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Thursday 18 April 1996 23:02 BST

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Cypress Hill

The last album was a bummer but live these amiable rap/hip-hopsters are, like, totally smokin'. Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care, and so forth.

Tues/Wed 7.30pm, London The Forum (0171-344 0044)

kd lang

Not everybody's cup of Aqua Libra, but you won't find a slinkier brand of

musical wallpaper.

Tues/Wed 7pm, Birmingham National Indoor Arena (0121-200 2222), then touring

COMING UP

The 1996 Phoenix Festival

The usual jamboree bag of the good, the bad and the desperate. Falling into the former category and well worth your 4-day pounds 65 ticket are: Bowie, Bjork, Beck, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack. Oh, and the bloody Pistols, making damn fools of themselves.

18-21 July, Long Marston, Stratford-upon-Avon (CC: 0171-344 0044; info: 0181-963 0940)

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