Danny Kelly | |
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| Born | (1956-12-23)23 December 1956 (age 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Music journalist, sports presenter, internet publisher |
| Partner | Alex Clark |
Danny Kelly (born 23 December 1956[citation needed]) is a British music journalist, sports presenter, and internet publisher. He is the former editor of the music weeklyNew Musical Express andQ magazine.
Danny Kelly was born inIslington,London, to Irish parents and attended Our Lady of Sacred Heart in Eden Grove and then St Aloysius College,Highgate. Kelly has worked in print and radio journalism for over thirty years. He began writing forNew Musical Express (NME) in about 1983 and was its editor from the late 1980s to 1992.[1]
Kelly later edited the British music monthlyQ, and was awarded the title British Magazine Editor of the Year for his work there. He left in 1995.[2] He also launched the sports monthlyTotal Sport. He often works in partnership with fellow sports fan and radio journalistDanny Baker, who is also anNME alumnus, having broadcast in both commercial and BBC radio.
In the mid-1990s, Kelly hostedUnder the Moon, a live late-night television sports chat and entertainment show that often ran for three or more hours. In 1997, he founded the 365 Corporation, best known for the UKfootballwebsite,Football365.[3]
In 2006, he helped launch Videojugs, a video up/download service that seeks to demonstrate all human knowledge on film. He also launchedThe Times newspaper's first weekly podcast,The Game. He currently presents a radio sports show on BBC London and hosted a weekly football podcast withDanny Baker. The football podcast ended in December 2007. Kelly has appeared in two films:Divorcing Jack andThe Football Factory.[citation needed]
Kelly spent a period of time commencing December 2007 as stand-in presenter for Hawksbee & Jacobs, Evening Kick Off andGeorge Galloway ontalkSPORT radio. He joined the station to frontLets kick the ball duringEuro 2008 between 19:00 and 22:00 (BST/GMT) every weekday. Kelly signed a permanent contract in August 2008 withtalkSPORT to front the same slot during the regular football season. Kelly often remarks that he played football in his youth onHackney Marshes.[citation needed]
On 8 January 2011, Kelly allegedly referred toRafael Benitez as a "nonce" live on air during a radio broadcast while criticising the performance ofLiverpool. Media regulatorOfcom received 130 complaints about the comments.[4]
After several seasons presentingThe Full Time Phone-In on Saturday nights up to 2020, and hosting a Sunday evening show with ex-Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan, he currently presents a Monday evening show called thePressBox, where he and the football editor ofThe Sun, Shaun Custis, are joined by a studio guest "to pick apart the stories that have been filling our back pages", andTrans-Europe Express on Sunday nights, a programme featuring European football.[5]
In 2013, Kelly and Danny Baker were announced as part ofBT Sport's football coverage, hosting a Friday evening show.[6]
Since August 2021, Kelly has presented aTottenham Hotspur podcast,The View From The Lane, on the sports websiteThe Athletic.[citation needed]
His long-term partner is the journalistAlex Clark. They both relocated to Ireland in 2018, from where Kelly often broadcasts remotely.[7] On 9 December 2021, he announced via his Twitter account that they had married.[citation needed]
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