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Curtis Stigers, The Concorde Club, Eastleigh

10:39am Monday 13th May 2013

HE is an A-list performer who is always guaranteed a full house. And that was certainly the case at The Concorde where it was standing room only for jazz superstar Curtis Stigers.

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Kyle Eastwood, The Concorde Club

9:47am Thursday 2nd May 2013

HE never wanted to follow in the megastar movie footsteps of his Hollywood icon dad.

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CrashDiet, The Joiners

9:30am Tuesday 30th April 2013

History has been kind to some 1980s music.

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Biffy Clyro, Bournemouth International Centre

9:52am Thursday 28th March 2013

THE Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro blew away fans in the sixth of their eleven UK & Ireland Arena Tour shows.

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The Stranglers, Salisbury City Hall

9:51am Thursday 28th March 2013

THIRTY-SIX years on from the release of their debut album Rattus Norvegicus, punk survivors The Stranglers are enjoying a deserved renaissance.

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Stereophonics, Portsmouth Guildhall

9:13am Saturday 23rd March 2013

IT'S always a pleasure to experience Kelly Jones and co. in action.

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Olivia Newton-John, BIC, Bournemouth

12:07pm Tuesday 12th March 2013

As an Arctic wind cut through Bournemouth, whipping up the snow on the beach, Australian songbird Olivia Newton-John brought sunshine to the BIC.

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A Trip down Memory Lane

12:47pm Friday 8th March 2013

IT’S been somewhat of a nostalgia fest for me this week with two entertainments favourites from my childhood rearing their head in just one day.

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Mitch Benn - Reduced Circumstances, Forest Arts, New Milton

11:00am Thursday 7th March 2013

HALFWAY through his four-month UK tour, musical satirist Mitch Benn brought his first-ever solo show to Forest Arts.

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Kate Expectations

10:27am Tuesday 5th March 2013

APRIL 7, 1979 – Kate Bush takes to the stage of Southampton’s Gaumont theatre for the sixth night of her first ever UK and European tour.

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Review: The Jacksons in concert in the south

12:09pm Sunday 3rd March 2013

"MICHAEL would be very proud!" was the statement from a fan at the end of the concert and her words summed up the memorable evening perfectly.

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Jake Bugg, Southampton Guildhall

9:28am Wednesday 27th February 2013

STILL just a teenager, Jake Bugg counts Noel Gallagher and The Stone Roses among his fans, having supported both.

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The Vaccines, The Joiners

9:28am Wednesday 23rd January 2013

SWEATY, atmospheric and utterly ecstatic.

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Vaccines - The Joiners

7:16am Wednesday 23rd January 2013

SWEATY, atmospheric and utterly ecstatic. It will be one of those nights that goes down in folklore. Of course, the numbers claiming to have been at The Joiners last night will grow over the years. But for those lucky few who really did enjoy the band of the moment in such intimate surroundings, they won’t forget it any time soon.

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Ben Howard, Southampton Guildhall

10:52am Tuesday 27th November 2012

THERE aren’t many musicians that sound better on stage than they do on their pre-recorded album, but Ben Howard does.

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Greg Lake, Southampton Guildhall

11:49am Monday 26th November 2012

GREG Lake’s solo show at the Guildhall on Saturday was not your standard rock experience.

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Mumford and Sons, Portsmouth Guildhall

9:58am Friday 23rd November 2012

THEY have been labelled the best band in the word but the tag did not seem to wear heavily on the shoulders’ of Mumford and Sons who put quite a shift in at the Portsmouth Guildhall last night.

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Noel's Flying High

10:19am Wednesday 5th September 2012

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Bournemouth International Centre

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Festibelly delivers

10:58am Tuesday 28th August 2012

FESTIBELLY might go down as one of the most successful university projects ever.

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Tony Christie and His Band, The Concorde Club, Eastleigh

10:44am Monday 23rd July 2012

THE last time I joined in a chorus of Is This The Way to Amarillo? was during a flying visit to that Texan town.

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Boogie woogie in wellie boots

10:46am Monday 16th July 2012

THERE’S nothing like a downpour and a sea of “mud, mud, glorious mud” to get you in the mood for the Larmer Tree Festival. This year exceeded all others. It rained pretty much from start to finish.

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Sheer Bliss! Blissfields, Vicarage Farm, Winchester

1:58pm Monday 2nd July 2012

WHEN it comes to pacts with the weather gods, the organisers of Blissfields are clearly better negotiators than their Isle of Wight counterparts.

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Russell Watson, Portsmouth Guildhall

11:33am Tuesday 12th June 2012

IT WAS Jubilee-tastic! From beginning to end, the audience had their flags waving, swaying along to all the anthems that make us proud to be British.

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Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen - The Concorde, Eastleigh

9:02am Wednesday 6th June 2012

JAZZ star Kenny Ball had been bravely battling against a chest infection.

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Brotherhood of Man & ABBA Revival - The Concorde, Eastleigh

9:54am Tuesday 29th May 2012

SOTONIANS will always remember it as the year that Saints pulled off the giant killing feat of beating Manchester United in the FA Cup.

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The Kyle Eastwood Band, The Concorde Club

10:55am Thursday 10th May 2012

IT was his dad who set him on the trail to becoming a musician.

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Rizzle Kicks O2 Academy

6:59am Thursday 3rd May 2012

They are without doubt two of the most exciting young talents to emerge over the last 12 months.

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Des O'Connor, The Concorde,

12:33pm Monday 30th April 2012

IT is easy to see why Des O’Connor is a national treasure.

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Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) with Courtney Pine at Turner Sims Concert Hall

10:30am Monday 23rd April 2012

SYJO was welcomed on to the stage by a delighted, near sold-out audience on Saturday night.

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Curtis Stigers, The Concorde Club

12:35pm Monday 2nd April 2012

WHEN he came on stage it felt as if someone had upped the wattage on the bulbs.

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McFly, Southampton Guildhall

7:52am Thursday 22nd March 2012

WITH one crowned king of the jungle and another king of the dance floor it was great to see that these four cheeky chaps still reigned supreme in the pop world.

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Nero, Southampton Guildhall

12:21pm Monday 19th March 2012

IT’S a difficult task for DJs – playing their music from behind the decks while at the same time trying to put on a proper, well-rounded show.

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The Maccabees, Southampton Guildhall

12:19pm Monday 19th March 2012

AS an alternative way to spend a Friday night The Maccabees are not a bad option.

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Olly Murs, Bournemouth International Centre

10:26am Thursday 16th February 2012

HE’S come a long way since The X Factor, that's for sure.

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REVIEW: Snow Patrol, BIC

10:21am Thursday 9th February 2012

THE last time they played here it was the start of a nationwide tour.

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