Guardian Music — Roundhouse, London"Dizzee Rascal for prime minister, yeah?" As if to emphasise that he is more than just an east London grime MC these days, Rascal ended his first song of this show by booming out a soundbite from his interview with Jeremy Paxman on ... more info
Guardian Music — The X Factor winner has scored her second No 1 as a solo artist with Bad Boys, the UK's fastest-selling single of the year so farX Factor winner Alexandra Burke has scored her second No 1 as a solo artist with the UK's fastest-selling single of the y... more info
Paul McCartney will headline a gig at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of Children In Need this November. Muse, Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Snow Patrol, Leona Lewis and Shirley Bassey are also on the more info
Time Out, London — Robbie Williams and Dizzee Rascal go head to head, with Doves, Dame Shirley Bassey, Smokey Robinson and Florence and the Machine also playing this week. more info
. Photograph: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage.com When I first saw Dizzee Rascal bring grime up north, in the wake of his Mercury Prize-winning debut album Boy in da Corner, his music was such a symbiotically urban sound and so intrinsically linked to hi... more info