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Brett Anderson and the real rivalry of Britpop

John Lewis, So London, March 2007

BACK IN the heyday of Britpop, the rivalry that garnered all the column inches was that between Blur and Oasis; the nice middle-class Essex boys versus the rough lads from Burnage. But the real rivalry that simmered under the headlines was that between Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Suede singer Brett Anderson. 

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