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Local Cultural Organisations Issue Open Letter Voicing Concern About Nottingham City Council’s Budget Cuts

Tue 16 Jan 2024

With the recent announcement of budget cuts to the cultural and social sectors in Nottingham, over 120 individuals representing at least 75 local organisations have signed an open letter voicing concern about Nottingham City Council’s Section 114 process, and the impact it will have on the Nottingham communities.

We Found Out About Fast Forward Music, DJ Workshops for Young People From Synthetic Pro Audio

Mon 08 Jan 2024

Fast Forward Music, an accredited Alternative Provision by Nottingham City & County Council, is set to revolutionise the educational landscape for key stage three/four youth with a series of innovative music workshops. Focused on music technology and DJ/turntablism, these workshops aim to inspire creativity, skill development, and a genuine passion for the creative music industry...

Gig Review: Bad Manners at Rock City

Wed 27 Dec 2023

Was there a better way to see out the end of 2023 than with the notorious ska legend Buster Bloodvessel’s band Bad Manners performing their pre-Christmas gig at our musical Mecca, Rock City?

In Photos: The Darkness at Rock City

Sun 17 Dec 2023

When Permission to Land landed, twenty short years ago, we were bathed in shock and awe. As if by magic, Rock wasn’t dead! Fun wasn’t banned! And Spandex was almost acceptable again…

We Chat to Orbital Ahead of Their Show at Rock City Next April

Thu 14 Dec 2023

Our Phil Taylor spoke to the Hartnoll brothers - better known as Orbital - as they prepare for their 2024 tour...

In Photos: The Charlatans at Rock City

Wed 13 Dec 2023

The Charlatans – Tim Burgess, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt and Tony Rogers – remain one of the most brilliant live acts around, a finely honed musical powerhouse the world adores. Their back catalogue is a non-stop jukebox of indie rock’s greatest hits including the instantly recognisable The Only One I Know, Weirdo, Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over, One to Another, How High, North Country Boy and Come Home Baby. They brought all of these and more to Rock City, with support from Seb Lowe...

Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...

Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...

Gig Review: DMA'S at Rock City

Fri 08 Dec 2023

There is quite simply nothing better than a packed Rock City crowd, singing together at the top of their lungs. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, you’ll find yourself at a mighty special gig. Having already caught Australian indie heroes DMA’S a few times previously, including one time on their home turf in Australia, our Karl Blakesley had good inkling this could have been one of those magical nights. So, we headed down to Rock City to see if our assumptions were correct…

Gig Review: Against The Current at Rock City

Wed 06 Dec 2023

Returning to Nottingham for their first headline show here since 2016, Against the Current brought their Nightmares & Daydreams tour to Rock City…

Gig Review: Billy Bragg at Rock City

Tue 05 Dec 2023

Billy Bragg is perhaps Britain’s most intelligent and well-loved protest singer. He’s been unapologetically mixing pop and politics since 1983. He’s currently on his Roaring Forty tour across the UK and just in case we were feeling lonely in Nottingham the Milkman of Human Kindness makes a stop at Rock City to offer up his poetry...

We Chat to Fabio & Grooverider Ahead of Their Rock City Show in January With the Outlook Orchestra

Mon 04 Dec 2023

Fabio & Grooverider - godfathers of drum and bass - are bringing their live show with The Outlook Orchestra to Rock City in the New Year. Phil Taylor caught up with Fabio, aka Fitzroy Heslop, to discuss the changes he has witnessed on the scene, what Nottingham means to them, and what audiences can expect at their show...

In Photos: Sundara Karma at Rock City

Sat 02 Dec 2023

Sundara Karma continue to captivate listeners and carve out their unique space in the indie rock landscape with their latest album Better Luck Next Time, which they bring to a crowded Rock City a mere few days after its release...

