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Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Public Service Broadcasting, Glasgow review: 'cosmic'
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Public Service Broadcasting, Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow ★★★★ Public Service Broadcasting are one of those bands who came up with a fairly distinctive idea at the start of their career and decided to doggedly stick with it. This is almost certainly the only way in which they resemble the monomaniacal likes of Motorhead and the Ramones. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Public Service Broadcasting | Contributed As any regular listener of BBC 6 Music will tell you – if they didn't already exist, that station would have to invent them - PSB's retro-futurist shtick involves festooning their crisp synths and guitar-driven art rock with audio clips taken from old films, documentaries and news sources. While this isn't an entirely original conceit - PSB are basically '70s Pink Floyd with a laptop and unlimited access to the BFI archive - the overall effect is often quite haunting and powerful. But there's no denying that their second album, 2015's typically conceptual The Race for Space, is still the high watermark of everything they set out to achieve. Fortunately, it featured quite heavily during this balmy summer evening outdoor performance. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Although I quite like some of their music, I wasn't expecting to be particularly moved tonight, and especially not by the sight of several hundred people holding their twinkling white light smartphones aloft. But when they did just that - in what would appear to be a band-endorsed fan ritual - at the precise moment during The Other Side when a late '60s NASA operative welcomes Apollo 8 as it emerges from the dark side of the moon, well, it was a genuinely magical moment.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Public Service Broadcasting Glasgow Kelvingrove Bandstand Stage Times: Gig set times, support, weather forecast, tickets, likely setlist
Public Service Broadcasting have a date with Glasgow. | Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Sundance London The band are well known for their live performances. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The brainchild of frontman J. Willgoose, Esq., Public Service Broadcasting were formed in London in 2009 and released debut album Inform-Educate-Entertain in 2013. They use archival footage from old films and documentaries to create their music, covering topics as disparate as space exploration and coal mining. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad So far the band have released five studio albums, most recently last year's The Last Flight - about aviator Amelia Earhart's final, ill-fated journey in 1937. They are currently touring in support of that album and there's good news for Scottish fans - with a date in Glasgow. Here's what you need to know. When are Public Service Broadcasting playing Glasgow? Public Service Broadcasting play Glasgow's Kelvingrove Bandstand as part of the Summer Night series on Wednesday, August 6. Who is supporting Public Service Broadcasting at the Kelvingrove Bandstand? Public Service Broadcasting will be supported in Glasgow by Scottish composers Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman. What are the stage times for Public Service Broadcasting at the Kelvingrove Bandstand? Here's how the evening will play out: Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Doors: 6.30pm Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman: 7.45pm Interval: 8.30pm Public Service Broadcasting: 9pm Finish: 10.40pm at latest Can I still get tickets for Public Service Broadcasting's Glasgow concert? If you are looking for a late ticket you are out of luck - it's a sell out. You can check for last minute availability and resale tickets here. Are there age restictions for Public Service Broadcasting's Glasgow gig? Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted and it's suggested the show is only suitable for those over the age of 14. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18. What's the weather forecast for the Public Service Broadcasting gig? It looks like it should stay dry for the concerts, with only a small chance of rain at 10pm. Otherwise it'll be light cloud with temperatures of around 18 degrees. There might even be a spot of sun. What is the likely Public Service Broadcasting setlist for Glasgow? Public Service Broadcasting tend to play slightly different setlists each night. Having said that, expect to hear the majority of the following in Glasgow - which they played in Edinburgh earlier this year.
