Marcus Berkmann

Capricious buyers

Marcus Berkmann on the tough world of pop.

issue 10 May 2008

It’s tough out there in the crazy world of pop. Two years ago The Feeling were the most played act on British radio. Their debut album, Twelve Stops and Home — almost certainly the only album in history to be named after a late-night Tube journey from Leicester Square to Bounds Green — sold 1.5

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