2 d. ago 30, flirty and thriving... 13 Going On 30 musical brings pure 2000s nostalgia to the stage in Manchester

The brand new stage adaptation pays perfect homage to the hit movie with tear jerking songs and an abundance of comedy

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4 d. ago Review: Self Esteem brings a ritualistic masterclass in reclamation to Manchester Academy

This is not just a concert, it’s theatre

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8 d. ago Fortnite server downtime for today's update 37.31 and when you can start playing again

Fortnite is finally bringing a legendary musical act to the game in a major new update - but the servers are currently down for maintenance. Here's what you need to know.

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9 d. ago The late DJ Chris Hill galvanised funkateers, brought Black music to the clubs – and got Mick Jones dancing

The legendary Essex DJ, who died earlier this month, was a cultural influencer before there was such a thing. He democratised the dancefloor, fearlessly blended genres and understood the power of personalityIf you are a fan of club culture, soul, Brit funk, acid house, all-dayers, the radio edit of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn, weekenders or Sinéad O’Connor then – whether you know it or not – you are part of the world shaped by Chris Hill, who died on 11 September after a short illness.Hill was an Essex-born, working-class DJ who loved Black music so much he made it his mission to bring it to the pubs, clubs, airwaves, pop charts and record shops of England by any means necessary. He started out in the 1960s trading blues records and landed a residency in 1967 playing jazz at The Orsett Cock in Essex; later came a soul residency at the Goldmine nightclub on Canvey Island, Essex, and from there to the Lacy Lady in Ilford, east London, and headlining the Caister Soul Weekender in Norfolk. Con...

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1 week ago One more shot: can nightlife be saved by letting clubbers bring their own booze?

Amid the venue crisis, Manchester nightclub XLR is trying a new model to stay afloat. On opening night, intoxication is down and women say they feel safer from spiking‘If it doesn’t work, I can say I tried something,” shrugs Chris Hindle. We are sat in XLR, his 200-capacity club in Manchester’s student-filled Withington suburb, discussing the figurative anvil dangling over club culture.The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) recently reported that the UK has lost three venues a week in the past three months, seven in 10 venues are failing to make a profit and a quarter of towns and cities that had nightclubs in 2020 now have none. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why Take That are bringing The Circus back to town for huge 2026 tour

Red noses at the ready as Take That prepare to park their clown cars in a stadium near you when they bring back The Circus tour in 2026. It was the band's favourite show and they tell the Daily Star why they're ready to squirt water in the eyes of fans again. Honk!

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2 w. ago Garth to bring more music to Milwaukee before he headlines London next year

Garth to bring more music to Milwaukee before he headlines London next year  Lakes Media Network

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3 w. ago Project aiming to tackle loneliness and food poverty coming to Dumfries and Galloway

The free Galloway Gathering Tour will bring people together through live music, shared meals and social connection.

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3 w. ago Mark William Lewis: Mark William Lewis review – A24’s first musical signing’s cinematic south London scenes

(A24 Music)Haunting harmonica and poetic banality add to the Londoner’s spookily sonorous baritone to create a hypnotically familiar yet ineffably fresh albumFilm and TV powerhouse A24 bridges the gap between the cutting-edge and the commercial: their content dominates the cultural conversation, often with help from amusingly gimmicky merch (the Midsommar incense burner, the Uncut Gems basketball). Judging by their in-house record label’s first signing, this isn’t a model they’re bringing to their music ventures: it’s very hard to imagine the gritty, lugubrious, bathos-steeped tunes of south-east Londoner Mark William Lewis lassoing the zeitgeist, let alone lending themselves to a quirky product tie-in. (A vial of filthy Thames water, perhaps?)Yet one spin of Tomorrow Is Perfect, the lead single from Lewis’s second album, and it’s instantly obvious why any corporate arbiter of cool would trip over themselves to sign him. An exquisitely beautiful dirge that unites the Durutti Column’...

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