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Life is street for rapper Flo Rida

THERE’S a double helping of hip hop on offer on Monday when headliner Flo Rida and support act Scrabull take to the stage at Birmingham’s O2 Academy.Read

Glastonbury hits Kasabian coming to NIA

THEY stole the show at Glastonbury and only the death of Michael Jackson could remove them from the top of the UK album charts – but Kasabian are finding it difficult to comprehend what a big band they’ve become.Read

Franz Ferdinand take new dance direction to Wolverhampton Civic Hall

SCOTTISH indie rockers Franz Ferdinand know all about the drunken, muddy antics at Glastonbury but the festival season is not always about booze and benders as they found out playing in America.Read

Eagles: We never broke up, we just took a 14-year vacation

THE Long Road Out Of Eden reaches Birmingham NIA next week.Read

The Twang’s hard road to Jewellery Quarter album

TWANG frontman Phil Etheridge is supremely confident when it comes to discussing his band.Read

Lenny Kravitz: Best is yet to come

SINCE the release of Lenny Kravitz’s debut album, Let Love Rule, 20 years ago he’s given us eight more standout LPs and a batch of hit singles – and received plaudits from fans and critics alike.Read

Wild times at Godiva for Scottish rock group

IF fellow Scots Travis hadn’t got there first, The Invisible Band would make a perfect title for an Idlewild album.Read

Neil Sedaka to play Birmingham Symphony Hall

HITMAKER Neil Sedaka has written so many songs he has trouble choosing which to play in concert.Read

Ali Campbell's flying High with a solo career

FORMER UB40 frontman Ali Campbell is feeling SAD – but not about leaving the band he sang with for 28 years.Read

Motown legends The Commodores set for NIA show

MOTOWN is celebrating 50 years of music with a special tour which visits the National Indoor Arena tonight.Read

Birmingham bound Anastacia's fab at 40

SOULFUL singer Anastacia has been wowing her European fans with her Heavy Rotation tour and her Birmingham followers can now share the experience as she brings the show to the NIA on Sunday.Read

Brummie reggae stars UB40 look back on 30 years of success

THEY have been playing arena gigs for years, but UB40 would love to return to the intimate venue where they played their first show three decades ago.Read

Still telling it like it is

THEY have been playing arena gigs for years, but UB40 would love to return to the intimate venue where they played their first show three decades ago.Read

Reggae artist Ben Okafor takes a welcome diversion for new album

NIGERIAN reggae artist Ben Okafor, who signed up to be a child soldier, has become a minstrel of love.Read

Lucy Wainwright-Roche finally finding her feet on stage

THE daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche, Lucy Wainwright-Roche initially seemed destined to follow her brother and sister, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, into music, but opted for a career in teaching.Read

Blur back amongst old friends in Wolverhampton

BLUR will be back among old friends when they play Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Wednesday.Read

War of the World's star has a lot to sing about

SHANNON Noll says he came first out of all the losers on talent show Australian Idol.Read

Blockbuster of a night for The Sweet

SWEET guitarist Andy Scott is looking forward to a Blockbuster birthday celebration at the band’s only United Kingdom show of the year at Bilston’s Robin 2 tonight.Read

Hotly-tipped newcomers Broken Records head for Brum

TIPPED by pundits at the end of last year as one of the names to watch out for in 2009, Edinburgh’s Broken Records found themselves lumped in with such acts as Little Boots, La Roux, VV Brown and Florence And The Machine.Read

It's been a big year for Boyzone's Ronan Keating

IT’S only June but it’s already been quite a year for Boyzone’s Ronan Keating.Read