WHEN a band is touring a new album they have a tough choice to make - do they play new songs and promote the album or give the audience all their old favourites?
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WITH Arctic temperatures outside and a muted atmosphere inside the draughty, cavernous, not quite full NIA it seemed that The Beach Boys faced an uphill struggle to bring some Californian sunshine to Birmingham.
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BASSIST Norman Watt-Roy does not go in for all that two set stuff, he told the audience at the Garrick, so it was a straight 90 minute set, ending with a long Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.
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"I CAN feel the gods of Black Sabbath and Judas Priest all around me here tonight," drawled Phil Anselmo, a man so laid back it's a wonder he doesn't perform from a horizontal position.
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HIT numbers from eight good and great musicals are cleverly put together in this annual show by one of the regions most talented amateur companies.
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OVER 150 bandsmen took the stage and made sure that Birmingham celebrated the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Air Force in style with an exhilarating show of military and popular music.
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CHRIS Rea has had serious health problems but you would hardly guess it with an hour-and-three-quarters continuous set with not even a pause for breath between songs.
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IT'S now 50 years since the musical story of teenage gang warfare in Manhattan first hit the stage, but this production is fresh, vibrant and just as relevant in today's Britain.
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AS HIS decade at the helm of the CBSO draws to a close, many will remember with affection the many choral works Sakari Oramo has conducted with such distinction.
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HUNGARIAN thrashers Ektomorf have a lot of bridges to build with the hardy souls who braved a cold evening in the Black Country following their no-show here.
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