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Category Archives: Music
Plans Announced for the 2013 City of London Festival (CheapOair)
Every summer the City of London Festival brings to life unique buildings and outdoor spaces with an extensive artistic program of music, visual arts, film, walks and talks with much of it free to the public. Inaugurated in 1962 to revitalize the cultural life of “the City” – London’s square mile financial district – the festival is to considered to be one of the UK’s leading annual arts events. Continue reading
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Four of London’s Quirkiest DJ Booths (CheapOair)
Yes, of course, the sounds coming from a DJ booth are of utmost important. But assuming the music is to your liking, the look and feel of a venue can certainly add or distract from your time listening to what the DJ is spinning. Looking for a London venue that takes its tunes but not itself too seriously? Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Drink, London, Music, Pubs, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged Bar Soho, BARS, cheapoair, clubs, dancing, DJ booths, DJs, Drink, John Salt’s, London, restaurants, The Arts Theatre Club, the gable, Travel
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Run to the Hills! Iron Maiden Announces Trooper Ale.
Trooper is a premium British beer inspired by Iron Maiden and handcrafted at Robinsons Brewery. Being a real ale enthusiast, vocalist Bruce Dickinson has developed a beer which has true depth of character. Malt flavours and citric notes from a unique blend of Bobec, Goldings and Cascade hops dominate this deep golden ale with a subtle hint of lemon. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Celebrities, Drink, England, Music, Shopping, Video
Tagged ale, beer, bruce dickinson, Drink, heavy metal, iron maiden, iron maiden beer, music, REAL ALE, robinsons brewery, trooper, trooper ale, Video
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Review: Black Cat Cabaret at Cafe de Paris
I had so much fun during last night’s performance of Black Cat Cabaret at Cafe de Paris. It felt like a proper Friday night out, and I left with an arm wrapped round my sweetie with big smiles upon both our faces. Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music, Theatre
Tagged Accordionista of the apocalypse, amy panter, Black Cat Cabaret, cabaret, Cafe de Paris, Hula showgirl Kalki, kalki, leicester square, piccadilly, review, soho, Tom Baker, W1
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Preview: Black Cat Cabaret at Cafe de Paris
Transforming the Titanic Ballroom at Cafe de Paris, Black Cat Cabaret draws inspiration from the “absinthe-soaked heyday of Montmartre’s dark and daring cabaret underworld” and with a line up featuring a “lip-syncing comic genius … showgirl dynamos .. daredevil aerial acrobatics … an accordionista of the apocalypse” and more, this certainly promises to be a quirky night out at the very least. Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music, Theatre
Tagged Black Cat Cabaret, cabaret, Cafe de Paris, piccadilly, preview, soho, W1
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David Bowie Exhibition at V&A London (OneTravel)
With unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive, London’s V&A museum will soon present the first international retrospective exhibition to highlight the extraordinary career of one of popular music’s most beloved and enduring stars. David Bowie is will open at … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Design, London, Music, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged Art, david bowie, david bowie is, design, exhibition, London, museum, music, OneTravel, preview, Travel, V&A
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@LondONtheInside: Dalston Nites 2 at Tipsy Bar
Just passing the word on about the monthly club nights hosted by the cool kids from London on the inside. Next one is this Friday with free entry from 9pm It’s sounds like a great night out with a proper soundtrack backing it up: Velvet Underground, Bowie, Joy Division, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bloc Party, The Cure … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music
Tagged club night, dalston, dalston nites, deejay, dj, east london, London, london on the inside, londontheinside, N1, N16 7XN, Rock 'n' Roll, stoke newington road, tipsy, tipsy bar
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Photos at Quaglino’s Restaurant in London (CheapOair)
Adding to the rock ‘n’ roll glamour of the show, a special range of cocktails has been created by Quaglino’s bar manager, Michal Zawerbny. Priced at £15 (about $23) for two, you can choose a Rock ‘n’ Roll or a Jimi’s Choice to enjoy while viewing the photography. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, Drink, Food, London, Music, Photography, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged bar, cheapoair, cocktails, Food, Gered Mankowitz, jimi hendrix, London, mayfair, Michal Zawerbny, music, Photography, photography exhibition, QUAGLINO'S, restaurant, Rock 'n' Roll, st james's, swinging sixties, Travel
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Opens in SW9 + Win FREE Burritos
To celebrate the opening of Chipotle Mexican Grill in Wimbledon I’m offering a two vouchers for one free burrito, burrito bowl, salad or order of tacos each. Continue reading
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Posted in Competition, Food, Freebies, London, Music, Restaurants, Video
Tagged burritos, chipotle, CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, coldplay, competition, contest, cultivate a better world, Food, free, FREE BURRITOS, freebies, London, mexican food, MEXICAN RESTAURANT, new restaurant, restaurant, retweet, south london, SW19 7PA, SW9, the scientist, twitter competition, Video, vouchers, willie nelson, wimbledon, wimbledon hill, win free chipotle burritos
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Berliner Parody of Gangnam Style (Sponsored Video)
Check out this “Berlin Ampel Style” parody of everybody’s favourite Korean pop song, Gangnam Style. It’s a sponsored post – hope ya like it.
