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The death of the mainstream band: Black Country, New Road reviewed

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

Black Country, New Road

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Bicep

Saatchi Gallery

Twitter was awash with mockery last week, after Adam Levine, the singer of the American group Maroon 5, was interviewed on Apple Music and told Zane Lowe: ‘It’s funny, when the first Maroon 5 album came out there were still other bands. I feel like there aren’t any bands any more, you know?’ Out came the outraged, citing their favourite bands with fanbases numbering in the dozens.

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