The last time JLS performed in the city, Christmas concert organisers under-estimated their huge popularity, leaving the appearance marred by the crush.Read
WHO says the days of being proud of Britain belong to the past? Certainly not the packed audience at this superb concert which saw patriotic flag-waving reach a new level.Read
FROM the opening bars of Love Like a Fountain, Ian Brown – the original singer with attitude – proved he still has what it takes to mesmerise an audience.Read
THE old punks heading to the Academy last night may have been greying and thickening around the waist, but a lean and youthful-looking John Lydon shrugged off the years to produce a blistering performance with the relaunch of his band Public Image Ltd.Read
ON HIS various visits to Birmingham, David Gray has played most venues; Ronnie Scott’s (in his pre-Babylon fame days), the Academy and NIA – both on his last round of touring four years ago.Read
PARAMORE play Emotional, or Emo, Music and there was plenty of emotion on display when singer Hayley Williams surveyed the huge crowd that had turned up to see the band at the NIA.Read
MARKING the 30th anniversary of their debut album Life In A Day, Jim Kerr and cohorts have made a surprising return to form with this year’s Graffiti Soul.Read
