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With concerts encompassing pop, classical, jazz and a CBeebies family extravaganza, the Proms took over Sage Gateshead for a triumphant communal experience that underlined how music can connect us

I like my orchestral music organised around Northern talent. An evening of two halves, this BBC Proms event saw Nottingham (which is geographically more North than South, so let’s forget for a moment that it’s in the midlands) was repped by four-piece band Divorce. Then, Rotherham-born Self-Esteem - or Rebecca Lucy Taylor, a seedling national treasure – performed an hour-long set “with some surprises”, primarily performing her own work with new arrangements by Colin Elliot.

The film, about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his work on developing atomic bombs, has a South Florida connection. So what is it?

The star gave a unique performance with Royal Northern Sinfonia on the banks of the Tyne.

During the evolution of Bin Laden from freedom fighter to terrorist, there was another, more shadowy figure with an unbelievable kill count.

During the evolution of Bin Laden from freedom fighter to terrorist, there was another, more shadowy figure with an unbelievable kill count.

Who doesn’t love a surprise album?

Sigur Ros return with first album in 10 years - The Number One music magazine feat. band & artist news, reviews, interviews, videos & gossip UK & worldwide.

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Without a drummer but with an old friend back in the line-up, the post-rock pioneers return with a surprise record, their best since 2005's 'Takk'