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CONTENTS
54
20
On the Cover
36
30 Leah Love
The invention of Leah Love, and
how she has become so succesful
15
36 Fashion Rocks
Topshop meets rock in 2014
40 Ultimate Reveiws Of The Year
Look back on 2013’s biggest hit
singles
40
45 Cold Play Backstage In-
Get backstage gossip from the band
themselves
terveiw
BAnG
With a
Back
n ever
Leah is
de tha
50 Live GiG List
Get the list of the best locations and
up and coming gigs you can’t miss
ttitu
re a
And mo
54 2013 Most Popular Albums
Look at what you voted to be 2013’s
best albums
30
56 Ellie Goulding Fame Drove
Me Mad
Find out what happened to Ellie
and what she will do next
Features
61 Delve into the 100 greatest
Reviews
artist
72 The Script
65 Amy Winehouse
The singer-song writer remember
in previously - unseen conversation
with us.
73 Lady GaGa
How writting there own songs has
tought them so much about themselves.
74 James Arthur
69 Fall Out Boy
76 Kesha Rock Album Revealed
Learn who we think are the greatests artists of all time
68 Goo Goo Dolls
The next big step they are willing to
take to make it big.
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Does the new ablum bring there reputation back? find out on page 72
Her new soft rock album has broken
her pop image and we welcome her
to R’n’R with open arms
Breaks the X - factor tradition, releases two albums in a year and find out
what we think of them
What we think of the latest rock albumm thats been released by Kesha
80 Scouting For Girls
Do we really think the album was
good... no! See why on page 80.
85 Adele
She hits back with an album better
than ever and we must say its a must
have for any music lover.
Regulars
10 Hot or Not Femal Artist
Its your say so make sure you vote for the famle
artists that you feel deserve to be at the top of the
list
Regulars
64 Lipstick: Top 7 Must
haves
12 New to R’n’R
The key colours to this
Make a new folder on your ipod for all these that
month
want to make it big, and yes we think they could
make it.
65 The Workout
15 Right Now without leaving
Work out
The daily diary of what our favourite artists are
the
up to house
21 Essentials
17 Cash for Comments
28 Back in the Day
You me at six
Cold Play
Taylor Swift
James Arthur
The Script
Scouting For Girls
Rihanna
The Killers
Greenday
Artic Monkeys
Jessie J
PLan B
Professor Green
Example
Guns N’ Roses
Lady GaGa
Katy Perry
Swedish House Mafia
The Vamps
Kings Of Leon
Mumford and Sons
Fall out Boy
Ed Sheeran
Ellie Goulding
Muse
Rolling Stones
Kesha
Christina Perri
Goo Goo Dolls
Paramore
They Fray
Lorde
Skylar Gray
Kelly Clarkson
Lady GaGa
Adele
Maroon 5
Lama Del Ray
Lily Allen
Passenger
Miley Cyrus
25 Monthly Madness
20 Subscribe
Gig List
Who’s comments have made it on the magazine
this week and who has won the cash prize for the
best.
Subscribe for R’n’R and you’ll get the best deal
yet, plus all the latest information
This months essential songs that you
nedd to know
22 Quiz Time
See how much you know about what
happens with the bands this month and
what score you can get.
23 Band vs Band
What bands have been battling this
week to come out on top? Did anyone
get hurt we wonder?
Who’s been in trouble this week? Who
smashed up their hotel room... find out
now!
Katy looks back on what she would
change if she could
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3. LEAH’S INTERVIEW
LEAH:
“ Y ou can ’ t please
eve r yone so w hy
try?”
Over the past two years, Leah Ferroussat has shifted 12
million singles and 4.5 million albums worldwide. But, as
we find out, it’s not always been easy…
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The journey is more importan
t in music than where you end up. Those
are the words that really stuck in my mind
from the last time we interviewed Leah. But
what did we expect? Then, having released
only one single to then be propelled to stardom after winning the Brit Awards’ Critics’
Choice Statuette we could tell we hadn’t
even seen half her talent yet. She was a charismatic motormouth that was not afraid to
speak her mind and didn’t care
who didn’t like her as she was
therefore her music and fans
nothing more not even popularity - maybe that’s why she’s
so successful, you can’t please
everyone so why try? So, when
we asked what she meant by
the title of debut single ‘The
Guy I Could Be’, that was her
response ‘Guys have such laid
back responses to life so why
can’t I with music? I mean
it’s got me this far hasn’t it?
second album, ‘This is me’, still as chirpier
as ever. Yet when we approach her with
tricky questions we are met with a pause
for thought. And when the issue of the media portrayal of her relationship is brought
up she declines to comment saying she’s in
this for music not for gossip like some silly
little sl*ts. This, you suspect, is a woman
who’s spent the last couple of years learning
about of fame’s dark side, wanting to be
known for her music but doesn’t care if she
isn’t liked.
comes to performing I love it I mean what
artist wouldn’t and if they say they don’t
they are bullsh*tting. Another stressful time
is during meet and greets… so you’re giving
a group of fans some attention and thanks
for liking your music etc but then you get
pulled away and told to do an promotional interview and I stand there like ‘I don’t
care how famous I am or who likes me Im
about the music that’s all’ I mean I’ve got
to the point now where stuff like that is
laughable I mean have they not realised yet?
