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Shorties (Mike Skinner of The Streets Talks Books, Top Cities with the Best Local Music Scenes, and more)

5343 days ago
LargeHeartedBoy — The Spectator Book Blog talks books with Mike Skinner of The Streets, whose memoir The Story of the Streets is out in the UK. Livability.com lists the top 10 cities with the best local music scenes outside of Nashville, New... more info

The Streets - Mike Skinner's Foul-mouthed Tirade At Aphex Twin

5344 days ago
ContactMusic — Rapper Mike Skinner has taken aim at dance music star Aphex Twin re-igniting an explosive war-of-words between the British musicians The former The Streets star famously slammed Aphex Twin - real name Richard James - at a festival in Germany in 2006 ... more info

The Streets - Mike Skinner Cheated Death On Debut Tour

5344 days ago
ContactMusic — British rapper Mike Skinner cheated death twice after vomiting in his sleep during his first tour The former The Streets star hit the road following the release of his critically-acclaimed album Original Pirate Material in 2002 but he almost became a... more info

The Streets - Mike Skinner: 'drug-taking Lover Was Not Rachel Stevens'

5345 days ago
ContactMusic — British rapper Mike Skinner has finally spoken out about the mystery drug-taking pop star he once romanced - silencing long-running rumours it was squeaky-clean singer Rachel Stevens Skinner sent gossips into a frenzy in 2006 when his band The Street... more info

Birmingham garage project stories

5346 days ago
Guardian Music — Mike Skinner emerged from the Birmingham garage scene, a musician poet who captivated a generation of fans with his wit and honesty. Now he writes about those years – the binges, the feuds, the need for authenticity that would end in illness and... more info

The Story of the Streets: Mike Skinner book reading - video

5348 days ago
Guardian Music — Exclusive extract of the musician/poet reading from his memoir chronicles the rise of the Birmingham-based UK garage outfit more info

The Streets - Mike Skinner Clears Up Damon Albarn Remarks

5351 days ago
ContactMusic — British rapper Mike Skinner has spoken out to clarify his comments about Damon Albarn insisting he admires the Blur frontmans musical output but finds his stage presence silly The former The Streets star hit headlines on Monday 19Mar12 when he sugges... more info

The Streets - Mike Skinner Has No Regrets About Ending The Streets

5352 days ago
ContactMusic — The Streets star Mike Skinner has no regrets about retiring his hit act insisting he didnt want to end up like ageing rocker Damon Albarn The rapper shot to fame in the U K in 2002 with the release of The Streets debut album Original Pirate Material.... more info

Mike Skinner: 'Damon Albarn needs to stop'

5352 days ago
Gigwise — Recently retired frontman Skinner reveals no regrets at Streets split more info

Mike Skinner: 'I get withdrawl symptoms if I've not created something for a few days'

5352 days ago
Guardian Music — The artist formerly known as the Streets on life after rap, the surprise of his rapid rise to fame and why years of sustained drug-taking were really great funUntil recently I would have advised anyone interested in the psychology of pop stardom to r... more info

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