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Paul dishes up old favourites

YEARS of touring the world sparked singer Paul Young's interest in fine dining.Read

Amy's worth waiting for

DON'T rush out of the cinema after viewing Lord Attenborough's movie, Closing The Ring, because it's well worth sitting through the closing credits.Read

Motorcycle stunt team The Crusty Demons

GET your motor running and head on down the highway to Birmingham NIA for a thrill-a-minute motorcyle spectacular.Read

Birmingham songwriter Chris Porter gets a Hollywood break

FROM the Bullring to Closing The Ring - a Birmingham city council worker Chris Porter is enjoying showbiz success thanks to one of his songs being featured in a new movie directed by Lord Attenborough.Read

Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band, Birmingham Town Hall

FESTIVE cheer arived early from a familiar source as Roy Wood played a rare hometown gig.Read

Ned's Atomic Dustbin play to the world - from Wolverhampton!

THEY have been in the music industry for 20 years but Ned's Atomic Dustbin are enthusiastically embracing new technology.Read

Christmas success at last for Roy Wood

WIZZARD star Roy Wood wishes it could be Christmas every day.Read

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Viva La Diva

Darcey and Katherine get physical for their new showRead

Dad lends a hand to his Little Lady

Status Quo’s Francis Rossi heads out on tour with daughter Bernadette in support Read

The nutty professor

ALL aboard the Nutty Express - Madness are coming to town! The magnificent seven are on a whistlestop UK tour, calling in at the NIA next Wednesday.Read

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Reality rubbish is my fave TV!

TELL Human League frontman Phil Oakey that TV’s Big Brother is a waste of time – if you dare!Read

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Fingers crossed it’s third time lucky...

CHRIS Difford and Glenn Tilbrook are hoping that reforming Squeeze will prove to be third time lucky.Read

Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs.

Kaiser Chiefs: Birmingham NIA

The band may have started with Everything Is Average Nowadays, from latest album Yours Truly, Angry Mob, but this was no average gig. the NIA I wondered whether Amy Winehouse was back in town.Read

Roy Wood

Kaiser Chiefs meet Roy Wood before sell-out Birmingham gig

TOP ban the Kaiser Chiefs met Brummie musical hero Roy Wood before their sold-out show at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena.Read

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Rock n roll is really hip

SWEDISH band The Hives have been introducing top hip hop producer Pharrell Williams to the joys of rock and roll.Read

kaiser chiefs

Will cover Move Roy?

INDIE favourites Kaiser Chiefs are so keen to know what Brummie songwriter Roy Wood thinks of their version of Flowers In The Rain they’ve enlisted the help of the Birmingham Mail to invite him to their NIA concerts.Read

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Brummies are really hot stuff

A NIGHT of hot rock is promised when Brummie band Magnum take to the stage at the Carling Academy tomorrow night – but the group hope it won’t be as incendiary as their previous visit to the venue.Read

Big break as schoolgirl lands movie role

SCHOOLGIRL Charlotte Flanagan's "natural talent" has won her a movie role - just six months after she joined a Saturday theatre group.Read

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Dakota made my mum's day

WHEN Stereophonics reached number one in the singles chart for the first and, to date, only time with Dakota singer Kelly Jones received a special phone call.Read

Donny Osmond

Life in the spotlight isn't easy for Donny

DESPITE being famous all over the world since the tender age of six and selling more than 80 million records, Donny Osmond admits that life under the spotlight isn't always easy.Read

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