Music

THE DIVINE COMEDY + MAN & THE ECHO – BRIGHTON DOME 16.10.19 Oh how I was looking forward to this almost-sold-out night at the Brighton...

After annihilating a packed out Haunt (now CHALK Live) at The Great Escape Festival this year, the raging Cocaine P*ss return for more chaos,...

Born in Dublin, 24 year old Orla Gartland describes herself as a “music makin’ ginger weirdo” and she defines her material as “weirdo...

Twin Atlantic return with aplomb on new album ‘Power’ – their scorching, charged-up fourth LP and their first release on Virgin EMI –...

SOPHIE AND THE GIANTS + RUBBER JAW + SOMETHING LEATHER – THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 15.10.19 Sophie And The Giants – store that...

Blimey! We’ve got wind of another FREE gig going down in Brighton! This time around it’s featuring a quintet from Denmark going by the name of...

SUPERGLU + DEMONSTRATIONS + SAVING THROW + NAGASAKI DOG – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 14.10.19 As I mentioned in the preview f...

‘HRH PUNK’ 02 ACADEMY, SHEFFIELD 5&6.10.19 Three of the Brighton & Hove News Music Team should have been heading north for a special...

JOHN + DITZ + FRAUDS – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 12.10.19 The Hope & Ruin in Brighton was literally buzzing last night, as they had...

On Friday 29th November 2019 Brighton’s infamous ’21st Century Big Band’, Carnival Collective, are putting on the party of the...

PIRANHAS FOUR + CULT FIGURES + SIMON & THE POPE – THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 12.10.19 Believe it or not, it’ll be fifteen years ago...

P.P. ARNOLD – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 12.10.19 How lucky were we last night? We travelled back in time to 1966 to witness a star, the legendary...

CREEP SHOW + KINCAID FT. BLANCMANGE – THE OLD MARKET, HOVE 10.10.19 Tonight was one of those perfect nights! We should have realised that...

Vetiver aka Andy Cabic’s musical being is, like many curious 21st century musicians, shaped and sustained by divergent tangents. If he’s not...

After 6 billion streams, 30 million single sales, 10.8 million album sales, over 12 million monthly Spotify listeners and 1.8 million ticket...

‘THE MUSIC OF CREAM’ – CHALK LIVE, BRIGHTON 10.10.19 We arrived at “The Chalk” Brighton (formerly known as The Haunt) to see “The Music Of...

THYLA + CIRCE – THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 07.10.19 Brighton’s’ most promising band ‘Thyla’ head off on their headline tour with a...

SuperGlu is a name certainly not one to be sniffed at! Here we have an instantly infectious pop-punk quartet that certainly deliver on the music...

MISS JUNE + BERRIES + BLUE STRAGGLERS – LATEST MUSIC BAR, BRIGHTON 09.10.19 Wonderful New Zealand band Miss June were in town this evening...

SNAPPED ANKLES + NUHA RUBY RA + ADRENA ADRENA – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 08.10.19 OK – so Snapped Ankles were never going to have their show...

ALICE COOPER + THE STRANGLERS + MC50 – BRIGHTON CENTRE 08.10.19 The wayward son from Detroit, Alice Cooper was back in Brighton tonight as...

‘Suzi Q’ – Duke of Yorks, Brighton 07.10.19 It was a wet and windy Monday night when Suzi Quatro appeared on BBC’s ‘South East...

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS + THE WENDY JAMES BAND – BRIGHTON DOME 04.10.19 I really don’t understand how it has taken me so many years to finally...

THE WILDHEARTS + THE PROFESSIONALS – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 05.10.19 Tonight The Wildhearts return to the fantastic Concorde 2 for the first...

HOVRGLASS + THE KICKLIPS + THE ESTEVANS + SUGARTHIEF – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 05.10.19 Music promoter ‘This Feeling’ bring their...

THE LEYLINES + TAYLOR T. – THE ROPETACKLE, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA 05.10.19 Steve Mitchell, lead singer and songwriter for The Leylines, explained...

KEANE + MARIE WHITE – BRIGHTON CENTRE 05.10.19 I’ve long been a fan of Keane since they released their brilliant, seminal...

It seems as though Halloween is coming a few days earlier for certain people this year, as it has been announced there will be a ‘Halloween...

Liverpudlian group Stealing Sheep are heading around the country on their twelve date UK tour and will be bringing their experimental pop sound...

New York City’s Charly Bliss who are Eva Hendricks, Sam Hendricks, Spencer Fox and Dan Shure, have announced an exclusive four date UK tour in...

Manchester 3 piece False Advertising are set to release their brilliant and vibrant, debut album ‘Brainfreeze’ on November the 8th through their...

With a truly Herculean tour schedule ahead of them – including the support slot with Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes as they thunder across...

