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Steve Coogan
Steve was born and raised in Manchester where he trained as an actor at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. Whilst studying he saw stand up as a way of obtaining an equity card. He was s...

Jools Holland
Depending on who you talk to, the irrepressible Jools Holland is best known as a blisteringly energetic piano-pounding performer of boogie-woogie, jazz and RandB; or as the keyboard-wizard sideman...

Thunder
Vocalist Danny Bowes and lead guitarist Luke Morley first played together when they were 15-year-old classmates in London. The two later formed the band Terraplane, which released two albums but b...

Runrig
Scotland's Runrig was formed in 1973 as a trio by Rory MacDonald, Calum MacDonald, and Blair Douglas, adding Donnie Munro the next year. Douglas quit and was replaced by Robert MacDonald, who died...

Katherine Jenkins
While still in her mid-twenties, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins emerged as Britain's all-time best-selling classical artist, although critics charged her success was more a result of physic...