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I started a BS Beatles’ rumour
By Des Burkinshaw
Thirty years ago, in November 1994, I was at an interesting point in my career as a journalist.
My day job was on the Hackney Gazette, covering news and all things local. But I had been doing shifts at the Daily Mirror for over a year, ever since one of my stories went national. I had one of the first Back to Basics scandals that rocked John Major’s government, so I had been headhunted.
I’d always intended to be a political journalist, but landed at the Mirror on the pop page, working for the wonderful eccentric Rick Sky. I was immediately seduced by the showbiz stuff. I’m a musician myself, and suddenly, having access to as many free tickets/CDs/parties as I could handle (a lot), I went to the dark side. I still had 3 years on the newsdesk at The Times lying in wait, my last print attempt to be serious before defecting to TV, but for now, I found myself in the epicentre of the media just as Britpop kicked off. Oasis’ record label, Creation, was in Hackney. I had a front-row seat for all that.
