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Carla return to the stage for Mandela birthday concert

16.07.09
Carla Bruni is to perform live on stage for the first time since marrying President Nicolas Sarkozy... more

Eric Clapton is comfortable in Albert Hall

18.05.09
Three years since he last resided at the Albert Hall, Eric Clapton has settled in for another 11 nights.... more

Underground graffiti tells story of 138 years at the Royal Albert Hall

22.04.09
The Royal Albert Hall is going underground with a new exhibition of graffiti art... more

Van the Man takes us on magical mystery tour

20.04.09
Perhaps given the mean-spiritedness of his recent output, Van Morrison feels the need to embrace more innocent, more optimistic times.... more

Singing with your supper

15.04.09
Combine dining out with a live music set at some of London's top restaurants.... more

Killer line-up revealed for Hyde Park festival

31.03.09
The Killers will headline a three-day rock festival in Hyde Park this summer... more

Clapton wins battle to build fan-proof fence

13.03.09
Eric Clapton has won a legal battle with council planners to prevent fans peeping over his garden gate by building a huge fence... more

Treasury Select Committee MPs don't have a clue

12.02.09
The bankers have been given quite a kicking for their role in the financial crisis this week. But something else became all too clear in Westminster: almost no one on the Treasury Select Committee has a clue what they are doing. ... more

'Solid Air' folk singer John Martyn dies aged 60

29.01.09
Singer-songwriter and guitarist John Martyn has died at the age of 60... more

Stones' studio runs out of time

16.12.08
One of London's most famous recording venues, which has hosted the likes of The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, could close over financial problems... more

Jools is fool in love with Carla

17.09.08
When confronted by former supermodel and wife of Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni, Jools Holland turned into a gibbering, pubescent wreck, says John Aizlewood.... more

CDs of the week

12.09.08
Mike Skinner is becoming one of our most poetic chroniclers of urban life, Jonas Brothers are a more wholesome McFly and David Sanborn is back.... more

Guessing games as stars make self-portraits

10.09.08
Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more

Festival explosion turns live music into £1.9bn big business

10.09.08
Spending on live concerts and festivals has overtaken recorded music for the first time since the birth of rock 'n' roll... more

The 155mph Merc may be free, Wayne, but you still have to pay your parking tickets

22.08.08
He was unveiled as the new face of Mercedes-Benz earlier this week and given a free car but Wayne Rooney has already received a parking ticket on the customised CL63 Coupe - and the star didn't even bother to remove it from his windscreen before driving off.... more

Sisters snatched by bogus policeman after rock concert

01.08.08
Two sisters suffered a terrifying kidnap ordeal after being held at gunpoint by a man dressed as a police officer... more

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 61, 'runs away with 18-year-old Russian cocktail waitress'

11.07.08
The ageing rocker is said to have taken Ekaterina Ivanova to his home in Ireland, leaving his wife Jo behind at the family home in Kingston upon Thames.... more

Better believe in Solomon Burke

04.07.08
Solomon Burke, wisest of all soul singers, was wheeled out on the red carpet and placed in his throne at Barbican Hall.... more

Music history at Hard Rock Calling

30.06.08
Hard Rock Calling took over Hyde Park for the weekend; hosting The Police's final UK show. We were there to find out what happened and talk to some of the artists.... more

Doing it for the kids: Chorister Andrew and Cheeky Monkeys make Britain's Got Talent final

28.05.08
The 13-year-old choirboy bullied for his love of opera has become the latest contestant to make it through to the final of Britain's Got Talent ... more

'You should try that Nesty Doormat': What Russell Watson was told when he discovered his opera voice

24.05.08
From pub karaoke to hit albums and singing for the Queen – Russell Watson tells his extraordinary rags-to-riches story... more

Ready for the festival season?

14.03.08
With little to choose between the line-ups, it's the added extras that will count at this year's festivals. David Smyth guides you through the best summer festivals.... more

Rocking out

04.02.08
Tickets for this summer's Hard Rock Calling, headlined by Eric Clapton and The Police, have gone on sale.... more

Clapton and Police head Hyde Park concerts

28.01.08
Rock legends Eric Clapton and The Police are to headline a star-studded concert in Hyde Park this summer.... more

Rare photos capture Hendrix at full volume

07.01.08
Rare photographs of Jimi Hendrix at every stage of his career are to be exhibited at a gallery in Soho.... more

At the Beck and call of a rock legend

28.11.07
Jeff Beck may not have hit the big time as consistently as fellow Yardbirds Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page, but his trail through rock 'n' roll is mythic enough.... more

Shining on the guitar

18.09.07
John Mayer performed at the Albert Hall where his roosty vocals and dextrous guitar work really shone.... more

Traffic-stopping tribute to Jim

22.01.07
Bill Wyman, former Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Yusuf Islam, Paul Weller and Pete Townshend all appeared at a tribute concert to psychedelic rocker Jim Capaldi.... more

Schools of rock

14.09.06
From Coldplay and Pulp to The Who and Pink Floyd, much of modern music flourished in the capital's seats of higher learning. A new poll has revealed where they studied.... more

Jools auctions off his piano

12.09.06
He has accompanied star names such as Sir Tom Jones, Sir Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton on it. But now musician and TV presenter Jools Holland is putting his beloved piano up for auction.... more

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