Author: Laura Cox


  • Blissfields announce second wave of acts

    The festival, taking place near Winchester from the 3rd-5th of July, has already confirmed that Chloe Howl, Luke Sital Singh and 2ManyDJs will be performing.

  • Preview: Blissfields Festival 2014 (4th-5th July 2014)

    Laura Cox previews one of Hampshire’s finest small festivals, Blissfields. Get your tickets now.

  • 5 reasons to go to Blissfields Festival

    Located in the beautiful Hampshire countryside, Blissfields is an intimate and fun-filled festival which takes place on the 4th and the 5th of July this year. Here are my top five reasons for going to Blissfields Festival 2014.   5. The loos! This is a bit of a weird one, but it’s still worth mentioning […]

  • Preview: West Side Story at the Mayflower Theatre (22/04-03/05/14)

    The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet is transported to 1950’s New York City in West Side Story, which comes to the Mayflower Theatre from the 22nd of April – 3rd of May. The show comes to Southampton fresh from a sell- out season at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Featuring innovative choreography by Jerome […]

  • Preview: Camp Bestival 2014

    Winner of the Best Family Festival Award 2013, Camp Bestival promises a relaxed yet fun filled weekend.

  • Radio 1’s Big Weekend: 50,000 tickets ‘snapped up’

    50,000 tickets for Radio 1’s Big Weekend were snapped up by music fans in just over 30 minutes on Monday morning. Tickets were given away during Nick Grimshaw’s breakfast show, with 25,000 available for each day of the weekend. As with previous years, ticket allocation was based on the location of applicants. Half of the tickets […]

  • Franz Ferdinand at the O2 Guildhall, Southampton (19/03/14)

    Laura Cox reviews Franz Ferdinand at The O2 Guildhall in Southampton

  • Preview: Flashfires with The Telescreen at Unit, (09/03/2014)

    Up and coming band Flashfires will be performing at Unit, alongside Telescreen fronted by X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club top the UK album chart

    Bombay Bicycle Club scored their first UK Number 1 Album yesterday with their fourth studio album So Long, See You Tomorrow which was released earlier this week. Previously, the highest position they had held in the UK Album chart was number 6 with their third studio album, 2011’s A Different Kind of Fix. The band faced competition […]

  • The Freshers’ Stateside Ball, SUSU (01/02/14)

    The Fresher’s Stateside Ball brought a taste of America to Southampton.

  • Ed Sheeran and One Republic confirmed for Teenage Cancer Trust gigs in March

    The series of events will take place in March at the Royal Albert Hall.

  • Bastille announce re-release of ‘Flaws’

    The track previously charted in 2012, but will be re-released in March.

  • Despicable Me 3 and new Grinch movie to be released in 2017

    Universal confirms that the two films will be released in three years time.

  • Review: Richard II at the Barbican (21/12/13)

    The new production sees David Tennant take on the role of Richard II.