Pop can no longer contain Sufjan Stevens, whose latest album, The BQE, is a multi-format extravaganza. And now there is a fresh ambition among musicians... more
Mike Skinner is becoming one of our most poetic chroniclers of urban life, Jonas Brothers are a more wholesome McFly and David Sanborn is back.... more
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson provided £25,000 for a 'hit' on members of a vicious Brooklyn drug gang who allegedly shot and killed his bodyguard, a court heard.... more
Cruz Beckham strikes again! Just weeks after upstaging the Spice Girls with his impressive break dancing moves, the littlest Posh protégé has stolen the spotlight for the second time. It was neither Halloween nor a fancy dress party, but that didn't stop the the three-year-old pulling on a Batman suit for a trip to a LA cinema yesterday to celebrate brother Brooklyn's ninth birthday
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Considering it was a family day out, there were few smiles as the Beckhams arrived on New York's famous Broadway theatre district with their three boys to see a play. A stern faced David carried son Cruz, 2, and held nine-year-old son Brooklyn's hand while son Romeo, walked hand in hand with mother Victoria... more
Randy Weston led the BBC Big Band through his compositions at this London Jazz Festival concert, his African roots proudly nourishing each one.... more
A bit like a rural Arcade Fire who've ingested too much free jazz, Brooklyn four-piece Grizzly Bear, who were a highlight of the Homefires festival, look set to ignite the audience at Cargo.... more
Looking like a slightly ravaged mess, Regina Spektor was a breath of fresh air at the Shepherds Bush Empire. Compelling, funny, powerful and compulsively watchable, it was pop at its very best.... more
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
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