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Surprise Guillemots release is first of four this yearTuesday, 08 May 2012Avant-garde Birmingham four-piece Guillemots (or gUiLLeMoTs, as they would prefer to be stylised) release new album Hello Land! today after gloriously-named frontman Fyfe Dangerfield played two tracks on BBC 6 Music yesterday. The album is the... Read more... |
First ever exhibition of a lost princeTuesday, 08 May 2012One of the earliest known autopsy reports will go on display in a exhibition this autumn. The Lost Prince: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart at the National Portrait Gallery will look at the extraordinary, albeit short, life of the eldest son of... Read more... |
Offspring offer first taste of ninth studio albumTuesday, 08 May 2012Everybody's favourite 1990s guilty-pleasure punks The Offspring release ninth studio album Days Go By next month, and the band has just made the title track available as a taster. Take a listen below."I don't know why but I felt sort of serious... Read more... |
The Amazing Spider-Man spins a trailerThursday, 03 May 2012Half man, half arachnid, the character has been around as a Marvel Comics superhero since 1963. And from 2002 to 2007 he was played in a trio of blockbusters by Tobey Maguire. The latest actor to have slipped into the tight-fitting red and blue... Read more... |
Kerrang! announces nominees for 2012 award ceremonyWednesday, 02 May 2012Pop-punk band You Me At Six lead the nominations for this year's Kerrang! Awards, the shortlists for which have been published today.The Surrey five-piece have nods in four categories, including Best British Band, Best Album and two shouts for Best... Read more... |
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2012-13 seasonTuesday, 01 May 2012Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko commences his seventh season, exploring the music of Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes. The soloists roll call includes Simon Trpčeski, Tasmin Little, Tine Thing Helseth, Daniel Müller-Schott. Liverpool... Read more... |
Liz Fraser booked for MeltdownTuesday, 01 May 2012The first group of artists booked to perform at this summer’s Meltdown Festival – curated by Antony Hegarty – have been announced. Drawing the lion’s share of attention is the inclusion in the line-up of the brilliant and reclusive Elizabeth Fraser... Read more... |
2012 Tony Award nominationsTuesday, 01 May 2012
Things didn’t go well for Eva Perons past and present at this morning’s announcement from New York of the nominations for Broadway’s 2012 Tony Awards, honouring the best of the 2011/12 theatre season, and Richard Bean will surely be wondering how it... Read more... |
Rosenblatt Recitals: new season, new homeMonday, 30 April 2012Rosenblatt Recitals – London’s only international opera recital series – announced today that it is moving to the Wigmore Hall from the beginning of its 2012-13 season. Rosenblatt Recitals was founded in 2000 by Ian Rosenblatt, who wanted to... Read more... |
Marina and the Diamonds postpones tourMonday, 30 April 2012Marina and the Diamonds has had to rescedule her UK tour, due to begin this week, on doctor's orders. The singer is receiving treatment for a damaged vocal chord. “It is with huge regret that I have had to postpone my UK tour dates due to... Read more... |
High Court orders Pirate Bay blockMonday, 30 April 2012High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold ruled today that UK internet service providers must block access to The Pirate Bay.The infamous site - founded in Sweden and even boasting an affiliated political party there - has been a figurehead for the pro-... Read more... |
Matt Lucas turns pop video directorMonday, 30 April 2012While David Walliams has been busy swimming the Thames Matt Lucas has not been idle. As well as presenting his own TV show, The Matt Lucas Awards, he has recently scripted and directed the pop video to accompany the new single from The Proclaimers... Read more... |
