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The Black Keys, Alexandra Palace - review
Music: Clattering drums and raw guitar riffs - in our era of airbrushing and auto-tuning, this Ohio duo are a definitive argument for keeping things rugged and real....read

James Morrison, Hammersmith Apollo - review
Music: Like everyone who doesn't quite understand how to harness their gifts, Morrison sometimes looked lost. But when he let himself go, the big stage was his. Things may get more fascinating still....read

Flame and glory: Rammstein set to light up London
Music: Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows....read

La Traviata, Upstairs at Gatehouse - review
Music: Here's a repertoire standard relocated and sexed up for a modern, Basque-obsessed audience....read

CDs of the week: Emeli Sande, Speech Debelle and Field Music
Music: Our critics guide you through the week's best new releases.......read

Olly Murs, O2 Arena - review
Music: Who would have predicted this? Two years after finishing runner up on The X Factor, Essex's answer to Robbie Williams is now popular enough to sell-out two nights at the cavernous O2....read

The Floating Palace, Barbican - review
Music: Supergroups might be more highly regarded if they followed the blueprint laid down by Robyn Hitchcock's wide-ranging crew - existing for one night only and playing songs we already like....read

LPO/Alsop, Festival Hall - review
Music: If performing Liszt's piano music were an Olympic event (which, given the muscle, stamina and precision it requires, isn't out of the question), Stephen Hough would be a gold medal contender....read

La Fanciulla del West - review
Music: Bold and bizarre as ever, Opera Up Close give us Puccini's least loved opera relocated from the Wild West to our own West End....read

Paul Weller's rocker son attacks celebrity children as 'monsters'
Music: The eldest son of Paul Weller has labelled some children of famous people "monsters" as he launched his own rock career....read

Best British chart figures since 1996
Music: Adele is at the forefront of a British revival in the album charts with homegrown artists recording their best sales for 15 years....read

D'Angelo, O2 Academy Brixton - review
Music: D'Angelo is more than a former tour de force who's been forced to tour and with a nine-piece band honed to perfection, this was no Whitney Houston-style car-crash comeback....read

Philharmonia/Masur, Festival Hall - review
Music: Looking frail - he will be 85 this year - and exhibiting a worrying tremor, Masur chose to stand throughout a taxing programme....read