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30 May 2012
Lana Del Rey has cancelled a performance in Japan due to exhaustion. The 'Video Games' singer was expected to play a gig in the Japanese capital Tokyo earlier this week but was forced to cancel, and has apologised to fans blaming her "sickness". A…
27 May 2012
Lana Del Rey's songwriter thinks they write good songs together because they are both "gloomy." Justin Parker co-wrote Lana's first ever hit, 'Video Games', and says they had chemistry to write together because they both sometimes have a sad outlook…
24 May 2012
Lana Del Rey's songwriter wants to work with Adele. Justin Parker co-wrote Lana's first ever hit, 'Video Games', and thinks his style of songwriting - which last week won him an Ivor Novello award - would be a good fit with the 'Someone Like You…
8 Mar 2012
Lana Del Rey thinks people "know" her through her lyrics. The 'Blue Jeans' star said thinks fans can relate to the realism of her gloomy lyrics and respect her for not compromising with her tracks. She told US radio station KROQ: "I think the…
1 Mar 2012
Lana Del Rey has joined the Lovebox line-up. The 'Video Games' singer will play on the final night of the annual London festival, which takes place in Victoria Park, east London from June 15 -17. Other acts already announced for the event include…
8 Feb 2012
(Polydor) Amid the conspiracy theories, the double-standards, the cosmetic surgery obsessions, the questions of authenticity (or lack thereof – like pop was ever without a scheme); amid the histrionic revelations (how dare she have tried before!…
2 Feb 2012
Lana Del Rey counts Britney Spears as one of her biggest influences. The 'Video Games' hitmaker's melancholy music and gangster chic look share little in common with Britney's pop background, but Lana says she stands beside Nirvana and Elvis Presley…
29 Jan 2012
Lana Del Rey became a singer to make friends. The 'Born to Die' hitmaker admits part of her inspiration in launching a music career was to become part of a "high-class scene". She said: "I wanted to be part of a high-class scene of musicians. It…
27 Jan 2012
Lana Del Rey takes in energy for writing songs by standing under telephone wires. The 'Blue Jeans' hitmaker - whose real name is Elizabeth Grant - put the unusual technique to use while writing her forthcoming album 'Born To Die' in California, but…
26 Jan 2012
Lana Del Rey almost quit singing two years ago. The 'Born to Die' hitmaker - whose real name is Elizabeth Grant - has made several previously unsuccessful attempts to break into the music industry under a variety of aliases, and admits she became so…
25 Jan 2012
Lana Del Ray wants to die to Jeff Buckley's music. The 'Born To Die' singer says the late musician's songs - which include a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - would be the perfect soundtrack for when she leaves this Earth. She said: "I'd…
14 Dec 2011
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - ‘Bubble’ / Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – ‘The Copper Top’. It was a straight tie between these two underground power-duos. Showing off the cream of Scottish vocals (and one doesn’t even really sing); the emotions soar, the…
20 Oct 2011
The List hesitates not a moment in declaring this picture of dusky American pop perfection a star in the making – how could the self-styled ‘gangsta Nancy Sinatra’ not be? The New Yorker’s debut single ‘Video Games’ – a YouTube sensation that’s scored…
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