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Take That light up Mancunian skiesLIVE REVIEW by EMMA TURTONBand's radar now bang on courseInterview by TIM FLETCHERPepper Tree-t in store with rockersby TIM FLETCHERShow still packs contemporary punchby CAROLINE KAYSET IN New York in the 1950s, the idea of West Side Story was originally to tell the tale of conflict between an Italian-American Roman ... ()Families dancing in the aislesby KAREN COXTHERE was a mood of barley contained excitement last week inside Stoke's Regent Theatre as youngsters waited impatiently for the curtain ... (16/06/2009)Question the master interviewerWRITER, broadcaster, raconteur and Australia's finest export Clive James has been a British institution for longer than he cares to ... ()Divine intervention is strife for the wifeby CAROLINE KAYSTARRING Bernie Nolan and Matt Healey, the revival of the smash hit comedy The Tart and the Vicar's Wife is set to entertain audiences ... ()Metal surprises . . .by TRACY SMITHAS SOMEONE with a love of rock and metal that is many years old now, I am still amazed at all the sub-genres that keep popping up. ... ()Top beats woven into more Fabricsby JONATHAN HORSFALLNOT many DJs can say they are officially the best in the world.Montreal's A-Trak, however, is not like ... () Town bands edge closer to stardomby TIM FLETCHERReach for the ska with famous fiveby TIM FLETCHERCity programme live and kickingby CAROLINE KAYTHE Derby Live programme will be bursting out all over this month as an eclectic mix of music comes to The Assembly Rooms. ... ()21st festival to be a real Big Sessionby CAROLINE KAYAS THE festival season hots up, a host of performers will delight audiences at the Big Session Festival next month. ... ()Thrills in store as Inspector Callsby CAROLINE KAYWINNING more awards than any other play in history, the epic West End and Broadway production of JB Priestley's classic ... ()Rockers' 'ja bitte' to Berlin chanceby TIM FLETCHERPROMISING Burton area rock outfit Max Raptor look set to be Berlin-bound as part of a tie-up with a clothing company. ... ()Matt's magicby CAROLINE KAYHOT off the back of his Filipino tour, Matt Monro Jnr has, over the last five years, firmly established himself as an international ... ()Super Subs ready to sock it to 'emby TIM FLETCHERBURTON metal outfit Subjeeniuz are set to mark the launch of their new album by heading up a gig which will take the cream of Burton music ... ()Spandau stir sees tour dates addedby CAROLINE KAYEIGHTIES giants Spandau Ballet's comeback Reformation Tour has been extended following a huge demand for tickets. ... ()Classic time for new generationby CAROLINE KAYWEST Side Story changed the course of musical theatre when it opened on Broadway in 1957 — and it remains one of the most successful stage ... ()Sunstock puts talent on the music mapWolf a style guru, if a Lidl eccentricInterview by TIM FLETCHERAcoustic festival to rock and rollby TIM FLETCHER |
LIVE! This weekUpdated June 16PREVIEWING all the gig action for the coming week ... (16/06/2009) GIG GUIDE - What's on whereUpdated June 16Find out what's happening on the music scene in Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, North West Leicestershire and further afield... (16/06/2009) Levellers headline in the countrysideFOLK rock veterans The Levellers headline a festival being held in the Derbyshire countryside next month. ... () Bigger and betterAN arts festival held in Ashby is expanding this year. Organisers of Ashby Arts Festival hope it will feature an outdoor music and performance event ... () Summer Sundae has sweet line-upTHIS summer will see some of the greatest bands of our time raise the bar for festivals at one of the Midlands' biggest music gatherings. ... () Rock giants lined up for V Festivalby HELEN KREFTONE OF Britain's largest festivals is on its way back to Staffordshire — bringing with it some of the biggest names in music. ... () More acts on billMORE acts have been confirmed for June's Download Festival at Donington Park. Veteran rockers Def Leppard and Whitesnake, ... () New act chanceTHE DEADLINE is looming for those wanting to audition in Derbyshire to be the next big live act. ... () Busy programmeTWO Derby venues are promising Shakespeare, science, comedy and even murder mystery over the coming months. ... () Rejuvenated trio enjoy time in Sunby ANDY PARKERRay can't wait for the summertimeInterview by JENNY MOODYIN THE Summertime is instantly recognisable and has been the soundtrack to summer since it was released in the 1970s — and is still being ... (16/06/2009) It's ladies' night!by CAROLINE KAYBILLED as being funnier, flirtier and even more fabulous than ever, The Lady Boys of Bangkok have taken Derby by storm. ... (16/06/2009) Legend or loopy?Interview by TIM FLETCHERAn old romanticby CAROLINE KAYALTHOUGH originally listed as a comedy, The Winter's Tale has since become known as one of Shakespeare's most romantic plays. ... (16/06/2009) Big sound - and bigger ambitionsInterview by TIM FLETCHERHeartbreak led to top prize chanceInterview by KEITH BULLPacked programme awaitsROCK, drama and comedy are a few of the treats lined up at Burton's biggest arts venue. This month The Brewhouse arts centre, in ... (16/06/2009) Sunstock fest our answer to Glastoby TIM FLETCHERDesert funksters on the way homeby TIM FLETCHEROriginally English — and proud of itby CAROLINE KAYSINGER-SONGWRITER Martha Wainwright, ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and West Country folk star Seth Lakeman are among the line-up announced ... (16/06/2009) |
Gigs, bands, festivals, tickets and what''s on where in the local music, entertainment and leisure scene in Burton-on-Trent, parts of South Derbyshire, East Staffordshire and the East and West Midlands - brought to you by the Burton Mail newspaper


