URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 12 Oct 2026
‘When it went double platinum, Andy Burnham gave us the award’: how Courteeners made Not Nineteen Forever
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‘In nightclubs, I’d be the dude scribbling lyrics in the corner while everyone else was dancing or copping off’I had the lyrics to Not Nineteen Forever before the band existed. They were in a little red book of poems and scribbles that got me a place on the creative writing course at the University of Salford. Most of what became the songs for our first album, St Jude, were in that book. As well…
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