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SHOCKING: Ricky wilson - What They Never Told You

How a kooky B-52s song about undersea life became a new-wave dance classic. "Even when we were singing about lobsters and volcanoes, we always sang like our lives depended on it"

Fact: Rock Lobster was written in the bloodletting room at a disused funeral home

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Ricky Wilson says new Kaiser Chiefs album is coming after 'the gods' sent him a tune

Ricky Wilson says a surprise melody that came to him in his sleep has kick‑started plans for the band’s next record.

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Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson cast as Teen Angel in new Grease immersive production

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has been cast as Teen Angel in the returning London run of Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical, opening in July.

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"We got mad at a promoter and threw donuts at the wall backstage. Then we cleaned it up, because we felt guilty." The unlikely triumph of rock'n'roll's greatest nerds, the B-52s

How new-wave eccentrics The B-52s spun lobsters, aliens and Yoko Ono into floor-shaking hits and became massive

Louder

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson to join artists in Extraordinary Portraits

In the show, fronted by comedian Bill Bailey, everyday heroes are immortalised in art.

Evening Standard

Ricky Wilson 'didn't appreciate the magnitude of Glastonbury'

Ricky Wilson "didn't appreciate the magnitude" of playing Glastonbury before Kaiser Chiefs' first appearance back in 2005.

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Kaiser Chiefs announce 20th anniversary reissue of seminal debut album Employment

Kaiser Chiefs are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their acclaimed 2005 album 'Employment' with a special reissue.

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"I remember it like some people remember the Kennedy assassination. It made me want to be weird." How watching one episode of iconic US TV show Saturday Night Live in 1980 changed future Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl's life forever

Dave Grohl on the musical performance that blew his 11-year-old mind

Louder

Paloma Faith says she ‘blacked out’ after ‘ill-timed joke’ on The Voice

Pop singer claimed a fellow coach suggested she had ‘PMT’ after she made an ‘ill-timed and misread joke’

The Independent UK

“I narrowed it down to the bare essentials and found that three strings were all I needed”: 10 guitarists who played with missing strings on purpose… and the weird reasons why

Forget six strings: for some guitarists, all you need is one…

Guitar World

Ricky Wilson looks back: ‘The Kaiser Chiefs fixated on success. I wish I still had that in me. We weren’t even that good’

The singer on stage fright, being starstruck, and the weirdness of tabloid intrusion

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the female originators of hip-hop get their dues

Bronx origin stories as First Ladies of Hip Hop begins. Plus, Strictly turns up the heat in movie week. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Ricky Wilson addresses Kaiser Chiefs 'split' talk and reflects on the band's success

Kaiser Chiefs are currently on the road playing a series of shows across the UK

Leeds Live

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson: I used to be terrified to open the papers

The singer and radio host says media criticism about his appearance made him ‘want to hide’. By Abi Jackson.

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The Masked Singer: Ricky Wilson's great response to David Tennant when former Doctor Who rumbled him as Phoenix

It has been revealed that Ricky Wilson was Phoenix on ITV's The Masked Singer and Doctor Who star David Tennant managed to guess it was him after rumours flew it was David behind the mask

Daily Mirror

Ricky Wilson says he worked out fellow Masked Singer identities amid intense secrecy

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson came runner-up on The Masked Singer as Phoenix, after Busted star Charlie Simpson clinched the top spot on Saturday

Daily Mirror

Charlie Simpson shares big Masked Singer fear after kids instantly guessed he was Rhino

Busted star Charlie Simpson finally revealed his identity after beating both Fawn and Phoenix, who were unmasked as All Saints star Natalie Appleton and Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson

Nottingham Post

ITV The Masked Singer viewers gobsmacked over Rhino's identity

The star admitted he did not expect to win the show

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Masked Singer's Ricky Wilson makes Phoenix clue admission after final defeat

Kaiser Chiefs star Ricky Wilson was revealed to be Phoenix at the end of Saturday's Masked Singer final on ITV

Daily Record

The Masked Singer winner Rhino unmasked as Charlie Simpson in epic finale

Judges Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, and Mo Gilligan put in last-minute guesses for Jason Orange, George Ezra and James Arthur.

Daily Mirror

Action Packed The Masked Singer finale sees Rhino crowned as Fawn and Phoenix are exposed

The Masked Singer's Rhino won this year's series after a tense battle with Phoenix and Fawn

Leeds Live

Masked Singer's Phoenix identity 'rumbled' as Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson

So many fans were convinced it was him on the hit ITV singing show

Daily Mirror

Masked Singer's Phoenix revealed as Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson as they place second

The Masked Singer final aired this evening, with Phoenix finally being unmasked as they made the top three alongside Fawn and Rhino

Nottingham Post

ITV The Masked Singer fans certain Phoenix is rock star ahead of final

Fawn, Phoenix and Rhino will compete in the final of the Masked Singer 2023 which will air on Saturday, February 18 on ITV at 7pm

Edinburgh Live

The Masked Singer's Phoenix 'rumbled' as Scottish star as expert spots telling detail

A vocal expert thinks he has heard a telling detail in Phoenix's singing that suggests its a Scottish celeb behind the mask. However others believe it's another star.

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