‘My girlfriend was a burlesque dancer who used the name Chelsea Dagger. It was a play on Britney Spears’
August 2015
Listen up
Five albums to try this week: Destroyer, Royal Headache and more
The Fratellis: Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied review – indie hitmakers still full of hooks
September 2013
Bingley Music Live – review
Acts who do well here tend to be those who get hands up in the air – and Tinchy Stryder, Katy B and Primal Scream do very well indeed, writes Dave Simpson
July 2011
Jon Fratelli: Psycho Jukebox – review
The Fratellis frontman returns to his bloke-rock roots, writes Ally Carnwath
April 2010
Fratellis split 'for now', says singer
Fratellis frontman Jon Lawler announces that the band 'have no plans to work together' in the immediate future
June 2008
Everyday objects
Glasto objects: the Fratellis
The Scottish band are the first to ruminate on our everyday Glasto objects, before playing the Pyramid Stage tonight
'We don't want to be a pop band'
A multi-platinum album, songs sung by football crowds - it's all rosy for the Fratellis. Not that they think so, they tell Caroline Sullivan
The Fratellis, Here We Stand
(Island)
May 2008
In the news
Fratellis defy their knockers
In the news: The Scottish indie rockers' new album has won the approval of the Sun's breast-obsessed showbiz editor. Plus: Richards' slight on David Bowie and Winehouse's post-prison-visit lovebite
April 2008
The Fratellis
The Fratellis, Royal Albert Hall, London
March 2007
New Fab Four on track to rock the US
Amy Winehouse and the Fratellis spearhead Britain's latest chart assault