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London loses another music venue as The Flowerpot closes
The flowerpot is no more. The north London pub, famous as a venue where you could see bands tipped as "the next big thing" – and A&R men hoping to sign them – has been forced to shut after its building lease was sold.
Quiet please: rock gig etiquette
Talking loudly at a pop concert these days can get you reprimanded – and don't even think of spilling your beer. Fiona Sturges applauds the new etiquette
Badly Drawn Boy, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
"Sometimes it's hard to know where to start," opens Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy. So he begins at the beginning: with "The Shining", the first track off his first, Mercury Prize-winning album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, recorded a decade ago.
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