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Tomorrow is the tenth birthday of Radio Five Live, the BBC’s News and Sport network. Which makes today the tenth anniversary of the closure ...

CHILLING YOUR MARROW: Never mind "London will be the subject of a terrorist attack, it is inevitable" - is there anything more fr...

YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET, BABY: If you're reading our piece yesterday on the BPI's earnest desire that people don't s...

PINK'S NOT DEAD RUDE: The thing we like the best about Pink's live show is that she uses the inflatable dolls to take the place of ...

'GUILTY' VERDICT IN ZAPATA TRIAL: After three days of deliberation, the jury in the Mia Zapata murder trial have returned a guilty ...

WILLIE APPEALS TO BUSH: So, the navy wants to take over some land in North Carolina for practice, and YahooWillie Nelson clings to the hope...

DON'T TELL ME THE DREAM IS OVER, I LIVE IN A DREAM: It's like the end of, well, not an era. It's more like the end of a tube of...

UNION IN MOTION: Okay, it's not the teaching union, so it must be the rapper Nas about to tour the UK . Dates where you can see him shi...

DO AS DADDY TELLS YOU: Pretty much in the same way that Blair had to struggle to find reasons to support Bush in his war on Iraq, so that h...

BAD REVIEW: We were delighted a couple of Corries back when the Weatherfield Recorder ran Ken Barlow's review of the Webster child'...

COSTELLO READIES PEN, ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER: We're half convinced that Elvis Costello has only agreed to write two books purely to allow...

H-A-R-M-OW: Trouble at SXSW: Har Mar Superstar loses it after he gets hit in the face by a giant penis - although it was when the cock-tos...

CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S A BABY SHAMBLES: Pete Doherty's side project Babyshambles are set to launch a debut single - just 2,000 CDs ...

HAVE THEY COME ACROSS THE INTERNET BEFORE?: That interview which has been doing the rounds for a couple of weeks - the Century FM one where...

DOES WHAT EVER A SPIDER CAN: We're loving more and more the Distillers round our way. Although the recording of soundtracks for compute...

BROWN DRIES EYES, LEAVES COURT: You know, we'd have sobbed like a baby if we'd been sent down, too, but there's good news for B...

ME AGAINST THE MUSIC: You can't fault her ability to sniff out a bandwagon and clamber aboard - Madnna is joining the growing ebb of po...

THE OSBOURNES AND THE LOVES: ITS LIKE A VERY BAD SOAP OPERA: Oh, god, it's like two Liz McDonalds at once: Courtney and Sharon Osbourne...

LET'S HOPE THOM YORKE BREAKS HIS FINGER OFF ANYWAY: With a heart sinking at the certainty that someone, somewhere is already dubbing th...

JACKSON LEAVES WORLD TO FEND FOR ITSELF: We're considering producing a 'more bad news for Michael Jackson' template to save our...

FIRE PUT OUT: The less-than-tactful Great White Burning House of Love compilation is being pulled from the stores . The band's manageme...

BOYS LIKE YOU... ARE BAD THROUGH AND THROUGH...: Ah, pity the poor plight of the British Theatre. Where once Shaw and Wilde held court, now...

MTV BLINKS FIRST: MTV has backed down in its battle with indie labels , having calculated that they really were prepared to wipe Eminem-to-...

IPSWICH... ARE YOU READY TO SWAY MILDLY?: We're not sure why we're bringing you the Will Young tour dates , but here they are: May...

ARE THERE NO JUDGES WHO'LL SIDE WITH A SINGER?: Bad news in court for Michael Jackson, who's had many of his claims for unpaid roya...

BROWN IN THE RED, SO HE'S BACK IN THE POUND: Bobby Brown broke down and sobbed as he realised he was heading straight into jail again ,...

HALLELUJAH AND GLORY TO GOD: All she was asking for was a little bedrest, and she got it - Aretha's out of hospital following what was ...

WHAT THE POP PAPERS SAY: Courtney and Malcolm punks not dead edition So, it’s been a grim week on the outskirts of the music press, with T...

INDIES TO MTV: YOU'RE NOT COOL ANY MORE: Are we just vultures, or is everyone enjoying the indies versus MTV battle? Yesterday, MTV tri...

HONESTLY, VICTORIA, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO PROVE TO US: She's become like a woman possessed, seemingly desperate to have a number on...