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Andrew Gutteridge July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Aphex Twin, Bastille, Bicep, Biffy Clyro, Blur, Bob Dylan, Charlie Watts, Chris Martin, Dave Grohl, Disclosure, Dua Lipa, Eric Thomas, Fontaines D C, Foo Fighters, FSOL, Global Citizen, Hot Chip, Idles, Joni Mitchell, Kaiser Chiefs, Khruangbin, Laura Marling, Leonard Cohen, Live Lounge Allstars, mabel, Matt Berninger, Michael Ball, NZCA Lines, Parquet Courts, Prince, Sports Team, The Chemical Brothers, The National, The Rolling Stones, The Strokes, Tom Moore, UB40

10 tracks that got us through the coronavirus lockdown

From Sports Team to Idles and Disclosure to Laura Marling, these tracks were on hand to perk us up during these strange times we now live in.

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Andrew Gutteridge March 3, 2020 Annie Mac, Another Sky, Dead Wax, Fiction Records, Jools Holland

Another Sky to play new Birmingham venue Dead Wax on UK tour

Riding on the back of a successful 2019, London quartet Another Sky are about to head off on another UK

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Andrew Gutteridge January 6, 2020 Curtis Mayfield, Danger Mouse, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, O2 Academy Birmingham, Otis Redding, Polydor, Primal Scream, Son House, The Rolling Stones

Michael Kiwanuka to celebrate successful decade with sold-out UK tour

Michael Kiwanuka is back in Birmingham this March – tickets are sold-out but you can join the waiting list below

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Andrew Gutteridge October 25, 2019November 4, 2019 Andy Barlow, Ekcle, Lamb, Lou Rhodes, O2 Academy 2

Review: Lamb shine in intimate Birmingham performance

Manchester duo Andy Barlow and Lou Rhodes aka Lamb, along with live band played Birmingham’s O2 Academy2 on 24th October

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Andrew Gutteridge October 19, 2019October 30, 2019 Beastie Boys, LCD Soundsystem, Lipps Inc, O2 Institute Birmingham

Review: Hot Chip make perfect sense again in Birmingham

After a four year break, Hot Chip were back performing material from their latest album and bringing the party to Birmingham

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Andrew Gutteridge October 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Birmingham, Lana Del Rey, Live, Resorts World, Tour

Lana Del Rey will tour arenas throughout the UK in 2020

American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey will be hitting UK shores again for a 4 date tour in February 2020.

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Andrew Gutteridge October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Daphni, Gloria Barnes, O2 Academy Birmingham

Caribou to play Birmingham on 2020 UK tour

Canadian electronic artist and producer Dan Snaith aka Caribou has returned with the release of a new single ‘Home’ and the announcement of a UK tour

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Andrew Gutteridge September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 808 State, Afrika Bambaataa, Bee Gees, Beenie Man, Birmingham NEC, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Chrissie Hynde, DEP International, Ellis and the Mighty Diamonds, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Graduate Records, Hare and Hounds, Ian Campbell, Jackson Five, Joan Armatrading, John Holt, Keanu Reeves, Lady Saw, Mad Cobra, Martin Luther King, Matumbi, Maxi Priest, Neil Diamond, Nelson Mandela, Pato Banton, Queen, Randy Travis, Robert Palmer, Sandra Bullock, Sharon Stone, Sonny & Cher, Status Quo, Stevie Wonder, Sting, the pretenders, Tony Tribe, Toots Hibbert, United Colours of Sound, Wembley Stadium, whitney houston, Willie Nelson

A beginner’s guide to: UB40

From a bedsit in Balsall Heath to chart-topping domination in the 80s, Birmingham’s UB40 brought pop reggae to the masses.

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Andrew Gutteridge August 21, 2019September 7, 2019 2 Bears, About Group, All Points East, Bluedot, Cassius, EMI, Glastonbury Festival, Greco-Roman, James Murphy, Jon Coxon, LCD Soundsystem, Mercury Music Prize, Moshi Moshi Records, O2 Institute, Philippe Zdar, Phoenix, Raf Randell, Rodaidh McDonald, Saman Kesh, Spiritualized, The XX

Hot Chip ready for the floor again with new album and tour

In June, the London based five-piece released their critically acclaimed seventh studio album, ‘A Bathfull of Ecstasy’ which NME described as ‘a celebration of life in full technicolour’.

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Andrew Gutteridge July 29, 2019September 7, 2019 British Summer Time, Fierce Panda, Glastonbury, Island Records, Isle of Wight Festival, Symphony Hall Birmingham

Keane return with new album and tour in September

After a five year hiatus, Keane are heading out on tour in support of their fifth studio album ‘Cause and Effect’, stopping off in Birmingham on 24th September.

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