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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,
18.11.09
Opening their set with the shimmering ballad Dance Little Liar Arctic Monkeys sounded a world away from the Sheffield scamps of yesteryear.
13.11.09
Video: Robbie Williams sang with Take That last night for the first time since the band broke up 13 years ago.
06.11.09
Torbjørn Brundtland took to the stage in his dressing gown as Norwegian boys Röyksopp came to Shepherd's Bush Empire to party
04.11.09
It was the hits from their hair-metal heyday that provided the highlights of Bon Jovi's intimate BBC Radio Theatre gig.
26.10.09
Motown legend Smokey Robinson came to the Roundhouse on Saturday to give the fourth year of the BBC Electric Proms the send-off it deserved.
23.10.09
The Big Pink’s 50-minute set at the Electric Ballroom more than confirmed them as one of the year’s most exciting bands.
21.10.09
Where lesser performers might have crumbled, Robbie Williams rallied in his much anticipated Roundhouse gig.
16.10.09
The Cribs' credentials skyrocketed recently when ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr decided to join the band.
11.09.09
Mumford & Sons are leading lights in the new literary London folk scene that everyone wants to join. Singer Marcus Mumford talks Steinbeck and...
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04.09.09
Brian Wilson came to the Roundhouse with no new album to promote; he’s simply playing for the fun, fun, fun of it.
20.08.09
Now on to their third album of indie electronic music, visually and musically, Junior Boys remain an odd proposition
12.08.09
Joined by members of Radiohead and Wilco, Neil Finn from Crowded House came to a sweltering Dingwalls to delight the crowd under the name 7 Worlds...
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03.08.09
After a year away from the spotlight, Mika returned to London to headline the final night of the iTunes Festival.
17.07.09
Madstock and Lovebox take over Victoria Park, Morrissey plays Brixton Academ and Calvin Harris is at Somerset House.
13.07.09
Paolo Nutini started his set at the Roundhouse with New Shoes, an appropriate choice for a man now walking to a very different beat.
03.07.09
Now in their 40s but lacking none of their energy, Blur came to the capital a band reborn.
02.07.09
Poor old Passion Pit. They came to Heaven the much-hyped makers of cerebral electronica; they leave it cursing a hellish sound.
30.06.09
Regina Spektor — anti-folk heroine, Russian émigré and all-round oddball — headlined the first night of the Serpentine Sessions.
29.06.09
The sun shone bright and Bruce Springsteen, Blur and Dizzee Rascal delighted fans at Glastonbury
25.06.09
There were times at their Hammersmith Apollo gig when you wondered if The Saturdays believed they were up to the job.
