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10:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

INTERNATIONALLY-celebrated world musicians and jazz soloists from the Grand Union Orchestra, joined by Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra, bring music from around the world to Turner Sims on Tuesday.

Gig of the Week - Michael Ball

Michael Ball

9:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

ONE of Britain’s leading musical theatre stars is returning to The Mayflower stage to showcase his biggest hits.

Gig of the Week - CrashDiet

CrashDiet

5:15pm Friday 26th April 2013

A LEADING force in the Swedish ‘sleaze rock’ scene of the 2000s, CrashDiet head to Southampton this weekend.

All Aboard HMS Bestival

12:27pm Friday 26th April 2013

HMS BESTIVAL is finally steaming back into home waters. Our trusty and now slightly rusty ship and crew have spent the past decade cruising the high seas, dodging pirates in tropical climes and partying with natives on moonlit beaches. Now it’s time to come home to celebrate ten years of Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

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Clint Eastwood’s son brings grand tour-ino to Wimborne

5:17pm Friday 26th April 2013

WITH his film star looks he could easily have followed in the footsteps of his Hollywood icon dad Clint Eastwood.

Music - Best of the Rest

5:21pm Friday 26th April 2013

BARB Jungr is playing at Theatre Royal Winchester tonight in a show that brings together her own writing and her interpretation of renowned soul, blues and jazz songs.

Marking 12 years at Orange Rooms

Making 12 years at Orange Rooms

7:26pm Thursday 25th April 2013

GROOVE Armada, Russell Brand, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Annie Mac and TEED are just a few of the standout highlights of 12 years at Southampton’s Orange Rooms.

Ultimate A-Z of the Isle of Wight Festival

Jon Bon Jovi

9:48am Thursday 25th April 2013

WITH less than two months to go before Isle of Wight kicks off the summer festival season, Your Entertainment guides you through the alphabet of what to expect in 2013… A is for the best Artists appearing across all the awesome stages, at the first major festival of the season!

George Michael tribute at charity gala

9:46am Thursday 25th April 2013

SINCE winning a heat on TV’s Stars in Their Eyes, Rob Lamberti has become one of the hottest acts around, appearing all over the world.

Marking 12 years at Orange Rooms

Roses Gabor performs at the Orange Rooms 12th birthday bash tonight

9:35am Thursday 25th April 2013

GROOVE Armada, Russell Brand, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Annie Mac and TEED are just a few of the standout highlights of 12 years at Southampton’s Orange Rooms.

Takedown Takeover

9:11am Wednesday 24th April 2013

TAKEDOWN Festival is gearing up to take over Southampton University with headline acts The Blackout, While She Sleeps and Sonic Boom Six all ready to show why the event is being called ‘the south coast’s biggest alternative festival’.

'Why I’m scrapping my song for new Dutch king'

Queen Beatrix, left, with Princess Maxima and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.

10:57am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

A Hampshire composer has withdrawn his official anthem to celebrate the new king in the Netherlands after thousands of Dutch residents ridiculed the collaborative project.

Something for all the family...

Sean Hughes

10:39am Monday 22nd April 2013

SUMMER at The Point in Eastleigh is set to be an exciting and unusual season with a whole host of events to tickle everyone’s fancy.

Amped up and ready to enjoy some Music in the City

10:10am Monday 22nd April 2013

MUSIC in the City is back for 2013!

Music Highlights

Big Country

2:09pm Friday 19th April 2013

ORIGINALLY formed in 1981 in Dunfermline, Scotland, Big Country are back on the road this month with a new line-up and a catalogue of hits spanning 30 years.

Gig of the Week - Lau

2:03pm Friday 19th April 2013

LAU are modern folk music's most innovative band.

Local band up for Ivor Novello Award

Alt-J with their Mercury Music Award

1:39pm Friday 19th April 2013

A BAND fronted by a former Southampton schoolboy is among the nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello awards.

Between the Scales

2:06pm Friday 19th April 2013

IT was ten years ago that the pop world was mourning the death of American soul singing sensation Edwin Starr.

Little Bit of Jazz in Town

10:18am Thursday 18th April 2013

DJ JAZZY Jeff, previous music partner of Will Smith and part of the show that defined the 90s, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is coming to Southampton tonight.

Tributes to Plonkers’ drummer

Ray Clamp

6:00am Thursday 18th April 2013

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Hampshire musician who has died aged 84 – just two months after the death of his wife.

Chance to see Big Country in a small venue

Big Country

10:22am Wednesday 17th April 2013

ORIGINALLY formed in 1981 in Dunfermline, Scotland, Big Country, pictured left, are back on the road this April with a new line-up and a catalogue of hits spanning 30 years.

Turner Sims shortlisted for top music award

Chloe Hanslip

7:18am Monday 15th April 2013

TURNER Sims’ Southampton’s Musical Alphabet project has been shortlisted for the RPS Music Award for Audiences and Engagement.

Gig of the Week - David Knopfler

David Knopfler - picture by Syd Shleton

3:36pm Friday 12th April 2013

HE left one of the world’s most commercially successful bands before the big bucks came rolling in.

