By Sally Churchward. Picture by Simon Reed – Musical Pictures. The Mary Wallopers weren’t one of the headline acts at Victorious Festival but the band hit international headlines following their very brief outing on the main stage on Friday afternoon in front of a huge crowd at the Southsea...
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The Fratellis come to Portsmouth on anniversary tour
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Costello Music’, The Fratellis have announced a run of dates across the UK in February 2026, including Portsmouth Guildhall on the 16th. In the autumn of 2006, Scottish indie-rockers The Fratellis burst onto the scene with their blistering debut album,...
Inhaler add Portsmouth date to autumn tour
Inhaler have announced further dates for their October run, leading up to their sold-out headline of London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, including Portsmouth Guildhall on October 29th. The other new dates are 6th & 7th October Belfast Ulster Hall and 9th October Edinburgh Corn Exchange. Tickets will go on-sale ...
Opinion: Disability Rights protest – resisting the cuts
By Manthan Pathak. Pictures by Andrea Barrett. Local campaigners for disabled people’s rights staged a protest at Southampton’s Guildhall Square to bring attention to the government’s plans to cut disability benefits. A new nationwide grassroots group, Crips Against Cuts, created in opposition to the proposals, organised the demonstration, which...
Love (Re)claimed art exhibition celebrates queer love, identity and artistic expression, this weekend
Image by Rachel Jones. Love Reclaimed is an exhibition celebrating queer love, identity, and artistic expression, exploring the intersections of love and queerness, forming part of the UK Pride programme of events as Portsmouth warms up to host UK Pride next month. 35 local LGBTQIA+ artists are taking part,...
Album review: Rats! Rats! Rats! – Bloody Hello & launch party
By Sam Wise. For us the highlight of Victorious Festival last summer was not, as predicted, The Pixies, on the promise of whom we had bought the tickets. No, the real stars of the event, for us, were Gosport punk/grunge duo Rats! Rats! Rats!, who we caught on one...
Reader’s letter: Enough is enough – we reject planned welfare cuts
By Crips Against Cuts. On Saturday 5th April, activists and their disabled allies in Portsmouth will be rallying outside the Guildhall to say ‘enough is enough’ and reject the government’s planned welfare cuts, as well as the proposed changes to assessment for disabled people to access work exemption benefits,...
Hampshire’s DiElle to launch new album next month
DiElle, from Wickham, is set to launch her latest album, Atlas on the 13th April in Portsmouth —this is a collection of songs inspired by her love of travel, adventure, and the journeys of the heart and soul. Atlas is a deeply personal project, shaped by the places she...
Interview: Holly Bannis, star of What’s Love Got To Do With It?
After a spectacular 2024 that had more than 60,000 Tina Turner fans dancing in the aisles, tribute to Tina TurnerWhat’s Love Got To Do With It? is back on tour, and coming to venues including Portsmouth Guildhall (21/2/25) and Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre (9/3/25). Whether you’ve been a fan of...
Southampton actor stars in film The Mire
Antony Knight, from Southampton, is one of the stars of a film from a Portsmouth-based production team, Apple Park Films, currently streaming on Prime Video. Knight stars alongside Holly McLachlan, and Joseph Adelakun, in The Mire. The film is set on the eve of a mass suicide as charismatic...