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 I Love The 90s
FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY All you Common People and Wannabes out there, Get Ready To Rumble at I Love The 90s. Kick off your weekend with a night of Britpop and 90's madness with a dash of Noel's House Party fun. |
| www.myspace.com/ilovethe90sclub |
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 RollerCoasterIV
FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY A six-man tribute band, Coaster deliver an irresistibly enjoyable experience. From Killers to Kooks, Monkeys to Muse, Stones to Strokes - Coaster are an energetic and creative live outfit that has left dancefloors pounded to breaking point the length and breadth of the U.K. |
| www.coaster-music.co.uk |
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 Sony Ericsson U.K B-Boy Championships – Knock Out Jam 2008
SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER Hosted by Crazy Legs and Afrika Islam, amazing breakers and poppers battle it out for the titles of Solo B-Boy, Solo Popping and 2 On 2 Locking at this year's U.K B-Boy Championships Knock Out Jam. |
| www.bboychampionships.com |
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 Club De Fromage Eurobeat Night
SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Club De Fromage proudly teams up with ace West end musical Eurobeat to
bring you a night of Euro fun. Listen to all your fave Euro trash safe in
the knowledge this is one event the Russians can't win by tactical voting. |
| www.ClubDeFromage.com |
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 Feeling Gloomy - Live Gloom
SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! Feeling Gloomy is the U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man. This week features sets from This Is Not A Dead Transmission and The Citizens. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Balkan Beat Box
WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER Centered around its two founders, Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat, Balkan Beat Box have been active for over a decade in some of NYC's premier underground bands (including Gogol Bordello, Firewater, Big Lazy, Shotnez). |
| www.balkanbeatbox.com |
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 Akala
WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER Kingslee 'Akala' Daley has emerged from London's hip hop underground as one of the leaders of a new British artistic renaissance. After winning a MOBO award for his debut album 'It's Not A Rumour' and rocking support slots for a diverse list including Jay-Z, Christina Aguilera and Richard Ashcroft, he returns with his latest album 'Freedom Lasso'. |
| www.akalamusic.com |
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 Flirt
WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Flirt opens its doors every Wednesday with City University for Student fun! Expect lots of drinking games, dressing up, themed nights and guest DJs every week plus lots of prize giveaways. |
| www.live2flirt.co.uk |
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 Quid Nova
FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Quid Nova is a night of live music and wicked DJs, featuring Loft Daddy, Billy Vincent and Remodel with Karlo Scarpelly and Cesar R. |
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 A Mixtape Affair Ft. Fox Cubs (Live)
FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Fox Cubs are live at A Mixtape Affair this month. Described by NME as one of the ’10 Hopes of the Near Future’ following a blistering set at Reading Festival, now is the time to check out their epic-brand of indie that has drawn comparisons with The Killers and Bloc Party. DJs Homework + Detention & Jimmy Mixtape are set to play the best indie A Sides, B Sides & Rarities from our vaults, where future classics sit alongside the anthems and you might just discover your next favourite band. |
| www.myspace.com/mixtapeaffair |
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 Live Wire – Stick This In Your Fusebox Tour 2008
SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER Livewire is the AC/DC show with a unique twist. BOTH the Bon Scott & Brian Johnson eras of the band are included - with two very individual singers in the same explosive performance! |
| www.livewiredc.co.uk |
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 Club De Fromage - Pirates Night
SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Why are pirates called pirates? Because they aaaarrrr, that’s why. Join us aboard the good ship Fromage as we set sail for seas of cheese. Be sure to get out your wooden legs and eye-patches: anyone dressed as a pirate gets to jump the queue. |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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 Feeling Gloomy - Recession Night
SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Lost your job? Your house? Billions on the stock exchange? What better way to get over it than by listening to sad songs in the company of others… Join Len and Cliff as they commiserate the fact that everything is going down the pan to a soundtracks of the finest Gloom. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Random Hand + Mike TV (Pickled Dick)
SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER Since forming in late 2002, four piece punk band Random Hand have been relentlessly touring the U.K. Following shows with Sonic Boom Six, Big D and the Kids Table, they come to Islington in their own headline tour. |
| www.myspace.com/randomhand |
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 The King Blues
WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER The Hackney collective burst out of the studio and onto the stage armed with new material from their upcoming second album. |
| www.myspace.com/thekingblues |
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Flirt
