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John Lydon

Sex Pistols to return to Birmingham

PUNK legends the Sex Pistols are set to perform in Birmingham for the first time in 32 years.Read

Here's one they recorded earlier

BRUMBEAT band Break-thru are having their debut album released - 37 years after they broke up.Read

Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox light creative flames

AMERICAN band Matchbox Twenty gave their fans the best of both worlds with their latest release.Read

Dykeenies

We were almost Squiggly Diddlys

JOIN Scotland's Dykeenies on their tour bus and chances are you'll end up watching hours of movies and TV programmes.Read

Niki Evans

Dinner lady Niki's living the dream

BEING an X Factor finalist has brought Niki Evans fame and possible future fortune - but it also meant she missed out on seeing the Kaiser Chiefs in concert!Read

Life's not all parties and sexy women for Boy Kill Boy

YOU'LL Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties, sang Jona Lewie on his 1980 top ten hit of the same name - and for Boy Kill Boy frontman Chris Peck it proved to be the right place for a star encounter.Read

Asia's original line-up hits the road

NEW songs from Asia's first studio album for 25 years will be previewed when the reformed band play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Sunday.Read

Singing is Richard Fleeshman's first true love

FORMER Coronation Street star Richard Fleeshman has swapped the cobbles of Weatherfield for life on the road as a singer/songwriter, but when he arrives in Birmingham on Tuesday for a show at the city's Carling Academy 2 he'll be on familiar territory.Read

Still punk at 50

PUNK icon Siouxsie despairs at the direction the music industry is heading in the 21st Century.Read

Big stars in the making

THE spirit of Black Sabbath will be watching over new band Lo Star when they play Birmingham city centre's Sound Bar tomorrow.Read

Editors nervous about home gig

EDITORS may have missed out on the Best British Band award at the Brits but they're far from disappointed about being beaten by the Arctic Monkeys.Read

Royworld

Plenty of brotherly love in band that's tipped for the top

NOEL and Liam Gallagher. Ray and Dave Davies. Brothers in bands who end up fighting and falling out.Read

Rockers strike gold with fans

MIDLAND rockers The Lines scored a winner when they launched their new single during a Wolverhampton Wanderers' home match.Read

Darren Gough with partner Lilia Kopyloya

Bowled over by Ballroom

IT'S the most remarkable transformation since the ugly duckling turned into a swan - chunky cricketer Darren Gough changed from ferocious fast bowler to light-on-his-feet ballroom dancer.Read

Sandi Thom

Sandi's a one woman band

IF singer-songwriter Sandi Thom ever finds herself short of money she could earn a few extra pounds busking as a one woman band.Read

Cazals

Paris or bust for lucky Cazals boys

THEY claim they are not a dance band, but Cazals have been snapped up by the ultra-hip French electronic music record label Kitsune.Read

Album's my chance to speak out

HIS former band Metallica are one of the biggest acts on the planet but Dave Mustaine has struggled to make a similar impression with his own group Megadeth.Read

Los Campesinos

Cultural melting pot bears fruit

BAND of English people, based in Wales with a Spanish name - that's how new group Los Campesinos is described by their guitarist.Read

Manchester Orchestra

US rockers cause classical confusion

THEY are from Atlanta, Georgia, and they're a five-piece rock band, so why are they called Manchester Orchestra?Read

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