The 100 Club in Oxford Street - described by Aerosmith's Joe Perry as 'the finest rock'n'roll club in the world' - could close within a few months because of soaring overheads unless it can find a buyer... more
David Smyth enjoys a book devoted to the soon-to-be-extinct hobby of record shopping, discusses Coldplay's copyright troubles and finds Agyness Deyn's singing is less impressive than her looks. ... more
Perhaps it is a little early to be talking about the new Lily Allen - but with the old Lily Allen showing the strain, maybe she'd be happy to have the attention focused on Kate Nash instead.... more
As its subtitle, The Last Days of the British Underground, suggests, The Secret Public exhibition is a show with an agenda, says Nick Hackworth.... more
Winner of Channel 4's Rock School, Chris Hardman, is keen to prove he's more Little Richard than Little Jimmy Osmond, but at Barfly he still looked too much like someone pretending to be a rock star.... more
British Sea Power spent Sunday evening alongside Barry Humphries at the John Betjeman Gala. Last night, it was back to indie basics: a tiny venue, a fistful of new songs and a rip-roaring show.... more
Pete Doherty was on form at Get Loaded in the Park and, remarkably, sober too, proving that underneath the turbulent social life lurks a major musical talent.... more