As our friends across the pond tuck into their overcooked turkey and grits, I thought it appropriate to take a moment and think about just what I’m thankful for this year. Here’s my list for 2011…

Photo credit: Becky Rui (www.beckyrui.com) It’s the 25-year anniversary of Wham! The Final and to celebrate, we caught up with Wham!ettes Pepsi and Shirlie to talk about the old days. Still close after all these years, the pair were a hoot to interview, cackling their way through a forest of memories…

Erasure, The Roundhouse, London – October 25th 2011 I first saw Erasure on The Innocents tour in 1988 at the Hammersmith Apollo. Back then, Andy Bell was a blur of glitter and glamour, belting out the group’s hits while camping it to the max. For a teenager from Southend, this was about the most intoxicating [...]

Gary Barlow, once of Take That fame and now the X Factor’s Alpha Male, has announced he’s doing his first UK solo shows for over 11 years at the ‘In Support of Young People’ Concert in aid of The Prince’s Trust and The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry. The gigs will take place [...]

Lady Antebellum are only four years old, yet they’re one of the biggest groups in the world right now, winning both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at this year’s Grammys for the delicious Need You Now. Looking to bring the UK up to speed with their crossover country sound, the band [...]

I’ll admit it – I’m a Steps fan. I spent most of my 20s with my hands raised to my head in Tragedy pose and many drunken nights beside a smoke machine perfecting the moves to One For Sorrow – and I wasn’t alone. Steps are a not-so-guilty pleasure which might explain why they spent [...]

Stuck for a Christmas present for that special woman/gay man in your life? Then Take That have the answer. The DVD of their record-breaking Progress tour comes out next month and we’ve got a sneak peak of what you can expect – namely, enormous crowds, Robbie over-egging the pudding and a general aura of world-conquering [...]

I’m early for my meeting with The Drums and it’s just started to lash down with rain. In a bid to avoid getting drenched, I run into the cafe we’ve arranged to meet at in London’s Shoreditch and just miss taking Professor Green’s eye out with my brolly. Clearly, this is the cafe du jour [...]

Andy Bell is set to unveil his excessively knobbly knees on the masses once more as electro-pop supremos Erasure return with a new album Tomorrow’s World and tour to back it up, which has arrived in the UK this month to share the love here. In the meantime enjoy this video montage that accompanies their [...]

Slightly bonkers superstar Susan Boyle returned to America’s Got Talent amid standing ovations recently to perform a world exclusive premiere of new single You Have To Be There from her upcoming third album, Someone to Watch Over Me. Said track was written by Abba legends Benny & Bjorn, originally hitting its stride in their popular [...]