Shed Seven have today announced a run of intimate instore events across the UK in support of their forthcoming album ‘Liquid Gold’, bringing them to Southampton’s Vinilo record store on September 30th. This intimate tour is in addition to the band’s partly sold out headline tour, coming to Bournemouth...
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Trans Pride Southampton returns this weekend
The highly anticipated summer event, Trans Pride Southampton, returns on Saturday, 29th June. This event will start with a protest march through Southampton, starting at Oxford Street and finishing at the event’s venue, Edmund Kell Unitarian Church. The march will start from 12pm and last approximately one hour. Prior...
Review: An Officer and a Gentleman, The Musical – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Nick Mabey. Opening night of a five-show stint at The Mayflower, Southampton and a near-capacity crowd was treated to an enthusiastic and emotional performance of the adapted iconic 1980’s film (25/6/24). An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical was conceived and first performed in 2012. After a stop-start...
Review: Nile Rodgers and Chic, TKMaxx Summer Sessions, Southampton Guildhall Square
By Nick Mabey. The Summer Sessions continued last night in Southampton’s Guildhall Square with the irrepressible Nile Rodgers and his band, Chic (23/6/24). The instruction was simple from the start…dance. Rogers asked what we were there for and then told us the answer…dance. Simple. In case people hadn’t worked...
Gracie Abrams Southampton tickets go on sale
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Gracie Abrams has today released her highly anticipated sophomore album, The Secret of Us. She is playing a small number of record store ‘outstore’ events, and will be coming to Southampton’s 1865 on July 14th. The Secret of Us features Gracie’s new single “Close To You,” which she...
Ni Maxine comes to Southampton’s Turner Sims as part of Summer Festival
The award-winning neo-jazz artist Ni Maxine has returned with a new single, a reimagining of ‘God Bless The Child’ and a slew of live performance dates off the back of sold-out live shows in London and Liverpool last month. The London-born, Bristol-raised and Liverpool-based artist is set to make...
Troy Redfern brings UK tour to Joiners, Southampton this month
Following the release of his critically acclaimed new album Invocation, slide guitar virtuoso Troy Redfern embarks on an 11-date UK tour from Monday June 17th, bringing him to Southampton’s Joiners on June 25th. The UK tour will see Troy perform Invocation in it’s entirety, plus tracks from his previous albums that have never been played before. Troy...
Heritage Open Days returns in September
Heritage Open Days (HODs) returns this September with thousands of free events and experiences across the country. Brought to you by the National Trust, supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery and run by thousands of local organisations and volunteers, HODs brings people together to celebrate their heritage, community...
Review: Madness, TK Maxx Summer Sessions, Guildhall Square, Southampton
By Nick Mabey. “Well if this is madness then I know I’m filled with gladness”. Sums it up really. The lyric from their eponymous first-album song may not have arrived until the encore but it was present throughout the evening. Madness have always been a reminder to not take...
The slow wheels of my Freedom of Information request with Southampton City Council
By Ralph White. How long do you think that it might take for a reasonable Freedom of Information request to be fulfilled? Two weeks? Two months? A year? (Surely not) Mine took……13 months. I asked what I had thought was a straightforward question, which was how much it...