<![CDATA[Music News]]> http://www.eveningstar.co.uk Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:43 +0100 en <![CDATA[Ipswich: Music Day line-up revealed]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/ipswich_music_day_line_up_revealed_1_2208641

The line-up for this year’s Ipswich Music Day has been announced.

]]> 1.2208641 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:51:43 +0100 <![CDATA[Woodbridge: Music author’s ‘backstage pass’ to The Arctic Monkeys]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/woodbridge_music_author_s_backstage_pass_to_the_arctic_monkeys_1_2206488

A music journalist and author is giving people backstage access to one of the most successful bands of the 21st Century.

]]> 1.2206488 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:19 +0100 <![CDATA[Ipswich: Waiter remembers the night he served The Beatles their tea]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/ipswich_waiter_remembers_the_night_he_served_the_beatles_their_tea_1_2205729

When they played in Ipswich in 1963 The Beatles stayed at the White Horse Hotel in Tavern Street, at the time one of the best hotels in Suffolk.

]]> 1.2205729 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:52:50 +0100 <![CDATA[Bury St Edmunds: Singer Nik Lowe to play AbbeyFest]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/bury_st_edmunds_singer_nik_lowe_to_play_abbeyfest_1_2205615

Singer songwriter Nik Lowe is to take to the stage at this year’s AbbeyFest, in Bury St Edmunds.

]]> 1.2205615 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:42 +0100 <![CDATA[Ipswich: It was 50 years ago today... The Beatles’ first visit to Ipswich remembered]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/ipswich_it_was_50_years_ago_today_the_beatles_first_visit_to_ipswich_remembered_1_2205003

It was just another Day in the Life of the nation’s hottest new pop group but for hundreds of people the arrival of The Beatles in Ipswich 50 years ago today was an event they would never forget.

]]> 1.2205003 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:17:28 +0100 <![CDATA[Ipswich: Regent-bound Alison Moyet interviewed]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/ipswich_regent_bound_alison_moyet_interviewed_1_2204119

Alison Moyet talks to entertainment writer Wayne Savage about her new album, pushing herself and why house lofts are so easy to fill.

]]> 1.2204119 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:53 +0100 <![CDATA[East Anglia: The Norfolk man who wrote Champions League anthem: Listen to it in full here]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/east_anglia_the_norfolk_man_who_wrote_champions_league_anthem_listen_to_it_in_full_here_1_2203594

It is a musical earworm that is one of the most familiar tunes of all time.

]]> 1.2203594 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:40 +0100 <![CDATA[Poll: Tourists flock to Ipswich during busy summer of cultural events]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/poll_tourists_flock_to_ipswich_during_busy_summer_of_cultural_events_1_2203215

Overseas visitors flocked to Ipswich last year as tourist numbers soared by 43 percent, new figures show.

]]> 1.2203215 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:51 +0100 <![CDATA[Poll: Visitor numbers in Ipswich soar by 43% - making it one of the most visted places in the UK]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/poll_visitor_numbers_in_ipswich_soar_by_43_making_it_one_of_the_most_visted_places_in_the_uk_1_2203201

Foreign visitors flocked to Ipswich last year as tourist numbers soared by 43%, figures published today show.

]]> 1.2203201 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:38 +0100 <![CDATA[Stowmarket: Reaction to John Peel Centre has “exceeded expectation” according to new PR man]]> http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/stowmarket_reaction_to_john_peel_centre_has_exceeded_expectation_according_to_new_pr_man_1_2199962

The reaction to the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts has “exceeded expectation”, according to venue officials.

]]> 1.2199962 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:02:09 +0100