November 4th
On arriving at the Applestore on Regent Street for the Kooks intimate performance there was a buzz of excited competition winners as well a lot of industry, it was hard to tell who was the majority, as with any instore gig it was strange being surrounded by laptops and ipods, but there was a good [...]
November 4th
The Salford duo returned to The Venue for the second time this year, but this time as headliners. With the gig sold out long ago and touts outside selling tickets for 3 times the original value, The Ting Tings, now one of the top pop acts of 2008 were surely not to disappoint the crowd. [...]
November 4th
Squeezing that many musicians on to a small stage should be against the Geneva Convention or the European Court of Human Rights and when you add the number of different instruments they play the stage at the Luminaire was a confusing place to be.
Broken Records play a particularly Scottish form of Indie rock and truth [...]
November 4th
What a brilliant idea. Twelve Shorditch venues offering a musical buffet that really left any music lover salivating. But we all know the problem with Buffet’s – the good shit is always gone first. And the musical smorgasbord offered up on Saturday night was no exception.
The night started at The Strongroom where Liz Green hypnotized [...]
November 4th
Now in their 28th year, the Bootleg Beatles have outlasted nearly every other pop group in history and brought the magic of the legendary fab four to audiences worldwide.
Supported by the Rolling Stoned(!), the Bootlegs brought their startlingly accurate portrayal of the Fab Four to a (just about) dry September evening.
Running onto the stage to [...]
October 30th
US rapper 50 Cent has offered fellow hip-hop star Kanye West advice after he was arrested at Los Angeles airport following a row with a photographer.
West and his road manager, Don Crowely – who was also arrested - were both charged with felony vandalism following the incident in September.
Speaking to the New York Daily News, [...]
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August 15th
US rapper DMX has been arrested for the sixth time this year, after a warrant was issued by a judge in Phoenix.
The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was taken into custody in Miami after he failed to appear in court on Tuesday to face charges of possessing drugs.
Simmons’s lawyer had claimed he missed [...]
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July 29th
Amy Winehouse has been admitted to hospital in London after being taken ill at her home in North London.
The singer was rushed to University College Hospital by ambulance shortly after 8.40pm this evening (July 28th).
Chris Goodman, the singer’s spokesperson, said she was suffering a “reaction to medication”.
Last month Winehouse was treated in hospital for traces [...]
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July 16th
Beachbreak Live 2008, the student haven by the sea. View from the tent was blinding, the sun hanging in the sky like the great fierce ball of flame it is, burning all who risk no sun tan lotion. Where were the clouds? No clouds, not this time of year my friend, just sun, lots of [...]