41. Go on The Son - GuilFest band top new acts poll

A HASLEMERE band whose musical efforts have seen them take the top spot in an online competition are encouraging their fans to vote.

42. Bootleg Beatles still have a ticket to ride

It was 32 years ago that The Bootleg Beatles began to play. And like Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, they’re guaranteed to raise a smile when they return to Reading on Saturday to celebrate 50 years of The Fab Four.

43. Reading Haydn Choir present the Messiah

They may be a small group but the sound the Reading Haydn Choir will be making at their spring concert will be big.

44. Buddy Greco performs at South Hill Park tonight

Fans of jazz legend Buddy Greco were left with the blues in January when the Rat Pack star had to cancel his Bracknell show due to illness.

45. Heston gets inn on the live music scene

Pubs are increasingly clocking on to the fact that good live gigs bring in the crowds and even celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is getting in on the act.

46. Cellist Jennifer Janse gives rectial as part of Baroque season

47. Bedroom gig from Borderline: Fire

A band from Reading played a gig in their bedroom – and broadcasted it to the world.

48. Live and Unsigned hots up for local bands

With less than a month to go until the Reading finals of Live and Unsigned, the competition is hotting up.

49. Review: Tamesis Chamber Choir hit the right notes

Tamesis put on a rousing show for this royal occasion, thoroughly living up to their excellent musical reputation in Berkshire.

50. Double helping of classical concerts

Classical fans are in for a double-helping of musical notes in Crowthorne with a choral concert and symphony orchestra performance.