Richard Franks, Author at Counteract – News | Music | Film | Food

hmv set to close Birmingham, Merry Hill and Worcester stores

Entertainment retailer hmv looks set to close a number of stores across the UK, with Birmingham Bullring, Merry Hill and Worcester branches affected

Olivier Award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon, depicting the story of The Kinks, lands in Birmingham in December 2020

Films with Chastain in a supporting role, on the other hand, have raked in well over $2 billion (£1.56 billion)

Football fans will soon be able to enjoy a very different match day food experience when they visit the Villa.

There’s Always Tomorrow is a brutal trip down memory lane for Jimmy Davis aka T8PES, who is in the best form of his career so far

Feeder returned to Birmingham on Monday 11 November to promote their latest album Tallulah and perform the classics

Dreamers is the Wolverhampton band’s first single since 2016 – and it’s a straight up banger.

A new report finds that a post-Brexit drop in music tourism to the UK could cost the region’s economy tens of millions of pounds

Anyone who is anyone in the movie industry knows that it’s not just ticket sales that make the industry go around.

Foals return to Birmingham in May 2020 after their barnstorming Digbeth Arena shows back in June