Feminist rage queen Delilah Bon has announced the release date for her highly anticipated second album, Evil, Hate Filled Female, set to drop on 13 September, along with news of her autumn UK and European tour, bringing her to Southampton’s Joiners in November. The announcement coincides with the release...
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84-Year-Old Runner Racing for an Age Category National Record in Southampton
Helen, an 84-year-old runner, is gearing up for her next challenge: the 5k at RunThrough’s Southampton Running Festival on June 16th. Helen’s journey into running began just seven years ago when her three sons started participating in the Poole local 5k. Encouraged by their enthusiasm, at age 79, Helen...
Elles Bailey comes to Southampton following release of new album
Following the announcement of her forthcoming album and fresh from picking up the ‘Vocalist Of The Year’ award at this year’s UK Blues Awards, UK based genre-blending roots singer songwriter Elles Bailey released her new single ‘Leave The Light On’. The track is the second to be taken from...
View from the Kingsland – Que Sera, Sera…
By Nick Mabey. …whatever will be will be, we’re going to Wembley, que sera sera. Saints’ first ever play-off final awaits, for allegedly the richest game in football. To the winner a prize of multi-squillions of Premier League cash, to the loser well nothing. Could it feel much bigger?...
Southampton friendship club bringing together young children and older people
A charity committed to eradicating loneliness and isolation in Southampton has helped organise a new friendship club in the city bringing together young children, its service users and care home residents. The club is a partnership between Communicare, Mayflower Court Care Home and the Mason Moor and St Mary’s...
Hamish Hawk comes to Southampton in support of new album
Image credit: Michaela Simpson. Edinburgh’s Hamish Hawk has recently signed to So Recordings and a new album “A Firmer Hand” will follow on August 16th. He is touring and will come to Southampton’s Vinilo record store in August. Hawk’s new album follows 2021’s breakthrough LP “Heavy Elevator” and 2023’s...
Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast come to Southampton’s 1865 this autumn
After building up a cult-like fanbase over the past year with a steady wave of singles, rising American roots rock band Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast will embark on their first UK Headline Tour this autumn, coming to Southampton’s 1865 on September 25. The UK tour follows the release...
Review: The Men They Couldn’t Hang – Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea.
By Nick Mabey. It was a Night to Remember* The Men They Couldn’t Hang are, in my (not so) humble opinion, probably the best band ever to not get really famous. So it was a joy to see them at the Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea as part of their 40th...
Southampton band Regent release latest album today
On 26 April 2024, Regent release their highly anticipated second ‘Beggars Belief’. The swift follow-up to 2022’s acclaimed ‘Just a Revolution’, the latest from the ascending Southampton indie-rock outfit finds them leading the charge with an album for the here and now. ‘Beggars Belief’ is a record of politics...
Preview: Ashley Blaker: Normal Schmormal, Theatre Royal Winchester
Comedian Ashley Blaker waxes lyrical about raising children with special needs in his new stand-up show, Normal Schmormal, at Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 21 April. The show is based on Blaker’s best-selling book of the same name, which explores parenting children with special needs, including attending endless meetings,...