Ho Ho Ho!
I was going to have a long rant about X Factor ruining the battle for the Christmas Number 1, but to be honest I can't really be bothered to waste (virtual) ink on it. And, of course, it's the season of goodwill to all men (including Simon Cowell) so it's better to be nice and say nothing rather than kvetch and moan.
No, really it is.
*koff*
Bah humbug, here's what piqued my interest in the back pages of this week's Christmas edition of the NME:
Pete & The Pirates @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 25/01/2008
Pete & The Pirates @ Consortium, Bournemouth - 26/01/2008
One Night Only @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/01/2008
Nouvelle Vague @ The Brook, Southampton - 31/01/2008
One Night Only @ Audio, Brighton - 31/01/2008
Late Of The Pier @ The Joiners, Southampton - 02/02/2008
Art Brut @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 03/02/2008
Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit @ Hamptons, Southampton - 05/02/2008
Vincent Vincent & The Villains [supporting Richard Hawley] @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 06/02/2008
Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit @ The Albert, Brighton - 06/02/2008
Noah & The Whale and Naked & The Boys @ The Albert, Brighton - 10/02/2008
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly @ Komedia, Brighton - 12/02/2008
I Was A Cub Scout @ Freebutt, Brighton - 21/02/2008
Tegan & Sara and Northern State @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/02/2008
Nouvelle Vague @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 22/02/2008
I Was A Cub Scout @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/02/2008
Royworld @ The Joiners, Southampton - 24/02/2008
The Go! Team @ Student Union, Southampton University - 24/02/2008
Velvet Revolver @ The Brighton Centre - 27/03/2008
Clinic @ Audio, Brighton - 10/04/2008
Angels & Airwaves @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/04/2008
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 27/05/2008
The Pigeon Detectives @ The Dome, Brighton - 03/06/2008
Given that I'll have a few days spare over the Festive period there's every chance the above gigs will be punted onto the SoMC Events Calendar before the new year (or I may end up festering in front of the tellybox with a cheese and pickle sandwich). The Events Calendar is, when regularly updated, a very handy tool for the average gig monster, including as it does many gigs, like these...
The Popes and The Dolmen @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 21/12/2007
Mumm Ra and Dead!Dead!Dead! @ The Joiners, Southampton - 21/12/2007
Slaves To Gravity and Plastic Toys @ Unit22, Southampton - 21/12/2007
The Bog Rolling Stones @ The Brook, Southampton - 21/12/2007
Django and The Targets @ The Enska Centre, Portsmouth - 22/12/2007
Superfly @ The Swan, Woolston - 22/12/2007
Kojak's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 22/12/2007
The Family, The Mopes and Hugo Frusslinky plus The Bees (DJ set) @ The Joiners, Southampton - 22/12/2007
Skynny Lennard @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 22/12/2007
Greg Ashby, Mike Vaughn and Lucy Kitchen @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 22/12/2007
Max Bona @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 22/12/2007
The Men They Couldn't Hang @ The Brook, Southampton - 22/12/2007
Cool Banana @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 22/12/2007
Los Albertos @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 22/12/2007
The Spike Drivers @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 23/12/2007
The Trevor John Band @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 23/12/2007
Rufus Stone @ The Brook, Southampton - 23/12/2007
Zug and Ade Cull @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 23/12/2007
Ryan O'Reilly, Pete Rice and Bo Keeney @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 23/12/2007
The Warm and Beau Monde @ The Joiners, Southampton - 23/12/2007
Cool Banana, Red Hunnie, Delphic Oracle and Joe Black @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 24/12/2007
The Silver Beatles @ The Brook, Southampton - 24/12/2007
Andrew Jarmin, Jess Wilson, Luke Ferre and Moma Jest @ The Square Brewery, Petersfield - 26/12/2007
Black Sugar No Tea and Kool Jaz @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 27/12/2007
One Weird Fish @ The Tap, Portsmouth - 27/12/2007
Wyldside, Little London, The Good Time Charlies and Jenna's Revenge @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 27/12/2007
Service 68 and Three Kings @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 27/12/2007
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 28/12/2007
Stout, Ascari and Gas Bar Panic @ The Joiners, Southampton - 28/12/2007
Claptonite @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/12/2007
The Mods and Timebomb @ The Brook, Southampton - 28/12/2007
The Reason, The Sinnicks and Miss Murdoch @ The Joiners, Southampton - 29/12/2007
The Queens @ The Brook, Southampton - 29/12/2007
Dragon Eye Morrison, Frosthold, Senator and Bloodline @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 30/12/2007
The Modern Fighting Vehicles and Herbarley @ The Joiners, Southampton - 30/12/2007
The Riotous Brothers @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 30/12/2007
Second Monday, Piano and Caesure @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 30/12/2007
The Young Brothers Band and The Velvet Doonicans @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 31/12/2007
Terrathorn, Bury Tomorrow and The Shepherd's Pie @ The Joiners, Southampton - 31/12/2007
Mary Jane @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 31/12/2007
Derrin Nauendorf and David Downing @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 31/12/2007
Loose Caboose and Fresh Legs @ The Railway Inn, Winchester - 03/01/2008
Open Room @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/01/2008
Orange Street @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/01/2008
The Smyths @ The Brook, Southampton - 05/01/2008
The Radics @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/01/2008
Apnia, Sinuism, Akakios and Days Of No Trust @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/01/2008
New Rope String Band @ Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham - 10/01/2008
Wilko Johnson @ The Brook, Southampton - 17/01/2008
Black Francis @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 14/02/2008
David Gray @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 14/03/2008
David Essex @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 13/06/2008
Owing to 'promotional commitments' the Sugababes' gig at Portsmouth Guildhall has been rescheduled from Saturday 22nd March to Wednesday 30th April 2008. Original tickets remain valid, contact the point of purchase for more information.
Due to unforeseen circumstances both the The Frog & Frigate and The Hobbit will be closed until till New Year's Eve. The Frog will be seeing in 2008 with a fancy dress party with live music from regular performers Stu and Kev.
The Lounge (formerly Club EQ) in Portsmouth will be hosting an evening of drum'n'bass tonight. Ash A Tack, Dr S Gachét and MC Freestyle will be raiding the vaults to lay down two and a half hours of tunes from 1994 through to the present day. Entrance is £5, doors open 2130-0200.
It took a couple of days longer than this year's festival to sell out, but all the tickets (so far released) for the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival have been snapped up. Oh well.
Details of next year's Gosport & Fareham Festival have been released, with the following acts confirmed as appearing: Show of Hands, Oysterband, Kathryn Tickell, Luka Bloom, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Chumbawamba and The Men They Couldn't Hang. The festival runs from Thursday 20th to Monday 24th March 2008, and tickets are on sale now. In addition, The Levellers, Capercaillie and Bellowhead have all been confirmed for the 2008 Wickham Festival (more information on that in the new year).
And that about wraps it up for 2007; there's still time to take part in the 3rd Annual Son Of Music Club music poll thing and the annual SoMC Lyric Quiz is now available for download too. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, join me in 2008 when I'll be punting out more of the same.
:o)
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