The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A landmark city centre pub, where pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath performed their first ever gig, has received a £300,000 grant to transform it into a music venue. The Crown pub, which is situated at the junction of Station Street and Hill Street, is in need of repairs after being left shuttered and derelict for…
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…
Frederick Waite, the former drummer of Birmingham reggae group Musical Youth, has died aged 55. Waite, aged 55, apparently died on 20 July, but the news of his death was only announced today (11 August) in a Twitter post by Musical Youth.
A spectacular finale of music from Black Sabbath and dancing Peaky Blinders brought the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 to a spellbinding close at the Alexander Stadium this evening. The eleven day sporting concluded with a who’s who of Birmingham and West Midlands music talent as one artist after another took to the stage to entertain…
Grammy award-winning singer Ed Sheeran was spotted dancing and playing pool with Birmingham City FC fans at a Small Heath pub on Sunday (10 April) and then tucking into a curry in the city centre. Chart-topping musician Ed Sheeran, 31, drank and danced with fans at The Roost pub – which he attended with his…
A new all-star concept album billed as ‘a sonic love letter to Birmingham’ will be released to music fans across the world for free in June, for the Birmingham 2022 Festival. On Record, commissioned and produced by Birmingham Music Archive, will feature eleven original songs exclusively written and recorded by new and established city music…
The Birmingham 2022 Festival has announced its six-month long cultural programme taking place across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Organisers have revealed it will be the biggest celebration of creativity ever seen in the region and one of the largest ever cultural programmes to surround the Commonwealth Games.
Hundreds of fans turned out for the red carpet premiere of the final series of Peaky Blinders in Broad Street, Birmingham. Fans of the show braved freezing temperatures on Thursday night (24 February) to be dazzled by glitz and glamour as stars of the show strutted down the red carpet.
Astro, a founding member of the Birmingham based musical group UB40, has died following a short illness, it has been announced. A statement on the band’s official Twitter said “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved friend Astro has passed away after a short illness.
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…