Music

In collaboration with Brighton and Hove Council and many of the city’s event venues, The Brighton Event Professionals Independent Committee...

It’s official! DITZ have most certainly arrived! The Brighton quintet consisting of Cal (vocals), Anton (guitar), Caleb (bass), Sam (drums) and...

We are all too aware that the global Arts sector has been hit incredibly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. We have reported on the Brighton &...

Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas highlighted the existential threat facing the cultural and creative industries in Brighton and Hove when she...

Despite the launch of #saveourvenues, campaign by the Music Venue Trust charity (MVT), it’s looking very bleak for some of Brighton & Hove’s...

The music community have launched a high-profile, global initiative known as ‘Love Record Stores’, to help independent record stores during the...

Brighton joins the global streaming community with ‘United We Stream’ launching in the city this week. A movement that started in Berlin during...

The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced that the #saveourvenues, campaign launched three weeks ago has now resulted in 140 grassroots music...

Musicians support #444 campaign for charity and raise awareness of the health benefits of making music Throughout COVID-19 isolation, everyone...

Island Records is proud to announce the One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction in support of NHS Charities Together & Feeding America. Artists old...

It is with sad regret that we have learned that The Stranglers’ Brighton-born keyboardist Dave Greenfield has died after a prolonged stay in...

We need to save our Brighton & Hove music venues. And we need to do it now. The Music Venue Trust has announced #saveourvenues, a new...

The current lock-down situation has highlighted the void left in our lives from not being able to attend music concerts. This encouraged me to...

Fatboy Slim is to put on a free show for thousands of NHS staff and frontline workers at the Brighton Centre. The DJ, whose real name is Norman...

Welcome to Part Four. This has been a mammoth task and we would once again like to ask for your assistance in filling in the missing gaps. Have...

Welcome to Part Three. This has been a mammoth task and we would once again like to ask for your assistance in filling in the missing gaps. Have...

Welcome to Part Two. This has been a mammoth task and we would once again like to ask for your assistance in filling in the missing gaps. Have we...

Following on from our recent report on ‘The History of Brighton & Hove Record Shops – The Directory’, we thought that it would be a terrific...

We need your help! Are you able to add any information to our directory of 100 years of record shops in Brighton & Hove? Please read on and...

The Concorde 2 music venue on Madeira Drive, Brighton was broken into this morning. The thief arrived on a pushbike and smashed one of the glass...

Not surprisingly The Great Escape organisers have announced that this year’s event will now not be taking place at all. It will now be staged in...

The Coronavirus epidemic is obviously hitting hard at the moment and thus you can almost certainly expect that any music concerts and festivals...

We at Brighton & Hove News Music Team have caught wind of something called ‘Coronavirus Fest’ being organised by ‘Gig Buddies’, and so we...

Many Brighton & Hove residents will be aware of one or two Brighton based and Brighton associated record labels from down the years. Arguably...

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak the Green Door Store in Brighton is now also closed. Read their statement below: The Brighton Centre have added a...

Being a musician can be a hard life! The public perception of music makers can be somewhat skewed by those earning megabucks at the top of the...

Sadly we at the Brighton & Hove News Music Team have to report that this year’s Glastonbury music festival has been cancelled. Read the...

I’m sure that many Brighton residents and those from surrounding areas have quite possibly at one time or another popped into Resident music...

Concert venues in Brighton and Hove and the wider county are shutting up shop in light of the coronavirus outbreak. With so many shows cancelled...

As anticipated, Brighton theatres and concert venues are announcing their immediate closures in the light of the Coronavirus outbreak. The...

PAVILION was born in Brighton 2019 and 6 months later, they’ve twice been named BBC Introducing The South’s ‘Track of the Day’ and are emerging...

As anticipated, Brighton concert venues are announcing their immediate closures in the light of the Coronavirus outbreak. The Concorde 2 have...

Few artists are storytellers as deft and disarmingly observational as Andy Shauf. The Toronto-based, Saskatchewan-raised musician’s songs...

Record Store Day was due to take place on Saturday 18 April this year, but now has been moved to Saturday 20 June instead, as a result of the...

Sussex’s premier music, beer, poetry and more beer festival Glastonwick was to be celebrating its 25th anniversary from Friday 5th – Sunday 7th...

THE CAT EMPIRE + LUCY LU – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 14.03.20 Our evening out in the City tonight was opened up by Lucy Lu, who was performing...

DEMONSTRATIONS + TOYZ + MONAKIS + NAGASAKI DOG – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 13.03.20 We headed off into Brighton this evening to grab a...

