Hello,

The Leeds and Reading Festivals went on sale Monday night, and we have hundreds of tickets in all packages available. The Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as headliners for both events, with many more headliners and other acts to be announced.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/festivals.html

The big concerts on sale right now are Spandau Ballet, reformed and back on tour in October. A second London date has already had to be added due to demand. There's

lots of 80s artists on the tour circuit this summer, including A-Ha, ABC, The Human League, Gary Numan, Simple Minds to name but a few. We have a special Back To The 80s feature on our Music page to highlight the fact.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/music.html

A second Wembley date has been added for U2, and we hae plenty of tickets available. The concerts will be performed on a central in-the-round stage, with a 360-degree video wall, never before seen.

Unless you've just returned to this planet, you'll know that King Of Pop Michael Jackson is back, with 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena now on sale. The concerts start in July and finish next February !

Leonard Cohen has announced a date in Liverpool, while Duran Duran will be performing at Edinburgh Castle. Their only other date will be as headliners of the Lovebox Weekender Festival. Scottish songwriter Paolo Nutini has announced a full UK tour, and Depeche Mode have added UK arena dates to the London O2 date already on sale.

The Manic street Preachers are also back on tour, and Andrea Bocelli will be performing at arenas nationwide.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/music.html

Island Records celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with a special series of concerts by its labelmates at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. Confirmed to play are

Amy Winehouse, Paul Weller, Cat Stevens, The Fratellis and Keane, plus many supporting acts. See here for the full line-up:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/island50.html

We have a brand new Festivals page, providing a one-page view of all the announced line-ups so far. If you know your favourite artist is playing but you don't know where, now you can do a quick page search and find it. Quite a few bands are back together and playing for the first time at this summer's UK festivals, including The Pixies and Faith No More. Festival first-timers include Taylor Swift and Katy Perry:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/festivals.html

Plenty more tours on sale recently, including 10CC, Rod Stewart, Marianne Faithfull, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Bell X-1, Cold War Kids, The View, The Soft Pack, Deep Purple, Bonnie Prince Billy, Little Boots, Idlewild and many more.


Don't forget, you can keep up with the latest tour news on our blog, MySpace and now on Twitter:
britishconcerts.com/news/
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twitter.com/BritCon


Regards,
Paul
www.britishconcerts.com

Hello,
Now, the big news this week is the forthcoming announcement on Wednesday 25th that SPANDAU BALLET have reformed and will be touring later this year ! Bananarama, Brother Beyond and many more taking part. And don't forget ULTRAVOX are back together and on the road, as are SIMPLE MINDS and GARY NUMAN.
Unless you've just returned to this planet, you'll know that MICHAEL JACKSON has announced 50 live dates in London, starting in July and continuing throughout the year into 2010.
There's a unique 360 degree video wall experience awaiting U2 fans, with their UK tour now on sale and selling fast. Dates in London, Glasgow, Cardiff, Sheffield and Dublin have been announced.
Island Records celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with a special series of concerts by its labelmates at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. Confirmed to play are Amy Winehouse, Paul Weller, Cat Stevens, The Fratellis and Keane, plus many supporting acts. See here for the full line-up:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/island50.html
We have a brand new Festivals page, providing a one-page view of all the announced line-ups so far. If you know your favourite artist is playing but you don't know where, now you can do a quick page search and find it. Quite a few bands are back together and playing for the first time at this summer's UK festivals, including The Pixies and Faith No More. Festival first-timers include Taylor Swift and Katy Perry:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/festivals.html
Plenty more tours on sale recently, including 10CC, Rod Stewart, Marianne Faithfull, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Bell X-1, Cold War Kids, The View, The Soft Pack, Deep Purple, Bonnie Prince Billy (catch him on The Culture Show this weekend), Little Boots, Idlewild and many more.

