A spokesman for the app said: “The only app you’ll need this summer”. Our new social app showcases beaches in Devon, beaches in Cornwall and much, much more. It integrates with your existing Facebook, Twitter and Flickr account allowing you to share the fun with friends, family and work colleagues!”

Choose from over 190 featured beaches located throughout Devon and Cornwall. Find out more about each beach and the facilities available including: car parking, access to the beach, toilets, restaurant / cafe, whether dogs are allowed, if lifeguards are present, whether its a blue flag beach, is it good for surfing and most importantly, how to get there!

If you fancy learning to surf, want to go shopping or need a meal during or after your day at the beach then search the app for nearby surf schools, surf shops, fast food outlets, restaurants and pubs. Featuring the Jamie Oliver inspired Fifteen Cornwall, Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurants and Bar, McDonalds, Burger King, Subway and hundreds more our beach app caters for every taste and budget.

The tour sees Craig perform across the country from the far-flung Orkney Islands to the south of Cornwall, as well as taking in London’s Bloomsbury Theatre for the first time. This second extension is hot-on-the-heels of Craig’s return from the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and kicks off from 24th May.
Craig supported Frankie Boyle on his 120 date nationwide tour, performed on Dave’s One Night Stand (DAVE), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), and Michael McIntyre’sComedy Roadshow (BBC One).

As a natural raconteur, Craig is able to find humour in the mundane, instinctively able to
entertain and amuse. Typically dressed in his beloved ‘I love cheese’ t-shirt (synthetic and a bit wiffy) and a khaki (undercover police concealment) shorts number, sometimes substituted for leather trousers, the strapping ex-athlete commands his stages with vigour, befriending the audience with boisterous re-enactments from his travels.

Craig was the notorious host of Canada’s legendary Ed’s Night Party, and headline guest on numerous Canadian TV shows such as Jim Carrey Live, The Dennis Miller Show and Just for Laughs. He is a firm fringe favourite having made his Edinburgh debut alongside Tony Law and Dan Antopolski as part of comedy trio The Dinks which won great critical and box office success, leading to an invitation to perform in the Best of Edinburgh programme in New York. He has since supported Rich Hall on his international tour and had two further successful solo shows in Edinburgh.

Craig Campbell plays the Plough Arts Centre in Torrington, Devon, on Friday 1 June. Tickets £13adv from 01805 624624. He also plays Bristol Hen and Chicken on June 6 and The B-Bar, Plymouth, on June 22.

The event in association with CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) will feature over 165 real ales, 60 ciders & 10 perries. Boasting the largest selection of Cider and Perry in the South West, this years event will also feature a foreign bar stocked with some of the best beers around.

Live music on the Friday evening will come from local musician, Luke Scott Dumper. 25 year old Luke, was born in Plymouth but lived in Scotland through childhood which gave his vocals a Scottish twang, before moving back to Plymouth in 2000. Performing in local venues including Fortesque, Junction, Voodoo Lounge and Jack Chams, Luke has been performing his Folk music across the South West and the UK. Luke is currently writing his debut album ‘Learning Life the Hard Way’ and in June 2012 he heads out on tour in the UK and Belgium with American singer songwriter Malcolm Tent. Luke can also be seen performing with Folk band ‘Guy Folk’ and local Punkhardcore band ‘F.T.O’ (friendly terrorist orchestra).

Onto the Saturday evening and the Plymouth Beer Festival boasts its biggest headliner in the history of the festival, Sir Bob Geldof. An Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist, Bob Geldof rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980. The band had hits with his compositions ‘Rat Trap’ and ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’. He co-wrote ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, one of the best-selling singles of all time. He starred as Pink in Pink Floyd’s 1982 film Pink Floyd the Wall. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984, he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005.

Booking advised. Strictly no under 18’s. Open 12noon to 11pm, Friday & Saturday (live music from 9pm). Tickets cost: £5 except £10 for entry on Saturday after 6.10pm in advance or £12 on the door / £3 admission for CAMRA members (except Saturday evening) To book tickets contact the Box Office on 0845 146 1460

The UWE Graduate Fashion Weekend, held at the Trinity Centre in Bristol on 11 – 12 May, was organised by The FashionSays Stitched programme of third Year Fashion students. There were a variety of different, inspiring collections, which boasted amazing fabrics, colours and textures – from lace to knitwear.

Stunning birdwing head pieces, bright colour blocking dresses and detailed corsetry highlighted the two-hour show. The quality of the garments was impeccably presented, sewn with such careful consideration and touched up all day by students who worked hard behind the scenes to replace buttons and zips before each of the shows. The models stood tall and professional in long beautiful chiffon garments, backless silk floor length dresses, tweed jackets styled with knitted scarves and a selection of wedge shoes, Jeffrey Campbell inspired platforms in various colours and casual men’s leather boots.

A few lucky students have grabbed the attention of some of the public and have had garments already wanted for buying, starting off a prosperous design career. After one long year of planning and organisation the students at the University of the West of England were happy to say that the 2012 Fashion degree show was a complete and utter stitched up success!

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The New Forest teenager’s debut album has been a massive hit across Europe achieving number one status in both Holland and Belgium and hitting the Top 20 in the UK. It has gone Gold in the UK, Platinum in Europe and she’s had over 45 million hits on YouTube. With her performances of ‘Shelter’ and her cover of Ed Sheeran’s ‘The A Team’, Open Mic UK winner Birdy was the second most viewed UK musician on YouTube. In March 2012, she was one of the artists who contributed to the Hunger Games’ film soundtrack with her single “Just A Game”, along with Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, and Arcade Fire.

