On 1st December 2023, Beans on Toast will return with an all-new studio album, ‘The Toothpaste and the Tube’, and from November he embarks on an extensive UK tour, including dates in Oxford, Cardiff and on the Isle of Wight, bringing him to The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, in March....
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Don Broco follow up festival main stage performances with tour, coming to Bournemouth
Image: Riya Hollings. Following their incredible main stage performances at Reading & Leeds Festivals, Don Broco hit the road again in the UK this autumn. Having blown audiences away in March when they headlined huge venues including the likes of Alexandra Palace and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Don Broco will...
Keane embark on world tour, bringing them to Bournemouth in May
Image by Alex Lake. Keane are set to release a special remastered version of ‘Hopes and Fears’ on May 10th 2024 exactly 20 years after its initial release. On the same day, the band play London’s 02 Arena as part of a world tour that kicks off April 1st...
Simple Minds announce huge UK & Irish arena shows, bringing them to Bournemouth
Following the huge success of 2022’s rapturously received 40 Years Of Hits Tour – and the recent announcement of Australian and New Zealand tour dates for early next year – Simple Minds have today (September 4th) announced the March UK & Ireland leg of their Global Tour 2024, bringing...
Review and photos: Victorious Festival, Southsea Common, August 25- 27, 2023
Read our day-by-day review of Victorious, featuring the headline acts, newcomers and much more. Friday by Sally Churchward. Main image: Kate Nash by Tom Langford. Victorious boasts the claim to fame of being the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival and this year it was even bigger. While the Friday...
James Blunt to go on tour next year, bringing him to Bournemouth
Image by Michael Clement. James Blunt returns to the road next year in support of his new album Who We Used To Be – out October 27th on Atlantic Records. James and his band will play 12 dates across the UK next Spring kicking off March 30th at Leeds...
Miles Kane to play Southampton on UK headline tour next year
Miles Kane has announced fresh UK headline tour dates for January and February 2024, coming to Southampton’s Engine Rooms on February 6th. The announcement arrives ahead of his brand new album One Man Band – out August 4th on Modern Sky Records, and follows the release of its superb...
Alabama 3 to come to Southampton in November
South London roots-futurists Alabama 3 have announced a show in Southampton for November. Heading to The 1865 on 30 November in support of their upcoming release ‘Cold War Classics Vol.2’, tickets for the show are on sale now. Born at an all-night squat party during the ‘90s,...
Southampton indie rockers Pioneers to release new single Cold For Zero
Southampton indie rockers Pioneers have announced the forthcoming release of their new single, “Cold For Zero,” out on August 1st. This track, reminiscent of the early 2000s indie scene, pays homage to Pioneers’ early years while also exploring the universal theme of navigating adulthood and the desire to retain...
Review: The Stage at The Greedy Flea, featuring The Guillotine Union Boys, The Mercantile Flea, July 15, 2023
by Joy McKay. It’s half past six on a Saturday evening and I’m in a supermarket, Nothing unusual in that, except I’m not. I’m at The Greedy Flea, the bar/ coffee lounge at The Mercantile Flea, a relative newcomer to the Southampton music scene. The Flea opened in 2021...