Music & Gigs
17:55 - 01 July 2009
THIN Lizzy have pulled out of next month's Sonisphere spectacular at Knebworth House.
The Irish hard rock legends were due to play on the Metallica day of the inaugural metal festival at Knebworth.
However, they won t now be appearing at the Hertfordshire... Full Story »
18:39 - 28 June 2009
ROCK band The Subways were blown away after supporting heroes AC/DC at their massive Wembley Stadium concert on Friday night. The WGC trio were called up by the Aussie legends as last-minute substitutes for main support act Thin Lizzy. And The Subways –... Read More »
09:56 - 02 July 2009
THEre will be a fundraising concert for the Delme Radcliffe Archive on tomorrow (Friday). The concert features The English Soloists Ensemble, a professional string quartet directed by Chris Goldscheider, The Radcliffe Singers, an accomplished group of 21... Read More »
09:48 - 02 July 2009
WINNER of just about every jazz award going, Liane Carroll, returns to the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans tomorrow night (Friday). She has won the Ronnie Scott s Award, two BBC Jazz Awards and was voted Parliamentary Jazz Musician of the Year 2008. He... Read More »
09:20 - 01 July 2009
LIMP Bizkit will be Rollin' into Knebworth House for next month's Sonisphere Festival. The chart-topping nu-metal group were last night (Tuesday) added to the inaugural rock event planned for the Hertfordshire stately home on August 1-2. After a storming... Read More »
Comedy & The Arts
09:58 - 02 July 2009
LASTMINUTECOMEDYCLUB returns next week with a line-up jam-packed full of talent. On Friday, July 10, Woodside Hall in Hitchin plays host to Gordon Southern and Danny Buckler. Gordon is a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was awarded the Time Ou... Full Story »
09:40 - 02 July 2009
A FEAST of paintings and sculptures by local artists was on show at the first-ever summer art exhibition at St Albans Town Hall at the weekend. Peter Brown, of Harpenden Art Club, who organised the exhibition in conjunction with Town Hall chief executive... Read More »
16:09 - 27 June 2009
A TALENTED youngster has landed a prestigious West End acting part at the tender age of six. Logan Shearer, from Welwyn Garden City, saw off hundreds of other boys to secure the role of the small boy in the latest theatre run of Billy Elliot. The show... Read More »
09:50 - 02 July 2009
DANCERS took to the streets of St Albans city centre on Saturday as part of the St Albans Festival. A festival parade wound its way into the High Street during the morning, comprising local dance groups and guests from further afield including Chez Nous e... Read More »
09:58 - 02 July 2009
DISCOVER the story of Letchworth s gardens and open spaces, from roots to rural living, the Broadway and the Greenway, the smallest front yard to the grandest back garden in the Heritage Museum s latest exhibition. Garden and Open Spaces will be a brillia... Read More »
15:06 - 25 June 2009
MORE than 200 youngsters gathered in WGC to catch a glimpse of a terrifying monster last week. The intrepid children made their way to Maher the Bookseller in the Howard Centre, where they came face to face with the legendary Gruffalo. The petrifying beas... Read More »
07:01 - 20 June 2009
INDIE pop, hip hop, rock and a range of music for all tastes will be played at a festival today. Bramfest held, in the village of Bramfield, will be host to the wide variety also including 60 s pop and folk on today from 12.30pm to 11pm. Tickets for the... Read More »
09:49 - 02 July 2009
THE OFTEN-repeated refrain that poetry needs to be performed to be enjoyed at its best proved to be absolutely true at the Maltings Arts Theatre in St Albans last week. As part of the St Albans Festival, professional actress Linda Marlowe portrayed numero... Read More »
09:39 - 02 July 2009
IN CASE it has passed you by, the biggest music event in the region is happening this weekend. Yep, it s finally here, the two-day celebration of music from the community, country and planet that is Rhythms of the World. And after our review of some of... Read More »
Film Previews and Trailers
12:04 - 12 June 2009
DANNY Dyer stars in this British 'zom-com' which is not a million miles away from last year's Lesbian Vampire Killers. A group of lads have headed to a remote village to help one of their friends, Vince (Stephen Graham) get over his divorce.... Full Story »
12:01 - 12 June 2009
COMEDY from Old School/Road Trip director Todd Phillips about a wedding on the verge of going very wrong. Groom Doug Billings (Justin Bartha), his soon-to-be bro-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and best pals Phil (Bradley Cooper) and... Read More »
Also At The Movies
09:42 - 02 July 2009
INTERNATIONAL Film Week at the Alban Arena gets underway next Monday, July 6, with movies from Russia, France, Germany and Israel. The first is Mongol next Monday, made by award-winning Russian film-maker Sergai Bodrov who illuminates the life and legend... Read More »
18:29 - 07 May 2009
THE moment 'Trekkies' the world over have been waiting for has finally arrived. More than 40 years since the sci-fi series first appeared on our television screens, Lost creator JJ Abrams brings us the 11th feature film to be made under th... Read More »