When it comes to major American pop stars fetching up in our lovely city, Londonist sometimes thinks that the Eighties never ended. Following Madonna’s permanent move here, and Prince’s celebrated 21 shows last year, the third in the triumvirate of pop megastars from the Decade …
The BT Digital Music Awards 2007 are being held on next Tuesday (2 October) at the Camden Roundhouse in London and we’ve got a pair of tickets for you to win to attend this special event. Artists such as Klaxons, Calvin Harris, Chemical Brothers and …
Stereophonics’ frontman, Kelly Jones, was in hospital yesterday with an injured arm following a “fracas” with a security guard at an aftershow party for the Vodafone Live Music Awards in town Wednesday night. We heard it went a bit like this: Security: Hurry up and…… …
Lily Allen’s bouncy song “Smile” has obviously had no effect on the meanest people on the planet: US Immigration Officials. The pop star, aged 22, was detained at Los Angeles International Airport for five hours while questioned about the caution she received in June for …
From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here’s what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes’ exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest …
Victor Frankenstein was a tad taken aback when he realised exactly what is was that he had fashioned: How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His …
Lord Mayor, John Stuttard, is planning to make London a centre of business education and professional learning. After today’s bus strike which no-one seemed to know about, tomorrow will see technical staff behind BBC News walking out of work. So, Al Jazeera have picked a …
Martin Jefferson is set to ‘perform’ in London on November 15th. No no… no need to tag your children and send them off to the countryside. It’s a music thing: Michael Jackson will perform “Thriller” from his famed 1982 album in a rare public appearance …
Heart warming animal story of the week: A dove that became extinct in the wild more than 30 years ago has been successfully bred at London Zoo. Planning on going to the 2012 Olympics? Then you will be expected to use public transport. Oh joy. …
Apologies for the lateness of this piece – I went to the BT Digital Music Awards on Tuesday night and consumed more than my fair share of free wine. But more about that later… Earlier on Tuesday found me wandering through the rainy streets of …
The Diesel:U:Music Awards is back for a fifth year and the organisers are gearing up to choosing their finalists for 2006. Gigwise say “The Diesel-U-Music Awards – the biggest unsigned act competition around today will take place on October 4 at Shoreditch Town Hall, London. …
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