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                                                                                    THE RY THMN IS
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                                                                                    Register now to see the hit show
                                                                                    ‘On Your Feet’ - the story of
                                                                                    Gloria Estefan

                                                                                 MEN DES UK TOUR
                                                                                 Multi-platinum artiste, Shawn
                                                                                   Mendes comes to London

                                                                                   TH E N EW POWER
                                                                                        G EN ERATION
                                                                                  A tribute to and celebration
                                                                                     of the great ‘Purple One’

                                                                                   Y OU FAT B A***RD!
                                                                                   Go see Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown unless
                                                                                   you are easily offended

FRONT, INSIDE & BACK COVERS: THE NEW POWER GENERATION - CELEBRATING PRINCE
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LAST CHANCE TO GRAB

      CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
   26 May – Chelsea Royal Hospital
      Last pair of all day tickets!

     JAY Z and BEYONCE – OTR
      15 Jun – London Stadium
           From £125pp

          MICHAEL BUBLE
     13 Jul – BST @ HYDE PARK
     Gold circle access available

OMID DJALILI – SCHMUCK FOR A NIGHT
  16 Sep – Leicester Square Theatre
       Stalls seats from £40pp
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FACTORY LIFE WELLNESS
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Starting 30th May 7:45am - 8:30am
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BOB’S LOBSTER WINE
                    BAR AND KITCHEN
                    ST THOMAS STREET SE1
                    Bob's Lobster are the latest to graduate
                    from street food markets to a place they
     NEW OPENINGS

                    can call their own. They're setting up shop
                    in the arches of the fully revamped London
                    Bridge station. And of course as it says on
                    the tin - there will be lobster!

                                  INKO NITO
                                  BROADWICK
                                  STREET W1
                                  Zuma's new robotayaki for Soho.
                                  London is getting a new robata grill
                                  restaurant from the team at Zuma.
                                  Inko Nito on Soho's Broadwick Street
                                  will feature Japanese charcoal grilled
                                  cooking with a Korean influence.

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NEW OPENINGS

                                                                                      OUTLAW’S AT
                                                                                      THE CAPITAL
FAYRE SHARE
                                                                                      THE CAPITAL HOTEL SW3
VICTORIA PARK ROAD E9
                                                                                      Outlaw’s fish kitchen.
If your idea of a great time out is breaking bread
with your mates or family, then new restaurant                                        Britain’s finest Michelin-starred
Fayre Share in Victoria Park Village will be right                                    seafood chef, Nathan Outlaw,
up your street. Every dish here can be ordered in                                     is bringing Cornwall to his Lon-
sharing sizes making this a great place for groups.                                   don restaurant at The Capital in
                                                                                      Knightsbridge.

                                                                 BUCKET
                                                             WESTBOURNE
                                                              GROVE W2
                                                      Sustainably sourced sea-
                                                      food by the bucket load.

                                                         As well as the buckets,
                                                         which include prawns,
                                                       whitebait and calamari,
                                                      prepared in a number of
                                                        different styles, another
                                                          speciality are its rustic
                                                           boards of grilled fish
                                                       and meat served with a
                                                        signature house sauce -
                                                      alongside dishes such as
                                                       crayfish burger, seafood
                                                          spaghetti, salads and
                                                      raw and cured seafood.

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BLUEBIRD CAFÉ
                           Television Centre White City

                                                                                                                             fresh fish with a kick of heat from the ‘nduja was a winning
                                                                                                                             combination. The duck leg was beautifully tender and fell off
                                                                                                                             the bone. Served with a celeriac, fennel and shallot salad,
                                                                                                                             this hearty dish was still perfect on a warm day.

