Sarah Stead

Stories by Sarah Stead

Below are recent stories by Sarah Stead

• Published: 18 Mar 2010 09:00

  What's up, Tiger Lillies?

  WE'RE trying to do something a bit different from playing the electric guitar," says Martyn Jacques. He's not kidding.

• Last updated: 14 Mar 2010 18:00

  Reading bands for Reading Festival

  JOIN our campaign to get local bands at Reading Festival.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 14:00

  Got that festival feeling?

  THE earliest of the Reading Festival earlybirds have had their tickets in the post and, with the likely date for 2010 ticket sales drawing ever closer, rumours are flying.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 13:55

  Banding together

  READING Festival is undoubtedly one of the best things about the town. A vast number of people descend on Reading each August, bringing the world's media - and spending money - with them.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 09:00

  Toe-tapping stuff!

  TOMMY Sanders is the talented and take-him-home-to-your-mum lovely frontman with Pete And The Pirates - but also labelmates Tap Tap.

• Published: 1 Mar 2010 10:00

  Danyl to play at racecourse

  X Factor finalists have confirmed a Newbury Racecourse date

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 09:00

  Full moon party

  ONE of the world's biggest Britpop bands come to Reading tomorrow night (Friday) - and they've brought an act on the brink of stardom along for the ride.

• Published: 17 Feb 2010 11:00

  Westlife announce Newbury gig

  The Irish pop quartet have confirmed a set at Newbury Racecourse's Party In The Paddock on CGA Ladies Day.

• Last updated: 11 Feb 2010 16:30

  The Quotes shake up The Oakford

  IT LOOKS like it's all change for The Quotes at the moment.

• Published: 6 Feb 2010 09:00

  Come out to Play

  ALL has been quiet on the Glasswerk Promotions front of late, but that changes this weekend.

• Published: 5 Feb 2010 14:00

  Caption competition

  Enter our caption competition

• Last updated: 4 Feb 2010 09:00

  Sub 89 six months on

  WHEN I went to see promoter Mike Jones at Sub89, he had just taken delivery of a new stage.

• Published: 30 Jan 2010 09:00

  Are you readi for this?

  READING'S most welcoming folk club has got a great season ahead.

• Last updated: 29 Jan 2010 14:00

  Losers take it all

  NEVER let it be said that Reading's music scene is fractured.

• Published: 27 Jan 2010 22:00

  Pete Doherty spotted in town

  PETE Doherty has been spotted in one of Reading's top live music venues.

• Last updated: 27 Jan 2010 09:00

  Fish for compliments

  THE phrase 'conveyor belt food' might, to the uninitiated, conjure up images of dull, mass produced, processed dishes or a factory canteen. But that couldn't be farther from the truth at YO! Sushi.

• Published: 25 Jan 2010 14:00

  Love letters

  SEMAPHORE towers run by gangsters, backstreet pin exchange shops and wizards are all in a day's work for Christine Moran - because she's directing The Progress Theatre's production of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.

• Published: 23 Jan 2010 14:00

  Time to see red

  The panto season is over. OH NO IT ISN'T!

• Published: 17 Jan 2010 15:00

  A rousing start to the season

  ELIZABETHAN pop. Difficult to imagine? Not if you've ever heard Faustus.

• Published: 15 Jan 2010 14:00

  Folk singers' night

  FOLK singers can take centre stage at a singers' night on Sunday.

• Last updated: 9 Jan 2010 09:00

  A show at the sharp end

  IF EVER a show needed to carry a 'do not try this at home' warning, this is it.

• Published: 7 Jan 2010 15:00

  Simply Red return to Newbury

  FOLLOWING Simply Red's sell out performance at Newbury Racecourse last year, the band have announced they will return for this year's Party In The Paddock.

• Published: 7 Jan 2010 10:00

  Idlewild announce Reading gig

  Idlewild are touring off the back of their seventh album and will play in Reading in March.

• Published: 22 Dec 2009 11:00

  You SHALL go to the panto

  THE Hexagon has announced that, contrary to some radio reports, the 1pm and 5pm Cinderella performances today (Thursday) will go ahead.

• Published: 17 Dec 2009 09:00

  Attention, please!

  Wokingham's Attention Thieves are hot news. Find out what happened when SARAH STEAD met them...

• Last updated: 17 Dec 2009 08:00

  Wonderwheel presents a Christmas knees up

  THE outfit that brought a whole funfair to the Oakford in the summer is putting on a very special Christmas knees up tonight (Thursday).

• Published: 13 Dec 2009 09:00

  Phantom of the Oakford

  THE 'BBC Introducing...' nights held each Wednesday at The Oakford Social Club are usually loud, raucous affairs with line-ups of skinny jeaned foot stompers and melodic feedback.

• Published: 11 Dec 2009 16:00

  Pete And The Pirates gig lineup change

  Matthew Greener from long-lost Reading band Morning Runner will be replacing exlovers at the Pete And The Pirates Christmas shindig on Sunday.

• Published: 11 Dec 2009 13:00

  Danyl to play in town centre

  DANYL Johnson will be playing a free gig in the town centre on Tuesday.

• Published: 9 Dec 2009 13:00

  Danyl does panto!

  DANYL Johnson popped along to The Hexagon today (Wednesday) to watch Cinderella as he came back to Reading for the day.