FOR Paul Andrews his love affair with Pink Floyd started when he was learning guitar at the age of 13 – unfortunately for him it was also the date of the band’s... Read more »
IT MUST have been one of the most daunting jobs in rock music – taking over from a legend like Hugh Cornwell to front The Stranglers. But somehow Baz Warne has made... Read more »
THE ballet stars of the future will be showcasing their skills in Surrey this month with a wide variety of excerpts from Toad to the Polovtsian Dances. The National Youth Ballet will... Read more »
DAVID RICHARDS will never forget the first time he took his clothes off for money – he says it left him scarred for life! “That very first time will never leave me... Read more »
FREDDIE MERCURY was such a huge musical talent it takes six singers to reproduce his range in the latest Queen tribute musical, Bohemian Rhapsody. One of them is Nathan James – the... Read more »
His buzzsaw guitar sound was an essential part of the punk sound, but now there’s a chance to hear Steve Diggle in acoustic mode. As guitarist with The Buzzcocks he came up... Read more »
ADOLF HITLER is in his Berlin bunker in 1945 and ranting violently as he awaits the inevitable collapse of the Third Reich. His words are poisonous, of course – but beware, some... Read more »
WHY would audiences flock to hear 1970s cheesy classics like YMCA, Blame It On The Boogie, We Are Family and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart? Because those old hits were the soundtrack... Read more »
Dick Whittington, New Victoria Theatre, Woking WHEN Paul Weller wrote The Jam’s 1980 No.1 hit Going Underground, I doubt if he ever imagined it would crop up in a pantomime in his home... Read more »
FOR anyone looking for an antidote to the manufactured pop of X Factor, there’s a Christmas treat in store. “It’s about people who can really sing and really play,” says Spike Edney... Read more »