Music

Less than two weeks since the launch of its Ropetackle 2020 Patrons and Friends Appeal, donations for the Shoreham based community arts centre...

Synthpop legends Blancmange are certainly planning ahead this time around, as they have announced a large 21-date UK tour which takes in a return...

The British classic rock icons Uriah Heep who formed in London in 1969, are set to hit the road to celebrate their current release, the ‘Living...

I never saw this one coming in a million years! I was and still am a massive fan of The KLF. My mate and I still go on about the antics of Messrs...

ROYAL BLOOD – DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL-ON-SEA 08.08.19 Ahead of their festival appearances at Lowlands (Netherlands), and Pukkelpop...

GLEN MATLOCK & THE TOUGH COOKIES + THE SLOW TIME MONDAYS – THE BALCOMBE CLUB, BALCOMBE 09.08.19 Glen Matlock and his band The Tough...

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...

JOHNNY MARR + THE MYSTERY JETS – ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON 08.08.19 Tonight’s Johnny Marr show at the Royal Festival Hall is part of the...

It has been announced that yesterday (Tuesday 13th August) Peter Murphy, formerly of post-punk outfit Bauhaus (with Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins and...

It’s with sad heart that we have to report a near fatal incident involving the Anti Nowhere League’s lead singer known as Animal (real name Nick...

London’s first lady of soul P.P Arnold returns to the UK this October for eleven unmissable nights of stunning vocals steeped in rich musical...

Gaye Advert was the bass player of The Adverts from 1976 until 1979 and she spoke exclusively with the Brighton & Hove News on 8th August...

WALTER LURE’S L.A.M.F. + THE DERELLAS – 100 CLUB, LONDON 10.08.19 I certainly had to escape from Brighton for just one night in order to...

KILLING JOKE + RADICAL DANCE FACTION – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 12.08.19 More than four decades after their inception, the original lineup of...

Last month saw the release of the debut album from the rather wonderfully talented Penelope Isles. Entitled ‘Until The Tide Creeps In’, the album...

The Selecter have announced a return to Sussex in celebration of their 40th anniversary. They will be appearing at the iconic De La Warr Pavilion...

HAIKU HANDS + BOUDICCA – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 09.08.19 I think it’s fair to say we are fans of Australian globetrotters...

Folks might not be aware, but there’s a relatively new music project under way that’s been put together by the UK Subs and ex-Iggy Pop bassist...

Rock heavyweights Kid Kapichi from Hastings have stamped their name firmly onto the hide of the UK rock scene, after riding the wave of the...

DEAD KENNEDYS + CATHOLIC ACTION – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 08.08.19 It’s been a very long time since American punk band the Dead Kennedys have...

Brighton based Fruity Water are in their own words “just a couple of lads making some dreamy electro-pop” and they have organised a FREE ENT...

Yep, that’s right folks ahead of the general release (on 11th October) of the Liam Firmager film about her life entitled ‘Suzi Q’, glam rock...

For one night only and for just £10 (£1 plus booking fee) the legendary 10cc have announced that they will be playing an exclusive and intimate...

We have been made aware of a fab night out on Saturday 17th August, which is being coordinated by the ‘Apocalypse Dudes Present’ promoters. It is...

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...

Finally after months of blood, sweat and beers, Scare Taxi have announced a date for their forthcoming ‘Death By Music’ album launch. It will be...

Hotly tipped as one of NME’s Essential Acts of 2018 and Dork’s ‘Top Tips’ for 2019, Brighton dream-pop outfit Thyla released their debu...

Renowned for their mesmerising live performances and having played a stunning set at this year’s ‘All Points East Festival’, Temples have...

Chile’s Föllakzoid have just released their fourth LP, entitled ‘I’, on August 1st via Sacred Bones Records and to celebrate...

Tallies are no strangers to our wonderful seaside city as they performed at this years fabulous Great Escape new music festival. Clearly they...

Sunday dawned and was equally as warm and humid as yesterday’s ‘Pride In The Park’. Today’s ‘LOVEBN1FEST’ is a far more family-centred and...

“MORE THAN JUST AN ARTS CENTRE” A new community fundraising appeal has been launched by Ropetackle Arts Centre that trustees hope will save the...

The atmosphere along the Pride Parade route said it all, as people from all backgrounds and walks of life gathered to take delight in the...

IAMWARFACE + PORTAL23 + CORLYX + HOW TO LIVE – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 03.08.19 With all the total chaos surrounding the ‘controlling...

Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day 4 Sunday 4th August 2019 As the longest running, largest, and most respected punk rock festival in the...

Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day 3 Saturday 3rd August 2019 Del Strangefish and Jimmy Skurvi of Rebellion Radio are reporting on the events...

Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day 2 Friday 2nd August 2019 This year Del Strangefish and Jimmy Skurvi are reporting on the events from the...

Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day 1 Thursday 1st August 2019 The Rebellion Festival is an annual punk music event that has been running...

Creep Show brings together John Grant with the dark analogue electro of Wrangler (Stephen Mallinder / Phil Winter / Benge) and following their...

Ahead of his live date on Friday 9th August at the Balcombe Club (Tickets HERE) with his star studded band The Tough Cookies, the Brighton &...

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...

THE DERELLAS + SCARE TAXI + YOUNG FRANCIS – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 27.07.19 We were off to the second gig of the day having just le...

COCKWOMBLE + MEGGIE BROWN – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 27.07.19 Saturday was certainly a busy day in Brighton for gigs with a real choice...

RISKEE & THE RIDICULE + LUNA ROSA + SKIRT – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 28.07.19 Sundays don’t just have to be about lazy lunches...

LUCINDA WILLIAMS + BESS ATWELL – BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL 29.07.19 Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is celebrating last year’s 20th...

RAG’N’BONE MAN + MAVERICK SABRE + NORMAN JAY + ETTA BOND + IDA VALLENS – BRIGHTON RACECOURSE 27.07.19 Tonight’s Rag’n’Bone Man outdoor...

Ahead of their autumn live dates, Arturo Bassick of The Lurkers graciously gave up part of his Sunday afternoon (28th July 2019) in order to...

Now here’s a chance for Brighton gig goers to step it up and get connected and elevate their minds by getting lost in music and deep down and...

MAID OF ACE + ROTTEN FOXES + EBOLA-LA’S – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 26.07.19 Now let’s be totally honest here. Occasionally you have a...

SARAH VISTA + GUIDO AND THE HELLCATS – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 25.9.18 Spaghetti Western songstress Sarah Vista has travelled the...

DOVES + FEEDER + THE CORAL + THE TWANG – BRIGHTON RACECOURSE 26.07.19 My first thought on arriving at Brighton’s lovely Racecourse,...

The seminal US punk band the Ramones are absolute legends. From the moment of their inception in Forest Hills, New York, in 1974, until their...

SHONEN KNIFE + BEACH RIOT + LC PUMPKIN – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 26.07.19 Even the gloomiest of us need to take a day off sometimes....

The lineup for the ‘Fun Loving Memories’ Tour of Non-Stop Club Classics from the ’90s and ’00s at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall on...

Sasami (Sasami Ashworth) has been making music in the Los Angeles area of California, in almost every way you can, for the last decade. From...

The family folk trio Wildwood Kin have announced plans to tour the UK this winter. There will be 17 dates right across the country including an...

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 formed in Los Angeles in 2012 and are a trio that consists of JooJoo Ashworth (vocals/guitar), Jeremy Katz (guitar/bass) and Cameron Allen...

Reggae artists can come from right across the spectrum regarding their thought processes, but seldom have many been in the headlines during their...

Tickets have gone on sale today (Wednesday 24th July) for the brand new ‘This Feeling’ 2019 8-date UK ‘Alive Tour’. Thankfully once again for the...

KIEFER SUTHERLAND – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 23.07.19 What do you get if you cross a rodeo cowboy with a Hollywood actor and singer/songwriter?...

Before beginning their European tour, Pixies will play a very special show at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea on Thursday 12th...

The Woodentops are considered by some to be a national treasure. I’m of course in this instance referring to the music group and not the kids TV...

ABSOLUTE BOWIE – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 20.07.19 I have to honestly say that it was with great trepidation that I ventured to the Concorde 2...

It’s been noted that Iddy Biddy Promotions in partnership with The Western are arguably bringing some of the hottest lineups in Brighton and...

Our leafly friends Snapped Ankles triumphantly return to Brighton on 8th October when they will now be appearing at the Concorde 2. This is a...

Jack Savoretti comes to Brighton Dome Concert Hall on Wednesday 6th November as part of a UK tour with his new album ‘Singing To Strangers...

Occasionally a change of scenery can be invigorating. A trip along the coast can often uplift your soul. Not too far away from Brighton is...

