Ok, first a confession. I went out to The Anvil Rockbar to see my mate Bear, catch up with some friends and sink a few cold ones. I didn’t have any intention of reviewing, so I didn’t take my big Canon camera as I fully intended to be steaming by the end of the evening.
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Once again the relentless work that goes on at Mr. Kyps helped to secure a booking of certain importance, as the once album chart topping, “The Hoosiers” made their way to the small seaside town of Poole in an effort to prove to their south coast fan base that they are still capable of firing on all cylinders.
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On December 22nd, Bournemouth based hard-rock quartet Bad Magic supported Dirty DC at Poole’s Mr Kyps. Now, roughly seven months on, they’re back in the same venue supporting the same band, but everything’s different and it’s obvious how far they’ve come and achieved in those months.
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“You can’t kill The Metal, The Metal will live on” – Jack Black – Tenacious D
…and it’s true, heavy metal, for all of its ridiculous sub-genres (Post grunge hardcore deathpunkcore, I mean really?) has survived in some form of another, and I’m always gunna have a little bit of time for the heavier side of music.
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Featuring October Fires, Ordering Chaos, Beth Bayliss, Hello Hawaii and Bad Magic
We all know and love it, it’s the go to place for fans of live music in this area, and today (being Sunday the 15th of July, 2012) the stage was set for the ACMR Battle of the Bands Final, with five bands fighting it out for the top prize, professional studio time and £250 cold hard cash.
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“Public Image Ltd” announce Tour including Bournemouth O2 Academy Live Date.
Following on from their monumental live performance at BBC Radio 6 Birthday Celebrations at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday March 16th which saw PiL include and baptise 2 new songs: “Deeper Water” and “One Drop” along with a selection of PiL classics which can now be heard via the BBC 6 Music website and seen on BBC Red Button throughout this week Public Image Ltd can confirm a further set of live dates kicking off at…
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On the 10th July 2012 – Rock radio giants, Shinedown were thrilled to announce a 9-date UK tour for this winter including a local date at Southampton Guildhall on 24th October.
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Last year a group of friends and musicians got together for a rural party in the grounds of an animal sanctuary in Lytchett Matravers near Poole, Dorset, the event was such a success this year has turned into a small festival called the Wonky Donk Festival. The name came from the fact that the animal sanctuary is home to some so called “Wonky Donkeys”, and some of the funds raised from the festival will go towards their up keep.
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Where do you start with a band whose name is also a quote in a Sam Raimi film, and then use a little bit of George A Romero inspired imagery? At the beginning that’s where!
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A brand new local team of promoters by the name of H.A.M made up of students from Bournemouth University have recently got together in bringing a new refreshing live music night to some of the areas best venues. The first night is a The Winchester Pub in Bournemouth with a mouth watering line up of bands that pull in a sizeable crowd even on a Wednesday night. The team have brought together Silver Suns, Wild Fire, Vlad and Mutant Vinyl. Sadly due to other commitments I only made it here for Vlad the headliners.
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