The Plastic Mancunian

Today’s song is called Ascension by a British progressive rock band called Arena. The song has a theatrical feel to it, somethi...

Last night I went to see my current favourite musical hero in concert and this was a euphoric experience in more ways than one. The a...

It’s still January, it’s still bloody freezing outside, it is still dark when I go to work and dark when I come home. January and Febr...

What is going on in Britain? We’re all cracking up and going mad – MAD I tell you. I know why we are going mad – and I have a cure. T...

I hate X Factor and all it stands for. I think it is destroying music. And people have called me a music fascist because of this opinion....

Dear Piers Morgan, I have a problem and I think you can help. My name is Dave – and I abuse my TV. On Friday I was a happy man, smiling at w...

Dear Simon, I was stumbling and bumbling through the world wide interweb when I came across an interesting couple of facts about you. Before...