It’s 14 years ago today that the original creative force behind legendary British progressive rock band Pink Floyd passed away, his life cut short by an excessive lifestyle that saw only glimpses of his immense talent appear to the world. Syd Barrett, who joined the world on 6 January 1946, provided 10 of the 11…
On its first release in January 1955 it spent five weeks on top of the British charts, on it’s second in April 1968 it reached number 20 and on a third release in March 1974 it got as high as number 12. In all it spent 57 weeks in the British charts and was the…
Based on the autobiography of the record label’s founder Berry Gordy, Motown: The Musical premiered on Broadway in April 2013 and has been playing at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre since February 2016. Featuring classic hits by the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, the production tells the story of the man who broke down barriers…
Portstock Festival will return to Newport this summer following its successful launch last year. A one-day music event with a diverse selection of local food traders, stalls and workshops, the festival is organised by St David’s Hospice Care to raise funds for palliative treatment for people facing life-limiting illnesses. The hospice also provides care and…
The 2019 version of the hit ITV series The Voice is the eighth, with this year’s contestants about to embark on the ‘knockout stages’ having already survived producers’ auditions, blind auditions and the battle phase. Next up are the knockouts when judges Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Olly Murs have to pick their…
Now into its third year, Hit The North takes places across 12 venues around Newcastle city centre from 3-5 May 2019. With the main festival taking place on the Sunday, ‘opening parties’ on the Friday are ticketed separately and only valid with a Hit The North wristband. The Friday-night parties see Metronomy playing at the…
It has to be one of the most memorable names for a music festival, but its root stems from the charity gig in 2008 that first inspired it. Now into its second decade, the Cosmic Puffin Festival started out as a fund-raising event for a charity at Basildon and Thurrock Hospital that enables parents of…
Scotland’s biggest indoor electronic music festival gets underway in Edinburgh in April, when Terminal V Festival returns to the Royal Highland Centre. Taking place on Saturday, 20 April 2019, the 11-hour music extravaganza will feature a carefully curated line-up of legends and emerging international acts over multiple indoor stages in the vast warehouse complex in…
The younger half of the duo that helped transform pop music in the 1960s, Phil Everly passed away in January 2014, but five years on the music he created with elder brother Don is still selling out theatres across the UK, with the Walk Right Back stage show about to enter it’s second year on…
Metronomy, The Futureheads and The Sherlocks are among the bands lined up for the Handmade Festival, which descends on Leicester over the May bank holiday for a seventh year in 2019. Set across 10 stages, Handmade is an independent music and arts festival that takes place at the O2 Academy Leicester, the Attenborough Arts Centre…
