There may not have been a this year in the end, but Birmingham’s Irish community in the end. And now, Páirc Summer Series, the UK’s biggest celebration of Irish music and culture, is back in Kings Heath with plenty of...
Birmingham isn’t just the . It’s very much part of its future, too—and nothing proves that more than Supersonic Festival’s return to Digbeth this August. What started as a one-day event in 2003 is now an internationally...
Heavy metal pioneers, Black Sabbath, inspired thousands of people, sold millions of records, have been streamed billions of times, and essentially made rock music what it is today. Quite the feat for four humble men—Ton...
From Sabrina Carpenter to , many of the world’s greatest artists have already stopped by Birmingham this year. But there’s plenty more exciting gigs still to come in the Second City. Home to many of the UK’s biggest and...
We’re as heartbroken as you are to not see Black Sabbath one last time in the flesh. The pioneers of heavy metal will go ‘Back to the Beginning’ with a final performance at Villa Park on Saturday, July 5—with all four o...
Would you believe us if we told you that big-name artists like The Smiths, The Streets and Duran Duran have used Birmingham as inspiration for some of their biggest tunes? Yeah, neither would we, but it's true! A new, i...
It didn't matter that the summer of 1995 was a year with no international football competition for England, because around these parts, there was only one clash that mattered: the 'Battle Of Britpop'. A race pitting Blu...
There's only one way to end a year properly, and it's belting out your favourite songs at the top of your lungs. And there aren't many bands who provide more of a party with their back catalogue to do just this than Mad...
Bastille have just announced a huge UK tour for the end of this year, which will celebrate their first 15 years as a band, which includes a date at Birmingham's BP Pulse Live on November 15, The tour commences in Pl...
Fresh from playing a pair of last week at Flat Iron Square, Mumford And Sons will now be swapping the small venues for giant arenas as they announce their UK tour for the end of this year. The trio will play Birming...