You did the Concert for
Stephen Lawrence at the
O2. Is that a cause that
is close to your heart?
‘Definitely, I feel a duty
to try to help cut gun and
knife crime in any way I
can no matter what the situation, I mean they happened at my school and
you hear about it in the
news so why wouldn’t you
want to help in any way I’m
just fortunate I can help with my music
which is something I love. Stuff people
witness is horrific and I’m glad I can help.
Some artists really
piss me off!
ATTENTION SEEKERS!
Two years later and Leah has
changed from a girl
singing pop rock covers of Avril Lavigne
to a solo woman with a successful career
under her belt. She chills in her PR team’s
office (on what else but a white leather sofa
may I say) awaiting the big release of her
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Last time we met, you said, ‘I just want
to see where my career goes and try
to enjoy myself.’ Have you enjoyed it?
‘Yeah, I have. Although there have been moments when the stress has taken over and
I’ve just wanted to scream; preparing for
concerts or gigs are the worst but when it
You’ve suffered
months
with
in the past few
health
problems…
‘Yeah, I was told I have something wrong
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4. LEAH’S INTERVIEW
with my voice – damage or something and
was told to cut down singing or something.
It really got to me I’d just started my journey in the music industry and they wanted to take it away from me. I wasn’t going
to let that happen so I put myself on vocal
rest occasionally but I can’t do much more,
just look after myself. But when getting that
news the first thing I thought to myself was
“I’m not gonna give up.” I’m not that person’I
mean I’ve always told others not to so why
should I… hypercritical much. Everyone has
a go at me for pushing myself to hard sometimes but I don’t see it I’m naturally a laid
back person and the fansget that so
I don’t care what the media can say.
used anyway. I’ve had fans go “I didn’t mean
it. I just wanted to get your attention.” This
makes me laugh even more. I do read my
time line though I mean I don’t care what
people like that say, it doesn’t affect me.
Do other female artists annoy
you
with their
approach
to the media?
‘A lot of artists do and it is especially the females, I understand you want to be known
but seriously have some class and dignity
about it. They love to play the victim which
really annoys me I mean they know what they
she’s bloody amazing at the lucky b*tch! Ellie is one of my good friends and I think she
is one of the few artists that can sing a love
song with class and doesn’t do it often unlike
some artists that base every song they sing on
their ex. I mean it is ridiculous to say the least.
You wrote Miley Cyrus’s first Top single,
‘Party in the USA’. Did you see her twerking?
‘I think everyone has seen her twerking and
it’s bloody horrible to put it nicely. Some of
the things she’s doing are a little crazy, but
she’s probably trying really hard to get away
from the Hannah Montana thing but seriously she is trying way too hard its embarrassing. I love it when each artist is to their own
and whats to be unique, if anything i respect
that they arent changing but, everything she
does is just a show. She’s so young and has
so much going for her but she has screwed
up her life, she wont be able to get away
from this image she has made herself now.
I guess she does get some respect from me
though as doing that in the public eye isn’t
easy but she needs to get some class about
her. I’ve done or worn things in the past that
looking back I’m like “Whoa!”but I never
took it to her extreme, I like to see myself
with some class and I will keep it that way
thanks. I’m not desperate for attention you
either like me or not it doesn’t bother me.
So let’s just hope she never does it again.
“ I’m not desperate
for attention you
either like me or
not it doesn’t
bother me. ”
Have you had a lot of abuse
from the media or the public?
‘Oh yeah sometimes it seems like
they don’t f*cking stop! I’ve had death
threats for cancelling! But seriously the
social media are the worst its always
one bloody extreme to the other and
if you’re in the middle they don’t give
a sh*t or just twist things. It doesn’t
bother me, but sometimes it p*sses
me off yet I still find it funny reading
things about me I didn’t even know I
mean they take learning new things
about yourself or learning a new thing every
day too far it’s cr*p. And the fans can be just as
bad you get the ones that love your music saying “I LOVE YOU!” or those ones that scream
“I HATE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO DIE.”
because they don’t like what you do I mean
if you don’t like it don’t listen to it … simple.
There’s no middle ground everything’s an extreme, because people want to be noticed.’
How do you deal with the death
threats
you
recieve
from
people?
‘Well, I used to comment back, but I’ve
learnt it’s a complete waste of time and they
probably don’t understand half the words I
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got themselves into so why make it worse for
yourself. No one’s ever heard me sing “He
broke my heart” or “I’m fed up and I’m gonna
give up.” I’m not that girland to be honest never want to be yeah some of my songs might be
more calm than others but I don’t go righting
about every relationship issue under the sun.
I never was and I never will be. I always try
to switch it around like “Okay. If you want to
cheat on me, I’ll see you later.”’ I must admit
though I love Ellie Goulding, I mean her attitude towards music is amazing, she doesn’t
care about if she is liked she just concentrates
on her music and nothing else. It’s all about
the music for her and it’s like her hobby that’s
Who
inspired
you
to
become
a
singer
song
writer?