Yes it’s that Berlin, as in the makers of the mega-smash ‘Love Theme From Top Gun’ that will be closing their nine date 40th Anniversary UK tour...

CHAI is quite possibly a name in the bright world of pop that you might not be aware of yet, but…..‘This Is CHAI’. CHAI played live on Brighton...

One of the stars of The Great Escape new music festival this year and indeed also back in 2017, was an act going by the name of Pixx, which is...

BEVERLEY KNIGHT – BRIGHTON CENTRE 01.10.19 It’s Tuesday night at the Brighton Centre and an excited audience are buzzing with anticipation,...

This morning it has been announced by the band, Eddie And The Hotrods, that their founding member and lead singer Barrie Masters has sadly passed...

Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa will return to the UK in April 2020 to perform six concerts. Dates include...

THE RAMONAS + RIOT 77 + THE LIMEYS + BLOOMIN’ NORA – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 28.09.19 The Ramonas are certainly not strangers to the...

SEBADOH + DEARLY BELOVED – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 28.09.19 A wet and windy Saturday night in Brighton isn’t the best of times to be searching...

‘White Saviour Complex’ / ‘Best Before Death’ – Duke of Yorks, Brighton 30.09.19 The intrigued souls hastily made their way in the rain to...

Simple Minds celebrate 40 iconic years in music by embarking upon a major world tour in 2020. Today the band, fronted by founder members Jim Kerr...

JIM JONES & THE RIGHTEOUS MIND + SCARE TAXI – THE GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 27.09.19 After a stint of around eight years with the Jim...

SWOON + THUMPER + WORLD NEWS – THE RICHMOND, BRIGHTON 27.09.19 Our concert tonight at The Richmond Bar featured one of the very best music...

SPEAR OF DESTINY + DEREK FORBES & THE DARK + FEATHER TRADE – THE SPIRE, BRIGHTON 27.09.19 So, thank God, as some would say, that Spear...

Wednesday 9th October is going to be an exciting day in Brighton as the wonderful New Zealand band Miss June will be hot footing it down to The...

The Polecats shall be rocking on up with a few mates at The Con Club in Lewes on Sunday 20th October. The night of rockabilly sounds will have...

10cc – THE KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON 25.09.19 10cc were back in Sussex just four months after playing to a sold out 1,689 crowd at the Congress...

GARY NUMAN + KANGA – THE ASSEMBLY HALL, WORTHING 24.09.18 Following on from his concert the previous day at the De La Warr Pavilion in...

MALLORY KNOX + LED BY LANTERNS + TDK + ELEPHANT RADIO – THE BLACKMARKET VIP, HASTINGS 21.09.19 On the basis of my eldest daughter, Iona,...

McFly have announced an 11-date tour for next spring and are set to play the Brighton Centre on 6th May 2020 – you can buy your tickets...

SAY SUE ME + SISYPHES – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 23.09.19 A rainy Monday night in Brighton hardly the proper setting for Korean surf...

GARY NUMAN + KANGA – DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL-ON-SEA 23.09.19 Hammersmith born, 61 year old, synth legend Gary Numan had thankfully...

The Brighton & Hove News Music Team listen to a wide range of music. We would like to share our musical journey with you and so this week we...

ROTTEN FOXES + SKINNY MILK + HUMAN LEATHER + BASTAD RATS + BLACK CAT AND THE BOY – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 21.09.19 The punk fraternity...

PLASTIC MERMAIDS – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 21.09.19 Hailing from the Isle of Wight, Plastic Mermaids are unlike any other band currently on the...

SLADE + DIRTY SHOES – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 21.09.19 Former Glam Rockers Slade were back in Brighton tonight after a gap of nearly three...

SCANNER + IMMERSION + DRILL FOLLY – THE ROSE HILL, BRIGHTON 20.09.19 Tonight we finally made it across town to the charismatic venue known...

Stereophonics have announced details of a new spring 2020 UK arena tour. The tour kicks off on 28th February at Sheffield, FlyDSA Arena and will...

Following their highlight of the night performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals and celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band, Bowling For...

elbow, who release their eighth studio album, ‘Giants Of All Sizes’, on October 11th have announced an extensive tour across the UK for March and...

The popular Ropetackle Art Centre in Shoreham-by-Sea must be jolly pleased with themselves to have secured the opening night of ‘Recover Reveal...

I suspect that the guys at Angel Promotions concert promoters are seriously buzzing at the moment as they have managed to secure four acts that...

Pip Blom and her band are set to return to Brighton on Thursday 17th October, having performed a buzzing set at The Hideout as part of this May’s...

This evening it has been confirmed that the Spear Of Destiny. Friday 27th September 2019 Brighton & Hove concert has been relocated to an...

THE FACTORY LIVE LAUNCHES IN WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX: Combining the technical prowess of popular rehearsal and pre-production space, Soundhouse...