WEDNESDAY 22ND OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Flirt opens its doors every Wednesday with City University for Student fun! Expect lots of drinking games, dressing up, themed nights and guest DJs every week plus lots of prize giveaways. |
| www.live2flirt.co.uk |
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 My Ruin + Speed Theory + Illuminatus + Sanctorum
THURSDAY 23RD OCTOBER Following the release of their live/DVD album 'Alive On The Other Side', My Ruin embark on a U.K tour alongside Speed Theory, Illuminatus and Sanctorum. |
| www.myspace.com/myruin |
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 The Godfathers
FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER The legendary British rock’n’roll band headline a “Rock’n’Roll Extravaganza”, bringing along a fearsome reputation for their no-holds barred high energy live show. In the dark days of the eighties, The Godfathers were a beacon of rock’n’roll light in an otherwise bleak time. After years of expectation, the fabulous five reformed earlier this year with their original classic line up, and the momentum has continued with a series of European festival appearances. |
| www.godfathershq.com |
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 Four Play Party Ft. Marc Marzenit (Paradigma Musik) + Gela + Maik Yells (Warm Up)
FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Desbribed as one of the best Spanish live acts around, Marc Marzenit comes to the U.K for the first time to play at Four Play Party with the aim to make you dance. |
| www.fourplay-events.org |
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 London After Midnight
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER Formed in the 1990s by Sean Brennan, London After Midnight encapsulate the finest elements of punk with their politically and socially aware lyrics and dark themes. Catch them on their only U.K date at Carling Academy Islington. |
| www.londonaftermidnight.com |
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Feeling Gloomy - Live Gloom
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! Feeling Gloomy is the U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man. This week features sets from Cult With No Name and Elena & The Master Chaynjs. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Club De Fromage - 80s & 90s Film & TV Night
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Calling all film and TV fans! Club De Fromage pays homage to the screen with our 80s and 90s film and TV night. From Top Gun to Tucker off Grange Hill, we want to see you come dressed as your favourites. Anyone who makes it in costume will beat the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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 Glenn Tilbrook & The Fluffers
MONDAY 27TH OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Glenn Tilbrook hits the road with his three-piece band, The Fluffers, to show everyone his melodic invention, cheeky humour and slice-of-life pathos, all wrapped up with unshakeable hooks and his golden boy tenor. |
| www.glenntilbrook.com |
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 Headphone Disco
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY Headphone Disco continues its exclusive Islington residency, where clubbers throw on their muffs and choose to wig out to a floor-shakin' mix of rock n' roll, indie and alternative tunes. |
| www.headphonedisco.com |
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I Love The 90s
FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER - OVER 18s ONLY All you Common People and Wannabes out there, Get Ready To Rumble at I Love The 90s. Kick off your weekend with a night of Britpop and 90's madness with a dash of Noel's House Party fun. |
| www.myspace.com/ilovethe90sclub |
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 Francis Dunnery
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER Francis Dunnery, former frontman of British progressive-rock group It Bites, comes to London in one of his first U.K tour dates in over a year. |
| www.francisdunnery.com |
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Feeling Gloomy - Leonard Cohen Night: Halloween Special
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Join Len and Cliff as they get spooky with a special set of macabre music, including hits by the King of Misery, and a special appearance by Death himself. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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Club De Fromage - Halloween Special
SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Host Fat Tony and family get the pumpkins out and celebrate the spookiest night of the year. Come dressed as a ghost, witch, wizard or vampire and get in ahead of everyone else in the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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 Anathema
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER Having spent most of the year on the road, Anathema will have covered most of Europe before descending on London. Expect a finely tuned slice of U.K rock in this unmissable show. |
| www.anathema.ws |
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 The Aggrolites + Grit + 7 Seconds of Love Live + New York Alcoholic + Anxiety Attack
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER The Aggrolites hit the UK with the release of their highly anticipated new album, 'Reggae Hit L.A.'. The quintet of L.A. musicians mix old school reggae with rock, punk, soul and funk creating a wall of sound that appeals to music lovers the world over. Recently recording with Rancid front man Tim Armstrongs solo project 'A Poet's Life' and enjoyng sold out dates alongside The Dropkick Murphys and the Warped tour in the US - this a show not to be missed. |
| www.aggroreggae.com |
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Club De Fromage - Rock Night!
