After going to see The Feeling at the beginning of March, and loving it so much, me and my friends were on the lookout for the next big gig to buy tickets for and attend.

A quick search on GigsandTours.com later, and we decided to purchase tickets for the Sugababes at the Manchester Apollo on the 2nd of April.

Even though the tickets had been on sale for months, there were a few remaining, and we struck lucky.

I approached the gig with part excitement, part trepidation, as it was to be the most “Pop” concert I’ve ever been to. In fact, before this The Feeling was probably the most mainstream.

We arrived just as the girls came on stage, and they immediately had a presence which filled the venue, and drew the attention of every set of eyes watching them.

The audience was a bit of a shock to me, someone who hasn’t really attended quite so mainstream before, with a lot of young kids in attendance, one of whom fell asleep on the floor in front of me half way through the set.

The gig consisted of run-down of their greatest hits, with a few tracks from their current album thrown in for good measure. They started with Hole In The Head and Round Round before mixing it up a bit for the first of numerous occasions.

Unlike an Indie or Rock band, the Sugababes, with their lack of instruments, aside from their gorgeous voices, have to rely on more than just the music to leave punters satisfied with a good show.

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One of my favourite British bands, and one who don’t get the recognition, or chart success they deserve, have announced their upcoming US tour, and this is my call to arms for all of you Americans reading this to go and see them live.

At the end of last month, The Cribs announced the addition of a fourth member, that being legendary Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, to their line up, and now they are heading out on a US tour.

The run of shows will begin in Houston on March 11, and end in Los Angeles on April 4.

The line-up includes two live performances at the SXSW festival in Austin, where according to NME, “the band will perform at the venues La Zona Rosa and Stubbs in the daytime and evening, respectively.”

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Ever since Led Zeppelin got back together for their “one off” reunion concert at the London 02 Arena, there has been intense speculation about a full tour, and the possibilities of a permanent reunion.

It would certainly be the only way to please, and appease the hundreds of thousands of fans who weren’t able to see their comeback in December.

Jimmy Page has now made comments to reporters in Tokyo which could (if you read between the lines) signal that a world tour is a definite possibility. He said:

“I can assure you the amount of work that we put into the O2, for ourselves rehearsing and the staging of it was probably what you put into a world tour.”

“Robert Plant has a parallel project running and he’s really busy with that project,” he explained. “Certainly until September, so I can’t give you any news.”

So, hardly a confirmation, but at least a signalling of intent that the business isn’t over and done with.

Knowing my luck, the Zep will indeed get properly back together and embark on a full tour, and I will again miss out on tickets. Maybe this time, I’d scour eBay for them, and pay way over the asking price… it’s got to be worth it surely?!

The Spice Girls are currently on a huge world tour, which they have spectacularly managed to sell out everywhere.

But despite the hundreds of thousands of people paying a fortune to see the reformed girl group, if you believe Geri Halliwell’s latest claim, the girls won’t make a penny from it.

The widespread belief up to now has been that the girls were offered, and accepted, millions of pounds each to get back together and embark on one last tour as a fivesome.

It’s no surprise that the girls haven’t always got on that well, so I would imagine any less than a million, and they’d have all stayed in bed instead.

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The Led Zeppelin reunion concert was such a massive success that there have obviously been massive calls from the public, especially fans who couldn’t get tickets for the one off gig, for a full UK, or world tour.

I am with them, wishing the existing members would just bite the bullet and give everyone what they want.

But not everyone shares this view, and unfortunately that number includes Jason Bonham, John’s son, and the man who drummed at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert.

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Ever since Take That announced their intention to get back together, fans and music industry pundits alike have been wondering if and when Robbie Williams would join his old sparring partners to become a five piece again.

It hasn’t happened yet, but doesn’t seem to have badly affected Take That’s comeback, with them looking fitter, and recording better music than ever before.

But, Robbie Williams’ mum has now revealed that she thinks Robbie will join his old group at some point in the future, telling the Stoke Sentinel via Digital Spy:

“On the question of him doing something with them, I feel that will happen. It would be something he wanted to do.”

She also said that her son was happy with Take That’s recent success, and would enjoy a reunion tour with the lads.

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The Spice Girls may have had a very successful comeback in terms of ticket sales for their world tour, but their comeback single ‘Headlines’ bombed, despite being in aid of the Children In Need charity, and they got some heat last week for miming rather than singing live on television.

Now, John McClure, lead singer of the Reverend and the Makers has launched a scathing attack on the group, questioning their motives for returning and flinging some quite personal insults.

He told the Daily Star newspaper:

“The Spice Girls are in it for the money. They’re totally devoid of talent and everyone knows why they’re back. All these reunions of old codgers like them is f**king rubbish.”

“The Spice Girls look like d**kheads, walking around in PVC like grandmas.”

Hang on a minute, they’re not THAT old, although I agree that Posh Spice looks like a drag queen, who has been dressed by blind midgets, in the video for ‘Headlines’.

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The Spice Girls go together this week to record the promo video for new single Headlines ahead of setting of on their record breaking world tour. The problem is the get together allegedly saw all five girls arguing, crying and generally acting like divas.

The Sun newspaper are reporting that when the girls got together at Pinewood Studios to record the video for the Children In Need single, all hell broke loose in a fir or petty quarrels which almost lead to the band splitting up again before their comeback even officially begins.

The video shoot ran until 3am, which prompted new mum Emma Bunton to cry like a spoilt child. Mel B spent the whole day complaining about her jetlag after flying in from LA earlier in the day. Geri Halliwell insisted on a particular brand of water, and also held up recording by constantly wanting to meditate.

Victoria Beckham meanwhile went in to diva overdrive being constantly followed around by an assistant bearing champagne and fruit. Mel C, always the most down to earth, just wanted to go home!

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The Spice Girls have sold out the first London date on their epic World tour within 38 seconds. Tickets went on sale at 9am this morning, and all had been snapped up by the time it took me to climb out of bed.

Over a million people registered for the chance to purchase tickets and there will be a lot of disappointed people sat in their bedrooms crying right now. But to make them feel instantly better the girl group announced a further 3 London dates on the tour to fill demand for tickets.

Ticket prices for the gigs are between £55 and £75 each, which is a bargain when compared to the £125 upwards being charged for the Led Zeppelin comeback gig. And even more of a bargain when you consider that a pair of tickets was straight away put on auction site eBay for £900.

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Robert Plant has dashed the hopes of everyone who failed to get a ticket for the one off Led Zeppelin reunion concert in November by stating there will be no full tour forthcoming.

The Led Zeppelin frontman told the Daily Express:

“We need to do one last great show, because we’ve done some shows, and they’ve been crap.”

“I know I’m getting on, when I come back from touring I’m shocked to find a lot of my mates tend to be going to bed far too early, and that means I should probably be doing the same. Maybe I should stop having a good time and get old.”

This news is a real shame and I actually can’t see the logic in it. Purely going on the amount of people who applied for tickets to the one off 02 Arena gig on November 26th (Over a million) it’s easy to see that Led Zeppelin would have no trouble selling out a World tour let alone a UK Arena tour.

I suppose the problem is that they hardly need the money do they. Led Zeppelin may have been tempted out of retirement to support The Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund but there just isn’t the temptation there for them to go out on the road and slog their guts out, no matter how many people would give their right arm for a ticket.