Stereophonics: Three Local Boys Go Global
Ben Myers, Kerrang!, April 1999
THERE'S A GAGGLE of giggling girls in the hotel lobby. There's even more outside the venue, huddled under blankets or sitting smoking cigarettes in doorways. There's old Glaswegian ladies stopping and staring in the street. There's fists banging on the dressing room window and everyone has bought the T-shirt. Previously loyal girlfriends are climbing on jealous boyfriend's shoulders for a glimpse of diminutive singer Kelly Jones.
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