Arts
By Adam Hunter, Jill Dando News Arts Correspondent This was my first visit to Almondsbury Creative. A sports and social club with good car park and a hall for events such as this one. A place with a nice atmosphere and reasonably priced food and drink. It is a small
Music
By Adam Hunter, Music Correspondent For the second time in a week, the Fleece in Bristol featured the best of music from the Lone Star state. Today it was Flatland Cavalry ably supported by Kaitlin Butt. I will start with the very impressive support act Kaitlin Butt, who is from
Music
By Jill Dando News Music Correspondent Liam and Noel Gallagher will perform together for the first time in 16 years at concerts in five cities across the UK and Ireland. The Oasis reunion tour was announced via social media, with shows planned for Cardiff, Manchester, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin in
Music
By Jill Dando News Emilio Santoro has been named 2024 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest Winner in America. Emilio, 21, takes home a $20,000 cash prize, the Ultimate winner belt, and the title. The former Worle School student in Somerset first started performing his incredible talent at school shows
Music
By Adam Hunter, Concert Correspondent Jon Landau once saw Springsteen as the future of rock n roll. I cannot say the same about the Killers as they have been around for over 20 years now, but they are the present of rock n’ roll. This was the 4th of 6
Charity
By Josh, Jill Dando News They say a golden key for happiness is gratitude – the power of giving thanks. The Donate For Defib Weston-super-Mare Project team in Somerset have been giving thanks galore after their 80's Charity Night at Tropicana Weston to raise funds for publicly accessible defibrillators,
Music
By Oliver, 13, Oscar, 13, and Rupert, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents A top UK conductor and composer has inspired further the students of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Creative Conductor and top UK Composer David Ogden encourages students to go for their dreams and ‘get on and
Music
By Geovana, 14 Rupert, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents The biggest international music festival has released its first acts in 2024 with state-of-the-art LCD sound systems. This event is a two day festival at the dows which closes the british summer time on August 31st. Meantime the US sound dance
Culture
By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News @ WCSA Rob O’Byrne was stunned after Coldplay singer Chris Martin invited him to play the harmonica whilst at a Coldplay concert. Chris, the lead singer of the band, looked at Rob who had been ‘crowd surfing’ during the concert and invited
Music
By Oscar Evans, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News It’s good news for fans of the English and Albanian singer and songwriter with her new huge hit worldwide. She has got a lot of awards such as six Brit Awards, three Grammy Awards and two Guinness World Records. In 2014
Charity
By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News A former Jill Dando Student, Lewis, 17, has been invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall! Lewis, 17, an excellent former Worle Community School Academy and Jill Dando Student was invited by Barnardo’s Ambition to perform at The Royal Albert
Music
By Oscar, 13, Music Correspondent, Jill Dando News @ WCSA It’s really good news if you are a fan of the world iconic band The Beatles. After a week of build up by the Beatles, they have released what is their “final song”. The finale song called “Now And Then”
Music
By Oscar Evans, 13, Jill Dando News The Fatboyslim dance classic album featuring ‘Right Here, Right Now’ and ‘Praise You’ will celebrate its 25th anniversary next month. This is a huge event in the Fatboy Slim career as the album was a huge accomplishment in his life, released in 1998.
africa
By Jill Dando News Year 7 students at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset were thrilled to end the year with a special interactive performance from //Kabbo Hue Qua Tura. Starting the session with a lesson on how to pronounce his name in his native South African tongue, //Kabbo
schools
The Antic Aces in their award winning performance
achievement
By Tamsen, 14, Jill Dando News Students won a wide variety of awards for their fantastic achievements at the Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) Awards Evening on Wednesday 23rd March 2022. Angelos Markoutsas, Principal of PCSA and race car champion, Clayton Kingman, were hosting the prestigious event to celebrate students