Rock and Pop: Latest News > November 18
Published: 18 November, 2010
by ROISIN GADELRAB
TOM Jones set ageing pulses racing at Islington’s Union Chapel on Monday night as he headlined the first night of the magical Mencap Little Noise Sessions. At Paolo Nutini’s gig the next night, my spies tell me Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley confessed her mum stormed the stage when the irresistible Mr Jones was playing – bear in mind the stage is an altar. These Jones fans are wild.
• My fave up-and-comers, quirky Louis le Prince play cult venue The Lexington (November 24). If you’re looking for one new band to adopt, this is it.
• The Electric Ballroom’s got a mighty list of gigs on its way – Kele (Bloc Party) plays Friday, The Fall (November 23) and The Tallest Man on Earth (November 24).
• In case you’ve been living on another planet I’d like to point out that Pulp are reforming and headline Wireless next year. My fave song’s Babies, what’s yours? PS. 02 Academy Islington’s great club night Feeling Gloomy hosts Pulp’s Wireless launch party on Saturday.
• Akala’s been teaching schoolkids hip-hop Shakespeare – check out his cerebral lyrical dexterity at the British Library (November 26).
• I’ve not been complimentary about D:Ream in the past and it seems they’re taking revenge. The checky-trousered dance act, who I hold personally responsible for Tony Blair, have managed to convince former keyboarder Brian Cox, now a widely respected physicist, to abandon sanity and reform – songs from new album In Memory Of... will be performed at 02 Academy Islington (December 1).