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Sydney-based dance-pop group Sneaky Sound System lured in enough of their fellow Aussies to sell out their only London gig last night. In return, they thoughtfully ensured their antipodean brethren a short walk home by holding it at Shepherds Bush Empire, conveniently located next to …

Good news for all Avenue Q fans. Despite having posted closing notices at the Noel Coward Theatre a couple of months ago, the musical has just announced that it plans to move instead of close on 28th March as planned. Instead all the current cast, …

Australian dance trio Sneaky Sound System play Shepherd’s Bush Empire tonight and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away, thanks to some rubbish diary maintenance which means we’re double booked. If you’ve not heard them before, SSS create some really fun, bouncy, female …

Celebrating 50 years in the music biz this summer, Island Records are set to hold their very own Island 50 festival this May at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Spanning generations the line-up is filled with current and old favourites like Spooky Tooth as well as new …

If you’ve been hanging about in the hipster places in East London for the last couple of years you probably know all about thecocknbullkid. We’ve heard her name many a time but never actually got round to listening to her. Now we have, we wonder …

An opera novice writes: Going to see an opera for the first time is a bit scary. It’s just a bunch of fat blokes and warbly maidens singing in tuneless Italian before melodramatically kicking the bucket, isn’t it? Who would want to see that? But …

The music world is filled with forthcoming releases from sparkly girls who count the synth as their best friend. There’s so many of them that we think some real gems might end up getting lost. Instead Mercury Records are touting their next big hope as …

Despite royally and deservedly dissing flash mobs a mere three days ago, even the most cynical of Londonist’s hearts had to be warmed this weekend by a ‘gathering’ of people outside the Tate Modern yesterday in remembrance of Tony Hart. Armed with plasticine, the outcome …

Last time we saw Katy Perry in London we witnessed one man texting “My God man, in the flesh I can’t stop staring at her rack” while his girlfriend was at the bar, and a pair of middle aged ‘theatre goers’ almost causing a fight …

Back in the 1990s, we watched Ally McBeal a lot. We loved it so much from the Biscuit’s weird little comments, Elaine’s face bras, Robert Downey Jr (swoon swoon) and most importantly the utterly random break outs into song. Watching it in our little bedroom …