With the assumption that all publicity is good publicity, it was with raised eyebrows and surprise that I read on The Independent newspaper website today that members of a certain Westboro Baptist Church are planning to demonstrate outside a forthcoming Kansas concert of the boy band One Direction.
The Independent quotes the religious group as saying:
“[One [...]
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Tags: Boy Bands · Live Music · North American Tour · Pop · UK Tour
One Direction are the latest in a long line of British bands to crack America. Fifty years ago, The Beatles were the first pop group to fly the flag for Britain as they took the United States by storm. Other groups have followed in their footsteps. From Led Zeppelin to The Clash and from Oasis [...]
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Tags: Boy Bands · Live Music · Pop · World Tour
Justin Bieber has had an eventful week. On Tuesday he was almost two hours later than expected at the first of his four nights performing at London’s O2 Arena.
Angry parents and young fans booed, and when Justin Bieber eventually came on stage there was no apology. That evening irate parents called a late night Radio [...]
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Tags: Live Music · Pop
Evolution Festival
May Bank Holiday Weekend
Sunday 26th and Monday 27th May
Newcastle Gateshead Quayside
Evolution Festival returns to the North East with another outstanding line-up featuring the most influential and exciting names in popular music right now. Evolution has been highly acclaiming for delivering fantastic line-ups at unbeatable prices and this year a host of amazing acts [...]
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Tags: Evolution Festival · Female Singers · Indie pop · Live Music · Pop
In these times of manufactured five minute “pop sensations” where commercial success is driven by entertainment shows in the lead up to producing a Christmas No.1, it is all the more surprising to stumble across someone who is making a name for themselves via the old fashioned route of gigging and promoting themselves as a [...]
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Tags: Acoustic · Female Singers · Folk · Live Music · Pop
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