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V Festival 2012 line-up: Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and The Killers lined up Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses are among the big names performing at this year’s V Festival in Staffordshire.more

Dexys Midnight Runners founding member Pete Williams launches solo album in Birmingham

One of the founding members of chart-topping Birmingham group Dexys Midnight Runners is to launch his debut solo album in Birmingham in February.Read

X Factor finalist Marcus Collins to perform at Birmingham gay club The Nightingale on New Year's Eve

X Factor finalist Marcus Collins will headline special New Year’s Eve celebrations at gay venue the Nightingale Club – days after it was saved from extinction.Read

Tributes for former Brumbeats and Uglys guitarist Roger Hill

Tributes have been paid to veteran Birmingham guitarist and singer Roger Hill, who died this week, aged 66.Read

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to play Birmingham NIA

Noel Gallagher is to play the Birmingham National Indoor Arena next year as part of his High Flying Birds tour. Read

V Festival confirms Eminem, Arctic Monkeys and Manic Street Preachers for 2011

Eminem and Arctic Monkeys will headline this year’s V Festival in Essex and Staffordshire.Read

Young West Midlands rock bands link up with European musicians

A rock band exchange for young musicians will see several artists from Europe arrive for a series of events in the West Midlands next week.Read

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THE ENEMY : Streets In The Sky

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