Sunday Mercury Nostalgia: Black Sabbath after Ian Gillan

WHEN Black Sabbath’s third vocalist, Ian Gillan, left the band following the 1983 Born Again album, the group effectively split up and the remaining members embarked on their own solo ventures.Read

Sunday Mercury nostalgia: Blur at the Que Club

I REMEMBER the night that Blur played one of the tiniest shows of their pop career, despite them being huge at the time.Read

UB40 go back to their roots for Birmingham pub gig

IT was a triumphant return for pop-reggae legends UB40 to the pub where it all started more than 30 years ago.Read

GUNS N' ROSES : LG Arena, Birmingham - Review & Setlist

GUNS N’ ROSES,Read

JULIAN SMITH : Birmingham Botanical Gardens

IT was the moment Britain’s Got Talent sensation Julian Smith strolled across the lawns, serenading the outdoor audience and sitting in one adoring female fan’s lap, that you realised the shy saxophonist has star quality. The 41-year-old Birmingham Conservatoire alumnus narrowly pipped to the reality TV post by Susan Boyle last year was making a return to the city’s International Jazz Festival where once he busked in shopping malls.Read

JULIAN SMITH : BOTANICAL GARDENS, EDGBASTON

JULIAN SMITH : BOTANICAL GARDENS, EDGBASTONRead

Laugh the night away at Drayton Manor Theme Park's evening of comedy

Laugh the night away at Drayton Manor Theme Park's evening of comedy Read

Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor @ Stafford Castle

It may say Shakespeare on the ticket but you just know the minute you step into the historic grounds of Stafford Castle that this is going to be no ordinary staging of the Bard’s comedy.Read

OZZY OSBOURNE : Birmingham Town Hall

And last night at the Town Hall...Read

Radiohead voted Glastonbury best headliner of all time

Radiohead have been voted the greatest Glastonbury headliner of all time in an online poll released today.Read

SLASH : Download 2010

THE afternoon slot, as it turned out, was a bit of a joke. The return of the prodigal son should have been the headline act.Read

Hairspray, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre ****

BRIAN Conley should dress as a woman more often, because it suits him.Read

Foals: Trent University, Nottingham - 7/5/10

REMEMBER that scene in From Dusk Till Dawn, when the movie suddenly descends into a spaghetti-western horror flick? Read

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS : 02 Academy, Birmingham

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS,Read

ALEX GARDNER : 02 Academy, Birmingham

ALEX GARDNER,Read

Birmingham boos for Whitney Houston

I HAD a sense of trepidation for the opening night of Whitney Houston’s tour of the UK. Read

JOE PERRY PROJECT : LG Arena, Birmingham

HIS love-hate relationship with Steve Tyler temporarily on hold pending the Download festival return of Aerosmith, guitar hero Joe Perry was itching to play live.Read

BAD COMPANY : LG Arena

SINCE the original line-up split in 1982, there have been some pretty bad versions of Bad Company.Read

STAR WARS IN CONCERT : LG Arena, Birmingham

HEARING one of the world’s top orchestras playing John Williams’ soundtrack music to all six Star Wars movies would have been joy enough.Read

STAR WARS IN CONCERT : LG Arena, Birmingham

HEARING one of the world’s top orchestras playing John Williams’ soundtrack music to all six Star Wars movies would have been joy enough.Read

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