Irish Times
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
YouTube could be forced to promote British public service TV content
Digital platforms such as YouTube could be forced to make programmes from UK public service television channels 'prominent' to protect 'endangered' networks such as BBC and Channel 4 , according to the British media watchdog, the Office of Communications (ofcom) Ofcom on Monday said there needed to be 'prominence and discoverability' for content from public service broadcasters (PSBs) on the online platforms that audiences increasingly use. It added that in particular it was 'critical that the public service broadcasters and YouTube ... work together to ensure that PSB content is prominent on its service, and on fair commercial terms'. Ofcom said the government should consider whether this needs to be underpinned by legislation to give statutory backing to PSB content on YouTube, especially news and children's programmes. READ MORE Britain's existing Media Act already guarantees PSBs prominence on connected TVs and other devices, which means being seen among the first viewing options on the home screen 'carousel'. With more audiences watching online, the PSBs have developed on-demand services such as BBC's iPlayer. However, this has not fully offset declines in viewing to traditional linear channels, with younger audiences in particular more likely to watch YouTube, Netflix and TikTok. David McWilliams on how 'big incentives' to build could save Dublin city Listen | 36:51 PSBs are now increasingly placing their shows on third-party platforms to follow their audiences but are competing with vast libraries of rival content. Public service companies' video-on-demand players only account for 9 per cent of all viewing, according to Ofcom data. Ofcom said that viewers now spend less than half of their in-home viewing on traditional linear TV channels, and that this was still declining. Last year, fewer than half of 16-24-year-olds tuned into broadcast TV in an average week, while younger children spent far more time watching YouTube. 'If no action is taken, the very existence of the PSBs will be threatened. Time is running out to save this pillar of UK culture and way of life,' the regulator said. YouTube and the UK government did not respond immediately to requests for comment. In a wide-ranging review designed to ensure the future of the UK's public broadcasters, Ofcom has launched an assessment of the regulation of broadcast TV and radio. It recommended a bonfire of red tape to strip away outdated and unnecessary restrictions given much of the existing legislative and regulatory framework was designed for traditional linear TV. Ofcom also urged broadcasters to be more ambitious in pursuing strategic and technological partnerships with each other. It said less commercially viable genres, such as news, local news and children's content, should be prioritised if the government was to decide to allocate additional public funding. – Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2025
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
LIVE REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting @ New Theatre Oxford: Sky-high electro-rock
LIVING in such strange and uncertain times it often seems there is little cause for cheer. Constantly confronted with the weird, confusing and downright horrible, we could be forgiven for sinking into a despondent slump. We desperately need a shot of positivity – a reminder that there is much to celebrate in the field of human endeavour; reassurance that people are capable of great things – ambition, invention, industry, courage, creativity, resilience and strength of spirit. READ MORE: Public Service Broadcasting's J Willgoose says why he has written new album about an unsung aviation legend Who would have thought that fortifying jolt of optimism could come in the shape of a band? Public Service Broadcasting do precisely that, celebrating uplifting achievements, forgotten stories and inspiring exploits. And they do it to an absorbing soundtrack of exhilarating electronica, driving guitar rock and tender instrumental introspection – studded with samples borrowed from old news reels and recorded archives. By Tim Hughes Since appearing on the radar with the juddering electronica and soaring guitar of breakthrough tune Spitfire, the South London outfit have taken listeners on audio journeys from the dark days of the London Blitz to the avant garde clubs of Berlin. They have introduced us to the heroes of the US-Soviet space race, the hardy miners of our now vanished coal industry, and, now, pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. The ringmaster for this enlightening circus of invention is musical genius J Willgoose. Smartly turned out in trademark tweed, corduroy and bow tie, J shuns the role of the traditional rock frontman. He stands to the side of the stage and communicates with the audience through a computerised voice simulator. Over the years he has expanded his live outfit from two-piece to a full band – and on their visit to the New Theatre Oxford on March 20, they lay on a powerhouse show. Their new album The Last Flight focuses on the final journey of America's pioneering adventurer Amelia Earhart who, aged just 25, flew higher than any woman before her. The first female to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific, she set multiple speed and distance records. And her feats feature front and centre in the show. The stage is lit by a striking set resembling a flight deck – dials showing altitude and airspeed turning into screens displaying archive footage, punchy visuals and, in the case of Earhart's last 1937 flight, maps showing her journey around the world. And to a soaring symphonic soundscape, we are taken to the skies with her. We open with a piece about her plane – Electra – and follow her journey through Towards the Dawn, The South Atlantic, Arabian Flight and Monsoons. It is by turns intimate, epic, exciting and moving. The new tunes flow effortlessly into tunes from their other aerial extravaganza, The Race For Space. Sputnik is slow-building and epic, E.V.A. bubbly and dreamy, and The Other Side sparse and tense. Stylised gems from Berlin-inspired Bright Magic set a change of tone and style. Spitfire, their tribute to the victor of the Battle of Britain, energises the crowd and fits the airborne theme. We also get a taste of coal dust with Progress from the excellent From Every Valley album. But this is really a show with its head in the clouds and the wind in its hair – expansive narrative pieces lit up by shimmering interludes of live vocals and bursts of brass. They finish with a trip back to Mission Control for the punchy anthemic Go! But the best is yet to come with an encore featuring Bright Magic's bouncy People, Let's Dance and the funk-fuelled Gagarin – complete with dancing cosmonauts resplendent in full space suits and helmets. PSB. By Tim HughesThe set was a soaring celebration of aerial and cosmic endeavour, but to the delight of longstanding fans they returned to earth – albeit at its highest point – for final tune, Everest. This musical tribute to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of the world's highest peak is epic, rendered euphoric by triumphant trumpet and trombone. It was simply beautiful, a towering orchestral masterpiece inspired by an heroic feat. And, like the rest of the show, for just a while it succeeded in raising our spirits, cheering our souls and making the world a better place.
