Music

Local performance artist and opera singer Ellie Westbrook brings a unique musical experience to Hastings Castle, celebrating its rich history with a fresh infusion of creativity.

The Piper pub was named after Pink Floyd’s debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", and Barrett’s final gig with Pink Floyd took place just down the road on...

Kid Kapichi's most recent single, ‘Zombie Nation’, features none other than Madness icon, Suggs. Their record label had asked the band who they’d like to work with and Suggs was their...

Jim Butler documents the final blowout of the much-loved Marina Fountain 'Rave Pub-on-Sea' in the appropriately named Last Orders. 

When it comes to festivals, Hastings doesn’t mess around. But, this Saturday, 27th July, takes the biscuit.

“Why!? What’s he done?” Louisa, the landlady of the Tower pub asks when I mention that we’d like to take some photos to go with my interview of James Endeacott, the...

Meet the new wave of Young Music Promotors on the South Coast. After some turbulent and stormy years for hospitality everywhere, Hastings is fortunate that a new wave of young promoter...

What do you get if you cross ‘90s Britpoppers, an indie rock/post-punk heritage, and an electronica queen with a St Leonards sensibility? You get Aircooled.

James Endeacott on why Poly Styrene is a Punk Icon. "Poly Styrene's image, words and music will Live Forever".

Is he a mint with a hole? (No, but he does carry them around in his pocket). Is he a German hatchback or a game for posh people on horseback? No!...