Kylie Minogue was honoured as a music idol at the Q Awards. The star showed off a new Marilyn Monroe-esque hair do and a figure-hugging black frock at the ceremony.... more
Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton, Johnny Marr's reinvigoration, and a new pop release from Moloko's Roisin Murphy are on David Smyth's agenda.... more
Chris Elwell-Sutton applauds Modest Mouse for their inventiveness - but shame about the lead singer's voice. On the plus side, recruiting Johnny Marr was a good move.... more
Breakthrough band Enter Shikari, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr's latest album and scratching DVDs as if they are vinyl all make it into David Smyth's column this week.... more
Former Smiths frontman Morrissey will no longer have any involvement in this year's Eurovision Song Contest despite talks with the BBC about him writing the UK's entry.... more
Morrissey is not the most natural choice for an arena filler yet he dominated Wembley, emerging on stage looking as elegant as ever and cracking his microphone lead like a whip. ... more
Electropop sextet CSS play their biggest London show, there's an impressive line-up for Xfm's Winter Wonderland and Morrissey continues his resurgence at Wembley.... more
Albert Hammond Jr bucks the trend of guitarists releasing appalling solo work. In fact, his first show in London was far better than anything the Strokes have done recently.... more
LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy curates Magic & Medicine, Movers & Shakers gets a bit glam and there's an old school flavour at Tilteddisco.... more
Few can begrudge the New York Dolls the chance finally to profit from their influence three decades on. And not being the original line-up hasn't damaged their integrity either.... more
Morrissey was only a qualified success as he closed the 10th V Festival despite belting out a few classics from The Smiths. The night really belonged to Faithless, says Chris Elwell-Sutton.... more
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