                                                                                                                             Whilst we were eating we saw the most incredible dessert
Bluebird has been a firm favourite on King's Road for 20      options. The decision was a tough one with so many tempt-      served to another table…the chocolate and raspberry pav-
years and has now opened its second site at Television Cen-   ing dishes jumping out at you!                                 lova. The ladies who received it joked about having share
tre, the former home of the BBC at White City.                                                                               with us due to its size but before long it had been eaten…a
                                                              When it came to the starters we shared, so there was           clear sign it tasted as good as it looked. Good for them!
In prime position overlooking the forecourt, Bluebird Café    no food envy and gave the excuse to sample more than
boasts a wonderful sun facing terrace where you can people    one dish. Sometimes it’s the simplest things that are the      Having indulged enough already, dessert was the caramel-
watch and enjoy the atmosphere of Television Centre.          most pleasing and that was the scenario in this case.          ized pineapple with coconut ice cream, the taste of summer
                                                              Delicious fresh bread with soft salted butter (I could         on a plate. I could have eaten it all again, so light but giving
On the day we dined, the sun was shining so could not turn    have eaten a whole loaf), warm, crispy squid with the          the sweet fix you look for at the end of a meal.
down the opportunity to enjoy an alfresco lunch in the sun!   most moreish dipping sauce and sliced chorizo accom-
                                                                                                                             Bluebird’s little sister has certainly made her mark already
                                                              panied by crunchy pickles. We felt like we could have
The menu has modern European influences and served from                                                                      and without question will follow in the footsteps as a success-
                                                              been somewhere in the Med enjoying sharing plates in
8.00am-11pm, meaning you can enjoy breakfast, brunch,                                                                        ful, sought after dining destination.
                                                              the sun – delicious.
lunch and dinner at this chic, beautifully decorated venue.
                                                              Onto the mains and through recommendation we went for
The all-day dining menu is vast, with a ‘Bluebird Classics’
                                                              the ‘nduja crusted yellowfin tuna and the pot braised Lanca-   To make a reservation at Bluebird Café, White City please
section, sandwiches which feature the famous Bluebird
                                                              shire duck leg. The tuna was beautifully presented and the     contact your Lifestyle Manager who will be able to assist.
Hamburger, delicious salads and of course starter and main
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT
                                            RHS CHELSEA
                                            FLOWER SHOW
                                            On now until 26 May – Roy-
                                            al Hospital Chelsea SW3
                                            Over 500 exhibitors are tending
                                            to their most prized plants for the
                                            2018 Chelsea Flower Show.
                                            This year the theme is health and
                                            wellbeing and it will also host its
                                            first ever late-night evening of live
                                            music and entertainment.

                                                                                    THE LONDON
                                                                                    CONCOURS 2018
                                                                                    7 to 8 Jun - Honourable Artillery Com-
                                                                                    pany HQ, Moorgate
                                                                                    The London Concours is an automotive garden
                                                                                    party hosted in the heart of the City of London.
                    STAR TREK                                                       Over the course of the 7-8 June, the Honour-
                                                                                    able Artillery Company Garden will play host
                      BEYOND                                                        to around 80 of the finest classic and perfor-
                                                                                    mance cars ever produced.
         3 Jun – Royal Albert Hall
          Star Trek Beyond co-writer and
     star, Simon Pegg will introduce this
     special, one-off screening featuring
       live accompaniment by the Royal
        Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT

                                                                                               THE APEROL BIG
                                                                                               SPRITZ SOCIAL
                                                                                               31 May to 2 Jun and 6 to 9 Jun –
                                                                                               Shoreditch Electric Light Station N1
THE FULHAM BEACH CLUB                                                                          Aperol is coming back to London with anoth-
                                                                                               er spritz social event. They’re transforming the
Open now – Wandsworth Bridge Road SW6                                                          Shoreditch Electric Light Station into Aperol
Check out this son of a beach: it’s the second coming                                          heaven, complete with a pergola and slide,
of Neverland, the Fulham-based Thames-side sand-spot                                           a Vespa carousel and an orange canal. The
with a pop up restaurant run by Jimmy Garcia, two bars,                                        pop-up will also be home to a massive.
activities like putting pong & shuffle board, bottomless
brunches, yoga sessions, and more.

                                                                LONDON
                                                             HONG KONG
                                                            DRAGON BOAT
                                                                 FESTIVAL
                                                                 3 Jun – Royal Albert
                                                                          Docks E16
                                                              Cheer on dozens of dragon
                                                              boats racing on the Thames
                                                              at this annual celebration of
                                                            Chinese culture. On land you
                                                           can enjoy martial arts displays,
                                                              traditional lion dancing, live
                                                                music and south-east Asian
                                                            street food between the sport-
                                                                                 ing events.

