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MADE Festival is back, with a new home and a huge headliner for 2020

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Luke Charnley artwork, Holy Goof, Horse Meat Disco, MADE, Mike Skinner, The Streets, weird science, wilkinson

MADE Festival has announced a new venue and a massive homecoming gig for its native Brummie headliner. It touches down in August.

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Review: The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival crashes down on Digbeth

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Richard Franks Anna Calvi, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, JAWS, Jaykae, Liam Gallagher, Mike Skinner, Peaky Blinders, Primal Scream, Slaves, The Clause, The Cosmics

Across the weekend of September 14-15, The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival transformed the industrial streets of Digbeth into a 1920s immersive experience like no other

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Peaky Blinders-themed festival coming to Digbeth this September

August 3, 2019August 9, 2019 Luke Charnley Anna Calvi, David Beckham, Digbeth, Mike Skinner, Nadine Shah, Peaky Blinders, Primal Scream, Slaves, Small Heath, Steven Knight

Curated by showrunner Steven Knight, The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival will bring the atmosphere of the show to the streets of Birmingham

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11 records every Brummie should own

February 5, 2019July 26, 2019 Stephen Pennell Black Sabbath, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Mike Skinner, Peace, Steel Pulse, The Beat, The Moody Blues, The Streets, UB40

From the pioneering, crashing metal of Black Sabbath to the gritty urban realism of Original Pirate Material and beyond

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Review: The Streets storm through boisterous Birmingham homecoming

January 20, 2019January 22, 2019 Millie Finn Mike Skinner, murkage dave, O2 Academy Birmingham, The Manor, The Streets

Local legend Mike Skinner retuned for three homecoming shows over the weekend, with Friday night’s set kicking off with Turn The Page and ending with a dislocated shoulder.

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The Streets are releasing a new album in 2019

November 19, 2018February 10, 2019 Richard Franks Mike Skinner, The Streets

Brace yourselves – new music from The Streets is coming.

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Review: Mike Skinner premieres his latest Noisey documentary ‘Birmingham’ in the city

May 16, 2018February 12, 2019 Millie Finn Dapz on the Map, Everyman CInema, Jaykae, Lady Leshurr, Mike Skinner, Mist, Noisey, The Mailbox

On Tuesday May 15th, Mike Skinner returned to his hometown to premiere his latest Noisey doc ‘Birmingham’, which focuses on the streets which fellow Birmingham artists have made their name on.

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