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Posted in Berlin, Germany, Music, Video
Tagged Ampelmaennchen, Berlin, berlin Ampel Style, dance, Gangnam Style, germany, humor, humour, music video, parody, SPONSORED POST, traffic lights, Video
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Black Metal Beyond the Darkness
Image of One Tail, One Head courtesy of Black Dog Publishing I never read about music these days. As a teen, I pretty much used to only read about music. But when I came across Black Metal: Beyond the Darkness … Continue reading
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick list of some really good stuff I’ve come across lately but for whatever reason didn’t make it into their own blog posts on here, my tikichris-to-go Tumblr blog or one of my client blogs. Bo Ningen: Wow. Japanese psychedelic rawk-n-roll. … Continue reading
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Posted in Books, Celebrities, Food, Good Stuff, London, Music, Photography, Restaurants, Shopping, Video
Tagged bo ningen, butcher shop, butchery, dishoom, dishoom shoreditch, edible selby, ginger pig, good stuff, instagram, iphonography, London, mobile photography, music, Photography, restaurants, review, reviews, rough trade, sausage making, sausages, st john, st john bread and wine, the selby, todd selby, Video
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The Scots Fiddle Festival, Edinburgh (CheapOair)
The UK’s biggest fiddle festival and one of Europe’s leading events in its field is back for a 17th consecutive go at bringing the world’s best fiddle players and fans together for a full weekend of “all things fiddle.” Read … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Music, Scotland
Tagged cheapoair, edinburgh, fiddles, folk music, music, music festival, queens hall, scotland, scots fiddle festival, scottish, traditional music, violins
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick lists of Good Stuff I’ve come across lately and got a kick out of but for whatever reason didn’t make it into their own blog posts on here, my tikichris-to-go Tumblr blog or one of my client blogs. Akari Japanese … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Books, Celebrities, Coffee, Design, Food, London, Music, Photography, Restaurants, Shopping, Television, Travel
Tagged 4od, akari, Akari Japanese Kitchen & Bar, anna friel, app, arts bar & cafe, artsadmin, brick lane, channel 4, channel four on demand, circus, cirque du soleil, curry, essex road, Fäviken, GRAYSON PERRY, In the Best Possible Taste, In the Best Possible Taste - Grayson Perry, ipad, japanese, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, khushbu, khushbu grill house, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour, nordic cuisine, O2 Arena, phaidon, phaidon press, Photography, Reuters, sushi, swedish, swedish food, thomas reuters, toynbee studios, whitechapel, Wider Image, Wider Image Photo App for iPad from Reuters
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Video: The xx/Chained + December Tour Dates
The xx/Chained Here is our new video for Chained! Directed by Young Replicant, who were a pleasure to work with. Spending 2 days underwater wasn’t quite as easy as we thought. We love how it turned out, hope you enjoy … Continue reading
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Posted in England, London, Music, Video
Tagged chained, december 2012, live music, music, the creators project, the xx, the xx/chained, tour dates, Video, xx
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Belfast Festival 2012 (CheapOair)
This year just happens to be the 50th anniversary of the festival. So expect an especially epic festival for 2012. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog. Photo/artolog
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, Music, Northern Ireland, Theatre, Travel
Tagged Art, belfast, belfast festival, cheapoair, ireland, northern ireland, van morrison
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Beach Boys, Cloudy Bay and Royal Albert Hall? How White Can it Get?
