5,000 music fans warm to Beat Herder festival

10:30pm Sunday 5th July 2009

MUSIC fans descended on the Ribble Valley over the weekend for a three-day music festival.

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Interview: Little Boots

3:03pm Friday 3rd July 2009

She’s bright, she's bubbly and she’s from Blackpool. We spoke to electro-pop princess Little Boots who is being billed as the new Kylie.

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Interview: Joe Walsh of The Eagles

3:05pm Friday 3rd July 2009

AMERICAN rock legends Eagles are bringing their Long Road Out of Eden tour to the UK and playing two dates in Manchester this month.

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Bacup singer bowled over to sing at The Ashes

6:00pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

EAST Lancashire tenor Sean Ruane has been handpicked to round off The Ashes opening ceremony, it has been confirmed.

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Blackburn Cathedral concert to go ahead despite loss of sponsor

10:30pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

BLACKBURN Cathedral will stage its own version of the Last Night of the Proms this weekend, but the event was very nearly cancelled as the concert sponmsor was failed East Lancashire travel firm Fraser Eagle.

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Rawtenstall woman hoping to storm X Factor

10:41am Wednesday 1st July 2009

AN EAST Lancashire catering manager is bidding to show Simon Cowell she has the X Factor.

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Burnley band beat adversity to release debut single

4:27pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

A BURNLEY band which has battled adversity to release its debut single thanked friends and fans with a spectacular homecoming gig.

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Blackburn with Darwen youngsters rock on at festival

4:15pm Monday 29th June 2009

ROCKING youngsters hit the right note at a special live music event last night.

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Interview: Hollie Steel

4:55pm Monday 15th June 2009

THIS time eight weeks ago no-one had heard of Hollie Steel.

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Review: Album – The Legends – Over And Over

9:00am Monday 15th June 2009

MULTI-talented Swede Johan Angergård is in several bands, so it's no surprise that he likes to swoop around from genre to genre:.

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Review: Single – Vagabond – Sweat (Until The Morning)

9:00am Monday 8th June 2009

VAGABOND are hyped as mid-market, soulful, sexy pop – so they could be very big indeed.

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Review: Single – Cosmo Jarvis – Chapter 2

9:00am Sunday 31st May 2009

A THREE track taster from a one-man band with a unique sound and a lewd, witty turn of phrase.

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Review: Single – You Me At Six – Finders Keepers

8:55pm Tuesday 26th May 2009

HAILED as the British answer to Fall Out Boy, You Me At Six's latest single doesn't hold up well to the comparison.

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Phantom of Blackburn Cathedral

4:10pm Saturday 23rd May 2009

BLACKBURN Cathedral became a cinema last night for a unique evening of horror.

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Interview: Phil Hendricks of The Stiffs

12:29pm Friday 22nd May 2009

BLACKBURN’S own veteran punk band The Stiffs will be making a rare live appearance at Darwen Live, 30 years after releasing their very first single.

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Interview: Aurelien Bernard of Blue Man Group

11:50am Friday 22nd May 2009

After already wowing more than two million people across the USA, Blue Man Group's “ultimate concert experience” Megastar World Tour is embarking on its first series of UK shows which comes to Manchester’s MEN Arena on Sunday.

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Nelson's new cultural centre unveils opening events

4:00pm Tuesday 19th May 2009

A NEW arts and cultural hub in the heart of Nelson is set to open on June 8 with a free showcase, the Lancashire Telegraph can reveal.

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Interview: Bernard Thresher of The Lancashire Hotpots

2:08pm Monday 18th May 2009

YOU know you’ve made it when two girls come up to you in Morrisons and ask you to sign a reduced packet of sprouts,” joked Bernard Thresher, at 27 the youngest member of comedy folk band The Lancashire Hotpots.

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Review: Single – A Camp – Love Has Left The Room

5:29pm Monday 18th May 2009

THE Cardigans' vocalist Nina Persson has one of the finest voices around.

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Review: Single – Howling Bells – Digital Hearts

12:39pm Thursday 21st May 2009

THE Antipodean indie-rockers' latest single has ditched the band's quirkiness in favour of a radio-friendly sound.

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Review: Single – Metric – Sick Muse

11:50am Thursday 21st May 2009

METRIC used to be rather interesting, but with this single they seem to have lost their mojo.

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