Concert

Manic Street Preachers to perform again

Music Gossip

15 Jan 2012

Manic Street Preachers will still play live in 2012. The 'A Design for Life' group had planned to go on an indefinite hiatus after a huge show at London's the O2 last December - in which they performed their last 38 singles - but now admit they are…

Tori Amos played gay gig at 13

Music Gossip

14 Jan 2012

Tori Amos played her first gig in a gay bar when she was just 13 years old. The 'Professional Widow' hitmaker always knew she wanted to be a professional musician and says the shows - to which she was accompanied by her minister father - taught her a…

Lily Allen's Winehouse 'honour'

Music Gossip

10 Jan 2012

Lily Allen would be "honoured" to play at an Amy Winehouse tribute concert. The 'Smile' hitmaker - who has retired from the music business and is concentrating on raising her two-month-old baby Ethel with her husband, Sam, in Gloucestershire - would…

Metallica working on 3D film

Music Gossip

9 Jan 2012

Metallica are working on a 3D concert film. The 'Enter Sandman' heavy metal band are in the "very early stages of production" for the self-financed movie, expected to be released in summer next year. The band said: "There is indeed a 3D project…

The Stone Roses reform to play dates at Manchester's Heaton Park in summer 2012

19 Oct 2011

As you’ve no doubt heard, yet another cornerstone of the British music establishment has chosen to dust off its bucket hat and have it large with a reunion tour. This is no ordinary by-the-numbers reformation, though. This is The Stone Roses. Capable…

Lou Reed's Berlin

17 Jul 2008

CONCERT MOVIE (12A) 85min In 1973, Lou Reed was primed for a stellar pop career, following up the success of Transformer’s glam pop thrills with Berlin, an ambitious rock opera showcasing Reed’s versatile capabilities. But Berlin tanked, both…

Shine a Light

10 Apr 2008

DOCUMENTARY/CONCERT (12A) 122min It was customary in early Greek and Roman books to have the portrait of the author on the opening page. Martin Scorsese brings this tradition to his Rolling Stones concert movie. The opening exchanges depict the…