Review: Bruce Springsteen at Hyde Park, London

IT WAS as The Boss stumbled on the steps, returning to the stage after a trademark foray into the crowd that he came clean. Read

Fretboard fireworks from Jeff Beck

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Legendary Blues star BB King cooks up a storm in Birmingham

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Blur at Wolverhampton Civic Hall

BLUR were friends reunited as they wowed Wolverhampton Civic Hall with a two-hour journey through their greatest hits. Read

Star Roger still shining after 50 years in the business

ROGER McGuinn doesn’t really do concerts. Read

Martians welcomed at NIA spectacle

PROG rock hasn’t been cool since about 1975 or so – but you wouldn’t know it from the thousands of people packing out the NIA for an unashamedly cheesy, but fun, evening. Read

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds @Birmingham's NIA

Prog rock hasn’t been cool since about 1975 or so – but you wouldn’t know it from the thousands of people packing out the NIA for an unashamedly cheesy, but fun, evening. Read

Take That at Ricoh Arena, Coventry: Review and setlist

A GIRL blows bubbles while clowns ride a strange seesaw contraption. Read

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Birmingham NIA

“IT’S time for the South to rise again!” growled Johnny Van Zant as Lynyrd Skynyrd launched into rock anthem Sweet Home Alabama. Read

Good music, shame about the plot for Quadrophenia

WITH their parkas and mini-skirts, sharp suits and RAF symbols, the Mods invaded Birmingham last week and took the city back to the 1960s. Read

Girls Aloud****

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Girls Aloud: Live at Birmingham NIA: Review

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Good music, shame about the plot for Quadrophenia

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Bob Dylan live at the Birmingham NIA - Review

BOB Dylan may now be a 67 year-old grandfather but he continues to plough his own musical furrow in his own inimitable style. Read

AC/DC: LG Arena, Birmingham NEC - Review, setlist and pictures

A BALDING 54 year-old bloke dressed in school uniform is doing a tacky striptease as the band plays a song about sexually transmitted disease. Read

The Prodigy: Birmingham NIA

WITH the dust setting on legendary Tina Turner’s stunning NIA shows, the venue needed to follow it up with a blockbuster. Read

Pink @ Birmingham NIA review

IF PINK ever quits her day job, she can always turn to the circus. Read

Dave Spikey @ Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

LAUGHTER is clearly the best medicine. Read

Tina Turner at Birmingham NIA *****

WHAT you see is what you get. Read

Othello - Belgrade Theatre, Coventry ****

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