Sophie Ellis-Bextor has given birth to a baby boy nine weeks early named Kit Valentine Jones.

British people believe the UK music charts have lost credibility and reflect the marketing power behind overhyped artists rather than the nation’s musical tastes, a poll has found.

NORTHERN Ireland band Snow Patrol swept the boards at the star-studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards last night as they strutted away from Dublin’s Point Theatre with four gongs.

Northern band Snow Patrol swept the boards at the star studded Meteor Ireland Music Awards tonight as they strutted away from the Point Theatre with four gongs.

Here are the names from the world of music which industry experts predict will be on everyone’s lips in 2006.