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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Music « Express &amp; Star</title><description>Music reviews, previews and interviews from the Express &amp; Star in the West Midlands.</description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 13:52:28 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Specials, O2 Academy, Birmingham]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/22/review-the-specials-o2-academy-birmingham/</link><description><![CDATA[While today’s politicians are squabbling amongst themselves about welfare reforms, what to do with our disaffected youth and the double dip recession they could do a lot worse than listen to Terry Hall’s words of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/22/review-the-specials-o2-academy-birmingham/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:52 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitar expert due to play at Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre ]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/sitar-expert-due-to-play-at-wolverhamptons-arena-theatre/</link><description><![CDATA[On Saturday sitar player Roopa Panesar will perform at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/sitar-expert-due-to-play-at-wolverhamptons-arena-theatre/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:10 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grimethorpe Colliery Band at Wolverhampton Grand]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/grimethorpe-colliery-band-at-wolverhampton-grand/</link><description><![CDATA[The stars of hit British movie Brassed Off, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, will come to Wolverhampton on Sunday when they headline the city’s Grand Theatre.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/grimethorpe-colliery-band-at-wolverhampton-grand/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:43 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve Earle: I’m doing a job invented by Bob Dylan]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/earle-im-doing-a-job-invented-by-bob-dylan/</link><description><![CDATA[Legendary singer Steve Earle says  he now has the best band ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/earle-im-doing-a-job-invented-by-bob-dylan/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:43 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westlife’s Brian will wow fans at Academy]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/westlifes-brian-will-wow-fans-at-academy/</link><description><![CDATA[Former boy band star Brian McFadden will thrill West Midland fans when he headlines Birmingham’s O2 Academy on Tuesday.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/westlifes-brian-will-wow-fans-at-academy/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:25 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charting the chequered history of 2 Tone legends]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/17/charting-the-chequered-history-of-2-tone-legends/</link><description><![CDATA[The Specials’ Horace Panter remembers the band’s rise and fall. Andy Richardson spoke to him]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/17/charting-the-chequered-history-of-2-tone-legends/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:51:43 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike Marlin: My endless battle for the perfect grass path]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/mike-marlin-my-endless-battle-for-the-perfect-grass-path/</link><description><![CDATA[Singer Mike Marlin is  in Wolverhampton this evening. He took time to talk to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/mike-marlin-my-endless-battle-for-the-perfect-grass-path/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:46:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited at Symphony Hall, Birmingham]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/17/review-steve-hackett-genesis-revisited-at-symphony-hall-birmingham/</link><description><![CDATA[Who says nostalgia’s not what it used to be? First Status Quo’s classic line-up reunited for a successful tour last month and now here’s Steve Hackett turning back the clock for a show made up of songs from his time as guitarist in Genesis.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/17/review-steve-hackett-genesis-revisited-at-symphony-hall-birmingham/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:47:10 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News Pictures]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journey back to rock Birmingham LG Arena]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/14/journey-back-to-rock-birmingham-lg-arena/</link><description><![CDATA[Their British fans kept on believing for decades and now US melodic rock giants Journey are back at LG Arena and ready to rock. Keyboard player Jonathan Cain talks to Ian Harvey.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/14/journey-back-to-rock-birmingham-lg-arena/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:34:55 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Eric Clapton & His Band, LG Arena, Birmingham]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/14/review-eric-clapton-his-band-lg-arena-birmingham/</link><description><![CDATA[Moody blues and vintage rock filled the LG Arena last night when Eric Clapton, his six band members and two backing vocalists served up a two-hour-plus menu for the sit-down crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/14/review-eric-clapton-his-band-lg-arena-birmingham/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:30:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: McFly, Civic Hall, Wolverhampton]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/13/review-mcfly-civic-hall-wolverhampton/</link><description><![CDATA[Ten years ago the fresh-faced members of boyband McFly embarked on their very first tour, starting in Wolverhampton.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/13/review-mcfly-civic-hall-wolverhampton/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:51 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[News Pictures]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Big Reunion, LG Arena, Birmingham]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/13/review-the-big-reunion-lg-arena-birmingham/</link><description><![CDATA[The cheesy pop of the 90s may no longer top the charts, but that did not stop thousands of fans packing into a sold out LG Arena to see their teenage idols perform all over again.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/13/review-the-big-reunion-lg-arena-birmingham/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leona Lewis: I’m no pop puppet, I’m in control]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/weekend/2013/05/10/leona-lewis-im-no-pop-puppet-im-in-control/</link><description><![CDATA[After a three-year break, songbird Leona Lewis is back with a series of stripped-back gigs.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/weekend/2013/05/10/leona-lewis-im-no-pop-puppet-im-in-control/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weekend]]></category><category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolverhampton choir hoping for Dolly good theatre show]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/wolverhampton-choir-hoping-for-dolly-good-theatre-show/</link><description><![CDATA[A choir in Wolverhampton has been working nine-to-five as it prepares for its big night on the big stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/wolverhampton-choir-hoping-for-dolly-good-theatre-show/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[News Video]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disco star Leo Sayer to play at Bilston's Robin 2]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/08/disco-star-leo-sayer-to-play-at-bilstons-robin-2/</link><description><![CDATA[Seventies disco star Leo Sayer will perform at Bilston’s Robin 2, bosses announced today.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/08/disco-star-leo-sayer-to-play-at-bilstons-robin-2/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:59:52 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category></item></channel></rss>
