BHP Billiton shares slip 2% as it announces a move to increase its presence in the shale gas market with a massive $12.1billion (£7.5billion) deal... more
Lil' Band O' Gold, an eight-headed swamp-pop monster from deep Louisiana, played at the singer's wedding on the weekend and came to west London for a rare live showing... more
Curious tales are coming out of the US regarding the inability of the media to glean verifiable, independent information concerning the Gulf of Mexico disaster... more
The governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger scrapped plans for more coastal drilling after seeing pictures of the oil slick off Mississippi... more
BP acknowledges responsibility for the clean-up from a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico that could continue spewing crude for at least another week... more
A massive operation is under way to protect the Louisiana wetlands as the slick from the sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico makes its first landfall... more
Jazz review: No synths, samples or electronica were heard in this set from US trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Instead, says Jack Massarik, the audience got pure acoustic jazz, but of typically wide range.... 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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