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Chris Brown lets screaming girls down

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:17:47 GMT

Whatever 19-year-old American Chris Brown's appeal, his 02 gig was an unsatisfactory experience.

Bands to watch for in 2009 revealed

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:24:31 GMT

HMV name the top 10 "unknowns" to keep an eye out for in 2009

Elbow win album of the year in 'poll of polls'

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:58:04 GMT

Elbow rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:00:57 GMT

Duffy and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke were named as this year's music champions as the full-year charts were announced.

Alexandra and Duffy end the year on top

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:12:55 GMT

Duffy and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke were named as this year's music champions as the full-year charts were announced.

Out of the shadow

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:36:45 GMT

Any tenor tackling Nessun Dorma has the colossal shadow of Pavarotti bearing down on him. José Cura need not fear the comparison.

Lost and Found Orchestra stomp again

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:36:45 GMT

Lost And Found Orchestra is a romp on instruments culled from household objects: woks, vacuum cleaners, filing cabinets, bottles, shopping trolleys and all manner of piping.

Off the record

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:48 GMT

Miserabilist singer Morrissey is more interested in his latest album than speculation about a reunion with Johnny Marr. So is it any good?.

Best Christmas concerts in London

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:48 GMT

Harps, Handel's Messiah and indoor fireworks heres our guide to the best of the Christmas concerts.

Twisted Christmas needed more twist

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Twisted Christmas invites fairly well-known artists to twist an old Christmas song and perhaps write and perform a new one.

Bashful Kings of Leon need more ego

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Kings of Leon's songs are big and bold enough for arenas; all thats left is for the bashful brothers to follow suit.

Christmas Oratorio gets us in the mood

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

What better way to limber up for the seasonal festivities than with Bach's celebratory Christmas Oratorio?.

Jazz clubs gamble fortune

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

The talent bookers at Ronnie Scott's and the Pizza Express Club in Dean Street have backed two groups to keep cash registers ringing.

Seun Kuti follows father's footsteps

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Part prankster, part politico, Seun Kuti blasted alto sax riffs, sang lyrics in Pidgin English and delivered a rousing pro‑Africa diatribe.

Will Young can still go to the ball

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

While his Pop Idol peers are knuckling down to a gruelling month on the panto circuit, Will Young marches on.

Coldplay geeks on a winning streak

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Coldplay have returned to the city where they formed, staked their claim for greatness and emerged triumphant.

Tracy Chapman busks brilliantly

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

A remarkably rabid crowd cheered Tracy Chapman's bare stage, plain clothes and acoustic guitar as though they were all made of fireworks.

Happy 100th birthday for Elliott Carter

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Elliott Carter's birthday celebration by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Oliver Knussen brought together six scores all composed in the 21st century.

Manu Chao is reggae rocker

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

Changing the world is a big ask in these cynical times. Top marks, then, to Manu Chao for keeping the flame burning.

Defiant Boy George takes to the stage

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

Perhaps Boy George is brave or maybe he's just shameless. If he was worried about prison, though, he didn't show it at his Pigalle gig.

Cecilia Bartoli shares the love

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

Vocal recitals with piano accompaniment can be frosty affairs but not when Cecilia Bartoli is performing.

Thompson family's festive folkies

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

Whatever the occasion it was simply a rare privilege to see the talented Thompson family together on stage.

Top marks for the Tallis Scholars

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

The singers may have changed but the founder-director of the Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, is still very much in charge.

Best CDs of 2008

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:46 GMT

From funk to fado, our critics round up the albums of the year.

Shane MacGowan's fall from grace

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:37:45 GMT

Seven of The Pogues were on sterling form, rolling back the years and replaying their youth but Shane MacGowan has become a bore.