Feb07

New Found Glory/The Blackout/Letlive/While She Sleeps

on February 7th, 2012 at 20:09
Posted In: Reviews, Chinners, Gigs

Kerrang Relentless Energy Drink Tour, Southampton Guildhall

New Found Glory

A long line of people queued outside the Southampton Guildhall in sub zero temperatures for the first night of the British Kerrang Relentless Energy Drink Tour 2012, in the past this tour has bought together some of the most diverse acts to appear on one stage together and tonight is no different, four bands all who have their own individual styles, all at various different stages in their careers.
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Feb05

Skinny Molly

on February 5th, 2012 at 18:55
Posted In: Gigs, Reviews, Guest

The Brook, Southampton

Skinny Molly

Hell yeah! With Blackfoot blaring out of the transits stereo we headed on up the A31 to one of Southamptonís premier live music venues The Brook: good stage, good beer and damn good music. Gracing the stage was Skinny Molly and they offered up an extravaganza of pure Southern Rock.
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Feb05

Dorset Music Awards Quarter Finals 2012

on February 5th, 2012 at 08:45
Posted In: Uncategorized
Dorset Music Awards

The Dorset Music Awards Quarter Finals have been announced, and they will take place at The Winchester in Bournemouth at the dates below. Some of the best acts in the area are performing, so with some really tough competition to see who can make it through to the Semi Finals at Mr Kyps.
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Feb04

Preview: Crowns Announce Self-Titled EP

on February 4th, 2012 at 09:01
Posted In: Preview

Crowns Announce Release of Self-Titled EP on 5th March, on Ship Wrekords.

Crowns

Plus a string of UK dates in February, March and April.

Having scrubbed the decks of Radio 1’s Zane Lowe, Mike Davies and Xfm’s John Kennedy with their debut single “Kissing Gates”, the good ship Crowns gets ready to set sail again with their new EP.
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Feb04

Competition: Iron Butterfly

on February 4th, 2012 at 08:40
Posted In: Competition

Competition: Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly to play The Brook in Southampton on 28th February 2012, for a chance to win 2 tickets keep reading…
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Feb03

Sansara/Silverlith/Bad Magic/Armourgeddon

on February 3rd, 2012 at 20:23
Posted In: Reviews, Chinners, Gigs

Champions, Bournemouth

Sansara

With the temperature outside dipping below -5 degrees, most sensible people are at home in the warm, however tonight rock fans have a great incentive to leave their central heated homes to venture down to Champions, Sansara a great new rock band from Bournemouth with a host of promising supports.
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Feb02

All Time Low/We Are The In Crowd/The Maine

on February 2nd, 2012 at 19:55
Posted In: Gigs, Reviews, Guest

Southampton Guildhall

All Time Low

Before even entering the Southampton Guildhall, there were clear signs of the love and popularity that the Band All Time Low generate amongst their fan base. Some of their more rabid admirers’ had been waiting outside from the crack of dawn, in freezing temperatures for hours on end. Most were wrapped in newly purchased duvets which littered the walkways once the doors were opened.
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Jan31

Four Year Strong/A Loss For Words/Don Broco

on January 31st, 2012 at 19:56
Posted In: Reviews, George, Gigs, Reviews

Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

Four Year Strong

It’s a freezing evening in Portsmouth and last year’s headliners for Hevy Festival, Four Year Strong are here for the penultimate date of the UK section of their European Tour. Along with American pop punkers, A Loss For Words and Bedford Brawlers, Don Broco, there was no surprise when a packed venue raised a high level of excitement amongst the crowd. The date was originally at the Pyramids, a much larger venue than the Wedgewood Rooms, but to be fair, I always prefer seeing bands of Four Year Strong’s calibre in smaller venues anyway.
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Jan29

Holika Bio/Review/Plug

on January 29th, 2012 at 13:28
Posted In: CD, Reviews, Jon, Preview
Demonstrations by Holika

Coming soon to the Bournemouth Folk Festival are Holika. They met in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, when Dorian and Ben were in their final year at sixth form, and Tori, just about to start. They came together through a mutual love of making ‘selfish’ music. By this, what they were interested in, was making music that THEY wanted to hear, while adhering to the influences of each member. They didn’t really plan to have a certain type of sound or want to fit into any particular genre. This 2 year period was really a time for experimentation and to make their introduction on the local midlands music scene.
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Jan27

The Alarm/Mike Peters Gathering

on January 27th, 2012 at 17:58
Posted In: Reviews, Chinners, Gigs

Pontins, Prestatyn, North Wales 27th & 28th January 2012

(with Guests Steve Norman(Spandau Ballet), Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene), The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Last Republic, The Absolute Worst and Joe Silva.)

The Gathering

The Gathering is an annual celebration of the music of Mike Peters and The Alarm, fans from all around the world travel to Prestatyn for a great weekend of fun, friendship and above all some excellent music. Now in it’s 20th year, this years Gathering is billed to be one of the best ever. The format follows with an acoustic band on Friday night with a full electric performance on Saturday night. Each year Mike with his wife Jules Peters and their extended family work extremely hard making sure everything in place for everyone attending to have a weekend that they never will forget.
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