It’s fun when ‘We Are Young’

New York based indie pop band ‘fun’ have become one of the UK’s favourite bands of 2012.

‘fun’ have spent the last five weeks in The UK’s Official Charts with their fantastic single ‘We Are Young’, and are currently at  No. 5 in the Top 10 Singles Charts. Their single has been credited for the rise in the band’s popularity in the UK.

Its fun When We Are Young

‘We Are Young’ was first released on 20 September and is the first single from their second studio album’ Some Nights’. It soon became popular when the single was covered by the television show Glee, which received success in the charts by hitting No. 1 on iTunes and No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was then later used in a Chevrolet advert during the Super Bowl XLVI in February of this year and soon the band were propelled into mainstream success.

The single peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts for six weeks straight.

The power ballad ‘We Are Young’ features Janelle Monae an American R&B/soul musician, this is her first UK and US Top Ten appearance.

The band will be appearing in XOYO in London tonight and BritEvents have tickets to see ‘fun‘ available now. If you do miss this opportunity to catch them, don’t worry as they will be appearing at Heaven in London on the 9 July, tickets available on www.britevents.com very soon.

October will see ‘fun’ return to the UK where they will be appearing  at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 2 October, HMV Institute  in Birmingham on 4 October, the Manchester Academy will be hosting them on 7 October and O2 ABC in Glasgow will see them on 8 October, tickets will be available on BritEvents.com very soon, so keep an eye out and you may get to see one of the biggest bands of this summer.

Check out one of the biggest summer anthems of 2012!!

Shropshire Proms with Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Just days before the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Shropshire Council present a family evening of the Last Night of the Proms performed by the RPCO

The Shropshire Proms

The orchestra will be playing a full programme of the most popular classical tunes including the flag waving tunes of some of the Best of British anthems including Jerusalem, Rule Britannia, Land of My Fathers and the heartwarming Land of Hope and Glory.

At The Shropshire Proms night The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra will be made up of 50 players on a 15 metre Orbit stage and there will be masses of room for families to pitch up, lie back and enjoy the evening in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

This family affair will have plenty for the kiddies to do, including a funfair and food stalls, mums and dads can look forward to the several bars on site.

So grab your tickets for this special celebratory occasion and enjoy a night of World famous entertainment which will be topped off with a rousing fireworks finale hopefully under the Summer night sky!

For more information on ticket prices and information on tickets for The Shropshire Proms, go to www.britevents.com – for What’s On. When It’s on.

Watch this and check out the lyrics in advance!!

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

It has been 60 years of the Queen’s reign.

The Queen's Diamond Jubliee

To mark this a Diamond Jubilee will be taking place around an extended Bank Holiday weekend which falls on the 2,3,4,and 5 June 2012.

The Queen came to the throne on February 6 1952, her coronation took place a year later in June 1953.

I remember 25 years ago when we celebrated her Silver Jubilee, with street parties galore, the nation had a joyous occasion, I have even kept a scrap-book of newspaper cuttings and memorabilia from 1977.

Her Golden Jubilee was in 2002 which celebrated 50 years of The Queens reign, this sort of passed me by.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a celebration that won’t be forgotten.

But The Diamond Jubilee couldn’t have come at a better time for the United Kingdom and one that we will never forget, as we are also set to host the London 2012 Olympics which kicks off with the BT London Live Opening Ceremony Celebration on 27 July 2012. This celebration has a fabulous line-up with four bands representing the four home nations.

Buckingham Palace Concert with Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John.

Buckingham Palace concert

There will be Diamond Jubilee celebrations in abundance, which will include The Epsom Derby, a Thames River Pageant, a Carriage Procession, Jubilee Beacons being lit all around the world on 4 June and a concert at Buckingham Palace with some of the biggest names in the music industry helping to mark the occasion, including Sir Paul McCartney, Take That star Gary Barlow, Sir Elton John, JLS and The Voice star Jessie J.

Diamond Jubilee Festival in Battersea Park

A Diamond Jubilee Festival in Battersea Park has been organised for Sunday 3 June which will celebrate design, music, art, film and fashion from the last 60 years.

Service of Thanksgiving

St Paul's Cathedral

A service of thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral will take place on 5 June. A prayer has been written at The Queen’s direction by the chapter of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Diamond Choir to sing specially composed song.

Children from all around the UK will join together to sing at the service of thanksgiving as part of the Diamond Choir. This choir will be made up of 40 lucky children from the age of 10-13 who were chosen from a selection of  churches, schools or other choirs. The Diamond Choir will perform the song specially composed for this prestigious occasion.

Museums and galleries.

