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Music - Best of the Rest

12:13pm Friday 24th May 2013

MERCURY Award nominee Seth Lakeman is touring songs from his acclaimed latest album Tales From The Barrel House and visits The Brook in Southampton on Thursday.

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Joiners in Top 10 for Best Small Venue

11:48am Friday 24th May 2013

SOUTHAMPTON’S iconic Joiners venue is leading the way in the search for the UK’s best small music venue – after securing some high profile votes.

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Between the Scales

12:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

AFTER three months of touring with the likes of Gary Barlow and Jools Holland, New York singer songwriter Nell Bryden is back with the new single Echoes from her current album Shake The Tree and a headline tour, which includes a charity gig in the beautiful surroundings of Royal Victoria Country Park.

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Nell shares Echoes at the Chapel

10:37am Tuesday 21st May 2013

AFTER three months of touring with the likes of Gary Barlow and Jools Holland, Brooklyn native Nell Bryden is back with the new single Echoes from her current album Shake The Tree and a headline tour, which includes a charity gig in the beautiful surroundings of Royal Victoria Country Park.

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International organist to play concert in Southampton - VIDEO

9:37am Saturday 18th May 2013

HE is one of the world’s most critically acclaimed musicians, who has clinched a string of awards in his glittering career.

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Gig of the Week - Billy Ocean

2:20pm Friday 17th May 2013

HE is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold more than 30 million records.

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He's Coming Home

11:49am Friday 17th May 2013

HE’S the golden boy of UK garage – and he’s coming home.

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Southampton band win Ivor Novello award

5:53pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A BAND fronted by a former Southampton schoolboy has today won the best album category at the Ivor Novello awards.

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Fatboy Slim to headline Bestival

7:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

BESTIVAL’s first ever headliner will return for the tenth birthday bash this summer.

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Fatboy Slim to headline Bestival 2013

7:00pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

BESTIVAL’s first ever headliner will return for the tenth birthday bash this summer.

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Party in the Park postponed

1:11pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

ORGANISERS have pulled the plug on the Party in the Park DJ event, due to take place on Friday night.

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Rock group reunited after 50 years with all its original members

10:19am Tuesday 14th May 2013

THEY may all be pushing 70 or more – but they can still rock and roll with the best of them.

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New Order's Bestival 2012 set to be released as charity CD

10:42am Tuesday 14th May 2013

NEW Order will release a live recording of their amazing set at Bestival last year as a charity CD this summer.

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Summer of Stars at The Concorde Club

11:00am Monday 13th May 2013

JAZZ superstars, rock bands, top tribute acts and 60s pop bands are among a star-spangled summertime package at The Concorde Club.

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Feel the Pulse...

10:34am Monday 13th May 2013

REVELLERS had their pulses racing this weekend at a music festival inspired by the life-saving work of Southampton’s heart unit.

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Festival organisers ready to avoid repeat of chaos

6:00am Friday 10th May 2013

CAR parks submerged in mud, roads gridlocked and ferries stranded in the Solent – it was the start to the annual Isle of Wight Festival that everyone would rather forget.

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Gig of the Week - Pulse Festival

1:21pm Friday 10th May 2013

A MUSIC festival inspired by the lifesaving work of Southampton’s children’s heart unit will be getting pulses racing tonight.

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Between the Scales

1:25pm Friday 10th May 2013

PLATINUM-selling singer and songwriter Curtis Stigers has one of the most distinctive voices in music and tonight he will return to The Concorde Club for his Up Close and Personal tour.

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Charley signs first record contract

9:18am Tuesday 7th May 2013

STILL a teenager, she has won a national singing contest, self-financed her debut EP and supported acts such as Anastacia, Will Young, Omar and Ruby Turner.

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Gig of the Week - 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.

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Gig of the Week - 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.

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Between the Scales

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.

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Marking 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.

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Ultimate A-Z of the Isle of Wight Festival

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!

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Marking 12 years at Orange Rooms

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.

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

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.

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Something for all the family...

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.

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Music Highlights

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.

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Local band up for Ivor Novello 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.

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Tributes to Plonkers’ drummer

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.

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Chance to see Big Country in a small venue

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.

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Turner Sims shortlisted for top music award

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.

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Gig of the Week - David Knopfler

3:36pm Friday 12th April 2013

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

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