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It’s amazing to learn they did any research at all — unless it was into farting and foreskins
Year One
Theatre
This will appeal to those who grew up with the book as well as to anyone seeking family-friendly entertainment
Carrie's War
Music
With a smile that splits her face, the frizzy-haired singer fills her songs with playfulness and wide-eyed wonder
Regina Spektor
If you are feeling totally fed up with your lot at the moment with the economic squeeze - go see this film
I thought this was an excellent, powerful production. The staging and acting were superb, it is well worth going to see
Absolutely AMAZING show that went like a train for three hours solid and didn't waiver once!
London,
03.07.09
A new ‘live’ album, 100 unreleased songs, endless remixes... the Michael Jackson marketing machine is about to go into overdrive.
02.07.09
Take That make serious stadium domination look like all the fun of the fair at Wembley.
01.07.09
Bon Iver was a fine choice for the inaugural Serpentine Sessions, three days of smaller gigs to keep Hyde Park ticking over.
26.06.09
Sequin-clad pianist Marina Diamandis has both the talent and the eccentricity to set her apart from the current crop of female singers.
24.06.09
Jack White is clearly aiming for more limited appeal and has succeeded again with his latest band, The Dead Weather.
19.06.09
Madness go cap in hand tomorrow to kick off a week of star buskers raising money for charity.
19.06.09
The holiday season is always dominated by one catchy tune. David Smyth listens to this year's most likely sunny songs and lays odds on a winner.
16.06.09
The breathless ohmygodohmygod brigade just didn't stop screaming at the Jonas Brothers's Wembley Arena gig.
15.06.09
The Skatonics gave a raucous, rollicking, heavy heavy monster of a gig at the Hope and Anchor.
12.06.09
Before setting off on the festival circuit, rapper Chipmunk is taking his A-levels.
08.06.09
Sexagenarian Detroit guitarist Sixto Rodriguez is making the most of the fact that people, at last, are listening to him.
05.06.09
Jazz legend Ornette Coleman has assembled a line-up of eclectic excellence for next week's Meltdown.
04.06.09
Britney Spears has risen from a shocking descent of her own to arrive in London for her first concerts in five years.
29.05.09
Danger Mouse's new album with David Lynch is another classic — so why doesn’t EMI want you to hear it?.
29.05.09
Plenty new tracks were strong enough to elevate The Gossip from one-hit wonders to long-term dominators of the indie disco.
26.05.09
Beyoncé Knowles - Amazonian thunderer, Texan thigh-shaker and all-round surplus of talent - was magnificent at her 02 arena spectacular.
22.05.09
Rising MC Speech Debelle is the latest performer to bring music to Bookslam, the literary nightclub that's breaking new ground.
18.05.09
Three years since he last resided at the Albert Hall, Eric Clapton has settled in for another 11 nights.
15.05.09
A wacky sound installation created by the Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will turn the Roundhouse into an instrument that anyone can play.
13.05.09
Half-Italian Scotsman Paolo Nutini's broadening of musical horizons merits an equivalent expansion of his fanbase.
