Friendly Fires returns

Containing the largest headliner shows so far, Friendly Fires has announced plans for a November tour in Britain. It feels like Friendly Fires have never been gone with their new album. To wide spread praise, Pala was released last week and rocketed to the chart to number four.

Pala, following on the heels of their [...]

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Girls Aloud at O2 Arena Olympic Festival

The Olympic Festival being held at the O2 Arena in London next year is getting more and more exciting. This is even truer now that Girls Aloud are rumoured to be one of the acts scheduled to appear.

The festival is being planned for the indoor arena with fans being allowed to camp overnight. Girls Aloud [...]

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Latitude Festival line-up

Suffolk’s Henham Park will play host again to the Latitude Festival between 14-17 July this year. The festival line-up will feature the very latest in contemporary theatre, including productions from the Bush Theatre, Coney and the Battersea Arts Centre (a joint production), Theatre Delicatessen, and the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith.

Tania Harrison, Arts Curator for the Festival, said [...]

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U2 are set to headline the Glastonbury

U2 are set to headline the Glastonbury festival this summer once again after they were forced to pull out at the last minute of the same concert last year. The 2010 concert date unfortunately fell through when Bono injured his back making him unable to take the stage.  Instead, Gorillaz took U2s place as the headlining [...]

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The Monkees tour the UK

If you remember the 1960’s, you remember The Monkees, and if you remember them you will not want to miss their first British tour since we can’t remember when.  Well, actually it’s been 12 years, and one of the four original members may not join the group this time out.  But at least three Monkees will [...]

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O2 Arena, the Usher Michael Jackson tribute show

Usher’s concert at O2 Arena in London was nothing more than a Michael Jackson tribute. During the show a pair of silver high-topped sneakers arrived on stage via a conveyor belt, and Usher looks to the heavens and asks if he can have permission to fill the shoes. When or where he say Jackson perform in [...]

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Queen rock Prince’s Trust Rock Gala

The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala has been held for the first time in some twenty years.  Queen were one of the featured performers, with Roger Taylor and Brian May fronted by Tom Chaplin from Keane. The show took place at Albert Hall with the Duchess of Cornwall and the Prince of Wales in attendance.

Other performers included [...]

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Cheryl Cole may sing at Usher gigs

Usher apparently has some big plans for UK stars when he comes here on tour dates.  He has already offered to have Cheryl Cole sing on his London gigs, if she will agree.  As an extra bonus, he has offered to take her out for some roast dinner or a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale.

He claims [...]

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Coldplay’s secret gig

Coldplay will perform at a secret location on 19 December as a benefit for CRISIS, which is a charity to benefit single homeless people.  The only thing anyone knows about the gig right now is that it will take place somewhere in Liverpool.

Organisers say that having Coldplay perform a benefit for CRISIS will help attract attention [...]

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The Stones set to hit the road again

While the news is exciting for some and absolutely deliriously joyful for others, no one should really be too surprised that the Rolling Stones are gonna roll again.  They have weathered very well indeed, if past performance is any indication.

Their 2007 tour, A Bigger Bang, was the highest grossing concert tour for any band, ever.  The [...]

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