The Minnelli experience was surprisingly life-affirming, whether it was her comically awful Cockney accent or the way in which those new hips gyrated during Alexander's Ragtime Band... more
When Robbie Williams's pleasing, pleading voice is coupled with a background orchestra on Superblind he has something he's never previously come close to: gravitas.... more
A practising Mormon and family man at home, the Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is a Las Vegas resident and thus knows a thing or two about spectacle.
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The Long Blondes' gig at The Forum drew influences from Blondie, Pet Shop Boys and Roxy Music, while singer Kate Jackson’s posing seemed to have been informed by Eighties pop videos.... more
Scotsman-turned-world-citizen Nick Currie - aka Momus - has a restless intelligence that made this gig tiring, even uncomfortably close to insane.... more
The unique, two-decade story of the Pet Shop Boys is told at the National Portrait Gallery and the exhibition is bizarre, ironic, silly, and always detached. ... more
Kylie Minogue is to be immortalised as an artistic icon with an exhibition at the V&A of outfits, photographs and accessories that have defined her career.... more
Lovingly curated by Radio One DJ Rob da Bank, Bestival prides itself on its killer line-up and a well defined sense of silliness and it broke the world fancy dress record again this year.... more
Gig preview: London-based five-piece Captain got together a year ago and have inspired a healthy buzz around their soon-to-be-released album Welcome To Hazelville. They balance bravado with spirited entertainment, so this headline show is set to be a winner.... more
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