Next month will see volunteers organising - and reviewing - shows across Britain, but first a word with one the acts warming things up with gigs in an Oxfam shop this week (24-27 Sept)...
With Damon Albarn's men and Noel Gallagher both playing tonight's (21 Feb) ceremony, Paul Stokes heralds the end of "The Britpop Wars" (well at least until Beady Eye sort it out)