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 15th January - 28th January 1997

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Credits

15th January - 28th January 1997

 

Volume 19 - Number 02 - Issue 473

Cover Photo - Neil Mackenzie Matthews

Price - 90p    Pages - 72

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Interviewers

Belinda Jones - Ronan Keating

Alex Needham - Outhere Brothers

Ben Knowles - Suede

James Anderson - So You Wanna Be A Pop Star

Gina Morris - Brother 2 Brother

Alex Needham - No Mercy

Alex Needham - East 17

James Anderson - Pop Star Sale Of The Century

Gina Morris - 3T

Kate Thornton - Lee Brennan

Sue Miles - Jamie Theakston

Photographers

Simon Vinall / All Action / Retna / Tom Howard - Various (Page 4-10)

Neil Mackenzie Matthews - Ronan Keating (Page 14-16)

Tom Howard - Outhere Brothers (Page 20-21)

David Titlow - Suede (Page 22-23)

Tom Howard - Brother 2 Brother (Page 26-27)

Sporting Pictures (UK) Ltd - Patrik Berger (Page 31)

Katz - Liam Gallagher (Centre Spread)

Retna - Martine McCutcheon (Page 42)

Tom Howard - East 17 (Page 46-48)

Fototheme - Various (Page 52-53)

Tom Howard - Lee Brennan (Page 68-69)

Tom Howard - Jamie Theakston (Page 71)

Lyrics

No Mercy - Where Do You Go

Gabrielle - Walk On By

Lightening Seeds - Sugar Coated Iceberg

George Michael - Older

Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

Kavana - I Can Make You Feel Good

East 17 - Hey Child

General

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Ronan Keating

Centre Spread:

Liam Gallagher

Back Cover:

Advert

What's The Story:
Alex Hack / Ben Pen

Geri (Spice Girls)

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit

Ant and Dec

Jimmy Nail

East 17

Michelle Gayle

3T

Heller and Farley Project (DJ Freshy D)

Brother 2 Brother

Madonna

Kylie Minogue

Robbie Williams

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New Band To Watch:

Silversun

Dru Hill

De Brat

Placebo

Nelson's Column

Eastenders

911

Jarvis Cocker

Kavana

Sean Maguire

Peter Andre

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit

Kate Moss

The Prodigy

Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Brother 2 Brother

The Truth Is Out There

Interviews

Ronan Keating

Outhere Brothers

Suede

Brother 2 Brother

Jayne Middlemiss

East 17

Feature:

So You Wanna Be A Pop Star

Pop Star Sale Of The Century

3T Photo Album

Posters

Ronan Keating

Outhere Brothers

Brother 2 Brother

Ant & Dec

Patrick Berger

Liam

Martine McCutcheon

Blur

East 17

Star Wars:

Declan Donnelly

Lee Cornes

Martin Rossiter

Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball

Jas Man and Christy Turlington

Liam Gallagher

Peter Andre

Mark Morrison

Band Watch:

Peter Andre

Ant and Dec

Fugees

Michael Jackson

911

3T

Blur

Louise

Backstreet Boys

MN8

Gary Barlow

Mark Morrison

Boyzone

Oasis

Damage

Mark Owen

East 17

Spice Girls

Eternal

Robbie Williams

Not The Biscuit Tin

Lee Brennan (911)

The Hit Files

Number 07: Jamie Theakston​

Reviews

Singles:
Ben Knowles

Boo Radleys - Ride The Tiger

Goldbug - Real Hip Mary

Suede - Saturday Night

NAS - Sweet Dreams

White Town - Your Woman

Blur - Beetlebum

Reef - Come Back Brighter

Da Brat - Sitting On Top Of The World

Supernaturals - Please Be Gentle With Me

Brother 2 Brother - Twelfth Of Never

Gene - We Could Be Kings

Bangin' Choons
DJ Freshy D

Byron Stingily - Get Up

Tin Tin Out - All I Wanna Do

DJ Cool - Let e Clear My Throat

Albums:

Mark Owen - Green Man

Videos:

None This Issue

TV:

A Man Of Letters

Home and Away

Brookside

Hollyoaks

Red Dwarf

Coronation Street

Woof

Dark Skies

Films:

The Preachers Wife (Emma Cochrane)

Ghosts and the Darkness (Colin Kennedy)

The Mirror Has Two Faces (Wendy Richmond)

That Thing You Do (Don Stuart)

Memorabilia

This issue came with a Free Giant Double Sided Poster of

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01 - Spice Girls

02 - Peter Andre

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To see more on that click the link below

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Poster

Adverts

That Thing You Do Film

Blur - Beetlebum Single

Suede - Saturday Night Single

OTT - Let Me In Single

Arkarna - House On Fire Single

The Outhere Brothers - Le Me Hear You Say Ole Ole Single

NAS - Sweet Dreams Single

The Blue Boy - Remember Me Single

Gabrielle - Walk On By Single

Terrorvision - Gt Easy Single

Links

Coming Soon

Happy Reading

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