Noel Clarke’s low-budget movie Kidulthood brought a host of London rappers to our attention. His new one, 4.3.2.1., could do the same for the ladies on the soundtrack.... more
Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut was one of the highlights of 2008, marrying afrobeat and pop to thrilling effect and earning the band comparisons with Graceland-era Paul Simon... more
The winner of this year's Mercury Prize is set to be announced with chart acts Kasabian, Glasvegas and Brit-winning Florence And The Machine among the acts battling it out... more
Brighton songwriter Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes has had the freedom to come up with something special and Neil Young's material is thin melodically.... more
Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough — we bring you the highlights of London’s arts calendar for the coming months.
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Radiohead, Estelle, Last Shadow Puppets and Adele were today all nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize. Also up for the gong are Elbow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Neon Neon.... more
Roman Abramovich made sure his daughter had a 16th birthday to remember when he spent more than £200,000 on lavish celebrations last week. The billionaire hired out West End club Paper for his daughter Anna, who is a pupil at West London school Godolphin & Latymer
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There could well be a catfight in the Geldof household over Klaxons frontman Jamie Reynolds. Reynolds was spotted him arm-in-arm with Peaches last night, but the lothario has also been getting close to her kid sister Pixie. Pixie, 17, has been hanging around the band like a starstruck groupie for months, and finally got her claws into Jamie this week
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Diva Peaches Geldof was left fuming when she was placed on a table with members of indie band The Enemy at the O2 last night. Unknown to the organisers of the Shockwaves NME Awards, Sir Bob's daughter and the band are long-standing rivals, and apparently Peaches is in the process of suing them... more
One is a millionaire model. The other the daughter of rock royalty. But last night model Kate Moss and wannabe rock chick Kelly Osbourne turned drunken 3am partygirls to pair up for a wild night out in London, leaving both clearly the worse for wear after a night which didn't end until the early hours of this morning
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Paul McCartney will send a stinging message to Heather Mills tonight when he dedicates his lifetime achievement award at the Brits to his first wife Linda.
McCartney, Mail Online can reveal, will perform as the grand finale of the biggest event in the music calendar the track Live And Let Die – as a tribute to his late wife who died of breast cancer in 1998... 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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