Joined by an audaciously funky band, including a heavyset keyboard player who belted out an awesome vocal, but Raphael Saadiq was indisputably the leader... more
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Five Guys Named Moe, the joyous jukebox musical, has returned to the east London venue where it was first staged... more
She's the new Dusty Springfield and the latest in an astonishing line of young female British singing talent. But what the fans who've made Duffy No 1 for five consecutive weeks - and the biggest-selling artist of 2008 so far - don't know is the harrowing story of the dark and dangerous world she escaped... more
What's the Persian for schadenfreude? I don't know, but I imagine that in between cursing infidels, oppressing his people and grooming his silly beard, Iran's supreme lunatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had a jolly good laugh at our expense this weekend... more
He's a collision of contradictions. The most outrageous, sexually ambiguous, tantalising rock singer ever who has spent 45 years pursuing legions of beautiful, rich girls.... more
Coldplay's long-awaited Viva la Vida may not sell as many as their last album — but it’s brimming with the new ideas they so badly need, says David Smyth.
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Fifty years ago this week, Jerry Lee Lewis arrived in Britain and revealed his young companion was his 13-year-old wife, Myra. It destroyed the rock'n'roll sensation and set the pattern for decades of pop excess... more
Rolling Stone Keith Richards has revealed the only modern pop star he rates is troubled Amy Winehouse. But the guitarist - famous for his huge consumption of illegal drugs - warned that Amy, who was pictured recently smoking crack, 'wouldn't be around for long' unless she cleaned up her act... more
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
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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