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Fright Night Competition

Win exclusive Fright Night tickets and t-shirts courtesy of Cineworld Nottingham. Freeq magazine and Cineworld Nottingham in the Cornerhouse have teamed up to offer four pairs of tickets and 8 exclusive...

Life's a beach at Soundwave

It was a mixed bag for our first ever Soundwave festival in Croatia.  Some real highs and some unfortunate lows - mostly due to the weather. In a part of the world that has consistently dry summer months,...

Not Part Of Festival - Deconstructing Voices

The Not Part Of festival is what happens when a festival stops treating artists as a revenue stream and gives them total freedom of self-expression. Deconstructing Voices mixes live poetry with VJ and...

THePETEBOX in Manchester

The man is quite frankly bordering on musical genius.  Effortlessly combining beats, instruments and vocals with his mouth, while playing guitar and tapping loop pedals with his feet and loop pads with...

THePETEBOX comes to Manchester

This is one not to missed.  THePETEBOX is playing at the Manchester Deaf Institute on 5th July as part of his UK mini tour between a summer of festivals.  Fresh from playing a packed out Glastonbury,...

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Glastonbury 2011

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Parklife Weekend Sells Out

Soundwave Boat Party

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Written by Sam Borrett (Editor) Wednesday, 06 July 2011 00:00
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deconstructing_voicesThe Not Part Of festival is what happens when a festival stops treating artists as a revenue stream and gives them total freedom of self-expression. Deconstructing Voices mixes live poetry with VJ and digital technology to bring you a very different performance.
 
Written by Sam Borrett (Editor) Thursday, 30 June 2011 20:48
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peteboxposterThis is one not to missed.  THePETEBOX is playing at the Manchester Deaf Institute on 5th July as part of his UK mini tour between a summer of festivals.  Fresh from playing a packed out Glastonbury, THePETEBOX embarks on his first UK headline tour.  In our opinion the UK's best beatboxing performe…
 
Written by Sam Borrett (Editor) Thursday, 31 March 2011 10:42
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Two Door Cinema Club and Everything Everything confirmed
Sat 11th & Sun 12th June 2011 Platt Fields, Manchester

The Parklife Weekender 2011 adds yet more to a massive line up as Saturday’s headliner Two Door Cinema Club and Everything Everything join 90+ artists across two days.

Despite only being on sale for six weeks 65% of tickets have now been sold for the summer’s best value for money festival, at only £58.50 per weekend pass.

Live theatre, art installations, workshops and all manner of fringe attractions also on offer on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June in Platt Fields Park, Manchester.

Northern Irish indie trio Two Door Cinema Club will headline The Parklife Weekender’s main stage on day one of the festival, Saturday 11th June 2011. Having bagged the Choice Music Prize in Ireland for their debut release Tourist History and a nomination in the BBC Sounds of 2010 poll the band are on a meteoric rise to success.

Next to join the main stage are the Manchester based alt rock outfit Everything Everything, with outlandish lyrics and genre defying tracks their album Man Alive has wowed critics.

Both acts join a line up of over 90 bands, DJs and performers who between them represent the biggest and best in electronic, independent and cross over sounds.

There is little time to loose for festival goers wishing to bag tickets for Manchester’s only event worth attending this summer as 65% of tickets have now been sold. For only £58.50 fans receive true value for money with two days full of premier talent. For the second time in its two year history The Parklife Weekender is way on its way to another sell out.

Tickets, priced at only £58.50 for a full weekend, are available from Ticketline (0161 832 111, www.ticketline.co.uk) and Skiddle (0844 884 29 20, www.skiddle.com), for more information visit www.parklife.uk.com.

 
Written by Sam Borrett (Editor) Thursday, 03 February 2011 09:22
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This tour is about taking music to the people of the UK.

From March 21st – 31st, Conor Owen will be embarking on a nationwide tour in his yellow van “Penelope” as they go on a one man/van mission to enlighten the ears of boys, girls, women and men around the country.

This is a unique experience. This is a chance for live music lovers be part of a form of touring and entertainment that has never been done before. The location of the show could be anywhere, cobbled side streets, car parks, a uni campus, city centres or abandoned warehouses.

Conor will play at 17:30 everyday at a secret location in the city. Only to be announced at 14:00 on the day of the show via facebook, myspace and twitter. As well as the afternoon performance,Conor will also play an unplugged private set at a fans house the same evening.

The Dates

21/03 – Brighton

22/03 – London

23/03 – Oxford

24/03 – Cambridge

25/03 – Norwich

26/03 – Peterborough

27/03 – Nottingham

28/03 – Sheffield

29/03 – Leeds

30/03 – Manchester

31/03 – Liverpool

www.myspace.com/conorowen

 
Written by Sam Borrett (Editor) Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:52
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trontournamentleaflet1Get yourself down to Cineworld in the Cornerhouse on Saturday 4th December to take on allcomers at the original 80s Tron arcade games as part of Cineworld's promotion of the forthcoming Disney blockbuster Tron: Legacy which is released on December 17th. Those of you probably in your thirties will r…
 

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