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Bon Jovi to headline Isle of Wight Festival 2013
Tuesday 27 November 2012
The news that the rockers will play Sunday night comes after the Stone Roses were confirmed to top Friday night's bill
Ti-i-i-ime is on their side
Monday 26 November 2012
The band's 50-year shows don't mean it's the last time. John Walsh salutes rock's elder statesmen
Meat Loaf launches $100,000 lawsuit against tribute act accusing him of being an 'online imposter'
Wednesday 18 July 2012
A Meat Loaf tribute artist from Lancashire is fighting a $100,000 (£64,000) writ from the US rock star, who accuses him of being a “cybersquatter and online imposter”.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler votes himself off 'American Idol'
Friday 13 July 2012
Rocker Steven Tyler on has bowed out of his job as a judge on top-rated television singing contest "American Idol" - the US equivalent of the X Factor -, saying he wants to dedicate himself to his band, Aerosmith.
Kylie and Jason reunion silenced after Hyde Park turns into mudbath
Tuesday 10 July 2012
It is, as headliners Steps would undoubtedly have sung, a “tragedy”. A Hyde Park concert featuring Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and a host of 80s stars tomorrow has been cancelled after heavy rain turned the Royal grounds into a mudbath.
Album: Rumer, Boys Don't Cry (Atlantic)
Sunday 27 May 2012
The second album seems a little soon for Rumer to be pulling the covers over her head.
Festival Guide 2012: Ones to watch
Friday 30 March 2012
"Oh yeah, all right/ Take it easy, baby/ make it last all night."
Top Trumps: Party People
Sunday 18 March 2012
No self-respecting billionaire wants to be seen as mean when it comes to celebrating a birthday, but they need to dig deep, says Genevieve Roberts
Shapely Ankle Preferred, By Francesca Beauman
Sunday 05 February 2012
History is just a series of dates
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past, By Simon Reynolds
Sunday 15 January 2012
Pop, deprived of fresh meat, feeds on itself
Survivor, Barbican Theatre, London
Milagres, Old Blue Last, London
Sunday 15 January 2012
Choreographer Shechter and 'space doctor' Gormley insist that only music critics review their show. That left our man scratching his horns ...
Album: The Maccabees, Given to the Wild (Fiction)
Friday 06 January 2012
It's hard not to feel somewhat let down by The Maccabees' follow-up to 2009's Wall of Arms.
White Lies, Wembley Arena, London
Monday 19 December 2011
Wembley Arena is chilly and two-thirds full, black curtains discreetly veiling unsold seats. “Hello, Wembley!” White Lies’ singer Harry McVeigh greets the faithful anyway.
Why rock and pop stars should end on a high note
Monday 19 December 2011
Laura Marling has dropped the obligatory encore. Other acts should too, says Elisa Bray
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