Portsmouth
Your Reviews: Peace at Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms, 23/4/13
Having recently opened up for this year’s NME Awards Tour, and released their début album In Love, which reached number 16 in the UK album chart, Birmingham based quartet Peace have earned a huge amount of hype surrounding them, and last night they were welcomed to the Portsmouth Wedgewood rooms by an audience of 500, most of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Your Reviews: Road to Blissfields Portsmouth
Last night, (Saturday 25 March 2013) The Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea played host to the Portsmouth leg of 2013’s “Road to Blissfields” competition. The winner of the battle of the bands style show would go on to play the Winchester festival, along with Bastille, Mystery Jets and many more. First on the bill was 17 [...]
The Selecter return south to play The Wedgewood Rooms this week
Pauline Black and The Selecter return to the south coast this week when they play The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth as part of their latest tour. They play this Thursday, 14 March 2013. It’s been 2 years since pop/ska/2-tone legends The Selecter reunited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their best-selling debut album ‘Too Much [...]
Review: Black Anchor- ‘ Black Anchor’ EP
Set sail, and prepare to go under the sign of the Black Anchor! Clearly possessed by the spirits of both Mercyful Fate and the Misfits, these Pompey punks clearly aren’t afraid to have a little fun with the template laid down by the terrifying trio of King Diamond & Glenn Danzig…… And it shows, from [...]
First wave of Road To Blissfields finalists announced
The annual Road To Blissfields finals are back and today the festival organisers have announced the first wave of bands to be shortlisted for a place at this years festival, which will be headlined by Bastille and The Mystery Jets. This year will see more Road to Blissfields events than ever, with finals taking place [...]
Your Reviews: Everything Everything, Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
It’s 6th February 2013 and Manchester’s Everything Everything come to the Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea to play the first date of their ‘Arc’ tour. Having made the top 5 with their follow up to 2010’s ‘Man Alive’ the tour had been long awaited, and this particular date had sold out. The band had an interesting [...]
Competition: Win tickets to see UFO in Bournemouth
British rock legends UFO recently announced a UK tour for 2013, with 2 visits to the south coast later this month (see dates below). The multi-million selling hard rock / metal band make a return to the live arena following the band’s hugely successful UK / Irish 2012 Tour, and the release of their 20th studio [...]
Huey Morgan to play Wedgewood Rooms
Having blown the roof off London ‘s Bush Hall in November of last year, Huey and the New Yorkers hit the road in March 2013 playing intimate venues across the UK and beyond. Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman and award winning BBC Radio DJ Huey Morgan announces the ‘MARCH IN YOUR FACE’ tour, the first full UK tour with new [...]
New video from Bring Me The Horizon + Portsmouth date
2013 is the year you will hear one of the most exciting albums of recent times. The album in question is ‘Sempiternal’ and it is the fourth studio album by platinum selling metal giants Bring Me The Horizon. ‘Sempiternal’ is out through RCA on April 29th. This year has already seen everyone from Q Magazine [...]
Your Reviews: The XX at Portsmouth Guildhall, 13 December 2012
It’s 13th December, moody London based three-piece The XX took to the Portsmouth Guildhall to play the second date of their UK tour, which was highly anticipated after the success of their second alum, Coexist, in September. An animated crowd was hushed by the dimming of the lights and a large projection of an oil [...]
review: Mark Vennis & Different Place – Uncharted Water, Faded Glory And Other Stories
Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin! Singer/guitarist Mark Vennis has recorded a sonic tribute to Portsmouth, in the form of Uncharted Water, Faded Glory And Other Stories, telling tales of a life lived on the other side of the Gosport ferry route- starting appropriately enough with Portsdown Hill, both lovelorn lament for younger days and [...]
The Afterparty cover Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
South coast five piece The Afterparty have released a cover of Christmas fave ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’. Originally released in 1994 by US soul-diva Mariah Carey, The Afterparty recently recorded their take on the classic at Ministry Studios whilst demoing tracks for their début album due out in 2013. Vocalist Nic Mathews says: “We recorded [...]
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