Entering its second year, the Ealing Global Festival is a vibrant celebration of music and dance from around the world. Following rave reviews for its debut, the festival returns bigger and better with mutliple award winning hip hop sensation K’Naan headlining the bill.
O Contemporary – one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces is excited to announce the first ever UK showing of Sao Paulo’s most celebrated Urban Artists, Tinho, Pato and Flip. The exhibition which is the first of its kind to be held in the Europe will showcase a wide range of innovative techniques and styles not usually associated with more familiar forms of urban art.
Mark Ronson is the sound of 2007. With his masterstroke LP ‘Version’ debuting at Number 2 and being hailed as ‘little short of a miracle’ by The Independent, he returns on July 16th with his dazzling new single ‘Oh My God’. Featuring the vocal talents of urban starlet Lily Allen, it’s a stunning interpolation of The Kaiser Chiefs’ anthem and brims with an irresistible new spin.
On 4th July the Frisson gallery on Palace Street, Canterbury will hold its grand opening together with an exhibition of work by Bristol street artist Sickboy - the first official Frisson exhibition. This will be followed by a free performance from the acclaimed gypsy jazz quartet, Smile at the Orange Street Music Club, Orange St, Canterbury.
The trailblazing master turntablist DJ Shadow is set to perform his final solo show of the year at London’s most exciting new music venue, indigO2 on 19th July.
Reggae legend Ziggy Marley is set to play a one-off show at London's Shepherds Bush Empire on Monday, 25th June. Ziggy Marley returns to the UK to ignite the Reggae flame the only way he knows how, by playing an incredible London show off the back of his latest Grammy award-winning album Love is My Religion.
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Nike Midnight Madness the ultimate spectator experience for basketball is back and on a mission to find the UK’s finest basketball players. The winners will fly out to Los Angeles, California for a three game tour. The UK’s leading basketball event is also one of the hottest tickets in town, with NBA stars Luol Deng and Pops Mensah-Bonsu heading over from the US for the Midnight Madness finals.
Talent Quest offers you the chance to join the line-up! Britishhiphop.co.uk is always one step ahead of the rest when it comes to bringing you exclusive music news and features, but this time around we have a big one! The count down to the Mediterraneans first ever International Music Festival: Medfest2007, has begun, and to celebrate the arrival of Multi-Platinum stars 50 Cent and Akon on the island.