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Bull Elephant

BIRMINGHAM’S newest music festival gets off to a roaring start tomorrow when American rock band Cage The Elephant take to the stage in the Bullring.Read

Hard to tell fake Diamond from real thing

COMEDIAN Arthur Askey performed many times at Birmingham theatres – and on Thursday one of his descendants will follow in his footsteps and take to the stage.Read

Scorpions still rising

BANDS do not get more global than hard rock veterans The Scorpions.Read

Queen still have a kind of magic

IT’S Queen – but not as we know them.Read

Oasis play Birmingham NIA

CREDIT crisis. What credit crisis? Last night’s TV and radio news was all about the historic happenings in the financial world, but Oasis fans heading for Birmingham NIA were only banking on a memorable show from their heroes.Read

Boy George song for US candidate

AMERICAN Democratic candidate Barack Obama has attracted a new fan – Boy George.Read

Flying high with Eagles classic

GIRL Power is back! Midland female foursome Sinergie (pictured) plan to take the pop world by storm with an innovative cover of The Eagles’ classic Hotel California.Read

We will party Yard in Brum

BEING in an up and coming band leaves little time for holidays and leisure time, admits Johnny Foreigner bassist and vocalist Kelly Southern.Read

You can’t beat working with James - drummer

YOU won’t find him in the celebrity spotlight but if you’re a music fan you’ll certainly know the work of Birmingham’s Karl Brazil.Read

Famous names at city book festival

TURN over a new leaf and visit this year’s Birmingham Book Festival.Read

It’s McQueen of the desert

WELSH rockers The Automatic wanted to make a great escape after filming the video for recent single Steve McQueen.Read

Russell Brand back for Brum show

CONTROVERSIAL comic Russell Brand is returning to stand-up comedy with a UK tour that includes a date at Birmingham’s NIA Academy on January 23 next year.Read

I want to take people out of their own life

IT was inevitable that Sam Sparro would become a pop star because music runs in his family.Read

Hard work made my dreams come true

TOM Fuller is living proof that you can fulfil your dreams. Ten years ago, the Chicago-based musician bought a guitar magazine during America’s Memorial Weekend and dreamed of songwriting and performing his own music live.Read

Duo go for op stardom

TWO Birmingham singers are battling it out in an X-Factor-style contest to tour the UK with opera star Jonathan Ansell.Read

Headliners return to 'comfortable' Level

THE Levellers headline the KerrangFest element of ArtsFest, a day of rock music in Centenary Square on Sunday.Read

Let there be light

Birmingham city centre is set to be illuminated tonight to mark the start of this year’s ArtsFest.Read

I haven’t decided where to make my home yet – maybe it’ll be New York

BEING touted as the next big thing, 22 year-old Lykke Li, has received critical acclaim for her debut album, Youth Novels, which was released in June this year.Read

A return to the dark side for an Unholy Alliance

IT has been billed ‘the heaviest, darkest tour of the year’ and it would be hard to disagree when the line-up for Unholy Alliance Chapter III features Slayer, Trivium, Mastodon and Amon Amarth.Read

Bring It On played live in Brum

GOMEZ will mark the tenth anniversary of their Mercury Prize-winning debut album, Bring It On, by playing the whole record live at Birmingham’s Carling Academy on September 3.Read

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