IAMWARFACE are a five piece Electro Rock Band formed in Brighton and London 2016 by singer, songwriter and producer Matt Warneford. The other...

The Brighton & Hove News music team are fully aware of the seriously catchy and uplifting modern dance music unleashed by three Australian...

GOMEZ + JOHN SMITH – DE LA WARR, PAVILION, BEXHILL-ON-SEA 18.07.19 As Frank Zappa is often quoted as saying, “Writing about music is like...

DAMN TEETH + HUMAN LEATHER + SWOON + PLASTICS – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 18.07.19 The weather has turned a bit pants and things generally...

Cited as one of 2018’s ‘break-out bands’, Say Sue Me are a Surf Rock inspired indie band from Busan, South Korea. Members consist of...

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...

Oh pants! Where’s the sun gone? I seriously need cheering up. I know I’ll go to a gig in Brighton this evening and have some fun. Looks to me as...

I consider myself very fortunate as I had the pleasure of an evening in the company of the one and only David Bowie. It was just myself a...

THE SEX P*SSED DOLLS + THE PRISCILLAS – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 13.07.19 I must admit it that The Sex P*ssed Dolls are certainly the ultimate...

K.D. LANG + THE GRIGORYAN BROTHERS – BRIGHTON DOME 16.07.19 There was an air of excitement and anticipation in the auditorium on Tuesday...

BAD MANNERS + THE FISH BROTHERS + DAKKA SKANKS – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 14.07.19 If you remember, or are aware of, the ska revival of the...

PENETRATION + THE DINZ + PUSSYLIQUOR – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 13.07.19 Sorry, but I just couldn’t resist using this headline and all will...

Hidden Herd is a Brighton/London-based new music website and promotions company headed up by the charismatic James Oliver West. They are...

Two years ago Vinyl Revolution record shop co-owners Simon Parker and Rachel Lowe were simply buzzing, as they swung open the doors to their...

ROD STEWART + JOHNNY MAC AND THE FAITHFUL – THE 1st CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND, HOVE 12.07.19 Let’s face it Sir Roderick David Stewart C...

12 STONE TODDLER + CLOWWNS + BAD LAWS + THE MANN AND I – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 11.07.19 The Concorde 2 on Brighton seafront was a hive of...

Arriving somewhat delayed on the Saturday, I rushed to catch Cinematic Orchestra – the byword for quality and eclecticism – on the main stage....

Squeeze announce that ‘The Difford And Tilbrook Songbook Tour’ will aim to raise food, funds and awareness for the Trussell Trust network of food...

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...

Despite the slow start to Sunday at Love Supreme, mostly due to the chillier weather and occasional drizzle, the day soon picked up and for me...

I really couldn’t believe it when I caught wind of this. I just had to get verification that this wasn’t a hoax. What? Blondie’s legendary...

LYNYRD SKYNYRD + STATUS QUO – THE SSE ARENA, WEMBLEY, LONDON 29.06.19 Tonight is the final UK date of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Last Of The Street...

THE WHO – WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON 06.07.19 Back in 1974, Pete Townshend from The Who had something of a problem. At the grand old age of 29...

DISCHARGE + CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 06.07.19 On moving south from Scotland to London in 1981, one of the first punk...

HANDS OFF GRETEL + SONS + FINDING KATE – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 06.07.19 It’s been a beautiful sun-baked day in Brighton with...

HONEYBLOOD – THE BOILEROOM, GUILDFORD 06.06.19 With the latest album ‘In Plain Sight’ (via Marathon Artists), Stina Tweeddale has finally...

‘CAMDEN ROCKS’ FESTIVAL, LONDON 01-02.06.19 Camden Rocks Day 1: 1st June 2018 I must confess that the ‘Camden Rocks’ Festival is one of the...

THE BEACH BOYS – BRIGHTON CENTRE 06.07.19 The Beach Boys became a sensation in the 1960’s, signing with Capitol in 1962 and releasing...

STRAY CATS + THE SELECTER – EVERTIM APOLLO, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON 27.06.19 The Stray Cats are currently touring to celebrate the fortieth...

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...

Crikey! So what’s going down at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on Thursday 11th July from 7pm to 11pm? They’ve got decent local bands, local...

The legendary Slade were due to perform at the Concorde 2 in Brighton last Christmas, but sadly founding member Don Powell had an unfortunate...