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April: 159 new tracks from Birmingham & the wider region ft @theclauseuk @citylightzmusic @FARDAVADES @LawrenceTaylor @bellahmaemusic @SONNYJIM01 @m1llionz @Tony_Surgeon @kiokomusicuk @rosieteeuk @charlieb3nn3tt & more Shout if we've missed your music!

Music: Birmingham Latest Releases - April 2024

Music: Birmingham Latest Releases - April 2024 · Playlist · 159 songs · 2 likes

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Thread: Super excited to announce that a long held dream to open a Birmingham Music Museum is now a reality! We’ve signed Heads of Term on a space in Digbeth to open Birmingham’s first music museum so we can celebrate our amazing music culture; past, present & future!

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NEWS: WE DID IT!! THE CROWN HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR @HistoricEngland GRADE II LISTED STATUS!!!! WHAT GREAT NEWS FOR BIRMINGHAM AND OUR MUSIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

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Birmingham September 2022. The city that keeps on giving. @Poli_Nations #b2022festival Wow! What an experience. Looking forward to coming back for a proper experience. Joyous!

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There is something so wonderful to see people walking down traffic free roads. I just can’t understand the opposition to less cars, more people discussion. (Harborne a few seconds ago)

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A beautiful photo of @RankingRoger taken by @MightyMighty_ in 1980 at the Top Rank, Birmingham. Love this photo.

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Very sad to hear that Gareth ‘Gaz’ Owens of Rockers/Swordfish Records has sadly passed away. Like 1000’s of Brummies, this is where I got a musical education. Love and positive thoughts to all Gareth’s family and friends. #ripGaz

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Birmingham city centre. 1pm on a Saturday! 😮

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Lovely piece in ⁦ @guardian ⁩ on our ⁦ @HistoricEngland ⁩ listing. It’s beginning to @sink in what we’ve achieved ⁦ @karen_new_ ⁩ ⁦ @BOMlab Now we need to get it reopened⁩ Birmingham ‘birthplace of heavy metal’ the Crown secures listed status

Birmingham ‘birthplace of heavy metal’ the Crown secures listed status

Pub where Black Sabbath played their first gig gains Grade II status after thousands sign petition

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Very very sad news from @UB40 We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness. The world will never be the same without him. #rip Terence ‘Astro’ Wilson 1957 - 2021 ❤️💛

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This is the official announcement from @HistoricEngland who have been incredibly supportive and saw the international importance of The Crown to music culture. This is a landmark day for Birmingham in recognising our contribution to music. Absolutely delighted.

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The Crown Inn, Birmingham, is now Grade II Listed! 🎉 Regarded as the birthplace of heavy metal music, it's been recognised for the role it played in the development of the genre and for launching the career of famous Birmingham based band @BlackSabbath . 🤘 © Elliott Brown

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This has been a collaborative effort working closely with @BOMlab @karen_new_ & others. The support from @andy4wm has been invaluable but we now need to bring a collaborative team together inc @WestMids_CA @BhamCityCouncil developers, investors & cultural orgs to reimagine 1/2

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THE CROWN HAS BEEN LISTED 🚨 Led by the fantastic @jezc , we’ve got this iconic site Grade II listed 👏🏻 Not only does this protect the building that was home to Black Sabbath’s first gig, but it also has significant ramifications for any planned development of Station Street 💪🏻

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Birmingham has a long history of poorly designed & good for nothing cycle lanes but this has to be the worst because IT’S JUST BEEN INSTALLED AS PART OF A £££MILLION PUBLIC TRANSPORT UPGRADE IN DIGBETH!! Seriously what the…It’s embarrassing (this is the entire length of it)

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189 years ago today, one of the largest ever gatherings assembled in Newhall Hill, Birmingham. Known as the Gathering of the Unions, the 200,000 strong crowd, led by Thomas Atwood would lead to the Great Reform Act, giving workers (not women though!) the vote & Birmingham MPs

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. @laurenlaverne @BBC6Music @RankingRoger was a neighbour here in Bearwood in the Black Country. I’d often bump into him & we’d have a catch up. He was always, always a beautifully warm & genuine person. So lovely.. He was one of the few original black punks & worked in the punk

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In other real life news, my Auntie Rita died this afternoon at the age of 91 in Heartlands Hospital. Now just two of the family(my mom & aunt) left from a family of ten. Rita was one of the first of the Forde's to come to Birmingham from Ireland in the 1940s. Rest in Power xx

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Oh no! This is devastating news. A pioneer, activist, unflinching in his beliefs and incredible wordsmith in poetry and song. One of Birminghams genuine greats. >British poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet and campaigner, dies aged 65

The dub poet and author of collections including Talking Turkeys has died of a brain tumour

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Hi @laurenlaverne @BBC6Music here’s a photo of Daft Punk at The Que Club Birmingham in 1997 Part of our @intheque1 film & exhibition project. Daft Punk enjoyed the gig so much it was released as the Alive 1997 album so perhaps a play of Television Rules The Nation? Cheers!

