Mark Savage

Mark Savage

@mrdiscopop.bsky.social

BBC Music correspondent, occasional songwriter. Lady Gaga once told me a story about blueberry coffee that’s unprintable anywhere.

7,786 Followers 686 Following 952 Posts Joined May 2023
6 hours ago

This is brilliant. Hope the spray paint was deducted from their fee.

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9 hours ago

Oh what??? L

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10 hours ago

Yikes. That’s pretty cavalier.

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11 hours ago

At least he was honest, I guess?

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11 hours ago

No way! Bomb scares were half the fun of Belfast in the 80s. Which route home will my bus take today?

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12 hours ago
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Morrissey is 'too tired' to perform, and 12 other excuses for cancelled concerts From ham sandwiches to cat-induced injuries, here are some of the excuses for gigs being cancelled.

After Morrissey cancelled a concert because he was sleepy, I took a look at the other bizarre excuses musicians have given for calling off their shows.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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2 days ago
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Spotify says pop music's bias towards English is faltering Songs in 16 languages featured in the global chart last year, as genres like Brazilian Funk explode.

Writing this story just made me realise I need to get into Brazilian Funk". Anyone got any tips?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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4 days ago
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Just a little Monday night out with Laufey.

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4 days ago

There should be a word for the combination of annoyance and affection you get with those 5am nuzzles.

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4 days ago

There is no funnier train station sign than "Cambridge home of Anglia Ruskin University". Everytime I see it I'm impressed all over again at the level of trolling.

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4 days ago

Has he ever been to Subway?

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4 days ago

No one seems to have discussed Help (2) so I'll just say that it's all brilliant with special nods to the numbers by Cameron Winter, Olivia Rodrigo, English Teacher and Fontaines DC alongside the previously released Pulp, Damon and Arctics tunes.

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4 days ago

I love it. The English Teacher track is really special, as is Arlo Parks. The Cameron Winter one leaves me cold, but both appearances of Fontaines are A+++.

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4 days ago

NB: This isn’t some Jessie Buckley-style anti-feline hate campaign. I love my cats, but I’m 99% convinced that being woken up at 5am every morning by escalating demands for food isn’t imcreasing my lifespan.

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4 days ago

I suspect this also applies to cats.

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1 week ago
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Second time this week I’ve screenshotted a post from Threads and posted it here. But I make no apologies. This is too good not to share.

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1 week ago

Wow Jedward have aged! So sad to see them going their own way though.

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1 week ago

Yes! Stupidly I was waiting for the team to let me know it was live (as I’m working on another story this morning). Added to the story now.

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1 week ago

Great! Adding that now. Hadn’t received the message that it was live!

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1 week ago

Video isn’t out yet but we’ll link out as soon as it’s available

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1 week ago

There are calculated reasons to take a risk at Eurovision. The song that finishes last is often not the worst one, it’s the one no-one notices. If loads of people hate your song but enough people love it, they’ll vote.

All on the stage performance for me, this one.

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1 week ago
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Look Mum No Computer shares the story behind his UK #Eurovision entry, Eins, Zwei, Drei.

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1 week ago

I think he'd be very, very happy with that comparison.

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1 week ago
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Look Mum No Computer: UK's Eurovision entrant says his song Eins, Zwei, Drei, is 'a risk' Look Mum No Computer unveils his

A cross between Blur and Falco's Rock Me Amadeus... The UK's Eurovision entry is "a risk", admits singer Look Mum No Computer.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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1 week ago

That’s really nice to hear. Especially the idea of a 10 year old going out for weekly drinks with the crew. 😆

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1 week ago
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Daniel Radcliffe refusing to wear Alyssa Liu's gold medal because it feels like "stolen valour" is the most Daniel Radcliffe thing that Daniel Radcliffe has ever done. What a superstar.

(Found via threads, original source unclear - but thank you!)

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1 week ago
Terry Scott, a middle-aged man in a very 1970s jacket, gestures at a gap over a river, with a rueful expression on his face

Did you know, 52 years ago tonight, Terry Scott drove off the end of the Tees Transporter Bridge? 🧵

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1 week ago
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Harry Styles' Kiss All The Time... album review: A funky existential crisis The star's fourth album finds him in limbo, second-guessing both his relationships and his career.

Harry Styles is going through some stuff on his quite good, but weirdly oblique, fourth album.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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2 weeks ago
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we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

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5 months ago
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This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

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