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Music: Mastodon play Birmingham's HMV Institute

THE general consensus among the masses was that metal behemoths Mastodon delivered the album of the year in 2011 with The Hunter.Read

Music: Infection alert for Biohazard's return

NEVER have the words ‘‘Reborn In Defiance’’ been more appropriate.Read

Music: Career with silver lining

SEVENTIES rock band Argent have been revived and are undertaking a short UK tour to remind us all what a storming band they were.Read

Music: Back to the future for Inspiral Carpets

INSPIRAL Carpets are going back to the future for their new tour.Read

Whats On: Honouring the best Broad St

THE ever-popular Best of Broad Street Awards – or Bobs as they’re better known – saw police, door staff, bars and clubs come in for praise at a glitzy ceremony this week.Read

Accolades and glamour at the Best of Broad Street Awards (BOBS)

THE ever-popular Best Of Broad Street Awards - or BOBS as they’re better known - saw police, door staff, bars and clubs come in for praise at a glitzy ceremony in Birmingham. Read

Music: Osmonds bring down curtain

The Osmond Brothers have been entertaining us for over 50 years and their anniversary tour a couple of years ago was almost a complete sell out.Read

Films: Family has paid price of my box office success

HE IS, by the odd billion dollars, comfortably ahead of the directing pack at the top of the all-time US box office charts.Read

Music: Back to the beginning

SINCE earning international stardom with the enduring 1984 anthem Don’t You (Forget About Me), Scottish rockers Simple Minds have racked up a long list of huge hits.Read

Music: Eddi ready for festival

SINGER-songwriters Eddi Reader, Vin Garbutt and Nic Jones are among the big names already announced for this summer’s Warwick Folk Festival.Read

Music: Things can only get better live

Synthpop pioneer Howard Jones will be revisiting former glories when he performs at Birmingham’s O2 Academy in April.Read

Music: Rapper T-Pain... and a little help from his friends

RAPPER T-Pain chats to Andy Welch about his new album, working with Chris Brown, and his new laid-back approach to lifeRead

Music: 'I'm still Becky from Liverpool'

IN THE corner of her manager’s office, hiding underneath a giant floppy hat, sits Rebecca Ferguson.Read

Theatre: Lisa Dillon returns to the stage

CRANFORD actress Lisa Dillon is to take the lead role of Katharina in a new Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew.Read

Film Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

rated 18 ****

PERHAPS he was inspired by the fact he’d cast Daniel Craig in the lead role, but David Fincher seems to be setting out his stall as a future Bond director in the opening credits.Read

Film Review: Moneyball - (12A) * * *

rated 12A ***

I HAVE a natural aversion to sports movies and to those featuring incomprehensible American football and baseball in particular.Read

Music: Pixie had a Wonder-ful surprise

SIGNED, Sealed, Delivered – Pixie Lott’s dreams came true when she met Stevie Wonder.Read

Clubs: Zom-be at the Halloween ball

HALLOWEEN fever is in the air and one of the top events of the weekend is tipped to be the Dance of the Dead at the newly refurbished Birmingham Ballroom.Read

Music: Music is Doris Yeh's future

WHEN Doris Yeh was growing up on a diet of piano lessons and ballet classes it’s unlikely that the young girl’s parents envisaged a future for her as a bass player in a Taiwanese metal band.Read

Film: Hugh Jackman listens to Rocky theme whilst training

When Hugh Jackman was recruited to play an ex-boxer for his latest film, Real Steel, he thought he should get in shape for the part.Read