Olivia Newton-John Celebrates

Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John To Celebrate 40 Years In Music At The Nia

What: Olivia Newton-John
When: 15 March 2013
Where: NIA, Birmingham
Price: Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 26 October, priced at £55.00, £45.00 and £36.50 (plus booking and transaction fees) and are available from The Ticket Factory

Four-time Grammy winner Olivia Newton-John has announced that she will be touring the UK next year to celebrate 40 years in music. As part of the tour, which is her first since 1978, she will visit Birmingham’s NIA on 15 March. [Read more…]

Girls Aloud To Bring Something New

Girls Aloud To Bring Something New

Girls Aloud To Bring Something New

The girls are back in town…! After months of speculation the UK’s number one girl band have announced their return and the LG Arena will welcome Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah next year as part of Girls Aloud’s arena tour. [Read more…]

Cellomania comes to Maribor

Cellomania comes to Maribor

Cellomania comes to Maribor

Young violoncellists, who inspire all over Europe, are coming to Maribor. They will perform on Monday 22 October 2012 in the Union Hall at 7.30 pm. Notable for their acclaimed performance and prolific stature, their concert will most definitely offer a treat for culture hungry ears. [Read more…]

Kate Nash Performs At LFW

Kate Nash

Kate Nash

In the run up to the release of her third album, Brit Award-winning singer and songwriter, Kate Nash will be performing live at London Fashion Week. It’s a surprise as to which show it will be, but we can reveal that it is an on-schedule show taking place on day one of London Fashion Week – the 14th of September.

Steve Miller Band, Albums Reissued

Steve Miller Band

Steve Miller Band

Edsel Records is proud to announce its reissue programme of the legendary first five albums by the Steve Miller Band, originally released between 1968 and 1970, issued in Special Digipak Editions. The albums will be released on Monday 8th October 2012. [Read more…]

Edinburgh Jazz And Blues Festival 2012

The Stooges Brass Band

The Stooges Brass Band

The 2012 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival welcomes an outstanding line-up of musicians from home and abroad to celebrate 10 days of jazz and blues that’s open and accessible. Embracing music of the highest artistic quality and music that’s played for partying, there’s sophistication and simple pleasures. [Read more…]

Musicians Invited To Compete

Judged by soul sensation, Jocelyn Brown

Judged by soul sensation, Jocelyn Brown

Applications are now open for talented young musicians to enter a Young Music Talent competition to win a recording of their own CD and apply for a bursary at one of the UK’s leading Public School’s, Clifton College. [Read more…]

French Jazz Trio At Sofitel Macau

Guitar Soloist - Li Zheng Kai

Guitar Soloist – Li Zheng Kai

Summer means it’s time for Sofitel’s Fête de la Musique, the third such annual celebration at Sofitel hotels around the region. All day long, on June 21st 2012, Sofitel hotels will become musical ambassadors in celebration of the annual Fête de la Musique. This popular street Music Festival was launched in France back in the summer of 1982, on the June 21st Solstice, and soon spread across the globe to become an international phenomenon. As a French brand of international hotels, Sofitel naturally plays an active role in this federating cultural event. [Read more…]

Italia Opera Season Shows It Off

Scheduled from 20th July through 12th August 2012: La Traviata, La Bohème and Carmen

Macerata Opera Festival

Macerata Opera Festival

Macerata will turn into a big, outdoor stage. The Macerata Opera Festival announces a programme full of events that will encompass the whole city. Three works are scheduled at the Sferisterio this year: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and Carmen by Georges Bizet – three immortal yet now updated classics. They come along with the Festival Off, a new cultural programme that will crowd the streets of the city thanks to readings, exhibitions, shows and concerts. [Read more…]

The Musician Daniel Scannell

Daniel Scannell

Daniel Scannell is a Cork based Surfer/Musician. In 2004 at the age of 19 Daniel moved to Mayo where he became immersed in Ireland’s growing surf culture and was introduced to the music of Artists such as Jack Johnson, Ben Harper and Xavier Rudd. [Read more…]