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The real guide to packing for festivals

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Published June 22, 2010 at 9:46 a.m.

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Only those who have been living in a cave in the Tora Bora mountains don’t know the basics of packing for the summer festivals by now. Then again, I’m constantly amazed by the numbers of bright young things who turn up to Europe’s premier mud-strewn hiking soirees, in nothing sturdier than a pair of Amy Winehouse ballet pumps ... We presume you already know enough to pack your sunscreen and “toilet tissue”. Here are a few extras which the WORD Away Team have learned – through bitter

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Corinne Bailey Rae: The Sea (Good Groove/Virgin)

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Published Jan. 23, 2010 at 7:05 p.m.

Her first album since the loss of her husband is both flat and affecting ... Until her life took an entirely unexpected and unwanted lurch into tragedy, Leeds-born singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae seemed the living embodiment of Put Your Records On, the ubiquitous single that made her a household name in 2006. Emerging at the same time as Amy Winehouse, she was the skinny latte to Winehouse's double espresso: zesty, melodic and impeccably well-mannered, her debut album soundtracked wholesome

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Amy Winehouse charged with assault after her foul-mouthed tirade at Anthea Turner's panto

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 7:10 a.m.

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Singer set to appear in court in January ...

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Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse bookie's favourites for first drug arrest of 2010 - Daily Gossip

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Published Dec. 23, 2009 at 6:41 a.m.

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Duffy sacks management, Liam's V-sign, Spice Girls reunite – your music gossip stop ...

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Pete Doherty, Amy Winehouse bookie's favourites for first drug arrest of 2010

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Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 11:56 a.m.

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Courtney Love, George Michael, Prince Harry also given short odds ...

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Sounding Off: Miranda Sawyer on Simon Cowell

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Published Nov. 28, 2009 at 7:10 p.m.

In a decade of change and confusion in the music business, one figure came to rule it all. Unfortunately, it was Simon Cowell ... How to describe the past 10 years in music? Perhaps we should turn to Nicola from Girls Aloud who in OMM's review of the decade describes the Noughties as "white with small dots ... but not as stylish as a dalmatian". Surreal, but you know what she means. There has been no defining, overarching movement. No one colour, no single design. No acid house, no punk, not

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Michael Eavis: farmer of the decade

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Published Nov. 28, 2009 at 7:06 p.m.

Festivals proliferated this decade, thanks in large part to the improbable figure of a Somerset farmer who has dealt with travellers and Kate Moss ... It has been a decade which has seen even the most improbable-looking music fan digging out their camping gear and heading to a festival. Last year, when this madness probably peaked, three million of us went a festival, with over 500 to choose from in the UK alone. (Compare this to 2000 when there were 15.) New festivals sprang up, including

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Amy Winehouse hospitalised after suffering medication reaction

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 6:25 a.m.

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Doctor advises Winehouse to go to London hospital ...

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N-Dubz and the second coming of Brit pop

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Published Oct. 31, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.

It has been a long, rocky road for homegrown urban music in the UK, but this year N-Dubz and a close-knit group of stars have stormed the charts. Ben Thompson hails the new Brit pop scene's key players ... It's just before 3am on a Friday in October. The paparazzi are still hunting for scraps on the street outside the glitzy May Fair hotel, like city foxes going through the bins. Supposedly there was an improbable summit meeting between Jordan and Cheryl Cole going on inside earlier. And Mel B

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