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Jon Perks

Jon Perks

Review: Elbow at Carling Academy, Birmingham

Elbow are one of the most underrated bands - and in Garvey they have a most charismatic frontman with one of the most distinctive and powerful voices. Read

What Kate Lawler did next

Kate Lawler isn’t your average ex-reality TV show contestant. She has a proper job. The Kerrang! Radio DJ spoke to Jon Perks about Birmingham, Big Brother – and boys. Read

Through the keyhole

There's certainly a sense you're walking in the footsteps of Loyd Grossman as you enter the show apartment at Crosby's i-land. Read

Kelly Osbourne: All grown up now

Kelly Osbourne has come a long way since she first appeared as a feisty teenager on MTV reality show The Osbournes Read

Review: Duffy, at the Glee Club, Birmingham

If there's a hotter venue than the Glee Club right now? This week it was the turn of Duffy, another of the new batch of fabulous female singers. Read

A Hot Chip party but the sound was fried

Hot Chip at Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton Read

Everything begins again with an E

Mark Everett, aka Eels frontman E, tells Jon Perks how he's cleared the decks for the next (hopefully uneventful) chapter of his life. Read

Heard the latest news - Editors are back in town

Jon Perks speaks to Editor-in-Chief Tom Smith Read

Author Profile

The Birmingham Post's Magazines Editor, Jon has been a journalist since the early 90s, working on a range of titles including The Birmingham Metro news, Sunday Mercury and most recently, What's On, SelectLiving and CityLiving, which he has edited for the last three years. When he is not slaving over a hot computer, Jon is a keen (if not outstanding) hockey player and likes Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain.

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