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Irregular Choice

Check out the brilliantly bonkers Autumn/Winter collection from Irregular Choice! We’d say more, but really the pictures speak for themselves. Pop to www.irregularchoice.com for more info.

Lose Your Cool!

Swingin’ Leicester: famed for the Elephant man, Gary Lineker, Englebert Humperdink and orange cheese, will be playing host to a rather exciting weekender this summer: Lose Your Cool! This 3 day festival of far-out fuzz and fun is happening over August bank holiday at the Firebug in Leicester, perfect for getting hot and bothered to [...]

Vertigo Slide on a rollercoaster ride

When I first heard Emma Skipp sing it was two years ago at Jasper Carrot’s ‘Rock with Laughter’ at Birmingham NEC when she won Heart FM’s ‘Search for a Star’.  Packed full of comedians and songwriters and a 13,000 strong crowd, Emma’s powerful vocals rocketed through the audience with energy and vigour. A couple of [...]

Win! Global Gathering Festival Anthems!

The award-winning festival heavyweight GlobalGathering is celebrating a mighty 10 YEARS in the business this summer! Taking place on 30th & 31st July 2010, the two-day event sees over 150 of the world’s biggest artists descend to the luscious surroundings of LONG MARSTON AIRFIELD near STRATFORD UPON AVON alongside 80,000 electronic music fans. With headline [...]

EXCLUSIVE! O2 Academy Leicester launch act announced!!

Just when we thought we couldn’t get any more excited about O2 Academy coming to Leicester, The Academy Music Group have just announched this morning that chart-topping rapper Professor Green will be the very first act to headline the brand new O2 Academy Leicester on Thursday 23rd September 2010. Yay! The show will see Professor [...]

Win! Tickets to see Vertical Road at Curve!

Following the sell-out success of IN-I in 2009, the Akram Khan Company return to Curve in Leicester to co-produce their latest contemporary dance production, VERTICAL ROAD. Rehearsed during a six week residency in Leicester, Vertical Road will have its World Premiere at Curve in September before embarking on a limited UK tour. Khan has assembled [...]

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  • Lose Your Cool!
  • Vertigo Slide on a rollercoaster ride
  • Win! Global Gathering Festival Anthems!
  • EXCLUSIVE! O2 Academy Leicester launch act announced!!
  • Win! Tickets to see Vertical Road at Curve!
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  • Irregular Choice

    Irregular Choice

    Check out the brilliantly bonkers Autumn/Winter collection from Irregular Choice! We’d say more, but really
  • A Suit That Fits measures up to Manchester’s fashion scene

    A Suit That Fits measures up to Manchester’s fashion scene

    Guys, there’s nothing quite like a well-made, well-cut suit to make you feel like a
  • G-Star Raw Women’s Only Night

    G-Star Raw Women’s Only Night

    G Star in Derby held their Women Only night recently, which showcased the more ‘feminine
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  • Lose Your Cool!

    Lose Your Cool!

    Swingin’ Leicester: famed for the Elephant man, Gary Lineker, Englebert Humperdink and orange cheese, will
  • Free Picnic!

    Free Picnic!

    Tis the season to be out and about in the fresh air and sunshine and
  • Ibiza Rocks App

    Ibiza Rocks App

    There really is an app for everything! Ibiza Rocks have announced the launch of an
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  • Surfer Blood – Riding the Wave

    Surfer Blood – Riding the Wave

    We haven’t hung out in a park clutching a can of Bow since Lady GaGa was simply Stefani Germanotta and Pete Doherty was a talented musician.  But, before you try to get us on some type of register, we’re park-loitering in north London to talk to the latest hot new band from the US of [...]

  • Introducing…Male Bonding

    Introducing…Male Bonding

    Forming at a house party called Rage! two years ago, East London trio Male Bonding were never going to be a band that took it easy on your cochleas. Signing to legendary Sub Pop records last summer, their debut album Nothing Hurts harks back to the labels hey day, turning the monitors up to ten [...]

  • O2 Academy Leicester line-up

    O2 Academy Leicester line-up

    Not long now! In only a matter of weeks the O2 Academy will launch its brand-spanking new venue in the heart of the University of Leicester! With three seperate sites making up the Academy (O2 Academy, O2 Academy 2 and O2 Academy 3) the venues operate simultaneously as well as independently to bring some of [...]

  • Lyric Lounge

    Lyric Lounge

    In between the jetsetting, parties and generally being fabulous we can always find time to indulge our cultural sides here at 69 Towers. Well, good news for us (and you) then, as 2010 will see a series of Lyric Lounge mini-festivals sweep their way across the region, in a flurry of lyricism, poetry, music and [...]

  • Vivian Girls

    Vivian Girls

    Vivian Girls Brooklyn Bop A blog buzz, backlash and three drummers all in the space of three years, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls have had a rough ride on the wrong side of the indie tracks. Cassie Ramone (vocals/guitar) and Kickball Katy (bass) released their self-titled debut back in 2007 – a chaotic mix of Phil Spector [...]

  • De Montfort Graduates set to bag small business award?

    De Montfort Graduates set to bag small business award?

    We always love to celebrate local goings-on, but even better when those goings-on involve shoes, shoes, shoes! The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have announced that online designer shoe retailer Kindred Sole is a finalist in their Small Business Awards for ‘Recent Graduate’ category. This award will celebrate the best small business start up by [...]

  • Half Price Haircuts at Nicky Clarke!

    Half Price Haircuts at Nicky Clarke!

    Q: What could be better than a half price haircut or colour at one of the finest hair salon chains in the country? A: A half price haircut/colour where every penny you spend goes straight to a noble cause. Blimey, all that good karma AND you get to look fabulous. On Sunday 25th July 2010, [...]

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