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Art Brut…splashing it all over

ART BRUT + SCARE TAXI – THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON 23.02.19 Can it really be 15 years since Art Brut released their debut single ‘Formed A Band’? And 6 years since they last played Brighton? It can indeed, as that is the first thing singer Eddie Argos tells us after coming...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 8:50 pm

, By David McLean

Hove MP’s office window smashed

Hove MP Peter Kyle has revealed police advised him to move his constituency office to a more secure location before its window was smashed today. Mr Kyle’s prominent role in the Brexit debate police reviewed the Church Road office’s security and recommended...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 6:05 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

IDLE hands made for disc jockeying

IDLES (DJ SET) + PENELOPE ISLES + WINTER GARDENS + THE KIFFS + DAISY COBURN – BLACKMARKET VIP, HASTINGS 22.02.19 New Sussex based record label ‘Austerity Records‘ chose the rather wonderful Black Market VIP, in Hastings for their grand launch, which included 3...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 5:54 pm

, By Andy Murphy

The Piranhas are back to bite you in an Unorfadox manner

Saturday 30th March sees the return of Brighton’s very own Piranhas back at the Prince Albert, located virtually under Brighton’s main railway station. These days they go under the banner of Piranhas Four +, which refers to the number of reincarnations that they have undergone...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 4:20 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro

The Cult Of Dom Keller certainly deliver

THE CULT OF DOM KELLER + BLACK DOLDRUMS + CIEL – HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 23.02.19 Once again congratulations go out to Polly Miles and Ollie Thomas from Acid Box for putting on another fab evening’s entertainment – they certainly have an eye for fab bands! Tonight...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 8:49 am

, By Nick Linazasoro

Thousands ready to start Brighton Half Marathon

More than 12,000 runners are ready to start the Grand Brighton Half Marathon, organised by the Sussex Beacon. While the race is taken seriously by a core of elite runners, many will be raising money for good casuses, including the Beacon. The race, in its 29th year, is the HIV...

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 5:30 am

, By Frank le Duc

Hove boxer Chris Eubank Jr wins world title fight

Chris Eubank Jr has won the vacant IBO world super-middleweight title with a points victory over James DeGale in London. While Eubank, 29, from Hove, was celebrating his win, 33-year-old DeGale, a 2008 Olympic gold medallist from London, was left considering whether to retire....

Posted On 24 Feb 2019 at 1:39 am