Sloth in Southampton

3:26pm Friday 12th April 2013

BBC1XTRA radio favourite Charlie Sloth has been added to the bill of this summer’s Party in the Park.

Music Highlights

3:39pm Friday 12th April 2013

HAMPSHIRE’s Blissfields festival has been championing new music for years – featuring early performances from artists like Mumford & Sons and Ben Howard.

Between the Scales

3:38pm Friday 12th April 2013

The award-winning Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) are joining forces with leading jazz singer, Ian Shaw, to explore the hits of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in a one-off concert at the Turner Sims this Sunday.

Sertari turns head in music industry

Sertari

10:42am Wednesday 10th April 2013

SOUTHAMPTON songstress Sertari has scooped a national prize for unsigned musicians.

Game of Thrones star to play festival

Game of Thrones star to play festival

8:22am Wednesday 10th April 2013

AFTER appearing in one of the hottest TV shows of the moment, she’ll be hot-footing it to the Isle of Wight Festival with her band.

Intimate Blissfields festival is pulling in bigger names

3:54pm Monday 8th April 2013

BLISSFIELDS is getting bigger – but only in terms of acts!

James to headline Dumbfest

Starsailor

3:45pm Monday 8th April 2013

YOUNG cancer sufferers treated in Southampton will be among those attending a fundraising festival starring James Walsh of Starsailor fame.

Music Highlights

11:29am Friday 5th April 2013

THEY built an almost obsessive following in the 1980s after a performance on cult TV show The Young Ones. Despite splitting soon after and forming other bands, Nine Below Zero couldn’t stay apart for long and reformed in 1990.

Between the Scales

Stacey Kent and her band

11:17am Friday 5th April 2013

THE village of Whiteparish is breaking new ground by launching its first ever music festival.

Sixty Celebrations

11:03am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

IT’S 60 not out for Sir Harold Hillier Gardens this summer.

More new acts to captivate the crowd at Bestival

Courtney Pine

8:30am Friday 29th March 2013

MORE top acts have joined the Bestival line-up.

Music Highlights

12:00pm Friday 29th March 2013

n X-FACTOR fans are in for a treat this weekend as Unit Nightclub welcomes Kye Sones.

Between the Scales

11:40am Friday 29th March 2013

n IT was 12 years ago that the jazz world was mourning the death of 65 year-old multi- instrumentalist Tommy Burton.

Back to the '80s

Andrew Browning as George Michael

10:36am Tuesday 26th March 2013

IT’S back to the 80s for a charity tribute fest this summer.

Party in the Park 2013

Annie Nightingale

11:35am Friday 22nd March 2013

RADIO 1 DJs Trevor Nelson, pictured right and Annie Nightingale, above will headline a brand new music event being brought to the south coast this summer.

Gig of the Week - Fork

Fork on stage

11:52am Friday 22nd March 2013

IF you closed your eyes you would think there were instruments on stage.

Music Round Up

11:53am Friday 22nd March 2013

FROM the ashes of two bands, Mothership and The Push, has arisen the rock sound of Saints of Sin and they will be playing their first official headline gig on Wednesday at The Joiners.

Between the Scales

11:54am Friday 22nd March 2013

CELEBRATE spring with the City of Southampton Orchestra.

Historical tour of trumpets

9:39am Tuesday 19th March 2013

THE HISTORY of the trumpet will be relived during a special concert in Hampshire.

Jazz club at Talking Heads

9:38am Tuesday 19th March 2013

SOUTHAMPTON Jazz Club will reopen tonight at a new venue.

Dreadzone lead way to keep pulse racing

11:58am Monday 18th March 2013

THE Pulse Festival, held at Sunnyfields Farm at Totton and Eling, is back this year and will be bigger and better than ever.

Isle of Wight Festival 2013 Special: I've Got The Best Line Up of the Summer

Festival organiser John Giddings.

9:00am Saturday 9th March 2013

THE countdown is on.

Gig of the Week - Tom Odell

Sound of talent: Tom Odell, who has signed with Lily Cooper

2:53pm Friday 8th March 2013

THE buzz is building around newcomer Tom Odell, who scooped the Brits Critics’ Choice Awards and plays a sold out show at The Brook on Monday.

He's coming home! Pop star Craig David to play city gig

He's coming home! Pop star Craig David to play city gig

7:17am Friday 8th March 2013

CRAIG David will play his home town as part of just four UK dates on his huge world tour this summer.

Music Highlights

2:54pm Friday 8th March 2013

FOLLOWING the success of last year’s musical showcase benefit events for Strummerville and the Amy Winehouse Foundation, organisers Marc Blackburn, the frontman of the Lofi Poet Band, has formed a charity.

Between the Scales

2:55pm Friday 8th March 2013

PLAYING piano was child’s play for Eriko Ishihara.

DJs in bars mix up to remember Richard

5:35pm Wednesday 6th March 2013

A MUCH-loved Hampshire DJ and promoter will be remembered this week with a huge fundraising party in his honour.



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