @nineeightbooks.bsky.social, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social and of course Lawrence. What a tale. #feltband #gokartmozart #mozartestate

Tambourines at the ready people, Joel Gion is heading to Walthamstow... Celebrating his acclaimed book IN THE JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE in paperback with @rnrbook-club.bsky.social, in conversation with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social + guest DJs Tickets on sale now eventbrite.co.uk/e/joel-gion-...

Eager to hear this 🎤 @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Can I learn to sing like Bob Dylan? My lesson with Timothée Chalamet’s voice coach www.thetimes.com/article/b412...

Can I learn to sing like Bob Dylan? My lesson with Timothée Chalamet’s voice coach

Eric Vetro was the voice coach for A Complete Unknown but could he help our rock critic — who has a ‘voice to make dogs howl’ — find a tune?

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It almost happened… but never did.

John Allison@badmachinery.com · 2y ago

I'm reading @willhodgkinson.bsky.social's superb book 'Street Level Superstar' and it rang a bell about something - a Lawrence solo album on Poptones. I'm sure that when I was a music writer doing odd bits, this came into the office on a promo CD, or there were at least photos. Did I imagine it?