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
A look back at the history of a London landmark, as a bandmate of the Clash's Joe Strummer prepares for the final concert there before the bulldozers move in.... more
Manchester-based singer-songwriter Cherry Ghost is at The Borderline, Stiff Little Fingers play the Astoria and The Good, the Bad and the Queen head for Hammersmith.... more
Damon Albarn and his prestigious backing band seemed right at home in the old East End, taking over an atmospheric sports hall normally used for boxing, says David Smyth.... more
Debuts from both Damon Albarn's The Good, the Bad and the Queen and The View make good listening, plus there's an indispensible Latin-Arabian compilation.... more
As The Good, The Bad And The Queen took to the stage for the BBC Electric Proms, cultures did not clash. The project instead turned out to be a straightforward Damon Albarn vehicle.... more
In the first of what it hopes will be an annual festival to complement the classical Proms, the BBC's Electric Proms aims to persuade a wide cross-section of contemporary musicians to try something a bit different.... more
British rock is the focus of a new music festival, the Electric Proms, at the Roundhouse. One of its stars, Billy Bragg, tells Nick Curtis: 'We're going back to our roots.'... more
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