Francis Smith, Author at Counteract – Music | News | Food

Cult Insta-pop band Nasty Cherry to storm the UK in 2020

After a cult social media following and hit TV show, Nasty Cherry are here to reinvent the girl band as they tour the UK in 2020.

Rap collective Brockhampton have revealed plans for a 2020 tour of Europe, which starts in May and includes 6 UK dates

Michael Bay teams up with Netflix to give us 6 Underground, a film so aggressively horrendous you can almost taste it

Disney’s increasingly laboured Star Wars trilogy doesn’t so much as fall across the finish line as faceplant into it. Enter at your own risk.

Waterparks are back with a new look, new sound and a sparkly set of UK tour dates, including a stop-off at Birmingham’s O2 Institute.

Groove metal band Lamb of God are set to tour the UK in April 2020, with support from Kreator and Power Trip

Birmingham brooders The Taboo Club lighten up on the lilting new single ‘I Wish There Was A Way’. Sam Lambeth reviews.

Music can instantly transform your mood, pump you up, clear your mind, inspire you creatively or intellectually, and even enhance your workout

Debut feature director Mati Diop’s Atlantics tells a heady story of fantastical love against economic oppression in Senegal.

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