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT

                                                                         MEL BROOKS –
                                                                         BACK IN THE SADDLE
                                                                         ONCE AGAIN
                                                                         12 Jul – Eventim Apollo
                                                                         Join the legendary Mel Brooks at London’s
                                                                         Eventim Apollo in July – for an exclusive,
                                                                         inside look at his storied career. There will be
                                                                         a screening of Blazing Saddles, followed by
                                                                         a live conversation and audience Q&A with
                                                                         Mel Brooks.

BRIDGET JONES DIARY
IN CONCERT
4 Oct – Victoria Apollo Theatre
Perhaps the defining film of the turn of the millennium, Bridget
Jones’s Diary will be presented with a full orchestra, as it tours
across the country for the first time ever this November.
                                                                      ABBA AT ASTER
This experience will bring to life Bridget Jones’s Diary’s renowned   28 May – Aster Victoria
score as never before with a 60-piece orchestra, whilst the film
itself will be presented in stunning HD via a huge screen.            To celebrate the spring bank holiday, Nor-
                                                                      dic French restaurant Aster will be hosting a
                                                                      special ABBA themed brunch. Inspired by
                                                                      the iconic Swedish pop group, guests will
                                                                      be thankful for the music as Aster’s very own
                                                                      tribute band performs all the classics, whilst
                                                                      devouring super trouper dishes and dancing
                                                                      the day away. Tributes Agnetha and Anni-Frid
                                                                      will also be hosting an ABBA singalong quiz,
                                                                      but will the winner take it all?

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FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
Various dates in Jun/Jul – The O2/Eventim Apollo
Grammy Award-winning folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (aka)
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) will no perform their rescheduled dates.
“The Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour”.

                                                                              COMEDY                                     ROY ‘CHUBBY’ BROWN
                                                                                                                       19 Aug – The Leicester Square Theatre
                                                                                           Roy Chubby Brown is back and he’s as naughty as ever. His choice of lan-
                                                                                          guage and his politically incorrect jokes are all delivered with a cheeky grin
                                                                                                                                             and perfect comedy timing.

                                                                                       His trademark flying helmet and goggles, coupled with his coat of many patch-
                                                                                              es, make him instantly recognisable as the man who put the “F” in Alice.

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SPORT

                                                THE HSBC
                                                LONDON SEVENS –
                                                LONDON’S CALLING

                                                                                                                                                                                                    TENNIS
RUGBY

                                                2 to 3 Jun - Twickenham
                                                One great Rugby weekend!
                                                Game on! The HSBC Sevens World
                                                Series returns to Twickenham this June.
                                                Celebrating the world’s best international
                                                rugby, fans can expect a unique week-
                                                end of action-packed Summer Sevens
                                                games, as well as great food, music,
                                                entertainment and more.

                                                                                                THE FEVER TREE                                    WIMBLEDON 2018
                    ENGLAND
                                                                                                CHAMPIONSHIPS                                     2 to 15 July – THE AELTC
                                                                                     FOOTBALL

                    v NIGERIA                                                                                                                     Experience the greatest lawn tennis tour-
                                                                                                18 to 24 Jun –
        2 Jun – Wembley Stadium                                                                                                                   nament and tennis’s top Grand Slam! Can
                                                                                                QUEENS CLUB                                       Federer hold onto his title again? Contact
     England will face two fellow 2018                                                          The traditional pre-cursor to Wimbledon and       us for debenture ticket options for all days of
       FIFA World Cup finalists ahead of                                                        now a top grass-court championship!               this year’s tournament down in Wimbledon
      this summer's tournament in Russia.
                                                                                                17 of the world's top 30 players have en-
     The Three Lions will face Nigeria at
                                                                                                tered the Fever-Tree Championships, in what
    Wembley before moving onto Elland
                                                                                                is set to be the tournament's best line-up yet.
               Road to face Costa Rica.
                                                                                                Inc Nadal, Warinka, Raonic, Murray and
                                                                                                Edmonds.

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RED
                                On now until 28 Jul –
                                Wyndham’s Theatre
                                Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch
                                star. Red is about artist Mark
                                Rothko (Molina) and his young
                                assistant Ken (Enoch), and the
                                up and coming artists of the new
                                generation. Rothko is dealt his

                                                                                                                         T H E AT R E
                                toughest challenge to date: paint
                                a number of murals for the lavish
                                Four Seasons restaurant.

