Hurts

GIG REVIEW: Hurts celebrate 15 Years Of Happiness at 02 Academy Brixton

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By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN? Thursday 22 May 2025, tour runs through to 16 August 2025

Setlist: Silver Lining; Wonderful Life; Blood, Tears And Gold; Sunday; Stay; Illuminated; Affair; Evelyn; Better Than Love; Devotion; Mother Nature; Unspoken; The Water; Verona; Miracle; Some Kind Of Heaven; Rolling Stone; Somebody To Die For; Voices; Ready To Go; Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us; Under Control; Wings

We join Hurts at their 1st UK gig for ‘7 or 8 years’ where lead singer Theo Hutchcraft describes the band’s debut album Happiness as their passport from the dole in Manchester to the rest of the world, making their dreams come true in the journey.

  • Read on for reasons including why founder member Adam Anderson was unable to join the band
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9 reasons why we can’t wait for May 2025 starring Kylie Minogue

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  1. Kylie brings Tension tour to The 02

Ms Minogue’s Tension show arrives in London for 4 gigs at The 02 this and next month as part of a world tour which runs through 26 August 2025. Tickets We 1st saw her live on the Enjoy Yourself tour at London’s now-no-more London Arena in 1990 and have seen her since at the old Wembley Arena, Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, new Wembley Arena and many times at The 02 – but not since 2014. Our review

  • Read on for reasons including Eurovision Song Contest predictions, Scissor Sisters reunite and Imelda Staunton
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AWARDS SHORTLIST: MONSTAS: Best Song of 2020

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It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2020? Over the next week we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 14 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2020.

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ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Faith by Hurts (September 2020)

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

OUT: now

TRACKLIST: Voices; Suffer; Fractured; Slave To Your Love; All I Have To Give; Liar; Somebody; Numb; Redemption; White Horses; Darkest Hour

‘When we started making the album, we knew we wanted to give it everything. We decided to confront our demons, excavate the pain and show you it all. It was difficult, at times impossible, but once it started to come together, we felt like nothing could stop us. We knew we were making something special. Something we were going to be immensely proud of,’ says lead singer Theo Hutchcraft.

  • Read on for reasons including where to see Hurts on tour next year including London gig details

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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for September 2020 starring Talking Heads

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  1. Talking Heads at the Bridge starring Monica Dolan and Imelda Staunton

Alan Bennett’s original series of monologues aired on BBC1 in 1988 to much acclaim with a second season debuting on the same channel a decade later. Two new scripts were written for a third BBC1 series in 2020 during which 10 of the originals were remade. To celebrate, the Bridge Theatre stages eight of the latest 12 in four pairs beginning 7/9 and running to 31/10 starring two winners of our Best Theatre Actress monsta Monica Dolan and Imelda Staunton. Tickets

  • Read on for reasons including Sara Pascoe at the Greenwich Comedy Festival, Andrew Scott and new Hurts 

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SONG OF THE MONTH: Redemption by Hurts (August 2020)

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WORTH A LOOK?: *****

OUT: now

Hurts reveal their best song since the track that launched them – Wonderful Life in 2009 – from a new album out in just over a month.

  • Read on for reasons including where to buy tickets for their 2021 tour featuring a London gig

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SONG OF THE WEEK: Suffer by Hurts (Week beginning 5/7/20)

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

OUT: now

If debut Hurts album Happiness was about love and loss and its follow up (Exile) about sex and death, then the new material we’ve heard from fifth album Faith (out 4/9/20) feels like a return to the lyrical themes that made their name.

  • Read on for reasons including live reviews from throughout Hurts’ 10-year career

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SONG OF THE WEEK: Voices by Hurts (week ending 23/5/20)

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

OUT: now

The look is very lockdown: singer Theo Hutchcraft has longer hair than we’ve ever seen him sporting before and multi-instrumentalist Adam Anderson’s beard is fuller than we remember.

  • Read on for reasons including everything we know about Hurts’ 5th album

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GIG REVIEW: Hurts at O2 Brixton Academy: 7 December 2017

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2

WHERE: O2 Brixton Academy

WHEN: 7/12, tour runs to 10/2/2018

SETLIST: Desire; Ready To Go; Some Kind Of Heaven; Sunday; People Like Us; Hold On To Me; Miracle; Rolling Stone; Better Than Love; Sandman; Lights; Walk Away; Something I Need To Know; Wonderful Life; Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us; Wings; Beautiful Ones; All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day; Stay

Current critical opinion would have it that Hurts are somehow trying too hard.

  • Read on for reasons including which old song they played for the first time tonight

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MONSTAS SHORTLIST: Album of the year: 2017

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It’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2017? Over the next month we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 13 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2017.

  • Read on for nominees for the monsta for album of the year. 2016 winner: Joanne by Lady Gaga

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