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Pop music has always run from the sublime to the irredeemable. The charts have rotated from gold to grot since the dawn of the Hit Parade, and the model doesn’t look likely to change anytime soon. So whilst there are always dark periods when commercial radio is little more than a cemetery of tired ideas, dug up and forced to fandango one more time, every now and then a new generation of musicians kick down the door, reset the rules, and party ‘til the lights come on.

TONY BALONI


Age: 36
Work: Bar manager/amigo profesional
From: Southend

"The people… you're meeting people whilst they're at their best. Back in England most of...

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