The screams almost shattered the walls. From the moment the lights went out and a countdown clock started ticking down to the 5-4-3-2-1, Wolverhampton Civic Hall was filled with ear-splitting teenage squeals from a crowd of more than 2,000.

There were plenty of jokes and toe-tapping tunes as the worlds of comedy and pop music came together for the annual Rock With Laughter variety show in Birmingham.

With glittering dresses, saucy dance routines and chart-topping hits under their tiny belts, The Saturdays hit the stage for their first arena tour.

‘Do you wanna get rocked?’ Def Leppard enquired of the LG Arena and the response was a very clear ‘Hell, yeah!’

Organisers of a charity music event are promising to stage the ‘biggest festival phenomenon’ ever seen in north Shropshire.

Trying to review Duran Duran’s homecoming gig at Birmingham’s Lg arena is like trying to report on The Second Coming.

Two of the biggest names in roots music will top the bill at the 2012 Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Ginger singer Carol Decker could be set for a return to the charts following a four-letter row with X Factor judge Gary Barlow after he accused her of singing out of tune.

Great-grandmother Rose Strickland is known as Shropshire’s Karaoke Queen but has only just recorded her first CD – at the age of 87.

There are not many bands who can make an evening at Birmingham’s cavernous LG Arena feel like a night at a 100-seat nightclub. But then the Red Hot Chili Peppers are not just any band.

Englebert Humperdink thrilled his Midlands fans during a stunning performance at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall

The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.