Anecdotes

The film takes place in 1997, a "Cool Britannia" era where Britpop music has dominated the industry. Most of the songs in official soundtrack album feature real-life stars at the moment such as Oasis, Blur and Radiohead.

John Niven adapted his own novel for the big screen.

Stelfox, protagonist of the film, is partly inspired by Don Simpson

John Niven actually worked in the music business in the 90s for The Levy Brothers heading up their London office and was no doubt in attendance in real life scenes mirrored in his book.

Nicholas Hoult is a fan of Muse, citing that he and his friends had once been listening to "Exogenesis: Symphony" for an hour when their car was running out of petrol in the middle of nowhere.