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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

'Your own tiny club with more control of the music': why young Londoners are triggering a karaoke boom

It is a truth universally acknowledged that almost every karaoke night is the work of one incredibly keen individual and several other, slightly more begrudging individuals. One such individual is Isabelle McMahon, 30, who has been known to attend karaoke as often as four times a week. “But that was the Christmas period, so it’s to be expected,” she says.

“It’s always good fun and it bonds you with the group, whether that’s in a booth with your friends or randoms at the pub [at public karaoke]. You can go from not knowing anyone to being able to have a chat with anyone in the pub because you’re the girl that did Sophie Ellis Bextor.”

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