Is it me or am I getting old?  Can’t possibly be the latter as I’m constantly embracing new music, which is said to keep you young?

Duels

I grew up listening to the classic albums of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, with and without The Velvet Underground, and Neil  

In a couple of weeks time, Leeds' newest venue will open its doors to grateful punters denied the chance of seeing the likes of Foals, Elbow and Mercury Rev without either having to organise a trek to Manchester or Sheffield, or put up with Leeds University's famously eccentric Refectory. Apart from the bizarre ticket pricing policy (a "mere" £14 to see Foals while sitting down with the now bald and cadaverous Tim Booth and the reformed James will set you back a jaw dropping £30), there's much to celebrate about the advent of the Academy franchise in Leeds. But.   

Sunday, July 26th, 2008

Unlike the 2007 version of Party in the Park at Temple Newsam, Leeds, in which you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’d turned up to a traditionally muddy Glastonbury,  2008 proved that the temperatures did finally soar this year to an amazing 27C.