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Brendon Urie Reveals His Original Title For The New Panic! At The Disco Album

2400 days ago
Rock SoundIn a new interview, Brendon confirms that 'Pray For The Wicked' originally had an equally cool, Byron-inspired name. Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie has revealed an alternate title for his upcoming seventh album 'Pray For... more info

How 1816 literature inspired 'cli-fi'

3006 days ago
BBC News - UKDue to a change in the global climate, the year 1816 became known as the year without a summer, providing inspiration for works by Mary Shelley and Lord Byron. more info

Julietta; Hallé Orchestra – review

4447 days ago
Guardian MusicColiseum, London; Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterLoss of memory, the subject of Martinu's 1938 opera Julietta, ranks as one of art's most ancient and nightmarish preoccupations. From the Epic of Gilgamesh, which the Czech composer later set to music, to... more info

Iris Origo: the author honoured by a music festival

4525 days ago
Guardian MusicOrigo was an artistocratic Italian writer who dreamed of creating a new society. Selma Dabbagh visits the magnificent Tuscan estate where her grandson has set up a yearly celebrationEach July an annual music festival is held in the magnificent ground... more info

Fox family actors return to great-grandfather's glittering hall

4588 days ago
Guardian MusicEdward, Emilia & Co are on stage at Harrogate's former Kursaal built by great (and great-great) grandad Samson Fox, inventor of the corrugated boiler flueFox hunters can have a field day in Harrogate this weekend when pretty much the entire acting dy... more info

The Curse of Brando Island

4690 days ago
WFMU's Beware of the BlogThe ghastly Spectres which were doomed at last To tell as true a tale of dangers past, As ever the dark annals of the deep Disclosed for man to dread or woman weep. -- The Island, Lord Byron In 1960,... more info

Stradivarius violin sells at £9.8m for Japan tsunami fund

4906 days ago
Guardian MusicRare 'Lady Blunt' violin breaks Stradivarius auction record to raise money for Japan's tsunami relief fundA Stradivarius violin has set a new auction record after selling for £9.8m.The "Lady Blunt" – named after its 19th-century owner Lady Anne Bl... more info

Stradivarius violin raises £9.8m in charity auction

4906 days ago
The TelegraphA rare Stradivarius violin that once belonged to the granddaughter of English poet Lord Byron sold for a record £9.8 million at auction in a charity sale for Japanese disaster relief. more info

Radio catchup: Orbital, new-wave women, female voters and Lord Byron

5365 days ago
Guardian MusicOrbital spun the decks, punk girls reminisced, MPs wooed women voters and Byron was less bothered about their voteThere's something about Orbital that is inextricably linked with the summer's festival season – in fact, they have just announced... more info

Byron letters set auction record

5505 days ago
BBC News - UKA collection of letters written by Lord Byron are sold for £277,250, a world auction record for any group of letters by a British Romantic poet. more info

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