By Carron Stacey
Last December, I was quite hungover, the night before having fallen asleep in a curry house after a long school term. I booked AC/DC tickets with trembling hands.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN: 3/6, runs to 13/8
Standing ovations at the end of West End shows are nothing new but the enthusiasm with which this audience appreciated this play from the pen of Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg and in which he also stars surprised even us.
WHEN?: 12/6
WHERE: Beacon Theatre, New York
James Corden hosts the 70th annual Tony Awards, where Broadway recognises its finest, in New York 12/6.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: KOKO
WHEN: 1/6
SETLIST: Nothing’s Real; What’s It Gonna Be; Touch; Kids’n’Stuff; Indecision; What Happened To Us?; Just Once; Make It Up; 2 Shy; White Light.
Shura must have been disappointed when she realised her biggest London gig to date earmarked for the 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire had to be rearranged from 29/5.
We awarded 11 monstas for the best pop, theatre, TV and film of 2015 – and here we look at the cream of 2016 so far and what’s to come.
By Carron Stacey
Having heard about the Dirk Wears White Sox tour, we knew we had to buy tickets for the Kings of the Wild Frontier tour.
We awarded our first monstas for 2015’s best pop, theatre, TV and film and below we review the best of 2016 so far – and look forward to what the rest of the year has in store.
By Carron Stacey
Six months ago, my Durannie friend asks if I want to go to this festival in Southampton to see Duran Duran.
Last year we awarded our first monstas to the best pop, theatre, film and TV of 2015 in 11 categories.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: 27/5
TRACKLIST: The Flames Of Desire; Viva Love; Ten Below Zero; Confessions Of A Fool; Singer Not The Song; The Ship Of The Seasick Sailor; Kiss Me Goodbye; I Believe In Love; The Love Inside The Love; Brighter Than The Sun; Viva Love reprise.
ABC’s orchestral pop was inescapable in 1982 and debut album The Lexicon Of Love‘s peerless run of hits (Tears Are Not Enough, Poison Arrow, The Look Of Love, All Of My Heart) proved impossible to repeat.
