© /WENN Alicia Keys and her longtime manager Jeff Robinson have decided to go their separate ways. In a joint statement released on Friday, July 16, it was announced that the split is “mutually agreed upon and amicable.” “Jeff Robinson, CEO of... 

The City skyline – banks are believed to have set aside £5bn to pay staff bonuses, despite calls for pay restraints. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images British banks with big City operations have amassed pay and bonus pools of more than £5bn in the first six months of the year,... 

Neil Young to release ‘lost’ albums … Uncut readers rejoice. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images After keeping them in the vaults for nearly 40 years, Neil Young is planning to issue four unreleased albums. Homegrown, Oceanside-Countryside and Chrome Dreams will be released... 

Alvin Hall . . . scary cackle. Photograph: BBC There are probably easier people to have around when you’re in financial meltdown than Alvin Hall. In the first of a new series, Alvin Hall’s Generations of Money (Radio 4), the perky financial guru spent the morning with Frances, a... 

Alison Goldfrapp live at the Roundhouse: ‘like a woman who has recently been extricated from a bin full of unwound VHS tapes’. Photograph: Marilyn Kingwill Imagine a gig – a proper gig – where everyone gets in for free. Now imagine an event where the fabled guest list (a bit of an oxymoron,...