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Andy Coleman

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Buckcherry promise to bring thunder!

AFTER releasing two albums, Los Angeles-based hard rock band Buckcherry dissolved, but three years later they rose from the ashes and delivered a monster hit record, 15.Read

Meeting Makers in Brum car park

THE Reverend’s congregation can’t get enough of their hero so he’s more than happy to stage impromptu free shows for them and it all started in Birmingham.Read

Review: Eagles at the NIA Birmingham

WITH ticket for this show priced between £50 and £100, fans shelling out their hard-earned cash had a right to expect something special - and that’s exactly what they got.Read

Ali Campbell launches attack on UB40

EX-UB40 frontman Ali Campbell launched a blistering attack on his brothers and former bandmates – and said they should be renamed Newbie 40.Read

Still telling it like it is

THEY have been playing arena gigs for years, but UB40 would love to return to the intimate venue where they played their first show three decades ago.Read

Dancers spring into double bill

AWARD-WINNING Kenyan choreographer Opiyo Okach will open this year’s BASS Festival with the first UK performance of dance double bill No Man’s Gone Now and Border Border Express at Birmingham Hippodrome’s Patrick Centre on Thursday June 4.Read

Review: Nickelback at NIA in Birmingham

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Small is good for inspired Twang

BIRMINGHAM Indie band The Twang went back to basics for their new album - and they’ll be doing the same thing to launch the disc next week.Read

Review: AC/ DC at LG Arena, NEC

FOR those who have rocked at the NEC Arena, we salute you! AC/DC headlined the final concert at the arena - now sponsored by LG - before it closes for a five month refurbishment.Read

Starsailor waiting for fresh acclaim

AMERICAN music totally dominated the airwaves in 2001, with bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes spearheading the so-called Garage Rock Revival.Read

It’s all go for Gary

IT’S go, go, go for new singer/songwriter Gary Go.Read

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

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.