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Operatic quartet Il Divo beat Stereophonics to claim this week's number one album with The Promise.

Characters from the Channel 4 series Hollyoaks are set to release a single.

The future of music is discussed at In the City, the UK's top music industry summit, in Manchester.

Britain is missing out on new music because there are no shows like Top Of The Pops, the culture secretary warns.

Pop star Will Young on fame, free drinks and loving Simon Cowell.

India's debut on the Formula One calendar is to be put back a year to 2011, Bernie Ecclestone says.

Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber offers free tickets to bankers who have lost their jobs in the current financial downturn.

West End impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh joins campaigners protesting against the erection of wind turbines in a small Dorset village.

Simon Cowell insists there will be "no funny business" with the voting on this year's series of The X Factor.

Stars recall the life and career of former BBC TV executive Sir Bill Cotton, who has died at the age of 80.

Scottish actor Brian Cox believes The World venue is sticking to the true principles of the Fringe.

Veteran playwright Alan Ayckbourn on ending his 51-year run with theatre in Scarborough, as London celebrates its most successful theatrical year on record.

A 24-hour "talkathon" in memory of Manchester impresario, Tony Wilson, comes to an end.

Simon Fuller, the music impresario behind the Spice Girls, S Club 7 and Pop Idol, marries in California.

Gordon Brown does not have the ability to win people over, says former Labour fund-raiser Lord Levy.

BBC One talent series I'd Do Anything finds the final three contestants who will compete to star in a West End show.

Lord Levy has shown deft timing in his criticisms of Gordon Brown, the BBC's David Thompson writes.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is honoured with the outstanding achievement prize at the Classical Brits awards.

Indian cricket impresario Lalit Modi talks to Sanjeev Srivastava of the BBC's Hindi Service about the changes in the game.

Fathers 4 Justice founder Matt O'Connor talks about running as the English Democrats' London mayoral candidate.

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