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Green Day

12:12pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

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Moon Medicine at Riffs

Moon Medicine at Riffs

12:01pm Friday 26th June 2009

ACCLAIMED Swindon three-piece Moon Medicine play Riffs Bar at Greatfield, near Swindon, tonight.

Bob Collum And The Welfare Mothers play at The Beehive in Swindon on Sunday May 31

Bob Cullum

12:47pm Friday 29th May 2009

Bob Collum and The Welfare Mothers get back to their rock roots from 3pm, at The Beehive, 55 Prospect Hill, Old Town, Swindon, tomorrow. It is a free gig and will be followed at 8pm by Soul Box, hosted by Pete Cousins. For more details call 01793 523187.

Attack Attack at The 12 Bar in Swindon on Thursday June 4

Attack Attack

12:41pm Friday 29th May 2009

Attack! Attack! are bringing punk-rock to The 12 Bar, Westcott Place, Swindon, on Thursday. The band features ex-members of Welsh bands Dopamine, Adequate Seven, Midasuno and Pete’s Sake. Attack! Attack! got together in 2007, and quickly made a big impression on the music scene, touring with Kids In Glass Houses, Goodbye, You Me At Six, Silverstein and Hundred Reasons as well as Lostprophets and Aiden. They also played the Reading and Leeds festivals, Slam Dunk festival and the SXSW festival in Texas. Attack! Attack! will be supported by Broken Daylight and Jeff Like Usual. Tickets are £4 in advance or £5 on the door from 01793 535713.

Kasabian at Swindon's Oasis on June 13

Kasabian

12:56pm Friday 29th May 2009

Rock band Kasabian went down a storm at the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Swindon and are now looking forward to returning to the town as part of their UK tour.

Gwyn Ashton duo is at The Rolleston in Swindon on Saturday May 30

12:43pm Friday 29th May 2009

GWYN ASHTON is playing his gutsy blues rock at The Rolleston, Commercial Road, Swindon tonight from 9pm. Last year Gwyn supported such names as BB King, Buddy Guy and played on the same bill as Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Mick Fleetwood, Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison, Peter Green and Johnny Winter. He appeared at Popkomm in Berlin which was broadcast across Europe by ZDE television. The guitarist has two of his songs in movie soundtracks in France and Asia and has regularly appeared on both TV and radio. He was born in Wales in 1961 but emigrated to Australia in the 1960s. It is a free gig. For more details call 01793 534238.

Esteban at The Beehive in Swindon on Thursday June 4

Esteban

12:46pm Friday 29th May 2009

ESTEBAN from Derbyshire are making a welcome return to Swindon on Thursday to play at The Beehive, Prospect Hill, Old Town, Swindon. The guys got together when they were backpacking in Bali and created their own sound which they call Desert Funk, because it is a mix of pop, rock, latin and African beats. Lead singer Steve Wright said: “It is what happens when you want to dance. It is a journey to the hills of Santiago and the beaches of South East Asia.” It is a free gig. For more details call 01793 523187.

Wychwood Festival until May 31

Supergrass

12:39pm Friday 29th May 2009

Supergrass headline tonight at Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Innes Sibun at Riffs Bar, Greatfield near Hook on May 31 presented by FaBluSis

Neil Willis and Darryl James

9:29am Thursday 28th May 2009

Two Swindon musicians are aiming to entice some top names in the rocky blues world to Swindon.

Mike Batt celebrates

3:54pm Monday 25th May 2009

Mike Batt is one of those musicians whose sheer variety of styles makes him impossible to categorise.

Pete Brown And The Volunteers at the Swindon Arts Centre on Saturday May 23

Pete Brown

5:20pm Saturday 16th May 2009

Pete Brown And The Volunteers Swindon Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town.

Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse from May 29 to 31

The Wonder Stuff

5:10pm Saturday 16th May 2009

Wychwood is a family friendly, mini Glastonbury with Super Furry Animals headlining this year.

The Animals at Swindon Arts Centre on Friday May 22

The Animals

5:31pm Friday 15th May 2009

John Steel, one of the original members of the 1960s rock band The Animals, is back on the road, having won the legal right to use the name for his current line-up.

Fairport Convention at Swindon's Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, on Tuesday May 19

Fairport Convention

4:40pm Thursday 14th May 2009

Fairport Convention, the legendary band said to have originated folkrock music, is on the road again and you can see them at The Swindon Arts Centre on Tuesday.

10cc play at The Hexagon Hall, Reading on May 26 and the New Theatre, Oxford, on June 6

Graham Gouldman

4:40pm Thursday 14th May 2009

I’m Not In Love by 10cc is “our song” to thousands of couples and is still one of the most played singles of all time.

Al Stewart and Gabby Young at Devizes Corn Exchange on Wednesday May 20

Al Stewart

3:18pm Tuesday 12th May 2009

Not many people can boast they shared a flat with Paul Simon, opened for The Rolling Stones, met John Lennon and was co-producer on a film with Yoko Ono, all before they were 22 years old.

Sarah Covey in Concert, Gorse Hill Baptist Church, Swindon, on Sunday March 17

Sarah Covey in Thoroughly

3:10pm Tuesday 12th May 2009

Swindon songbird Sarah Covey is in concert on Sunday May 17 to raise funds for her course at the Royal Academy Of Music in London.

White Horse Opera Company in Brush Up Your Shakespeare at Devizes Town Hall, St John's Street

Anando

3:08pm Tuesday 12th May 2009

A Wiltshire opera company has renowned singer Anando Mukerjee singing at its latest concert, Brush Up Your Shakespeare, on Saturday May 16 at Devizes Town Hall in St John’s Street. Anando will be singing with The White Horse Opera. Anando is a lirico-spinto tenor and his operatic roles include Rodolfo, the Duke of Mantua, Ishmael, Macduff, Pinkerton, Edgardo and Faust. He is also an accomplished recitalist. This year’s opera by White Horse in October will be Verdi’s Macbeth so in this concert the singers will perform pieces from that and other Shakespeare operas together with Cole Porter’s Brush up your Shakespeare.

Claude Bourbon at the Beehive in Old Town, Swindon, on Wednesday May 20

Claude Bourbon

3:05pm Tuesday 12th May 2009

Claude Bourbon’s roots are the blues, however, his music has evolved into a musical trip around the world including Spanish Middle Eastern, Russian and European styles. Claude takes the different sounds heard from different regions and blends them into his songs. Claude has five albums under his belt and he will be singing tracks from them when he comes to The Beehive, Prospect Hill, Old Town, Swindon on Wednesday May 20 at 8.30pm. The gig is free. For more details call 01793 523187.

Ben's Brother is at The 12 Bar in Swindon on May 20

Ben's Brother

10:40am Saturday 9th May 2009

ben’s brother The 12 Bar, Westcott Place, Swindon May 20 Tickets: £12.50 in advance 01793 535713 Cockney singer Jamie Hartman has taken the leap from busking on the Portobello Road to writing jingles for Madonna and fronting his own band.


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