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Get your air guitars out practice your six-minute solos… Club de Fromage is going to raaaawk, with special appearances by our own world-record breaker Dave ‘Wildman’ Pickles and his band Lucifer’s Grandmother. Get you leathers and big hair on and get jump the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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Feeling Gloomy - Live Gloom
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! The U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man comes to Bar Academy every Saturday with hosts Leonard and Cliff. Have a bawl to classics from the likes of The Smiths, The Cure and Dolly Parton. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Spear of Destiny
THURSDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER It's been 25 years since Spear Of Destiny were formed and to celebrate Kirk Brandon takes the band back on the road to revisit their hits. Fans can expect to hear Top 40 singles including 'Liberator' and 'Never Take Me Alive' on this very special UK tour. |
| www.kirkbrandon.com |
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I Love The 90s
FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY All you Common People and Wannabes out there, Get Ready To Rumble because I Love The 90s is back with a fortnightly residency at Bar Academy! Kick off your weekend with a night of Britpop and 90's madness with a dash of Noel's House Party fun. |
| www.myspace.com/ilovethe90sclub |
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 Horace Andy + Trojan Sound System
FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER Legendary reggae vocalist Horace Andy has found a new generation of fans following his work with trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack, and his latest album proves that his finger is on the pulse but the soul of his music is still rooted in the sound of Jamaica. |
| www.myspace.com/horaceandy1 |
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Club De Fromage
SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Club De Fromage – North London's premier night spot brought to you by father and son team Fat Tony and Slow Alfie. Bringing back the glamour days of dancing round your handbag, home perms and polyester shirts, Club De Fromage is a beacon for the people that time forgot. |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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Feeling Gloomy - Joy Division Night
SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! The U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man celebrates the genius of Joy Division. Have a bawl to classic tracks with the usual dose of Gloom. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 The Damned
WEDNESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER As relevant now as in 1976, The Damned continue to bring new sounds to the stage and the studio with their trademark dark vocals, poppy melodies and scintillating guitar sounds. |
| www.officialdamned.com |
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 Soilwork Ft. Zimmers Hole + One Way Mirror
THURSDAY 20TH NOVEMBER Soilwork's unique brand of metal is hard to categorise. Some would call it melodic metal; some would describe it as thrash. What is for certain though is that the Swedish six piece are at their best and back in the U.K this winter. |
| www.myspace.com/soilwork |
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 Go:Audio
FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER Anyone trying to pigeonhole Go:Audio – think again – either a rock band you can dance to, or dance act you can rock out to – you decide! They hit the road this winter following the success of their debut album 'Made Up Stories'. |
| www.myspace.com/goaudioband |
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Club De Fromage - 2nd Birthday Party!
SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Join Fat Tony, Slow Alfie and the rest of the gang as they celebrate 2 fantastic years of dancing round their handbags. With appearances from very special guests, giveaways and much more birthday fun, this is one for all Fromage fans! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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Feeling Gloomy - Live Gloom
SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! The U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man comes to Bar Academy every Saturday with hosts Leonard and Cliff. Have a bawl to classics from the likes of The Smiths, The Cure and Dolly Parton. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Dave Dobbyn
THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER New Zealand legend Dave Dobbyn makes a welcome return to London to play classic tracks from his thirty year back catalogue and new songs from his Adrian Sherwood produced album. |
| www.davedobbyn.com |
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 The Complete Stone Roses
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER One of the UK's leading tribute bands, TCSR are touring the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland, carrying on the music of one of the best bands to emerge from the heyday of 'Madchester'. |
| www.stoneroses.net |
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Headphone Disco
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Headphone Disco continues its exclusive Islington residency, where clubbers throw on their muffs and choose to wig out to a floor-shakin' mix of rock n' roll, indie and alternative tunes.
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 Flipron and Misty’s Big Adventure
SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER Two of Britain's most eccentric acts unite for a grand tour around the country this winter. Set to bring a slice of sunshine to the dark nights, Flipron and Misty's Big Adventure bring a joint headline tour full of diverse, quirky tunes that have been championed by the likes of the late great John Peel, Phill Jupitus and Huw Stephens amongst many others. |
| www.flipron.co.uk |
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Club De Fromage - Gangster Night
SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Get your violin cases out, because it’s Gangster Night at Club de Fromage. Fat Tony and his gang of henchmen will be doing their best to avoid the law and playing the finest in gangster-related pop. Any dressed as a heavy or his moll gets to jump the queue. |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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Feeling Gloomy
SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Join North London’s most melancholy duo as they present another evening of miserable music. With special performances by indie air-guitar band, The Miserablists, sad songs have never made you feel better. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 Everlast
