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Richard Dawson and his band Hen Ogledd are to play two livestreamed shows later this month, including a Kids Gig

On Thursday 6th August, your local city poet Mike Skinner proved that ticketed live streams can work, and offered hope for many in the music industry

Now in its fourth season, The Crown serves us a blockbuster era of Royal dramatic tragedy, with plenty of divine retribution to boot.

In a world where our favourite tracks are at our Spotify fingertips, we’ve forgotten to appreciate the b-sides and the underdogs.

Garage rock icons Oh Sees will now play The Crossing in Birmingham this November

The best breweries in Birmingham and the surrounding area who are delivering craft beer during lockdown and UK Covid restrictions.

After a short closure, iconic Birmingham boozer The Old Crown is back in business with a bit of a facelift.

Cage Park match the sweetness and addictiveness of Parma Violets with their amazing EP of the same title. Sam Lambeth reviews.

There’s Always Tomorrow is a brutal trip down memory lane for Jimmy Davis aka T8PES, who is in the best form of his career so far