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Ever since the music world fell over it’s collective hysteria at the Pixies reunion tour, bands have been reforming faster than new bands are being discovered. Londonist feels that this is the music industry’s equivalent of Hollywood’s remake fever. But then again there have been …

It’s mid month and funds are no doubt in short supply but if you do have a few pennies to spare Londonist recommends, for your listening pleasure, the following recently announced gigs: A group who never forget to send flowers on Mothering Sunday, Motorhead bring …

Londonist was somewhat chuffed to be offered a last minute ticket to check out the Arcade Fire at ULU last week. And not wishing to carry out an equine dental inspection we said yes please and left work pretty sharpish. The band first came to …

Lock up your cliches and hide your stash because this week the Monday Music Review brings you the officially most dangerous band in rock ‘n’ roll since the last one, the hardest working slacker in pop and two friends from Brixton who thought it would …

Two years in development, three hours in length and entering stage right at a mere £11.5 million, The Lord Of The Rings the musical will finally raise curtain in February 2006. In Toronto. Producer Kevin Wallace has announced that none of the three London theatres …

Londonist was somewhat surprised to find out this morning that there are not one but two new Star Wars films on the way. Slashdot drew our attention to Star Wars Revalations, a new fan film with even ropier acting than the originals but some great …

Far from fresh from the Camden Crawl Londonist decided to forgo any further sleep to catch up on a couple more gigs happening around town over the weekend: Lemon Jelly at the Brixton Academy on Friday and Mercury Rev With The Duke Spirit at the …

Londonist was greatly saddened to read of Tommy Vance’s death last Sunday. Memories of Friday nights plugged into Radio 1′s Friday Rock Show through the headphones (how rebellious we teenage metal fans were) listening to everything from Pallas through to Venom, all played with equal …

Although it still feels as if summer is a long way off, Londonist is already preparing to dust off its wet wipes and blow the cobwebs out of its bank account because festival ticket sale season is upon us once again. This weekend tickets for …

With ticket prices for gigs now regularly breaking the £20 mark (including that pesky booking fee) it’s good to know that you can still get to see some of your favourite bands for mostly free courtesy of the resurgence of the instore performance/signing event. Most …