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Music: Mastodon play Birmingham's HMV Institute

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:54:00 GMT

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

Music: Infection alert for Biohazard's return

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:53:00 GMT

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

Music: Career with silver lining

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:00 GMT

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

Music: Back to the future for Inspiral Carpets

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:41:00 GMT

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

Whats On: Honouring the best Broad St

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:39:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:41:00 GMT

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.

Music: Osmonds bring down curtain

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:52:00 GMT

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.

Films: Family has paid price of my box office success

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:44:00 GMT

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

Music: Back to the beginning

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:19:00 GMT

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.

Music: Eddi ready for festival

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:08:00 GMT

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

Music: Things can only get better live

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:59:00 GMT

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

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:22:00 GMT

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

Music: 'I'm still Becky from Liverpool'

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:18:00 GMT

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

Theatre: Lisa Dillon returns to the stage

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:14:00 GMT

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.

Film Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:50:00 GMT

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.

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

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:46:00 GMT

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

Music: Pixie had a Wonder-ful surprise

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:09:00 GMT

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

Clubs: Zom-be at the Halloween ball

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:37:00 GMT

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.

Music: Music is Doris Yeh's future

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:09:00 GMT

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.

Film: Hugh Jackman listens to Rocky theme whilst training

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:43:00 GMT

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.