Every week sees gigs by Emerging Icons artists take place up and down the country. New music fans across the UK have the chance to witness some of the freshest acts to emerge on the scene and we're here to let you know well in advance of those shows that are just too good to miss.

  Ellie Goulding is a rarity in today's pop market; freely straddling the guises of earnest singer-songwriter and international pop sensation without breaking pitch or stride, her ability as a live musician, performer and vocalist has helped propel her career further than was ever anticipated.

Oblivion is an insultingly cynical, derivative and lazy clot of a film with clear aspirations for mediocrity; a meritless exercise in propheteering with a genuine contempt for its audience.

Phoebe Price is very well known in certain circles, just not the circles she wants to be known in. The D-list 'celebrity' who once appeared in an e...

I first met Baroness Thatcher at Stringfellows, for a Conservative fundraiser I hosted in 2005. It was a Sunday night and none of our dancers were performing. I had been told by the organisers that it would be a good idea not to have the dancers there. But Lady Thatcher had a surprise in store. In the middle of the evening, she looked me directly in the eye and asked: "Where are your girls?"

TV mogul Simon Cowell has insisted that he "couldn't care less" if people think that he is gay - and admitted that he hires some women because he fanc...

Holby City star Rosie Marcel has married the man who supported her when she was stalked by a fan, at a "crazy, silly wedding" in Las Vegas. The act...

CHART TOPPERS They waited 19 years to hit the top of the charts but PJ and Duncan, aka television's Ant and Dec, held on to the top spot for just o...

Both the BBC and ITV were left able to claim victory in the Saturday night ratings battle after millions tuned in to watch The Voice and Ant and Dec's...

Friday marks the 19th anniversary of the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994, leaving behind daughter...

Wow. This 43 year old man was transported back to 1982 when I was just turning 13, had my collection of Star Wars figures and finding first love. Filmmaker Andy Dodd has captured that moment beautifully in It's a Love Thing.

The latest series of Made In Chelsea is upon us and I once again feel queasy, can someone pass the bucket? Why do we always insist on celebrating excess? It is absolutely beyond me why so many watch this glorified tripe. It is quite literally the television equivalent of manure.

A comedian will appear in court today charged with going on to a football pitch ahead of a big Premier League match. Simon Brodkin, 35, was held by...

TV hosts Ant and Dec were celebrating their first number one single on Sunday - 17 years after their chart career came to an end. The duo prompted ...

BBC Television Centre closes its doors today after 53 years of history. The Grade II listed building in west London has been a centre of creativity...

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber had his pet monkey Mally detained by German customs officials on Friday night after apparently trying to 'sneak' in th...