Gritpop, anyone? Brother are the latest indie chancers to try to fill the Oasis-shaped hole in the market, and that's the term they've coined to describe their bristling take on Britpop... more
Was it working under Terra Firma's Guy Hands for two years that compelled music industry veteran Shabs Jobanputra to quit managing artists and set up a business running festivals? The entrepreneur pauses, then shakes his head. "Guy taught me a lot - I was just sick of working in a declining industry" ... more
Brixton Academy was at its fullest and sweatiest as Liam Gallagher's band, Beady Eye, headlined a five-hour show in aid of earthquake and tsunami victims... more
Cleaners working for the EMI record company destroyed a collection of photographs and film of Blur at the height of the band's fame, it was disclosed ... more
KT Tunstall, Marcus Brigstocke and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon will perform at a festival to highlight how the arts can help stop climate change... more
He has sold more than 30million records, filled hundreds of stadia around the world and churned out 25 albums covering every genre from Britpop to African beats.... more
Retrospect is a fine thing. Back in the Britpop era — a time of Stella Artois and Loaded magazine, Kangol hats and Gareth Southgate, the closest my generation would ever come to a Summer of Love — the band that captured the national mood was Oasis.... more
A group of top musicians including members of Blur and Pink Floyd are demanding that the British National Party stop selling their music to raise campaign funds... more
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