THEATRE REVIEW: The Maids starring Uzo Aduba, Zawe Ashton & Laura Carmichael
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Trafalgar Studios
WHEN?: 26/2 runs to 21/5
We bought front row seats for this the moment tickets went on sale.
LIVE REVIEW: Coldplay at the Indigo2
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: 24/2
SETLIST: A Headful of Dreams; Yellow; Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall; Clocks; Charlie Brown; Hymn For The Weekend; Fix You; Viva La Vida; Adventure Of A Lifetime; A Skyfull Of Stars; ‘Til Kingdom Come.
From a TV audience of 600 million at the Super Bowl (pic above) this month to the 2,000-strong Indigo2 here just weeks later (pic below). ‘This is the gig that you’ll be telling your mates about for weeks afterwards,’ promises our compere for this Brits aftershow party Radio X’s Chris Moyles.
PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen heat 4
WHEN?: 7pm Saturday 27 February on SVT (link to watch below)
Melodifestivalen 2016 has been hit by fresh controversy with the leaking of a clip of the big favourite Youniverse by Molly Sandén. Today 30-second clips of all heat 4 entries were made available.
- Read on for our predictions for the seven heat 4 entries and where to find the clips
PREVIEW: Eurovision: You Decide
WHEN: 26/2 7.30pm BBC4
WHERE: O2 Forum Kentish Town
It feels like a rare privilege to be choosing both the UK entrant for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on Friday – and their song.
THEATRE REVIEW: Hand To God starring Janie Dee
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Vaudeville Theatre
WHEN: 19/2, runs to 11/6
Puppet sex? Hand To God’s generated mixed reviews and for us the way it is being sold as a cross between Avenue Q and Book Of Mormon didn’t quite ring true.
REVIEW: Melodifestivalen heat 3: afterparty
Välkomna to our review of Melodifestivalen heat 3 and our own exclusive Mello afterparty curated especially for you, dear reader. Crossdressing and coming out optional. Did your favourites get through? Let us know in the comments below.
- Read on for our thoughts on Saturday night’s Norrköping show, the results and some best of Melodifestivalen clips
PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for March
- Adele tours the UK for the first time since 2011
We’ve never seen Adele live. We’re going to Glasto and are still hoping she’s headlining Saturday. Her 22-date UK tour begins in Belfast 29/2 and we’ll be reporting from her eight-night run at The 02 in March. Picture via Facebook courtesy Adele.
- Read on for reasons including If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Little Mix and a-Ha
PREVIEW: Melodifestivalen heat 3
WHEN?: 7pm Saturday 20 February on SVT (link at the bottom of the page)
Last week we correctly predicted the top 5 in heat 2 but had Wiktoria (a finalist) in 5th and Isa in the final rather than Andra Chansen.
- Read on for our predictions for this week’s seven entries
LIVE REVIEW: Hurts
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: 02 Brixton Academy
WHEN: 13/2, European tour runs to 16/3
SETLIST: Surrender; Some Kind of Heaven; Miracle; Why; Somebody To Die For; Weight of the World, Blood, Tears and Gold; Evelyn; Illuminated; Affair; Rolling Stone; Lights; Sunday; Sandman; Wonderful Life; Better Than Love; Wings; Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us; Stay.
The last time we saw Hurts at this venue five years ago there was a real sense of triumph in the air not least because Kylie Minogue dropped by to duet on two songs.
REVIEW: Melodifestivalen heat 2: afterparty
Welcome to our review of Melodifestivalen heat 2 and our own exclusive Mello afterparty curated especially for you, dear reader. Thanks to everyone who joined us last week, we were bowled over by your enthusiasm. It was our most popular content of 2016. Did your favourites get through? Let us know in the comments below.
- Read on for our thoughts on Saturday night’s Malmö show, the results and some best of Melodifestivalen clips
