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BBC Electric Proms - preview
Five nights of eclectic collaboration and creativity emanate from Camden, headlined by The Who, James Brown and curator Damon Albarn's The Good, The Bad & The Queen.
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End Of The Road Festival - preview
Ryan Adams is confirmed to headline the inaugural Salisbury event that aims to keep things homespun and friendly. Mercury nominees Guillemots and Richard Hawley are also playing.
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Bestival 2006 - preview
Headliners Scissor Sisters, Pet Shop Boys and Gogol Bordello share the Isle of Wight boutique festival with a troupe of housewives...
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Reading and Leeds 2006 - preview
Muse, Pearl Jam, Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream and The Spinto Band are amongst the highlights of the Carling weekend.
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Metro Weekender - preview
The dance day of South West Four and the indie day of Get Loaded In The Park alternate between London and Cardiff over August Bank Holiday weekend.
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TDK Cross Central - preview
The Kings Cross event's melange of electronica, dance, hip-hop and alternative music in a mud-free setting sets it apart from other August Bank Holiday bashes.
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Secret Garden Party - preview
Fun, flourescent and family friendly, this gathering near Huntingdon features everyone from Lily Allen to Larrikin Love plus organic food stalls and human curling...
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Green Man Festival - preview
With a new home in the Brecon Beacons, the folksy festival heads into its fourth year with Calexico, Jose Gonzalez, Martha Wainwright and Donovan.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2006 - preview
An Edinburgh Fringe actor - and festival virgin - casts his eye over this year's programme and pinpoints some highlights.
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Cropredy 2006 - preview
Fairport Convention's annual get-together is back, with Steeleye Span, 10cc, John Martyn and Radio 2 Young Folk Award winners Bodega. And plenty of real ale.
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The Big Chill 2006 - preview
A celebration of music, art and life set in the wilds of Herefordshire. Lily Allen, Sparks and The Proclaimers line up alongside the usual eclectic array of new talent.
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Benicassim 2006 - preview
Heading south for Morrissey, Scissor Sisters, Pixies, Tiga, Depeche Mode and just a couple of jugs of sangria, perhaps, with the Med close at hand...
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BBC Proms 2006 - preview
It's Proms time once again, with 90 concerts and over 120 events, including Mozart and Shostakovich anniversaries, making up the packed 2006 season.
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Arthur Lee - obituary
A tribute to the singer and guitarist of 1960s band Love, who has died after a battle with leukaemia at the age of 61.
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Unsigned Guide: 12
The Scandinavian edition, featuring
Shadow Parade, The Heavenly Music Corporation, Mono/Noise, Paulin Voss, Blue On Blue and The Ruling Class.
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IN PICTURES: Across The Tracks
Leeds' new city centre festival was an eclectic affair - from Gilles Petersen to The Magic Numbers...
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New Season At The Almeida
The Almeida Theatre announces their 2006/07 season, including a revival of Michael Hastings' Tom And Viv...
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Benicassim 2006 - live diary
Reportage from Spain's coastal music extravaganza, in between swimming, drinking cold beer and seeing some of the best bands on the planet.
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Unsigned Guide 11
From Dublin to Dortmund via Glasgow and, erm, Mars...
In this issue: The Olympus Mons, Pilotlight, We Yes You No, Biont, Fram and Fallen View. more unsigned guides
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Syd Barrett: Shine On
The co-founder of Pink Floyd has died, aged 60. But, says one fan, it feels as though the world has been mourning his genius for decades.
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The Play's The Thing
Play Idol? A new Channel 4 reality show promises a West End run to a first time playwright. Sonia Friedman heads the panel of judges...
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Old Vic: New Season Announced
The theatre's 2006/07, recently announced by artistic director Kevin Spacey, will include a revival of The Entertainer starring Robert Lindsay.
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Download 2006: Festival Preview
Our guide to what's hot and what's not at the forthcoming Download Festival. Are Guns 'N' Roses really going to show up?
