Paul Weller

Our pick of this week’s live music

This week’s gigs on sale include New Order and Reel Big Fish.

London’s always had a bit of a soft spot for the MINI. In the 1960s, the car was an innovation, and a global icon at a time when exciting, stylish London was indisputably the centre of the world. This Londonista has certainly had to watch …

To titivate your lunch hour, we loitered around a dusty blond Paul Weller this morning outside a mansion block on George Street, W1 talking vocal coaches with a very trendy, be-dark glassed young man while waiting for a cab. Man alive, Mr Weller still looks …

The second night of iTunes Live is one for the serious muso fan. You know Glasvegas mean business when you see James Allen and his gang in black take to the stage. Latest single ‘Geraldine’ is fantastic live, with a wall of sound built from …

The average London house price has risen to its highest level yet: £250,907. Oh joy. Imperial College London has split from University of London. Wonder who’ll get custody of the kids. The much anticipated Adventure Playground of the Year award has gone to the Fredericks …

It’s a curtailed Troll this week, as, frankly, there isn’t much exciting news in the world of TV. That predictable crowd-pleaser Brat Camp (Wed 9pm C4) is back, and the little treasures this year are just as toxically obnoxious as ever. Somehow, the tantrums of …

We bet you didn’t know that this year’s Brit Awards are the 26th, unless of course you remembered that last year’s were the 25th. Taking place at a venue that won’t look at all like the soulless aircraft hanger that is Earl’s Court when it’s …