Words by Ed King **Due to the severe weather conditions, some March editorial may be delayed. It has nothing to do with 1) hangovers, 2) gigs on a Sunday that cause hangovers, 3) each episode of The Deuce being 1hr long. It’s the snow… it’s all about the snow** The BIG NEWS this month is that Rews […]
Words by Ed King / Pics by Cameron Goodyer This is a first. I’m early. Fifteen minutes early. Never happens… Ever. But the God of Surprises is on the warpath, as tonight’s Ani DiFanco gig at the Town Hall has undersold to the point that they’ve closed the Circle. What, the..? This is an artist […]
Words by Ed King On Tuesday 27th June, An Evening with Jackson Browne comes to the Symphony Hall. Doors open at 7:30pm, with tickets priced between £42.50 – £49 plus booking fee. For direct gig info, including full venue details and online ticket sales, click here. N.B. At the time of writing this event was […]
Words by Charlotte Heap / Pics by Paul Stringer Stepping into Birmingham Town Hall for the Big Birmingham Soul Night is like stepping back in time. Veterans of the Motown scene, clad in the classic wide-legged Oxford Bags, plimsolls and Ben Sherman polo shirts, dominate the giant wooden dance floor with their distinctive moves. The […]
Words by Helen Knott / Pics by Idil Sukan There aren’t too many comedians who would structure a stand-up show around a 19th Century painting. You can’t imagine Michael McIntrye or Russell Howard doing it. But then Stewart Lee isn’t like most comedians. The painting in question is Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, by the […]