Museums and galleries will also be helping to celebrate this occasion which will include The Royal Collection exhibition at Buckingham Palace, a touring exhibition of images of The Queen at the National Portrait Gallery and The Victoria and Albert Museum will showcase an exhibition of portraits of The Queen by photographer Cecil Beaton, which will also be touring the UK.

Apart from these exiting Diamond Jubilee celebrations, thousands of people around the UK will be marking the occasion by holding their own street or village green party or fete.

Add your local Diamond Jubilee event to BritEvents.com for free.

BritEvents.com have been inundated with Diamond Jubilee celebration events up and down the country.

Why not join in and add your own event from your home town to one of the biggest events sites in the UK www.britevents.com, not only is it easy to add but this service is free.

So let BritEvents help you promote your Diamond Jubilee party, so you can enjoy yourselves and have a jolly good knees up!!

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Reading and Leeds announce new acts on NME/Radio1 Stage

This is undoubtedly ‘The Greatest Festival On The Planet’.

Reading and Leeds Festival 24 – 26 August 

The twin festival Reading and Leeds have just announced their line-up for the NME/Radio1 Stage.

Joining this summers festival among some of the biggest names in music including Foo Fighters, Paramore, The Cure,Kasabian, Florence and The Machine and The Maccabees are Blur’s guitarist Graham Coxon and brutal heavy metal band Mastodon.

Passion Pit will also be charging the NME/Radio 1 Stage with their sizzling Electropop and a sonic treat from blues/rock group Mark Lanegan Band.

There will be many more names to be confirmed for the weekend of 24 – 26 August including the full line-up announcement for the Festival Republic Stage.

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BritEvents.com have all the official inside information for this years Reading and Leeds festival, so keep an eye on www.britevents.com news where you will find all the festival information you need.

Reading and Leeds festival tickets are still available from BritEvents so compare our prices and bag a bargain!

Check out last years stage invasion!!

 

Reading & Leeds 2012 – Greatest Festival On Planet Returns

The August Bank Holiday sees some of the biggest names in music congregate at Reading Leeds Festival in August

Reading and Leeds festival 2012 tickets

This August Bank Holiday will see the mighty God of rock Dave Grohl and his band Foo Fighters join the massive Reading and Leeds line-up along with The Cure, Kasabian, The Black Keys, Paramore, Florence + The Machine, The Maccabees, Justice, At The Drive In and Metronomy.

It has now been confirmed that there are many more names announced for the ever popular Lock Up Stage and Dance Stage.

The Headliners for the Lock Up Stage are from the East and West coast of America and they have impressive reputations for their live performances.

From California is the hard rockabilly/punk band Social Distortion who will be headlining on  Friday at Reading and Saturday at Leeds. Less Than Jake  from Florida are pioneers of the Ska/Punk scene  and will be headlining at Reading on Sunday and Leeds on Friday.

Joining these two massive bands on the Lock Up Stage are Anti-Flag, Me First And The Gimme Gimme, Gallows, Turbonegro, Bouncing Souls and A Wilhelm Scream among many others.

The Dance Stage already has a stellar line-up, which includes Katy B, Metronomy, Azealia Banks and Jaguar Skills, will be welcoming the bass -heavy sounds of Modestep who will be making their debut appearance, indie/dream pop princess Grimes and master DJ Zinc.

Cardiff-based Los Campesinos! is the last act to be added to the main stage, they will be opening the proceedings in Leeds on Sunday and Reading on Saturday.

The Los Campesinos! last played on the NME/Radio 1 Stage in 2010 and is one of the UK’s best-loved indie bands who have just released another album ‘Hello Sadness’.

BritEvents.com have Reading festival tickets and Leeds festival tickets available but be quick they won’t be available for long!!

www.britevents.com also have many day tickets for Reading and Leeds for all those festival goers who do not want to camp!!

Wow Muse at Reading and Leeds 2011!! Who wishes they were there??

Lady Gaga confirms 2012 European tour on Twitter

The Mother Monster has once again used her Social Media Marketing skills to confirm the European dates of her world tour on Twitter.

Gaga confirms European tour dates

After teasing her fans on Twitter saying; “The first 21 European dates to THE BORN THIS WAY BALL will be announced and tweeted at 3am EST/ 12am PST /7pm GMT. I’m so excited! #pawsup” [sic], the poker face star announced today that she will be playing the Twickenham Stadium in London on 8 September 2012 and Manchester’s MEN Arena on 11 September, before making her way over to Dublin to perform at the Aviva Stadium on 15 September

Gaga’s first European tour since ‘Born This Way’

This is Gaga’s first tour of Europe since the release of her album ‘Born This Way’ in May 2011 and adds a further 21 dates to her ever-growing and enormous world tour that is soon to kick off in Seoul on 27 April 2012.

