On the opening night of his first tour here for six years, Johnny Mathis admitted what had brought him back to Britain — golf. The 76-year-old certainly no longer needs to perform. In a career of more than 50 years Mathis has sold 350 million records, making him one of the world’s most successful pop stars ever.

An album of reworked songs from the former Genesis frontman. Sparse but beautifully orchestrated

Veteran Dallas actor Larry Hagman has been diagnosed with cancer but plans to continue shooting the new series of Dallas.

Backbeat, about the Beatles in early 1960s Hamburg, is no mere jukebox musical, and all the better for it