Don't forget, you can keep up with the latest tour news on our blog, MySpace and now on Twitter:
britishconcerts.com/news/
myspace.com/britishconcertsdotcom
twitter.com/BritCon

Regards,
Paul
www.britishconcerts.com

On sale now at ticket price comparison web site BritishConcerts.com are:
(From Friday 27th):
Ne-Yo
Jonas Brothers
The Script
Taylor Swift
Michael Ball
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Gary Go with VV Brown
Seal
Simple Minds
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gong
Alesha Dixon
Gong
Gomez
Pet Shop Boys
T In The Park Festival (Blur, THe Killers, Kings Of Leon among many now confirmed)
Camden Crawl (Patrick Wolf, Brakes, The King Blues among others)
Sonisphere Festival (formerly Monsters Of Rock. Metallica and Linkin Park confirmed)
Extra dates added to current tours:
Beyonce - London O2
The Specials - Leeds Millennium Square
Elton John - Glasgow SECC
Friendly Fires - London Forum
Snow Patrol - Manchester MEN
http://www.britishconcerts.com/music.html
 

Hello,
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2009. There's new and... not so new artists on sale now, so here's the list.
New artists with tours coming up before the summer include ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, BRAKES, THE VIRGINS, FLORENCE & THE MACHINE, THE RAKES and A DAY TO REMEMBER.
There's new dates on sale for LILY ALLEN, a full UK tour from PETE DOHERTY, extra dates due to demand from N-DUBZ, plus PJ HARVEY, THE RUMBLE STRIPS, DUKE SPECIAL, ART BRUT and GALLOWS. Sixties chart toppers MOTT THE HOOPLE are back for two nights at the Hammersmith Apollo.
X Factor finalists JLS will support LEMAR on his Spring UK tour.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/music.html
Reverend & The Makers, Twisted Wheel and The Peth have been added to various dates of Oasis' UK tour, in addition to already-announced Kasabian and The Enemy who will play all dates. Check the blog post for who will play where:
http://britishconcerts.com/news/?p=502
BARRY HUMPHRIES celebrates 50 years in showbusiness this year and is celebrating the occasion with a UK tour known as The Last Night Of The Poms. Join Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson for a cracking night of humour from Down Under:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/theatre.html
The line-up for this year's Isle Of Wight Festival is starting to appear, with The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, Paul Weller and The Ting Tings headlining:
http://www.britishconcerts.com/festwight.html
You'll see several venues - particularly in London - being renamed 'HMV' over the next few months as the music group moves into the live music scene. The old Carling Academies are also to become O2 Academies. See our blog post here for the full list of HMV's acquired venues:
http://britishconcerts.com/news/?p=453
The BRIT Awards nominations are out, and many nominees have tours already on sale. See our blog post for the complete list and links for tickets:
http://britishconcerts.com/news/?p=478

Watch out for UK tours on sale in early February from RAZORLIGHT, AL STEWART, THE FRAY, MAXIMO PARK, SIMPLY RED, FLEETWOOD MAC and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
 
Best Regards,
Paul
http://www.britishconcerts.com

Hello,

A belated Happy New Year ! We start 2009 with an exclusive offer to all visitors to BritishConcerts.com. Buy your tickets from our biggest partner stockist Seatwave and get an extra 10% off your order ! Simply click the Discount Code link on the purchase page, enter SD10J as the code then click recalculate to show the new, reduced price. This offer is only valid for the month of January.

New to the site this week are tours including:

Paul Potts
Razorlight
Akon
DJ Tiesto
Sneaky Sound System
Heather Small
Eagles Of Death Metal
N-Dubz
The Zombies
European festivals BBK Bilbao, Benicassim (Spain) and two German biggies Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/music.html

In Theatre, a stage production of the award-winning movie Calendar Girls is to tour the UK throughout the year.

More dates have been added to Strictly Come Dancing Live, and the line-up is now confirmed. See current champion Tom Chambers, plus a final chance to see his winning professional partner Camilla Dallerup as she has now left the TV series. Former champ Jill Halfpenny will also be there, with Jodie Kidd, Cherie Lunghi, Rachel Stevens, Julian Clary, Gethin Jones and Kenny Logan.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/theatre.html

In Sport, we have tickets for all the big rugby events including British & Irish Lions, the Six Nations and the EDF Energy Cup. Tickets for The Ashes and cricket One Day Internationals are selling well, and the ever-popular Moto GP will be on sale soon.
http://www.britishconcerts.com/sport.html

Don't forget to factor in your 10% Seatwave discount when comparing prices !

Regards,

Paul
http://www.britishconcerts.com