Author: Megan Downing


  • Chiddy Bang, made up of rapper/MC Chidera ‘Chiddy’ Anamage and studio partner Noah ‘Xaphoon Jones’ Beresin, are a duo from Philadelphia whose sound is a mixture of rap, hip hop and alternative. They’ve had some chart success accompanying You Me At Six on their single ‘Rescue Me’ and their debut album ‘Breakfast’ has been a long time…

  • After the highly anticipated release of their third album Given to the Wild, fans of The Maccabees, including myself, simply couldn’t wait for them to take it on tour. Before the show, guitarist Felix White said how lovely it is to play in a venue as beautiful as The Guildhall and said how great it is to be…

  • One of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year, The Hunger Games, is released in cinemas this Friday (23rd March 2012). With a sterling cast including the likes of Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Woody Harrelson (No Country for Old Men) and musician Lenny Kravitz there are high expectations for it to be successful.…

  • I was suitably astonished when I arrived at the Guildhall to see at least 100 teenage fans huddling in their onesies and value priced duvets around the icy cold square. I arrived a few hours early and after speaking to some of them, they revealed they’d been there since 7am! This is a sight you…

  • Megan Downing met the All Time Low frontman before their recent gig at the Guildhall.

  • Finally Friendly Fires actually made it to the Guildhall. The long awaited appearance of the disco house trio eventually arrived, after frontman Ed MacFarlane suffered a horrible case of laryngitis. This led to many of their UK gigs having to be postponed to later dates. Supported by the operatic/techno vibes of Chad Valley and the brilliantly…