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Birmingham is fantastically brilliant city facing tough times for all our communities. The proposed cuts to the city's cultural budget is devastating to the organisations concerned and the 10s of 1000s of us who access them for pleasure, learning, wellbeing and creativity 1/2

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A week ago The Crown Hotel in Birmingham was approved for @HistoricEngland Grade II listing because of its (musical) historical significance Along with links to @BlackSabbath @tonyiommi @OzzyOsbourne & others, the building still has a beautiful Victorian interior to be restored

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This is a huge moment for the BMA & our ability to build on the work we have done over the past few years. I think we're finally making the case that our music culture brings economic, social & cultural benefits & is worthy of support I'm so pleased @ace_midlands agree Thank you!

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Absolutely delighted to say we've have been awarded £30,000 from @ace_midlands for R&D to further develop the BMA across our digital & physical activities, develop new projects & partnerships & look at future funding for the Birmingham Music Museum This is critical funding for us

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I’ve just been informed that @BhamCityCouncil have approved local listing for The Crown Pub, an internationally important site of music history, heritage & culture. A first for the city I think and a positive step in providing a little bit of protection for future development

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Quite a hard (but brilliant) read about Birmingham from Nathalie Olah. Nathalie has got to the heart of our city's issues; neurosis, brilliance, modernity, culture, heritage and self-defeating sabotage. God, I love this city but it's hard >

Has it come to this? We must act now to save Birmingham’s culture from cuts

Austerity-hit Birmingham’s decision to stop funding the arts is a calamity for a city whose rich contribution to UK culture – from Tolkien to the Streets – is such a vital source of civic pride

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It's that time to turn off 6 Music. The Manchester overload seriously grates. Listen to 66 new releases from Birmingham and West Midlands artists instead. hard to believe but music does exist outside of London and Manchester (and it's better!)

Music: Birmingham Latest Releases - January 2024

Music: Birmingham Latest Releases - January 2024 · Playlist · 145 songs · 46 likes

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This is another blow to the cultural life of the city as well as being distressing for the owners & staff of The Electric. I have been working on protecting The Crown Hotel on Station St & with @BOM @SouthsideDist @flatpack & others we're working together to imagine plans 1/2

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This year Flatpack Festival will take place without the Electric as a venue, for the first time in 18 years. The Markwick family who run the cinema have made the difficult decision to close down this week. Read more over on the blog:

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I��ve lost count of the 1000s of times I’ve walked by this building in Digbeth but until yesterday never notice how beautiful it is or the fact that it’s a face!

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Delighted to contribute to this wonderful @bbcwm 2 Tone doc that takes a deep dive into the music, politics & fashion of the era with the brilliant @paulineblackOBE @johnmostyn @dave_wakeling @thebeat @PeteWatermanOBE @DanielRachel69 @SugaryStaple & others

2 Tone: The Story - The Story of 2 Tone - The Story of 2 Tone - BBC Sounds

Music producer Pete Waterman shares the story and explores the influence of 2 Tone music.

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Inspired by @flatpack earlier thread, I thought it would be interesting to post a thread about The Crown’s @historicengland Grade II Listing by posting the full notification so you can read the reasons why it was listed. It’s not all Sabbath… 1/8

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I can't wait until these bastards are humiliated, decimated and consigned to the years of political inactivity, insignificance and in-fighting.

Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’

PM criticised for personal independence payment review amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

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Man of the moment. And Mick Lynch 😂 #birminghammarch

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Some fantastic street art being revealed as this building on corner of Bradford and Alcester St get demolished. It’s been hidden for years. Shame to see it go…

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You can help us build and curate the museum by sending in your materials and memories about any aspect of music in Birmingham to jez @birminghammusicarchive .com or via our social accounts. Get involved. Help us build our Birmingham Music Museum

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Hey @huwstephens @BBC6Music how about a shout out & a spin of Paranoid by @BlackSabbath in celebration of todays news The Crown in Brum has been listed & recognised as the cradle of Heavy Metal by @HistoricEngland It’s where Sabbath had their first gigs?

