Lauren Laverne

Lauren Laverne (real name Lauren Gofton) (born 1978, Sunderland, England) is a disc jockey, television presenter, and former singer.

Lauren first rose to prominence as a member of the band

Lauren Laverne (real name Lauren Gofton) (born 1978, Sunderland, England) is a disc jockey, television presenter, and former singer.

Lauren first rose to prominence as a member of the band Kenickie, achieving four top 40 hits and a top ten album. Laverne became just as famous for her funny and acerbic interview style, making her a popular contestant on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and memorably referring to contemporaneous girl-pop outfit the Spice Girls as "Tory scum". The group split in 1998. In 2000 she brought out a solo EP, Take These Flowers Away, contributed a version of In The Bleak Midwinter to XFM's It's A Cool Cool Christmas album, played at the Reading Festival and made the top 20 for the only time in her singing career as vocalist on Don't Falter by Mint Royale. Her only subsequent musical appearance of note came in providing guest vocals on the Divine Comedy's 2004 single Come Home Billy Bird.