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The Great Escape: Festival Preview
The UK gets its very own SXSW as music industry figures, 150 bands and thousands of music fans descend on 15 Brighton venues for three days and nights...
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Spamalot
A look at the casting details for the incoming Monty Python musical, transferring from Broadway in the autumn.
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Wicked - Any Colour As Long It's Green
First casting details for the London production of Wicked, the musical story of the witches of Oz...
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Dark Days At The Old Vic
As Resurrection Blues closes, Natasha Tripney takes a look at Kevin Spacey's troubled reign as artistic director.
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National Theatre: Spring, Summer and Beyond
The National's recently announced summer season includes Juliet Stevenson in Chekhov's The Seagull...
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RSC Complete Works Festival
Natasha Tripney looks ahead at the Royal Shakespeare Company's ambitious year-long festival in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Massive Attack: Collective collected
Steve Hands takes stock of the Bristol massive as they wade into their 15th year and dreaded "best of" territory...
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London Theatre Spring Preview
A look at the coming months' West End and fringe theatre highlights, previewed by Natasha Tripney.
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Oscars 2006: Hollywood's Mountain...
Shawn Fitzgerald offers a personal take on the nominees in the major categories, led by Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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Talking Heads: Re-released In Light
As their entire back catalogue is reissued on CD, Steve Hands wonders just how influential David Byrne's band has become.
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Tom Waits: Watch Him Disappear
Steve Hands checks out a "biography" of the gravel-voiced troubador as he assumes iconic status 30 years in to his career.
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Best Of '05, By The Best Of '06
gUiLLeMoTs, The Boy Least Likely To, The Pipettes, Yeti, ˇForward, Russia!, Five O'Clock Heroes and iLiKETRAiNS look back at 2005 and forward to 2006.
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Eminem: The Final Curtain Call?
Is the man known variously as Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers III really hanging up his microphone? Azeem Ahmad takes a look at Eminem's remarkable career to date.
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Kate Bush: Mystery Maiden?
The iconic English songwriter returns after 12 years with new album Aerial. Richard Ings glides over a unique career.
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Def Jam Records
Russell Simmons' hip-hop label celebrates 25 years in business this year, and Steve Hands helps pour the champers.
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Bow Before Bauhaus
Steve Malins catches up with the post-punk originators of goth rock as the lauded pioneering quartet go touring and get set for a comeback album.
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John Lennon: Working Class Hero
Richard Ings ponders the working class hero's life beyond The Beatles, as told by his wives Cynthia and Yoko Ono.
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Michael Jackson: Essential?
Steve Hands delves below the image, headlines, trials and tribulations to appraise Jackson's music career and legacy.
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Theatre and Dance Autumn Preview
Natasha Tripney scans the autumn theatre listings for London's West End and Fringe season highlights.
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Duran Duran
The Fab Five's biographer Steve Malins profiles the highs and lows of the Notorious Le Bon and co ahead of their UK tour, first biography and new DVD.
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Don't Look Back: London
A season of All Tomorrow's Parties gigs, with Iggy & The Stooges, Dinosaur Jr, Mudhoney and The Lemonheads, beckons. Steve Hands looks forward.
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Joe Meek
Steve Hands delves into the murky life of the world's first independent producer, a genuine innovator now hailed as a genius ranked alongside the greats.
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Richard Hawley
A showcase of new LP Coles Corner and a chat with Steve Lamacq about music and romance at the first Album Club night. Helen Wright sups some ales.
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Can
Remastered versions of the revered German improvisational rock group's classic albums drag Steve Hands back in time - to Cologne, 1968.
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Fairport's Cropredy Convention
The event that picked up where the Cropredy Festival left off. Barnaby Smith gets the lowdown on what this unique event has come to mean.
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Brian Wilson: SMiLe
The Beach Boys legend completes his testament to '60s pop's immortality. Steve Hands meets one of the true greats and hears the SMiLe album.
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Live 8: London
It was the biggest global music event in history. Tom Woods was amongst the 150,000 people at Bob Geldof's Make Poverty History shindig in Hyde Park...
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