HMV Institute Archive

  • Review – Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, hmvinstitute, 20 September 2010

    Review – Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual, hmvinstitute, 20 September 2010

    A concert in which the lead singer of the headline band is 73 (and the female backing singer is 77), and the leader of the support band is 70, with in fact few – if any – of the performers on stage being younger than 50, could so easy have panned out to be an [...]

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  • Digbeth Institute lives again!

    Digbeth Institute lives again!

    Brandon Flowers, Mark Ronson, Kelis, Hurts, Tinie Tempah, Kele, Klaxons and Heaven 17 head stellar line up for hmvinstitute! Restored iconic venue opens with preview events from Sep 18 and officially launches with Grand Opening party on Sep 25 Launch of fortnightly Adventures in Stereo (ft. return of legendary Birmingham club Panic) alternating with Electric [...]

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  • Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual – HMV Institute, 20 September

    Gong + Nik Turner’s Space Ritual – HMV Institute, 20 September

    GONG, the legendary progressive/psychedelic rockers, will return to the UK in September 2010 for several special concerts after the success of their 2009 40th Anniversary UK tour and the critically acclaimed new studio album ‘2032’. Support for these dates will come from very special guests Nik Turner’s Space Ritual. The forthcoming concert will once again reunite core GONG members, [...]

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