The first show of the European leg of her tour is in Bulgaria’s capital city Sophia on August 14, this follows the sensational ticket sales in Australia and Asia.

The Darkness are confirmed as support act in Europe

The British Glam rock band ‘The Darkness’ have been confirmed as The Poker Face star’s supporting act whilst she tours in Europe!

Tickets for Lady Gaga available this Friday

Lady Gaga tickets from BritEvents.com

 

Lady Gaga tickets will become available on Friday 13 April from www.BritEvents.com, so make sure that you won’t be missing out on what is going to be an all time best for Gaga!

 

My first and favourite Gaga track!!

 

Dennis The Menace creates havoc at Wembley Stadium this Easter

Wembley will be opening its doors to families during the Easter break for a tour with Dennis The Menace

Join Dennis The Menace for Easter Fun at Wembley Stadium

A unique Wembley issue of The Beano which features Dennis, Gnasher and friends, making their way to Wembley to watch a football match is being released for the Easter Holidays.

To celebrate this one-off special edition, Wembley is inviting families to join Dennis The Menace on an adventure around Wembley Stadium.

The Beano Easter tours which kick off on 1st April 2012 will give kids not just the  opportunity to meet one of the naughtiest boys from comic land but they will also receive a complimentary edition of The Beano and a chance to take part in a special ‘Spot Dennis’ sticker competition.

The special edition of The Beano will follow the antics of Dennis, Gnasher and their friends as they find themselves in trouble with the security officers and  Duke and Duchess of Cambridgeshire who are sitting in the Royal box.

This edition will also feature a Ball Boy purchasing a piece of turf from 1966 which he gives to his football team for good luck.

The Wembley edition of The Beano will be available to buy in newsagents from tomorrow (28 March 2012).

During this special Wembley tour kids will be able to experience what it would be like to become a footballing legend. They will be able to enter the England changing rooms and walk out through the player’s tunnel and come face to face with the replica FA Cup on the winners’ steps of the Royal Box.

Roger Maslin Managing Director of Wembley Stadium, said: “The Beano is such an iconic comic recognised by youngsters and older generations alike. We are delighted to give both kids and adults an extra bit of fun this Easter and be able to bring everyone’s childhood memories to life at Wembley.”

The Beano Tour ends on the 13 April, so make sure you book your place with Dennis The Menace at Wembley before the kids break up from school. For more information on tickets, dates and times go to www.britevents.com

Opening hours decision at Alton Towers U-turned

Nemesis Sub-Terra ride

Alton Towers Theme Park in Staffordshire makes a U-turn on opening hours decision.

Alton Towers decision to cut their opening hours by 1 hour during their slower periods have made a dramatic U-turn due to pressure from their Facebook page and discussion forums.

Some theme parks close at 4pm during the months of September and October, Alton Towers were going to follow suit but these plans have now been scrapped after the majority of fans of the theme park appeared critical of the decision.

This is the second decision this year that has been scrapped by Alton Towers. Earlier this year the park had advertised that the Submission and Enterprise thrill rides in X-sector would close for 2012, this was later overturned.

2012 sees the opening of two brand new attractions at the resort, Ice Age 4D and Nemesis Sub-Terra ride.

Nemesis Sub-Terra ride has been rated by film chiefs as too scary for under 12′s, therefore the ride now means that under 12′s will need an adult with them to go in.

The ride is based on the original Nemesis ride which was opened in 1994. It is shrouded in secrecy, but is known to be set underground in a system of caves and contains some intense moments and scenes that are usually experienced in science fiction or horror films.

A spokesperson for Alton Towers said ” The classification is important for the resort to ensure the wellbeing of our guests.

“We are aware the enforcements that will now be implemented will mean that many of our younger visitors are unable to experience Nemesis Sub-Terra, which we are obviously concerned about.

“However, the Alton Towers Resort prides itself on offering a variety of rides for all ages and we hope that those under the age of 12 will continue to enjoy our other attractions.”

For more information on Alton Towers tickets,events, opening times and directions go to www.britevents.com

Catch the television advert for Nemesis Sub-Terra here:-

Formula 1 roars back into action

Formula 1 returns this weekend and the season ahead promises thrills, spills, and plenty of excitement with several drivers rated as potential champions.

Formula 1 returns this weekend

The Formula 1 off-season has largely seen a flurry of activity on the part of the McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes teams to make the necessary changes to their cars to enable them to make up the ground on Red Bull, the winner of the constructors championship the last two years.

After a second consecutive world championship for Red Bull’s Germany tyro, Sebastian Vettel, his rival drivers can’t wait to return to the track in competitive action and prove that they are worthy title contenders.

