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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
13.11.09
With Coldplay in cold storage, Radiohead in confusion, Oasis no more and Kasabian not quite there yet, Muse are Britain’s most popular band.
12.11.09
Martha Wainwright seized Edith Piaf's haunting tales of prostitutes, death and ennui for herself and didn't let go.
28.10.09
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride,” chuckled Morrissey at the start of his Royal Albert Hall show.
23.10.09
Doves came frustratingly close to staging one of 2009’s great concert events at the BBC Electric Proms.
21.10.09
It was as if we were all in on a secret: Spandau Ballet were OK, really, says John Aizlewood.
16.10.09
As glorious melody wrapped itself around glorious melody, there was an appealing impishness to Vampire Weekend's catholic musicality.
29.09.09
Last night’s 160-minute 41-song, apparently final reunion with The Shadows ignored the last 33 years, bar three covers from their current album
18.09.09
Jay-Z headlined Glastonbury 2008 and, just to show who has the last laugh, he closed his set proper by cheekily miming along to Oasis’s original...
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15.09.09
Less afraid than ever of his more popular moments, David Gray transformed Babylon into a genuinely heart-tugging acoustic lament
14.09.09
If it's impossible to think of a more perfect pop group than Abba, then it’s probably because there isn’t one
04.09.09
Beverley Knight is a high-kicking, finger-pointing, charisma-oozing, hand-clapping ball of sex-tinged energy.
02.09.09
The crowd accepted Howard Devoto's invitation to dance and Magazine dipped into their catalogue at their Festival Hall reunion gig.
27.08.09
Arctic Monkey's Brixton gig will be remembered as the moment their presentation matched their status.
25.08.09
Exactly 30 years after their only Top 50 British album, Entertainment!, Gang Of Four are almost as influential as The Velvet Underground.
24.08.09
Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova and Cast No Shadow were highlights of V Festival but they weren't delivered by Oasis.
19.08.09
From the Borderline in '92 to the O2 in '09, it's been a long slog for Pearl Jam
28.07.09
Lucinda Williams's back catalogue transcends both alt and country. Her decades of struggle are finally paying off.
21.07.09
Calvin Harris is a formidable live proposition, rediscovering what The KLF christened stadium house.
20.07.09
As young men, Madness always had an umbilical connection with their crowd. Thirty years since their debut single, the connection is unbroken.
17.07.09
Bat for Lashes's concert will live long in the memory, albeit for reasons metrological rather than musical.