                                                                    ON YOUR FEET – THE
                                                                    STORY OF GLORIA AND
                                                                    EMILIO ESTEFAN
                                                                    14 Jun to 31 Aug ’19 – The London
                                                                    Coliseum
                                                                    On Your Feet!, Gloria and Emilio Estefan's
     AS YOU LIKE                                                    smash-hit musical comes to London in summer
      IT/HAMLET                                                     2019, direct from Broadway. Telling their
                                                                    inspiring true love story, it takes audiences from
 On now until 26 Aug –                                              their origins in Cuba, to the streets of Miami
  Shakespeare’s Globe                                               and finally international superstardom.
   Two great actor-led Shake-
spearean performances in rep
               at The Globe.

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THE GAME BIRD – GUEST CHEF TAKEOVERS
                              7 Jun to 27 Sep - The Stafford Hotel
      Guest Head Chefs Lisa Allen (Executive Head Chef at the Michelin-starred Northcote in Lan-
     cashire) and Tom Kitchen (Michelin-starred The Kitchin, The Scran & Scallie and Castle Terrace
     Restaurant in Edinburgh) will be taking over the stunning Game Bird Restaurant at The Stafford
                                     Hotel in the heart of St James’s.

       On 7 June Lisa will be creating a unique four-course menu that celebrates seasonal British
     ingredients. On 27 September Tom will of course focus on the very best Scottish produce with
                            his signature ‘From Nature To Plate’ philosophy.

     Tickets for the dinners will be priced at £80pp, to include canapés and the much-celebrated
      Moët & Chandon on arrival, followed by the guest chef’s menu. Wine pairing will also be
                                         available on the evening.

                                                                                                                       THE NEW POWER GENERATION
                                                                                                                           – CELEBRATING PRINCE
                                                                                                                                      2 Aug – Indigo @ The O2

                                                                                                       Celebrating Prince with The New Power Generation is an epic tribute to the superstar artist
                                                                                                       with musical performances by a stellar ensemble of alumni from Prince's legendary backing
                                                                                                                    band along with other world class musicians, singers and artists.

                                                                                                       Celebrating Prince is a non-stop, electrifying concert with performances of the most iconic,
                                                                                                      chart-topping hits from all eras of his music career. Set lists feature classic songs from through-
                                                                                                      out the superstar artist's four-decade long career performed by the very musicians who toured,
                                                                                                                                wrote, played and recorded with him for years.

                                                                                                       Celebrating Prince with The New Power Generation is an epic tribute to the superstar artist
                                                                                                       with musical performances by a stellar ensemble of alumni from Prince's legendary backing
                                                                                                                    band along with other world class musicians, singers and artists.

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F E S T I VA L S

                    FIELD DAY
                    1 to 2 Jun – Brockwell Park SE24
                    Over the last decade Field Day has
                    become one of London’s very best
                    music festivals. This year, for the first
                    time in its history, it won’t take place in
                    east London’s Victoria Park. But, they're
                    bringing an absolute glut of stars down
                    to Brockwell Park, for their first year in
                    the south.

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ART NOW: LISA BRICE
                                                           On now until 27 Aug –
                                                                 Tate Britain SE1
                                              Discover Brice's take on the longstanding
                                                art-historical tradition of the female nude
                                                   Lisa Brice is a South-African born, Lon-
                                              don-based artist. On show at Tate for the
                                             first time, Brice’s work includes large-scale

                                                                                                                                                           EXHIBITIONS
                                               new and recent paintings which address
                                               the longstanding art-historical tradition of
                                                                           the female nude.

              MASTERPIECE
                LONDON –
           THE UNMISSABLE
                  ART FAIR
                    28 Jun to 4 Jul –
         Royal Hospital Chelsea SW3
        Masterpiece has established itself as
     the world's leading cross-collecting fair,
      offering the finest works of art, design,
     furniture and jewellery, from antiquity to
                              the present day.