KATE TEMPEST + KIM GORDON + ANNA MEREDITH + JEHNNY BETH + NADINE SHAH – ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON 08.03.20 Today being International Women’s Day,...

The organisers of the popular Hidden Herd annual Brighton music mini-festival, have decided to err on the side of caution and have pulled the...

It has just been brought to our attention that Australian female rock band Stonefield have cancelled their forthcoming UK tour dates due to the...

It has just been brought to our attention that Glasgow rock band Twin Atlantic have now also cancelled the remaining tour dates due to the...

BRIAN JAMES – WATERSTONES BRIGHTON 12.03.20 The Brighton & Hove News Music Team were on a tight schedule this evening as we were...

We have been notified regarding the cancellation of tomorrow’s (14th March 2020) concert by London based trio PALACE, which was to be held at...

NEGATIVE MEASURES + NEGATIVE FRAME – BACK BEAT BAR, HOVE 12.3.20 Yes it’s absolutely true! Tonight the foundations of the popular Back Beat...

To coincide with their recently announced headline tour for Spring 2020, Barnsley’s ferocious four piece Hands Off Gretel have revealed details...

WIFE SWAP USA + FRANK & BEANS + DE LA CHAMBRE + ANNIE DORRET – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 11.03.20 We were in Brighton this evening in...

Staking its reputation as an essential rock ‘n’ roll date in the annual calendar, with two now fabled awards nights at the 02 Islington Academy...

Jessica Lynn is being hailed by press around the world as a rocket force and country music’s next big star. A unique face and voice in modern...

Philippa Hanna is an internationally acclaimed performer racking up over 1500 shows in 25 countries. Since her industry debut in 2007, she has...

44 years on the case and still going! The 1976 Punk Rock legends, The Vibrators, are set to make a welcome annual return to Brighton in April....

The Prince Albert at the top of Trafalgar Street in Brighton will have its windows booming and walls shaking on Saturday 11th April as there is...

Toots And The Maytals were huge in the ’60s and are still huge in 2020. Known as one of the pioneers of Jamaican music, whether it be Ska,...

PENGSHUI + KID BOOKIE + PARA FICTION – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 09.03.20 Joy. and The Hope and Ruin host the ‘Kerrang Radio Fresh...

SUBHUMANS + WERECATS + BUTANE REGULATORS – CROWLEY’S BAR, HASTINGS 07.03.20 This time around, punk stalwarts the Subhumans were not...

SAMANTHA FISH + FÉLIX RABIN – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 08.03.20 I arrived in plenty of time outside Concorde 2. Again another cold wet and...

SHEEP ON DRUGS + NOISFERATU + DIGITALIS – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 08.03.20 Tonight, we hot footed it to The Prince Albert in Brighton...

MONAKIS – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 08.03.20 We were heading off out into Brighton again tonight in order to see Sheep On Drugs...

THUMPER + HEIRLOOM + BAD LAWS – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 07.03.20 THUMPER are a band that deserves to be as big as IDLES and Fontaines DC. It...

Sussex’s premier music, beer, poetry and more beer festival Glastonwick will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this June. This year’s event...

The Great Escape has announced that Hayley Williams will be performing at this year’s festival on Friday 15 May 2020. The Great Escape festival...

Fancy a Friday night out in Brighton? You’re not superstitious are you? Friday 13th and all that! So ‘What’s ‘The Score’ with this then?...

HAYLEY ROSS + ROBBIE SKITMORE AND THE SPANISH HARLEM INCIDENT – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 05.03.20 It is a gross day of rain and gloom in...

Tickets go on sale TODAY from 10am (Friday 6th March) for Brian Wilson’s ‘Good Vibrations – Greatest Hits Tour’ featuring Al Jardine and...

FRANK TURNER + MICAH SCHNABEL + JESS GUISE – BRIGHTON DOME 04.03.20 A steady output of catchy singalong tunes, coupled with a relentless...

HANYA have announced in conjunction with local concert promoters Melting Vinyl that they will be performing live at The Rose Hill in Brighton on...

Following the success of their Christmas UK Tour in 2019, legendary 70’s rock band SWEET will once again embark upon a pre-Christmas UK Tour. The...

CROSSFAITH + OCEAN GROVE + BLACK FUTURES – CHALK, BRIGHTON 03.03.20 We set off yet again to the popular CHALK concert venue located in Pool...

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF THE DEAD + ALEX HENRY FOSTER & THE LONG SHADOWS – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 29.02.20 …And You Will...

With politics in Europe leaning to the far right and with Racism ever more prevalent on the streets of Britain the Global Beats promoters are...

