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Join in to create a new No 1 for the World Cup

1:01pm Friday 19th March 2010

Want to hear your vocals or strut your stuff on a World Cup anthem for England this summer?

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Music at Maggie's

12:59pm Friday 19th March 2010

Live music fans have another venue to enjoy with the opening of Maggie’s in Corsham on Saturday.

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Spotlight on...Kicaberry with Sam Lee

9:14am Thursday 18th March 2010

There’s something about girl-boy duos that people seem to really get.

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Sound Around Town with Dave Franklin

9:09am Thursday 18th March 2010

This week I am going to briefly shine a light on a wonderful venue, albeit a bit out of the way, that has been quietly hosting a whole range of brilliant acts for many years now, namely Riffs Bar.

And the winner is ...

12:02pm Friday 12th March 2010

The celebrations are continuing for Chippenham band The Silhouette Showgirls this week, after they made it through to the area finals of Live and Unsigned 2010.

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Dance down and dirty, or in silence at Bowl

12:04pm Friday 12th March 2010

The Silent Disco, a new concept sweeping the UK that does away with the traditional speaker systems used in nightclubs or festivals, comes to the Old Town Bowl in Swindon this summer.

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USA, Europe...and Swindon

5:14pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Jethro Tull, Wyvern Theatre, March 16. Tickets £28.50. Call 01793 524481.

Ever since Kate Nash released Foundations in 2007 the UK’s music scene has been inundated with copy-cat female vocalists doing their best to imitate her rough ‘n’ ready Laandan Tahn accent, regardless of whether they’re from the big smoke or not. So you can imagine my dismay when I read that 16-year-old singer-songwriter Georgie Vale lists Nash as one of her influences. But, on closer inspection, it seems that Georgie’s influences go much deeper than that.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

5:10pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Although a few weeks back I started spotlighting some of the finer music establishments in town, with more gigs going on this week than you could shake a stick like thing at, I’m going to dive straight in.

Julian's all you need

12:42pm Friday 5th March 2010

Fans old and new get the chance to go back in time when tribute band All You Need is the Beatles mark the Fab Four’s first paid performance outside Liverpool and Hamburg with a gig at the same venue, the Subscription Rooms in Stroud.

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Boogie woogie jazz to give a feelgood high

12:44pm Friday 5th March 2010

Inspirational pianist Ben Waters plays at Rook Lane Chapel in Frome next week, with his particular brand of key-shattering boogie woogie.

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Back on fine form

11:35am Thursday 4th March 2010

POPSTAR Peter Andre will have Swindon’s females swooning in the aisles when he takes to the stage at the Oasis Leisure Centre this weekend.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

11:36am Thursday 4th March 2010

This week I am going to take a break from spotlighting local venues and talk about a campaign that you should all get behind.

Spotlight on . . . The Disco PieRats

11:40am Thursday 4th March 2010

If you’re anything like me, you probably won’t have to try too hard to contain your excitement when you hear of the arrival of yet another Red Hot Chili Peppers-influenced band.

Local talent wanted

11:57am Friday 26th February 2010

Where are the unsigned bands of west and north Wiltshire?

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Volt promise last jolt of a gig to end an era

11:59am Friday 26th February 2010

West Wilts band The Volt have decided that it’s time to call it a day.

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Sounds Around Town with Dave Franklin

10:45am Thursday 25th February 2010

Last week the musical spotlight fell on one of the most compact and bijou of local venues. This week we are at the other end of the scale with one of the few dedicated venues in the town centre.