Last season, in what proved to be Vettel’s second world title year, the real drama was in the race for second place as the German driver’s superiority was never seriously in doubt. He won 11 of the 19 F1 races, as opposed to just five in his first championship year, and totalled 302 points, whereas Jenson Button, who finished second, only managed 270.

This year promises to be much closer, with technical advances on the part of the other teams, eroding the gulf in class that was clearly established last season. McLaren have reportedly made great strides and they possess two drivers in the form of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button who are both former champions in their own right, and who are desperate to prove, once more, that they are better drivers than Vettel, and that it was the superiority of Red Bull car that handed him his second title.

There’s no doubt that, in terms of driving ability, there is little to choose between Vettel, Button and Hamilton, and of course another former champion, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.

The latest news from the Ferrari camp is not good. The team only managed a single race win last year and their attempts to close the gap with Red Bull appear to have been less than successful with reports suggesting that they will not contend for the title this season – an unacceptable situation for the fanatic Black Stallion fans.

Another historic racing name are more optimistic for the coming season with Mercedes pre-season testing going well and Ross Brawn being bullish about their chances.

It’s difficult to look beyond Red Bull and McLaren though as they represent the best balance of driver and machine. Both teams retain their 2011 line-ups with defending champion Vettel and Mark Webber racing for Red Bull and the British duo of former champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button representing McLaren.

Vettel looked untouchable for most of last season but those close to the paddock feel that with the right car Lewis Hamilton will be the greatest threat in his quest for a third consecutive championship. Hamilton is widely regarded as the fastest driver in F1 but his propensity to take risks, undermines his challenge at times.

Fellow Brit Jenson Button is more mature and he certainly demonstrated a far better tactical appreciation than Hamilton last year in finishing second. Moreover, he appears to be more popular with his team engineers and he is certainly less likely to cause controversy, either through a dramatic collision or a rash comment or two to the press.

If Ferrari are unlikely to challenge the next question is which teams could snatch the odd piece of glory, given the assumption that the battle for the main honours will be a straight fight between Red Bull and McLaren? Williams will no doubt look to bounce back from a pretty awful 2011 and having the Renault engine back on board will help.

Sauber, will similarly hope for improvement one year on whilst Lotus and Caterham will probably hope to snatch a few points when the major teams slip up.

This years F1 championship has expanded to 20 races with the return of the Bahrain Grand Prix – a contentious extension to the F1 calendar – and the return of the United States Grand Prix at a purpose-built venue in Austin, Texas.

The new season kicks off in Australia this weekend with practice sessions due to commence on Friday 16 March, qualifying on Saturday 17 March and the grand prix proper on Sunday 18 March. After Australia the Formula 1 circus moves around Asia before hitting Europe, returning to Asia and finally transferring over to the Americas.

The British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone on Sunday 8 July with practice and qualifying on the two days prior to that.

Britevents.com has tickets for the British Grand Prix in July as well as tickets to the practice and qualifying sessions.

Log on and check us out – you wouldn’t want to miss those great British drivers, Hamilton and Button take on the world on their home circuit. Britevents also has tickets for the Spanish Grand Prix on May 13, the Monaco Grand Prix on May 27 and the German Grand Prix on July 22 should you fancy seeing your favourite sport in a different country.

Sky Sports launch F1 channel

 

Please Sir Can I Have Some More?

Tony Award winner Lionel Bart’s masterpiece Oliver! is to star Neil Morrissey and Brian Conley and will tour the UK in 2012

 

 

Neil Morrissey and Brian Conley will be staring as the iconic character the fabulous pickpocket Fagin in the hit musical Oliver! at different venues around the country.

Fagan has been played by many actors over the years including Russ Abbott, Jim Dale, Roy Hudd, Barry Humphries, Robert Lindsay, Ron Moody, Jonathan Pryce, Rowan Atkinson, Omid Djalili and Griff Rhys Jones.

The last person to receive an award for this part was ‘My Family’ star Robert Lindsay,who won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Fagin in 1997.

Neil Morrissey is best known for playing Tony in the hit series ‘Men Behaving Badly’ and funnyman Brian Conley has been in a number of West End shows and has had his own show on ITV1 ‘The Brian Conley Show’ and the highly successful ‘An Audience With Brian Conley’.

This Dickens classic celebrated 50 triumphant years in 2010 and has now been brought back to life with Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production, which has just recently completed a hugely successful two-year run at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, and is set to tour the UK this year.

This production is set to be a corker and with all the toe tapping musical numbers including Consider Yourself, Food Glorious Food and You’ve Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two, you will not be disappointed.

Tickets to see Oliver! are available from BritEvents.com

So,on this occasion “You couldn’t ask for more!!”

Watch Neil Morrissey miraculously turn in to Fagin!