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Reginald D Hunter at the PFA Player of the Year awards: Right man, but wrong event at the wrong time
Monday 29 April 2013
The Independent's Sam Wallace, who was in attendance at last night's awards, provides an insight into events
Brit Awards 2013: nominations in full
Wednesday 20 February 2013
Emili Sandé is the most nominated artist up for four awards followed by Rita Ora, Mumford & Sons and Alt-J with three nominations each
Rizzle Kicks added to Isle of Wight Festival line-up
Monday 18 February 2013
Hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks have been added to the line-up of the Isle of Wight Festival along with 1980s favourites T'Pau.
Music: Bob Geldof reckons it's boomtime for the Rats
Tuesday 29 January 2013
"It's time to re-Rat, to go back to Boomtown for a visit," Bob Geldof said as he announced the Irish post-punk outfit that really don't like Mondays were to reform for shows including a Sunday-night spot at the Isle of Wight Festival.
What gets my goat! 'Room 101' returns
Sunday 30 December 2012
A new set of celebrities reveal their pet hates. Jonathan Owen investigates
Justice Collective's Hillsborough charity single He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother wins chart battle beating Simon Cowell-backed X Factor winner James Arthur
Sunday 23 December 2012
Proceeds from ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ will pay legal costs for relatives campaigning for justice
Blondie, Ellie Goulding and Bloc Party join Isle of Wight line-up
Monday 03 December 2012
Singer-songwriter Jake Bugg, Blondie, Ellie Goulding and Bloc Party are among acts added to the line-up of next-year's Isle of Wight Festival.
Paul McCartney goes for Christmas chart-topper with Hillsborough tragedy charity single
Thursday 22 November 2012
Sir Paul McCartney is to take on the X Factor for the Christmas number one after joining the line-up of a Hillsborough charity single.
Wogan addresses BBC's Savile crisis on 'Children in Need' as appeal beats 2011 total
Saturday 17 November 2012
The BBC's Children in Need appeal raised more than £26 million during this year's live television show, beating the 2011 total.
Where's Pudsey? No sign of BBC's Children in Need with only three days to go
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Three days before the BBC hosts its annual Children in Need telethon it is desperately fighting to shore up public trust in the organisation.
Gary Barlow to play at Chris Evans' pub
Friday 02 November 2012
Take That frontman Gary Barlow has signed up to play what could be the smallest gig of his career - in DJ Chris Evans' pub.
Gary Barlow tops singles chart with official Diamond Jubilee song
Monday 11 June 2012
Gary Barlow and his Commonwealth Band have leapt to the top of the chart this week with Jubilee anthem Sing.
Behind every female superstar...
Friday 09 March 2012
When Adele's producer stepped into the limelight at the Grammys, a Svengali was unmasked, says Elisa Bray
Don't look back in hunger: Musicians reveal their favourite foods in Rockstar Cookbook
Friday 02 September 2011
Who would have thought that bad boy musician Noel Gallagher once had a Yorkshire Tea habit? Or that Razorlight partly chose to sign with Universal because the label took them out for a better dinner than their rivals? Both feature in Love Music Love Food – the Rockstar Cookbook, published in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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