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U2 rooftop gig at the BBC

Posted in event, music, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

U2 performed a few songs from the roof of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London last night. Early activity on blogs, message boards and twitter ensured that there were some diehards finding the best vantage points for this “secret” gig from quite early in the afternoon. As it approached 6.45 the police closed off Portland [...]

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BBC – Radio 2 – Elbow with the BBC Concert Orchestra

Posted in music, radio, video, tagged , , on February 1, 2009 | 11 Comments »

The rights on the video have expired now,  but it was great stuff, even if you’re not mad on elbow. you can get cd & dvd of the performance from the elbow site. UPDATE – the original online retailer is now out of business. New retail partner is HMV – details here more live music [...]

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hidden beauty

Posted in architecture, radio, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Mike Todd for the shots of this beautiful and rarely seen stone carving from Eric Gill, uncovered during the renovation work on the old BBC Broadcasting House in early 2005. Gill sculpted Prospero and Ariel in 1932 and it sits proudly on the front of BH above the main entrance. He left this [...]

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