Truth be told, I’m a huge Beach Boys fan. Brian Wilson? One of pop’s greatest poets. Proof? Surfer Girl. Pet Sounds? Possibly my most listened to bunch of songs, definitely in my top five. I’m rather partial to sipping an … Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, Drink, London, Music, Wine
Tagged beach boys, brian wilson, cloudy bay, cloudy bay bar, concert, kiwi, London, new zealand wine, review, royal albert hall, sauvignon blanc, south ken, te koko, the beach boys, white wine, wine
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Ronnie Wood @ Symbolic London (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Running until the 9th of October, the comprehensive retrospective features paintings, sketches, and handwritten lyrics by Ronnie Wood along with signed guitars, photographs and tons of Wood-related ephemera from his 50 years in the music industry – as a participating … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, London, Music, Photography, Whitehot
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, W1, W1 6QX, Whitehot, whitehot m
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Sponsored Videos: Gap Shine
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Posted in Music, Shopping, Video
Tagged avett brothers, gap, gap fall 2012, gap shines, icons redefined, kaki king, lil' buck, music video, SPONSORED POST, the gap, Video
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50 Years of Ronnie Wood’s Art and Ephemera at Symbolic London (CheapOair)
Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll is a major new exhibition featuring artwork by and ephemera from the life of Rolling Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, CheapOair, London, Music, Photography, Travel
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, cheapoair, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, W1, W1 6QX
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Good Stuff
I’ve been experiencing so much incredibly amazing stuff over the past couple of months, I’ve had hardly little time to keep up with it all much less to publish another post in my Good Stuff series. But today’s the first taste … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Berry Bros & Rudd, Celebrities, Drink, Good Stuff, London, Movies, Music, Wine
Tagged AI WEIWEI, ai weiwei: never sorry, barbaresco, berry bros, Berry Bros & Rudd, castello di ama, david kuo, de gotho pinot crni, DELFINA, documentaries, fool.co.uk., george clooney, good stuff, guado al tasso, hawaii, instagram, italy wine, kutjevo, London, money talk, motley fool, Movies, roagna, snoop dogg, the descendants, the motley fool, vina croatia, wine, wines of croatia
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Trip to Colombia? Yes Please!
So as fun as a visit to the National Geographic Store in Knightsbridge (across the street from Harrods) might somehow be, I was not prepared for the sort of excitement generated during a recent “VIP cocktail party” celebrating National Geographic’s … Continue reading
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50 Years of Rock and Roll with Ronnie Wood at Symbolic London
Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll has been open for a few days already but was officially sanctioned this afternoon when the exhibition’s namesake strolled in off the street for a quick look see (and … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Celebrities, London, Music, Photography
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, W1, W1 6QX
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival (CheapOair)
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. It takes place every August over three weeks in, yep you guessed it, Edinburgh. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog. Photo/Shadowgate
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Posted in Art, CheapOair, Music, Scotland, Theatre, Travel
Tagged august, cheapoair, comedy, edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, fringe, improv, improve, improvisation, performing arts, performing arts festival, scotland
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Snoop Dogg Reincarnated as Snoop Lion
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Posted in Celebrities, Movies, Music, Video
Tagged film documentary, hip hop, jamaica, rap, reggae, reincarnated, snoop dogg, snoop lion, trailer, vice, vice films, Video, youtube
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Buy or Sell Tix with StubHub UK
StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, provides fans of all types with a safe and convenient way to buy tickets for concerts, theatre and sporting events – and offers an easy way for folks to sell their own tickets when … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, England, Music
