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Morrissey cancels Birmingham concert

Morrissey has cancelled his concert due to take place at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday due to illness.Read

Blue return to Midlands

BOY band Blue will make a comeback to the stage this summer to headline a new festival in the heart of the Midlands.Read

Music man's Birmingham date with Suzanne Vega

WHEN Stourbridge musician Eddy Morton wrote the song City of Angels in the early nineties he had no idea that nearly 20 years later it would lead to him performing with Suzanne Vega.Read

Elly Jackson has 'had enough' of Depeche Mode cover

TAKE cover, The Saturdays, La Roux’s Elly Jackson is going In For The Kill.Read

MUSIC: Nick Lowe to play Birmingham Symphony Hall

ACCLAIMED songwriter Nick Lowe confesses that listening to his career-spanning Best Of compilation, Quiet Please, has been a rather odd experience.Read

Tribute concert for ELO star aids bird sanctuary

CASH from a tribute concert for the late Midland pop star Kelly Groucutt is to go to... PARROTS.Read

New album marks an evolution for The Maccabees

INDIE rockers The Maccabees have added some light and shade to Wall Of Arms, the follow-up record to hit debut album, Colour It In.Read

Suzanne Vega announces only UK date - at Birmingham Town Hall

NEW York singer songwriter Suzanne Vega has announced one UK date this year – at Birmingham’s Town Hall.Read

MUSIC: Spear of Destiny anniversary tour rolls into Birmingham

SPEAR Of DESTINY are marking the 25th anniversary of their hit album, One Eyed Jacks, with a tour that visits Birmingham’s O2 Academy tomorrow.Read

Alesha's still Gordon's girl

GORDON Brown’s public support may be crumbling but he’s still got a least one celebrity fan.Read

The Fray look forward to gig at Birmingham O2 Academy

“UK FANS are incredible,” reckons Isaac Slade, frontman with piano-led US soft-rockers The Fray.Read

The Ultrasonics are laptop of the pops

IT’S back to the 80s for hot new band The Ultrasonics – but they’ve used 21st technology to make their debut album.Read

Review: AC/ DC at LG Arena, NEC

FOR those who have rocked at the NEC Arena, we salute you! AC/DC headlined the final concert at the arena - now sponsored by LG - before it closes for a five month refurbishment.Read

Elvis puts on another new look

THE trademark specs are one of the few constants in the chameleon career of Elvis Costello.Read

Specials line up for Birmingham gig

COVENTRY Ska legends The Specials are the latest in a long line of bands to reform and get back on the road.Read

Cardigans' Nina Persson returns to varied side-project, A Camp

WITH The Cardigans officially ‘on hold’, singer Nina Persson has taken the opportunity to return to her old side-project, A Camp.Read

Wall comes tumbling for Pink Floyd show

THE Wall is considered by many to be Pink Floyd’s greatest creation. The ambitious double album mainly conceived by bassist Roger Waters, was released to great acclaim 30 years ago.Read

Review: Doves at Birmingham Academy

IT was just like they’d never been away as Jez, Jimi and Andy showed the Birmingham Academy crowd just what a band at the top of their game sound like.Read

Doves have surprise in store for fans

WHILE Doves drummer Andy Williams wouldn’t divulge too much he did reveal that a surprise awaits fans tonight.Read

The Answer: on tour with AC/DC and on the Guitar Hero gravy train

THE soft Irish burr takes you by surprise. Onstage, Cormac Neeson wails like a rock and roll banshee – Robert Plant and then some.Read