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Album review: Kodaline, In a Perfect World (B-Unique)

An Irish quartet with sights clearly set on the world's stadiums, Kodaline offer a musical barometer of bankable current rock trends, but display scant originality on this debut album.

Sing, sing, sing? Travis frontman Fran Healey
Shaken and stirred: Ian Brown of The Stone Roses

Music review: The Stone Roses, Finsbury Park, London

Fearless, if flawed, second coming for band that defined a generation

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Video: Film trailers for the latest releases

Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:

Blur at Primavera Sound Festival, Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona

“Say ‘hola’ to la luna,” says Damon Albarn, turning thousands of heads towards the full moon that is casting its beautiful glow, adding to a magical atmosphere.

Five-minute memoir: Russ Litten recalls the day he saw his double in Prague

I know nobody in Prague, not a soul, which is one of the main reasons I decide to move there. The last person I expect to see is myself. I always thought that the Doppelgänger only existed in Edgar Allen Poe tales. But I see mine in Prague.

Robbie Williams of Take That

Robbie Williams changes direction after rant about Suede frontman

Robbie Williams has changed his tune after an extended rant against Britpop stars Suede and their frontman Brett Anderson - and has admitted he went off "on a tangent".

Album: Suede, Bloodsports (Warner)

Well, what did you expect? A sad attempt to recapture former glories? You were half-right.

Forget Bowie...cult figure Bonehead returns 14 years after quitting Oasis

His return may not quite match the frenzy which greeted David Bowie’s comeback but 14 years after quitting Oasis, Bonehead, the band’s original guitarist, is to release his first album.

Morrissey of The Smiths, Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester Sept 1983

Kevin Cummins and The Smiths: These charming men, captured on film

As an exhibition of his photographs of The Smiths and Morrissey opens, rock snapper Kevin Cummins tells Elisa Bray no act ever fascinated him more

Sued at the Bar Fly

Suede, Barfly, London

It’s probably quite fair to say that, a few years ago, the five members of Suede would not have imagined themselves back onstage together  promoting a new album.

Kelly Jones of Stereophonics

Stereophonics, Electric Brixton, London

This brand of dirge-rock can feel like being drenched in cheap lager at the end of a Rod Stewart tribute night

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In pictures: JFK's visit to Berlin in 1963

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