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The best music apps and musician twitterers

18.09.09

Don’t get left behind by the latest music crazes and gizmos — from tweeting the stars to remixing your voice, there’s more fun to be had than you might think... more

Natalie Imbruglia's comeback is boosted by Coldplay connection

13.08.09

Natalie Imbruglia was at the Luminaire to unveil songs from a fourth album due in October.... more

Gigs of the week

07.08.09

Laura Marling will play a special show at Festival Hall and grunge giants Pearl Jam come to Shepherds Bush.... more

Sound Check: The great myth of Woodstock

07.08.09

It's 40 years since the legendary music festival and we’re about to get a glut of nostalgia – but was it really such fun?... more

David Byrne leaves crowd spilling into the aisles

04.08.09

At 57, three decades since his band Talking Heads were at their peak, David Byrne could hardly be busier.... more

Gigs of the week

31.07.09

Kerrang!'s Week of Rock draws to a close, Field Day Festival comes to to town and Alice in Chains are at The Scala.... more

London man who helped Nasa land Apollo 11 on moon

17.07.09

London man who helped put man on the mooon recalls the moment 40 years on as Nasa celebrates the achievement... more

25 reasons to go to The Edinburgh Festival

01.07.09

After last year's letdown, the world's largest arts festival has got its act together to offer a thrilling array of entertainment next month.... more

Once in a lifetime live music from David Byrne

14.04.09

Perhaps it's the realisation that at 56 he still has much to prove, but suddenly David Byrne is bursting through boundaries.... more

Killers and Coldplay to star at War Child's 15th birthday show

28.01.09

The Killers and Coldplay are set to perform a one-off concert for the War Child charity next month... more

50 ways to have fun in 2009

02.01.09

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months. ... more

Best CDs of 2008

19.12.08

From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.... more

Music

08.10.08

Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more

Art & design

08.10.08

London has recently underlined its status as the global capital of contemporary art. These are the key players in the world’s most exciting market. ... more

Donatella Flick is real maestro

01.10.08

Donatella Flick has little time for the BBC's reality show — her Ł15,000 competition for young talent, takes conducting seriously.... more

Crystal Method for Roger Hiorns

26.08.08

Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results.... more

DAVID BOWIE: I went to buy some shoes - and I came back with Life On Mars

28.06.08

As The Mail on Sunday gives away his new album iSELECT, David Bowie reveals in his own words the fascinating stories behind the songs he personally selected for this unique CD.... more

Off the record

06.06.08

Coldplay's long-awaited Viva la Vida may not sell as many as their last album — but it’s brimming with the new ideas they so badly need, says David Smyth. ... more

Free single crashes Coldplay website

29.04.08

Coldplay fans were left disappointed after they were unable to download the band's new single as their website crashed.... more

Ether 08 merges art with technology

07.04.08

From the unveiling of Goldfrapp's album launch to the world premiere of In Seven Days, here is a guide to the highlights of this year's Ether festival at the Southbank Centre.... more

Nostalgic Penguin show

12.12.07

The Penguin Café Orchestra worked its magic with a musical knock-out: melodic, melancholic, nostalgic and movingly tender.... more

DVDs of the week

16.10.07

This week's top DVDs include the twisted tale Tell No One, Spiderman 3, a Daft Punk collection entitled Electroma and US comic Joe Rogan performing stand-up.... more

DVDs of the week

04.09.07

The week's top DVDs are led by an example of British film at its best in This Is England.... more

DVDs of the week

07.08.07

Will Ferrell and Jon Heder team up in the brilliant Blades of Glory, and Primal Scream's debut live DVD are among this week's offerings.... more

DVDs of the week

24.07.07

Peter O'Toole's Oscar-nominated role in Venus, a strong take on terrorism in Catch A Fire and a compilation from Roxy Music are among the DVDs of the week.... more

A solitary Walker

26.04.07

Stephen Kijak's tribute film contains rare interviews with the modest poet and songwriter Scott Walker, the influential hero of people like Bowie, Radiohead and Brian Eno.... more

No stopping this 20-year roll

10.04.07

Wild Franco-Algerian artist Rachid Taha has tightened up his genre-defying act and become a mesmerising showman, says Jane Cornwell.... more

Rankin gives South Bank a facelift

27.02.07

A giant frieze featuring some of London's most influential cultural figures is to be unveiled outside the Royal Festival Hall.... more

Critic's choice: Weekend gigs

10.11.06

Lucinda Williams airs her bruised country rock, My Chemical Romance warm up for their Wembley gig and you should sell everything you own to get a ticket for Brian Wilson's West End show.... more

Soundtracks to our lives

10.11.06

It's time to stop being coy about the albums we love, says Garry Mulholland in his new book. So we asked him and a panel of experts to reveal their Top 10s.... more