The backlash against the Magic Numbers has already begun, with many music critics claiming the quartet s expiration date was some time ago, at any rate before the release of their second album, Those the Brokes, last month...

Rob Beeson looks at some of the pop stars and unique talents to have graced stamps over the years...

ACCORDIONS. Possibly you instantly think Jimmy Shand. Think again. There's more to this instrument than the late, lamented Jimmy and the Bluebell Polka. Indeed, its renaissance could be only a few tunes away...

As the business end of the competition draws near, both sides will be totally focused on victory to secure their berths in the top four. The Diamond Eagles have a four-point edge over the Cobras, but have played a match more...

As if things couldn’t get any worse for Britney Spears, the former pop princess has found her royalty status revoked. Having already had the American media turn their back on her; Spears is now being snubbed by Europeans...

The O.C. television series has accelerated the careers of a few indie-rock bands and artists, like Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf and Imogen Heap...

T here was something strange in the air that Tuesday night, summer of '95: the breeze was balmy but edgy, and the evening seemed extra dark and somehow uneasy...