Rock and Pop: Grooves - latest news - Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan and X-Factor Diana Vickers play Scala - but not at the same time!
Published: 1 April 2010
I'VE recently discovered our favourite misery night, Feeling Gloomy at the 02 Academy Islington, has succeeded in spreading its depression across the Atlantic – they’ve taken up a monthly residency at Fontana’s in New York – good for them. And the gloom peddlers have also taken an ad’ out in the Big Issue, just to remind people to save BBC 6 Music from closure – they’re not all about the bad stuff.
• On the same note, hundreds of protesters, musicians and DJs turned out at the weekend demo outside the BBC’s Broadcasting House against the proposed closure of 6 Music and the Asia Network.
• Electronic pioneer Gary Numan is playing a rare live show for The Playground at Scala (April 13) ahead of his appearance at Coachella in California. I know where I’d prefer to be.
• Remember Diana Vickers? She was the wide-eyed, slightly strangled-voiced one off X-Factor. See how she turned out at Scala on May 12.
• Ex-Housemartin and Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton’s joined the cycling hordes. He’s riding 1,000 miles around England to play local pubs. He stops off at The Monarch in Camden on May 13. Fans are invited to join him on the trip.