UP 40 POINTS - KATY PERRY
She's just equalled Michael Jackson's record by having five Billboard number one singles from the same album. However, these are different times, and Teenage Dream has sold far fewer copies than Bad overall... more
If you grew up, as I did, in the northern industrial heartlands, you certainly got the best of the culture wars the last time strikes divided the nation... more
So how do we feel about Samantha Cameron spending the first night of her family hols at an Ibiza rave? How different from the vacation choices of Norma Major, for a start... more
Becky and Rachel Unthank displayed the sort of delicate magic at the Shepherd's Bush Empire that's had the likes of Thom Yorke and Elvis Costello waxing superlative... more
If you are lucky enough to be invited to the GQ Men of the Year Awards - I was - then a word of advice. Make sure your arrival on the red carpet doesn't coincide with that of the beautiful people... more
Elvis Costello is such an intriguing artist and The Brodsky Quartet such flexible foils that there was much to relish at their Barbican Hall gig.... more
Causing a whirl of controversy, Three and Out has been branded offensive and insensitive. In short, it is a very bad British film, says Liz Hoggard.... more
This week's top 5 gigs include the Gypsy Kings at the Tower of London, Lou Reed at the Hammersmith Apollo and the Concert for Diana at Wembley.... more
It's mystifying why Allen Toussaint doesn't work solo more often. As a one-man jazz-blues entertainer, this sophisticated old charmer from New Orleans has few rivals. ... more
The Scissor Sisters new album is big, bright, bold - and gay, Mates of State's Bring It Back is well worth seeking out and Darkel's first outing is super cool.... more
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