By Lewis Maclean. Southampton-born singer/songwriter – Welly (aka Elliott), is the frontman in a group – Welly – named after the main character (like Scooby Doo), but the other players are Joe and Matt on guitars, Jacob on bass, and Hannah on percussion/synthesisers. Welly no longer lives in/around Southampton...
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Willie J Healey comes to Southampton in May on UK headline tour
Image by Hollie Fernando. Willie J Healey’s latest album ‘Bunny’ earned a wave of remarkable critical adoration. The album took his talents to a broader audience with highlights including the BBC 6 Music Album of the Year accolade (as chosen by Guy Garvey), BBC Radio 1 support from Jack...
Review: Big Special, The Joiners, Southampton
By Anita Foxall. Big Special are the result of a music/spoken word 17-year-old friendship. They claim ‘it’s not Big and it’s not Special’ but they came over to the Joiners on Sunday 7 April and showed us they actually are that big and that special of a band. Big...
Hampshire’s FleetingDays Festival launches 2024 line-up
Tribute band The Killerz are to headline the festival, held in the grounds of The Elvetham Hotel in the Hampshire countryside. FleetingDays is a family-friendly one-day micro-festival located near Fleet, Hampshire. Held on Saturday 17th August 2024, it features bands and performers, children’s entertainment, local food and drink, stalls...
Southampton April gig guide
By Vicky Greer. With Glastonbury’s lineup finally revealed, everyone’s looking straight ahead to festival season. But there’s still a solid few months left to enjoy local gigs before we get there, and it’s a good time to reflect on the grassroots venues that allow us to have festivals like...
Southampton’s Welly release new single, Shopping
Southampton’s Welly have premiered their brand new single Shopping – available now alongside an exuberant music video that introduces one of the UK’s most exciting new bands. You can watch the video here. Satirical, sincere and startlingly accomplished, Shopping is as razor-sharp a send up of modern consumerism as...
The Libertines come to Bournemouth in autumn
The Libertines released of their fourth studio album entitled, All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade on 8th March 2024. The release marks the band’s first new album in nine years. They are also hitting the road, and will be coming to Bournemouth’s O2 Academy on November 21st. The tour...
Ute Lemper announces a retrospective live show for Southampton in April 2024
Ute Lemper has announced a short run of UK retrospective live shows for April 2024, including Turner Sims in Southampton on Thursday 25 April. The acclaimed New York-based German chanteuse invites fans to join her as she takes a musical journey through her life and career at the shows,...
James announce warm up show in Bournemouth ahead of their arena tour
Music fans in the south are in for a huge treat, as James have announced a new live show at the O2 Academy Bournemouth on Wednesday 29 May. Following the warm up show in Bournemouth, James head out on their biggest ever tour in June, playing across the UK including...
Loyle Carner to headline Southampton Summer Sessions this June
Loyle Carner will headline the first ever TK Maxx presents Southampton Summer Sessions on Saturday 29 June. He is the latest to join an unmissable collection of world-class talent, including Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Tom Jones, Madness, Placebo, Paloma Faith, and Kaiser Chiefs set to headline Guildhall Square for Southampton Summer Sessions from 15 to 30 June. One of...