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		<title>Drummer Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath in row</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward has left the band following a contract row and will no longer perform at a long-awaited reunion gig or tour.]]></description>
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		<title>Concert review &#8211; James Morrison at Birmingham O2 Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who didn’t know, James Morrison is no longer that boy with a guitar and  a nice line in ballads. He’s a man now and, judging by his demeanour on  stage last night, a fun performer who can’t help but have a good time.]]></description>
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		<title>Alan jazzes up mornings at his Lichfield café</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jazz often conjures up images of late-night sounds in dark basement  clubs – but a guitar-playing Lichfield café owner could change all that.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Jones looking forward to Birmingham O2 Academy concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been 29 years since electronic music pioneer Howard Jones burst on  to the scene with the jaunty New Song in 1983. Now he's back on tour to  play his first two albums in their entirety. Ian Harvey finds out more.]]></description>
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		<title>Puccini opera Il Trittico at Wolverhampton Light House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of the Live from the Met presentations and Summer  at Glyndebourne in 2011, Wolverhampton's Light House cinema will show  Puccini's Il Trittico as the first screening of its Music on Screen  season. Watch the video trailer.]]></description>
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		<title>John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest to play Wolverhampton</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a year of highly successful high profile concerts in 2011,  John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest have announced their most extensive  series of UK dates in some years with a British tour taking place in  October 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>New festival champions Midlands talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-established Midlands event The Big Session Festival is coming  to a new home at Catton Park, South Derbyshire. The event's organisers  are delighted to present a wealth of Midlands talent alongside  nationally acclaimed acts.]]></description>
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		<title>Midlands men urged to sing up for free choir workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/07/midlands-men-urged-to-sing-up-for-free-choir-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canoldir Male Choir has organised a free workshop in Birmingham for male  singers, experienced or otherwise, who may wish to sample the joys and  benefits of singing.]]></description>
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		<title>Sharon Jones &amp; the Dap-Kings head to Birmingham HMV Institute</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/06/sharon-jones-the-dap-kings-head-to-birmingham-hmv-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soul revivalists Sharon Jones &amp; the Dap-Kings bring their  Motown-infulenced sounds to Birmingham's HMV Institute next month.]]></description>
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		<title>Concert review &#8211; City Of London Sinfonia at Birmingham Symphony Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/06/concert-review-city-of-london-sinfonia-at-birmingham-symphony-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What superb timing – a concert celebrating a heroic struggle against the  deep freeze of the Antarctic was staged just before the most severe  weather of the winter hit the West Midlands.]]></description>
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		<title>Awolnation to play Birmingham’s HMV Institute</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/06/awolnation-to-play-birmingham%e2%80%99s-hmv-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to know how to categorise Awolnation. They span so many sub-genres that the only befitting description is ‘eclectic’.]]></description>
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		<title>Snow Patrol set for Birmingham LG Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/snow-patrol-set-for-birmingham-lg-arena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They don’t mind the comparisons with U2. After all, in the past couple  of years, Snow Patrol spent about 40 dates on the road with the world’s  biggest band.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Chiefs playing Birmingham O2 Academy</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/kaiser-chiefs-playing-birmingham-o2-academy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruby, Ruby, Ruby and I Predict a Riot lyrics will once again be sung in  venues across the country as the Kaiser Chiefs return with their first  UK tour in almost two years.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Poofs and a Piano play Artix Theatre in Bromsgrove</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/4-poofs-and-a-piano-play-artix-theatre-in-bromsgrove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known to most people as the house band for sixteen series on Friday  Night with Jonathan Ross, musical act 4 Poofs and a Piano will be  hitting the stage in the Midlands tonight.]]></description>
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		<title>Kina Grannis&#8217;s perfect weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/kina-granniss-perfect-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American singer/songwriter Kina Grannis is a web sensation, having  scored 80 million YouTube hits – including 4.3 million for the video for  her single In Your Arms. Here she shares a perfect weekend.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Ward threatens to quit Black Sabbath tour</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/bill-ward-threatens-to-quit-black-sabbath-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward is threatening to quit the reunion tour  of the band's original line-up in a row about his contract.]]></description>
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		<title>Win tickets to see The Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/02/03/win-tickets-to-see-the-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Britain’s biggest and most brilliant pop bands, The Wanted, will embark on their first ever UK Arena Tour next month.]]></description>
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		<title>Silhouettes to launch new EP in Wolverhampton</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/01/31/silhouettes-to-launch-new-ep-in-wolverhampton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wolverhampton band Silhouettes are to launch their new EP at the Slade Rooms in Wolverhampton in April.]]></description>
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		<title>The Human League head back to Wolverhampton Civic Hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighties favourites The Human League are making a return to Wolverhampton Civic Hall.]]></description>
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		<title>Russell Watson returning to Birmingham Symphony Hall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2012/01/31/russell-watson-returning-to-birmingham-symphony-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classical BRITs winner Russell Watson is to return to Birmingham Symphony Hall  performing some of his most loved songs in his own tribute to the  Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.]]></description>
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