John Earls | |
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 Earls in 2019 | |
| Born | 25 August 1972 Milton Keynes, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Music critic, sports journalist |
| Years active | 1991–present |
John Earls (born 25 August 1972) is an English music and sports journalist. He has been a regular contributor to music magazines such as the NME, Record Collector, Classic Pop, and Planet Sound, which he edited from 2001 until its closure in 2009. Earls is noted for helping to launch the careers of several future chart acts by featuring their demo tapes in Planet Sound's review section. He serves as a sporadic football critic for When Saturday Comes.
Earls' work has also appeared in outlets including Newsweek, The Guardian, Drowned in Sound and the Daily Star. For his music criticism, he was named "Best Writer – Specialist" at the 2022 British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Talent Awards.