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Coldplay have just announced a second date at the Royal Albert Hall, after tickets for their 1 July gig sold out in a matter of minutes this morning (see full details below). Due to the incredible demand, the band will now play the venue again on 2 July. Tickets for the second date go on […]
Before they hit the festival trail with appearances at Latitude Festival and Australia’s Splendour In The Grass, everyone’s favourite Northern Irish indie-pop band Two Door Cinema Club have scheduled a warm-up gig at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy on Thursday 17 July. Tickets for the gig go on sale tomorrow (Friday 6 June) at 9am, use the […]
There’s been a lot of criticism of Glastonbury’s decision to invite veteran rock band Metallica to headline this years festival, with Scottish prog-rock band Mogwai the most notable fellow Glasto band to speak out and diplomatically label them as ‘shite‘. Bands and fans speaking out about a line-up decision is always going to happen, but things […]
Johnny Marr tickets go on sale tomorrow morning (Friday 6 June) at 9am for all 13 of his UK tour dates in October. See our ticket buying guide below for all the information you need to get tickets…. [box type=”info”]>>> Buy Johnny Marr tickets from Ticketmaster here[/box] Johnny Marr ticket prices Prices vary for each […]
UPDATE – 4 June The actual stage times for the main stages have now been announced so you can start planning your days a bit more! Here’s the full schedule: Pyramid Stage times Friday Arcade Fire 22.00-23.45 Elbow 20.00-21.15 Lily Allen 18.30-19.30 Rudimental 16.45-17.45 De La Soul 15.15-16.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela 13.45-14.45 The War on […]
With the festival season well and truly upon us, and debates raging about the quality of the line-ups, we thought it would be good to get your take on which music festival has the best looking line-up in 2014. Metallica’s inclusion at the top of the Glastonbury bill is causing all sorts of debates, from fans […]
*** Tickets for both dates at Wembley Stadium are now only available via ticket reseller sites, if you haven’t managed to get tickets yet then there are still some reasonably priced tickets available on the below sites… GetMeIn.com – tickets for both Wembley dates (11 and 12 July) are available – currently the lowest price […]
Boasting the likes of Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Avicii, Fatboy Slim, Deadmau5, Armin Van Buuren, Steve Angello and Eric Prydz on the line-up, Creamfields is pretty much the only place for dance fans to be this August Bank Holiday.
Tickets for Creamfields 2014 are on sale now, here’s the link to buy them: Creamfields 2014 tickets from Ticketmaster
There’s a range of tickets available to buy – one day tickets, two day non-camping and camping tickets and full three day camping tickets. There’s also Hospitality Camping packages available – for full pricing details and to buy tickets visit Ticketmaster
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Thankfully last night was a school night, so there was no repeat of my drunken Jake Bugg antics and I could actually take in all of the audio-visual assault that is Beyonce’s Mrs Carter World Tour.
First up, I managed to catch a bit of X Factor winner Sam Bailey’s support set – which was largely uneventful save for a few encouraging whoops and cheers from the crowd when she hit the high notes. Naturally Sam was made up to be supporting Beyonce, and modestly conceded that she ‘would never be as good’ as the US superstar. Read more about Live review: Beyonce at LG Arena, Mon 24 February …
Before arriving at the Royal Albert Hall I was already one bottle of wine into the night. The queue for the bar inside the venue was so big that me and the girlfriend made the sensible decision to each buy a bottle of wine, so as to avoid having to go back to the bar during the gig. Subsequently, my memory of Jake Bugg’s performance doesn’t extend to much of the particular details. I have a general sense of it being a very good gig, with Jake doing an excellent job of filling the vast and opulent cavern that is the Royal Albert Hall, and I remember certain aspects of the night – which I will try and sketch out below.
First of all, I had the presence of mind to capture the evening in photo form – with this excellent picture:
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