More musical hub than shop - where celebrity customers include Emma Watson and Jack Black - the small Spitalfields premises that's making the ukelele cool faces a battle to survive... more
All tattered denim and plaid shirts, Yuck are spearheading the return of the alt.rock scene that Kurt Cobain created. And this time it's in London, says Nosheen Iqbal... more
Nineteen people died and 342 were injured in a panicked crush of partygoers in an overcrowded tunnel that served as the sole entrance to a German festival billed as the world's largest techno music party... more
If you’re mad enough, you could attend a music festival every weekend from late May to September. From Florence in a field to Snoop Dogg in the park, David Smyth outlines a hectic schedule.... more
A coalition of musicians outraged that music, including theirs, was used to help "break" detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama's push to shut the prison... more
You don't have jobs like Stephen Hester without becoming very wealthy. And indeed Hester, 48, is just that, amassing more money than arguably he needs... more
Ed Byrne's show is about is a witty man spending 90 minutes being mostly mildly frustrated by modern life. As such it frequently raises a laugh without really raising the roof, says Bruce Dessau.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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