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Calling aspiring songwriters and musicians

9:47am Tuesday 9th February 2010

SALISBURY International Arts Festival is issuing a call out to aspiring songwriters and musicians aged 14-18 years old: in a project ‘powered’ by Youth Music and run for the Festival by Colin Holton from Salisbury Live.

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Jazz club boss pays tribute to musician

10:05am Monday 8th February 2010

THE owner of Eastleigh’s Concorde Club has paid tribute to jazz great Sir John Dankworth, who has died at the age of 82.

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Comic Stephen K Amos’s antidote for misery . . .

10:39am Monday 8th February 2010

STEPHEN K Amos is struggling with the onset of a sore throat – not the greatest news for a stand-up comedian coming to the end of a mammoth 72-date tour that arrives at the Pavilion theatre, Bournemouth, today.

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The Chippendales return to Southampton's Mayflower

2:41pm Friday 5th February 2010

IT’S been five long years, but now they’re back – the original and best male revue in the world!

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Hampshire star nominated for Oscar

2:22pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

HAMPSHIRE actor Colin Firth has been nominated for an Oscar.

Singing for a chance in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

11:28am Saturday 30th January 2010

SEVENTY budding stars of the stage were put through their paces by talent scouts for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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Carry On star at the awards

2:07pm Friday 29th January 2010

IT’S Curtain Up tonight for the Oscars of the South.

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Last dance for ballroom?

10:11am Thursday 28th January 2010

IT WILL be the final nail in the coffin for Eastleigh’s historic ballroom.

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Do you have the talent to sail off with a title?

11:58am Thursday 28th January 2010

AFTER a successful inaugural Red Hot Talent last year, Red Funnel is launching the new and improved Red Hot Talent 2010 today – with a chance to appear on the line up at this year’s Bestival.

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Stars set to dazzle in Art Asia season

11:41am Monday 25th January 2010

ART Asia’s new season of events hosts a spectrum of performers, from an artist at the top of his field, Nitin Sawhney, to international artists Sugato Bhaduri and Prabir Mitra, and local talent with Dhamaal 2010.

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Choir celebrating 150th year

11:38am Monday 25th January 2010

SOUTHAMPTON Philharmonic Choir has its 150th anniversary in 2010 and is celebrating with a year-long programme of special concerts. The choir was founded in 1860, making it Southampton's longest-established music society, and it has been a constant part of the city’s cultural life ever since.

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Take That musical comes to town

12:34pm Friday 22nd January 2010

FUNNY, touching and uplifting, it’s every Take That fan’s dream come true.

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City's newest music venue opens tonight

12:19pm Friday 22nd January 2010

TWO of Southampton’s biggest independent music promoters have teamed up to present a line-up of top local talent at the city’s newest venue for live music, which opens tonight.