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Sisters of Mercy, KK's Steel Mill, Wolverhampton review - Goth veterans return to the fray

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Death Cult, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - The Cult revisit their post-punk roots

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Album: Smoke Fairies - Carried in Sound

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The Chemical Brothers, Utilita Arena, Birmingham review - rave veterans play a blinder

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Album: David Holmes - Blind on a Galloping Horse

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Album: Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - Los Angeles

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Album: Duran Duran - Danse Macabre

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Rodrigo y Gabriela, Town Hall, Birmingham review - Mexican superstar guitarists bring a set of new sounds

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Album: Goat - Medicine

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Black Sabbath: The Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome review - two very different art forms merge

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Album: Animal Collective - Isn't It Now?

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Album: Kylie Minogue - Tension

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Album: Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows

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Supersonic Festival 2023, Birmingham review - musical eccentrics battle the odds and come out on top

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Album: Frankie & the Witch Fingers - Data Doom

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Album: Ratboys - The Window

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