On Thursday night I went with Matt to see Morrissey at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The last time I saw him was on his 'Your Arsenal' tour in 1992 at the NEC Atrium. In those days he was still in his Smiths-denial period and so, whilst we were treated to the best distillation of his first four albums, there were no treats in store from ( Read more... )

It's not often enough that you get to witness pure genius at work. Apparently, rather like buses, you can wait a while and then two come along almost at once. The first goes by the name of Matt Bellamy whose three-piece band, Muse, have recently released their fourth studio album. You may have heard of them. You may even like them. If you don't, ( Read more... )