Tagged concerts, fanprotect guarantee, secondary exchange, sporting events, stubhub, stubhub uk, theatre, tickets
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Science Museum Hosts the ‘Universe of Sound’: a Virtual Philharmonia Orchestra (OneTravel)
This summer, the Science Museum in London will showcase the “Universe of Sound” – a major new digital installation which will see a virtual Philharmonia Orchestra taking up residence in the museum from May 23rd to the 8th of July. Science Museum … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music, OneTravel, Travel
Tagged kensington, London, music, OneTravel, science museum, universe of sound, virtual philharmonia orchestra
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50 Golden Street Pianos for London Public This Summer (CheapOair)
London’s streets will resonate to the tune of everything from Chopsticks to Chopin this summer as 50 Golden Street Pianos take up residence across the British capital as part of the City of London Festival’s 50th anniversary celebrations. 50 Golden … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, London, Music, Travel
Tagged 50 golden stret pianos, cheapoair, city of london, city of london festival, free, freebie, London, music, pianos
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England’s Long Running Cambridge Folk Festival Returns This July (CheapOair)
One of England’s longest running and most successful music festivals, the Cambridge Folk Festival, returns this summer with a stellar line-up for just about anybody interested in back-to-basics, rootsy music England’s Long Running Cambridge Folk Festival Returns This July CheapOair, … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, England, Music, Travel
Tagged cambridge, cambridge folk festival, cambridgeshire, cheapoair, folk music, music, music festival, summer
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KIA Dubstep Contest Euro 2012
Look at this fool. Think he likes dancing to dubstep? Maybe he just likes the idea of winning a new car. A new car!? Yep, that’s right. Kia is giving folks a chance to “dance their way” to the opening … Continue reading
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Posted in Cars, Music, Social Media, Video
Tagged cars, competition, contest, dance, dj flux pavilion, dubstep, Euro 2012, i can't stop, kia, kia dubstep contest, kia picanto, poland, Video, warsaw, youtube
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Bushmills Irish Whiskey to Host Music Festival (CheapOair)
The Old Bushmills Distillery, where handcrafted Irish Whiskey has been made for centuries, is to host a landmark whiskey and music festival. The Bushmills Live two-day festival will take place on June 20th and 21st and will be the first … Continue reading
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Photo Story: Neon Lights of Nash-Vegas (Urban Travel Blog)
Bright neon lights, fat American tourists and lots and lots of booze? Are we in Vegas? Not quite: welcome to downtown Nashville, y’all, where southern hospitality is alive and well. Beyond the neon glow and the cheap-ass souvenir shops, downtown … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Music, Travel, Urban Travel Blog
Tagged BARS, COUNTRY MUSIC, downtown nashville, drinking, free music, HONKY TONKING, HONKY TONKS, live music, lower broadway, NASHVILLE, neon, Photography, TENNESSEE, urban travel blog
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Pencil Presents… No Breaks Live Music Tonight @ Village Underground (Londonist)
Pencil Presents… No Breaks Live Music Tonight @ Village Underground Londonist, March 9, 2012 at 13:30 pm Pencil Presents is a new music project aiming to gather “high calibre acts from across the world to create a visual and audio event where … Continue reading
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Posted in London, Music
Tagged !K7, EC2, EC2A 3PQ, ERIC NESS, GABBY YOUNG AND OTHER ANIMALS, GREG BATSLEER, hackney, HAGGIS HORNS, HERBALISER, LIVE MUSIC GIG, London, Londonist, music, shoreditch, VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, WEEKLY MUSIC LISTINGS
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Free Breakfast Gig Alert: The Drums @ Floridita (Londonist)
Free Breakfast Gig Alert: The Drums @ Floridita Londonist, February 28, 2012 at 14:00 pm Brooklyn popsters The Drums perform a free 20 minute acoustic set this Thursday morning at 8.15am at Floridita in Soho. READ MY COMPLETE POST: Free Breakfast Gig … Continue reading
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Gin & Jazz at London’s Intercontinental Hotel (CheapOair)
Gin & Jazz at London’s Intercontinental Hotel CheapOair, February 21, 2012 Located in the heart of Mayfair, the Intercontinental London Park Lane is an excellent launch pad for a night on the town. And there are certainly far worse places … Continue reading
