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Rough trade
Concerto for Constantine are getting ready to be hustled around the country as part of 2fm2moro2our. Tony Clayton-Lea meets them the morning after the night before and finds out what's new.
Canada rocks
How come Canada is so cool? National pride, government dosh, a serious work ethic . . . Jim Carroll on how the rock'n'pop scene north of the US border got a kick-start
Irish acts ready to duke it out as V2 label closes
Irish acts Duke Special, Jape and Juno Falls are amongst those who may be affected by the closure of record label V2 by new owners Universal Music, writes Jim Carroll .
It's Cowell v Mao as Pop Idol brings 'democracy' to China
I'm so with the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China on this one. Due to the enormous amount of people tuning into bourgeois and decadent Pop Idol-style TV shows, the Chinese government has issued a number of "health and safety" guidelines to programme makers, writes Brian Boyd .
