Thrice & Lysistrata Balance Chaos And Control On Penultimate Night In Birmingham

Thrice & Lysistrata Balance Chaos And Control On Penultimate Night In Birmingham

Tonight at the O2 Institute Birmingham feels like it’s sitting right on the edge of something. As the penultimate night of the tour for Thrice, there’s a quiet anticipation in the room before a note is even played — the kind that suggests this isn’t just another date, but a band tightening everything before the final stretch. With Lysistrata opening, that tension is pulled in two very different directions.

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mgk Sells Out The O2 For The First Time With A Chaotic, Genre-Hopping Spectacle

mgk Sells Out The O2 For The First Time With A Chaotic, Genre-Hopping Spectacle

There’s a moment midway through mgk’s two-hour spectacle at London’s O2 Arena where Colson Baker simply stops. “I know we have a strict 11pm curfew tonight but let me soak this in O2, let me soak this in,” he says, surveying the 17,000-strong crowd stretching from the floor to the nosebleeds. “If you’re in the building tonight this is very special, you only get to sell out The O2 for the first time one time and tonight is that night. This is ours, this one is for us.”

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Big Special Bring Heart, Hope And Fury To London’s Roundhouse

Big Special Bring Heart, Hope And Fury To London’s Roundhouse

British duo Big Special wear their hearts on their sleeves and throw a party that wants to change the world. From fundraising for food banks outside and raffles to support those bereaved by cancer to the spoken word poetry punctuating the evening, it’s so obvious that Big Special are beyond genuine in their desire to make their impact wherever their tour takes them.

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Foo Fighters Let Loose At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Foo Fighters Let Loose At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Just two nights after levelling The Academy Dublin and with Manchester’s O2 Ritz in their sights, Foo Fighters storm the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire for the second of three word-of-mouth, in-person-ticket-only club shows. No pre-sale frenzy. No dynamic pricing warfare. Just queues round the block and 2,000 devotees crammed into the Empire like it’s 1996 again.

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White Lies Illuminate The Roundhouse On Night Two Of Their Hometown Return

White Lies Illuminate The Roundhouse On Night Two Of Their Hometown Return

White Lies step onto the Roundhouse stage to the chiming of keys, joined by touring keyboardist Tommy Bowen as a vast rectangular lightboxs loom behind them, each member framed by a glowing panel that shifts colour with the mood of the music. It’s an immediate statement of scale and intent, fitting for the second of two sold-out hometown shows for the Ealing-hailing trio.

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Jinjer Command O2 Forum Kentish Town With Relentless Precision And Power

Jinjer Command O2 Forum Kentish Town With Relentless Precision And Power

With modern metal heavyweights Jinjer returning to London, O2 Forum Kentish Town became the setting for a night built on precision, power and carefully controlled chaos. Supported by the forward-thinking technical edge of Unprocessed and the long-awaited return of prog-metal veterans Textures, the bill promised intensity from start to finish — and delivered on every front.

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Liam Price Stakes His Claim At London’s Water Rats

Liam Price Stakes His Claim At London’s Water Rats

For an artist stepping out under his own name for the first time in the capital, expectations were high at The Water Rats. With a reputation already built through tribute work and years of live performance, Liam Price arrived at this London headline show carrying both momentum and curiosity. What followed was a night that felt less like a tentative introduction and more like a defining moment — a confident step forward that suggested this chapter of Price’s career is only just beginning.

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Slaughter To Prevail Level Birmingham On The Grizzly Winter Tour

Slaughter To Prevail Level Birmingham On The Grizzly Winter Tour

Slaughter To Prevail’s Grizzly Winter tour rolled into a sold-out O2 Academy Birmingham and delivered a show that was as visually imposing as it was sonically brutal. Known for their uncompromising approach to modern deathcore, the Russian heavyweights arrived armed not only with a crushing setlist, but with full-scale production that underlined just how far the band have risen in recent years.

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Jared Leto of Thirty Seconds To Mars @ The O2 (Kalpesh Patel)

Thirty Seconds To Mars Announce ‘A Beautiful Lie vs This Is War’ 2027 Arena Tour

Alt-rock giants Thirty Seconds To Mars have announced a major 2027 UK & Ireland arena run as part of their newly revealed A Beautiful Lie vs This Is War tour, a celebration of two of the band’s most defining albums.

Claudi-Mariee (Press)

Claudi-Mariee Stakes Her Claim With Striking New Single ‘Ransom’

Rising UK R&B/pop talent Claudi-Mariee continues her ascent with the release of her powerful new single Ransom, a track that positions the 20-year-old as one of the most compelling new voices emerging from the UK scene.

Roger Sanchez (Press)

Roger Sanchez Returns With First Album In 20 Years ‘Spectrum’ And New Single ‘Temptation’

House music pioneer Roger Sanchez has announced his long-awaited return with Spectrum, his first studio album in two decades, set for release on 5th June.

Seafret (Nat Michele)

Seafret Celebrate A Decade Of ‘Tell Me It’s Real’ With Anniversary Vinyl And UK Tour

Hull duo Seafret are marking ten years since the release of their breakthrough debut album Tell Me It’s Real with a special anniversary edition, arriving on 22nd May—and for the first time ever, the record will be pressed on vinyl.

Westislonely (Press)

Westislonely Unleashes Dark Desire On New Single ‘Show Me A God’

Rising alt-rock provocateur West Lomas – AKA Westislonely – returns with a striking new single, Show Me A God, marking her first release of the year and signalling a bold shift in both sound and intent.

Noah Kahan @ BST Hyde Park 2025 (Kalpesh Patel)

Noah Kahan Announces Major UK & Ireland Arena Run As ‘The Great Divide’ Era Begins

Vermont-born singer-songwriter Noah Kahan has announced a major UK & Ireland arena run as part of his global Great Divide Tour, adding to an already huge slate of European, Australian and New Zealand dates following his recent US stadium shows.

Alex Amen (Jackie Domi)

Alex Amen Announces Debut Album ‘Sun Of Amen’ And Shares Reflective New Single ‘Diamonds’

Emerging Americana voice Alex Amen has announced his debut album Sun Of Amen, set for release on 12th June, alongside the unveiling of his new single Diamonds.

SOPHIE SHREDZ (Tabs Camp)

Sophie Shredz Unleashes Debut EP ‘Distortionist’ In A Blast Of Hyperpop Chaos

Rising alt-pop disruptor SOPHIE SHREDZ has arrived with a bold statement of intent, dropping her debut EP DISTORTIONIST—a high-voltage introduction that blurs the lines between hyperpop, grunge and club culture.

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