Walking into Camden's Roundhouse to see The National at the iTunes festival I was struck by a large queue outside. These people were apparently queuing up for hours, hoping for last minute extra ticket allocation. Given the odds of success, it looked like a pretty poor way to spend... [More]

How many of you saw the Hope For Haiti Now Benefit? I personally stayed up at watched all of it and thought it was really good. It was great how many people had got involved and helped out by taking phone calls and donations. The performances were all incredible as well. all were very emotional ... [More]

The NME's top 100 albums of the decade had me nodding, shaking and banging my fists on the desk in equal measure. On the one hand, I couldn't agree more with The Strokes and The Libertines being at the top, they're easily two of the most influential and exciting rock bands of the 00s. But bugge... [More]

BLUR – LIVE 2009 - EXCLUSIVEThe Sunday Times are reliving more live songs from Blur’s summer sell-out gigs in The Sunday Times this weekend, with five more free Blur songs for you to download on iTunes.Last week we celebrated Blur’s summer reunion with a free 10-track live CD ins... [More]

  In the first giveaway of its kind by a British newspaper, The Times is offering you a complete R.E.M. album on iTunes. Simply use your iTunes card from The Magazine on Saturday and be the first to own five songs from their new live album, plus five R.E.M. classics including 'Losing My ... [More]

So about 2 weeks ago now, I was going to GigJunkie for the week to do some work experience,  and went to a couple of gigs. Saw Little Boots live at the Apple Store for iTunes with Marc which was rather good. Wednesday night's gigs were put on hold for the Champion's League final...not exactly... [More]