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JAMES AND BELLOWHEAD TO HEADLINE CHELTENHAM’S WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL 2012
Bellowhead, Howard Marks, Doctor & The Medics, The Cuban Brothers will join James at Wychwood Festival 2012, it has been revealed. The festival, which takes place from June 8 – 10 at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire, will see thousands of music fans gather for another eclectic line up. Festival favourites Bellowhead will headline the main [...]
APPLETON ESTATE RUM BARTENDER CHALLENGE HITS BRISTOL
The Appleton Estate Bartender Challenge returns this January calling all bartenders, for the chance to be crowned UK finalist before being flown all expenses paid to Jamaica to represent the United Kingdom in the world final in October 2012. The Appleton Estate Bartender Challenge will be the ultimate test of skill and ability of the [...]
RUN TO THE SUN RETURNS TO NEWQUAY THIS SUMMER
Everyone’s favourite VW festival combo returns to Cornwall in June – with some kick ass headliners already revealed. The annual Run to the Sun shebang (RTTS) takes place on June 1-4 at Trevelgue Holiday Park in Porth, nr Newquay. Entertainment comes from Pendulum, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, DJ Hype and Netsky as well as Jaguar [...]
RED BULL HILL CHASERS RETURNS TO BRISTOL
Britain’s Dual Up Hill Bike Challenge Returns to Park Street, Bristol on 18 February. Red Bull Hill Chasers will see 16 elite and 16 amateur cyclists from BMX, mountain bike, road cycling and fixed-gear compete in a series of gruelling head-to-head knockout rounds on the unforgiving incline. Riders will be paired randomly giving amateur riders [...]
FOLKFACE’S CORNWALL GIG RESCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY TO MAY
FolkFace, who were due to play a gig at Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on Friday 3 February, have been forced to postpone until May 25. The group, aka Dave and Dom, are known to millions of people around the UK and indeed the world, as part of the multi-award winning Chris Moyles show on Radio 1. [...]
FORMER EASTENDERS STAR JAMES ALEXANDROU FEATURES IN DNA AT PLYMOUTH’S DRUM THEATRE
A recognisable play and very recognisable face are coming to The Drum in Plymouth at the beginning in February. DNA was first written by Dennis Kelly as part of the National Theatre’s Connections project but since that time has become a core set text on the GCSE English syllabus. 247 spoke to actor James Alexandrou [...]
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES CO-FOUNDER STEVE SEVERIN RETURNS TO EXETER PICTUREHOUSE
Steven Severin, former bass-player and founding member of highly influential post-punk legends Siouxsie and the Banshees, returns to Exeter Picturehouse on Sunday Feb 19. He was last there just over a year ago, to provide a live soundtrack using a laptop, to Le Sang d’un Poete (Blood Of A Poet), Jean Cocteau’s 1930 black & [...]
BRIT AWARDS NOMINEE ED SHEERAN TO PLAY PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS
Ed Sheeran who enjoyed a phenomenal 2011 (which included two sell out Falmouth shows), and kicked off this year with four BRIT Award nominations, will play a gig at Plymouth Pavilions on October 22. Sheeran, who is nominated for British Solo Male, British Breakthrough Act, British Single for The A Team and British Album of [...]
JAGUAR SKILLS RETURNS TO THE BRISTOL AND CARDIFF
The original ninja has announced that he will return to the road in Spring 2012 with his ‘Jaguar Skills and his Amazing Friends’ Tour. The Radio 1 mixologist will be hitting 12 venues with his lightning-quick mixing and mash-up skills throughout March and April with a bunch of his favourite DJs including Brookes Brothers, Loadstar, [...]
BOOMTOWN FAIR ASKS YOU WHO YOU WANT TO SEE HEADLINE THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL
Bristol-based festival, Boomtown Fair, are running a completion aptly called ‘Who Would You Like To See Headline?’. They’re asking fans of the festival to submit their headliner choice, with the winning choice winning a pair of tickets and the opportunity to meet the artist backstage and have a photo taken for posterity – gotta be [...]