THE ORIELLES + DRUG STORE ROMEOS + JULIA BARDO – CHALK, BRIGHTON 01.03.20 I’ve been following The Orielles since I first heard their...

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR + SONIA LEIGH – THE OLD MARKET, HOVE 02.03.20 Monday night and The Old Market was crowded, 90% of which were middle aged...

STEREOPHONICS + THE WIND & THE WAVE – BRIGHTON CENTRE 02.03.20 It’s been a couple of years since the Stereophonics have played live in...

DIIV + CHASTITY – CHALK, BRIGHTON 29.02.20 We battled our way in the freezing cold driving wind and rain along to the popular CHALK concert...

LOS PEPES + YOUNG FRANCIS HI-FI + REX SPEEDWAY AND THE DENIM AVENGERS + THE ATOM JACKS – THE PIPELINE, BRIGHTON 29.02.20 This evening we...

THE ADICTS + KNOCK OFF – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 28.02.20 We made our way by bus to Brighton, which was a fairly hair-raising journey on the...

DRY CLEANING + POZI – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 28.02.20 It has become a common occurrence for the start of each calendar year to begin...

GIRL RAY + VANITY FAIRY – CHALK, BRIGHTON 27.02.20 Fresh-faced North London trio Girl Ray are late to the stage, but nobody cares because...

Well this is a pleasant surprise, an all ages ‘Minifest’ event in central Brighton to be held across two days in April. It certainly makes a...

Stonefield have announced that they will be returning to Brighton and will be performing at CHALK on Tuesday 17th March. Stonefield comprises of...

EMILY CAPELL + JOE SLATER / DINGUS KHAN + KIM JARVIS & THE BLOODSUCKERS + TOAST – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 27.02.20 Tonight, The...

For over 30 years, Texas have proved themselves to be one of Scotland’s best ever bands and nothing short of a national treasure south of the...

APRE + WEIRD MILK + POLLY MONEY – GREEN DOOR STORE – BRIGHTON 26.02.20 APRE were performing in Brighton tonight on the penultimate...

LONDON, UK (28 Feb, 2020) – One of the most trailblazing arena tours of all time, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of The Worlds’ –...

Waterstones Brighton at 71-74 North Street, Brighton (opposite The Clock Tower) are presenting an evening with Brian James – founder...

PINS + YELLOW BRAIN + NATURE TV – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 20.02.20 Tonight, we were off to The Hope & Ruin on Queens Road in...

North London band Girl Ray return to Brighton TONIGHT (Thursday 27th February) when they play at CHALK in Pool Valley, in support of their second...

For me, The Script are a band full of teenage nostalgia. It took me back to 2010 when my friend and I would sit in her bedroom and listen ...

LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY + GEORGIE – BRIGHTON DOME 25.02.20 The usual lively audience filled the Brighton Dome last night, a very wide mix of...

THE MURDER CAPITAL – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON 21.02.20 The Murder Capital are, along with Fontaines DC, part of Dublin’s apparent...

THE REZILLOS – 229 THE VENUE, LONDON 22.02.20 By eschewing the nihilism and angst of their contemporaries, The Rezillos who originally...

The Great Escape today announces a further 130+ more acts to play this year’s Brighton festival, featuring some of the most exciting names in new...

LACUNA BLOOME + ROMA PALACE + THE KEEP CATS – THE KOMEDIA STUDIO, BRIGHTON 24.02.20 Brighton based indie-pop quartet Lacuna Bloome are a...

I first saw Zuzu supporting SWMRS in Camden in March 2019. Since then, I’ve been raving about her to anyone who’ll listen, single handedly she...

WILLIAM DOYLE + TONY NJOKU – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 23.02.20 I must confess to have been really looking forward to tonight’s...

With his recently announced 2020 May tour already sold out, Paul Weller gets back on the road in October and November to play a further 19 dates...

THE ORIGINAL JOHN ROSSALL GLITTER BAND + LEE PRYOR – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 22.02.20 I must admit that I had very mixed feelings about...

Thousands of music fans at James Blunt’s Brighton Centre concert were stunned last night (Saturday 22 February) as the one and only Ed Sheeran...

JAMES BLUNT + WARD THOMAS – BRIGHTON CENTRE 22.02.20 We made our way into Brighton on a wet and windy Saturday for an evening, which is...

SAM LEWIS + BONNIE BISHOP + LISA NORA – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 21.02.20 It had been a heavy week for me, heavy rain and a heavy workload. What...

LIME + LAMBRINI GIRLS – THE ROSSI BAR, BRIGHTON 20.02.20 Tonight was a special night in the world of LIME as they were hosting a ‘Single...