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Australian stoners Pond to bring ‘Tasmania’ to the UK

May 5, 2019May 8, 2019 Sophie Hack Digbeth, Nick Allbrook, Pond, Tame Impala, The Crossing, touring

The five-piece are bringing their vibrant 7th record, ‘Tasmania’, on the road later this year.

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Experimental metal legends Sunn O))) announce UK tour dates

April 14, 2019 Luke Charnley Metal, Sunn O))), supersonic festival, The Crossing

Doom-drone innovators Sunn O))) have announced their first album in 4 years, and a run of UK dates to follow it.

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Semiconductor and Eartheater team up with Outlands for audio/visual experiment ‘Fracture Patterns’

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Luke Charnley Digbeth, Eartheater, outlands, Semiconductor, supersonic festival, The Crossing

The experimental meet-up will be making stops across the UK in June, with the final show of the tour in Birmingham.

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Review: Parquet Courts are electric at sold out Digbeth show

November 12, 2018November 17, 2018 Emily Doyle big joanie, future days, Parquet Courts, The Crossing, This Is Tmrw

Parquet Courts closed This Is Tmrw’s Future Days weekender with a faultless performance at The Crossing. Support came from Big Joanie.

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Review: Kurt Vile & the Violators kick off debut Future Days festival

November 10, 2018November 13, 2018 Emily Doyle future days, kurt vile and the violators, meg baird and mary lattimore, The Crossing, This Is Tmrw

Kurt Vile & the Violators played a laid back set at The Crossing in Digbeth, headlining the Friday of This Is Tmrw’s inaugural Future Days.

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Parquet Courts to play new Digbeth weekender Future Days

October 8, 2018February 10, 2019 Emily Doyle future days, Parquet Courts, The Crossing

Parquet Courts bring their NYC indie-rock to Birmingham this November as part of This Is Tmrw’s Future Days weekender.

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Review: Supersonic Festival wows curious audiences in Digbeth

June 25, 2018August 3, 2018 Emily Doyle Birmingham Conservatoire, Centrala, Custard Factory, daniel higgs, dennis mcnett, Digbeth, giant swan, gnod, housewives, k-pop, lungfish, mark korven, moog soundlab, moor mother, occult, Shirley Collins, supersonic, supersonic festival, terminal cheesecake, The Crossing, the ex, tirikilatops, ukaea, vanishing twin, visceristahood, vivid projects, wetware, wolfbat, Wolves in the Throne Room, Youth Man

Supersonic Festival pitches itself at ‘curious audiences’, and their programme of noise-rock, psych, experimental electro and avante-garde satisfied even the most chin-stroking of listeners

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Kurt Vile & The Violators to kick off Future Days weekend in Digbeth

April 29, 2018February 10, 2019 Emily Doyle kurt vile and the violators, The Crossing, This Is Tmrw

Philadelphian indie singer songwriter Kurt Vile is bringing his band The Violators to Digbeth this November for This Is Tmrw ‘s Future Days weekend

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Review: Hang Massive bring hippy vibes to Digbeth

December 1, 2017December 6, 2017 Hannah Pezzack Birmingham, Digbeth, Govardo, Hang Massive, The Crossing

Former buskers and internet sensations provided positive vibrations

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Hang Massive to play The Crossing in Digbeth

November 21, 2017February 10, 2019 Hannah Pezzack Birmingham, Hang Massive, The Crossing

Get tickets here: Hang Massive are set to bring the hauntingly beautiful sound of the hang to the West Midlands later this month