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Video: Best of Freeze Festival

04.11.09
Freeze Festival got us in the festive mood with around 500 tonnes of snow at Battersea Power Station.... more

Fear conquers all to make Lily Allen queen of singles at Q Awards

26.10.09
Lily Allen’s single The Fear won best track at the Q Awards today as recently split Oasis lost out to Muse in the best act category.... more

Oasis in the running for 'world's best act' title at Q awards despite split

26.10.09
Oasis were shortlisted for "best act in the world today" at the Q Awards.... more

Introducing... Chris Sweeney, a new Spike Jonze

23.10.09
Director Chris Sweeney, 27, has just got Will Young pregnant - in the video for Will's new single 'Hopes & Fears'... more

Rapper Speech Debelle thanks mother as she street talks her way to Mercury win

09.09.09
Rapper Speech Debelle has landed the Mercury Prize for her album Speech Therapy which was inspired by a spell of homelessness... more

Charts acts battle it out for Mercury Prize

08.09.09
The winner of this year's Mercury Prize is set to be announced with chart acts Kasabian, Glasvegas and Brit-winning Florence And The Machine among the acts battling it out... more

Pump it up - the Garage is back!

04.09.09
The Garage — a venue which defined the north London scene in the mid-to-late Nineties — is back from the dead and breathing new life into the area ... more

Lazy weekend at The Big Chill

10.08.09
Live performances from Friendly Fires and veteran house producers Basement Jaxx meant The Big Chill did exactly what it says on the tin. ... more

Florence & the Machine and Kasabian make cut as Mercury shortlist is unveiled

21.07.09
Chart acts Kasabian, Glasvegas and Brit-winning Florence And The Machine have been unveiled as contenders for this year's Mercury Prize.... more

London women and Kasabian shortlisted for Mercury music prize

21.07.09
Three female south London artists joined by Kasabian for some of the most prestigious awards in British rock and pop... more

Gigs of the week

17.07.09
Madstock and Lovebox take over Victoria Park, Morrissey plays Brixton Academ and Calvin Harris is at Somerset House.... more

Best of British for Mercury Prize

10.07.09
As it's nearly time for the annual UK album contest that is the Mercury Prize, David Smyth names his 12 favourites of the year.... more

Band keeps its audience in the dark

17.06.09
A band has made British music history in London - by playing a gig in complete darkness... more

Another gruelling 24hrs for Peaches Geldof

12.05.09
Peaches Geldof started with lunch at Itsu restaurant in Soho with pals before heading to the Dolce & Gabbana store.... more

Duran Duran and N.E.R.D top Lovebox line-up

23.02.09
Duran Duran and N.E.R.D will be joining festival founders Groove Armada as headline acts for the 2009 Lovebox Weekender. ... more

The next big thing: Friendly Fires

12.09.08
The funky dance trio turning up the heat in the suburbs.... more

James Blunt and Shakin' Stevens head Glastonbury's strangest (and most middle-aged) line-up yet

28.04.08
Glastonbury's strangest line-up yet has been released early after it was leaked online by the NME. As well as the more traditional rock acts, festival organisers have stunned fans with the surprising inclusion of Shakin' Stevens and James Blunt on the bill... more

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