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Britney Spears baldly goes where she’s never gone before, Liam Gallagher still proves wholly intolerant of press photographers and Foxy Brown gets arrested for her latest beauty regime…
Uh oh. Things are not good on Planet Britney. The star is heading for a bona fide meltdown after completely shaving her head in the window of a […]

Showcases for new bands can often be an uninspiring way to spend a few hours, but you might make an exception for Traumattack, the Bull & Gate in Kentish Town’s monthly event. As the friend who invited me along explained, “you can never tell what it’ll be like”.
This evening, loud and thrashy Bath act Venus […]

New visitors to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s weird American art school would be forgiven for not getting past the opening tracks of either of their two albums. The New York/Pennsylvania quintet’s novelty Clap Your Hands! from their eponymous debut is a two-minute circus fanfare you’d expect to hear warming up a slovenly crowd in […]

There are currently more than five-and-a-half million Palestinian refugees worldwide; as many as the population of Scotland. More than half of these refugees are children under 15 years of age, many of those living a harsh, traumatic existence in overcrowded temporary accommodation in wartorn lands around Israel. Tonight’s gig is to raise awareness and funds […]

By ROB JONES
To my small shame, I have appeared at as many major UK music festivals as famously jeered teen pests Daphne And Celeste. Although the Ooh Stick You! shouters have been pelted with bottles of urine at more festivals than I have, it’s no consolation for spending one summer after another watching snippets of […]