Birmingham’s Cavern Club ‘The Cradle of Heavy Metal’ Secures Grade II Listing | Historic England

Heritage music venue recognised for role played in the development of heavy metal music and the career of famous Birmingham based band, Black Sabbath.

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This photo encapsulates Roger, on stage in Birmingham in 1980. So happy and full of love doing what he loved doing. He will be sorely missed as a great musician, helping take Two Tone to a global audience but he should also be remembered as a great human being

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I'm so happy to announce that we are going to be celebrating the end of a brilliant year for Birmingham and our music culture with the unveiling of a @BirminghamCivic Blue Plaque for for the legendary Rum Runner club, a venue that hasn't really been given it's due 1/2

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Today is a full on media/press day. Back to filming and interviews for tv, radio and print as we launch the Musical Routes maps with @UB40OFFICIAL & @hareandhounds

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This is such sad news. I want to publicly recognise the amount of work that @karen_new_ @BOMlab have put in over the past 4 years in developing their brilliant and viable plans for The Crown & BOM. Whilst this marks the end of BOM's plans at The Crown 1/2

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An announcement about The Crown. We’ve been working hard to secure a future for The Crown and save the iconic heritage asset from commercial redevelopment. However, we’re disappointed to share that we are unable to progress. Read our full statement 👉🏼

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We’re off for some Two Tone Red Carpet fun! #ThisTown

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Now this temporary install at/on Centenary Sq is much less welcome and ruins the area!

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Good to see this and get the support of @andy4wm and Alex @the__wilderness & particularly thankful for their letter to Government supporting our @HistoricEngland application for listing for The Crown. Decision is imminent & we hope positive. We can then get interested parties 1/2

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Culture is the lifeblood of Birmingham & the West Mids, and also plays a critical role in our Night Time Economy. The closure of The Electric Cinema is a lightning rod for people’s deep concerns about the future, and we know action is needed. Statement from Alex Claridge & I👇🏻

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An absolutely fabulous day unveiling the Blue Plaque for the legendary Rum Runner club. The venue was so important for Birmingham's music culture not least as the spiritual home of @duranduran Great turnout with owner and manager Paul Berrow and @BrumLordMayor doing the honours

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What hasn't been articulated yet about the decimation of funding for cultural orgs & activity is the cataclysmic effect it will have on the arts & cultural ecosystem in the city & beyond. The loss of orgs, jobs, expertise & knowledge, loss of outreach work & much more.

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Foreign Exchange by Hew Locke is a fantastic piece of public interventionist art. It’s looks stunning, it challenges & questions & most of all its a conversation starter. This is what public art should be & we need a Public Art Plinth for Birmingham! #B2022Festival @ikongallery

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Pretty devasted to hear the news a few minutes ago that @RankingRoger has sadly passed away. @TheBeat are one of the bedrocks of Two Tone and Roger’s recent work was amongst his best. R.I.P. Roger and love to the family. So sad

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Loved the premiere of Stephen Knight’s BBC series #ThisTown Set in Birmingham & Coventry it tells the interwoven stories of families & friends during turbulent times & the beginnings of Two Tone. No spoilers but it’s a brilliant new drama! Big thanks to @chris_proctor_ for invite

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Going big!!😮😮 #ItsABrumTing

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Big day tomorrow. Excited and slightly apprehensive as it’s been delayed for two years and none of the contributors have seen it yet! 😬

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Just imagine…

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A collective response to the proposed Birmingham City Council Cuts from the Arts and Culture sector We are devastated at what the recently announced @BhamCityCouncil cuts could mean for Birmingham and the impact that they would have on people’s daily lives across the city. 🧵

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Amazing news!

