Diesel-U-Music Awards 2005 - See the photos
Get the hair off the monkey's back

Just when the "bush" is supposedly back in fashion for women, it looks like men are jumping on the hairless bandwagon, and it's not just swimmers leading the trend.

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All Rise For The Stands. The Liverpudlians play at Metro. 7pm. 19 Oxford St, W1. £6. 0870 264 3333 or online.

Smug, fun Irishman Andrew Maxwell is at Soho Theatre. 8pm. 21 Dean St, W1. £10. 0870 429 6883 or here.

Poetic filmifications: Poetry Film Night makes it three at Genesis. 7pm. 95 Mile End Rd, E1. £7. 08700 606 061.

Dubbed "Smoothies" these guys get off by being baby smooth. All over. Back, sack and crack wax: that's just the beginning. Thanks largely to Le Beckham's recent smoothe bod shots, these hommes have personal hygiene schedules that rival that of a Texas beauty queen and, even though it's made getting a prime-time wax appointment even more competitive, frankly we think it's worth it.

Think being metrosexual is high-maintenance? Think again. Smoothies take grooming to a whole new level.

The crisp-voiced songstress Nerina Pallot is at Borderline 7pm. 16 Manette Street, W1. £7. 020 7534 6970 or here.

That's How It Is@Bar Rumba is to be no longer. Help shut it down. 10:30pm-3:30am. 36 Shaftesbury Av, W1. £5.

Diesel-U-Music Awards 2005 - See the photos

While metrosexuals may think getting highlights and wearing salmon tones is the key to being modern (in footballers wives, maybe), these guys know that a good wax is the way to a girl's heart. Amen.

Now let's just see how they fare with the Brazilian. Veet is one thing, but spreading 'em under a surgical lamp is quite another!

Get smooth at Gentlemen's Tonic in Bruton Place or The Refinery at Harrods, Brook St and Bishopsgate.

Diesel-U-Music Awards 2005 - See the photos

Rising dance popster Juliet is playing @ Barfly tonight 7pm 49 Chalk Farm Road, NW1. £6. 0870 264 3333 or online.

Last week for Ether Frolics @ Shunt Vaults, Anselm Kiefer: PART I at White Cube, Eikon at Kemistry Gallery and the Stefan Brüggemann show at Blow de la Barra.

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