We Catch Up With Against the Current as They Headline Rock City on Their Nightmares & Daydreams Tour

Thu 30 Nov 2023

Our Assistant Editor and Music Co-Editor Gemma Cockrell headed backstage at Rock City to chat to Against the Current on the first night of the UK leg of their Nightmares & Daydreams tour…

Gig Review: BC Camplight at Rock City

Tue 28 Nov 2023

Rock City was the last stop for The Last Rotation of the Earth tour – BC Camplight’s incredibly well received album from earlier this year. The American-Mancunian singer-songwriter treated Nottingham to an evening that was both cohesive and filled with charisma, joined also by Dutch indie-rock band Personal Trainer. Izzy Morris reviews…

Gig Review: McFly at Rock City

Mon 27 Nov 2023

Walking through Nottingham on a chilly November night, it could’ve been any other unremarkable evening. That is, until turning onto Talbot Street to see the massive queue at Rock City, a throng of people all clamouring to see the brilliant McFly on tour supporting the release of their excellent new album Power To Play. Bringing with them the brilliant LostAlone, the atmosphere was electric even at the back of the queue, and a second sold out night at Nottingham’s most revered live music venue looked all set to go...

Gig Review: Bob Vylan at Rock City

Sun 26 Nov 2023

Bob Vylan are a punk rap duo from London who ripped onto the music scene in 2017, and have been making waves at gigs and festivals ever since. You might not hear them on the radio much, because there’s still some music that upsets advertisers, but that doesn’t make them not one of the most important bands to form in the last decade. And when the drizzle and drain of a Monday night does not deter a gig from being utterly electric, you know it’s been a good one...

Gig Review: The Lottery Winners at Rock City

Wed 22 Nov 2023

Daisy shaped earrings and colourful glasses adorned the many faces flooding Talbot Street, all eagerly waiting for the doors of Rock City to open, letting the thrill of the night ahead ensue...

Gig Review: FIDLAR at Rock City

Tue 21 Nov 2023

If there’s one word for FIDLAR, it’s fun. I mean, with song titles like Max Can’t Surf, Wake Bake Skate and Stoked and Broke, it’s only natural to expect that you’re going to presented with tongue-in-cheek sardonism and whimsy...

Nottingham Launches Its Unicef Child Friendly City Programme

Mon 20 Nov 2023

Nottingham is launching its Child Friendly City programme at the Nottingham Council House for World Children's Day...

In Photos: Weyes Blood at Rock City

Sun 19 Nov 2023

Natalie Mering, AKA Weyes Blood, is known for her psychedelic folk and soft rock sound as a singer and songwriter. While touring her hauntingly beautiful new album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, which is her fifth record, she stopped off at Rock City...

In Photos: Atreyu at Rock City

Sun 19 Nov 2023

Emerging from Southern California originally operating as a punk band under the moniker Retribution, the band eventually changed their name in 1999 to Atreyu. After a change in vocalists, the band reintroduced themselves with 2021’s Baptize and since then have released a string of EPs, which they brought to Rock City on their world tour...

Gig Review: Cian Ducrot at Rock City

Thu 16 Nov 2023

Cian Ducrot is an Irish singer-songwriter, raised in Cork, currently on the road with his Victory tour, named after his first studio album. The last time Cian played Nottingham he was performing at Rescue Rooms, but his growing success has seen him step up to Rock City, where the venue was packed full with adoring fans of all ages...

Music Review: Trio Gaspard at Djanogly Recital Hall

Thu 16 Nov 2023

Founded in 2010, Trio Gaspard are one of the most sought after Piano Trios and are regulars at the Wigmore Hall and a host of famous European venues; this year, they also performed at the BBC Proms. They are currently involved in a project to record all of Joseph Haydn’s Piano Trios for their record label, Chandos, and have commissioned several modern composers to write Piano Trios as companion pieces for their recordings. Haydn’s Piano Trios are personal favourites of Tim Hill's, so he was very keen to hear them at Djanogly Recital Hall...

Gig Review: Death Cult at Rock City

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy returned to a jam-packed Rock City to celebrate forty years of The Cult's predecessor, Death Cult, reliving deep cuts that spawned one of the most successful bands to come from the UK's illustrious eighties gothic and Hard Rock scene…

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