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Yazoo tour for first time in 25 years

QUIRKY duo Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke are back together as Yazoo and touring for the first time in 25 years. Read

Live gigs put old faces in the spotlight

MICK Rutherford from The Alexis Korner Blues Band is the first veteran musician to take part in a new 'An Audience With...' event at Birmingham's St Paul's Gallery. Read

Long day gone

Name: Neil Davies. Read

Meet Lloyd

REGGAE star Lloyd Brown will be signing copies of his latest album, Silver, and meeting fans at Humal Records, New John Street, Hockley, from noon on January 30. Read

Recipe for success

RIGHT, enough of Winehouse and Spears, we need someone new and interesting to listen to and enjoy without the distraction of court cases, rehab and breakdowns. So it is with great pleasure that I can introduce one of the freshest new talents around, someone destined to be huge this year. Read

Singer's been lost for words

WELSH rockers Bullet For My Valentine are asking for some more unusual items to be left in their dressing room alongside the usual beer and whisky. Read

Smooth way to download your tunes

BIRMINGHAM-BASED radio stations Smooth and Galaxy are helping pioneer a new way of downloading music. Read

Unsigned bands do battle

FOUR unsigned Midland bands are battling it out in Birmingham tonight in a bid to win a place in a national music competition final. Read

Band suffer for their art

BOURNEMOUTH four-piece Air Traffic will go to any lengths to offer some new songs to their Birmingham fans next Wednesday. Read

Big Gig - James Blunt

JAMES Blunt's debut album, Back To Bedlam, has sold 12 million copies and has been number one in 18 countries and top 10 in 35 more. Read

Loyal fans kept rock band going

AMERICAN rockers Alter Bridge claim they owe a debt of gratitude to their loyal fans for staying with them through thick and thin. Read

More Brits, less Britney

AFTER spending months speculating over which stars were pregnant, who had new hair, who was on drugs, who'd get custody of whose kids etc, it's nice to be able to start the year with some proper news about music. Read

New dawn for Darkness gang

OUT of The Darkness... came Stone Gods! When flamboyant singer Justin Hawkins quit The Darkness it seemed that the rock dreams of Lichfield musician Richie Edwards were dashed. Read

Here's Johnny!

BIRMINGHAM three-piece Johnny Foreigner launch this year's Levi's Ones To Watch season at Digbeth's Barfly tomorrow. Read

Sing along with Jing Jang Jong!

THE line-up for the Shock-waves NME Awards Tour is ready to rock. Read

Original vibe is still strong

AFTER a ten year wait for Midland band Dodgy to reunite, fans were delighted to hear the members had resolved their differences and chosen 2007 to get back together for a tour. Read

Dan gets the band back for charity

MIDLAND singer-songwriter Daniel Rachel (pictured below) is hoping his latest single will reach the national charts next week - and he's re-formed his old band to give the campaign extra impetus. Read

Getting up close and personal

SCOTTISH singer Sandi Thom is to tour intimate venues across the UK, including Birmingham Glee Club on February 20, giving fans the chance to hear tracks from her second album, The Pink and The Lily, set for release in April. Read

Joan Baez boys play cafe

THEY have performed in sports arenas and large theatres around the world but New York duo Kill Henry Sugar prefer playing in the intimate surroundings of a cafe in a Birmingham suburb. Read

The sounds of the sixties are reborn

MIDLAND singer Shane Morley knows all about recycling. Read

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