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⚫ '''Danny Kelly''' (born 22 December 1957) is a music journalist, sports presenter and internet publisher. He is the former editor of the music weekly '']''.
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⚫ '''Danny Kelly''' (born 23 December 1956{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}) is a British music journalist, sports presenter, and internet publisher. He is the former editor of the music weekly '']'' and '']'' magazine.
⚫ Danny Kelly was born in ] and attended Our Lady of Sacred Heart in Eden Grove and then St Aloysius College, ]. Kelly has worked in print and radio journalism for over twenty years. He began writing for '']'' in about 1983 and was its editor from the late 1980s to 1992.<ref>"". Noel Gay. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.</ref> After that he edited the British music monthly, '']'', and was awarded the title British Magazine Editor of the Year for his work there. He also launched the sports monthly ''Total Sport''. He often works in partnership with fellow sports fan and radio journalist ], who is also an ''NME'' alumnus, having broadcast in both local/national commercial and BBC radio.


==Early life==
⚫ In the mid-1990s Kelly hosted '']'', 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 leading UK ] ], ].<ref>"". ''Independent'' (London), December 26, 2001. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.</ref>
⚫ Danny Kelly was born in ], ], to Irish parents and attended Our Lady of Sacred Heart in Eden Grove and then St Aloysius College, ]. Kelly has worked in print and radio journalism for over thirty years. He began writing for '']'' (''NME'') in about 1983 and was its editor from the late 1980s to 1992.<ref>" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719184122/http://www.noelgay.com/pdf/danny_kelly_full_cv.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }}". Noel Gay. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.</ref>


Kelly later edited the British music monthly '']'', and was awarded the title British Magazine Editor of the Year for his work there. He left in 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Inside Empire|year=2009|pages=38–40|last=Collins|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Collins (broadcaster)|title=Editors: Andrew Collins}}</ref> He also launched the sports monthly ''Total Sport''. He often works in partnership with fellow sports fan and radio journalist ], who is also an ''NME'' alumnus, having broadcast in both commercial and BBC radio.
⚫ In 2006 he helped launch Videojug, a video up/download service that seeks to demonstrate all human knowledge on film. He also launched '']''' first weekly podcast, ''The Game''. He currently presents an award-winning radio sports show on BBC London and hosted a weekly football podcast with ]. The football podcast ended in December 2007.
He has appeared in two films: '']'' and '']''.


==Career==
⚫ Kelly spent a period of time commencing December 2007 as stand-in presenter for Hawksbee & Jacobs, Evening Kick-Off and ] on ] radio. He joined the station to front ''Euro Kick-Off'' during ] between 19:00-22:00 (]/]) every weekday. Kelly signed a permanent contract with ] in early August to front the same slot during the regular football season. ] now co-hosts the KicPk-Off show on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and co-commentates whenever Talksport has a live game to broadcast.
⚫ In the mid-1990s, Kelly hosted '']'', 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 UK ] ], ].<ref>"". ''The Independent'' (London), 26 December 2001. Retrieved 25 February 2008.</ref>


⚫ In 2006, he helped launch Videojugs, a video up/download service that seeks to demonstrate all human knowledge on film. He also launched '']'' newspaper's first weekly podcast, '']''. He currently presents a radio sports show on BBC London and hosted a weekly football podcast with ]. The football podcast ended in December 2007. Kelly has appeared in two films: '']'' and '']''.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Danny Kelly referred to ] as a "Nonce" live on air during a Talk Sport broadcast on 8 January 2011. OFCOM received 130 complaints about the comments.<ref>http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/28473/media-in-the-press</ref> Kelly is a ] fan and appears in the June 2010 issue of Hotspurs Magazine as the celebrity fan.


⚫ Kelly spent a period of time commencing December 2007 as stand-in presenter for Hawksbee & Jacobs, Evening Kick Off and ] on ] radio. He joined the station to front ''Lets kick the ball'' during ] between 19:00 and 22:00 (]/]) every weekday. Kelly signed a permanent contract in August 2008 with ] to front the same slot during the regular football season. Kelly often remarks that he played football in his youth on ].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Kelly is currently presenting ]'s coverage of ] over the course of the {{NFL Year|2011}} season, where he replaced ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nfluk.com/features/danny-kelly-joins-channel-4-1911.html|title=Danny Kelly joins Channel 4|first=Nick|last=Pike|date=1 September 2011|accessdate=1 September 2011|work=NFL UK|publisher=NFL Enterprises LLC}}</ref>


On 8 January 2011, Kelly allegedly referred to ] as a "nonce" live on air during a radio broadcast while criticising the performance of ]. Media regulator ] received 130 complaints about the comments.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Media in the Press 13.1.11|url=http://www.allmediascotland.com/press-news/18887/media-in-the-press-13-1-11/|access-date=9 September 2020|website=www.allmediascotland.com}}</ref>
Danny is known to support Industry in the Phillipines. All his polo shirts are made there and imported to the UK. Each one of his shirts takes 2,300 man hours to make and he single handedly reduces the unemployment rate of the country by 2%. He set up a foundation to support the country's sweatshop workers as half of them had their homes washed away in flooding.


After several seasons presenting ''The 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 the ''PressBox'', where he and the football editor of ''The Sun'', Shaun Custis, are joined by a studio guest "to pick apart the stories that have been filling our back pages", and ''Trans-Europe Express'' on Sunday nights, a programme featuring European football.<ref>"".''Radio Listings'' {{dead link|date=July 2023}}</ref>
In desperation, a family of 14 Phillipinos made homeless in the floods, made a shelter with one of Danny's shirts. It has more rooms than their old house.


