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World’s first Barbershop flash mob descends on Preston shopping centre
29th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen GibsonPassers by at a shopping centre in Preston had a lucky surprise today, witnessing the world’s first Barbershop harmony flash mob. At 3pm this afternoon, the main circle in St. George’s Shopping Centre, Preston spontaneously erupted into music, whilst crowds quickly gathered with camera phones to catch a moment of the spectacular, unplanned event. Blog Preston managed to record the entire performance, and you can [...]
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Preston’s Mad Ferret in the running for NME Best Small Venue 2012
19th, April 2012 by Ryan Owen GibsonMad Ferret, the popular live music venue on Fylde Road, Preston, is in the running again this year for the NME Britain’s Best Small Venue 2012 competition. The Mad Ferret hosts a variety of live music covering most genres, offering a mixture of seasoned and emerging artists from across the UK. Since it opened in 2006, the venue has been lucky enough to host the [...]
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Jamelia steps in to sing Preston Passion finale
4th, April 2012 by Ed WalkerPop star Jamelia has stepped in at the last minute to replace Heather Small in the Preston Passion. Small, lead singer of M People, had been due to sing Candy Staton’s classic You Got The Love in the finale of the live BBC show – but has pulled out after contracting an illness. The Passion mixes live music and drama to re-tell the story of [...]
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Day-long music festival to takeover Avenham Park for Guild celebrations
27th, February 2012 by Ed WalkerPreston’s Avenham Park will host a day-long music festival as part of the Preston Guild in September. Over 15,000 music fans will cram into the park for the ‘G-volution’ event which could see acts as big as Dizzee Rascal, Noah and the Whale and Deadmau5 perform. The festival, which will be a sister event to the North East’s Evolution Festival, is set to take place [...]
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Dutch orchestra prepare for Preston-leg of UK tour
8th, February 2012 by Ed WalkerAn exciting Dutch ensemble orchestra will be coming to the city tomorrow night. Orkest de Ereprijs bring their music to Preston Minster on the Preston stop of their UK-wide tour. The group will be performing music by a number of composers including Steve Reich and Louis Andriessen. Nick Casswell has been involved in organising the event. He said: “Orkest de Ereprijs are a great, exciting [...]
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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this February
1st, February 2012 by Kerrie CarlisleHello boys and girls. I want to say Happy New Year but I think I’m a little late. Now everyone has a few pennies and has recovered from the most drunken two weeks of the year it’s time to get back in to the swing of things. First of all a bit of promotion for a good cause, some lovely people of the Adelphi (the [...]
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In focus: Preston’s live music scene
21st, December 2011 by Rachel ZhongWhen it comes to Preston’s music scene, two words simply spring to my mind – “vibrant” and “diverse”. Preston has had a vibrant live band scene since ages ago, and now is no big different. There might be no common ground on why this is the case, some Prestonians or live music lovers however may put this down to some facts like Preston as a [...]
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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this December
2nd, December 2011 by Kerrie Carlisle“Do they know its Christmas time at all?” Well I do. Not wanting to sound like the grinch but we are in the first week of December and the Christmas lights are on in town, so it’s time to stop going out and start purchasing pesky gifts or you can just carry on and say they are all in the post because you will be a fool to miss the goodies [...]
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X Factor’s Frankie Cocozza comes to Preston…residents less than impressed
11th, November 2011 by Joseph StashkoX Factor’s Frankie Cocozza is making an appearance in Preston at 53 Degrees’ Vodka Nationwide event this coming Thursday. Cocozza, 18, last week confessed to the Sun that he spent six nights taking cocaine which led to him being ejected from the show after breaking a so-called “golden rule”. Pluto, the University of Central Lancashire’s student newspaper have written a piece on it already, with [...]
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Unconvention Preston is a success for alternative music
22nd, June 2011 by Dale GodfreyOver 200 musicians, promoters and entrepreneurs came to Preston on Friday, for a day of conferences and Q&As for those in the alternative music world. The Un-Convention, the beginnings of which took root in Salford in 2009, has had events held in such places as Buenos Aires, Brisbane and Mumbai, but for its 22nd event, landed in Avenham Park. The day started off with a [...]
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Un-Convention comes to Preston to champion independent music
26th, May 2011 by Joseph StashkoAvenham Park and the New Continental will pay host to the 22nd Un-Convention – a series of music events and conferences aimed at grass roots artists, writers, labels and entrepreneurs. Taking place on June 17, the main day’s activities will be based around panel discussions and workshops while the Continental will host a series of live acts in the evening. Jeff Thompson, the organiser of [...]
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Cuts ‘cyclone’ could blow university away
21st, February 2011 by Christian CampbellPreston’s future as a university city is at risk as funding cuts have put the University of Central Lancashire in danger of closure, its chief Malcolm McVicar has warned. In an emotional address the Vice-Chancellor told of his fears for the university’s future, saying: “Radical change is needed if we are going to survive. “We have achieved a lot and I am buggered if they [...]
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Preston girl-band hope for chart hit
27th, October 2010 by Dominic EllisPreston based girl band P5 are hoping to top the charts next month with the release of their debut single. The five who met on Preston College’s dance course, originally won auditions to be chosen for P5 from all of the students at the College’s music and performing arts campus at Moor Park.
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