Interpol

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Music Choice: Monday 2nd July – Friday 6th July.

Busy week across the capital as tours come to a close and album-preview shows take a hold. Interpol play a one off show on Monday night at the Astoria, with support coming from the wonderful Maccabees. As you can expect, this one’s been sold out …

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Music: Ticket Alerts For Friday 22nd June

As it seems the world and its wife is off in a (soon to be) muddy field in Glastonbury, there aren’t that many big events going on sale tomorrow morning, but a fair few went on sale earlier this week. We give you the roundup …

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Ticket-alert: Angular Marmite

Some people really, really love Interpol. Some people hate them beyond belief and spend all their times wittering on about Ian Curtis and how Interpol have no imagination, are ruining music, are the devil etc etc etc. If you are of the former disposition, then …

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Music: Ticket Alerts For Friday 8th June

Tickets are going on sale at the moment for a lot of the Autumn gigs, so be sure to get your diaries out for this little collection of gems to catch soon. Everyone loves the Manic Street Preachers, and they’ve just announced a new full …

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Music: Ticket Alerts For Friday 1st June

Lots on sale tomorrow morning and today, so straight in we go. First up, Smashing Pumpkins have announced a one off date at Shepherds Bush Empire on Tuesday 19th June, ahead of their (sure to be) sensational return to Reading and Leeds Festivals. Tickets are …

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Music Choice: Monday 21st – Sunday 27th May

Busy week as ever in the capital for music, so straight in we go: Monday night sees Fountains of Wayne grace the Astoria with their power-pop melodies. Tickets are still available from the usual places, however are going quickly. However if power pop isn’t your …

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Music Choice: Monday 14th – Sunday 20th May

Monday night sees Londonist favourite Mika return to the capital for a triumphant one night stand at Shepherds Bush Empire. Tickets are sold out, but some are available for face-value exchange on Scarlet Mist Tuesday sees Interpol, the New York doom-lovers goth out Camden’s Koko …

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Saturday Cinema Summary!

This week – Simon Pegg polices the country town of Sandford (Hot Fuzz) and Jennifer Love Hewitt lives in Bristol (The Truth About Love). First, we must say sorry for the lack of Saturday Cinema Summary last week. We were saving London from certain destruction. …

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The Philatelic Sherlock Holmes

We’re suckers for anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, after all, London is sweeter for his presence. We even watched that cartoon which had him thawed out and solving crimes on the moon. So while browsing the Detective Fiction on Stamps homepage at 5 am …

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Mythical Octopus Found In Lawyer’s Office

It’s not every day we get to write a headline like that so we just had to bring your attention to this story: A looted ancient Peruvian headdress considered of key importance to the country’s cultural heritage has been seized from a lawyer’s office in …

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For Those About To Commit Dirty Deeds We Salute You

If AC/DC’s manager, George Young, walked up to you in a pub and asked if you wanted to get a job in rock’n’roll, what would your first thoughts be? Would you wonder what he was doing in the UK? Would you wonder why such a …