        The unmissable event at the height of
        the capital's summer season, Master-
     piece London provides an unparalleled
         opportunity for new and established
                                                                                              TEETH
     collectors to discover exceptional works                                                 On now until 16 Sep –
       for sale from 160 international exhibi-                                                The Wellcome Collection NW1
      tors; the centrepiece of a unique week
        of cultural experiences in the heart of                                               Overdue a trip to the dentist? You'll want to book an
                                       London.                                                appointment after seeing 'Teeth' - an exhibition all about
                                                                                              perfect gnashers and the history of dentistry.

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ARCTIC MONKEYS
                    AND CAMERON
                    AVERY
                    7 Jun – Royal Albert Hall
                    Arctic Monkeys return to the Royal Albert
                    Hall following the release of their sixth
                    studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel &
     NEW OPENINGS

                    Casino, for a special show in aid of War
                    Child UK.

                    The first run of tickets for this show will be
                    allocated by a ballot. For full ticketing de-
                    tails and information on how to enter the
                    ballot, please visit amballot.seetickets.com

                                   CHILLY
                                   GONZALES
                                   7 Sep – Cadogan Hall
                                   10 Sep – Queen Elizabeth Hall
                                   Genre-crossing, Grammy Award-win-
                                   ning pianist, entertainer and compos-
                                   er Chilly Gonzales is probably best
                                   known for his first MC and electro
                                   albums and long list of collaborations
                                   with fellow Canadian musicians
                                   Peaches, Mocky and Feist and Jamie
                                   Lidell, Buck 65, Daft Punk, Drake and
                                   many more!

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CONCERTS & GIGS

                                                                              RICHARD
                                                                              THOMSON
                                                                              16 Oct – Barbican Hall
                                                                              Richard Thompson is one of this
                                                                              country's greatest songwriters and
                                                                              most distinctive guitar virtuosos,
                                                                              capable of breath-taking drama
                                                                              and sublime delicacy, prompting
                                                                              Rolling Stone to hail him as 'a per-
                                                                              ennial dark-horse contender for the
                                                                              title of greatest living rock guitarist.'
                                                                              His songs have been covered by
                                                                              everyone from Alison Krauss to
                                                                              Robert Plant.

 THE CORAL
 11 Oct – KOKO Camden
 A band that are great live! A group of accom-
 plished musicians with unique style, mixing pure
 pop from their earlier hits through to the psychedelic   THE DRESDEN
 lilts of their new album ‘The Distance Beyond.
                                                          DOLLS
                                                          30 to 31 Oct – The Troxy
                                                          Rock bands are pigeonholed into
                                                          ever-increasingly minuscule sub-cat-
                                                          egorizations, but The Dresden Dolls
                                                          continue to defy explanation and
                                                          classification. Some have called it
                                                          theatrical rock, punk cabaret, man-
                                                          ic-musical or even neo-glam-chic.

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CONCERTS & GIGS

                                                                                            NINES
                                                                                            20 Sep – The O2 Forum
SLAYER WITH LAMB OF GOD,                                                                    Kentish Town

ANTHRAX AND OBITUARY                                                                        Nines performed on stage
                                                                                            for the first time at last year’s
3 Nov – The SSE Arena Wembley                                                               Glastonbury Festival, and
                                                                                            2018 sees him upping the
Having made some of the most brutally aggressive music                                      live appearances. Nines'
ever created, being one of four bands that defined an entire                                forthcoming LP, 'Crop Circle'
musical genre and the band other heavy acts are measured                                    is a step forward. It's his
against and aspire to…after nearly 37 years, having re-                                     second LP to date and
leased 12 studio albums, multiple live recordings, compila-                                 follows last year's debut 'One
tions, live video and box sets, playing nearly 3000 concerts                                Foot Out'.
across the globe, receiving countless awards including five
Grammy nominations and two Grammy Awards, Gold
certifications and other accolade.

                                                                    MIKE
                                                                 AND THE
                                                               MECHANICS
                                                                 1 Apr ’19 – Royal
                                                                        Albert Hall
                                                                 Mike + The Mechanics
                                                               return in 2019, perform-
                                                               ing hit singles and tracks
                                                                  from their latest album
                                                                    Let Me Fly. Founded
                                                                  in 1984 by Genesis’s
                                                                    Mike Rutherford, the
                                                                band reformed in 2010
                                                                with Andrew Roachford
                                                                     and Canadian-born
                                                                     singer Tim Howard.

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