In 2013, Kelly and Danny Baker were announced as part of ]'s football coverage, hosting a Friday evening show.<ref name="BT Sport">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/03/bt-sport-danny-baker-danny-kelly-premier-league|title=BT Sport to reunite Danny Baker and Danny Kelly for football show|work=The Guardian|date=3 June 2013|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref>
During a broadcast of American Football on Channel 4, Danny's co-host Mike Carlson was tied down to his chair after Danny's gravitational pull from being so massive started to pull Mike in orbit.


Since August 2021, Kelly has presented a ] podcast, ''The View From The Lane'', on the sports website '']''.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
Danny is well known for his love of KFC. He recently consumed a meal for twenty people during a Talksport broadcast. It consisted of 40 pieces of chicken, 20 hot wings. 20 portions of fries, and three gallons of baked beans, coleslaw and gravy. His doctor advised him that he was eating too much KFC and he has now switched to eating nothing but Babybel


==Personal life==
During NFL coverage, Danny is known to pull pies out from under his enormous shirts and stuff his face before the next game break. He can sometimes be seen with crumbs on his belly and gravy on his nose.


His long-term partner is the journalist ]. They both relocated to Ireland in 2018, from where Kelly often broadcasts remotely.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/30/moving-to-ireland-means-remaining-in-the-european-union|title=I've left London for rural Ireland. So long fancy bars and shoe shops. Hello optimism|work=The Guardian|date=30 June 2018|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> On 9 December 2021, he announced via his Twitter account that they had married.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
During the Christmas Day American Football Live presentation, Danny came dressed as a Pig in Blanket. He did not have enough bacon to go around his belly however, so he smeared stuffing over the gap. He also had slices of turkey to cover his nipples and a yorkshire pudding over his genitals. During the broadcast, he ate away at the costume until only the Yorkshire Pudding was left.

In the final show of the 2011 season on Channel 4, Danny hid a suckling pig roasting on a spit under the central table. The smoke coming from the fire caused the building to be evacuated. Danny ensured that he carried the pig out of the building. He had finished eating the pig before the London Fire Brigade let him and Mike back in the building. There were traces of pig juice on his striped green shirt that could be seen during the third and fourth quarters of the game. By overtime, ants were starting to crawl on him.

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| date = October 1, 2009
| title = Classic Football Debates Settled Once and For All: Volume 1
| last = Kelly
| last = Baker
| first = Danny
| publisher = ]
| isbn = 9780091928513
}}


==References== ==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:10, 18 September 2024

Music journalist and sports presenter
Danny Kelly
Born (1956-12-23) December 23, 1956 (age 68)
Islington, London, England
Occupation(s)Music journalist, sports presenter, internet publisher
PartnerAlex Clark

Danny Kelly (born 23 December 1956) is a British music journalist, sports presenter, and internet publisher. He is the former editor of the music weekly New Musical Express and Q magazine.

Early life

Danny Kelly was born in Islington, 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 for New Musical Express (NME) in about 1983 and was its editor from the late 1980s to 1992.

Kelly later edited the British music monthly Q, and was awarded the title British Magazine Editor of the Year for his work there. He left in 1995. He also launched the sports monthly Total Sport. He often works in partnership with fellow sports fan and radio journalist Danny Baker, who is also an NME alumnus, having broadcast in both commercial and BBC radio.

Career

In the mid-1990s, Kelly hosted Under 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 UK football website, Football365.

In 2006, he helped launch Videojugs, a video up/download service that seeks to demonstrate all human knowledge on film. He also launched The Times newspaper's first weekly podcast, The Game. He currently presents a radio sports show on BBC London and hosted a weekly football podcast with Danny Baker. The football podcast ended in December 2007. Kelly has appeared in two films: Divorcing Jack and The Football Factory.

Kelly spent a period of time commencing December 2007 as stand-in presenter for Hawksbee & Jacobs, Evening Kick Off and George Galloway on talkSPORT radio. He joined the station to front Lets kick the ball during Euro 2008 between 19:00 and 22:00 (BST/GMT) every weekday. Kelly signed a permanent contract in August 2008 with talkSPORT to front the same slot during the regular football season. Kelly often remarks that he played football in his youth on Hackney Marshes.

On 8 January 2011, Kelly allegedly referred to Rafael Benitez as a "nonce" live on air during a radio broadcast while criticising the performance of Liverpool. Media regulator Ofcom received 130 complaints about the comments.

After several seasons presenting The 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 the PressBox, where he and the football editor of The Sun, Shaun Custis, are joined by a studio guest "to pick apart the stories that have been filling our back pages", and Trans-Europe Express on Sunday nights, a programme featuring European football.

In 2013, Kelly and Danny Baker were announced as part of BT Sport's football coverage, hosting a Friday evening show.

Since August 2021, Kelly has presented a Tottenham Hotspur podcast, The View From The Lane, on the sports website The Athletic.

Personal life

His long-term partner is the journalist Alex Clark. They both relocated to Ireland in 2018, from where Kelly often broadcasts remotely. On 9 December 2021, he announced via his Twitter account that they had married.

References

  1. "Danny Kelly C.V. Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine". Noel Gay. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.
  2. Collins, Andrew (2009). "Editors: Andrew Collins". Inside Empire. pp. 38–40.
  3. "Danny Kelly quits 365 Corp". The Independent (London), 26 December 2001. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  4. "Media in the Press 13.1.11". www.allmediascotland.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. "".Radio Listings
  6. "BT Sport to reunite Danny Baker and Danny Kelly for football show". The Guardian. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. "I've left London for rural Ireland. So long fancy bars and shoe shops. Hello optimism". The Guardian. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

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Preceded byAlan Lewis Editor of the NME
1990–1992 		Succeeded bySteve Sutherland
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