Selina Begum

1 week ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Selina Begum

The South Bank is extra beautiful during summer, made more so by the UK’s longest artist-curated music festival, Meltdown. British rapper and Mercury prize nominee Little Simz selects this year’s acts, ranging from Ghetts and The Streets to James Blake, and tonight’s headliner, Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano. Much of this evening’s performance showcases her debut solo album, For You, a deeply felt and personal body of work.

1 week ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Selina Begum

Lido Festival day four with Charli XCX and Kelly Lee Owens | Live reviewCharli XCX headlines the fourth day of Lido Festival in East London’s Victoria Park. Among the many support acts is Welsh electronic producer Kelly Lee Owens, who takes the crowd by storm on Stage 2. The large blue tent is hot and heavy, with Owens centre in between two electronic stations, dressed in a black coat lined in midnight blue faux fur, and black shorts.

3 weeks ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Selina Begum

Letters from Max is based on the deep and profound friendship between award-winning American playwright and Yale University Professor of Drama, Sarah Ruhl, and her student, the incredibly gifted poet, Max Ritvo. When Max (a moving performance by Eric Sirakian) was in high school, he was diagnosed with pediatric cancer, Ewing’s sarcoma, which tragically returns in 2012 while he is an undergraduate in Ruhl’s playwriting class.

1 month ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Selina Begum

The struggle between good and evil has been a source of inspiration for many an artist, and the same can be said for French composer Charles Gounod. Loosely based on Wolfgang von Goethe’s eponymously titled poem (which itself is based on the historical Johann Georg Faust, an alchemist, astrologer, and magician often ridiculed and mocked for heresy), the opera explores religious morals and ethical values.

2 months ago | theupcoming.co.uk | Selina Begum

Californian rock group Incubus annihilate the O2, playing Morning View in its entirety, alongside beloved hits, in a much-anticipated and special tour to many. As lead singer Brandon Boyd and co enter the stage, to unsurprising raucous cheers, they quickly groove their way into Nice to Know You, the introduction a psychedelic soundscape, soon changing trajectory into hardier rock.