Charlie Simpson has announced a tour of the UK for March and April 2012. Tickets are available now. John reviewed Charlie's solo album 'Young Pilgrim' this past summer; you can read all about it here. Wednesday 21st March 2012 - Ipswich Corn Exchange Thursday 22nd March 2012 - London Koko Saturday 24th March 2012 - Birmingham Academy 2 Sunday 25th March 2012 - Liverpool Academy Tuesday 27th March 2012 - Sheffield Academy [...]
London's Katy B has announced a tour of the UK for October and November. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 8th October 2011 - Ipswich Regent Tuesday 11th October 2011 - Leeds O2 Academy Wednesday 12th October 2011 - Manchester O2 Apollo Thursday 13th October 2011 - Newcastle O2 Academy Friday 14th October 2011 - Glasgow O2 Academy Sunday 16th October 2011 - Liverpool O2 Academy Monday [...]
The revitalised line-up of Mike and the Mechanics will be touring the UK in May. Tickets are available now. The band's new album, 'The Road', will be released on Monday (11 April). Read Marc's review of the album here. Sunday 1st May 2011 - York Grand Opera House Tuesday 3rd May 2011 - Oxford New Theatre Thursday 5th May 2011 - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Sunday 8th May 2011 - Bournemouth [...]
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Going through Soundcloud and sorting through the bullshit, found me a WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER! Presenting to you, Refracture. Our boy Paul Dobson of Ipswich, Britain has got some good ones for us. Let me just say that he is a producer from the UK that sounds like a producer... from the UK (read: fun, heavy, and fucking GOOD with the dubstep breaks). In the track released not more than a few days ago, there are some movement shifts that bring a whole myriad of emotions to the table. Starting off sounding a bit like Mark Ronson and [...]
The Cads out of Ipswich make it mandatory to put your dancing shoes on. Their song, "Skin" deserves you to get up and let looses. Using Two Door CInema CLub style energetic, catchy guitars, they craft delectable indie rock. This is simply some of the most infectious music to come out of England in recent times. Like the lads say, You're the only one not dancing" . So don't be "that guy" and join in on the fun. If your still having trouble finding some motivation, Just watch these two elders show you the right way to dance in [...]
I can't let these huge albums be publicised casually underneath my nose without a sniffle. I say that, the glorious perfume of Foals ' Spanish Sahara drifted to my senses effortlessly - you just needed to click on something relatively music related/dedicated and you'd be devouring their earned praises. Spanish Sahara was indeed very good. Personally not being such a fan of the Cassius era, I was no doubt converted to these oxford musicians within minutes of watching a sublime video for that new track . Or maybe it just [...]
Still trying to prove that they're a "real band", The Automatic have announced a string of tour dates starting next week, playing some of the skankiest venues in the UK. Lucky them. Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Tunbridge Wells Forum Wednesday 11th November 2009 - Southend Chinnerys Thursday 12th November 2009 - Kingston Upon Thames McCluskys Friday 13th November 2009 - Rhondda Cwmparc Saturday 14th November 2009 - Wrexham Central Station [...]
Northern Irish rockers Ash will be embarking on a 26-city, A-Z tour of the UK in mid-October. The tour begins in Aldershot exactly a week after the release of 'True Love 19802, the first of 26 alphabetically labelled singles only to be available as limited edition 73s and digital downloads. Catch them on the road at these venues: Monday 19th October 2009 - Aldershot, West End Centre Tuesday 20th October 2009 - Bradford, The Gasworks Wednesday 21st October 2009 - [...]
We've written a fair bit about Adam Ficek's alter-ego, Roses Kings Castles over the past year here at TGTF. The Babyshambles drummer is off on the road again over this Autumn, playing to crowds at a nearby pub to you. Catch him at: Wednesday 23rd September 2009 - Leeds Wardrobe Sunday 4th October 2009 - Paris Cafe Disquaire Thursday 8th October 2009 - Dublin Whelans Saturday 10th October 2009 - Swindon The Vale - Cricklade [...]