I Choose Birmingham

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***BREAKING*** Everyone ready for some VERY good news? The Crown Inn — widely regarded as the birthplace of heavy metal music — has been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the advice of Historic England. It is best known for being the venue…

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When you walk through Pigeon Park and your bus pulls up and you step on without breaking stride and as your bum touches the seat the bus pulls off. That! 💛

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Me dad in his happy place. Looking down on me, stuffed between records and books 😁 Six years today, still catches me that he didn’t even make it to 70. Will raise a glass in memory. Rest in Power 💛

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Spotted! This is interesting. @LiveNationUK at Centenary Square, 4 day, 5000 capacity event 23-26 August 👀

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This is a sad day for Birmingham & ALL local government. You simply can't keep slashing budgets & not expect financial (let alone human) distress Whatever the reasons this is not solely on BCC or individuals, Tory austerity takes a huge share of the blame

Birmingham city council declares itself in financial distress

UK’s largest council issues section 114 notice, signalling it cannot balance its budget without help

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Big thanks to @brummy_dan @WeAreBCR for having me on to talk about The Crown and go a bit deeper on what could happen next if we get a consortium together to purchase and reopen it and how we could then reimagine Station St for the city and wider region

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A pub where Black Sabbath played their first gig has been given Grade II listed status. The Crown sits on Station Street, a 400ft road contaiining buildings synonymous with the arts. @jezc spoke to Dan Richards to explain why it's so important. 🎧

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There is something lovely about being in a physical paper compared to online. It’s a bit like owning the vinyl as opposed to streaming an album. Saturday’s @guardian re @HistoricEngland listing for The Crown

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Oh wow! GOING BIG!!! On Record out tomorrow! A sonic love letter to Birmingham by some of the city’s finest artists. #B2022Festival #LetsGoOut

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This was one of my most rewarding experiences. Spending a few hours with a genuinely brilliant artist. So insightful and leader of there of the best British bands; Felt, Denim & Go-Kart Mozart. Please take time out to read the article and then go listen to the music!

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It’s been a busy few years for Lawrence, one of the UK’s greatest ever lyricists and frontman for seminal bands Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart.

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Such sad news abt @christine_mcvie Amazing songwriter & vocalist & integral member of the mighty #fleetwoodmac Christine grew up in Birmingham & played in blues bands inc the great Chicken Shack before joining Fleetwood Mac. One of Brum’s all time greats who should celebrate #RIP

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Rest in Peace Christine McVie 🕊🎹

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Scheduled to open in 2025 at @utsdigbeth The vision for the Birmingham Music Museum is that it will exhibit the materials so many of us keep under our beds, in our garages or up in the loft; photos, posters, magazines, tee-shirts, tickets...

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@soundstoryuk Don’t think anyone has mentioned the sublime Primitive Painters she appeared on with the equally sublime Felt

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It's 108 days until we launch Que Club film & exhibition @BM_AG on April 28th. Brill article by @DonnaLFerguson @ObserverUK abt the incredible Terence Donovan photos we'll be showing thanks to Chris @hogbham Can't wait! @HeritageFundM_E Lottery

Lost shots of 90s rave culture by Terence Donovan to go on show

Photographer best known for capturing ‘swinging London’ photographed revellers on a techno music night in Birmingham in never-seen images

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It’s easy to be blasé and pretend it’s no big deal but after watching the @BM_AG re-opening, with colour, vibrancy, noise and 100s of people it really struck home how incredibly lucky I am to have been asked to be a partner for the @intheque1 / @brummusicpics film & exhibition

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What??!! Oh man this is terrible. Duffy was great with me at school, he was a couple of years older but we were the only two ‘alternative’ kids. He was so cool and friendly …Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies aged 55 | Primal Scream

Martin Duffy: Primal Scream and Felt keyboardist dies in fall at home aged 55

Duffy died of a brain injury after falling at home, his Primal Scream bandmate Bobby Gillespie confirmed

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we've not given up on protecting this internationally important site of music & cultural heritage and bringing it back to life. The truth is is that we don't know if we'll be successful but we trying.

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Don’t mind Vicky, I’m super vibing! Today @BM_AG opens again and @brummusicpics is representing! Finally, after a two year delay we launch @intheque1 film & exhibition #rave #dance #culture

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Lovely article about @birminghamcg22 & #B2022Festival & our brilliant volunteers & people. This city has always been welcoming, we just needed a global sports event to remind us & tell everyone else. #ItsABrumTing :How Birmingham 2022 saved our holiday

‘It was just what we needed’: how Birmingham 2022 saved our holiday | Sachin Nakrani

Passport problems and the pandemic stopped us from travelling abroad but a trip to the Commonwealth Games meant we didn’t feel like we were missing out

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So this was brilliant ⁦ @ruth_millington ⁩ ⁦ @coldwarsteve ⁩ Stewart Lee! Great research and sur-really funny and informative! More of this please - highlighting the cultural contributions Brum has made to the world!

