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Competition: Win tickets to see Public Service Broadcasting at Roxx
We have a pair of tickets to see Public Service Broadcasting on the latest leg of their tour which visits Southampton Roxx tomorrow (Monday 20 May 2013). Public Service Broadcasting sample old public information films and archive material and set them to new music. Live, the films are screened simultaneously as laptops are fiddled with, [...]
Fatboy Slim to headline Friday night at Bestival
Featuring 10 fields of wonderment and 20 stages filled with amazing music, insane sideshows and magical happenings, Bestival’s spectacular 10th birthday bash this September 5th-8th is set to be nothing short of EPIC. Celebrating those 10 years for all they’re worth, we’ve already got a musical line-up that’s second to none, with headline appearances from [...]
King Blues man to play two Great Escape shows this weekend
Electro-punk MC Itch will be giving Brighton a taster of his hard-hitting, beats fuelled sound at this year’s Great Escape Festival. Performing two shows on Saturday 18th May, this will be Itch’s first solo outing at the festival since the split of his former band The King Blues. Itch’s first show will be at Above [...]
Seán McGowan covers Billy Bragg ahead of his Great Escape support slot
Legendary protest singer Billy Bragg recently asked Southampton singer-songwriter, Seán McGowan, to join him as main support for his headline show at The Dome which takes place at The Great Escape festival next Friday (17th May). Courtesy Chris Meany Seán, who’s one-off forthcoming full band show at The Joiners on 7th June sold out in [...]
Dead!Dead!Dead! are back at The Joiners this Saturday
Five years ago Dead!Dead!Dead! were probably the biggest and best unsigned act in Southampton. Well, not probably….definitely. They supported the likes of Arctic Monkeys and toured with Mumm-ra. Band of Skulls (then Fleeing New York) would regularly support D!x3. Unfortunately, as happens so many times when bands are on the verge of something big, they [...]
Pulse Festival is back!
The festival hopping ska-rap-punk band, Imperial Leisure, top the bill on first night of Pulse Festival which kicks off this evening on the outskirts of Southampton. Rob Ball Gates open at 4pm this afternoon (10th May) for the 2 day festival which for the first time is allowing campers to pitch their tents. Also playing [...]
Arrows of Love announce new single details/ play Lennons this weekend
Arrows of Love have set June 3rd as the release date for their new single ‘The Knife’ via Urban Fox Records. The Hackney 4-piece have also announced a full UK tour starting on April 25th that will see their incendiary live show explode in 12 cities before they visit Europe for shows and festivals. Produced [...]
Crystal Fighters unveil album sampler
With their new album ‘Cave Rave‘ set for release in just a few weeks time (May 27th 2013), Crystal Fighters have unveiled an album sampler showcasing clips of all 10 tracks on the record, including the impossibly summery current single ‘You & I’. Check out the ‘Cave Rave’ album sampler on the band’s youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC6gNoaLF3Q Speaking of [...]
One week to go until The Great Escape
The Great Escape, taking place May 16th-18th, recently announced a further 100 artists to complete the 2013 line-up. The programme is fit to burst with over 350 of the best upcoming bands currently making noise across the world, and TGE13 is getting ready to load in to 30+ Brighton venues and kick start the eighth [...]
Rob da Bank announces City of Culture role
Bestival organiser and Radio One DJ Rob da Bank was today announced as an ambassador for Southampton and Portsmouth’s joint City of Culture bid. The rival cities have joined forces for the bid to become 2017’s UK City of Culture. The bid, (which was formally submitted yesterday, 30th April), if successful, will benefit residents, visitors [...]
Get ready for festival season – Pulse Festival is just 2 weeks away!
The festival season is just around the corner and for those in south of England (and those who aren’t!) then Pulse Festival is one that should be top of everybody’s list. It’s an old cliché when they say there’s something for everybody here – but at Pulse, which is based at Sunnyfields Farm on the outskirts of [...]
Alt-J to perform in Southampton this Friday
Mercury Music Prize winners Alt-J will be in Southampton this Friday (26 April) when they perform a DJ Set at Roxx. The catchy electronic heavy synth riffs, trip-hop atmosphere and indie-rock quirkiness combine with intimately personal lyrics to create some of the most groundbreaking, interesting and incredibly pleasant material to come out of the UK in [...]
Echobelly announce one off acoustic tour
Sonya Aurora Madan & Glenn Johansson are taking a short break from their Calm Of Zero project to acoustically perform the songs of the classic Britpop band they formed: Echobelly. This special acoustic tour is the result of public demand. Echobelly always had a loyal fan base and those fans still love them to this [...]
Band of Skulls to Play Two Intimate South Coast Gigs
Band of Skulls have announced two intimate summers gigs on the south coast. They’ll be playing what be be a special gig at The Joiners in their hometown Southampton on August 1st before a trip east see’s them play The Old Market in Brighton the following day. Tickets for the Joiners gig are available here: [...]
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