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Fundraising gig tribute to heart victim
10:30am Tuesday 22nd April 2008
GET ready to rock with Essex band Glasshouse who, for the third year running, are staging a charity gig to raise money for the Cardiomyopathy Association.

Return to psychedelia
4:05am Thursday 17th April 2008
HE spearheaded the eighties psychedelic renaissance with legendary Southend band, Le Mat, now guitarist Pete Helmer is back in Essex with his new outfit self procliamed quintissentialy English' Reilly Peacock.
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Hungry to be a star in his own rightHungry to be a star in his own right
2:02am Thu 17 Apr 08
ERIC Clapton and Roger Waters, two of the biggest rock stars in the musical universe, are considered to be his friends.

Fundraising gig tribute to heart victim
11:54pm Wednesday 16th April 2008
GET ready to rock out with Essex band Glasshouse who, for the third year running, are staging a charity gig to raise money for the Cardiomyopathy Association.

Power-ful taste of Deep ScousePower-ful taste of Deep Scouse
11:52am Wed 9 Apr 08
BLUES conjured up on the banks of the Mersey, performed in a Southend shoebox, is about as far removed from Memphis as you can get.

Futureheads are coming
4:52pm Friday 4th April 2008
CHINNERY'S have pulled out all the stops again to book the Futureheads for a live show.

Southend gets the PowerSouthend gets the Power
12:57pm Wed 2 Apr 08
SOUTHEND'S Railway Hotel is the unlikely setting for one of Liverpool's greatest singer/song writers of the last two decades to kick off an intimate acoustic tour.

Double treat for rock fansDouble treat for rock fans
11:55pm Wed 26 Mar 08
THERE's a treat in store this weekend for rock fans with an ear for a well-crafted song and guitar-playing of the very highest order.

Gig on home turf makes me nervousGig on home turf makes me nervous
10:33am Wed 26 Mar 08
HE has toured the world, supported the likes of Oasis and Pulp and even released the UK's first ever MP3 single back in 1998.

Leigh Folk Festival line-up
3:37pm Sunday 23rd March 2008
PLANNING for the 17th Leigh Folk Festival is already well advanced, with many musical acts confirmed for the annual-four day celebration of the folk arts.

Charity jazz night
1:06pm Saturday 22nd March 2008
SINGER and pianist Liane Carroll headlines a charity night at the Olde Smack, Leigh, on Tuesday.
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Dr Feelgood go down to the jetty ...againDr Feelgood go down to the jetty ...again
10:33am Thu 20 Mar 08
FOOTAGE of legendary south Essex band Dr Feelgood playing at the Kursaal in Southend is being projected on the side of giant oil storage tanks as the backdrop for a new documentary.
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Easter Sunday rock for hospicesEaster Sunday rock for hospices
4:55am Wed 19 Mar 08
PERFORMERS will play with even more than their usual passion when they line up for the grand slam Easter weekend show, Rock for Havens Sake.

Jerimiah Marques at Churchills
10:59am Tuesday 18th March 2008
IT WILL be a case of two for the price of one at Churchills, Southend, this Sunday. Jerimiah Marques and the Blue Aces have been booked for the venue, but instead of playing just one style of music, they'll be performing two.

Still Squeezing out those hitsStill Squeezing out those hits
1:01pm Thu 13 Mar 08
IT'S not often a well-known band has to live up to its name just to play a gig. But Squeeze really did find it a squeeze, fitting on stage for an intimate performance at Westcliff's Riga Music Bar.
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