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World Cup Fever

• 14th Jun 2010

So the World Cup has started and I’m bored of it already. The television is dominated by it at all hours of the day and night, it’s all peoples Facebook and Twitter feeds are full of and it’s all I hear about. I went to my friend’s flat for tea yesterday and he became physically deflated after the Germany match because there was no more football on TV until the next day! Come on people, there’s more to life than football.

Not only does the World Cup spawn a load of football bores around me, it produces all sorts of ridiculous World Cup songs. The amount of press releases I have received about World Cup songs, you will not believe. Why, once every four years, do any Tom, Dick or Harry think they can churn out some drivel and think it’ll top the charts due to some tenuous footballing link. Everyone from James Corden and Dizzee Rascal to Shakira to Chico (remember him?) to Ben Dover (yes, the porn star!) has had a go at making a new World Cup “anthem” this time. The only one, in my opinion, that is actually any good is We Are Scientist’s “Goal! England” and they’re a pair of Americans. I guess a good tune, is a good tune though.

Although, at the end of the day I guess I’m just being a typical girl. I would like to point out though, I don’t hate football and I will watch the England matches. I just want a life outside of that too. Is that really too much to ask?!

Anyway, there are loads of things on the site this week that don’t revolve around the football (and some that do!) We have interviews with Frank Turner and Darwin Deez, competitions to win tickets to the Topshop summer Bandstand Picnics and Beat-Herder Festival and new videos from Broken Bells, Seth Lakeman and Everything Everything. On top of this, if you want to escape the football and catch some live music Kate McGill, Graffiti6, Cattle Decapitation and Black Mountain are all on tour! Check it out.