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Clash of culture with Spanish Bombs

2009-04-28T23:00:00Z

The ghost of Joe Strummer hovered over the Barbican for Spanish Bombs: A Tropical Tribute to The Clash.

Big surprise is just a lot of hot air from Kate Moss

2008-12-09T12:39:45Z

We hear that Jamie Hince will be getting high on his birthday - because Kate Moss has booked him a hot-air balloon trip.

Yours for �40 ... and it could be a Tracey Emin

2008-11-05T08:23:27Z

YOKO Ono, Tracey Emin and photographer David Bailey have created new works to help future artists

Music

2008-10-02T11:26:16Z

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.

Hirst is all heart as children's charities are boosted by �111m sale

2008-09-17T08:32:59Z

Two London children's charities were celebrating a £1.4 million windfall after Damien Hirst gave them a slice of his record-breaking £111 million art auction

Giaconda is Tin Pan Alley's gastro hit

2008-07-29T23:00:00Z

The caf� where Joe Strummer once sipped tea has been transformed by a passionate Aussie into a dining room full of no-nonsense, good-value fare

Lucian Freud slips into view

2008-06-18T09:04:29Z

The artist Lucian Freud has made a rare foray into public, allowing himself to be photographed in front of one of his own paintings

Welsh songbird Duffy wins best song for Mercy at Mojo Awards

2008-06-16T23:25:48Z

Welsh singer Duffy, who has been dubbed 'the new Dusty Springfield, has won song of the year for her hit Mercy at the Mojo magazine awards.

Rock of ages against racism

2008-04-27T23:00:00Z

The Love Music Hate Racism carnival was a true British national party: colourful, vibrant and free to everybody.

Simonon's clash with canvas

2008-04-17T23:00:00Z

The only thing likely to shock in The Clash's Paul Simonon's new artistic venture is the subject matter � bull-fighting.

Off the record

2008-03-07T12:35:44Z

David Smyth talks to London rapper Taio Cruz about making it big in America and reveals what Billy Bragg is doing behind bars.

Remembering Strummer

2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

This anniversary tribute to the punk icon Joe Strummer, Arms Aloft, was a mess until Billy Bragg rescued it with his pre-finale set.

DVDs of the week

2007-09-17T23:00:00Z

Oscar winner The Lives Of Others, Magicians, and fluffy teen fun in Lovewrecked.

Stars of CCTV return

2007-09-03T11:14:27Z

They may be known for writing great rock singalongs but Hard-Fi are really just a bunch of loved-up hippies.

Indie film feast

2007-08-28T15:20:58Z

The country's largest independent film festival, Raindance enters its fifteenth year when it opens on 25 September.

No ordinary Joe

2007-05-16T23:00:00Z

Julien Temple's imaginative and revealing portrait of Clash singer Joe Strummer documents the punk hero's rise to fame and fortune, then his retreat from it.

No stopping this 20-year roll

2007-04-09T23:00:00Z

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

Last white man in Hammersmith Palais

2007-03-30T09:38:09Z

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.

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

2007-03-29T14:02:13Z

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.

Westway rockers

2007-02-05T00:00:00Z

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.

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

2007-02-01T14:48:36Z

CSS return with more sassy electrofunk, The Good, the Bad and the Queen perform live in a boxing ring and De La Soul take over the Jazz Caf�.

Modern life still rubbish says Damon

2007-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Good, The Bad And The Queen is band No 3 for Damon Albarn ... and he's still not happy. We review the week's new CDs.

Sundance hosts Strummer film premiere

2007-01-19T11:25:35Z

The Future Is Unwritten, a movie about The Clash's Joe Strummer, made by his friend Julien Temple, looks at the influence of his life and work.

CDs of the week

2007-01-19T00:00:00Z

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.

A day out for Damon

2006-10-26T23:00:00Z

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.

Why Billy Bragg is feeling electric

2006-10-24T09:52:12Z

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.'

Pick of the pop Proms

2006-10-24T10:03:37Z

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.

A bark and a growl

2006-08-22T23:00:00Z

He may have all the charm and outgoing nature of a boulder, but Mark Lanegan put on an entertaining and fast-moving show at The Scala in his latest guise as The Twilight Singers.

Wayward idols face the music

2006-08-21T23:00:00Z

Caroline O'Connor plays Judy Garland in Peter Quilter's moving Fringe play, End of the Rainbow, in a story that follows the star's last professional comeback.

Strummerville studio opens

2006-08-02T23:00:00Z

Music news: The name of Clash singer Joe Strummer, who died nearly four years ago, will live on in a new studio complex - Strummerville - designed to help young musicians play to their potential, writes Tom Teodorczuk.