Archive for May, 2008
Leading young people’s film website scoops Webby Award
First Light Movies, the leading nationwide initiative that enables young people from all backgrounds to realise their creative potential via filmmaking through UK Film Council funding, is thrilled to announce that its dynamic youth-facing website firstlightmovies.com has [Read More]
The Mike Skinner of folk is Frank Hamilton
Life is moving fast for 22 year old Frank Hamilton, who’s debut EP ‘You, Your Cat And Me’ is released May 19th. After new single ‘Waking Up @ 3′ was playlisted by XFM this week, Frank is busier than ever on the nation’s airwaves. [Read More]
Spice Girl Mel B is the new Face and Body of Ultimo
Ultimo announce Spice Girl Mel B to be the new Face and Body of Ultimo. Mel B will be replacing the Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding. Mel said, “I am over the moon to become the Face and Body of Ultimo lingerie. When Michelle Mone asked me, I was ecstatic. I was so [Read More]
Weekend starts on Wednesday – We Are A Nation Of Party Animals
The weekend officially starts at 4pm on a Wednesday – that’s when the majority of us stop gossiping about and tagging pictures from last weekend and start planning the next one. [Read More]
Sandi Thom announces a return to Belfast
When your debut single is number one in seven different countries and your album goes on to sell more than 700,000 copies, you get to choose where you record the follow-up. And having made her first album on a miniscule budget in a freezing barn in Cheshire, you might think [Read More]
Sherwood and Kill The Arcade to play with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Not many bands that have played the Vans Warped Tour claim the Beatles and Beach Boys as their musical idols. Sherwood, an indie quintet from San Luis Obispo, CA, fit neatly alongside the pop-punk likes of Yellowcard and other post-Green Day acts, but with an unapologetic [Read More]
The Rascals return to Belfast
After a sell out show in March supporting The Foals in the Spring & Airbrake, Liverpool indie trio The Rascals return to Belfast at The Limelight on Wednesday 28th May. [Read More]
You could be in Funeral For A Friend new video
FFAF will be shooting the video to their new single ‘Waterfront Dance Club’ next Saturday, 17 May, and the boys want you to be in it! The single will be out in July and will be the first release from the band’s 1st album on their own label. [Read More]
Belfast singing the praises of heading South by Southwest
Belfast firms linked to the entertainment and creative industries notched up around $450,000 worth of business at the recent South by Southwest Festival in Texas, USA. [Read More]
Guitar Idol – World’s first online guitar final at LIMS
The final of the World’s first online guitar competition will be held at The London International Music Show (LIMS) on Saturday 14th June. The winner of Guitar Idol will receive masses of prizes but none so great as the honour of opening for the most technically [Read More]
