Under the Radar

Letter From The Editor

On March 12 Under the Radar lost one of our own when our writer Dan Lucas unexpectedly passed away from a surprise illness at his flat in London. He was only 31 and his death has saddened and shocked his family, friends, and loved ones, and also rattled the British music journalism community, where he was an active and well-loved figure.

Dan was born in 1986 and raised in Northampton, , , and (where he met his longtime girlfriend, fellow music writer Elizabeth Aubrey). Since 2013 Dan had also been a sport’s writer for , where he covered cricket and rugby.

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