We caught up with Fontaines D.C. on tour

FONTAINES DC + THE ALTERED HOURS – O2 ACADEMY BOURNEMOUTH 26.10.21 Tonight is the penultimate date of Fontaines D.C.’s 2021 UK tour, and it’s a tour that I’ve been lucky enough to attend on two dates: at Leicester De Montfort Hall as well as tonight at the O2 Academy Bournemouth....
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 10:57 pm

Lewis to play Lewes and Brighton

Singer songwriter and Alt Folk artist Lewis Barfoot has announced her headline Irish and UK tour to celebrate the release of her debut album ‘Glenaphuca’ released on 19th November. The tour will include dates in Brighton, Lewes, Cork, London, Frome and Stroud. With a scattering...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 10:26 pm

The Skids ‘Masquerade’ in Brighton

SKIDS + RAMONAS – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 30.10.21 The Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline, Fife in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 7:25 pm

More than £300k could help fund emergency food network in Brighton and Hove

Councillors are being asked to set aside more than £300,000 to feed thousands of people in the coming year. The money will go on emergency meals, food parcels and food banks, with demanded expected to rise during the winter as the poorest juggle food and fuel bills. Last year...

Property developer with mission to convert church in Brighton

Plans to turn a former church hall in Brighton into flats face opposition from neighbours and a councillor. A landlord and property developer, Mike Stimpson, wants to convert the former Mission Church Hall, in Bentham Road, Brighton, into nine flats. The plans for a two-bedroom...

Boy, 16, sentenced for stabbing in Brighton pub

A 16-year-old boy from Hove has been sentenced for stabbing a man twice in the leg in a Brighton pub. The teenager, who cannot be named, stabbed the man, Emre Gyuler, as he tried to break up a fight in Molly Malone’s, in West Street, Brighton. The fight broke out at about 4am and...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 4:33 pm

The Darkness to open UK tour here in Brighton

The Darkness have released their new single ‘It’s Love, Jim’, the latest song to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘Motorheart’ out 19th November via Cooking Vinyl. Watch the official video HERE. ‘It’s Love, Jim’ is an all-out, high intensity, rock and roll barrage reflecting...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 3:33 pm

Police renew appeal to find wanted man who fled dock at Hove Crown Court

Police have renewed their appeal for help finding a wanted man who fled the dock at Hove Crown Court. Jack Tyler, 28, was understood to have suffered a broken ankle as he made off through neighbouring streets. Sussex Police said this afternoon (Monday 1 November): “Police are...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 3:11 pm

Hagar The Womb and friends – Prince Albert gig report

HAGAR THE WOMB + THE BONE RECORDS + POG – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 30.10.21 Halloween began on a wet and windy Saturday evening (with the odd hint of sunshine) and the fancy dress brigade were out in force in Brighton centre (not the venue). On the horrifying menu...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 1:03 pm

Brighton lifeboat launches after kitesurfers seen ‘in difficulty’

The RNLI Brighton lifeboat was launched after two kitesurfers were reported to be in difficulty in the sea off Hove. A short while later the lifeboat crew spotted their kitesurfing kit was found washed up on the beach but with no sign of the kitesurfers themselves. At the same...
Posted On 01 Nov 2021 at 12:58 pm
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