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The O2 announces second Rod Stewart date after ‘phenomenal demand’
Rod Stewart has added a second and final show to his ‘Time’ tour at The O2 in London in September.
Album review: Sigur Rós – Kveikur
Their trademark glacial, widescreen and delicate beauty is blown into stormier waters following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson. The result? No lifeboats needed.
Album review: Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
The Paul Weller-endorsed, choppy Brit-rock boy returns, but is there any staying power beneath the bold sonic bluster?
Brick Lane Comedy Festival cancelled after opposition from community groups
A comedy festival in east London due to feature acts including Al Murray, Alan Davies and Ed Byrne has been cancelled because of “heavy opposition from local community groups”.
Music review: Josh Groban’s All That Echoes tour at The O2
The last time Josh Groban was in London on tour he played the Hammersmith Apollo, a relatively small, pretty intimate venue.
Have a whale of a time at Moby Dick! The Musical
A musical theatre group is getting ready to make a splash with its latest show, a St Trinian’s-esque production.
Graeae’s tale of limbless knight to ask theatre-goers at Greenwich festival what it means to be alive
Jenny Sealey, co-director of the London 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony, writes about a new production by Hackney-based disabled-led theatre company Graeae, which will be shown at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival.
Film review: Man of Steel
When Christopher Nolan rebooted Batman in 2005, everyone breathed a sigh of relief - at last, the days of cheesy, over the top superhero films was over, in their place, new, darker, grittier retellings.
In pictures: 13 London buildings pick up top architectural award
Modernist family houses in Tower Hamlets, a sculptural Energy Centre at the Olympic Park and a state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre in Camden are among 13 buildings in London which have been given a national architectural award.
Picture gallery: Man of Steel premiere
A little rain didn’t prove to be kryptonite for the stars of the new Superman film as they descended on Leicester Square for the premiere of the movie.
Popstars take to Thames stage in G8 poverty campaign
Singer-songwriter Paloma Faith joined other artists to perform outside the Tate Modern gallery this afternoon as part of a campaign to fight world poverty.
Arts See all
- In pictures: 13 London buildings pick up top architectural award
- Popstars take to Thames stage in G8 poverty campaign
- Design Museum to recreate original Paul Smith boutique
- Picasso’s work to auction at ‘accessible’ prices in London sale
- Exhibition review: Today I’ve Been You by Christian Vogt
- John Constable masterpiece acquired in Tate deal
- Tate Modern ‘live encounters’ artist up for Turner Prize
- Outgoing National Theatre chief says ‘contradiction at heart’ of government’s art funding approach
Books See all
- Romance and politics mix for Sandra Howard
- Sophie McKenzie reaches out to a more grown-up audience
- Hilary Mantel misses out on awards treble at London ceremony
- Malorie Blackman will fight library closures as Children’s Laureate
- Tina Seskis took big steps to pen ‘One Step Too Far’
- From dog in night-time to a tortoise enclosure at London Zoo
- Dannie Abse ponders fleeting inspiration in new poetry collection
- Sebastian Faulks in discussion with Mariella Frostrup at Woolwich Centre
Cinema See all
- Film review: Man of Steel
- Collectable Bond watch could sell at Christie’s for £60,000 after turning up at car boot sale
- Film review: The Great Gatsby
- DVD review: The Last Stand
- ‘Titan of cinema’ Bryan Forbes dies at 86
- Fast And Furious 6 ‘will not be the last’, says Vin Diesel at Leicester Square premiere
- Film review: Iron Man 3
Days Out See all
- Watch out, a clumsy anteater’s about at London Zoo’s late-night events
- Works depicting psychological consequences of nuclear tests to exhibit in capital
- Things to do in London to mark 60 years since Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation
- London Eye capsule renamed in honour of Queen’s coronation
- Signed Shakespeare property deed goes on display at London Metropolitan Archives
Music See all
- The O2 announces second Rod Stewart date after ‘phenomenal demand’
- Album review: Sigur Rós – Kveikur
- Album review: Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
- Popstars take to Thames stage in G8 poverty campaign
- Musicians find new way to protest as they urge G8 to act on world hunger
Showbiz See all
- Brick Lane Comedy Festival cancelled after opposition from community groups
- Music review: Josh Groban’s All That Echoes tour at The O2
- Have a whale of a time at Moby Dick! The Musical
- Graeae’s tale of limbless knight to ask theatre-goers at Greenwich festival what it means to be alive
- Film review: Man of Steel
Theatre See all
- Graeae’s tale of limbless knight to ask theatre-goers at Greenwich festival what it means to be alive
- I have come to terms with ‘older women’ roles, says Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall
- Old postal sorting office to host unconventional production
- Jeeves and Wooster stage production to hit the West End
- War Horse puppet to tread turf at Uefa Champions League final
