Big Jim Cambo's story of Glastonbury 2025... In the lead up to Glastonbury my excitement rises, as does an obsession with the weather forecast, but also creates panic - have I remembered enough types of footwear? Did I pack both factor 50 suncream for the daytime, and thermal clothing for the night? Is the forecast good enough so I can leave my canoe at home?…
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The Waiting Room is a venue I have heard a lot about but only now I have finally found an excuse to visit. That excuse consists of a group of my recent BA Live Events Management students from ICMP - Luke Bourne, Amelia Hooper-Jennings, Melissa Peers-Smith and Flo Turnbull - staging an ambitious live event there for their final project centrepiece. The emergence of so…
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Following the extended closure of the London Irish Centre, home to the Camden Chapel, for refurbishment, the irrepressible Ray Jones and the Talentbanq team were on the lookout for a new weekly venue of similar capacity and atmosphere. Fortunately Ray discovered The Libra in Chalk Farm Road, a venue with multimedia arts potential run by two budding young female actors and so a new grassroots…
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NEIL: Sunday 1st December saw Day Two of our unique festival Fresh On The Net Live. With Day One having taken place at The Lower Third in London’s West End, we headed to the East Midlands for Day Two at The Musician on Grafton Street in Leicester; a lovely venue with a proud musical heritage. While I focused on managing the stage, liaising with sound…
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's DEL OSEI-OWUSU this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. Hey everyone! Welcome to another week of fab fresh faves! As always if you want to be featured on my Islington Radio show drop me an email with an audio…
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Pizza Express Live in Holborn, like its sister venue on Dean Street further into London’s West End, is the perfect setting for this kind of gig. Promoted and curated by the amazing Lorraine Solomons of Success Express who has kindly invited us to join her for the show, the gig is sold out and the atmosphere is buzzing. Moreover, we get to mix cool music…
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Neil March and Sherry Sahayaraj attended the High Tide Festival, Twickenham this is what they had to say about it. The 2024 High Tide Festival in the heart of Twickenham, Surrey to the South West of London offered up a refreshingly diverse selection of the old and the new. There were, of course, far more artists and stages than Sherry and I could cover in…
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's POPPY BRISTOW this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. ANDREW HARTSHORN - I Can Hear You Andrew Hartshorn · I Can Hear You This week, courtesy of composer, artist, and Monochrome Motif Records label head Andrew Hartshorn, our Fresh…
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It is good to be at The Lower Third, the venue we hope to use for Fresh on the Net Live. It is the Outernet’s ‘grassroots venue’ linked to the larger venue Here. It is, however, a little annoying that ticket holders have not been told earlier in the day that Girlband!, the main attraction from our perspective, have pulled out of the gig when…
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Incredibly, this is my first time at Electric; the venue that resides where The Fridge once stood. I played The Fridge many moons ago but I have to admit Electric is an improvement. Airy, with several levels, my friend and I are able to grab a perfect spot on the upper balcony. It is sold out tonight on the final date of English Teacher’s first…
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