Jake Bugg has returned with what he has called his ‘make or break’ third album. With these self-imposed high stakes, it is interesting that Bugg has chosen this to be the album with which he has experimented the most, dipping his toes into genres as diverse as folk, blues, country, rock and even rap. On […]
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Laura Mvula in the Live Lounge, Exeter Phoenix
One by one each of the band members step onto the stage, and we’ve got an eclectic mix: and electric cello, a harp, and a trio of grinning backing vocalists alongside the staple bassist (who doesn’t struggle at all despite wearing sunglasses inside a darkened room), female guitarist, drummer, and an array of synthesisers. Laura […]
Radio One’s Big Weekend 2016: Five bands you can’t afford to miss – Sunday
You’re here. You’ve sold your soul to another 9am, but this time the rewards were palpable; not quotes on a lecture slide you might skim once for revision purposes, but in the form of a wristband to Europe’s biggest free festival. You’ve been guided through the best of Saturday’s line-up at Big Weekend, but the […]
Headliners announced for Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Mumford & Sons, Coldplay and Ellie Goulding were among the acts announced for Radio 1’s Big Weekend, live on the air on Monday morning. The acts will assemble at Powderham Castle, near Exeter, for 28th-29th May, after many Exeter students will have finished their exams. The hotly anticipated announcement was made on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show […]
Students may miss out on Radio 1’s Big Weekend tickets
E xeter students are annoyed that they may miss out on tickets for Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Powderham Castle because of Ticketmaster’s postcode policy. 50,000 tickets are available for the event which has so far announced performances from Coldplay, Jake Bugg, Chase and Status, Ellie Goulding, Craig David and Bring Me the Horizon. […]
“Hello, it’s me”
“Hello, it’s me”, crooned Adele as she surprised fans with a 30-second teaser during an advert break on last Sunday’s The X Factor; this sparked the first speculation of Adele’s imminent return, and I loved how for being so attention-seeking she managed to remain down to earth. Not only did it air after a pizza […]