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Katherine Jenkins hits the HUE notes at Classical Brits

15.05.09
Katherine Jenkins was the real diva of the Classical Brit Awards - wearing three dresses in one evening. ... more

Best rock nights in London

03.04.09
For a real spinal tap experience, here are the rock nights that go all the way to 11.... more

Honour for Carreras at the Classical Brits

27.02.09
One of the Three Tenors who transformed classical music with their performance at the 1990 World Cup is to be honoured at the Classical Brits... more

Duffy steals the show at Brits

19.02.09
The Brit Awards 2009 became the Welsh Awards at the precise moment Tom Jones handed Duffy her third statuette of the evening.... more

Diana and JLS jealous of Burke's VIP perks

18.02.09
Alexandra Burke has been giving her fellow X Factor finalists green eyes after landing preferential treatment on the talent show tour.... more

Bookmakers stop taking Brit Awards bets after rush on Paul Weller for best male

16.02.09
Bookmakers have stopped taking bets on the Brit Awards after fears a winner's name has been leaked... more

James Corden: 48 hours to go and I'm Britting it

16.02.09
They are due to host the Brit Awards on Wednesday, but James Corden says he hasn't even met Kylie Minogue yet.... more

Coldplay and Duffy lead the way at the Brits

21.01.09
The shortlist for this year's Brit Awards has been announced with Coldplay and Duffy leading the way.... more

Music

08.10.08
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. ... more

Off the record

26.09.08
The British Music Experience will open at the O2 next year — but why settle for memorabilia when you can see the real thing every night of the week?.... more

Ozzy Osbourne wins libel damages over report he was 'unfit' to host Brit Awards

05.06.08
Ozzy Osbourne has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper claim that he threw the Brit Awards into chaos after he suffered a health scare.... more

Kylie at 40: The very different faces of pop's great chameleon from 2000-2008

27.05.08
She's transformed her image time and again, survived failed relationships and beaten breast cancer. Tomorrow Kylie Minogue celebrates her 40th birthday. ... more

Gigs of the week

06.05.08
Celine Dion comes to the 02 Arena, Adele plays her hometown and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bring Austrialian rock to Hammersmith.... more

New mother Myleene Klass: 'I only get four hours sleep a night'

09.04.08
Classical music may have suffered from a rather stuffy image in the past but Myleene Klass has done her best to dispel that theory. The former Hear'Say singer stole the show as she arrived to present the nominations for the Classical Brit Awards last night... more

Sarah Brightman rolls back the years - is she looking better than she did 25 years ago?

09.04.08
She has sold 26 million albums in a career that spans three decades - now soprano superstar Sarah Brightman is rolling back the years with a raunchy new look. The 47-year-old turned up at the Classical Brit Awards in S&M-style black leather boots, and dramatic puffball-style dress ... more

Grief-stricken Corinne Bailey Rae prays for drug-death husband at giant cross

28.03.08
A grieving Corinne Bailey Rae emerged in public for the first time since her husband was found dead of a suspected drugs overdose. The Leeds born singer, 28, made a pilgrimage to lay a posy of heather she was carrying, at the foot of a 32ft Easter cross at Otley Chevin, West Yorkshire, in memory of her saxophonist husband Jason Rae ... more

Drunken stars fuel culture of booze, says pubs boss

07.03.08
The chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain has criticised the binge culture in Britain and blamed heavy-drinking celebrities... more

Top of the alcopops: The pictures that show how the Brits descended into a night of drunkenness

22.02.08
If you thought that they looked bad before the Brit Awards started then these pictures of Britain's finest pop stars as the night wore on are even more shocking. The most candid display of drunkenness came as Bianca Gascoigne, stepdaughter of former England footballer Paul, ended up in a heap in the gutter after being turned away from Kylie Minogue's party at Movida nightclub in the early hours of the morning ... more

BRITS EXCLUSIVE: Macca to snub Heather by dedicating Brit Awards performance to Linda

20.02.08
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

Exhausting opener as Dizzee gets warmed up

18.02.08
In a performance full of pumped-up aggression, rapper Dizzee Rascal was formidable, but never quite enjoyable, says Andre Paine.... more

Off the record

15.02.08
David Smyth takes a trip to BRIT School, considers the line-up for Massive Attack's Meltdown and checks out what's new on the net.... more

Aerobics from Kylie's choreographer

08.02.08
If you haven't seen or done this sort of thing before, it looks wildly daring but for everyone else, Rafael Bonachela is dull, dated fare.... more

Off the record

18.01.08
With album sales falling and EMI in trouble, David Smyth says its time we got our big names out for a Brit Awards ceremony to remember.... more

'New Winehouse' Adele Adkins wins Brit award

10.12.07
A teenage jazz singer from north London has become the first winner of the Brit Awards Critics Choice Prize.... more

Winehouse a hit in the jazz world

08.05.07
She may have lost to Arctic Monkeys at the Brit Awards but Amy Winehouse has at last won a trophy for her acclaimed album Back To Black.... more

Riotous triumph for the flying Fratellis

05.03.07
A major factor in The Fratellis swift rise to glory is their reputation as one of the best new British live acts around - an impression cemented by a riotous Brixton Academy show.... more

Critic's choice: top five gigs

23.02.07
The Killers' Wembley Arena gig, Rufus Wainwright's tribute to Judy Garland and The Automatic at the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour 2007 are among David Smyth's picks.... more

Superb showcase of best of British

15.02.07
The Brit Awards is never a dull affair, and the first ceremony broadcast on live TV since 1989 didn't disappoint, says Chris Elwell-Sutton.... more

Brit Awards' viewer-vote nominees revealed

12.02.07
The five songs which will compete in the Brit Awards' first ever live vote have been unveiled.... more

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