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Review: Metallica at Birmingham LG Arena

THE rock monster that is Metallica trundled into Birmingham aiming to prove it was bigger, badder and better than anything that had gone before.Read

Kim happy to keep UK fans living in the past

NOW here’s something different – a pop star who is so reluctant to relaunch her career in Britain she’s told her record company not to release her latest album.Read

Sounds of delight

1. Ronan Keating - Songs For My Mother (released March 16).Read

Movie life has Adam crowing

IT is early morning in Los Angeles and Counting Crows’ frontman Adam Duritz is driving to a film studio.Read

Simply the best

IT was carnival time in Munich this week. The German city marked Shrove Tuesday and the beginning of Lent with a public holiday which allowed everyone to let their hair down, wear fancy dress and generally have a good time eating, drinking and partying in the streets.Read

The power of love given opera voice

OPERA singer David Miller is helping break down the barriers between pop and classical musical.Read

Sexy thing’s final fling!

IT started with a kiss - but on Thursday it will finish in Birmingham for former Hot Chocolate frontman Errol Brown.Read

Kaisers all set for a year off music

THEY had a big hit with Never Miss A Beat but Kaiser Chiefs plan to miss the beat for at least a year.Read

Stars join forces for post-Brits super show

THE KILLERS warmed up for their Birmingham gigs by teaming up with Coldplay for a special post Brit Awards show which saw members of U2 and Take That join them on stage for an all-star encore.Read

New fab four

CLASSIC Beatles’ albums inspired The Killers to hire a Birmingham painter for the cover artwork of the band’s latest album, Day & Age, reveals frontman Brandon Flowers.Read

The View’s take on the new

WHEN The View burst out of Dundee and onto the indie music scene they quickly established themselves as one of the nation’s most popular bands with their 2007 debut album Hats Off To The Buskers going straight to number one.Read

Priest unveil concept album

MIDLAND metal gods Judas Priest will be serving up a riot of rock when they play Birmingham’s LG Arena tomorrow.Read

Red for go at the Rainbow

BIRMINGHAM’S latest TV sensations, Scarlet Harlots, will play a homecoming gig at The Rainbow in Digbeth on Monday.Read

I don’t want to be Madonna!

SHE has won major awards for her work in the theatre but Barbara Dickson is in no hurry to return to treading the boards.Read

Canadian indie band Coasts in

IF friends who play together stay together Canadian outfit The Coast will be around for a long time.Read

Untypical rock star with new album on the road

HE’S not your typical rock star but Colin Blunstone is one of Britain’s most respected and popular vocalists and certainly the most famous singer to come out of St Albans.Read

Fans are urged to show their metal

HEAVY metal icons Rob Halford and Tony Iommi have added their support for a hard rock music archive at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.Read

Truth behind success

THERE’S an advert on TV at the moment for a well-known insurance company.Read

New single and appearance in Brum for The Fray faithful

WHEN The Fray released their album, How To Save A Life, in 2005, it proved to be an instant success worldwide. Now the Denver-based indie rock band are ready to work their magic again with new single, You Found Me, out this week, followed by self-titled album on February 9. Tickets for their show at Brum’s O2 Academy on May 1 go on sale today.Read

Intimate new sound for Bloc

WHEN Bloc Party released their debut album Silent Alarm in 2005 it received critical acclaim.Read

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