Ticket Alert: Gigs on Sale Friday 20 May
From boy bands and folk to ska, reggae and tip-top turntablism, see this week’s onsales.
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Week Around the -ists
The Holiday season is in full swing in NYC, with holiday lights in Brooklyn, a giant snow globe in Bryan Park and Chanukah specials for ham. One citizen decided to go vigilante on annoying car alarms, a murder suspect used a fake Asian accent on …
Crap Crappers In Croydon
Croydon Council want businesses to rent out their toilets to the public and display signs to alert passers-by that they can relieve themselves in those very spots. The badness of this idea starts in the very notion of ‘renting’ toilets – after the Joe Orton …
Bandwatch: They Came From The Stars, I Saw Them
Today, they came from the stars, i saw them are recording an XFM session and on 9 November, will be transmitting a BBC 6music Marc Riley session. We suggest you tune in. Some press people tried to describe them here and, mashed together in a …
Forget Suspicious Bags…
Unlocked safe, stack of explosives…not a scene from a Guy Ritchie heist movie, but Golders Green Tube station. It was revealed yesterday that rail union staff discovered maintenance detonators (along with what was thought to be petrol) in an open, unattended safe at the station. …
Team Nice Gets Political
This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 12. History Repeating Itself? Gordon Brown is clearly still enjoying a prolonged honeymoon period. It must be so. Under ordinary circumstances it would be no surprise …
Heroic Hounds
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and today is an exciting day for some four-legged furry ones with extra special wet noses and jolly brave handlers. Labradors Vinnie and Billy, and Jake, a spaniel, have got gongs of the highest order; the animals’ George …
Londonist Stays In
There are a million things to do in London this week, but if you fancy a night in, here are a few things to keep you occupied. On TV, Londonist likes: Monday, 2 July – Friday, 6 July Wimbledon Today (BBC2, 20:00-21:00) Chances are, your …
This Week’s Buzzwords: Jittery, Critical and Vigilance
London went back to work this morning in a mood universally described as ‘jittery’. We must be vigilant, say the authorities, for the alert status remains ‘Critical’, and further attacks are deemed likely. The authorities are certainly being vigilant. Heathrow’s Terminal 3 was closed for …
Incoming Stripes
There’s a late addition to our ticket alert this week with the news that The White Stripes will be playing a special one off show in South East London next week. With their new single “Icky Thump” about to hit the charts on Sunday, the …
Extra, Extra
Cops shoot to kill in Ealing. Woman’s body closes Barkingside Station. The City gets a terror alert system. A driver is knocked downr by his own van. It’s fricking scary out there. Image courtesy of Orhan via the Londonist flickr group.
