I'm not quite sure how Simply Red are going to split up, which is what Mick Hucknall has today announced they'll be doing next year, as it's basically just him and some session musicians keeping the brand alive. Does he mean he's retiring the name or that he's going to cut himself in twain?
Well, you can hope can't you?
*koff*
Eyes down for a full house, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
65daysofstatic @ The Student Union, Southampton University - 29/10/2007
Twisted Charm @ Digital, Brighton - 02/11/2007
Sons & Daughters @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 06/11/2007
Yeasayer @ The Barfly, Brighton - 07/11/2007
Two Gallants @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 12/11/2007
Caribou @ Audio, Brighton - 15/11/207
Air @ The Opera House, Bournemouth - 16/11/2007
We Start Fires @ Boileroom, Guildford - 17/11/2007
Zico Chain & Cat The Dog @ The Joiners, Southampton - 18/11/2007
Zico Chain & Cat The Dog @ The Barfly, Brighton - 23/11/2007
Young Galaxy @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 02/12/2007
One Night Only @ The Barfly, Brighton - 04/12/2007
Peggy Sue & The Pirates @ The Duke of Yorks, Brighton - 17/12/2007
Peggy Sue & The Pirates @ The Soul Cellar, Brighton - 19/12/2007
Queens of The Stone Age @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 12/02/2008
Jimmy Eat World @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 17/02/2008
I'll add the gigs listed above onto the SoMC Events Calendar as and when I get a spare five minutes (which should be soon as I've finally caught up on four weeks of Heroes). The Events Calendar is, as alluded to fairly regularly, rammed to the gills with all manner of local gigs for local people. Like these:
Justin Currie (ex-Del Amitri) @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 24/10/2007
The Hoosiers @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/10/2007
Polly & The Billets Doux, Richard Burke & James Somerfield @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 24/10/2007
Robots In Disguise & Lisa Lindley Jones @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/10/2007
Rod Clements & The Ghosts of Electricity @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 24/10/2007
Bluesky Research @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 25/10/2007
Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies & Blanket @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 25/10/2007
Alabama Thunderpussy & Firebird @ The Joiners, Southampton - 25/10/2007
The Radics & The Enmores @ The Joiners, Southampton - 26/10/2007
Degas Nights @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 26/10/2007
Who's Who @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 26/10/2007
Timshel @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 26/10/2007
Ian Hunter & Jesse Malin @ The Brook, Southampton - 26/10/2007
Orange Street @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 26/10/2007
Superfly @ The Swan, Woolston - 26/10/2007
Hadouken! @ The Student Union, Southampton University - 26/10/2007
Six Nation State @ The Joiners, Southampton - 27/10/2007
Dreadzone @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/10/2007
The Northern Underground Jazz Orchestra @ Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton - 27/10/2007
Guy Davis Trio @ The Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 27/10/2007
The Sunshine Underground (DJ set) @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 27/10/2007
The Superheroes @ The Heroes, Waterlooville - 27/10/2007
Asobi Seksu @ Unit22, Southampton - 27/10/2007
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/10/2007
Anti Nowhere League @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/10/2007
Sidecar 46 & Amy Can Flyy @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/10/2007
Amy Wadge, Cathy Burton & Edwina Hayes @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/10/2007
Thomas Truax & Rival Joustas @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/10/2007
The Handsome Family @ Unit22, Southampton - 29/10/2007
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 29/10/2007
Ray LaMontagne @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 29/10/2007
Carvin Jones @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/10/2007
First Night Nerves & The Wraiths @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 30/10/2007
Los Campesinos & You Say Party! We Say Die! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/10/2007
Dick Dale's European Tour has been cancelled on medical advice, meaning that the scheduled gig at The Brook on Wednesday 14th November has been crossed off the list; it's hoped that the tour will be rescheduled for early 2008. In other news the Powerman 5000 gig at The Joiners this Friday, 26th October, which had been rescheduled from May, has been cancelled. And so has the Ricky Cool & The Hoola Boola Boys gig at The Cellars at Eastney this Saturday, 27th October. Punters are advised to contact their point of purchase for refunds.
As mentioned last week, October is when Oxfam's month long musical fund-raising event, Oxjam, causes lots of impromptu gigs for a good cause to pop up all over the place. This Saturday, 27th October, The Talking Heads hosts Oxjam Southampton, which boasts a packed line-up including Moise, Pellumair, Dr Joel, Cinemascopes, Clave de Sol and The Sarah Griffin Band. Tickets are £5, available on the door. The Big Oxjam Solent Climax will be held in Victoria Park, Portsmouth earlier the same day; the full line-up for this afternoon event is yet to be announced, but Cool Banana have confirmed they'll be taking part.
Tonight's Waster features live music from Black Arc and Hold Fast, plus DJ sets from the Southsea Mafia. Entrance to the new indie club night at Envy in Portsmouth is a bargain £1 before 2300 (and a mere £3 after that).
The guest slots at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club at The Barn at The Milton Arms tomorrow, Thursday 25th October, are filled by Portsmouth based blues rockers Zoofy & The Spoonfruit and Hayling Island's Jennifer Ellen. After the bands the stage is open to all comers to try their luck at entertaining the crowd. Doors open at 1900 so, as admission is FREE, you're advised to get there early.
And that about wraps it up for this week; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Guillemots and the new Radiohead album. Join me next week when I'll be dancing with tears in my eyes.
:o)
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