The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
The music of Irish folk group The Dubliners was celebrated and brought to life by a passionate group of musicians upon the Birmingham stage. Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of the Dubliners had the audience clapping along to each song at The Alexandra Theatre.
An award-winning Birmingham violinist is to give two free performances as part of Black History Month events on Sunday (9 October). Melika Queely will give informal musical performances at the Round Room in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Sunday afternoon with selections of music from the works of Bob Marley, Ravel, Ed Sheeran, Brahms…
Veteran British musician Elvis Costello rocked Birmingham’s Symphony Hall audience with a dynamic and classy performance on Monday night. Elvis Costello’s The Boy Named If & Other Favourites tour stopped off at Symphony Hall last night (13 June) with a show that brought the crowds to their feet.
Shocked Brummies are calling the demolition of the legendary Eagle and Tun pub in New Canal Street in Birmingham – which has connections to reggae band UB40 – an act of “horrific vandalism” as HS2 demolition crews tore down the landmark building. Attempts to save this slice of Birmingham heritage by local history groups and…
Not long now until the first of the three interconnected music festivals of Birmingham’s summer schedule. And, with Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul running across the weekend of Friday July 6th – 8th in Moseley’s Park, you may want to consider catching these acts across the weekend.
Florence + the Machine will be playing Birmingham’s Genting Arena in November as part of their UK ‘High As Hope Tour’. Following news of the band’s hugely-anticipated new album, ‘High As Hope’, which will be released on June 29, plans are underway for a national tour which lands in Brum in Autumn.
In the past week the organisers of, arguably, Birmingham’s most popular music festivals have worked overtime to get the various acts signed and schedules out and about by any means necessary. And, here at I Am Birmingham, we thought we’d give ’em a helping hand by offering you all a handy, one-stop guide to the…
It’s an ensemble too good to be true but an rock supergroup formed by Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper is heading to Birmingham Genting Arena this summer. As The Hollywood Vampires announce a run of four huge tour dates in the UK, opening at Birmingham’s Genting Arena, the band’s current main members – Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and…
Former girl band member Nadine Coyle is touring the UK and Ireland this spring, heading to Birmingham’s O2 Institute in Digbeth in May to drop some classic Girls Aloud tracks along with her new solo material. Having recently announced the release of a new EP, Go To Work, Nadine will be performing in Brum on Friday 11th May.
Rail commuters and shoppers stopped in their tracks this morning as a musical extravaganza was laid on by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Folk Ensemble at Birmingham New Street station. The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble of a stage-challenging 65 members all performed under the interchange’s main departure boards within the station’s domed atrium throughout the day, entertaining with a unique series of free…