Ten years after storming Wembley Arena with his revival of the 1976 album, Oxygene, its creator and performer, French synth maestro Jean-Michel Jarre, is back in town… to play exactly the same thing again, only this time in the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, March …
Two weeks into the New Year and it’s important to find things to distract yourself from the grey weather, gym timetables, failing diets and attempts to avoid alcohol. If you’re still feeling the pinch post festive season then we’ve got some excellently cheap things for …
Motown legends The Four Tops won a victory in court last Friday, as they successfully prevented a rival band from touring with their name. Apparently singer Viscount Oliver Miller had been touring with his band, who went under the somewhat suspect name of “Viscount Oliver’s …
Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend: Today is Remembrance Sunday which actually falls on 11th November – Armistice Day. The Queen and other Royals attended the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall last night. The Ceremony of Remembrance and Cenotaph Parade take place …
Heathrow co-pilot arrested for being drunk. Helen Mirren’s dogs win award. Song devoted to Enfield homeless man. Henman versus Edberg in the Royal Albert Hall. Voice of Homer Simpson on stage in London Image courtesy of TwoCrabs via the Londonist flickr group.
Cult canadian star Feist is back in the UK playing a sold out date at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Monday night. Now “1, 2, 3, 4″ is all over an advert it might be tricky to find tix but we reckon the ever reliable …
Experimental hardcore stars The Locust play The Underworld on Monday night. Tickets are £12 each, and still available for box office collection. Emo favourites Circa Survive play the Barfly, though tickets are long gone. The Ravonettes play Bush Hall for a sold out show, former …
Hard-Fi have announced a massive UK tour of arenas throughout the land, including a night at Wembley Arena. They’ll be bringing their tales of urban hell to Wembley on Tuesday 18th December, with tickets on sale tomorrow morning at 9am. For those quick off the …
Monday night sees mad Australians Architecture in Helsinki come to the capital to play Koko after a stop off at Bestival this weekend. Tickets are £12.50 each and still available for box office collection. Faithless play the first of two nights in the capital at …
It looks like summer might actually have arrived in London this week, but if you’re determined to stay inside, here are a few things to help you bide the time. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 3 September – Wednesday, 5 September Dumped (Channel 4, 21:00-22:00) …
The Proms are a marvellous institution. Remarkably diverse musically, accessible, world class and – crucially – cheap as chips, they are the soundtrack to summer in London and we are privileged to have them on our doorstep. It was with an eager step that we …
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