The Who are absolute legends. Without them there wouldn’t have been half the rock bands there has been over the past three decades. They started trends and they created classic albums, one of which is Quadrophenia, which the band are set to play in full at a forthcoming gig.

Quadrophenia is a quality film and an even better album. And The Who are preparing to play it in full for their Royal Albert Hall gig on March 30 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

A charity concert for Children In Need will take place tomorrow (Thursday) night at the Royal Albert Hall. Muse, Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey, Dizzee Rascal, and many others will be performing, and many of the artists will be teaming up for duets. However, Take That will not be joined on stage by Robbie Williams. Apparently.

We know that Robbie Williams is going to be rejoining Take That at some point in the future, whether temporarily or permanently. It’s really just a matter of when. But it doesn’t look like it’ll be happening this week as rumored.

Last Saturday, Morrissey collapsed on stage in Swindon at the start of a gig on his latest tour. He was rushed to hospital after singing just one song during which he struggled to breathe and looked generally unfit and unwell.

But nothing, it seems, can keep Morrissey down. Three days later and he performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall, managed to complete his full set, and even felt able to joke about his collapse and health problems.

The Cranberries were one of my favorite bands for a few years during the 1990s. Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? was released in 1993, just as I hit 16, an important age when musical influences were starting to hit me big. And I also liked No Need To Argue, released a year later.

But then The Cranberries kind of fell off my musical radar and I assume I moved on to newer bands. They finally split in 2003 but it had been a few years since they’d truly been successful by then. But now, they’re back, preparing …read more

Pete Doherty was released early from his prison sentence involving drugs on May 6th, and immediately revealed plans to record a duet with fellow druggie and supposed new best friend Amy Winehouse.
However, the plans haven’t exactly gone to plan.
While they’re still on to duet together at Doherty’s rescheduled Royal Albert Hall gig, plans for a new song from the pair have reportedly hit a problem, namely that Winehouse isn’t happy with any of the material Doherty has come up with for the pair to sing.
The pair are said to have been inseparable since his release from prison with Winehouse …read more

Last month saw Pete Doherty sent to prison for 14 weeks for breaching a probation order revolving around his drug habit.
However, this morning just 29 days (or 4 weeks) in to his sentence, he was released from Wormwood Scrubs jail in London for good behaviour.
He then wasted no time in trying to get his faltering career back on track, by agreeing to now play the Glastonbury Festival set which it was thought he’d miss while in jail, and promising to reschedule the Royal Albert Hall gig he cancelled from April 26th.
What’s more, The Daily Mirror are reporting that keen …read more

Well at least The Park Stage. We already know that Jay-Z, Kings of Leon and The Verve will headline the main Pyramid Stage, but now it looks as like Britain’s resident junkie (male version of Amy Winehouse) will be the big draw on The Park Stage.
According to NME, Doherty will play a solo show on the stage, rather than playing a set with his band Babyshambles.
As much as I dislike the guy, and would pay NOT to see him live, he certainly has the capacity to bring the crowds in, after selling out his recently announced show at the Royal …read more

Every year since November 2000, a series of gigs have been held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, in aid of the The Teenage Cancer Trust. Tickets for this year’s gigs went on sale this morning, but the last night, with Muse headlining, has already sold out.
In fact, it had sold out by the time I got out of bed and wearily checked the site ready to buy two tickets at 11am. Just an hour after they went on sale.
British music fans need not fear though, as there’s still the chance to catch The Fratellis, and a special evening …read more