WEDNESDAY 3RD DECEMBER Former House Of Pain member and Grammy Award winner Everlast comes to Islington following the release of his latest album 'Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford'. |
| www.myspace.com/theofficialeverlast |
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Feeling Gloomy
SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Join North London’s most melancholy duo as they present another evening of miserable music. With special performances by indie air-guitar band, The Miserablists, sad songs have never made you feel better! |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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Club De Fromage - Aliens Night
SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Slow Alfie swears he was abducted by aliens when he was little, but it’s more likely that he’d been at the drinks cabinet before passing out in the garden shed. Come and celebrate all things sci-fi by dressing up as a little green man or woman, cyberpunk, Time Lord or robot. As always, anyone in fancy dress gets to jump the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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I Love The 90s
FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY All you Common People and Wannabes out there, Get Ready To Rumble because I Love The 90s is back with a fortnightly residency at Bar Academy! Kick off your weekend with a night of Britpop and 90's madness with a dash of Noel's House Party fun. |
| www.myspace.com/ilovethe90sclub |
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Club De Fromage - 70s Night
SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Travel back in time with us to a land of flares, big hair and all things spangly… Club de Fromage is throwing a 70s party, with the biggest tunes by Abba, The Jackson 5, The Bee Gees and all your other favourite disco hits. Dig out your kaftans, safari suits and bell bottoms and jump the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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Feeling Gloomy
SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Oh, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now! The U.K's only club night that brings you the saddest, most melancholic music known to man comes to Bar Academy every Saturday with hosts Leonard and Cliff. Have a bawl to classics from the likes of The Smiths, The Cure and Dolly Parton. |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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 The Almighty
SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER After emerging from Glasgow in the late '80s, The Almighty have released seven studio albums, two anthologies and one live album to the delight of hard rock and heavy metal fans. Now they return to the stage in this highly anticipated London show. |
| www.thealmighty.co.uk |
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 Santa Slaughter Ft. Bury Your Dead
WEDNESDAY 17TH DECEMBER Hardcore metallers Bury Your Dead lead a ferocious line up as 'Santa Slaughter' descends on Islington this December. Support from As Blood Runs Black, Emmure, Your Demise, The Boy Will Drown. |
| www.myspace.com/buryyourdead |
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 The Orb
FRIDAY 19TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY The Orb returned in 2007 with 'The Dream' – a euphoric and startling album that showed a return to the original spirit of the acts classic albums. They hit the road this year with a full band for the first time since 1996 and finish off 2008 with a very special show at Carling Academy Islington. |
| www.theorb.com |
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Feeling Gloomy Christmas Party
SATURDAY 20TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Santa’s workshop has been repossessed by the bank, so there’ll be nothing in your stocking this year… But fear not! Len and Cliff will still be getting out the black tinsel and wondering why everyone gets so happy about Christmas. Join them and some special friends for their Christmas shindig! |
| www.feelinggloomy.com |
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Club De Fromage Christmas Party
SATURDAY 20TH DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Come down for mince pies, tinsel and some appearances by very special Crimble-related guests as Club de Fromage gets ready for Christmas. Anyone dressed as an elf or a self-basting turkey gets to jump the queue! |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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 The Bad Manners Christmas Tour Ft. Bad Manners + Max Splodge
SUNDAY 21ST DECEMBER Formed in 1976 London by school friends, Bad Manners have become a British institution, with their name being synonymous with ska. They celebrate the festive season with this special tour alongside Max Splodge. |
| www.myspace.com/badmannersska |
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Club De Fromage Vs. Feeling Gloomy - New Years Eve
WEDNESDAY 31ST DECEMBER - OVER 18s ONLY Two of North London’s premier nights come together for a New Year’s Eve extravaganza! As Fromage brings back the glamour days of home perms and polyester shirts, Gloomy will be seeing the New Year in with the most melancholy of tunes. |
| www.clubdefromage.com |
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 Academy Live Ft. Any Color Black + Broadcast 2000 + The Volt + The Winchell Riots
THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY Academy Live takes four brand new acts out on tour, with each band taking the headline slot at the Academy venue in their region. London sees Broadcast 2000 take the spotlight, following the success of his outstanding single 'Get up and Go', which featured on the omnipresent EON advertisement. |
| www.academy-events.co.uk |
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 Wayne Hussey
SATURDAY 31ST JANUARY Best known for his work in The Mission and The Sisters Of Mercy, Wayne Hussey embarks on some U.K dates as a solo artist. |
| www.themissionuk.com |
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 The Beat – 30th Anniversary Tour + Sonic Boom Six + Strawberry Blondes
SATURDAY 21ST MARCH The Beat are back! Since forming in Birmingham in 1978, the group have been hailed as one of the most important bands in British music history, having developed a unique sound that fuses ska, punk rock, reggae and soul. |
| www.thebeatuk.com |
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 Hugh Cornwell - The Hooverdam Tour
THURSDAY 26TH MARCH Former member of The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell comes to Islington as part of 'The Hooverdam Tour', where he is set to perform tracks from his latest album 'Hooverdam'. |
| www.hughcornwell.com |
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 The Smiths Indeed
THURSDAY 9TH APRIL Devoted to recreating the atmosphere, the excitement, the music and the movements of a band that meant so much to so many, The Smiths Indeed return with a U.K tour. |
| www.thesmithsindeed.co.uk |
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