The King is Dead… Long Live The King!

Michael Jackson was always destined to become a legend, and now he can properly begin that process. Traditionally, pop stars have struggled to grow old gracefully. Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly et al all figured out that if you die young, leave a good-looking corpse and, most importantly, don't go a bit mental and start dangling babies out of first floor windows, you'll find it a lot easier to live an unblemished eternity in the hearts of millions when you die. Not so for poor old Michael who, to use a ...

Tickets on sale for Lightyears in Spring City USA

Tickets are now on sale for our show at Chaplin's in Spring City, USA, on Friday 31 July. Buy yours now by clicking here. This year's whirlwind US tour will be taking us to three states - New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania - over a jam-packed week that is in danger of ripping a massive hole in the rock-time continuum. Chaplin's Music Cafe in Spring City, just outside Phoenixville, is ...

Susan’s fees hit Boyle-ing point

So, the media is aflame today with the startling news that reality TV phenomenon Susan Boyle is quoting prospective corporate entertainment clients £115,000 for twelve minutes' worth of music. This amounts to more than £9,500 per minute and indeed nearly £160 per second - the latter of which is, coincidentally, £30 more than she used to survive on in one week back when she was just plain old "Susan Boyle - never kissed, owns a cat".  Now, I have nothing against Miss Boyle. I think she's a smashing young lady with a fine ...

The Things We Do For The Queen

When asked to perform an a cappella, barbershop-inspired medley of classic British seaside songs, most indie-rock bands would respond in the following manner: "Are you crazy? Of course not. We are enigmatic, sexual beings. We are totemic idols for the baying masses. We want to be revered the world over for our raw, lithe magnetism. Never would we jeopardise the integrity of our reputation with such foolish and trivial japery."   The Lightyears, on the other hand, responded something like this: "YIPPEEEEEE!" And so it ...