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Byline: David Sinclair You don't have to look far to find grizzled, old bluesmen who are still out on the road. The sixty–something Seasick Steve, the 75–year–old Bill Wyman and [...]

Byline: David Sinclair The rock supergroup is back. TOnce a byword for hype and hubris, the idea of renowned musicians getting together to form instantly famous new groups is in [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, The main benefit of the tie-less society is felt as we get older. Our necks get fatter but, as we don't have to do up [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, The main benefit of the tie-less society is felt as we get older. Our necks get fatter but, as we don't have to do up [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, A cream suede three-piece suite? How many illusions about Mr and Mrs Martin Lukes have been shattered by yesterday's FT? It must be Sherril who [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, I am sure that Haig Simonian is an excellent journalist ('Credit Suisse pre-announces largest ever share buyback', January 23). But has he been reading too [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Maggie Urry ('Protective gear', December 20) has missed a point. Surely in order to save the Ashes and the planet in the future our cricketers [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, If Martin Lukes has either forgotten or lost his BlackBerry, surely he would have had Michelle fly out with a replacement. No BlackBerry, no blog. [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, A 68 per cent drop in Q2 profits, only one customer, nebulous (at best) product. Can Martin Lukes really afford Fiona Shackleton at Pounds 500 [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, The Dogs Trust is far from barking. It understands public relations. Maggie Urry (The Way We Live Now, July 5) gave the charity some well-deserved [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, On more than one occasion you referred to the flotation of 888.com as being a 'windfall' to the founding shareholders ('888.com float gives founders Pounds [...]

From Mr Ultan O Broin. Sir, I wonder: has the division between home and office become so blurred that the mother of Martin Lukes can be easily included in the [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Would Lex care to rewrite the note 'Airline alliances' (June 8) about the bonds of matrimony, substituting European countries for airlines? David Sinclair, Isington, Alton [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Martin Lukes might be one of the FT's top 25 business leaders but he clearly does not read the newspaper's letters column. On April 20 [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, The Financial Services Authority has a responsibility to promote public understanding of the financial system. But is a levy on the industry either fair or [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Do you have an internal competition on the quality or number of puns in an edition? Gone are the days when oils gushed, rubbers bounced [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Annuity rates are going to be reduced if I live in a 'healthy' area (report, July 9). Would it be reasonable to assume that whole-of-life [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Your article by Michael Skapinker ('Facing the facts on fat', November 6) only scratched the subcutaneous layer of the obesity problem in relation to airlines. An [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, Paul Turner (Letters, August 31) has - perhaps unwittingly - solved the problem of cabbies refusing to cross the Thames. Doing The Knowledge should be [...]

From Mr David Sinclair. Sir, I find it inconceivable that Martin Lukes did not demand a top-of-the-range laptop to keep in touch on holiday. Maybe he did, but was turned [...]

Very few new British bands have managed to make significant inroads in the US in recent years, partly because the US is an extremely hard market to conquer, but also because many British bands seem unwilling to put in the necessary effort. Just one of the Top 30 albums in the Billboard chart in 1994 was by a British act, compared with 1/3 in 1984. Thom Yorke of Radiohead points out that American fans expect bands to show some humility, something many UK groups find difficult because of the intense media promotion that accompanies the launch of many artists in Britain.

Jon Bon Jovi, 32-year-old singer, who made a hit with 'Always', will release a new album 'Cross Road - the Best of Bon Jovi, on October 10 1994. Bon Jovi, born Jon Bongiovi, of Italian parents, was leader of a band, also named Bon Jovi, from 1986-1990, which sold 27 million copies of its last two albums. The band is getting together with Jon Bon Jovi to record another album, 'Open All Night'.

Dinosaur Jr, US pop group formed in 1984, has finally appeared on 'Top of the Pops', British Broadcasting Corporation's television programme. The group, whose sixth album is 'Without a Sound', under the Blanco y Negro/WEA label, is led by J Mascis, aged 28. Mike Johnson, aged 29, is the bass player, and George Berz, also 29, who joined the group in early September 1994, is the drummer. The group will perform on October 8 1994 at Brixton Academy, London.

The Woodstock Festival, 1994, held at Winston Farm, Saugerties, NY, was a muddy affair because of heavy rainfall. Spectators made mud slides and dived into the mud. Musicians included Primus, Trent Reznor and his Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, and Peter Gabriel. The festival bore little resemblance to the 1969 festival, with more commercialism and less hippie idealism.

The four members of cult band Spin Doctors were all experienced players when they formed the group in 1989. However, they have managed to combine their musical styles extremely well, and they are still very enthusiastic about their work. The band was rather slow to take off, as it had no definable image, but the rich and individualistic music is now becoming very popular. They have just produced a new album, 'Turn It Upside Down,' and will soon be performing in the UK.

The suicide in Apr. 1994 of Kurt Cobain, leader of rock group Nirvana, has parallels with the untimely death of Jimi Hendrix in 1970. Both were 27, came from Seattle, and had produced few albums; equally both had changed the direction of rock music. Cobain made insular 'grunge' rock music into music of worldwide popularity. Nirvana brought together hardcore and rock music to create a significant advance in rock. Nirvana's second album 'Nevermind' has now sold over 9 million copies. Cobain also wrote powerful lyrics, but close to his creative streak lay a depressive and destructive one.

The music press has recently been reporting the development of a new punk rock scene, covering bands such as Compulsion, Elastica and Shed Seven. The movement is now being called 'the new wave of new wave,' but is being regarded rather cynically by the general public. There has been only limited enthusiasm for the fast songs with controversial lyrics which characterise the work of these new punk groups. They will have to work much harder if they are to make the same impact as the original punk bands.