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are up for the best group and best album awards: AC/DC, Fleet Foxes, the Killers

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The Killers' Mr Brightside tops song of decade poll

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Video: Top 20 guitar riffs of all time

A new poll has named the top 20 guitar riffs of all time — the timeless classics that rock star wannabes practice in front of the bedroom mirror with a tennis racquet when nobody else is around.

Corinne Bailey Rae, The Tabernacle, London (Rated 4/ 5 )

We missed you," cries a supportive voice from the crowd as Corinne Bailey Rae takes to the stage. "I missed you too," she replies with a smile but, really, this is one pop star with more to worry about of late than retaining her fan base. This is Bailey Rae's first full gig since the 2008 death of her husband, Jason Rae, from a suspected drugs overdose and, while she makes no direct mention of her loss, it looms large in the songs that dominate tonight's short-but-bittersweet set.

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