This year is Jalal al-Din Rumi’s 800th birthday (it was on 30th September, to be as precise as we can be about these things) – and there’s an impressive range of exciting stuff going on in London to celebrate. Rumi – the original dude poet, …
You might have heard – the Spice Girls are reforming for a few concerts. It wasn’t very publicised, so you could be excused for missing it. Tickets for the London concert on 15 December at the O2 Centre went on sale on Monday and sold …
It might be September, but it’s looking like this week will be summery and gorgeous, which should let us all forget about a dismal August. However, if you don’t fancy nights in a beer garden in the warm weather, here are a few things to …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 11th June 1988: The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (a.k.a. Mandela Day Concert) takes place at Wembley Stadium. On a scale approaching the Live Aid concert that took place some three years earlier, more than 600 million people …
As the start of the festival season rolls around once again, many big tours are finished for the summer, leaving plenty of chances to catch that small indie act you missed so you could catch Mika that night… we give you the best of the …
Next Friday the Royal Festival Hall will open its doors after two years of hefty refurbishments. We’re a bit excited about the return of this jewel of the South Bank, and more specifically the launch weekend itself, which features water and candles. Will the £100m …
All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we’ve all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything …
El-Shaddai are very excited. Particularly Dr Ramson and his wife, Pastor Linda, founders of and pastors for this “non-denominational, Christ-centred” church. They’ve just spent £5m on a shiny new London home. This weekend, they’ll be meeting their flock in the splendid surroundings of Golders Green …
Kasabian have been added to the list of performers at the BBC Electric Proms. We only got the news yesterday and now that we’ve got round to bringing you the information, we hear that tickets for their gig have already sold out. Not bad for …
Formed out of members of Art of Noise & The Auteurs, we first came across Infantjoy while wallowing in ‘OMG SARAH NIXEY IS BACK!!!111!!’ induced glee a few months ago. Guest starring on their working of ‘Silent Night’, we were intrigued by this duo who …
Ever since Al Jolson opened his gob in the Jazz Singer the worlds of cinema and rock’n’roll have become inextricably linked. You’re going to have to go with us on the Jazz Singer rock’n’roll analogy but you know what we mean. Almost 100 years later …
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