Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are back at Bournemouth International Centre on Sunday 30 March 2025, and this time it’s personal. Together at Home, the pair’s brand new sixth studio album was released on 8 November, marking their 10th year making music together and is the much-loved collaborators’ hymn...
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Preview: Beans on Toast, The Joiners, Southampton
Beans on Toast will be back out on the road this March, including a stop at The Joiners on Tuesday 25 March 2025. Touring in support of his critically acclaimed latest work, Wild Goose Chasers, Beans and his long time musical partner Matt Millership are sizing up 16 headline...
Preview: Polly Paulusma, Winchester Hyde Tavern, Winchester
Photo credit: Lina Jusevičiūtė Wildfires, the sixth studio album from English singer-songwriter Polly Paulusma, is out on February 28 via One Little Independent Records and Wild Sound, ahead of a date at Winchester Hyde Tavern on Thursday 20 March 2025. Across nearly two hours and six sides of vinyl, folk instrumentation...
Southampton’s Caity Baser releases new single, Watch That Girl (She’s Gonna Say It)
Image by Finn Waring. Southampton’s Caity Baser has released her brand new single, ‘Watch That Girl (She’s Gonna Say It)’, out now via Capitol Records UK. The song signals a bold new direction for the 22-year-old BRIT Award-nominated singer, both in terms of sound and lyric. Co-written and...
Craig David to play homecoming gig at Southampton Summer Sessions show in June
Live Nation and Cuffe & Taylor have announced this morning that multi-award-winning global superstar Craig David will join the lineup for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions. Returning to his hometown, Craig will bring his TS5 show to Guildhall Square on Saturday 21 June 2025, joined by renowned DJ and crowd-favourite Patrick Nazemi....
Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet – The Brook, Southampton
Ríoghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet continue their “They Want What You’ve Got.” tour, bringing them to The Brook, Southampton, on February 12, with homegrown support from Still Moving DJs. Ríoghnach Connolly, the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year, leads Honeyfeet with her eclectic taste for musical adventure. Together,...
Preview: Jack Savoretti, O2 Academy, Bournemouth
Photo credit: Chris Floyd Following his most recent single, Bada Bing, Bada Boom, featuring the formidable Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), and collaborations with Italian legend, Zucchero, and Australian pop royalty, Natalie Imbruglia, Jack Savoretti returns to the UK for a solo unplugged tour at some of his favourite venues,...
Victorious Festival announces further acts for its summer show
Victorious Festival, UK’s biggest metropolitan family-friendly festival, has announced further acts to its line-up including, comedian, actor, and now ballroom dancer Chris McCausland. Chris will join this year’s incredible comedy line-up, alongside Joel Dommett and Ruby Wax! Elsewhere on the music line-up, Beats & Swing are bringing the party to the Seaside Stage with Fabio & Grooverider, The Cuban Brothers, and Utah...
Review: C Duncan – Heartbreakers, Southampton
By Darren Grayer. C Duncan burst onto the music scene in 2015, with his Mercury Prize nominated debut album, Architect. He is classically trained as a musician, as are his mother and father, who both feature as backing musicians on some of his music, which I would describe as...
Southampton gig guide: February
By Vicky Greer. Live music is the perfect escapism. Not long ago, I was out in the wind and the cold on my way to Vinilo Record Store to see DITZ’s instore. My shoes we soaked through, and if I’m honest, I did consider packing it all in and...