Really big acts that have dropped off the cultural radar

dido

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Tinie Tempah

Woah!

Ashley Banjo - whatever happened to him? And the kid with the hair. He’s about 6’6" now.


All seated so it’s not even like this photo was taken early and the pitch was going to fill up more.

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He was great for a short while, some of the early singles and the 1st LP have some crackers on and he was great live while he could still hold it all together.

I got bored pretty quick and couldn’t comment on 90% of his material but yeah, for a while genuinely ace

Oh, look what you’ve done to this rock ‘n’ roll clown
Oh-oh, look what you’ve done

(Photograph)
I don’t want your (Photograph)
I don’t need your (Photograph)

Labrynth

Sue Bo

He seemed pretty popular with the public and was written about a lot around the time of ‘The Hour of Bewilderbeast’. It won the Mercury Prize that year and, according to Wikipedia, has sold half a million copies in the UK.

He’s a famous podcaster now

& @Aggpass

Saw that there was some big fancy concert at Hollywood Bowl the other night with a cavalcade of stars - Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Marcus Mumford

Hmmm

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Lol

Doesn’t even mention the Mumford here

Pretty perfect career really. Got to experience the whirlwind rush of fame in her late 20s/early 30s, played to massive crowds, yet can probably walk down the street with no one recognising her. Presumably still makes quite a lot in royalties, with almost as many monthly streamers as U2 and a writing credit on maybe Eminem’s biggest song.

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This also happened to coincide with music industry historical peak revenue just before filesharing took to the mainstream

She’s totally loaded

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Only his 9th biggest song as of one year ago - but still over a billion streams even then

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Travis
The Magic Numbers

It all went downhill after that Q&A with Adam Buxton

13 months after the debut album though

from nowhere to that peak to nowhere in about 2 years

great first album tho

Me hearing Marcus Mumford was in the same room as Chappell

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Klaxons. They won a Mercury Prize and everything.

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