With London's grandest setting, a large orchestra and a portentous introduction from his daughter, Donovan belatedly gave his Sunshine Superman album the stature that it didn't quite attain 45 years ago... more
Watching an extraordinary band in an extraordinary venue is a pretty good one. So it was with spring in my step that I travelled to east London to see Wild Beasts at Wilton's Music Hall... more
It does get very loud in Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about three ace electric guitarists — Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), The Edge (U2) and Jack White (The White Stripes).... more
Boris Johnson is planning a spectacular free New Year’s Eve party for 80,000 Londoners in the Olympic stadium seven months before the Games begin... more
The Welsh songstress attempted to hug and greet the ageing rocker but he shrugged her off by swinging his arm, inadvertently knocking her off balance.... more
Led Zeppelin delivered a full-length performance of breathtaking power and spine-tingling excitement at their one-off re-formation at the O2 Arena.... more
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
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant duets with Alison Krauss, Neil Young and Jill Scott release albums, and 1960 Max Roach classic We Insist! is reissued this week.... more
David Smyth this week looks at guitarist-turned-singer Scott Matthews, some downloadable White Stripes and Kanye West's latest eclectic offering.... more
He may not be much of a showman, but what Chris Cornell - former lead singer of Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave - does have is a truly fantastic voice.... 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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