The once popular platform launched the career of the Arctic Monkeys – for which it has never properly apologised. Having lost a huge amount of online data, MySpace has admitted that they have completely failed to wipe out the musical abominations like of Alvin & the Chipmunks and James Blunt. Said one Executive: ‘The server migration was a perfect opportunity to erase decades of embarrassing photographs and Damien Green’s search history. Instead, we still seem to be stuck with U2 - the herpes of the music world – which is arguably as grating as Andrew Lloyd Webber played on a vuvuzela.’
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