After the announcement of his participation at Wireless this year fans have been waiting on bated breathe to see whether or not Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd was going to play a solo show in the city or not. Thankfully prayers have been answered as the Toronto hailing enigma has just confirmed his debut show at Wiltons Music Hall on June 7th.
Tickets go on sale May 28th at 9am. See you there…?
May in the city brings the goliaths also known as The Throne for a full 4 day takeover of the O2. It will also see the return of the reclusive band The XX who will play a string of exclusive dates. And if towering soul is more your thing, ears should be pricked for the sounds of Robert Glasper’s Experiment which is coming to town too. It’s a mammoth month. Get into it over the jump.
Positioning themselves as an annual affair to look forward to, Lovebox has firmly established themselves as the most revered dance and cross genre festival that many look forward to each year. From the birth of Groove Armada’s idea and over the decade of taking over Victoria Park in Hackney for 3 days of festivities, they have had the likes of Grace Jones, Jamiroquai, N.E.R.D, Diplo, Friendly Fires et al on their weekend loving stages.
In celebration of their “decade of love”, this year Lovebox will host Magnetic Man, Azari and III, 2 Bears, Pearson Sound among the long list in the dance forum. Hackney will also see the likes of Emeli Sande, Little Dragon, Azealia Banks, Lana Del Rey as well as Rinse FM and good friends RBMA hosting stages too. Whether the sun is shining or not, grab your tickets and see you there!
BluesFest is a 2 week long music festival spanning London and Manchester. The event, which takes place in various venues across both cities will see shows from the likes of George Benson, Ronnie Wood, Van Morrison, Charles Bradly, Brand New Heavies, Tom Jones and as just announced – Erykah Badu.
Badu who traditionally performs at Brixton Academy whenever she’s in London, will this time take to the stage at the Hammersmith Apollo on June 27th.
Tickets (£27.50 / £55) for the show are on sale now. Full line-up & dates can be found after the jump. More info here.
Monday night saw a world music double header at the Barbican. Buena Vista Social Club prodigy and Havana Cultura star Roberto Fonseca accompanied by full band, coupled with London’s own Ayanna Witter-Johnson as support, made for a truly complete evening. Read my review after the jump.
It’s been nearly 15 years since Lauryn Hill released her opus debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Since then we’ve been waiting (in agony) for that sophomore follow up. If our sources are to be believed (and they are), new official-album music is beginning to circulate – and it’s said to be sounding very, very good.
Fingers tightly crossed.
After a slew of questionable performances, Mrs Hill will return to London for the first time in 5 years on April 14th to perform a ‘one-off’ live show at the Indig02. Tickets will be on sale from Friday March 23th, at 9am via Live Nation and will be priced £38.50, £42.50, $47.50.
Will you be attending?
Happy to announce that we’re proudly representing London in all things R&B and Soul for the fast growing modern day jukebox, 22Tracks. We’ll be diligently curating the best playlist possible for your aural pleasure, showing some of what we do here – over there.
Having been major fans of the music platform since it launched a couple years back in Amsterdam. 2 years and 60k Facebook fans later, London is the third city to receive the 22Tracks wave.
To celebrate the city’s launch, 22Tracks are holding a free launch party at CAMP in East London this Thursday. The best selections from the likes of other 22Trackers, hosted by MC Judah and of course we will be there spinning some selections.
More info here.
We’ll see you at the dance!
Update: 22Tracks London has officially launched! All 22 playlists are now live, including our SOUL/R&B channel. Peep our first 22 selections which includes: Jessie Ware, Frank Ocean, Evy Jane, Usher, AlunaGeorge, The Weeknd, Alby Daniels, Lapalux and many more. Each week we’ll add 5 new songs. Head over now – 22Tracks.com – spread the word!
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