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The Gruffalo Discovery Land – a brand-new,multi-million pound land and a UK first – will open at Twycross Zoo on Saturday 9 April 2022. Tickets are now available to buy online, with entry to the land included in the Zoo’s daily admission price.

The new four-acre land has been developed in partnership with brand managers Magic Light Pictures and is inspired by the best-selling picture book

Game of Thrones is one of the most groundbreaking, breathtaking and popular TV series ever broadcast. Always brutal and controversial, it gained millions of fans around the world.

For eight seasons the show was filmed at the Linen Mills Studio near Belfast, Northern Ireland. Now that production has ceased, the studio has been turned into a permanent attraction called The Game of Thrones Studio Tour.

Well acclaimed fragrance entrepreneur and industry influencer, Ayesha Ziya have announced the launch of an exciting chic range of car scents developed in collaboration with Euro Garages Group. The new revolutionised and traditional car scent captures the essence of Ayesha Ziya’s successful blends of oud and floral scents.   

Alice Merton’s debut album ‘MINT’ saw the London-based musician achieve phenomenal success.

A fixture on Top 10 charts across Europe, Alice has accumulated 1 billion streams and was the winning judge of the German edition of The Voice. Now Alice is set for wider international recognition as she prepares to release her eagerly anticipated sophomore album ‘S.I.D.E.S.’ on June 17th via her own Paper Plane Records Int. label.

Birmingham Rep have officially unveiled a £2.87m new look to their historic home on Birmingham’s Centenary Square, 50 years on from the theatre first opening its doors.

Brand-new elements of the design include a fully accessible front entrance and terrace which connects directly to the popular city-centre square, the first time The Rep has been able to welcome visitors and audiences through the heart of the building.

On Wednesday 9th March 2022, the pioneering record label Peckings Records will be awarded a Blue Plaque by Nubian Jak Community Trust. Two years before Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, started importing Jamaican music to England in the 1960s, George 'Peckings' Price had brought the sound of the Island to London and beyond.

Soul II Soul have announced their Feel Free tour for November 2022 starting at De Montfort Hall in Leicester and ending with a festive London headline show in December.

During the course of their stellar career the band have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and main man Jazzie B was awarded an OBE for services to music in 2008, as well as winning an Ivor Novello Award for Inspiration, as “the man who gave British Black music a soul of its own”.

The Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum-selling singer, songwriter and actress Ashanti has announced her return to the UK for a new four-date arena tour starting from the end of May this year.

The tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the singer’s self-titled debut album and chart-topping global smash hit single, ‘Foolish’. With support from R&B favourites Trey Songz and Mario, the much-awaited UK tour will head to Birmingham this June.

As her current single ‘Release You’ stirs elements of pop, opera, trip-hop and pop into one singular sonic style, rising talent Claudilleawanted its video to be just as atypical as the song. As its director and co-producer, that’s exactly what she delivered with the visual which she now unveils.

 
The ‘Release You’ video was informed by three main needs. 

Calvin Harris has announced that he will be making his long-awaited return to Scotland with a huge headline show at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Saturday 2nd July.  After selling out two nights at the OVO Hydro in 2013 in a matter of minutes and having dominated headline slots over the years at the world's biggest festivals, Calvin is sure to make history once again at this momentous homecoming show at Hampden Park Glasgow.

Pop group BTS, whose catchy, upbeat songs have won them legions of fans, have been named as the world's best-selling artists for the second year running. The South Korean band beat the likes of Drake and Adele to top a chart compiled by music industry body the IFPI.

The ICC Birmingham is looking forward to an exciting programme of art, drama and dance events on its doorstep this March, as Centenary Square is transformed to host Wondrous Stories, a spectacular free dance event which will be the opening show of the Birmingham 2022 Festival.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre has confirmed that the performances of Carmen and Madama Butterfly, due to perform on Friday 4^th and Saturday 5^th March have been cancelled. This follows the cancellation of the Russian State Ballet which was due to open this evening.

A new all-star concept album billed as ‘a sonic love letter to Birmingham’ will be released to music fans across the world for free in June, for the Birmingham 2022 Festival.

On Record, commissioned and produced by Birmingham Music Archive, will feature eleven original songs exclusively written and recorded by new and established city music talent including Bambi Bains, Cherry Pickles, Dapz on the Map, SANITY, Tj Rehmi, and UB40.

Management and the Board of Trustees at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre have taken the decision to cancel the forthcoming appearance of The Russian State Ballet, which was due to perform from Monday 28 February to Wednesday 2 March. 

The producers of the brand new production of The Cher Show are delighted to announce that the role of Cher will be played by Debbie Kurup, Danielle Steers and Millie O’Connell. The production features the actresses portraying Cher in three different ways throughout her iconic career, with Debbie as ‘Star’, Danielle as ‘Lady’ and Millie as ‘Babe’.  Further casting is to be announced.