Honestly, I had so many I couldn’t say, I loved
bands such as Cold Play and solo artists like
Ellie Goulding, though I have to she’s my best
friend. Cold Play I listen to constantly I mean
their music is… I guess you could say real, as
in no sh*t songs about love or cr*p auto tune. I
really respect these people because they wrote
their own songs, they didn’t get someone to
do it for them. It’s not only the artists that inspired me its stuff like festivals I mean I love
Reading festival! I mean the live music, diverse people and just everything about the
festivals are amazing and I’m going to see it
from a completely different view this year!
The artist I love is Passenger, I mean his song
that he wrote is called “I hate” is the best,
I just wish i though t of it myself, it’s about
all those fake people and I show every person that hasn’t heard it because I just think
it sums up so many people in the world.
So I’m guessing you’re excited to be a part
of Reading festival this year as an act?
Yes! Are you joking! I’m like a little girl in
a sweet shop, I couldn’t be happier; it’s like
a dream come true. Forget the money and
fame that some artists perform for it’s all
about the experience for me and I’ve grown
up going to Reading so playing at Reading
is an honour. I just hope I don’t screw up!
Its not just the performing I’m excited about it’s also the other bands playing to that i can listen to live for the
first time i think it will be amazing!
Did you always want to be a singer?, or did you
consider another job when you were younger?
When I was younger I went to all the singing and dancing schools possible, I was just
a music freak but never did the school performances I mean id never dance around
the stage I hated the attention. So I guess
I’m not like normal girls or artists because
I don’t change for anyone. When I was in
school and got asked what I wanted to be
when I grew up and I always said singer. The
teachers would tell me I needed a proper
profession and now I guess I’ve proven them
wrong, I’m doing something I love and met
the most amazing people possible. But I
guess at one point i wanted to be a doctor,
i mean i wasnt good at science or anything
but I loved to help people. Looking back on
it know though I’m so glad m not a doctor I mean I’d faint at the first sight of blood.
What have you got in store for
us next? Another album maybe?
Another Album! Are you taking the p*ss!
Single maybe but not Album, I know I
love music and everything but I don’t
live in the recording studio! I do want
a social life to see family so I guess that if
people want another album from me
they will have to wait… I don’t care.
Do
you
watch
programs
such
as
the
X
–
factor?
No its sh*t, fake and staged, occasionally
you get the one or two every few years
that can sing but usually none of them can
they all use auto tune and it wouldn’t surprise me if they didn’t actually sing live.
And plus they are all about the money…
pr*cks! And they forget about where they
came from I mean look at that girl and…
Little Chicks? Oh Little Mix, them girls.
Did you always want to be a singer or
do you find it too stressful that you
would prefer to be something else?
When I was younger I went to all the
singing and dancing schools possible, I
was just a music freak but never did the
school performances I mean id never
dance around the stage I hated the attention. So I guess I’m not like normal girls
or artists because I don’t change for anyone. When I was in school and got asked
what I wanted to be when I grew up and
I always said singer. The teachers would
tell me I needed a proper profession and
now I guess I’ve proven them wrong, I’m
doing something I love and met the most
amazing people possible. Don’t get me
wrong sometimes it can be so stressful
but can’t all jobs? I mean I wanted to be a
doctor at one point and that is a stressful
job in itself so I must of got an easy job
compared to them as I’m not saving lives!
Do
you
watch
programs such as the X – factor?
No its sh*t, fake and staged, occasionally you
get the one or two every few years that can
sing but usually none of them can they all
use auto tune and it wouldn’t surprise me if
they didn’t actually sing live. And plus they
are all about the money… pr*cks, its their
fault that people that cant sing are getting
number ones. I mean who actually buys and
listens to their singles! And they forget about
where they came from I mean look at that
girl and… Little Chicks? Oh Little Mix, them
girls, they are just aweful and i blame the
X-factor for allowing them to sing in public.
“ X-Factor. . .Money
Grabin’ Pr*cks the
lot of them!”
Last question I promise… Do
you ever struggle with fame?
‘Sometimes, the media just don’t
give you a break and when I got
take in with my illness they were
there, in my face flashing the
camera and everything , I mean
they only care about their story
and I care about me so we aren’t going to get
along. That’s the bit I hate. That’s the bit I…
[Sighs] those are the moments when I lose
faith in the public as I just realise what this
world is coming to… its… shocking. Even a
doctor asked for my autograph I mean it was
turning into a joke. I’ve learnt to be true to
myself and so if anyone doesn’t like me, like
the media it’s their problem and not mine.
“I’m so sociable and love to
make meet new people all
the time. I guess you could
say I’m always that embarassing friend that you just
wish would be quiet sometimes. My favoutrite song is
Passenger, Let her go and I’m
a monster when it comes to
chocolate, I can never have
enough.”
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I don’t care how
famous I am or who
likes me... I’m about
the music that’s all.
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