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Seán Grant & The WolfGang headline the 2024 Vandalism Begins at Home night of Independent Venue Week at The Castle
Music

‘Use it or lose it’: Week of gigs at The Castle to show why live music matters more than ever

January 20, 2025 Ronny Trousers 3

Luton will play its part in the UK’s annual seven-day celebration of independent music and arts venues, with a rallying cry for gig lovers to support grassroots havens before it’s too late – or as […]

Myles Smith
Music

Myles Smith unveils new track as sold out US tour continues

October 7, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Myles Smith unveils new track as sold out US tour continues

Chart-topping Luton singer-songwriter Myles Smith is back with his latest release, ‘Whisper,’ as he continues to take America by storm. The fan track, available now via Sony Music UK/RCA Records, is about finding solace and […]

ScreamingMechanicalBrain singer Nik Scott. Photo by Craig Short
Music

ScreamingMechanicalBrain release ‘back from the brink’ epic ahead of Castlefest

September 12, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on ScreamingMechanicalBrain release ‘back from the brink’ epic ahead of Castlefest

Rock nostalgia’s back in a big (and very expensive) way if you’re a music child of the 90s, but not everything comes for your wallet faster than a cannonball as ScreamingMechanicalBrain can testify with their […]

Broken Castles singer Ben Suttey
Music

Everything you need to know about Luton’s one-day music festival Summer Assembly

July 24, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Everything you need to know about Luton’s one-day music festival Summer Assembly

Summer Assembly returns to The Castle this Saturday (July 27) for its second annual celebration of up-and-coming new indie and alternative live music, including some homegrown heroes handpicked by Luton music collective Vandalism Begins at […]

Sarah Kelly of SK and the Kings
Music

SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

July 13, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on SK & the Kings reveal Latitude Festival spot and debut EP

Lutonian singer-songwriter Sarah Kelly of SK & the Kings has been picked to play Latitude Festival later this month on the back of launching her debut EP, ‘Over’. The past few years has SK has […]

ScreamingMechanicalBrain live at The Castle
Music

ScreamingMechanicalBrain reimagine their epic ‘dual meaning’ debut

July 8, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on ScreamingMechanicalBrain reimagine their epic ‘dual meaning’ debut

ScreamingMechanicalBrain have re-written the murder ballad with their brooding new single, ‘Cardboard Hand Me Downs’ – a spellbinding epic which will put chills up your spine and a flame in your soul. Prepare to take […]

Missing The Ferry perform in the recording of their VB@H Live Session at The Castle in Luton
Music

Missing The Ferry reveal Luton anthem that came before Coldplay’s

June 18, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Missing The Ferry reveal Luton anthem that came before Coldplay’s

Before Coldplay’s viral curtain-closer to Radio 1’s Big Weekend at Stockwood Park, came a homegrown Luton Irish anthem for the town, which has just been unveiled in special live session performance.  Tunesmiths Missing The Ferry […]

The Bear Club's new owners Neil and Giles
Music

‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

March 23, 2024 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘Promising development’ offers hope Bear Club can live on in ‘natural habitat’

The owners of The Bear Club have teased a “promising development” which could see the Luton music venue saved after fears it would be forced to close in the summer.  In January, the building in […]

VB@H Live Session number one with Jacob Kyte from SOURDOUGH
Music

Watch new VB@H project to shine light on Luton music venue and local artists

March 11, 2024 Ronny Trousers Comments Off on Watch new VB@H project to shine light on Luton music venue and local artists

Luton music collective Vandalism Begins at Home (VB@H) has announced a new initiative to showcase local artists and The Castle live music venue that they call their “spiritual home”, with the first in a series […]

JW Paris.
Music

JW Paris unleash darker and heavier sound on new single ‘You’ve Got Me’

October 13, 2023 Music and arts desk Comments Off on JW Paris unleash darker and heavier sound on new single ‘You’ve Got Me’

Britpop-inspired rockers JW Paris have released new single ‘You’ve Got Me’, exposing toxic personal relationships, the grip of algorithms and unraveling the seductive hold of social media. The track has existed in the JW Paris archives […]

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