The Balsall Heath Bohemians: Stewart Lee celebrates the Birmingham Surrealists - The Balsall Heath...

Stewart Lee uncovers the pioneers of surrealism subverting reality in Birmingham's suburbs

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I’ve been working on a new app for Brum with @BOMlab @SouthsideDist & @ColmoreBID Brum AR will guide visitors around Brum showcasing the city’s vibrant cultural offer with the help of some famous figures! Help us beta-test & shape the future of the app:

BRUM AR - BOM Birmingham Open Media

Experience immersive journeys in Brum! Beta tester call out for a new augmented reality mobile app, Brum AR.

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We’re looking for beta testers for a new app for Brum! 📣 In partnership with @SouthsideDist @ColmoreBID and music historian @jezc , we’re creating Brum AR, an app showcasing Brum’s vibrant cultural offer. Fancy shaping the future of the app? Find out more:

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This 👇 This is just the start!

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Game changer for Station St. Massive bigup to @jezc for all his work on this. Now let’s #SavetheElectric

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This is such an insightful and powerful article by ⁦ @johnharris1969 ⁩ This is a political & societal issue, not a Birmingham issue > Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people

Birmingham’s cuts reveals the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people...

First it was austerity. Now it’s something even worse: the suggestion that people didn’t need vital local services to begin with, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Library's are so important to communities as safe spaces, places to learn, places to meet, places to imagine, places to create, regardless of class, wealth, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or (dis)ability where everyone can advance themselves for the good of society. Be heard 👇

Save Birmingham

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Birmingham City Council have opened the consultation on the fate of the Library Service today, until 17th July. Really important that people respond with their views. Once our community libraries are lost, they’re lost for good. #savebirmingham Survey:

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Thank you @tonyiommi The Crown is such an historic music venue inextricably & forever linked to @BlackSabbath & the music you have given the world. We now have to work with @andy4wm & others to reopen it for today’s generation of musicians. Imagine playing on that stage!

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Great to hear The Crown pub has been given protected status. It was home to our first gig and many other significant Birmingham bands too. Tony

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This is an absolute master stroke! Well done team on bringing the Bull to @the city. Genius!!! #B2022Festival @birminghamcg22

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It's 26 years to the day that me & @jenniesandford got married in the old Birmingham Registry Office. What a ride we've had and there is plenty more to come bab! To the most amazing woman in the whole wide world, I love you with all my yellow heart 💛💛💛

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On @AlbumDayUK I’d be amazed if there was a better event than @punchrecords unveiling of a mural celebrating the seminal @steelpulse album #HandsworthRevolution Released 40 years ago & celebrated with founder members @BasilGabbidon & @MykaellRiley with photographer @vanleyburke

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My personal response to @Glenbrookprop statement abt The Electric & @OldStationSt is broadly positive. I think our collective actions have changed the narrative & created a platform for meaningful engagement & commitment to work together. Actions speak louder than words though!

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So…it’s been a lot of work & discussion & negotiation and listening and changing minds and and and…but I’m super proud and honoured that the Birmingham Music Archive @brummusicpics were commissioned as part of #B2022 Festival to commission and create On Record & In Conversation

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It's depressing what the budget cuts @BhamCityCouncil reveal. For those working in the cultural sector it will have far reaching effects: 50% yr 1 100% yr 2 reductions to Cultural Orgs funding; cease all cultural project grants in yr 2; restructure cultural team =£2.9m savings

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Please can we we have more events like this in Birmingham? Or extend @birminghamcg22 for a year! 😂 #ItsABrumTing

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Another surreal day. I can't lie, I'm super excited that the @birminghamcg22 are now upon us. Loving the city, the crowds, the live events, can't wait for the Opening Ceremony, love being a part of it & contributing to all the fun with #OnRecord & #InConversation . Tonight was 🔥

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LOVING the Bull today. Dressed up for @Poli_Nations Awesome 💛 #itsabrumting #itsabullting

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What a brilliant 10 days @BhamFestival23 a fantastic beginning to what I hope becomes a regular fixture in the Brum cultural calendar. Huge respect to Raidene @willmauchline @nasikonan @23Caroline23 & the whole @OpusArtsEvents team. Brilliant work all!

