http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/ Check out our rock and pop music section for the latest on Midlands and Birmingham gigs and bands. Including reviews on r 'n' b, country, folk and more. en-gb Birmingham Post http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/23/ozzy-still-a-living-legend-65233-21392833/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/23/ozzy-still-a-living-legend-65233-21392833/ Ozzy Osbourne is to be crowned a "living legend" in the 2008 Classic Rock Roll of Honour. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/22/mercury-music-prize-finalists-announced-65233-21382769/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:04:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/22/mercury-music-prize-finalists-announced-65233-21382769/ Albums by Radiohead, Estelle, Last Shadow Puppets and Adele have all been nominated for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/18/a-sassy-young-aussie-called-vassy-65233-21365738/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/18/a-sassy-young-aussie-called-vassy-65233-21365738/ Andrew Cowen meets ambitious new singer Vassy who rolls into Birmingham today http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/14/sharleen-has-come-a-long-way-from-texas-65233-21337178/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/07/14/sharleen-has-come-a-long-way-from-texas-65233-21337178/ Sharleen Spiteri tells Andy Welch why she's finally ready to do her own thing. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/30/hop-farm-festival-out-to-buck-the-trend-65233-21202994/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/30/hop-farm-festival-out-to-buck-the-trend-65233-21202994/ With Glastonbury out of the way, the summer festival season is in full swing, but Emma Brady spoke to promoter Vince Power on why size doesn't matter to music fans. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/24/bon-jovi-electrify-at-the-ricoh-arena-65233-21145616/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:38:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/24/bon-jovi-electrify-at-the-ricoh-arena-65233-21145616/ American band Bon Jovi rocked a crowd of more than 30,000 fans at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/24/review-goldfrapp-at-the-symphony-hall-65233-21141996/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/24/review-goldfrapp-at-the-symphony-hall-65233-21141996/ Alison Goldfrapp is, like Jarvis Cocker, Kate Bush, Morrissey and Mark E Smith, an English original, a one-off worth celebrating. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/23/shy-guy-meat-loaf-s-not-just-in-it-for-the-bread-65233-21136630/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/23/shy-guy-meat-loaf-s-not-just-in-it-for-the-bread-65233-21136630/ Interviewing Meat Loaf is an intimidating prospect. The scary image of him as an overweight force of nature with long, sweat-drenched hair stuck to his forehead, singing one of his overblown ballads, looms large in my mind. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/20/doobie-brothers-legend-mcdonald-plays-birmingham-65233-21124259/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:21:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/20/doobie-brothers-legend-mcdonald-plays-birmingham-65233-21124259/ How many white singers are capable of pulling off creditable performances of soul classics immortalised by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles? The answer, probably, can be found on the fingers of one hand. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/16/handsworth-s-ambitious-new-musical-revolution-65233-21083019/ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/16/handsworth-s-ambitious-new-musical-revolution-65233-21083019/ An historic recording studio in Handsworth has been reinvented as a communitybased centre for music and arts technology. Terry Grimley takes the tour. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/12/sex-pistols-at-the-carling-academy-birmingham-65233-21060873/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/12/sex-pistols-at-the-carling-academy-birmingham-65233-21060873/ There might have been more Grecian 2000s than six-inch Mohicans at Birmingham’s Carling Academy on Wednesday night, but the snarling pantomime of Johnny Rotten was unmistakeable. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/06/stevie-wonder-announces-birmingham-concert-65233-21037016/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:24:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/06/stevie-wonder-announces-birmingham-concert-65233-21037016/ Motown legend Stevie Wonder will visit Birmingham this September as part of his first European tour in more than a decade. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/06/sheldon-man-loses-royalties-claim-against-busted-65233-21034835/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:49:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/06/sheldon-man-loses-royalties-claim-against-busted-65233-21034835/ A Birmingham man who was a founding member of boy band Busted has lost his claim over unpaid royalties at the High Court in London. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/blues-pioneer-bo-diddley-dies-of-heart-failure-65233-21012645/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:37:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/blues-pioneer-bo-diddley-dies-of-heart-failure-65233-21012645/ Legendary Blues musician Bo Diddley died today aged 79. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/review-the-flyover-show-at-hockley-circus-65233-21010636/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/review-the-flyover-show-at-hockley-circus-65233-21010636/ Not the kind of space in which most of us would usually care to linger, the grim undercroft of Hockley Flyover proved ideally suited to an experimental community arts festival. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/jason-pierce-back-from-the-dead-65233-21010779/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/jason-pierce-back-from-the-dead-65233-21010779/ Spiritualized's Jason Pierce tells Andy Welch how a brush with death brought new life to his music. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/review-avril-lavigne-at-the-nec-arena-65233-21010780/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/06/02/review-avril-lavigne-at-the-nec-arena-65233-21010780/ She's sweet-looking, but has an edge of rock star confidence. She pens love songs, ballads and full-on rock songs with more than a hint of grunge to them. Avril Lavigne is a hero to many a little girl, too. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/30/soweto-kinch-gets-his-flyover-show-on-the-road-65233-20998526/ Fri, 30 May 2008 12:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/30/soweto-kinch-gets-his-flyover-show-on-the-road-65233-20998526/ Soweto Kinch tells Terry Grimley why the Hockley flyover is the ideal place to showcase the best of Britain’s and Birmingham’s urban culture.  http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/26/review-martha-wainwright-at-symphony-hall-65233-20975534/ Mon, 26 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/26/review-martha-wainwright-at-symphony-hall-65233-20975534/ While Andy Abrahams was finishing last in Eurovision over in Serbia, Martha Wainwright was giving Brummies a sublime taste of Europe. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/26/tapes-n-tapes-go-global-65233-20975516/ Mon, 26 May 2008 10:53:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/05/26/tapes-n-tapes-go-global-65233-20975516/ Simon Harper discovers why the internet has been good to Tapes 'n Tapes.