Photo credit: Chris Floyd Following his most recent single, Bada Bing, Bada Boom, featuring the formidable Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), and collaborations with Italian legend, Zucchero, and Australian pop royalty, Natalie Imbruglia, Jack Savoretti returns to the UK for a solo unplugged tour at some of his favourite venues,...
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Victorious Festival announces further acts for its summer show
Victorious Festival, UK’s biggest metropolitan family-friendly festival, has announced further acts to its line-up including, comedian, actor, and now ballroom dancer Chris McCausland. Chris will join this year’s incredible comedy line-up, alongside Joel Dommett and Ruby Wax! Elsewhere on the music line-up, Beats & Swing are bringing the party to the Seaside Stage with Fabio & Grooverider, The Cuban Brothers, and Utah...
Review: C Duncan – Heartbreakers, Southampton
By Darren Grayer. C Duncan burst onto the music scene in 2015, with his Mercury Prize nominated debut album, Architect. He is classically trained as a musician, as are his mother and father, who both feature as backing musicians on some of his music, which I would describe as...
Southampton gig guide: February
By Vicky Greer. Live music is the perfect escapism. Not long ago, I was out in the wind and the cold on my way to Vinilo Record Store to see DITZ’s instore. My shoes we soaked through, and if I’m honest, I did consider packing it all in and...
Ocean Colour Scene to join the lineup for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions
Britpop legends Ocean Colour Scene will join the lineup for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions. Taking to the stage in Guildhall Square on Friday 27 June, Ocean Colour Scene will be supported by fellow ’90s icons Cast and Echobelly. They join a stellar roster of previously announced artists including McFly, Train,...
Southampton’s Welly to play homecoming gig at Heartbreakers
Welly have announced that their debut album Big In The Suburbs will be released on 21 March 2025. The record was launched alongside the latest single and title track Big In The Suburbs. In addition, they headline Dork Hype List tour, which kicks off next month, coming to Heartbreakers...
Reef bring 30th anniversary tour to Southampton this October
Reef are set to celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut Top 10 album Replenish with a headline UK Tour, bringing them to Southampton’s 1865 in October. Singer Gary Stringer says, “It’s such a pleasure to announce that we will be on tour next year celebrating 30 years...
Samantha Fish comes to Southampton on four-date tour
Image by Curtis Knapp. Following her October 2024 UK tour, celebrated blues rock guitarist Samantha Fish returns to the UK in May and June for 4 exclusive UK concerts that will take at Cheese & Grain, Frome (May 28), Arts Club, Liverpool (May 30), The Brook, Southampton (May 31), and O2 Academy2 Oxford (June 1). “I’m ecstatic to return to the UK for...
The Show Must Go On – Leo Sayer finally plays Wickham Festival
Leo Sayer is set to play the Wickham Festival – five years late! The Shoreham-born chart-topper was due to headline the four-day event in 2020, only for it to be cancelled because of Covid. With Sayer now living in Australia, it has been difficult for organisers to fit Wickham...
Preview: Emily Barker, St Mary’s Church, Twyford
Photo by Luke Kellett Bridgetown-born Americana artist Emily Barker is set to kickstart the new year with a tour of the UK, including a stop at St Mary’s Church, Twyford on Thursday 6 February. Following the release of her new album, Fragile As Humans, and accompanied by her full...