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More recognition of the influence & inspiration @OzzyOsbourne has had on global music culture. Just a boy from Aston, Birmingham who cut his teeth at a grassroots music venue called The Crown. Now a @HistoricEngland listed building because of Ozzy, Tony, Bill and Geezer!

Rock Hall

@rockhall

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Congratulations to the #RockHall2024 Inductee Class for achieving Music's Highest Honor! 🤘 Learn more about this year's Inductees here:

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Was very honoured to be asked to speak to @amurphy63 for @BM_AG Birmingham Stories series about the @intheque1 exhibition, On Record and the proposed Birmingham Music Museum. Thanks to @LSpurdle for arranging the interview. Read all about it here:

Birmingham the music city: An interview with Jez Collins. | Birmingham Museums

Jez Collins, the founder of Birmingham Music Archive (BMA), is changing people’s perception and understanding of Birmingham as a music city one project at

www.birminghammuseums.org.uk

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4 years

A brilliant and much needed book documenting Birmingham in 1968 chronicling the social, political and cultural changes taking place across the city. Great work by @flatpack / Ian Francis. A must read for those interested in Birmingham

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7 months

@Fludded @RachelRileyRR Sadiq Khan created the state of Isreal and displaced Palestinians in 1948? Wow, I never knew this. Ta.

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2 years

#B2022Festival 17/06/2022. A Thread. On Friday we @brummusicpics released On Record, a multi-artist, multi-genre sonic lover letter to Birmingham We've pressed 1000 copies to stunning yellow vinyl which we are giving out free during the festival, keep an eye on socials to get one

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Ha, @residentadvisor beat me to it but I am so pleased to announce that we are taking a little bit of Birmingham's music culture to London with a short run of the #InTheQue film & exhibition at the incredible @crypt_gallery an brilliant setting. Details on the flyer! #Rave #Music

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@residentadvisor

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A new exhibition in London will celebrate Birmingham's legendary Que Club Read the news

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One of Birmingham's great musicians, Denny Laine has dies. Hugely under-appreciated. #RIPDenny >Denny Laine, star musician with Moody Blues and Wings, dies aged 79

Denny Laine, star musician with Moody Blues and Wings, dies aged 79

Laine, who sang Go Now and co-wrote Mull of Kintyre, had suffered lung disease in recent years

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

. @steve_lamacq I’ve got a few tattoo’s but for my 50th I got these two tattoo’s that are actually the sound waves of 4 songs by Gil Scott Heron, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone & Simon & Garfunkel by the amazing Miz T in Birmingham #musictattoos

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An @HistoricEngland application for #thecrown was submitted in July 2023 It's been sat with Secretary of State for Culture @lucyfrazermp since November for designation. In the meantime @ElectricBham has closed & the entire @OldStationSt is at threat. 1/2

Sign the Petition

Designate Birmingham's Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset

www.change.org

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Had such a wonderful reaction to the @intheque1 club film last night in Barcelona. Whole audience stopped. dancing, sat down and watched the film. The reaction to it was beautiful and quite humbling. Brum to Barca #itsabrumtimg

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that will restore this area to what should be the heritage & cultural jewel of the city centre. In my opinion it is of international importance due to its historic & cultural associations; @TheOldRep @ElectricBham & The Crown. It should be a cultural & tourist attraction.

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the demo you recorded at Rich Bitch or @GrosvenorStud We want to tell the stories of the people of Birmingham and their contribution to local, national and international music culture. We want to represent, reflect and inspire the people of Birmingham — we are a city of music

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An informative day in Liverpool at the Modern Music Cities conference. I can’t help but feel we in Birmingham & West Midlands are not part of the national dialogue & are missing out on huge potential economic, skills, cultural & tourism growth. Pt 1of 2

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5 years

First time I’ve seen this wonderful @fokawolf poster. ‘Children are precious. Especially rich ones.’ Killer line!

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Oh no! One of the most beautiful buildings in Birmingham. can we stop this blight on out history, heritage and built environment? So bad...

Dr Allen

@CliftonCoHead

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We are so sad to see our old Clifton building on fire. There are many of us who have happy memories of teaching here or being a pupil. I started teaching here in 1997 and Mrs Hemming in 1995 Share your story with us ❤️😢 @CliftonPrim @BalsallHeathNNO @BalsallHeathCF @WestMidsFire

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