It’s time to dust down your platform heels, high-waisted wide leg trousers and sparkly tops as The Con Club (139 High Street, BN7 1XS Lewes, East...

The Men They Couldn’t Hang (TMTCH) came together in 1984 to perform at the alternative music festival in Camden Town alongside the...

Listen up ska and reggae fans, here’s a date for your diary – Saturday 5th October 2019 from 20:00-23:30 up at The Prince Albert, 48...

The Pink Diamond Revue and How To Live have both announced that they will be performing a gig together here in Brighton up at The Prince Albert...

Famed British rockers Status Quo are following on from their triumphant Hyde Park ‘Radio 2 Live’ show and coming back to reclaim their position...

Simply Red have not only recently announced the arrival of their funky new album, ‘Blue Eyed Soul’, which will be released on November 8th on...

It’s with saddened heart that we have today learnt of the passing of The Cars frontman Rick Ocasek. He was 75 and early reports state that he was...

TALLIES + HANYA + WORLD NEWS – HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 14.09.19 The weather in Brighton had been glorious all day and there was a relaxed...

OLYMPIA + CIARIAN LAVERY – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 11.09.19 After Olympia’s last visit to Brighton supporting Julia Jacklin at The Haunt on 26th...

PIXIES – DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL-ON-SEA 12.09.19 If you were into the alternative music scene in the late 1980’s and early 1990’...

I was alerted to a musical event called ‘Nanocluster 5’ taking place at The Rose Hill (70 -71 Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton, BN1 4JL) on Friday...

This year, many thousands of festival goers have witnessed an uplifting live synthpop dance set from the wonderfully talented Georgia who has...

Celebrate the ‘Sunday’ before Christmas with a trip down to the Concorde 2 in Brighton, where you will be swept away on a ‘Fantastic Voyage’ with...

SASAMI + CIEL – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 09.09.19 The headline act at the atmospheric Green Door Store in Brighton on Monday night was...

Those lovable local punk herberts, Peter And The Test Tube Babies (Peter, Del, Nick and Sam), have announced their annual Brighton Christmas...

The Brighton & Hove News Music Team listen to a wide range of music. We would like to share our musical journey with you and so this week we...

FROTH + SLEEP EATERS + SCHOOL DISCO – KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON 08.09.19 Los Angeles trio Froth have made a welcome return to these shores with a...

Free Love are the Glasgow-based duo of Suzanne Rodden and Lewis Cook and they specialise in minimalist seductive Italo/Euro/synthpop/disco. Not...

Brothers Lee and Nick Meldrum burst onto the scene in January 2016. It’s been a high octane time for Brighton two-piece SONS, who are signed to...

Within the last hour, acclaimed Aussie star Olympia has landed in the UK and she will be performing just two concerts here, one in London and the...

ALVIN GIBBS & THE DISOBEDIENT SERVANTS + CRIMINAL MIND + CHARLIE HARPER – CON CLUB, LEWES 08.09.19 Yes folks, tonight was one of those...

MENACE + THE WEIRD THINGS + THE FISH BROTHERS + THE SCAVENGERS – BRIGHTON OPEN AIR THEATRE (B.O.A.T), HOVE 07.09.19 Thankfully the sun was...

For the first time in their dozen year history Transmission: The Sound Of Joy Division will be performing live in Brighton. In fact it will be...

Jah Wobble has announced a 15-date UK tour for early next year with his Invaders Of The Heart. It kicks off on Thursday 16th January 2020 at the...

One of the UK’s finest Rhythm & Blues Bands, Nine Below Zero, formed in 1979 and named themselves after the famous Sonny Boy Williamson...

Patterns located on Marine Parade in Brighton seems to be a busy music venue these days as the gig announcements for the established venue are...

Sheffield based alt-pop songsmiths Sophie And The Giants are a band that are certainly on the up! They are Sophie Scott (vocals/guitar), Toby...

The Brighton & Hove News Music Team listen to a wide range of music. We would like to share our musical journey with you and so this week we...

Bombay Bicycle Club have announced details of their fifth album, which is set for release in January 2020. ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ will...

FÖLLAKZOID + MATTHS – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 01.09.19 For this review I really need to adapt a line from The Firm’s mickey taking 1987 chart...

WAYNE HUSSEY + EVI VINE – BLACKMARKET VIP, HASTINGS 01.09.19 Hastings has got itself a name for attracting some well-known names from the...

Gregory Porter will be appearing at the Brighton Centre on Tuesday 26th May 2020 as part of a thirteen date UK tour. The international best...

TACOCAT + TWEN – HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 30.08.19 Seattle band Tacocat were closing their UK leg of their 20-date European tour tonight...

SCARE TAXI – LATEST MUSIC BAR, BRIGHTON 30.08.19 The Latest Music Bar in Manchester Street, Brighton was a hive of activity tonight for the...