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Marc is moving on with albums

FIVE years after a motorbike accident “turned his life upside down”, Southport-born Eighties pop star Marc Almond is back in business.Read

Eighties soul group The Christians will be playing in Birmingham

CELEBRATING 22 years as the face and voice of The Christians, Garry Christian doesn’t appear to have aged a day since the group’s million-selling, self-titled hit album entered the charts at number two back in 1987.Read

Big hair, big talent: Sweden's Erik Hassle to play O2 Academy 3

IT’S the year of the quirky hairstyle! Firstly, we were introduced to the spiky Flock of Seagulls-style barnet of La Roux’s Elly Jackson’s and now we have Erik Hassle’s ginger afro.Read

I Haunt Wizards at Birmingham’s Rainbow Courtyard

IF La Roux, Ladyhawke and Little Boots fail to satisfy your appetite for retro electro rock check out I Haunt Wizards at Birmingham’s Rainbow Courtyard on Sunday.Read

Michael Ball continues to shock fans with Kiss song on new tour

MICHAEL Ball is full of surprises.Read

DJ and producer Calvin Harris makes light of his fame

CHART-topping producer Calvin Harris is as surprised about his ascent to superstar DJ status as anyone else.Read

Soulful singer in Birmingham to promote first single

SINGER Florence Rawlings may have never been to Birmingham before this week, but her career is closely linked to the city thanks to a children’s musical.Read

Abba tribute band playing Birmingham

THE appetite for the music of Abba seems as healthy as ever with the stage show Mamma Mia! still doing great business and the DVD of the movie now a favourite in homes around the world.Read

It’s looking up for Vic

n IN HER latest underwear photo-shoot for Emporio Armani, Victoria Beckham can be seen climbing a ladder while wearing high heels. Victoria, pictured, posed for a series of shots taken by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.Read

Singer-songwriter Mr Hudson goes (Kanye) West for new album \n

MR Hudson’s debut album was titled A Tale Of Two Cities – but the follow-up could have been dubbed A Story Of Two Continents.Read

Blue sign off with a pledge to return with new material

BLUE’S run of reunion shows ends tomorrow with a charity gig in Tamworth – although the band insist they never actually split up.Read

The two sides of InMe's Dave McPherson

KNOWN to many as frontman of rockers InMe, Dave McPherson is undertaking a short solo tour which reaches Birmingham Asylum on August 24.Read

Eighties Norwegian pop stars A-ha will be playing in Birmingham

THERE may be the same high pitch vocals, the cheekbones so sharp they could cut glass, and the clipped Norwegian accents, but I feel like my mind is playing tricks on me as A-ha chat about their forthcoming gig in Birmingham.Read

Local Heroes: Faded Cadence

Name: Matt Carter.Read

Wolverhampton date for ZZ Top's UK tour

THE legendary ZZ Top are heading for the Midlands and a show at Wolverhampton Civic Hall – one of just two UK dates.Read

A long player after 21 years

YOUNG Soul Rebel Kevin Archer had high hopes for his new musical project when he quit Dexys Midnight Runners in 1981 - but it has taken 21 years for the Blue Ox Babes’ debut album to be released.Read

Gerry sets pace for Sixties revival

EUROPE’S biggest Swinging Sixties revival show is heading for the Midlands next month.Read

Local Heroes: Sick City Club

Name: Alex Marshall.Read

Cornershop opens for business again with first album in seven years

SEVEN years after their last album, Cornershop are back – and they’ve even had a mention on prime time soap, Coronation Street for good measure.Read

Scandinavian metal heroes set for Bloodstock invasion

THERE will be metal mayhem in the Midlands next month as the Bloodstock Open Air festival opens its gates for three-days of eardrum-shattering noise and general all-out assault on the senses.Read