Perfect formation courtesy of Phill Price via the Londonist Flickr Pool To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force the legendary Red Arrows did a barnstorming fly past across London and down the Thames at lunchtime today. You may have heard them go …
Ah, the transformative powers of education. Last week, we saw the kiddies philosophizing. This week, we learn of prison inmates dramatizing. And this isn’t just any kind of dramatizing, nor is this just any prison: This is Shakespeare as performed by the inmates of the …
iTunes have announced 10 days of gigs starting next Thursday as part of their iTunes Live series. All the gigs will be available to download from iTunes after the 10 day festival is over. Last year’s festival was a bit later in the year, but …
If you didn’t catch Primal Scream at The 100 Club last night (did you? how was it?) and you’re still itching for some lovely, free music then these are the pick of instore gigs coming up over the next two weeks. You’ve got a bit …
Set your alarms, get your diaries out, write a reminder on the back of your hand with a biro, because Alan Moore is on the gogglebox tonight. BBC2′s The Culture Show is featuring the bearded warlock and undoubted genius tonight in a ‘rare television interview’: …
Eel Pie Eccentrics Mystery Jets have never been ones to do things in the regular rock’n’roll way, possibly why their Dad plays in the band, and possibly why they’ve just started an online treasure hunt ahead of their debut album and a small tour in …
Coming to you a few days early to give you some advanced warning on a few big shows out this Friday and let you know of a few others hanging around. First up and already on sale here are the Teenage Cancer Trust shows at …
West End musicals – big shows with huge casts, flashy costumes, breath-taking sets and… music! Music that challenges you! Music that stirs your soul! Music that tells you a story in its melodies and soaring, swooping notes! Music that lifts drama to sublime heights and …
The NME Shockwaves tour line up was announced today; with tickets on sale tomorrow from 9am for the Brixton show on February 17th. It’s a good, solid indie-pop line up: Maximo Park headlining, supported by Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists and Mystery Jets; the latter …
Every minute of receeding daylight heralds the approach of the end of the year list and the NME kicked things off in their paper issue today with their top 25 gigs of the year, as voted for by you, the reader. Well it says that …
Right, time to catch up on a couple of gigs from last week. The Duke Spirit – The Portland Arms, Cambridge That’s right, Cambridge. 45 minutes out of King’s Cross lies one of London’s quainter suburbs and for this evening at least, home to The …
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