Author Archives: Samantha Viner

Lincoln’s busking boom

Busking is a living for Tim Yates and Paul Young from Blackbeard's. Photo: Samantha Viner

Buskers come in all shapes and sizes, anything from a student with a guitar, an eccentric man with a recorder or even a five piece rock ‘n roll band.

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Bowling for Soup will ‘always be the happy guys’

Bowling for Soup were established in 1994. Photo: Jason Janik

Bowling For Soup are playing the Engine Shed on April 10th, here’s your chance to get your hands on some free tickets!

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Ms Dynamite to explode in Lincoln

Ms Dynamite will be perfoming at Wahoo as part of the Just Easter Special. Photo: David Cushing

The R ‘n’ B star Ms Dynamite will be perfoming live in Lincoln this Good Friday with support from Jay Decibel and Urchins.

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‘Shake a Tail Feather’ with the Blues Brothers

he show has previously visited Lincoln and is back for a five night run. Photo: Mobius Industries

The ‘biggest Blues Brothers show in the world’ will be hitting the Theatre Royal next week. Director and star Brad Henshaw speaks about the show.

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Stand up with the Comedy Society

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The Official Comedy Society will be making their debut with a standup show on Thursday evening at the Tower Bar.

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Bowling For Soup announce acoustic Engine Shed date

Jared and Erik will be performing an acoustic set in April. Photo: S K Photography.

Jaret and Erik will be performing an acoustic set of Bowling For Soup favourites at the Engine Shed next April.

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Bellowhead blow away the Drill Hall

This was the bands first performance in Lincoln. Photo: David Angel

The award winning Bellowhead performed to a sell out crowd at the Drill Hall with their unique take on contemporary folk. Samantha Viner was there.

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‘Don’t Happy, Be Worry’ with Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson gave a brilliant performance at the Drill Hall. Photo: Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson visited Lincoln with his stand up show “Don’t Happy, Be Worry” so how did the show go down with the local crowd?

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Eight out of tent for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Harry Potter trio will be returning to screens this week. Photo: Warner Brothers

The latest Harry Potter instalment has been released, but is it worth the hype and wait? Samantha Viner reviews the film.

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Sandi Thom: ‘The rise is pretty quick but you fall just as fast’

Sandi Thom is currently working on a new album. Photo: Ami Barwell

She shot to fame four years ago with her dreams of becoming a punkrocker being broadcast from her Tooting flat, since then she has released another two albums and started her own label. What’s next for Sandi Thom?

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