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London 2012: NBC slammed by viewers after cutting Muse, The Who and Ray Davies from Games Closing Ceremony

Residents got together in March 2001 to sign petitions and demonstrate against the closure. To many the Winter Gardens was more than mere bricks and mortar, it was a theatre of dreams where music fans got to see their icons and forge wonderful memories that will never be forgotten. Constructed in 1875, Bournemouth Winter Gardens opened as an exhibition centre but relaunched in 1893 as a classical music venue. The building was demolished and replaced prior to the Second World War before becoming a rock music venue in the 1960s. As bands began to prefer larger venues the Winter Gar...

Aerial view south east of Victoria Park and the Hertford Union Canal Credit: Andrew Holt / Alamy How well have you been navigating our now over-crowded public spaces and parks? They have certainly received a hammering as we all try to take our daily  exercise close to home. Throughout the land we have seen, almost overnight, local authorities narrow roadways, widen footpaths and create bicycle lanes – innovations that have long been called for.  We have heard more bird song than traffic noise and have taken to our parks like they were the coolest places since Glastonbury. We have also s...

Downtown, arguably the most seminal of her punchy Sixties pop ballads, and Don’t Sleep in the Subway, her wistful song about a lovers’ tiff. Her songs always conjure London, just as the whimsical pastiches of the Kinks do; Waterloo Sunset, not least. Listen to them and you’re wandering between Leicester Square and Piccadilly, browsing in Soho between a fussy gents’ outfitters and a sex shop, or sashaying down Carnaby Street doing your little rounds ’round the boutiques of London Town. Pretty much everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on. Or did. I try to picture London in lockdo...

By Mike Ritchie There is a wonderful, sweaty, brash, unforgettable buzz about Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom that has made it a favourite with gig-going fans and top acts from all over the world. Writing about the famous east end establishment was a memorable project for Alison Irvine, who found the commission for her Barrowland Ballads book both exhilarating and rewarding. But as she dug into the fascinating history and famously unique atmosphere of the venue, and the people who make it come alive, Ms Irvine was also forced to fi...