Having proved last summer that their fusion of imaginative rock and up-to-the-minute visual pyrotechnics can light up a sold-out Wembley Stadium, Muse last night reminded everyone that they are equally compelling in the raw as they harnessed the unique surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall to deliver a bravura, twenty-first century answer to the Last Night of the Proms. The packed crowd bounced along to rousing grooves like Supermassive Black Hole and Time Is......

We already knew London was capital of the world, but 2007 has firmly cemented us as the best city by far musically. The Millennium Dome reopened as the O2 Arena, hosting not only 21 nights of Prince, the Rolling Stones, Take That, and the Spice Girls first UK dates for 10 years, but also the most anticipated gig for a good decade or so: Led Zeppelin’s reformation. Unfortunately this Londonista had to settle for some......

A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part......

Nobody would have guessed that Stephen Tyler is a mere 59 years old judging by his performance at last night’s Hyde Park Calling finale with Aerosmith headlining a day of stellar bands. Strutting around the stage like only he can, Tyler had the audience in the palm of his hand from the opener “Love in an Elevator”. Whilst Aerosmith undoubtedly stole the show, Hyde Park Calling was a three stage festival which showcases the best......

Never ones for being the most talkative on stage, Muse played the first night of their two night stand at the new Wembley Stadium with few words to the audience. This was more than made up for however, by the enthusiastic set full of surprises. If you’re going to the Sunday Muse gig I’d strongly suggest not reading the rest of this review if you want to keep it all a surprise. Going back to......

Read our review of Saturday's Muse show here. George Michael may have been the first artist to play Wembley last weekend, however two of the most significant new shows at Wembley is set to be Muse’s two night stand at the stadium this weekend. Fans have been waiting for 9 months since tickets first went on sale, and now this weekend it seems that some of the most impressive gigs to ever hit Wembley......

Once it was a name that evoked magic, dreams and destiny. In recent years it's taken on connotations of folly, nightmare and derision, but now it looks finally as if Wembley might be ready to resume its place at the very top of the pantheon of British sporting venues. The troubled new stadium has been granted its fire alarm safety certificate, the first tangible evidence that it might really be ready to hold all......

Muse fans are to stage a singalong in Trafalgar Square in June: The singalong will last from 6pm until 9pm on the day, and all those wishing to exercise their vocals must register with Muselive.com to attend. In March, the site will poll fans to choose which ten songs they will be singing. For more information and to register go to Trafalgarmusefans.com. The Muse singalong is being held in aid of Devon charity The......

It's the time of year that sends compulsive list makers in to a frenzy, and this girl is no exception. It's the Notes From The City Official 2006 End Of Year Things-That-Laura-Liked Summary - catchy! It's as much a list of things I really think everyone should check out as a list of my favourite things from the year, so follow the links at will... Top 10 Albums 1. The Eraser - Thom Yorke 2.......

Bugger the football, the only thing the music kids here at Londonist are bothered about at Wembley is when it will be ready for gigs. Bon Jovi, Take That, and Robbie Williams were all shunted off to Milton Keynes Bowl when the stadium failed to open in time for their planned concerts over the summer, but now another band are staking a claim that they will be the first people to play at Wembley......

l Chris Corner, formerly of nineties legends Sneaker Pimps, abandoned London several years ago for a more arty, not to mention frugal existence in Berlin. Whilst over there he has had lots of fun, presumably at warehouse parties and trendy gallery openings, but also found the time to embark on a musical project known asIAMX, famed for electro-goth anthems. Think Muse, but more out there, and sounding both stadium sized rock and seedy Berlin......

Fell City Girl consist of Phil McMinn on vocals/guitar, Joe Gibbons on guitar, Adam Drake on bass and James "Shrek" Pamphilon on drums. They've been around a couple of years now, and by all accounts have been pretty busy boys, opening both the Carling Reading and Leeds weekends, supporting Longview on a UK tour and playing three sell out gigs in their native Oxford's Zodiac. They say they're here to break your heart and......

Crowds of angry young people clad in black will descend like bats from the musty corners of a tumbledown gothic cathedral on The Brewery in the East End tomorrow night. No, it's not yet another Goth club night - make way for the Kerrang! Awards 2006. Touted by the magazine as being "the most debauched rock 'n' roll event of the year", expect sordid tales of excess the next morning as boys and girls......

And if you're wondering why we have a massive picture of Scritti Politti on the front page. it's because the nominations for this years' Mercury Music Prize have just been announced, and here they are: Arctic Monkeys Richard Hawley Sway Muse Editors Hot Chip Isobel Campbell Lou Rhodes Scritti Politti Guillemots Thom Yorke Zoe Rahman Full marks to you if you've heard of all 12 of them. So, any thoughts?......

As my copy of 'The Eraser' still hasn't arrived from Amazon I've been trying to distract myself with other things. Work, seeing friends, and other bands...ironically what's been very successfully distracting me is Muse's brand new album 'Black Holes and Revelations'. Ironic because of all the lazy comparisons between Radiohead and Muse over the years and ironic because they're nothing like each other. I never really understood that comparison aside from the fact that......

When Kelis announced a low key one off London show for June a couple of months ago, we bought some tickets, and then smugly waved them in our friends faces when they found out about it after selling out. Now we wish we hadn't bothered. For, as the hand of fate who organises gigs has dealt it, Kelis clashes with a newly announced Muse gig taking place at Shepherd's Bush Empire next Wednesday. The......

A flutter of small shows have just been announced and you're going to need to be quick off the mark to get tickets. Follow the links for details of: Muse playing to 10 people in a secret location next Monday Maximo Park playing the Vinyl Factory on the 14th and Hope Of The States instoring at HMV THIS EVENING at 6. Don't be late. Next week sees new gay disco icons Lordi do the......

Fresh from last week's news that Pearl Jam are playing a small gig at the Astoria, they've decided to take it to the other size extreme and be the closing headliner at this year's Reading Festival. Franz Ferdinand have the honour of headlining first night Friday above Kaiser Chiefs on the bill, while Muse make a much awaited return to the festival stages with their only UK festival date on Saturday, above Arctic Monkeys.......

As far as new bands for 2006, one band we are totally loving so far are Leytonstone based Boy Kill Boy. Chris Peck (vocals, guitar), Peter Carr (keyboards), Kevin Chase (bass) and Shaz (drums) make up the band that were making lots of noise in 2005 by supporting Hard-Fi on their sell out tour, as well as releasing some music on an independent label. Now they have been signed to a major, and we......

To start with, a hearty congratulations to the organisers of Guilfest for breaking the world record for largest number of air guitarists at one time. Over 4000 ethereal fret manglers whammy bar-ed their way through Sweet Child O' Mine and thankfully no one was penalised for missing that difficult hammer-on in the second solo. It's also been a week when XFM's who'd make up the greatest indie band of all time poll was won......