US GUITAR HERO DUANE EDDY TO PLAY GIG IN FROME
The legendary, Grammy Award-winning musician Duane Eddy will stop off at Frome Cheese and Grain in Somerset as part of a small UK tour this year. After a lifetime of songwriting and performing, guitarist Duane Eddy is set to return to the UK. This man’s credentials speak for themselves – he is a Grammy Award [...]
THE BLACKOUT REPLACE SUM 41 AS HEADLINERS OF THE 2012 KERRANG! TOUR
Sum 41 have been forced to pull out of the upcoming Kerrang! Tour, sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink, leaving Welsh rockers The Blackout to take the reigns. Frontman Deryck Whibley has been suffering from a back injury and will not be well enough to perform on the 11-date UK and Ireland tour, which stops off at [...]
POP PUNK LEGENDS BLINK 182 TO PLAY THE EDEN SESSIONS
Pop punk heroes Blink-182 have been confirmed to headline an Eden Session on Sunday July 8. The Californian three-piece come to Eden following the release of their acclaimed sixth studio album Neighborhoods last September, their first record since the band split in 2005. Blink-182, otherwise known as Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, are [...]
THE NATIONAL TO CURATE ATP FESTIVAL AT BUTLINS, MINEHEAD
The dedicated team of music lovers behind All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) have excelled themselves this week, by not only securing The Shins for a London gig but also by unveiling their curator for the December event at Butlins in Minehead. US indie heroes The National will not only play their only UK show of the [...]
ELLEN & THE ESCAPADES HEAD SOUTH FOR TOUR OF THE WESTCOUNTRY
Delicate, bitter-sweet and soul searching are some of the words usually associated with the music of alt folk/rock quintet Ellen and the Escapades. Their upbeat and catchy debut single ‘Without You’, released on their own home grown label Branch Out Records, was lovingly packaged in hand stitched felt and greeted warmly by the likes of [...]
AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM ADDED TO BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL LINE-UP
Bristol Folk Festival has scored a coup, securing the supergroup Afro Celt Sound System as its May Bank Holiday Monday headliner in what is likely to be the band’s only UK summer festival appearance this year. Towering and tribal, Simon Emmerson’s stellar, twice-Grammy nominated Afro Celt Sound System fuses traditional Celtic tunes with driving African [...]
MY RUIN HEAD TO PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL ON THE SOUTHERN REVELATION TOUR
The original Queen of Screamo, Tairrie B, and her rock outfit My Ruin are heading back to the South West as part of a European tour this month. The group will play a gig at Plymouth White Rabbit on January 24 and Bristol Tunnels on January 25. The tour coincides with the release of their [...]
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR WINTER SESSIONS WEEKENDER 2012
One of the world’s best snow festivals takes place in the French Alps at the end of this year’s Ski Season – with early bird tickets now available for the bargain price of £49. Winter Sessions 2012, which takes place in Chamonix on March 31, will feature a stellar line up of live music and [...]
HOTEL CHOCOLAT TEAMS UP WITH EXETER PICTUREHOUSE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Luxury chocolatier and cocoa grower, Hotel Chocolat, is appealing to romantic, chocolate-loving filmgoers across the UK with the launch of a limited edition chocolate to celebrate Valentine’s Day and the release of the quirky romantic comedy, ‘Romantic Anonymous’ . Indeed the chocolate has been specially created to celebrate the release of the film, and is [...]
REGINALD D HUNTER JOINS LAUGH OUT LOUD LINE-UP
This year’s Laugh Out Loud Festival held in various venues across Exeter involves more shows and more venues, showcasing some of the biggest names on the current comedy scene. The award-winning comedian Reginald D Hunter is the latest comedian to be added to the line-up. A regular on Have I Got News For You, the [...]