Birdy went up against 10,000 hopeful artists in the Open Mic UK national music competition. At just 12 years of age with a dream of becoming a star and sharing her music with the world, Birdy swept through the auditions into the regional and area finals to her eventual win at the National Grand Final singing her own song ‘So Be Free’. Birdy recently reminisced about the experience of playing in front of a thousand people at the Open Mic UK Grand Final as “such a cool experience” to Radio One. She explained that it showed her what she wanted to do when she was still very young.

After winning Open Mic UK, Birdy recorded her album with Gareth Henderson in River Studios which resulted in her being offered a publishing contract with Good Soldier Songs Ltd, run by Christian Tattersfield, chairman of Warner Bros. Tattersfield was previously responsible for signing artists such as David Gray. She subsequently got signed to Warner. Despite being busy studying hard for her forthcoming GCSE exams, Birdy continues to work hard on her music career and remains loyal to those that have supported her rising success, still working with Gareth Henderson at River Studios on recent tracks included on her self-titled debut album “Birdy”.

More information at www.officialbirdy.com If you want to enter Open Mic UK, visit www.Openmicuk.co.uk

Performing warm-up gigs in only three cities, Blur will head to Plymouth Pavilions on Tuesday 7 August 2012 ahead of their highly anticipated sold out return to London’s Hyde Park later this Summer.

The band will head to the seaside for a gig at the historic Winter Gardens in Margate on 1 August, followed by a return to Wolverhampton for the first time since 2009 to play two shows at the Civic Hall, and finally Plymouth Pavilions on 7 August.

‘Blur 21: The Box’ will be released on 30 July 2012. Twenty one years since the release of their debut album Leisure in 1991, the band’s body of work has been compiled and gathered together into one box. Blur’s seven studio albums are collected with over 5 ½ hours of previously unreleased material including 65 tracks, rarities, 3 DVDs, a collector’s edition book and special limited edition Seymour 7 inch vinyl.

Marketing Officer at Plymouth Pavilions, Robert Maltby said: “Once again the Pavilions punches well above its weight and clinches one of the biggest comeback tours of recent years. Plymouth is one of only 3 cities to be chosen to host the warm ups ahead of the Hyde Park gig, you could say we are very very excited!”

General tickets go on sale 9am Friday (18 May), priced £35+bf from www.eventim.co.uk Tickets limited to 4 per customer. There will also be 300 tickets available for collection in person at Plymouth Pavilions. Terms and conditions apply.

This Is The Kit – is Kate Stables playing banjo, guitar and a voice of unaffected clarity accompanied by her Wild Band creating primal and electric textures on songs of unpretentious beauty. This Is The Kit keep good company; in 2006 they partnered Animal Collective, Tunng and Vashti Bunyan on Sunday Best’s Folk Off compilation. With each contemporary going on to bigger success with their next album and Drowned in Sound saying “its personal touch is largely what makes [This Is The Kit] the British highlight, not to mention that of the compilation as a whole” it’s easy to see how Wriggle out the Restless will be Kate’s first step in the same direction.

Rozi Plain was born Rosalind Leyden, in the leafy-greens of Winchester. Since moving to Bristol she’s been working on the ferries that bob in and out of the city, along the Avon, whilst creating her own beautifully intimate music that captures life slowly floating by. With her older brother Sam (aka Romanhead), and her pal Rachael Dadd, she is a founding member of the Cleaner Records collective – a loose assortment of singer-songwriters based in Bristol. The unassuming charm of Rozi’s live show has led to tours across Europe, the UK & USA. Notable tours include supporting Devendra Banhart (who fell for her debut album, and named it one of his albums of last year), James Yorkston and Viking Moses, as well as appearances at festivals such as Green Man and End Of The Road.

This is the Kit and Rosi Plain play Miss Peapod’s, Penryn, on Sunday 24 June. Tickets £6 / £5 NUS / £8 Door from www.wegottickets.com/misspeapods

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Revolver have enticed My Vintage Affair and their fabulous collection of antique fashion finds from around the world to pack up their trunks and head to Newquay for the weekend. With 100′s of items of womenswear on offer, spanning the 1940′s through to the 1980′s, this pop-up shop will be an essential event for vintage lovers all over the county.

Created by air hostess and stylist Joanna Gibbs from her passion for the style and workmanship of bygone days, My Vintage Affair has become reknown all over the country for their unique and impressive clothing collections which have been personally sourced and hand-picked from Joanna’s travels around the globe. Joanna also offers a vintage wedding dress sourcing service.

“This is a perfect opportunity for our customers to get their hands on some really special vintage fashion in the store and for new friends to come and see what we are all about at Revolver. This pop-up department to our shop complements what we are doing with our blend of vintage and new clothing, boards, surf and skate photography prints, vinyl and home pieces. We look forward to welcoming lots of new faces and making friends over the weekend” Gee Piper, Revolver Surf Emporium.

My Vintage Affair will be popping up at Revolver in Newquay on Saturday May 5 and Sunday May 6 from 10am – 5pm. 76 Fore Street, Newquay. Tel: 01637 818 301 for more details. Prices start from £10.

You’ve watched them in the blind auditions, seen them sing their hearts out in the battles, supported them, tweeted them, now it’s your chance to see for yourself the singer who is eventually crowned champion of the show and the 7 fellow finalists – a group of the most talented singers in the UK, live on stage. The tour will feature performances from the shows winner and top contestants, ALL selected, trained and mentored by four of the most successful figures in the music industry: Jessie J, will.i.am, Danny O’Donoghue, and legend Sir Tom Jones.

Tickets go on sale on Friday at 9am. To book, call the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Box Office on 02920 224488.