Lying one’s way to the top of the music world

Lying one’s way to the top of the music world Seamus McLean Ross. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore

Many musical personages told lies at the beginning of their careers. Bob Dylan would have had people believe he jumped trains with Woody Guthrie. Nadine Coyle used “creative mathematics” about her age to get onto a pop show when she was 16. Louis Walsh made up stories every other day to propel Boyzone into the…

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