Heaven knows I'm happy now - Top Of The Pops returns

The year was 1984. It was a damp Thursday night, and I was a moody 11-year-old marooned on the sofa in a dark corner of the West Country watching Top of the Pops.
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Music review - Kings of Leon

They're hard workers, I'll give them that. Ever since they first appeared in 2003, the Kings of Leon have toured relentlessly, criss-crossing the globe and – if you believe the stories – leaving a trail of ravished maidens and STDs in their wake.
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Music review - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

The last time I saw Nick Cave he was shopping for groceries in Marks & Spencer. It's not a sight you expect to see – the latter-day harbinger of the apocalypse clutching a wire basket and scanning the ready-meal section.
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Music review - Ida Maria, Komedia, Brighton

'I'm sorry I haven't broken a rib yet," remarks Ida Maria, the Riot Grrl-esque punk-pop diva and, if you're seduced by the hype, Scandinavia's hottest new export.
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Guns 'n' Roses and the lost album

It's taken 14 years, but Guns N' Roses finally release their sixth album tomorrow. Will it be worth the wait? Late, says Fiona Sturges, doesn't always mean great
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Indie icon required

There's a vacancy for a feisty female to represent the current musical scene, says Fiona Sturges. And, with the demise of The Long Blondes this week, their lead singer Kate Jackson could be just the woman for the job
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Sarah Silverman: Woman on the edge

When Sarah Silverman performs her first British stand-up show tonight, no taboo will go unbroken. But is she merely a pretty girl with a filthy mouth, or is there more to her comedy than equal-opportunities offensiveness? By Fiona Sturges
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Dark Star

Twenty years after her death, Nico – actress, singer, model and muse – is more revered than ever, says Fiona Sturges
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Memphis Belle

Fiona Sturges meets Amy LaVere, the multi-talented singer and actress
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Philip Glass: Confessions of a chameleon

He's worked with everyone from Scorsese to Bowie to Doris Lessing. On the eve of a major retrospective, the composer Philip Glass spills his session-room secrets
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Music review - The Gutter Twins, Komedia, Brighton

They could be secondary schoolteachers. If you saw them setting up for an afternoon's busking you would probably hold on to your change, assuming a dreary MOR rock band.
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Music review - White Denim

"More cowbell!" cries a man in a severe state of excitement. It's not necessarily what you expect to hear at a gig from one of the most hotly tipped garage rock bands of the year, but then White Denim don't do things by the book.
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Music review - Spiritualized, Concorde, Brighton

Following a near-death experience, some people enjoy a new lease of life, resolving to replace their dreary nine-to-five existence with a fun-filled schedule of adventure sports. Others indulge in some soul-searching, chastened by their brush with the grim reaper.
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The last days of an icon

A new exhibition offers a revealing and intimate portrait of Sid Vicious, and includes many pictures never before seen of the most infamous of punk icons. Here, the photographer Eileen Polk, a close friend who was with Sid on the night he died, talks to Fiona Sturges about the last days of a music legend
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Come on over to the dark side

The Zutons are happy to be back – be it on the music scene or in their homeland. Fiona Sturges meets the group's sombre lead singer, Dave McCabe
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Theatre review - An Infinite Line, Brighton

The Brighton Festival may pride itself on being an event of national standing but, in terms of its themes and preoccupations, it's still very much a local affair.
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Music review: Eels, Dome, Brighton

Many musicians claim to have been saved by rock'n'roll but Mark Oliver Everett – singer, songwriter and driving force behind the US band Eels – wouldn't be alive without it.
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Chris Robinson: the Black Crowes return

Sitting cross-legged on a sofa in a London hotel, Chris Robinson is reflecting on how, nearly 20 years ago, his band The Black Crowes crept in under the radar and stole the rock'n'roll crown. Read more...

These Charming Men: Making it as Morrissey

What possesses people to dress up as the most elusive of pop icons? Fiona Sturges goes in search of the men who would be Morrissey Read more...

Mark Everett: 'I'm one of the lucky people'

Dad: heart attack. Mum: cancer. Sister: suicide. What did Mark Everett turn to for consolation? Rock'n'roll, writing and the love of a good dog Read more