Same old tricks: Tricky has cancelled an Irish date once again, due to illness. The Bristol trip- hopper was to headline the Heineken Weekender on Saturday October 3rd, but his place will now be taken by techno-experimentalist Aphex Twin.

Go west young men: Boyzone are targeting America's youth in a bid to blitz the US with boy power. Polygram International are giving the lads a big Stateside push, releasing their current album, Where We Belong, on November 17th.

Time to put those go-faster stripes back on your car - the Starsky & Hutch theme has just been revamped by Andy G's Starsky & Hutch Allstars featuring Huggy Bear.