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12 New Things to do at Camp Bestival – plus 100 amazing prizes if you buy your tickets now
Those of you tuned into the Facebook and Twitter pages today would have witnessed a bit of a party going on as we announced 12 new things for Camp Bestival 2012 one every hour from 9am this morning. They’ve also announced a draw with 100 once-in-a-lifetime prizes for everybody who buys a ticket over the next two weeks. You can now [...]
Farewell tour of Calendar Girls to visit The Mayflower Theatre in March
Calendar Girls has become the most successful play ever to tour the United Kingdom and has taken more at the box office than the original film. The award winning producers of Calendar Girls, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers, have announced that this will be the farewell tour before the amateur rights are released on 1 September [...]
The Cast of Cheers release video for début single
The hotly tipped The Cast of Cheers, who visit Southampton Joiners Arms on March 7th, have released their video for début single ”Family“. Their free album “Chariot”, which they recorded in 3 days, has racked up over 150,000 downloads on BandCamp, they got nominated at the Choice Music Awards and “Family”, which is released on February 20th on School Boy [...]
review: Stir of Echoes demo
It looks like its still early days for Stir of Echoes on the demo front so we cannot really critique them thoroughly. Their vocals are hard to judge with rough recording but seem to have spirit. As ever with newly formed artists there is promise. It’s difficult to carve a niche in the overgrowing mass [...]
Get ready for the Fantazia ‘Revolution’ in Bournemouth
Almost 20 years to the day, the legendary club night Fantazia held one of the most memorable events in Bournemouth when over 10,000 ravers turned up for ‘Summertime’ at Matchams Park, causing motorway tailbacks to make prime time national news. Those lucky enough to get in witnessed magical performances from a legendary line-up featuring The Ratpack, Easygroove, EllisDee, DJ SS, DJ Phantasy, and who can forget Robbie Dee suspended in mid [...]
Review: Anja McCloskey’s single launch at The Bent Brief
Anja McClosky’s single launch was a very civilised affair. There were all manner of fine fancy cakes and sophisticated banter. Local jazz hideout, The Bent Brief, was packed to the rafters, the audience crammed in and totally focussed on the live music, with some of the regular drinkers around the corner peering around from the [...]
Lostprophets tour calls in to Southampton in May
Lostprophets have announced the release of their brand new album ‘Weapons’ and their first headline UK tour in two years. The new album is released on April 2nd and is followed by a 14 date tour of the UK and Ireland culminating with a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. It’s been two years since [...]
Honeyfest announce first acts for this years festival
Following the success of last year’s inaugural sold-out Honeyfest and the airing of a prime-time BBC documentary on the making of the festival; the Honeyfest bees have been busy gathering the goods for 2012. The intimate Honeyfest will also be adding the all-new BBC Introducing Stage this year with more info coming soon; for now the first batch of artists set [...]
Canadian Pop-Punkers on call for Basingstoke date
Canadian pop-punkers On Call Heroes arrive at Basingstoke’s Bang Bar this Saturday (28 January, 14+, celebrating the re-release of their second album ‘ Brotherhood’ on Hang Tight Records this month- formed by brothers Bronson (vocals) and Blaine (bass/vocals) alongside school-friends Chris (guitar) and Colby, heavily influenced by Blink 182 and others instrumental in the genre’s late Nineties/early [...]
Just over a week left to enter The Road To Blissfields
Time is running out for local acts who want to enter this years Road To Blissfields competition. You have until the end of January if you want to enter to win a slot at one of the countries best small festivals. The annual competition will this year be visiting three new areas (Reading, Basingstoke and Brighton) [...]
Spring Season of Sensational Shows at The Mayflower
The Mayflower is all ship-shape for the New Year as the breathtaking Broadway and Barbican production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific has already opened and runs until 4th February 2012. Starring Samantha Womack, this new production is set on a tropical island during World War II. This is the sweeping romantic story of two couples, [...]
Jessie J and more for Isle of Wight Festival
More of the hottest acts around today join the already jam-packed line up at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival. For the first time, the Festival welcomes the sensational Jessie J, who will bring her pure ghetto pop fabulosity to the Main Stage before Tinie Tempah on Saturday June 23rd. Headlining the Big Top on [...]
Brighton’s Thomas White to release his third solo album + Free Download
Taking a break from his various other bands and collaborations (including The Electric Soft Parade, Brakes, British Sea Power and Patrick Wolf) Thomas White will release his third solo album ‘Yalla!’ on 19th March 2012 via Bleeding Heart Recordings. How often do we really ever ‘get away from it all’? And when we do, how much [...]
The Graduate hits the Nuffield for 1 week!
The Nuffield Theatre plays host to the stage show of the world famous film “The Graduate”. The play will be an amateur performance by The Maskers Theatre Company and runs between the 24th and 28th of January 2012. It starts nightly at 7.30pm and there is a special opening night 2 for 1 special offer! [...]
Black Crow Rich Robinson flies into The Brook!
The Brook is no stranger to big names in music, and on Wednesday 8th February 2012, founding member of The Black Crowes, Rich Robinson brings his solo tour to the “other” South! Robinson will be touring his latest solo album Through A Crooked Sun and will be bringing all his Southern harmony with him! [...]
Darth Vader invades Southampton in May!
That’s right, the Dark Lord of the Sith, David Prowse heads to Southampton on May 27th 2012 to make an appearence at Waterstone’s (West Quay Shopping Centre) in order to sign copies of his new book “Straight From The Force’s Mouth”… From the Green Cross Code Man to Darth Vader, David’s book [...]
Dog Is Dead coming to Southampton
Following its debut last week on Huw Stephen’s show, Dog Is Dead are proud to announce details of their next single ‘Two Devils’ out on March 5th through Atlantic Records. Produced by David Kosten (who worked with them on prior releases as well as with Bat for Lashes and Everything Everything), Rob from the band commented, ‘Two [...]
review: Frank Turner- The Second Three Years
This is the second collection of offcuts Frank Turner has released; preserving 22 tracks which might have otherwise slipped out of view in my hard drive b-sides slushpile. I chatted to Frank before 2008′s ‘The First Three Years‘ was released and he was eager to point out that these musical anthologies are a way of [...]
Four Year Strong tour calls in to Portsmouth later this month
Four Year Strong, who recently confirmed that they will release their new single “The Security Of The Familiar” in the UK via Island Records on February 27th will be calling in to Portsmouth Pyramids on Tuesday 31st January. The single is the second to be taken from the album “In Some Way, Shape, or Form” [...]
review: The Novatones – Begging At The Bunhouse EP
The first song from The Novatones Begging At The Bunhouse EP literally blasted out of my speakers; it has been a while since I heard a band so loud. It brought back memories. Novatones are in essence a youthful band. I could still taste their last gig at The Hobbit back in September 2011 for [...]