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Mike Skinner stays busy after restarting The Streets in 2018. Those of us in the UK are of course looking forward to the potential end of lockdown. To the height of spring. To the return of live music. Not many of us though have encapsulated it in a song called Who’s Got The Bag (21st June). Mike Skinner has, and after declaring his own pining for some normality come that month, he’ll be able to enjoy a bit more time up on stage with The Streets after confirming a second night at the inaugu...

Olympic medallist Dame Kelly Holmes praises James McAvoy on Great British Bake Off The Scots X Men star joins John Bishop, Tom Allen, David Baddiel and Jade Thirlwall as well as Stacey Dooley for the Stand Up To Cancer edition of the show. Updated (Image: © Mark Bourdillon) Get the latest celeb gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox each week with our Showbiz newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the informati...

Tickets For Londons New South Facing Festival Feat The Streets And Dizzee Rascal On Sale 9am Today Monday, 15 March 2021 Written by Laura Johnson The inaugural South Facing Festival will take over the newly revived Crystal Palace Bowl amphitheatre this summer. South Facing tickets are on sale at 9am today. The concert series will feature 12 live shows along with family friendly mid-week events for the south London community. The first five acts have been confirmed ,with Dizzee...

Future Plans: Stereoboards 2021 Events Guide Monday, 15 March 2021 Image: Londons Field Day festival As we approach the 12 month anniversary of the first UK lockdown, the mood is beginning to shift towards cautious optimism. Following the release of the government’s roadmap out of the most recent bout of Covid-19 restrictions, with a pledge from Boris Johnson for all adults in the UK to be offered their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of July, live music is once again ...

Confidence And Clarity: Clash Meets Tiggs Da Author "Its all about feelings for me..." For the past five years or so, Tiggs Da Author has weaved his way into the foundations of UK music consciousness with his raspy, jazzy tones sprinkled over some of our favourite rap songs - from J Hus to Tinie Tempah. When he wasn’t teaming up with North-West stalwart Nines, he was cultivating his unique Afro-jazz lane, inspired by Tanzanian jazz bands alongside the R&B, hip-hop an...

The year was 2009, no one had ever heard of Covid-19 or social distancing, and Swindon was enjoying the tunes of some of Britains top artists at the time. Around 40,000 people flocked to Lydiard Park to hear such artists as N-Dubz, Kasabian and Dizzee Rascal. The free music festival was on May 9 and 10, 2009 with live music across four stages and was broadcast on Radio 1, as well as TV highlights shown on BBC3. In this article, well take a look back at the artists who performed, an...

Ilona Bannister and her husband, Tim, with their sons. Photograph: Muir Vidler/The Guardian A typical weeknight evening in my house might go something like this. I help my nine-year-old son prepare for a spelling test. I sit on the floor and say “territory”, and watch as he lies on his back with his legs in the air and writes it down on a whiteboard next to him, eyes closed, with his left hand. He is right-handed. My seven-year-old i...

The South Facing Festival is the new offering from the Crystal Palace venue which has been untouched for the past decade. This years lineup features a mix of classical, hip-hop and rock acts

Dizzee Rascal will perform an open air concert alongside the Outlook Orchestra this summer. After laying dormant for more than a decade, Londons Crystal Palace Bowl will be brought back to life with a series of concerts this summer with a month-long music and arts event: South Facing Festival. Taking place throughout mid and late August, the festival will kick off on Saturday 14th August with a performance from legendary London-born MC, Dizzee Rascal, alongside the 20-piece Outlook Orchestra. O...

Alex Green, Press Association Madness performing for a Children in Need appeal - Credit: PA A three-part documentary will tell the story of how the band Madness became a household name.  The series – Before We Was We – will explore the ska music pioneers’ beginnings in the Camden Town scene of the late 70s, led by frontman Graham “Suggs” McPherson. The documentary will air across three 60-minute episodes and offer insight into the band’s “inevitable rise to the top of the charts,...