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Andy Coleman

Andy Coleman

squeeze

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

hives

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

magnum

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

stereophonics

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

amy macdonald

Songbird's national pride is on show

SCOTTISH songstress Amy MacDonald is planning the biggest gig of her life - performing her country's national anthem in front of more than 50,000 football fans at Hampden Park. Read

roger hodgson

Supertramp star plans tribute to city colleague

EX-SUPERTRAMP vocalist Roger Hodgson plans to pay tribute to a Birmingham-born former band colleague when he performs at Symphony Hall on October 11. Read

Fortune_Drive

Musical fusion down to family

TAKE a listen to Fortune Drive's debut album, A Modern Question, and you'd be hard pressed to categorise their music. Read

Rocking 'n' rolling back the years

A NIGHT of nostalgic rock 'n' roll is in store at Symphony Hall tonight as Joe Brown teams up with fellow veteran Dave Edmunds. Read

Polarbear gets his teeth into MC-ing

BEING in the right place at the right time led to Birmingham poet and storyteller Steven Camden launching an artistic career. Read

Arts in a festival mixture

BALLET to break-dancing, comedy to classical music, films to fireworks - it must be Artsfest! Read

Live Box hits the right note

BIRMINGHAM'S popular Live Box begins its autumn season at The Drum in Aston on Sunday. Read

City singer hit by mystery illness

BIRMINGHAM starlet Hayley Evetts has been struck down by a mystery stomach illness. Read

Plain_White_Ts

Musical success is just plain sailing

THEY come from the Chicago suburb of Villa Park but Plain White T's will not be rushing down to Birmingham's own Villa Park when they play the city's Carling Academy tomorrow. Read

Hard Fi

Hard-Fi with a soft centre

THERE is no doubt that Hard-Fi could be performing in big arenas now that their second album is set to be released - but they prefer to do things nice and steady. Read

Status Quo

The Quo get ready to storm the castle

STATUS Quo frontman Francis Rossi is looking forward to hooking up with his pals Hayseed Dixie when they perform on the same bill at Dudley Castle on Sunday. Read

Author Profile

Andy Coleman is a Birmingham Mail veteran having worked at the paper for 25 years. He is the Mail's music editor, regularly reviewing rock concerts at the NEC, NIA and Carling Academy, as well as CDs and DVDs. Andy edits the Friday What's On section and also compiles the Mail's gardening pages.

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