Ash are re-inventing themselves as one of the most innovative indie bands out there. They've ditched the old format of doing albums, and are releasing their "A-Z Series", a collection of 26 limited edition 7" and digital download singles, released fortnightly over the coming year. To celebrate, they're playing an "A-Z tour", playing 26 lesser-known venues around the country from Aldershot to Zennor. The indie kids have been around for over 17 years, their "Intergalactic Sonic 73s" compilation being my introduction to proper good music, with "Girl from Mars" still one of my favourite tracks [...]
Ian Brown has announced a string of UK tour dates to round out the end of the year. Tickets reportedly go on sale at 9.30am on Thursday (August 27th). Catch the former Stone Roses frontman at: Sunday 30th November 2009 - Leicester De Montfort Hall Monday 30th November 2009 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion Tuesday 1st December 2009 - Ipswich Regent Thursday 3rd December 2009 - Bournemouth O2 Academy Friday 4th December 2009 - London O2 Academy Brixton [...]
Never leave football again* Never. Selected quotes taken after the Coventry v Ipswich match - which ended in defeat for the Tractor Boys. : "I'll be down tonight but the day my appetite isn't affected by defeat I'll be out of the game. I am trying to learn from my experiences at Sunderland and not get too downhearted but I will not get home, put my feet up and have a whistle. "But I've been like that since I was eight or nine years old. the beauty of [...]
The title of this post (and image) is from his autobiography . I mentioned in a previous article that Sir Bobby Robson was on borrowed time. That was August last year. He defied all the odds and continued to fight, but finally as everyone I'm sure now knows... I loved that man, so easily likable, approachable and friendly. Which I supposed is all the same thing but I don't care. When you are eulogizing someone you can get away with it. [...]
Crazy Ginger Dreadlocked guy Newton Faulkner has announced a full October tour. Tickets are priced £16, except Cornwall and York £16.50, London and Manchester, £17.50, Belfast £20, Dublin 22 Euros. Tickets go on sale on Friday, 17th July. Monday 12th October 2009 - Glasgow ABC Tuesday 13th October 2009 - Newcastle City Hall Wednesday 14th October 2009 - York Opera House Friday 16th October 2009 - Ipswich Regent Theatre Sunday 18th October 2009 - [...]
Will Young has announced a string of tour dates in November and December of this year. Tickets go on sale for the general public this Friday 12th June at 9am, with presale tickets available from here now. Monday 9th November 2009 - Belfast The Waterfront Tuesday 10th November 2009 - Dublin The Olympia Theatre Thursday 12th November 2009 - Glasgow, SECC Clyde Auditorium Friday 13th November 2009 - Aberdeen, Music Hall Sunday 15th November [...]
The Saturdays have announced a shiny new tour for June around the UK's theatres. The rising pop fivesome, who have covered Depeche Modes' single "Just Can't Get Enough" for Comic Relief will be playing their biggest tour yet. Tickets are on sale now, priced between £20 and £22.50 each. Catch the girls at: Friday 5th June 2009 - Oxford New Theatre Saturday 6th June 2009 - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Monday 8th June 2009 - Glasgow SECC Clyde Auditorium [...]
The weather is closing in, getting a bit nippy outside of a night. Perfect time to post some calypso music... I've previously posted a couple of football and calypso music tracks here and here - this is part one of a two part post that will gather them all together. Yes that's right, there are so many footie&calypso songs that I had to split this in half. In the 50's there was a craze for the music in Britain and this even spread [...]
Well. They've only gone and re-released Stupids' Peruvian Vacation , remastered and with another fifteen or so tracks - which has sent me back to 1985 and my temporary thing for skatepunk. I couldn't ride a skateboard during the second wave of interest in falling off a bit of moving wood, but I did like the poppier end of the hardcore thrash that went with it. Stupids (the 'The' is a shibboleth that is FROWNED UPON by humourless sk8ter bois - sorry, skaters) were very much the right mix of speed and fun, the Banana Splits teenage rush mixed [...]
I was saddened to read the following article via Soccernet this morning. Sir Bobby is a battler and I thought he would have won this one too. Sir Bobby admits defeat in battle against cancer Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson has admitted he will lose his battle with lung cancer 'sooner rather than later'. Robson has been battling a fifth bout of the illness and has accepted doctors' prognosis that he is unlikely to beat it. Speaking to The Sun, he said: [...]
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